User:Thepinkschmuu

thepinkschmuu
About
Known as	Schmuu
Gender	Male
Nationality	American
Occupation	Musician/Songwriter
In Freedonia
First joined	3 October 2018
First building	Schmuu Tower
Donor level	* Donor
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"I would literally violate the Geneva Convention for a McChicken right now." - thepinkschmuu

Background

Schmuu is a completely unremarkable Minecraft player that you really don't need to know anything about because you could easily spend the time you would otherwise spend reading about some dude on some server for some game reading up on worthwhile, educational topics like history, art, or Johnny Test lore. He's not a moderator or an administrator, although he did donate a small amount of money to the server because the least he could do to show his appreciation for essentially the only public, (mostly) vanilla SMP that's not complete anarchy was to fund the server owner's next bag of chips. Other than that, Schmuu's only real points of interest are his various buildings, which take up the rest of this page.

Builds (in order of completion date)

Schmuu Tower

Owner:  thepinkschmuu
Contributors:  thepinkschmuu
Category: Towers
Underground?: No
Public?: Yes
Started: October ???, 2018
Completed: October 15th, 2018
Size north to south: 15m
Size east to west: 10m
Height: 26.5m
Coordinates: X=6360 Y=63 Z=7584
Dimension: Overworld
Nearest warp: Gardopolis
Map link

Schmuu Tower was supposed to be the first building of a town yet to be named or founded. A player on MinecraftOnline of less than two weeks, Schmuu had ambitious plans to build a sprawling, realistic, tightly packed city. He chose the site where Schmuu Tower sits today due to its large area of flat land and its proximity to a boat route and a large body of water (he hoped to make the town a seafaring one). Schmuu Tower is four stories tall, not counting the basement, and currently sits mostly empty. It was both the first building of the envisioned town and the first building Schmuu had ever built on the server. The tower was envisioned to sit in a tightly-packed row of similar buildings along the shore of the neighboring body of water, thus being the reason for its uniform, box-like structure. For Schmuu Tower specifically, Schmuu hoped to make the first floor a shop of some sort, the basement a storage area, and the top three floors apartments.

With limited resources, sub-par tools, and a significant amount of block lag, construction of the tower was excruciatingly slow relative to its size; resources were gathered as the tower was built, and on top of that, large amounts of smoothstone had to be smelted on some particularly laggy days. When the building was completed on October 15th, 2018, it was apparent that Schmuu's vision of a sprawling, realistic city with wide streets and an abundance of shops and residents was going to take a significantly larger amount of time and resources than he had previously thought. Coincidentally, literally moments after the tower was completed, Schmuu received an invitation from  Mrsuperdiamond to join his new settlement, Titanville. Lured by the prospect of living around other players and having a number of buildings and farms already built around him plus being somewhat discouraged about his own town based on the time it took to complete one relatively small building, Schmuu made the hasty but, ultimately, preferable decision to abandon his planned town and start a new life on the server in Titanville.

Titanville Embassy (Antopia)

Owner:  thepinkschmuu
Contributors:  thepinkschmuu
Category: Buildings
Underground?: No
Public?: Yes
Started: November 20th, 2018
Completed: November 21st, 2018
Size north to south: 17m
Size east to west: 14m
Height: 22.5m
Coordinates: X=-12473 Y=70 Z=45
Dimension: Overworld
Nearest warp: Quarryton
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The Titanville Embassy in Antopia was built shortly after Antopia's founder and sole resident,  Balianto, set up an embassy and temporary living quarters in Schmuu's hometown of Titanville. After obtaining permission from  Balianto to build an embassy for Titanville, Schmuu began work on a medieval-style building just outside the walls of Antopia. Although the block palette of the Titanville Embassy does not completely match the predominantly cobblestone block palette of Antopia, the medieval building fits in with its old castle/fortress theme. Eventually, the walls of Antopia were expanded beyond the embassy, engulfing it within the fortress walls.

The embassy features a small multi-purpose meeting room (which contains the only known map of Titanville, which is most likely outdated by now), offices for Schmuu and  Mrsuperdiamond, and a guest bedroom in case they take a long stay at the embassy (you know, for all that inter-city dilomacy that totally happens on MCO). The embassy is also home to a sheep named Gerald.

Schmuu's House

Owner:  thepinkschmuu
Contributors:  thepinkschmuu
Category: Houses
Underground?: No
Public?: Partially
Started: October 15th, 2018
Completed: December 21st, 2018
Size north to south: 48m
Size east to west: 58m
Height: 52.5m
Coordinates: X=2795 Y=83 Z=12381
Dimension: Overworld
Nearest warp: Gardopolis
Map link

Schmuu's House is Schmuu's current residence and was his second building project and third completed build. It is located in Titanville. The house is loosely based off of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. As a building tactic, Schmuu allowed himself one good look at an image of Fallingwater before building his house and then prohibited himself from looking at any more pictures of it once he began building so as to create a building reminiscent of, but not a direct copy of, the real thing. Its clean, modern architecture contrasts significantly with the majority of Titanville's buildings, as most of them are significantly smaller than the house and follow a nearly universal oak wood and oak log block palette. Schmuu's House follows a somewhat strict block palette of stone bricks, spruce wood, smooth sandstone, and glass and includes many balconies and large windows and skylights allowing for a very "open," "outdoors-y" atmosphere throughout the house. Fallingwater is known for taking similar aspects into account. In January 2021, Schmuu completed a great amount of landscaping around the house, further solidifying the house's focus on nature.

Schmuu built the house for looks and aesthetics over functionality or practicality, as the house has much more space than is necessary to live decently. The house features a large living room, a foyer, a bedroom, a patio, a rooftop pool, a large wall of furnaces, and a storage room which are all private to Schmuu. The house also features an XP grinder (with automatic collector chests), an enchanting room, an anvil, and a potion brewing station which are open to all Titanville residents. The section of the house that holds these resources is separated from the private part of the house by doors that can only be opened from the private section, giving Schmuu easy access to them but not allowing others utilizing them to explore the private section of the house.

BearTown Store

Owner:  thepinkschmuu
Contributors:  thepinkschmuu  RPS_DA_BEAR  kwuutie  NoobyTunes  CrunchyBit
Category: Shops
Underground?: No
Public?: Yes
Started: February 1st, 2019
Completed: February 1st, 2019
Size north to south: 10m
Size east to west: 10m
Height: 12.5m
Coordinates: X=-2624 Y=64 Z=-481
Dimension: Overworld
Nearest warp: AmpCity
Map link

The BearTown Store was Schmuu's first build in BearTown. He had visited BearTown once before, being given a tour by its founder,  RPS_DA_BEAR, and was amazed at how quickly the town was constructed and how many residents it had. A few weeks later on February 1st, 2019, Schmuu saw in chat that RPS and some other players were constructing a plaza in BearTown and needed extra help constructing the multiple buildings that would come with it. He offered to contribute and was welcomed. Contributors to BearTown Plaza include  RPS_DA_BEAR,  kwuutie,  NoobyTunes,  thepinkschmuu, and  CrunchyBit. They all shared resources to complete their own separate parts of the project.

Schmuu had no initial plans for the Beartown Store, and it still sits empty today. However, as suggested by the word "store" in its title, Schmuu now has plans to turn it into a store of some sort (right now, the most plausible idea is a bow and arrow store). The store should become functional in the near future.

The design of the building is similar to that of the Titanville Embassy (Antopia), though much more homely and scaled back. One of its key features is its sagging, medieval-style roof which Schmuu is very proud of.

BearTown Arch

Owner:  thepinkschmuu
Contributors:  thepinkschmuu  RPS_DA_BEAR  kwuutie  NoobyTunes  CrunchyBit
Category: Monuments
Underground?: No
Public?: Yes
Started: February 3rd, 2019
Completed: February 3rd, 2019
Size north to south: 4m
Size east to west: 12m
Height: 12m
Coordinates: X=-2623 Y=64 Z=-473
Dimension: Overworld
Nearest warp: AmpCity
Map link

The BearTown Arch was Schmuu's second build in BearTown. He had visited BearTown once before, being given a tour by its founder,  RPS_DA_BEAR, and was amazed at how quickly the town was constructed and how many residents it had. A few weeks later on February 1st, 2019, Schmuu saw in chat that RPS and some other players were constructing a plaza in BearTown and needed extra help constructing the multiple buildings that would come with it. He offered to contribute and was welcomed. Contributors to BearTown Plaza include  RPS_DA_BEAR,  kwuutie,  NoobyTunes,  thepinkschmuu, and  CrunchyBit. They all shared resources to complete their own separate parts of the project.

Schmuu built the arch purely out of impulse; he wanted to create a grand entrance to the plaza, and an arch seemed like an easy yet effective solution. While building it, he imagined he was building something similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France (though much smaller) except in a style utilizing cobblestone, logs, and wood to fit BearTown's Germanic medieval theme.

BearTown Clock Tower

Owner:  thepinkschmuu  RPS_DA_BEAR
Contributors:  thepinkschmuu  RPS_DA_BEAR  kwuutie  NoobyTunes  CrunchyBit
Category: Towers
Underground?: No
Public?: Partially
Started: February 6th, 2019
Completed: February 11th, 2019
Size north to south: 14m
Size east to west: 14m
Height: 64m
Coordinates: X=-2623 Y=64 Z=-427
Dimension: Overworld
Nearest warp: AmpCity
Map link

The BearTown Clock Tower was Schmuu's third build in BearTown. He had visited BearTown once before, being given a tour by its founder,  RPS_DA_BEAR, and was amazed at how quickly the town was constructed and how many residents it had. A few weeks later on February 1st, 2019, Schmuu saw in chat that RPS and some other players were constructing a plaza in BearTown and needed extra help constructing the multiple buildings that would come with it. He offered to contribute and was welcomed. Contributors to BearTown Plaza include  RPS_DA_BEAR,  kwuutie,  NoobyTunes,  thepinkschmuu, and  CrunchyBit. They all shared resources to complete their own separate parts of the project.

At the far side of the plaza, RPS had laid out a flat area with signs saying that he wanted a clock tower. He also stated that because it was such a big project and because it would be so noticeable, he would be somewhat picky with its appearance and that he would have permission to edit the building as he pleased. Schmuu felt up to the task.

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  This was the location set aside for the clock tower.

Schmuu's first design for the clock tower was a combination of the KERANOVA Clever Paper Medieval Clock Tower and a clock tower on a very old Minecraft Pocket Edition map called "Von Fatalis." Both of these towers are not particularly grandiose or detailed, and both are rather boxy. Schmuu completed most of the front facade but thought it looked somewhat juvenile compared to his other builds. Granted, the reference clock towers were somewhat simple, but when rebuilt in Minecraft, that simplicity became lackluster. RPS also commented that it was "a bit too simple" and even modified the doorway. After some pondering, Schmuu had no idea how to detail it to make it look better and decided that it would be easier to tear it down and start fresh.

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  This was the extent of Schmuu's work on the original clock tower.

After tearing it down, Schmuu began designing a new, completely original clock tower. Instead of following a more medieval style, he instead tried a more ornate, fantasy-like, style. The second (and final) design is extremely detailed, has tons of depth, and follows a curvier, less square pattern than the first design (shown in the thumbnail of this section). The base of the tower to the top of the clock face was pre-designed in creative mode, but the roof and the four facades above the clock faces were done by freehand. RPS was much more satisfied with this design than the first one, stating that "it look[ed] great!"

One of the greatest challenges in building the clock tower was that it was centered around four blocks; not one. This was the case because it had to line up with the center of the plaza and the road leading up to it, which were all based around even numbers. This made the roof and, particularly, the clock arms very difficult to design. The clock arms went through countless design changes, nearly all of which being too bulky or off-center due to the even number of blocks. Eventually, Schmuu used black stained glass panes as the arms as they could be cut in half and could be seen against the white background of the clock face.

The clock tower serves little purpose to the public other than being a significant landmark in BearTown. It is the tallest building in the city and is easily recognizable when viewing the BearTown skyline. Functionally, the tower simply has a small, "+"-shaped room on the ground floor with an open door on each wall, meant to facilitate foot traffic (this design, of course, will make more sense when the town is expanded around the tower, as three of the doors simply open out to flat land or ocean). The upper levels of the tower, however, contain a large gearbox/mechanism for the 4 clocks and a loft which serves as Schmuu's living quarters. These upper levels can only be accessed by a secret entrance.

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  This is the gearbox/mechanism on the inside of the clock tower.

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Titan Tower

Owner:  thepinkschmuu
Contributors:  thepinkschmuu
Category: Towers
Underground?: No
Public?: Yes
Started: January 27th, 2021
Completed: January 28th, 2021
Size north to south: 13m
Size east to west: 15m
Height: 42m
Coordinates: X=2827 Y=73 Z=12411
Dimension: Overworld
Nearest warp: Gardopolis
Map link

Titan Tower is Schmuu's most recent build in Titanville and on MCO as a whole. The building serves little purpose and was built purely out of boredom, but it serves as an effective "centerpiece" to the town; it protrudes upwards out of a sea of trees and shorter buildings while still being overlooked by the mountains, Colossal Titan statue, and Schmuu's House that make up a natural border to the town. The tower is much more in-line with Titanville's understated, somewhat medieval style of pervasive architecture than Schmuu's House, his only other noteworthy build in the town. Housed at the top of the tower is book and quill for visitors to leave notes in, similar to geocaching in real life.