Replicating Sweet in a Minecraft world.

[Kennedy Parker]

... and the crime ... you know ... always paying and stuff.
But yes, I had picked Gumbania as affluent in the past. Hadn't really attributed anything to Golden Valley.
Note that I had made an assumption (with nobody's permission) that the Golden Throne is a revamped Arden Street (Pagan's Ducks / Junkyard Dogs). But demographics change over time, too.

Ew Arden Street.

Doing a bit of an exercise and attributing some ideas to a few of these suburbs based on prior info re the lore and current club identities

Suburb	Description
Gumbania	- Home of Gumbies FFC, privately owned and funded by the Gumby family tycoon - Grounds here include the House of Gumby and the Lair which has now become a training facility. - very affluent, high income population - low population density - Gumby Gardens is Sweet's Botanic Garden, privately owned by a bunch of rich families in the area - Residents are usually disconnected from the rest of the population and the life of the average Sweet citizen and indulge themselves in an obscenely luxurious lifestyle
Golden Valley	- Previous locale of Arden Street home of Pagan's Ducks/Junkyard Dogs, but series of redevelopments over the past decade built a flux of luxury residential homes - home of the Gold City Royals and includes the Golden Throne - Most popular area for new residents to move into upon accumulating wealth and success - upper-class, intelligentsia population - kids are generally rich and private school educated, engage in rebellious activities such as recreational drug use and alcohol-fueled violence in the streets
Dun Lop	- Huge parkland reserve area home of Dun Lop Stadium and Sweet FA HQ that hosts international events and historic Qooty games - Sweet FA grand final played here - predominantly commercial area with a couple residential high rises and hotels overlooking the public recreational reserve area
The Heights	- Small mining town where working-class labourers toil for stone, coal, iron reserves, precious metals such as diamonds, gold and emeralds
Outback Territory	- Countryside home of Outback Arena and Dark Park former homes of Koalas and Darkness Eternal, grounds now host country youth Qooty games - Resided by farmers that grow wheat, fruits and vegetables, milk cows, grow cattle and pigs - Along with breeders and trainers who own a stable near Outback Arena for purpose of developing racehorses
Punt	- home suburb of the Fighting Furies and rfctigerarmy's hippodrome - wealthy, upper-class residents - generally younger age demography - eccentric, hedonistic culture with regular wild nightlife, music festivals, pop-culture conventions, gatherings of fetishists on Tiger Island - huge fanatical, obsessive following of Qooty team and cultish worship of club heroes
Mount Buller	- most notorious mountain in the Sweet region which is the location of Sweet's popular ski resort - home of the Mount Buller Demons - residents generally have an older age range with high income and can afford holiday homes around the area - however a commune of working-class miners who work at The Heights nearby reside in a village the base of the mountain making it an area of high income inequality

 

[Gentlemen]

Ew Arden Street.

Doing a bit of an exercise and attributing some ideas to a few of these suburbs based on prior info re the lore and current club identities

Suburb	Description
Gumbania	- Home of Gumbies FFC, privately owned and funded by the Gumby family tycoon - Grounds here include the House of Gumby and the Lair which has now become a training facility. - very affluent, high income population - low population density - Gumby Gardens is Sweet's Botanic Garden, privately owned by a bunch of rich families in the area - Residents are usually disconnected from the rest of the population and the life of the average Sweet citizen and indulge themselves in an obscenely luxurious lifestyle
Golden Valley	- Previous locale of Arden Street home of Pagan's Ducks/Junkyard Dogs, but series of redevelopments over the past decade built a flux of luxury residential homes - home of the Gold City Royals and includes the Golden Throne - Most popular area for new residents to move into upon accumulating wealth and success - upper-class, intelligentsia population - kids are generally rich and private school educated, engage in rebellious activities such as recreational drug use and alcohol-fueled violence in the streets
Dun Lop	- Huge parkland reserve area home of Dun Lop Stadium and Sweet FA HQ that hosts international events and historic Qooty games - Sweet FA grand final played here - predominantly commercial area with a couple residential high rises and hotels overlooking the public recreational reserve area
The Heights	- Small mining town where working-class labourers toil for stone, coal, iron reserves, precious metals such as diamonds, gold and emeralds
Outback Territory	- Countryside home of Outback Arena and Dark Park former homes of Koalas and Darkness Eternal, grounds now host country youth Qooty games - Resided by farmers that grow wheat, fruits and vegetables, milk cows, grow cattle and pigs - Along with breeders and trainers who own a stable near Outback Arena for purpose of developing racehorses
Punt	- home suburb of the Fighting Furies and rfctigerarmy's hippodrome - wealthy, upper-class residents - generally younger age demography - eccentric, hedonistic culture with regular wild nightlife, music festivals, pop-culture conventions, gatherings of fetishists on Tiger Island - huge fanatical, obsessive following of Qooty team and cultish worship of club heroes
Mount Buller	- most notorious mountain in the Sweet region which is the location of Sweet's popular ski resort - home of the Mount Buller Demons - residents generally have an older age range with high income and can afford holiday homes around the area - however a commune of working-class miners who work at The Heights nearby reside in a village the base of the mountain making it an area of high income inequality

Genuinely fun read, found myself agreeing with a lot and wanting more.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Genuinely fun read, found myself agreeing with a lot and wanting more.

I'll look to do the rest of them by the end of the week. Already have a general idea of what I'd associate the southern areas.

 

[Mobbs]

Ew Arden Street.

Doing a bit of an exercise and attributing some ideas to a few of these suburbs based on prior info re the lore and current club identities

Suburb	Description
Gumbania	- Home of Gumbies FFC, privately owned and funded by the Gumby family tycoon - Grounds here include the House of Gumby and the Lair which has now become a training facility. - very affluent, high income population - low population density - Gumby Gardens is Sweet's Botanic Garden, privately owned by a bunch of rich families in the area - Residents are usually disconnected from the rest of the population and the life of the average Sweet citizen and indulge themselves in an obscenely luxurious lifestyle
Golden Valley	- Previous locale of Arden Street home of Pagan's Ducks/Junkyard Dogs, but series of redevelopments over the past decade built a flux of luxury residential homes - home of the Gold City Royals and includes the Golden Throne - Most popular area for new residents to move into upon accumulating wealth and success - upper-class, intelligentsia population - kids are generally rich and private school educated, engage in rebellious activities such as recreational drug use and alcohol-fueled violence in the streets
Dun Lop	- Huge parkland reserve area home of Dun Lop Stadium and Sweet FA HQ that hosts international events and historic Qooty games - Sweet FA grand final played here - predominantly commercial area with a couple residential high rises and hotels overlooking the public recreational reserve area
The Heights	- Small mining town where working-class labourers toil for stone, coal, iron reserves, precious metals such as diamonds, gold and emeralds
Outback Territory	- Countryside home of Outback Arena and Dark Park former homes of Koalas and Darkness Eternal, grounds now host country youth Qooty games - Resided by farmers that grow wheat, fruits and vegetables, milk cows, grow cattle and pigs - Along with breeders and trainers who own a stable near Outback Arena for purpose of developing racehorses
Punt	- home suburb of the Fighting Furies and rfctigerarmy's hippodrome - wealthy, upper-class residents - generally younger age demography - eccentric, hedonistic culture with regular wild nightlife, music festivals, pop-culture conventions, gatherings of fetishists on Tiger Island - huge fanatical, obsessive following of Qooty team and cultish worship of club heroes
Mount Buller	- most notorious mountain in the Sweet region which is the location of Sweet's popular ski resort - home of the Mount Buller Demons - residents generally have an older age range with high income and can afford holiday homes around the area - however a commune of working-class miners who work at The Heights nearby reside in a village the base of the mountain making it an area of high income inequality

Hehe I enjoyed this, generally matches my own assumptions, too. You're clearly familiar with the game because you are subliminally referencing it through the minerals and husbandry options.

One of the problems that arises is that some of the information is a bit fluid ... as I add stuff to the town, the boundaries shift a little to compensate. The map you are using is a little out of date. Dark Park is no longer a part of Outback Territory, but now belongs in an are called Ashcombe (long story).

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Hehe I enjoyed this, generally matches my own assumptions, too. You're clearly familiar with the game because you are subliminally referencing it through the minerals and husbandry options.

One of the problems that arises is that some of the information is a bit fluid ... as I add stuff to the town, the boundaries shift a little to compensate. The map you are using is a little out of date. Dark Park is no longer a part of Outback Territory, but now belongs in an are called Ashcombe (long story).

A little familiar but I only played the phone version of it when I was younger.

No worries. Could just be said that the info was based off data gathered from a census a while back.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Continuing on with a few more.

Suburb	Description
Sweet	- central business district, busiest and most densely populated area - urban metropolitan area with a combination of commercial, residential high rises and numerous stores of a wide variety - Location of renowned Sweet bar and club 'The Club Room' - majority of middle-class population will come here for office jobs
Old Town (Sweet West)	- home of the local retirement home - home of the Roys FFC and Brunswick Junction Oval - demography dominated by the elderly population - quiet suburban landscape and largest residential area in Sweet with minimal commercial entities
Subiaco	- country town at the base of a large mountain range - formerly very heavily populated place however, the effects of urbanisation over the years so a population decline - formerly had the Subiaco Oval which was demolished after the local economy and population dwindled - Sweet City Council bought back the land to make the mountain base into a wildlife reserve to preserve rare flora and fauna species - A few shops like fumbler's fertiliser, Cobblestone Shop, along with a few country homes still exist closer to the shopping centre - Subiaco Oval goal and behind posts are kept as a history marker near this location
Nou Camp	- home of the Stadium in the Sky and Las Vegas Bears - large bustling inland town with a huge middle-class population and famous for the biggest shopping centre in Sweet : the Nou Camp Shopping Centre - underneath the ground is also the home of the Underground Stadium and Sin City Swamprats - due to lax enforcement the Nou Camp underground is the hub for illegal activities such as the drug trade, red light district, fight clubs - most of Sweet's notorious criminals base themselves in the underground
Attenboro	- primary residential region for low-income working-class population - lacking in commercial activity and most of the population travel elsewhere to work as labourers - Sweet City Council built the city's public housing block here
Alberton	- former home of the Alberton Swamprats before relocation and has the Alberton Oval here - low-income, high crime rate, densely populated town - variety of alcohol-related issues in the area, high local unemployment, lacking in infrastructure and job opportunities for older, unskilled workers - much of Sweet's social security welfare recipients reside here - Hindeallan Federal Government recently provided grants to Sweet City Council to redevelop poor areas like Alberton, but the inefficiency of the city council has delayed such projects

 

[Mobbs]

That's brilliant!

Oh yeah I can add The Club Room in town, for sure! Some extra notes : Attenboro was the home of the Wonders in the early years (Attenborough Oval / Wonderland), in a larger parkland, which (as you stated) largely gave way to public housing estates.

Subiaco is kind of the other way around, started urban, but industrial growth centred here after a time and the old Subiaco Oval made way for this. The right stuff, different order.

Old Town is spot on.

The Shopping Complex in Nou Camp is called Los Carraras Shopping Centre. When you speak of the "underground" this is largely centred around a massive sewer system that rivals the Paris Catacombs.

There sure are a lot of suburbs dedicated to crime!

 

[Mobbs]

Built an archery centre on the site of the old Windy Hill ground for purposes of etching the location of that ground into the details.
Archery tournament PVP is definitely possible.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

That's brilliant!

Oh yeah I can add The Club Room in town, for sure! Some extra notes : Attenboro was the home of the Wonders in the early years (Attenborough Oval / Wonderland), in a larger parkland, which (as you stated) largely gave way to public housing estates.

Subiaco is kind of the other way around, started urban, but industrial growth centred here after a time and the old Subiaco Oval made way for this. The right stuff, different order.

Old Town is spot on.

The Shopping Complex in Nou Camp is called Los Carraras Shopping Centre. When you speak of the "underground" this is largely centred around a massive sewer system that rivals the Paris Catacombs.

There sure are a lot of suburbs dedicated to crime!

Yeah I could make adjustments accordingly in due time.
Think I might start a dossier thread once I have an idea of where and what everything is.

Most of the suburbs South of the CBD will be working-middle class. All the wealthy peeps are up north.

The crime suburbs are mainly just Alberton and those who moved into Sin City to avoid heavier law enforcement in the area, the crime there is mainly driven by poverty. The only other suburb that is heavy in crime is Abu Grahib which is just a plain mess.

 

[Mobbs]

Windy Hill estate growing. Includes what's left of the old Windy Hill ground, and Abdu Prison in the background. All of Windy Hill will eventually go, the nod to history is maintained via the grandstand and entrance, which are preserved and re-used for the Archery club. Properties in Abu Ghraib have grown in number from 11 to 30 in 3 days

Oh and you can also see Cape Kdavveral in the background heh

... and an updated suburb map. I'll get the suburb name text more consistent next time around :

 

[Mobbs]

The trip from the BJO to Abdu Prison:


Originally created for the S27R03 game between the Bombers and the Roys.

 

[Headless]

Love this thread.

 

[Mobbs]

For Cloud_ (promised he would get a ranch if the Royals beat the Rillas):

 

[Kennedy Parker]

For Cloud_ (promised he would get a ranch if the Royals beat the Rillas):

HOLY COW

Look at that beautiful villa!

Can't wait to retire to Camp Clod at the end of the season

 

[DemonJim]

The world keeps growing!

Awesome stuff Mobbs.

 

[Mobbs]

New facilities added to the Hippodrome (originally posted in match thread S27R05-ROYFUR:
PHX Wing

FWOY Bar

 

[Mobbs]

And Hippodrome to the BJO, also posted recently in the same match thread S27R05-ROYFUR :

 

[Mobbs]

Videos taken for the Heritage Walking Tour series ( Link ).

House of Gumby to rfctigerarmy's hippodrome:


rfctigerarmy's hippodrome to ljp86's lair:


ljp86's lair to Abdu Prison:


Abdu Prison to Van Cortlandt Park:


Van Cortlandt Park to Stadium In The Sky:

 

[Mobbs]

Videos taken for the Heritage Walking Tour series ( Link ), continued.

Stadium In The Sky to Brunswick Junction Oval:


Brunswick Junction Oval to Dun Lop Stadium:

 

[Mobbs]

All that remains of Attenborough Reserve Oval #2, aka Wonderland Arena. Moving from Oval #1 for Season 03, this park was the home ground of the Seventh Wonders until Season 06 inclusive, prior to the move to Subiaco in the west and name change to West Coast Wonders. Wonderland was heavily developed to cater for the explosion of interest in the Sweet FA at that time. The Wonders now play out of their fourth ground, The Colosseum, and the Wonderland Arena has given way to a residential estate. Here at the location of the centre circle, this homage to the ground sits proudly in the forecourt of the Wonderland Cafe.

The line markings of the two Attenborough Parklands reserves were still visible for some time before the land was developed to incorporate an ever-swelling city population. Wonderland Arena was the one on the right. Attenborough Oval (7th Wonders Seasons 01 & 02) was the one on the left:

 

[Mobbs]

The Municipal Park Reserve in Rasasidge, which has been housing the Razors since they left the Sweet FA and the Wonga, and joined lower tier competitions.

Will the Razors be the next team rebooted? The topic of expansion is sure to rise again with the inauguration of a new Admin at the end of Season 27!

 

[Mobbs]

Changing it up a little, here is how to get from Stadium In The Sky to the Brunswick Junction Oval, via the sewerage network which is maintained as a road network by the Swampies. (originally posted in Roys v Bears match thread S27R06) :

 

[Dav]

Will the Razors be the next team rebooted? The topic of expansion is sure to rise again with the inauguration of a new Admin at the end of Season 27!

What are you genuine thoughts on this? Would Titans be a more fitting reboot?

 

[Mobbs]

What are you genuine thoughts on this? Would Titans be a more fitting reboot?

Titans, Razors. Junkyard Dogs, all had an extended history. They all exist but all share grounds (Titans & Razors with each other, Dogs with the Royals).

The league could easily handle 4 additional teams, the current competition is far too crowded, but 16 teams would be too many for one league - it would need to be split.

Better to simply solidify the second league and underline the pathways.

 

[Mobbs]

The trip from the BJO to the Colosseum.
Originally posted in the Match Thread S27R07WONROY.