Intermittent Period

The **Intermittent Period** is the beginning of Seacraft's Waning Era. It is the longest time period, extending from the 28th of January to the 9th of December, 2016. It saw steady levels of activity, though only in short bursts. It is this sporadic nature for which the period is named.

Its beginning is marked by a sudden drop in player activity after the Shopping Centre Boom, with the 28th of January being the first day without a single player joining the server in all of January. Furthermore, it is the beginning of the first two-day no-player streak since early September 2015, before the beginning of the Boom.

## During this period

### Mainland Plaza development

Im\_Uncle\_Eddy, as mayor of the Mainland Plaza City Council, did some further developments around the Mainland Plaza L.G.A during February 2016. He began the construction of the new council chambers in Hollow Hill, creating a library in its bottom two floors and planning to build offices in its upper levels. He only ever got up to its third level. He also began construction on a hospital in Oceanview. He built a few levels but never finished the build.

### Minor griefing

There was some minor griefing during the early Intermittent Period.

The first incident saw some rather unfriendly signs placed around Freebuild. zac5 initially discovered one sign on the 20th of February, before discovering more on the 9th of March. This was likely done on the 10th of February by Phantom\_Coke221, who was also responsible for the IT'S ME grief in May 2015.

greenharry's shops in the Shopping Centre were found griefed on the 11th of March. greenharry would repair these shops sometime during the Intermittent Period.

The suburb of Spawn including the Shopping Centre was found with dragon eggs placed everywhere on the 25th of April. Some of these remain in the ocean surrounding the area to this day.

These last two incidents are believed to be done by samdogboy2, though it is hard to tell.

### JAZ projects

The period is largely dominated by the projects undertaken by Jakemaster\_360, Sir\_Azza and zac5, who would sometimes refer to themselves collectively using the acronym JAZ.

After the release of Minecraft 1.9 in March 2016, the group began a survival area in the middle of nowhere to experience the update in survival. They settled an area a few thousand blocks north of Stagnant Swamps and called it 'The Crib'. Each of them had their own house, and a prominent feature of the area was the 'St. Minyana Bridge'.

In late April, they found an area north west of Moose Forest where they each constructed bases in creative, then played in survival. There may have also been a PvP aspect to this settlement.

In June, the group began what would eventually be named 'The Railyard'. They built several key locations and built a cargo rail network between them, each of them owning one railway line. They would each also be in charge of certain resources, distributing them to the other players as needed.

In July, they built a large mansion on the outskirts of Puddle Plains, each building one large section.

In October, Sir\_Azza became the mayor of the upcoming Crater Council, and made some changes to the area. Firstly, he decorated many of the existing houses with green roofs. With the help of zac5, he also built a castle on the edge of town.

### Other projects

Over the course of the Intermittent Period, some other projects also saw slow development.

ItsMoose began construction of a cruise ship in Moose Forest. This wouldn't be known as 'Seacraft Seas' until the beginning of the Timberlands Period.

zac5 also made slow progress on Seacraft 2.4 over the course of the period.

## Trivia

* The Intermittent Period is Seacraft's longest time period, lasting 317 days.