The League
| The League | |
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| Clan | |
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| Name: The League | |
| Status: Active | |
| Formed: October 2017 | |
| Members: Listed in the "Members" Section | |
| Bases: Estevez, Struthio, Oberstein, Grasstle, Argemone | |
The League is an organized clan co-founded by Porkington, ostrich1414, and Master_Xybot in October of 2017. Conceived shortly after the War of Monarchia and the fall of the United Alliance, the League aims to be a powerful and influence force in server history. Containing a number of bases both close to and far from Spawn, the League is set upon expanding its grasp on the server by forming intimate connections with players and bases, as well as growing its own personal interests for the good of the organization itself.
Members
These are the current members of the League:
- Porkington
- ostrich1414
- Master_Xybot
- Cinnablaw
- worldruler086
- b9tumor
- ChiefRice
- Rumpslem
- emarshall01
- Xenagie
- Atroxes
- ae0
- corncorn1
- cappoz
Philosophy and Goals
The League is not only dedicated to establishing its own wealth and power, but also to undertaking great and difficult endeavors for the lasting benefit of the entire server. The team is organized around several core principles.
Principle of Greatest Need
The League believes that members of its team, as well as individuals aligned with it, should be generously given items, if the need of the recipient significantly outweighs the need of the provider. For example, a new member of the server may be in desperate need of food, while an experienced member has a great abundance of it. At intermediate stages, players may still benefit greatly from relatively basic items such as iron blocks, lapis lazuli, or other things which can be spared at no great expense by advanced players. The League even gives fairly valuable items such as diamond tools, shulker boxes, and beacons to its members and allies, if they are deemed to need them more than the central leadership does.
This principle is not meant to foster complacency or encourage exploitation. All individuals and bases are meant to eventually gain self sufficiency and contribute to less advanced bases in turn, as those bases attempt to gain self sufficiency as well. The principle of greatest need is intended to expedite the independent economic growth of new bases rather than prevent it.
The principle also extends to actions which will help the server community at large. For example, The League maintains public roads, farms, and nether portals for the general benefit of the server, and also maintains bases perilously close to spawn, because the risk and expense incurred by The League is considered to be less than the overall benefit gained by the server having an active and somewhat hospitable spawn region.
Since the greatest overall need of the server is an increase in the population of new players, The League has made this one of its fundamental goals.
Principle of Regional Autonomy
Another guiding principle of The League is the concept that separate bases within the team should maintain some independence and autonomy, even while participating in larger team efforts. The local leader of each base is meant to have local control over it, making key local decisions such as who to bring and what to build.
Members of the team are not meant to have more coordinates to bases than are deemed necessary and safe by the local leaders of those bases. This is so that if one member betrays the team, the other bases can continue functioning independently without risk of being attacked by the traitor. Even founding members or leaders of the team do not necessarily need to know the coordinates of all member bases.
Overpopulated bases or highly rigid command structures are a source of potential instability and chaos, because then the loss of a single player or location may have disastrous results for the entire team.
Principle of Historical Permanence
Members of The League are meant to be aware of the uncertainty of the future, as well as the fragility of the server community and any teams or locations within it. Any base, no matter how well hidden, might be attacked at any time.
Therefore, League bases are meant to be built mostly of durable materials and in styles and sizes difficult to destroy. The most important bases of The League are usually vast structures made of stone, meant to leave impressive ruins even years after the inevitable collapse of the team. League members are not only building bases for contemporary use, they are building what will be the history of the server.
Another aspect of this principle is the maintenance of preexisting server history. Members are encouraged to preserve bases of historical importance, as well as accurately record server history on this wiki.
History
The Fall of the United Alliance and the War of Monarchia
The beginnings of the League can be traced as far back as late September of 2017, before the War of Monarchia and the fall of the United Alliance. Ostrich1414, who was the leader of the UA at the time, was simultaneously in talks with his close ally and fellow UA member Porkington about forming a new clan, one of their own. Ostrich1414 was also slowing becoming weary of the UA, and secretly wanted to withdraw. During this time, tensions between the UA and clipchip were thickening, so ostrich1414 and Porkington devised a plan to use an imminent war as a pretext to withdraw and focus on their potential idea.
On September 27th, 2017, the ostrich1414, on behalf of the United Alliance, declared war on clipchip's "Clipiiii's Gang" over land disputes in the UA's capital city of Monarchia; during the length of the war, however, ostrich1414 planned to surrender quickly and resign from his position.
The aptly-named "War of Monarchia" ended on October 6th, 2017 as the UA officially surrendered to Clipiiii's Gang, and ostrich1414 formally resigned from his position as Leader of the United Alliance. The end of the war saw clipchip's inheritance of the UA, which he later discontinued to found The Royal Allegiance, and his acquisition of all former UA bases. Clipchip also appointed ostrich1414 as his so-called "Indentured Servant", while Porkington became the Lord of Tamarisk. Nevertheless, ostrich1414 and Porkington were free from the UA's grasp, and their new membership in the RA proved to be no issue either as clipchip frequently neglected his new clan, allowing it to fall into a state of inactivity and questioning.
A World Underground
Almost instantly after the end of the War of Monarchia, in early October of 2017, ostrich1414 and Porkington found a spot for their newest base: "Estevez", or "Vez" for short. The first base of the League, Estevez began with the creation of a massive underground dome, decorated with diorite, stone brick, and red nether brick. From this dome, the pair expanded the base, connecting lengths of tunnels and other underground rooms into what would become a massive underground complex. During Vez's early days of construction, the two recruited former UA member and fellow ally Master_Xybot, bringing him to Estevez to assist them with their construction; Master_Xybot worked feverishly, creating many new rooms and tunnels within the complex.
Over time, Estevez grew massive in size and magnitude, and new rooms and wings were being added weekly. To them, Estevez was seen as an aesthetic utility base: one that would contain every form of self-sufficiency possible whilst keeping up a dignified sense of aesthetics and grandeur. In the midst of creating Estevez, the three began to talk more seriously about their clan; at this time, the clan did not have a name, nor did it have any true sense of purpose or goal. Simply put, they wanted to grow and expand, and would only announce themselves to the public when they felt ready to do so.
Struthio and Spawn Endeavors
While working on Estevez, ostrich1414 located a new spot for another team base: Struthio. Located at the mouth of a river in a savannah biome, Struthio was a small town made exclusively out of acacia wood and stone brick. Wanting to create a town out of the little-used material, ostrich1414 took up the challenge, and began the project in October of 2017. Struthio was partially modeled after his own creation, Quinsigamond, due to its congestion and soaring towers, this time with a vibrant orange hue. Simultaneously, ostrich1414 and Porkington began to work on an assortment of villager farms nearby downtown Struthio: these included breeding farms, iron farms, and modes of villager transportation.
In late October - early November of 2017, the League began to focus on spawn-related projects to tighten their grasp on the spawn area and to connect with new players. Their first major spawn project was an ever-expanding city known as "Oberstein": located on an extreme hills biome, Oberstein consisted of stone brick structures using Imperial Architecture as a guideline. Porkington, using his alt The_Fulgurator, and ostrich1414, using his alt OstrichsGayAlt, along with Master_Xybot, worked quickly on Oberstein, constructing as many as five buildings per hour. This base was created in the aftermath of the annual spawn map, released in mid November, in the hopes that it would stand out on the next released map.
The Hall of Vatlos, Grasstle, and the Announcement of the League
As work on Estevez slowed down and downtown Struthio was nearing completion, ostrich1414 and Porkington looked for their next big project: this happened to be the Hall of Vatlos, located about two hundred blocks from downtown Struthio. Perched atop a desert biome by the ocean, the Hall of Vatlos began as a massive structure inspired by Porkington's own Strawman Temple at Forsta Stad. Supported by large stone brick columns and soaring arches, the Hall of Vatlos held a large, decorated hall, consisting of quartz pillars and dark oak fixtures; the largest single project the team had taken on thus far.
The League's spawn-related endeavors only grew from here, and their next base close to spawn, Grasstle, was conceived in late December of 2017. Grasstle became the sole recruitment center for newcomers and noobs, where they would be assisted and pampered by the League in preparation for an (often-times optimistic) long-term career on SimPvP. Commissioned by Porkington and ostrich1414 and built by Xenagie, Atroxes, and LetsGetTr0pical, Grasstle consisted of a large cobblestone castle adorned with grass and trees on top of it; the castle itself was surrounded by smaller buildings, houses and farms, created by the new players that inhabited it. Porkington, using his alt not_pippenger, would frequently lead new arrivals from spawn to Grasstle, were they would be assisted and prepared before they officially joined the League and moved onto a better base farther from spawn.
Two more official members were added to the team during this time: worldruler086, former UA member and current RA member, and Cinnabars, using her alt Cinnablaw, who worked with Porkington at their massive city, Ascaris.
Between January 4th and 5th of 2018, Porkington, ostrich1414, and Master_Xybot finalized their team name, "The League", after months of brainstorming, and officially announced their team's existence to the public. Prior to this, growing speculation of the League was common, and their public work at Grasstle and their spawn recruitment only furthered these thoughts. Thus, upon their announcement, all three members formally withdrew from the Royal Allegiance, abandoning their former posts and solidifying their positions held in the League as co-leaders. The server's response was mixed: while many were intrigued by the new team, there remained some players who grew skeptical, or even agitated: this included a few current RA members, who had, by this time, lost four members with the withdrawal of worldruler086 upon his admission. Regardless, now with a sharper focus, the League was able to continue their many goals and projects now that they were a fully public and independent team.