Lag Comes to Blockshire
Lag Comes to Blockshire is a book written exclusively in MCO, based loosely around the perpetual issue of Lag on the server, and how it would appear from the perspective of Villagers.
The book is composed of two volumes; due to the limitations of the name of a written_book, they are shortened to:
- Blockshire Lag (Vol 1)
- Blockshire Lag (Vol 2)
Each volume contains 6 chapters. Each chapter starts with a single illustration.
Awards
This book won a Writing Competition, hosted by 
_Daata in January 2025, winner announced February 11th, 2025 in the Freedonia Public Library Discord.
Limited Edition
There will only ever be 25 identical Original signed_book of each volume, of which 24 were created to be sold. These are priced at 100 Diamond Blocks each, and are only sold in shop BOOKS, located in the Brick Mall. (see 
_author_ for coordinates)
24 of these were placed in the shop on April 12th 2025. (If/when _Daata confirms that an Original was not submitted for the contest, then the last Original book will be signed at a future date)
NOTE! While the Originals are costly, *copies* of this book (Copy of a Copy) are given out freely by _author_ when they are online.
History
This book project was started by _author_ in February, 2024, and the main text was essentially completed by March, 2024. However, it would not fit inside a single 50-page Written_Book. Therefore, _author_ decided to split it into two volumes, adding several illustrations to make it an even better piece. It was also divided into Chapters at this time, so each chapter page would be the place of one of these images.
This turned into a major stalling of the project, since creating good graphic images within the limitations of Minecraft is extremely challenging. Then in January, 2025, there was a Writing Competition by _Daata to celebrate the opening of the Freedonia Public Library. The competition had a deadline of January 31st, which helped motivate _author_ to push this project over the finish-line, finally completing the book on January 30th, 2025.