Standardization

"*It will be time soon. It is inevitable. We are trying to make the whole server nice . . . i.e. the Plavo modernization, renovating of ships in the Red Sea, etc. . . . we need to rebuild.*"
―Chase, 9 November 2013
**Standardization** is a range of practices—historically widespread by NovumChase's doing between 2013 and 2016—of remodeling or destroying buildings to fit a style assigned to a particular city or to clear space for new projects. Modernville likely influenced the creation of the practice, which eventually resulted in the full renovation of Redo, Plavo, Redstonia and Glowstonia into single color palettes, as well as the creation of several single-color cities.

Standardization is now held in generally negative regard, with Paige its chiefest critic. The policy led to the destruction of countless unique buildings due to their inconsistency with their city or landscape. Many of these destroyed structures and communities were rebuilt and commemorated in the Neighborhood of Lost Works in 2021 or restored to the world the following year.

The history and definition of standardization is disputed, and critics have accused Chasism of being tied to the act and historiography of standardization. A common criticism is of the term *standardization* itself, which some consider merely a euphemism for *culturicide*. Countermovements manifested in the Plavian Renaissance and yassification, though the Alliance for the Empire and Standards Foundation continue to support standardization.

## List of builds affected

"*Okay, just make it better designed and less 'silly'.*"
―Chase to lukevillani of Cakelandia, 28 August 2013
* **Cakelandia** was destroyed due to its abnormal appearance in the southern swamp's landscape.
* **Capital City** saw several buildings of uncertain ownership renovated by the Committee for Architectural Management in 2019 and 2020.
* **Colorworld** was burned by 123sharp after NovumChase encouraged its destruction due to its clash with Redo's style and space.
* **Eldenville** was almost entirely relocated by Chase at the request of Paige in the 2023 Culling of Eldenville to make room for the Dort Hub. Though the act was consensual, it still represented the displacement of historic buildings by new ones.
* **Glowstonia**'s design was not only standardized, but changed entirely. Its buildings were altogether changed and its enclosing wall was destroyed.
* The **Great** **Cabin Dome** was destroyed in 2016 because its style and size contradicted the expansion of Lorence. The Island Estate replaced it for six years until the Dome was restored in 2022.
* The **Iron M****ansion** was destroyed and replaced by the Old Server Council Building to fit the neighboring city of Modernville.
* **Lenor** was repeatedly threatened by Chase, who claimed to represent an organization called the *Federal Department of Urban Development* on behalf of the Server Council and insisted on style standardizations in September 2013.
* **Plavo**'s style was standardized on a pattern near to neighboring Redo, though using a different color palette. This was undone during the Plavian Renaissance, though Chase removed a floating "Plavo" sign in May 2023.
* **Redo** was almost completely rebuilt as it was standardized. The **Block Mansion** was demolished because of its stylistic differences with the surrounding city, and Redo's city hall was built in its place. All abnormal buildings were remade in the style of the settlement's first building, the Redo School of Architecture.
* **Redstonia** was almost fully remodeled due to standardization. A storage, armory, meeting hall, and two homes were recreated in the style of one of the city's large mansions. The **Redstian Chapel** was renamed to the Church of Redstonia, with its upper bell tower completely removed and its color pallette changed from birch wood to spruce wood. The city was de-standardized in October 2022.
* **Union City**, a hamlet in the taiga north of Redo, was completely destroyed during the standardization of Pinewood in the summer of 2020.
* The **Tower of God** was accused of causing light pollution and was destroyed in November 2013.