BWOT said:

Yeah but in the meantime we could work on the base

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Or Moria

I have put in quite a bit of effort into this project in the last couple of days to ensure that it does not die. And I thought that I should post what has been done to keep records.

First of all I've built proper walkways and stairways to places which previously lacked such a thing.
I've also replaced most of the southwestern wall's placeholder interior walls and ceilings with the wall and ceiling design shown in the example wall. So all that is left to do in those sections of that wall is to add some furniture. There are sections of that wall that still need interior work however because I don't have all the time in the world.
Then I've also gone over some "finished" areas, adding lighting and interesting designs where needed so that they look more finished. Furniture and clutter is still needed in some of these areas still as well as weathering some of the floors and walls.

That's all I can think of that I've done in the last two days. No update on the basement (which I'm supposed to be "in charge" of) exept for minor tweaks and added lighting.

Who was it that wanted to build that bowling alley by the way? Because I might build it myself if you don't hurry up and build it soon. I'm really interested in having that alley as well.

Edit: I've now started work on the rooms along the southwards facing wing of the basement that I think we're calling the east wing. I've built the walls for both the dining hall and big pantry down there and will most likely continue my work this evening.

anything i can do to help with this?

_Lord_Of_Squids_ said:

anything i can do to help with this?

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I don't really know. BWOT who was more or less the project leader of this is no longer an Artist so I don't really know where the project stands right now. He had some great plan to expand it massively but the project have kinda died down, especially now when there's other stuff to do on the server again such as Moria and DA (which of course takes priority over freebuild projects). I was building quite a lot on the Stronghold before I went on my vacations but I was more or less the only one building even back then. So right now the project stands without a leader, without builders and without a clear direction of where it's going whilst also overshadowed by more important projects. And I doubt BWOT will have time to come back and continue it now that he is a Foreman.

I'd like to see it continued but I don't really know how. Nearly all of the driving people behind this project have left it and the other Artists (me included) are now building in DA and Moria (as we should). I might not be the only one still interested in the project but as long as there's abundant and/or interesting work to do on the buildmap we would have a hard time getting enough artists together to pick up and continue this side-project.

I suppose that there isn't really anything stopping you from helping out and building on it in your free time, there's a lot of areas that needs some brushing up and much much more which still needs to be built but it's a rather lonesome job just so you know. I'm thinking that when the Summer events are over and DA starts to slow down (if it isn't finished by then) I might ask @BWOT if it's okay by him that I pick up the lead for this project whilst waiting for Mordor to start. But we'll see what the future holds for me.

In the meantime you could just pick a marked out area and start building I suppose, I doubt anyone would mind since there's no one there to mind. Except for the southwest part of the basement. That's where I was building and I'd like to continue building there when I return from my vacation and grows bored if DA

_Lord_Of_Squids_ said:

anything i can do to help with this?

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Something I know for certain that you can work on is the blacksmith and stables in the courtyard. They're marked out but no-one have ever claimed them so they've just been sitting there forever. Behind the garrison there's also some signs with ideas of what buildings could go there. You could build one or more of these if you want to have more freedom. BWOT was planning out the upper section of the stronghold before he left. I'm not sure how engaged he still is in this project but he at least knew the theme he was going for so I'd ask him about it before building up there. There's always terrain needing done but @barteldvn is in charge of that and kinda seem to have very specific ideas of what he wants to do with it.

But remember: official projects such as DA and Moria (and soon Mordor) is always taking priority over freebuild stuff.