ThatNurd wrote:Hiya, I'm
ThatNurd, usually known as simply Nurd.
I'm a person with organizational capabilities, a love of teamwork and a sense of being in a warm community. I've never been involved in any large community projects on the server, however if the title of FH mayor was to be cast upon me I would make sure Forest Hills would be an amazing, quality number 1.
I personally don't have a base at ForestHills, however it was the first warp I ever visited and used to be one side of a tunnel to my first ever base at a place called Domount, not sure if that tunnel is still there though. For the first 15 hours of playing on this server, on which I have now spent more time than on any other server I ever visited, I was constantly passing through Forest Hills as I maneuvered around the server, checking stuff out because I didn't get Nether access yet, which put Forest Hills in my heart. The architectural style in particular caught my attention, as the medieval style of building near the central area of Forest Hills has always played to my liking as I'm a sucker for those kinds of things
Now enough sucking up and time to get into the real stuff. As I said I don't really as of currently hold a real stake in Forest Hills however, as the first non-Spawn place I ever visited, I hate to see it crumble and fall under dust of inactive, dead builds whilst barely anyone still goes there, so I've put together a couple of things I would do as mayor to help boost the warp to at least have some active players:
1) Dead Builds First and foremost I would make sure to go around the town and clear out inactive builds likely by first putting up notice signs, or if the player has been offline for veeeerrryyy long likely just taking it down. Primarily this would be done in the central portion of the city, near the warp area, freeing up new space to be used.
2) Newb Houses With the newly freed area in the central portion of the town I thought of perhaps using to slightly decorate the roads in a simple manner (putting slabs on either side, putting torches along it, etc.) and then putting up a few small houses, with all the essentials needed for a start on our server, in the emptied area. These houses would primarily be aimed at newer players looking for a base in this amazing mountain town. Of course aid in this would be accepted from anyone willing to offer it however I would make sure these houses are built in the same medieval style which gives Forest Hills it's lovely charm.
Now I think this is obvious, but just to put it in writing, newer players would
NOT be forced into these "newb houses", this would simply be a way for players who don't yet have all the resources for a base/think they're not good at building to use, so that those who don't have the resources have a place to stay while they gather them, and those who think they're not good at building can use to avoid any ugly, bad builds being splattered around the town. This would also make cleaning up after inactive players significantly easier, as there practically wouldn't be cleaning up after those who would opt to use these houses aside from clearing the chests and such.
3) All Roads lead to Forest Hills As one of the older warp towns, Forest Hills itself straddles a relatively large area, not to mention the many bases nearby and around the town. So to make transportation here easier and perhaps allow players who do not yet have portals/do not wish to have them for whatever reason get around easier I would first renovate the seemingly dead Forest Hills train station and try and see if any players with bases nearby would like to connect themselves to an overworld system of railways and later on likely ice boat tracks as well, which would all come together in the Forest Hills train station.
As part of this transportation reform I would also, as stated previously, try do decorate the road system a bit, since it's mostly just a stone brick pathway, just for aesthetic purposes, so it isn't just stone bricks on the floor.
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Now these are just some of my ideas for what to do with Forest Hills if I am chosen for the position. There's a few more ideas as of currently though I think this post is long enough already, and I'm sure if I'm chosen even more will come with time, but one thing is certain, I'll try my hardest to make sure Forest Hills doesn't die on the operating table.
So with that, I would like to wish my fellow candidates good luck and may the best of us win the position!
