the town is now ready for the first dozen settlers.
the town layout is as follows.
"Darwoth forest" is the town center, and the bell you will all be citizens of. it is an old conquest town of mine from a large group of roleplayers that built an aesthetically pleasing town early on in the server and it is in an ideal location for newbs, so that is the one we will use.
yes, i am sure that a better name could have been thought up but at the end of the day that is what i named it months ago and i do not feel like building a new bell and authority objects just to make a better name
on the outskirts of Darwoth forest is the first of several "districts", district one is currently up. each district will house between 8 - 12 25x25 personal plots/players spaced far enough apart that you can not break into each others **** with splash damage.
when you are invited to the town you will first be invited to your relevant districts town bell so that you can place your plot, once your plot has been placed you will be removed from the district bell and then reinvited to the town centers bell. this setup will help prevent retards from trying to grief the town by expanding their plots over large swaths of space or trying to steal from other townmembers as once they are removed from the district bell the plot can not be expanded any further nor will they be able to commit waste against your property unless you give them permissions.
THIS MEANS THAT IN ORDER TO JOIN THE TOWN BEYOND LIVING OUT OF A PUBLIC LEAN TO THAT IS OPEN TO GRIEFING YOU NEED SETTLING AND ENOUGH SILVER FOR A DEED + 25x25 plot
anyhow the town is now fully ready for people to move in, i however am not as a bunch of sudden **** cropped up this week and i want to make sure that i am around a lot at the beginning of the towns opening to ensure that things go smoothly.
so, to that end, THE OPENING OF THE TOWN WILL BE THIS COMING FRIDAY
i will make sure that i am available for invites and plot placement all through friday, this gives all of you that have expressed a desire to join almost an entire week to gather the paltry few hundred silver + basic skills you need, if you are unable to do this it means you are a ***** and unfit to join the town anyway. currently we are slated to recieve 27 citizens, i am dubious at best that all of those people will show up in a real capacity but even if half do we already have the largest town on the server and will only grow from there. expect frequent events once things are settled. i have already thought of an interesting salem variation of a football game
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with regards to the road it will be difficult to stop folks with nothing better to do from trying to grief it, but it does not really matter since if they dig up a stone the road is still there. it is just a dirt road instead of a paved road in that given spot, no big deal. maybe we will just make a dirt road anyway for starters, would be a lot easier and faster.