Classic:America (Town)

American Skyline

Introduction

America, the town of Luke883, Lucas2011, and several others, is a large town located near the exact center of the continent of North America.

Statistics

Nation: PWW

Members: 42

Prominent citizens: Luke883 (mayor), Lucas2011 (chancelor, chief builder), No0odles (administrator), Anti_Jack, EmpireEagle, Mantid_B (since banned), Brown_KoolAid (inactive), Magrihu

Location: Confluence of Mississippi and Missouri Rivers

History

Pre-Earth.mc

"Prior to even setting foot on EarthMC, Luke883 (who will be referred to as "Luke" for the sake of simplicity) had quite a long history with towny servers. The first towny server he ever joined was called KingdomCraft, which he joined in December of 2012. The experience he had in his years of playing on this server can fill an entire book on its own, but the main highlight of his time on this server was that he created his first ever town. Titled "Cascades", the town was situated on a snowy mountain range, surrounded by jungles and plains. This town reached a peak of an estimated 60 residents, until the server itself died in 2014 due to inactivity and lack of funds. For a while, Luke's towny ambitions were crushed, as all his hard work had gone to nothing. However, in the winter of 2016, Luke found himself on another towny server called RebirthCraft. There, he managed to established a new and more organized town, titled "New Cascades", a tribute to his old town on KingdomCraft. That town reached a peak of 50 residents, but died out sometime in the summer of 2016 due to unknown reasons. It wasn't until January 1st of 2017 where Luke discovered the EarthMC served, which is where our story begins" -Luke883

Origins

" Luke first joined EarthMC on January 1st of 2017. The first town he joined was Macon_GA (now known as Georgia) , which was (at the time) the most populated and most powerful town of the entire server (being the former capitals of PWW). He set up shop in this town and lived there for some time, before deciding that he wanted to establish a town of his own. After gathering enough gold, he traveled to Iowa to create his town. Iowa was the location that he chose due to its strategic location near two major rivers and because of its vast, flat prairies. He set up shop, built the town spawn plot that is still used to this day, and soon, things took off from there." -Luke883

Early Days

"America's early days were marked by slow and steady growth. After roughly 3 days since the town's formation, America finally received its first resident: Joeman. Aside from being our first resident, Joeman's other contributions to the town were long-lasting. His most notable contribution to the town is visible to this day. He was the one who built the walls that wrap around our city. Thanks to his work, our city has a sturdy line of defense to protect us from outside threats. Our town grew steadily from that point forward." -Luke883

United States Era

"After about 10 days since its formation, Mayor Luke made a choice that would change the course of American history forever. Luke received an offer to have America join a nation called the United States. The capital of this nation was in a city called California, and its leader was a player named GuardedCharlie. With seemingly no where else to go, Luke decided to join the United States. For the first 2 weeks or so of America being a part of the US, all seemed to be going well. Charlie would occasionally provide us with much needed resources, such as gold and building materials. He even built the town bar which still exists to this day. It was during this time when Luke met Phantom1815, another mayor of a US town in SE Europe.

As time progressed, both Luke and Phantom grew concerned over Charlie's methods of governing. Charlie would often make promises that he would never keep, such as how he assured us that he would build massive skyscrapers in our towns and would one day find a way to provide us with endless gold. Most concerning however was his attitude towards the most powerful nation in the server, the PWW (the very nation we are in now). He always had a hostile attitude towards PWW, and on multiple occasions publicly denounced them and called them an enemy. In response to these concerns, Phantom and Luke wrote a constitution that they believed would right most of the wrongs they saw in the nation. The constitution they wrote was never implemented however." -Luke883

Praxian Era

America was spared the worst of the storm of Praxis. No major griefs of the town occured, and the worst fears of the residents never came to light. In fact, America achieved its first "Golden Era", when approximately half of the listed population of the town was online at the same time. Even so, America was on a constant war footing in case the worst should happen.

In this era, the great works of Brown_KoolAid were completed. The Great Obsidian Fortress and 2 farm towers were completed.

Recession

Shortly after this era, the town fell into a steep decline. Mantid_B was banned, the chief builder Brown_Koolaid began having issues irl, and with the collapse of Praxis, the town lost its focus. From its height, America began to see only 2 or 3 active players at any time, and long stretches of no activity were not unheard of. Yet the night is always darkest before the dawn, and the time was soon coming when America would once again bask in the sunshine. The first docks were completed at this time.

Phoenix Rising

During this recession, the town of Phoenix was formed by JamesV. At first, Phoenix was a member of the UnitedStates, but attacks by Anchorage (a Praxis affiliate) and other dubious actions caused him to form the Red_Sun_Republic. Doctorwhoknows was involved in setting some of Phoenix's future course, and Phoenix and America have since remained close.

Second Golden Age and the Skyline Era

The recession came to an end when Lucas2011 joined the server. At the time, it was not known if Lucas would be an asset to the town or simply another inactive member. All doubts were soon to be blown out of the water, however. Lucas began by building a 2 plot palace that stills stands. The palace had incredible detail and stood head and shoulders in quality above anything else in the town. Lucas continued by re-making the docks and beautifying the southern portion of town, and eventually build a fully operational clocktower. Doctorwhoknows, not to be outdone, built a colonial church and waterwheel, and the 2 cooperated on building a new warehouse. Lucas went on to build a City Hall, and at this time ParadoxIgnition noticed what America was becoming. Paradox and Lucas went on to build Sears Tower, the H&M Building, and several other skyscrapers. Doctorwhoknows took a different route, and focused on buildings inspired by irl buildings, such as the Sioux building. To allow for more builds, America began to claim land rapidly. A monument was dedicated early in the era to this new golden age. The residents of America decided to nickname the town "Jewel of the West". At this time, EmpireEagle joined the town and showed himself to be an able citizen. Magrihu also joined at this time and has showed promise as a builder.