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Hi. Recently it has come to attention of several restless wurmians that someone has started building a bridge "or something" to connect Newspring hermits to the rest of Xanadu's community. With the new map dumps it's even more clear, so here's my confession. Yes, I've started dropping and shaping the dirt pillars for Newspring bridge system. So far I've been doing it by myself and quietly. Not necessarily in secrecy, but I haven't really announced it to public either. But with more people asking around and getting directed to me, here's the public thread. Disclaimer. All of this "plan" is just my own thoughts put on digital paper. You have the right to disagree and I have the right to either acknowledge or ignore your opinion. This undertaking is not my main job and not my only current project in Wurm. The plan. (may or may not be altered based on anything) (click for larger image) The whole bridge will consist of 9 sections, each roughly 36 tiles long and 3 tiles wide; plus a shorter up'n'down ramp in each end. The dirt pillars will rise about 3 stories (90 dirt) above water. Final bridge will not be connected to any building, it needs to get highway protection and not be controlled by me or any other player or closed group. The type of the bridge (rock or marble, arched or flat) will be decided later based on public opinion. Done so far. Math and numbers. I've measured the distances and approximate depth of all the pillar spots. Wish it was easier... 3 pillars are done and 4th is pretty much done too, just need to find the moment to empty my dirt carriers. Two deeds at both end of the planned bridge. For reasons. Talked to a master mason (will be named if they give permission for it) with high enough skill to plan the bridge sections. To do. 4 pillars to create. This is the toughest part because so far it has been relatively shallow water, less than 600 dirt deep. The pillars 1, 2 and 3 are respectively 660, 680 and 740 dirt deep under water. Not so bad numbers. But here's the scary part. 660 dirt under water, on flat seabed, takes about 400 crates of dirt. 680 depth is about 440 crates. 740 depth is 560 crates. But the ground is not flat and those numbers are actually much higher, I would expect to see 1500 crates of dirt for those 3 pillars total, probably even more. The last pillar, number 4, takes only about 40k dirt. And to be clear, this is just to get one tile to surface, there are additional crates to raise them high and big enough. Building it. Child's play compared to what needs to be done before. After it's done. I have not made any further plans how or where the roads/highways will run after the big monster is done. Let's cross that bridge when we get to it. If you want to join in. Bring dirt. With the recent favor and priest changes, my Nahjo worshipper's dirt production has slowed down (chopping the onions makes me cry). If anyone wants to take part in this madness, then each and every crate with dirt is very welcome. You can either bring it to the bridge deeds, permissions will be set to unload for everyone) or just ship it to the right spot and throw overboard. The pillar locations are marked by anchored boats. I am not going to boss you around but if you get on my nerves, I'll just have to slap you. Now you know, thanks for reading and happy wurming! If you feel the urge to contact me, I'm Shmeric in the game, Shmeric on forums.
