Staropia

Staropia is the fourth oldest town of the server. All the builds in the town are on floating islands, above vast sunflower plains. Despite its venerable age, it has grown slowly and rarely had a large population. For the best of a year, Staropia only had its mayor and founder, magicalmatt233, as citizen.
== Foundation ==
magicalmatt233 joined the server very shortly after its launch and set out to find a land he could call home. He chose to settle in a sunflower plains east from spawn. Matt intended to make it a town from the very beginning, however a rule stating to avoid doing two towns in the same style deterred him from making a kingdom (Summerhall, an already well-established town, had the same theme) and thus the idea of floating islands, inspired from Matt's experience in a previous server, came. Thus, Staropia was born.
== Lore of Staropia ==
Until not so long ago, Staropia was a normal medieval town, as one could find anywhere else on the server. Tha was until one day, someone invented a force so powerful it could lift the town up entirely and save it from the wretched monsters roaming the countryside. After numerous heated debates and sleepless nights, the town elected to never go to the ground again to be safe from the mobs of the night. And thus the scientist set to work, and the beacon was lit in the centre of the town, and some days later the town was in the position it occupies today.
== The coup d'état ==
Matt had (and still has) scattered periods of activity. As such, in one of his activity lows, Historio suggested in late June of 2020 that SoYeaImAGamer, an active citizen and builder (notably the architect of the Staropia Inn) became mayor to attract more citizens. Despite both SoYeaImAGamer and ChallengerXI being on board with the idea, it never took root and, as everyone in the town became inactive during the summer, Matt remained technically mayor.
== Slow growth ==
If one gets to visit Staropia, a question may arise : why is the fourth oldest town of the server so small, compared to the first three ?
There are three main reasons for this. The first is the sparse activity of its mayor, which slows its growth. In comparison, Summerhall and Bilgewater's mayors were much more active and thus these towns were more prepared to welcome new players.
The second is the difficult build style of the town. Building a beautiful house is hard enough in the early game, before the ender dragon is even beaten. But building a beautiful house on a floating island is a whole new level of challenge which can rightfully seem daunting to players. Thus players preferred more conventional build styles and stayed away from Staropia.
The third is the lack of Staropian farms. In contrast, Summerhall's industrial district is impressively large and is one of the main reasons for which people join the town.
Category:Towns