Pippenger
Pippenger is a player who joined Simpvp in May 2013. Known as the former leader of the Empire, a prolific builder, and three year consecutive winner of the Server's Handsomest Man Award. Template:Citationed Needed
Noobin' it Up
Pippenger arrived on the server as a complete noob, without any experience on similar servers. He did not know that running and jumping caused starvation, or how /coords worked, or any other pieces of basic information required to survive on Simpvp. With determination and assistance from helpful players such as Eggthief, Pippenger was able to eek out a living a few hundred blocks from spawn.
Unclechain City
After perhaps a month of accomplishing nothing impressive, Pippenger was invited to assist Unclechain in the construction of a large modern city. Unclechain did the bulk of the work and built many large and impressive structures, while Pippenger, Xestia, and a few others players helped. The abandoned base was later stumbled upon by Ultra Badass, prompting him to start the "Discoveries" thread on the forums.
Cindisfarne Monastery and Caladan
After he forgot to reset his bed and was sent back to spawn, Pippenger teamed up with Cinnabars and travelled to the ocean, where they built the base Cindisfarne Monastery, a series of temples on a small island. Cinnabars left after only a few days, however, and Pippenger began constructing a large castle on a nearby island, called Caladan.
The Empire Begins
In August 2013, Pippenger founded a team known as the Empire, or the Holy Pippenger Empire. For the first major base, the team used Caladan, the island castle. Many players came to live there and aid in construction, though some of their buildings were of low quality or did not fit the style of the base. This prompted Pip to publish the list of Building Codes mandating what could be constructed in the empire, which was unsurprisingly not a popular decision. Soon afterwards, an unknown player betrayed the team and griefed the base, and the team scattered.
The Spawn Wars
For several months, the empire focused mostly on recruiting players and controlling territory near spawn. The fortresses Kudzu, Verdolaga, and Tamarisk were built during this period, named after resilient weeds. It was a period of constant war, betrayal, and destruction, and nothing impressive was accomplished.
New Caladan
In November, the senior members of the empire relocated to a distant island over 60k from spawn to create a capital city, New Caladan. Pippenger stayed behind to fight over spawn, but created an alt, Not_Pippenger, to go and lead the city. New Caladan was built in a highly specific style invented by Pippenger, and nobody else really enjoyed building in it or understood how. As a result, progress was very slow and Pippenger built the majority of the buildings himself, despite the large population of the city, which included at times such accomplished players as Deflowvesper and Morl0ck. By the start of 2014, progress had stopped. The city was nowhere near its intended size, and was littered with ugly unfinished projects.
The Empire Falls
Over the next few months, Pippenger tried to keep the empire functioning by making it a republic and instituting democratic decisions, but by that point it was too late, and few people still logged on regularly or made any attempt to help. The spawn colonies were also completely abandoned, in the hopes that a greater focus on the capital would finally allow it to thrive. By this point Pippenger had given up all attempts at being emperor of a massive team, and was simply trying to run one city, but it was a doomed effort. A player using the pseudonym "Horus" set the city ablaze, and the population scattered.
(A more detailed history of the empire can be found in the in-game books Empire's Rise and Empire's Fall, which can be purchased from Pippenger or another player at Ascaris or Aggersel. If you don't wanna buy the book you only get this shitty version though, sorry.)
Drecksloch, Noobtree, and Uinia
Pippenger went into a mild depression and built a really shitty underground base called Drecksloch, which means "dirty underground hole" in German. However, on his alt during this period he also built a few castles near spawn, the remains of which can still be seen today by anyone who enters the server. One castle, Uinia, is still intact, and it lies in a desert not far from spawn. Ostrich1414 and Cdnam5 helped as well. The small team, called the "Noobtree Foundation", also made efforts to help noobs and repair the spawn, and the effects of this and other movements are still visible today.
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In early May 2014, close to exactly a year after first joining the server, Pippenger teamed up with Cinnabars again to build Ascaris, a massive stonebrick city in a style similar to New Caladan, but vastly superior. The city contains two large cathedrals, and the Simpvp Library, holding the largest collection of player-written books on the entire server. Much of the city was also built in the form of underwater ruins surrounding the inhabited sections. Planet Khamulio praised it as having "stunning architectural design" on the forums, and CrackyJoe agreed, saying that is "looks dope". According to the mods who visited, it is one of the largest bases ever created on the server, and it is still growing, though since Cinnabars stopped visiting Simpvp in September 2014, progress has slowed considerably. One of Pippenger's accounts resides there to this day and makes incremental progress.
http://simplicitypvp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2183
Brnt's Sky City
During this period, Pippenger used his alt to assist Brntrogdor in creating a flying city on a 100 diameter circular platform, encased by a huge dome of white glass. Brnt constructed the main structures of the city, and Pippenger helped by filling gaps in the town with buildings. Each house at the city was in a completely unique style, giving the city a vibrant, interesting appearance. Sadly, Brntrogdor left the server immediately after completion of the city, and it is not clear if he will ever return to create anything else.
Stonetown and the Tree Dome
Pippenger teamed up with Dariepearjuicy, Ostrich1414, and Unclechain, his first major partner, to create a grass dome with a diameter of around 100 blocks. The dome was then covered in trees, and the inside was filled with mycelium and giant mushrooms. The team lived in the nearby Stonetown, which was built in the same style as New Caladan and Ascaris.
Aggersel
In November 2014, Pippenger founded a new city called Aggersel, It was meant to correct the flaws of New Caladan by providing much more individual freedom to builders who constructed buildings there. Each member of the city was given a plot of land and almost complete control over it, leading to the creation of many large, inventive, and pleasant looking structures. Mr. Hole Digger built a semi automatic wheat farm of over 5000 blocks there, and C4K3 built a slightly larger replica of Eden with some additions. The city is still under construction and shows promise of being a very successful base.
Wiki Stuff
In December 2014, Pippenger figured out how to use the wiki and added some stuff, including this page.