The LOM Creative World

**The LOM Creative World** is the main Minecraft creative mode world that the League of Mothers uses when they want to just build, without dealing with the hassle of survival mode. It was created by Kelloggs around the 29th of March 2021. The world was originally started by using the Minecraft Realms service. Though over the past few years and the adoption of other methods for hosting worlds, it is now usually played on a server. Unlike the other servers which would end after a month or two, the creative world is annually put back online, resulting in it being the longest-played Minecraft server the LOM has used. It includes various builds from multiple members, many who would not usually build as intricately if they were on a survival world. To Kelloggs, the world is host for what he regards as the magnum opus work from the League of Mothers, in terms of anything made by them (including all media). Specifically in terms of one build that most LOM members and others outside of the group have had a hand in building over several years, as described below. As such, the world holds a significant place in LOM lore.

#### **The History**

When the world was first started, Pops would be the main contributor to the map, constructing various builds on what would become Spawn Island. Shmexi would build a mushroom, gnome area, named Coomland. Using world-edit, he would find a way to put real-life photos on the world, put on large canvases, the first being an iconic LOM image from 2020 of the main members (at the time) in his backyard. Kelloggs and Pops had some plans for the world to be designed to be an adventure map, however, these plans did not come through. Still, Kelloggs would attempt to build a fantasy-esc tower, similar to something from LOTR, but it was left unfinished.

On May 5th, Pops would send an image to the discord server of an old Xbox 360 Minecraft world they had made years ago, which showcased a certain courtyard where many LOM members used to hang out in secondary school. After some reminiscing over the picture, by the 6th, multiple LOM members, mainly led by Rusty, began working on recreating their high school on a practically 1 to 1 scale. With the server being back online annually, work on the school building itself was officially completed by 2023. It includes many easter eggs and secret sections hidden around the school for people to go find. People outside the LOM have viewed and greatly praised how the school looks, noting how realistic it is compared to real life. However, Rusty's father, Big Darren, clearly did not hold the same opinion, when upon seeing their offspring working on the map, called them a "SAD CUNT" (*maaannnnnnnn*). Pops and Kelloggs have had plans to build some of the rest of the town where the school is placed in real life, though it's realistically unlikely the project would ever go ahead (though who knows). Other builds closeby to the school include: Pop's Mall Tower, Baldi's Basics School Map (made identical), Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and an airport terminal, used for quick access to get around the map quickly using TP console commands.

Sometime in 2022, the school was copied to a spot further north of the original, with the intention to create a ruined version of the school which had been overrun by the elements. Later, plans for the ruined version would turn into it becoming a battle royale map for the LOM to duel on. In 2023, in anticipation of the Halloween Anniversary Extravaganza, this time celebrating 10 years since the LOM started at their school, another copy of the original school (much to the dismay of Rusty) was placed further south of Spawn Island. This version was planned to become LOMLand, a theme park where the school would be the opening place, setting off into different parks which were associated with themes connected to the LOM, such as a D&D and Overwatch sections. Due to the sheer scale of the plan, it was cancelled, with the ruined version becoming heavily worked on to be used for the anniversary event instead. On October 28th, the ruined version of the map was finally used, hosting a man-hunt/Dead by Daylight esc game of survivors being chased by two hunters. Whilst it had some minor hiccups, the night went well and was a fine way of reminiscing the past decade. A video featuring the best bits of the event is here on the LOMCast channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIDuqG8xZGw.