Detroit

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## Description

Detroit is a large urban city inside the Great Lakes State of the Commonwealth of Eastern States and is the most populous city of the nation, being nestled between Lake Huron and Lake Eerie. The mayor of the city was LouieButler; although an election for governor of the Great Lakes State was held, which resulted in LouieButler giving up his position as mayor to become the governor of the Great Lakes State. Detroit continues to possess the official record for the city with the highest population on the server.

## Founding

Detroit was founded by LouieButler and TypicalTexan. They were originally going to build a city in Arizona but it was too mountainous, so they joined CES and thought Detroit to be the perfect location to lay down the foundations of a booming city. The next day, multiple other residents joined and the pattern continued for the first week until Detroit's population flatlined.

### Main Street

Mayor LouieButler wanted a "Main Street" where the buildings were in a style similar to a densely packed city such as San Francisco. Many buildings sprung up around Main Street, all of a similar design, and most housing a cactus farm or a cafe. At the end of Main Street would be Detroit's town hall, which is currently under construction.

## Detroit Rail Program

Detroit was the first city on the server to create a proper rail network. It was originally a rail connecting Detroit to Chicago and New York. This rail line eventually expanded into a rail line connecting all the major hubs of CES. It was built by Department of Transportation head DarwinXCarrie. Eventually a ice boat path was created that connected Detroit to the rest of the world, with a station just south of main street. A direct rail line to Pensacola was made by Seth22 and a direct line to Atlanta was made by Nethermob(555).

### Detroit Space Program

During the construction of its rail network, Detroit citizens ThatoneMikey and HyperspacePotato discovered a glitch that would grant any minecart and its rider infinite velocity. These minecarts would launch you from Detroit all the way to the edge of Lake Michigan instantly, allowing for instantaneous and buggy minecart travel. This glitch lead to the creating of the Detroit Space Program, the server's first. It was later disbanded under the orders of Detroit Mayor LouieButler as it was discouraging progress of all other aspects of Detroit.

## Griefing Incidents

Nearing the beginning of May, tensions between members of Detroit and a few others on the server were high. Following a series of griefs in Niagara, three factionless players were banned from CES, but requested a fair trial be held in New York for their punishment to be decided in a completely fair courtroom where not a single player in the jury was biased. Governer Fankaz ultimately ruled that *iamalwaysoncrack* and *Mistifiy* were to never return to CES lands again, but their friend *MistyOnCrack* could stay as evidence could not be found supporting the allegations against them. This trial would attract much attention, and resulted in a massive gathering of players from all around the world, from then USSR to The Blue Federation (?), everyone was traveling to see this mistake of a court hearing. During the end of this trial, a moderator known as Dairyyy teleported to one of the players at the trial, and was promptly chased down by the entire jury. They would ultimately be shot down and killed by HyperspacePotato, which sparked the start of a long and drawn out conflict between them and Dairyyy.

### Dairyyy's Downfall

At around 2:00 P.M. on the 4th of May, 2022, a player ignited HyperspacePotato's and two other buildings in Detroit. These buildings included the town's Sheriff Office and Brooklyn\_Lodger's horse stable. This act outraged the members of Detroit and the CES, and the blame was immediately cast upon Dairyyy. This was quickly verified when Dairyyy boasted about their act of arson on the EarthCraft Discord. To understand why they did this, it is important to note what events took place for Dairyyy to react this way. A few weeks into the server, Dairyyy was asking around for a faction to join. CES stepped up first and said they could live in Detroit, an offer they happily accepted. Two days after they moved in, items were found missing from chests, and the culprit was to be none other than Dairyyy. When confronted, Dairyyy was incredibly unprofessional and unforgiving, insisting that it was "just a prank bro" and refused to return any of the items stolen. Dairyyy was later spotted in Detroit and promptly executed by HyperspacePotato for their crimes. They were chased back to their home and had their bed destroyed, and were denounced as a thief and no longer a citizen of the CES or Detroit. After this, Dairyyy would stop playing, but instead opted to "do my job and moderate". Which would include teleporting to and away from HyperspacePotato to incite a reaction from them, and use that reaction as a motive for griefing their home. Following their denunciation, Dairyyy would enter a strange sort of phase where they would infrequently moderate and act as a regular player on the server. The line between moderation and unfair play was constantly blurred by Dairyyy, and they would continue to teeter on the edge of morality and legality during this time.

#### Dairyyy's Demotion

During a series of ongoing investigations that sprung up after Dairyyy allegedly utilized their ability as moderator to escape from an undesirable situation, evidence of Dairyyy using their moderator privileges to their advantage would surface, and serve as the nail in the coffin for their eventual demotion from moderator. Dairyyy would not be seen on the Minecraft or Discord server following this event, and the community rejoiced as the security of the server was once again in safe hands... or so they thought.

### Detroit Burnings

A few days after Dairyyy's denunciation, two players by the name of *flowerrboii* and *Chaffygibbon* would set fire to the entirety of Detroit. They would quickly flee to Gaul once they were found out, and the damage was promptly rolled back and the two individuals were temporarily banned. During those few days, Detroit was peaceful. Emphasis on *was* because as soon as the two were unbanned, they returned to Detroit and incinerated it *again*. This time, they would both be banned permanently and the damage would *still* be rolled back.

### Can't Have Shit in Detroit

On the 31st of May, 2022, Dairyyy returned to the server. His immediate act upon joining with an alt account was to burn Detroit "for the purpose of defending my honor and wreaking vengeance for slander." Since he used a loophole of the "No Griefing" rule, the damage to Detroit could not be rolled back and was deemed to be allowed. The RDS and TF issued KOS orders, with TF revoking theirs hours later.

## Imperium Visitation

A few weeks into May, a group of around fifteen Imperium citizens all entered Detroit at the same time to look around the city. Many CES Members logged on to prevent them from griefing the city, which was fortunately unnecessary, as it seemed the Imperium citizens had no intent of griefing. This event is record for the most people in one place, and a noteworthy event in Detroit's history.