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green_infrastructure.png Tindwcel's Transmission Tower System
Tower2.png

A transmission tower

About
Owner getplayerhead.sh?tindwcel&16.png tindwcel
Category Infrastructure
Underground? No
Public? Yes
Started February 2020
Completed in progress
Height 130m
Location
Coordinates X=-15085
Y=64
Z=-3939
Dimension Overworld
Map Link


In February 2020 a mysterious structure appeared near Las Vereno Airport. It was clear that getplayerhead.sh?Tindwcel&16.png Tindwcel had built it and getplayerhead.sh?Verydairyman&16.png Verydairyman questioned him about it. He correctly guessed that it was some kind of broadcast or transmission tower, but not what it was designed to transmit. Signs at the base of the building seemed to indicate that it was some kind of mind-control experiment, but could it really emit mind control rays? This seems unlikely.

What is known, is that similar towers began appearing in that region of the map, and there are currently estimated to be up to 45, stretching in a line from the world border near Las Vereno, to some point much further hubward, in the direction of the warp at New Venice. The purpose remains unclear.

  • Tower 1, at the world border.

  • Tower 2

  • Tower 3, near Las Vereno Airport. This was the first tower to be sighted.

  • Tower 4, with Las Vereno in the background.

  • Tower 5

  • Tower 6. This tower overlooks an an-named town, founded by Enjoku.

  • Tower 7, also near Enjoku's town.

  • Tower 8

  • Tower 9, In its original position, this tower was outside the ring of buoys surrounding Saikyo, but was still, as can be seen here, very visible from at least part of the city. On 3rd April 2020 this tower was moved a distance of 215 metres further out to sea.

  • Tower 9 in its new position.

  • Tower 10

  • Tower X was built for Tindwcel, by WaffleNomster, to fill the gap in the chain caused by the relocation of tower 11. This view of Tower X is from the top of tower 10. The oriental-styled building between the towers is on Saikyo island.

  • Tower 11, as originally built on the tip of Saikyo Island.

  • Tower 11, in its new position, 198 metres away, from 3rd April 2020.

  • Tower 12

  • Tower 13

  • Tower 14

  • Tower 15

  • Tower 16

  • Tower 17

  • Tower 18. This is close to a large ugly cobble base.

  • Tower 19, near a nice un-named castle.

  • Tower 20

  • Tower 21

  • Tower 22

  • Tower 23, on beta terrain, near a former world border, pre-dating September 2011. The change in sea level can be seen in this image.

  • Tower 24

  • Tower 25

  • Tower 26. Near Winterfell

  • Tower 27. The Bloo Noodle Highway is visible from here.

  • Tower 28. Near an interesting un-named build or town featuring a giant tree-like structure.

  • Tower 29

  • Tower 30. Adjacent to the Freedonia Railway System Great Northern Line.

  • Tower 31. Near some kind of luxury villa complex.

  • Tower 32

  • Tower 33. Near Clifftonville

  • Tower 34. Near Nexus Hub West(Blue) 3

  • Tower 34A. Adjacent to Nexus Hub West(Blue) 3. This additional tower, to serve the Nexus uses blue wool instead of black, and is not part of the main chain.

  • Tower 35, adjacent to a cobble-and-glass base.

  • Tower 36

  • Tower 37, the shortest tower.

  • Tower 38. This was built in an area which some player had attempted to claim via placement of torches and glowstone. An incomplete un-named large castle is near, apparenly the work of Rufas, Blobehh, and SlaggyP.

    Update December 2020: Tindwcel had sought and been given Admin approval for the location of Tower 38, however the large castle turned out to be Rufas's Fallen Kingdom build in progress so tindwcel agreed to the removal of Tower 38 to allow that build to proceed. The tower was removed on 6 December 2020 and will at some point be replaced by two new towers at locations which will once again allow the chain to be complete.

  • Tower 39

  • Tower 40

  • Tower 41

  • Tower 42

  • Tower 43

  • Tower 44

  • Tower 45, just outside New Venice.


In mid-March 2020, soon after the final tower in the chain between Las Vereno and New Venice was completed, hackers somehow gained access to Tindwcel's Macro/Keybind mod setup and found that he had the following piece of code in a file, assigned to a key, seemingly somehow connected with the use of these towers. The code was soon posted on 4Chan.com, Reddit.com, and, bizarrely enough, Neopets.com. Experts from PlanetMinecraft speculated that it showed that the towers may in fact be some form of transport system. 

//Smart jumpto - adjusts aim to nearest cardinal or intercardinal direction. ( i.e. multiple of 45 degrees )

#myvar = %YAW% + 22
#myvar = #myvar / 45
#myvar = #myvar * 45

LOOK(%#myvar%,%PITCH%)
// correction for bug...
LOOK(%YAW%,%PITCH%)

WAIT(500ms)

ECHO("/jumpto")

STOP
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