Usamot 2 ideas and zoning

[Mr. Analog]

Nice! I'll be on in a bit and check it out

[Thorin]

welp, got my giant platform all lit up and then flattened out the land underneath it: http://ov.mc.tomasu.org/planetbob/#/29/64/-112/-1/0/0

I think I mined out 80,000 blocks - it took all weekend!  I think I have about 24 double chests full of material now, mostly cobble and then dirt.

Now why did I flatten it out?  For a while I was thinking of setting up a monster grinder under there, given how many mobs were spawning.  Not sure if I still want that, or if it just looks cool, as if the platform scooped out a bunch of land.

Next up, though, are the lava legs.  My little guy's been asking me when I'm going to make them.

[Lazybones]

It reminds me of two things..

1. a sports field.
2. it could easily look like a giant marble maze if you build a bunch of walls on it and holes.

[Mr. Analog]

I vote giant maze! That's a great idea

Mob grinder less so, I can create cobble generators so we can fill in the gap underneath if you are interested.

[Tom]

Simple way to keep mobs from spawning, fill it with a layer of water. and with recent versions of mc, you dont need to fill it in completely by hand \o/

[Thorin]

Well, for underneath I was thinking mob grinder because in the middle of the day I'd see groups of new mobs spawn in as I was still fighting the old ones off.  A lot of mobs seemed to spawn there.  Which is why I lit it up like crazy while trying to remove the trees.

For on top, I've got my plans for the City Of Tomorrow (tall, bulby towers all encased in glass).  It's a LONG TERM build, I'll probably still be working on it at the end of the summer.

[Mr. Analog]

Ahh cool, you'll need this then:
http://www.plotz.co.uk/

And maybe the circle template to make towers and then cap them with domes

furthermore:
monorail! Monorail! MONORAIL!

mono... D'OH!

[LennyLen]

Plotz is great. I used it for the bowl part of my mesa build.

[Mr. Analog]

Planned builds:

• Continue BIG DIG
• 6 lane highway
• 1:1 Stanley A. Milner Library

I'm actually planning to build a lot of stuff north of my factory, I have a lot of materials again so it's going to be a fun weekend of building!

[Thorin]

• 6 lane highway

good lord, that's gonna dominate the map

[Mr. Analog]

• 6 lane highway

good lord, that's gonna dominate the map

Yeah! I got inspired by this

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/308/4/5/_minecraft__highway_ramp_by_yazur-d6t3d7j.png

[Thorin]

Yeah! I got inspired by this

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/308/4/5/_minecraft__highway_ramp_by_yazur-d6t3d7j.png

that is ... IMPRESSIVE

[Mr. Analog]

Yeah! I got inspired by this

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/308/4/5/_minecraft__highway_ramp_by_yazur-d6t3d7j.png

that is ... IMPRESSIVE

I know right?

[Mr. Analog]

On top of my industrial farm I've built a huge silo for all the wheat

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeat!

[Mr. Analog]

Does anybody have an abundance of gravel kicking around?