Clusterblock

Clusterblock

Planned for Map Revision 6
Location: x=0, z=1600

The Clusterblock is a compact city planned for the sixth revision of the PvE server. TaoDao will be the mayor, with to co-mayors to be determined. Clusterblock will be one huge, chaotic structure, with all dwellings interconnected.

Position and Size

The Clusterblock will be built close to the West hub at the 0,1600 spot. It will be built fully inside a space of 55x55x55 blocks, starting from ground level, and delineated by a stone structure. The total size of the enclosure will be 55³=166375 blocks. This figure was chosen because it provides space for about a hundred medium sized apartments.

Concepts

The Clusterblock is based on Kowloon Walled City. The Walled City was a huge cluster of houses in Kowloon, Hong Kong, that housed over 30.000 people on a very small area. The inside of the City was a maze of random houses and corridors, all interconnected. Clusterblock aims for a similar effect, but without the triad interference. That is why citizens wishing to build in the Clusterblock will have to follow three guidelines:

• Any new dwelling must be connected to the others, forming one cluster.
• No new dwelling may cover the front door of another. Every dwelling may have only one front door.
• To make it easier for the mods, the dwellings must be built up of a number of cube-shaped rooms.

These rules will make sure that the city develops as one huge cluster of housing, but also that every house is connected directly to the outside via a network of organically growing halls and corridors.

Beautification

Aside from these three rules, which must be followed, Citizens are also encouraged to

• ... build special shapes composed of cube-shaped rooms
• ... not build your house too large, the city hall will serve as a guideline
• ... leave space for public spaces, connected to the hall system
• ... just do what you feel!