History of Pico

City history

PvE r5	Pico (r5)
PvE r6	Pico (r6)
PvE r7	Pico (r7)
PvE r8	Pico (r8)
PvE r9	Pico (r9)
PvE r10	Pico (r10)
PvE r11	Pico (r11)

Rev 5

Pico started in rev 5 as a town developed from a npc village. Though it started out small, it was one of the fastest growing cities in the 5th rev and even rivaled Seneca and the spawn city, in number of residents. It welcomed players of all experience levels, providing a firm start for newer minecraftians and challenging older builders with its smaller than average plots. Its southerly location, multiple rails, roads and proximity to the South Nether Portal put Pico in an excellent mix of seclusion and connectivity. Its abundant farms serve as a breadbasket of the south, with the double chest of food in the welcome center being filled and emptied on a regular basis.

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  The Welcome Center

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  The Watchtower

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  The view from the Watchtower

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  The Rail Station

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  Inside the rail station before the invention of CARTS

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  Miner's Market Trade Center

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  The largest of Pico's many farms.

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  Another view of the farms

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  The parks Modern Art!

Rev 6

Pico was located to the sun north at 0, -1500. By coordinates, it was the East Hub and was connected to the rest of the map by multiple rail systems. Pico was designed to evoke the dense cluster of tall towers that is the hallmark of many real world cities, and was a perfect local for any minecrafter with the itch to build a skyscraper. However, there were also two residential blocks for those who wish to live in the heart of the city, but don't want to build quite that tall. Pico was built of numbered blocks and colored roads for easy navigation and when it is completed it also had a subway system for fast travel around the city.

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  Pico's Local underground rail-system.

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  The giant Tree Farm.

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  Tail in the town center

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  Central Towers.

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  Piano

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  Pico Docks with lighthouse in the background.

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  Arty Tower.

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  Spleef Arena with fresh snow.

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  Beach

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  Local Hospital.

Rev 7

This revision was based in the desert next to a NPC village. Base camp, which later became femto district, was set up around a nether portal and Pico proper was build on the other side of a small sea. D

Downtown Pico

Downtown Pico was constructed as a large circle, with four cardinal roads leading from the center of the city. Two inner rings serve as additional roads that link the cardinal roads together. Downtown held 24 plots- the central plots were home to public buildings, such as the Storage Tower, the Public Farm, and the center rail station. Other notable buildings include Zot News Tower (Zotshot), the public sheep farm (31stCenturyMatt), and a sandstone apartment complex (Spacepirate1941).

Outer Districts

In addition to the central downtown circle, Pico consists of more loose outer districts that surround downtown. Among these were:

Residential District

Located on the west cliff, where people were able to build smaller, humbler homes just outside of the bustling city center.

Spaceport

Situated to the Northeast of the city, this expanse was home to a 1-to-1 scale of the Millenium Falcon, built by Spacepirate1941.

Skynet2029's Island

Small Island east between the Nether portal and Pico Proper, by Skynet2029. The island included a shopping mall with stores (floors B1 and B2), food court (B4), movie theater (B3) and a small public park (B6). Transit Station is at (B5) with connections to Pico Main Rail station and many of the local stations. Mostly entertainment/tourist oriented.

Femto

Located across the sea next to the Netherportal. This area contained the Pico Spleef arena, home to the Pico Ninjas, and featured mansion style houses after a redevelopment from the basecamp. These builds had too large a foot print for residential pico and were too short for downtown pico.

Rev 8

Just before Rev 8 started, Pico launched their very own subreddit.

Rev 11

--tc_chris (talk) 18:50, 28 March 2013 (UTC)