~={X}=~ The New Official Thread of the ECCMuseum (Main Network Edition) ~={X}=~

/warp ECCMuseum
https://tinyurl.com/ECCMuse

Welcome to Main Network's Premiere Museum

What is the ECCMuseum?​

The ECCMuseum is an old project from the original [archive] days of ECC, revived for the current Main Network servers. Officially started in November of 2017 and physically reimagined in April of 2020, this museum town is dedicated to protecting and showing all users--both new and old--the wonders that ECC has to offer. From the lored items of server events/holidays, to mini builds of the best towns and nations ECC has to offer, there is plenty of history and awe to behold here at the ECCMuseum.

What exhibits can I expect to see here at the ECCMuseum?​

Unlike the old thread, exhibits will not be fully shown/listed here. It'll ruin the fun of visiting them ingame . However, some exhibits include: the lored server items from holidays and special events, a main server booklet, a large exhibit showcasing mini builds from great ECC towns, etc.

How can I support this museum?​

This museum is (obviously) free, but we do accept donations. There will be an area near the warp where you can donate ECD or items, or even sell some items if we need them. A list will be updated here
In addition, we do need the community's help finding amazing towns to add to our town showcase exhibit. Please send them here: https://tinyurl.com/ECCMtowns

*NEW* Supporter/Donation Rewards:​

Introducing rewards for all those people who support the museum. At the moment, there are five different rewards for donations. Check it out in our separate thread https://tinyurl.com/ECCMdonate

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Supporters
@MinecraftParkerH - 7 Figure+ Supporter / Item Donor
@FirstNolan - 6 Figure Supporter / Item Donor
@BobbyBlack - 6 Figure Supporter / Item Donor
@weeniehutgamer - 6 Figure Supporter
@probablydead - 6 Figure Supporter
@theman12143 - 5 Figure Supporter / Item Donor
@DrowningInPizza - Museum Supporter / Item Donor
@LOL_Nation - Museum Supporter / Item Donor
@Arhinman - Museum Supporter / Item Donor
@Ancastal - Item Donor
@_Lantern_1 - Item Donor
@MasterSlayer74 - Item Donor
@zwunder - Item Donor
@killrdarknes - Item Donor
@Videowiz92 - Item Donor
@PixelGuy75 - Item Donor
@Fr0zenTiger - Item Donor
@IrishknifeRD - Item Donor
@SUBYT - Item Donor
@Enougher - Item Donor
@Tamoch - Item Donor
@FoxBLP - Item Donor​

+ Many anonymous donors. We love you all <3​

 

Update:​

We now have a warp to the museum! Check it out at /warp ECCMuseum!
Most of the interior exhibits are done for the moment, sans the Mojang heads, Main Server Booklet and Star Casino items (did you know that finding command block items is hard in the main network?)

So what's next for the ECCMuseum?​

Next, we will be cutting down some more of the forest in the back of the museum building to make way for the exterior exhibits, including a celebration of our greatest ECC towns and other servers.

Plus, stay tuned for new information about the town display. We do need more submissions, so keep sending them in at https://tinyurl.com/ECCMtowns ! We might make this a competition for prizes, but that's something that the other owners and myself need to discuss (btw, I'm not sure if I officially announced the other owners or not, so here they are. Welcome back to the ECCMuseum team @VelvetRemedy and @Iamjustapony )

 

We now have an official thread photo that we will be using for pretty much all future advertisements or promotional materials. Screenshots were taken by me, @Jdawger , logo was created by @Iamjustapony , and photo editing was done by @Jdawger

 

Update:​

The May Maze event has concluded a couple of hours or so ago. Quickly before I make any announcements myself, I want to give a huge thanks to @ClarinetPhoenix and the rest of her staff team for putting on a great maze event! It was one of the most fun, exhilarating, and challenging events that we had in a long time. Also, congrats to @LOL_Nation for winning the event. It was not an easy task, but this guy did it!

Now onto business. We have four major updates/announcements here at the ECCMuseum:

1.) A new exhibit is basically open at /warp ECCMuseum on the main floor of the main building. We have acquired a complete basic set of May Maze Event 2020 items. It is styled like the beginning of the actual official maze, but not as difficult to traverse. There is no book yet, and I will explain why in my next announcement. Thank you to @MasterNathan @BaccaAMP and @xXSn1ff1esXx for donating or selling the items.

And to answer the question that a few people have been asking me today, no info on the grand prize lored item. If we get it, we get it, and I will make an announcement here if we do. Thank you.



2.) Basically all info books are going to be rewritten. I wrote more than half of them while I was drunk and bored on a Friday night after I was done with a Skype hangout, so they defiantly can be written better. Plus, I didn't know that you can place book and quills (aka un-signed books) in lecterns, so they are going to be those for easy editing in the future.

3.) @Iamjustapony is no longer an owner of ECCMuseum. At this point, we rather not discuss the details.

4.) @VelvetRemedy had a really good idea last night about donor tiers and how we can reward those who have been so generous to us. We wanted to give them all specially lored items (Originally official server event lored items, was changed). @Iamjustapony was the original donor/marketing creator for the museum, but I have taken the reigns since he left the team. I made it a separate page for ease of traffic. The link is above, but I will post it here as well: https://tinyurl.com/ECCMdonate

 

As promised, I said that I would make another announcement if we get the item, and I can happily say that we got it! We now own the ONLY fully complete set of May Maze 2020 items in the whole server! How about that!

 

DONOR UPDATE!!!!​

A very special thank you goes out to our newest, and first top-tiered ECCMuseum donor/supporter, @MinecraftParkerH , for donating All TEN unique God Tools to the Museum! A very generous thing to donate seeing as they are very sought out these days, and the one set of lored items that we didn't have! For those of you who might not know, Parker here is actually a legacy donor as well, donating a Star Chestplate to the old Archive ECCMuseum. We are very happy that he decided to support us once again.

Parker's name will also be listed as the sponsor of the future God Tool Exhibit at ECCMuseum, have his name added to our prestigious donor wall in the main building, and will have free perms to all current and future ECCMuseum-sponsored towns, which include two minor towns and the future mega-project the Brohoof Build team is working on.

Congratulations once again to our newest sponsor! Come see this new exhibit he helped create at /warp eccmuseum very soon!

 

Museum Update!
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It's been a while since there was a public update, and holy hell there is a lot that has happened since the last update (Has it really been three months since an update?!?!)

- First and foremost, we had a few more donors these past few months, including our first 7 Figure+ Sponsor last night! Check out our updated list below the initial post and our special announcement for this donor in the post above.

- Secondly, the ECCMuseum has decided to sponsor the EcoStrike League! EcoStrike is a fun capture the flag event with kits! If you haven't seen a game yet, do so right away. They are very enjoyable to watch and occasionally have drop parties! Check out their post here!

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With our sponsor package, @Restiv is also going to create a new ad for us to use! That's right, we are getting a high-quality ad from an actual artist!


- We have obtained so many new lored items these past couple of months as well including all the TriWizard 2020 Lored items (Yes, including the TriWizard Cup), some very special lored items from one of ECC's favorite Server Admins, a beta Lored item, and literally every God Tool that exists right now!

And finally, updates on the fabled ECCMuseum expansion that has been bouncing around recently​

What is this expansion that has been circulating the air waves since the main building was created? Is it promise of the ECCMuseum Town show case we've been hearing about? What is going to happen to all the land behind the museum?

Well, here's the public information to hopefully answer these questions. To start off, the ECCMuseum Town Showcase exhibit is being scrapped at this time. With so many lored items being created these days, we need to prioritize our space to them. At the time of this post, we have one more dedicated showcase area in the main building for three backlogged exhibits; the space behind the main building will be used for smaller buildings or outdoor exhibits, three of which will be announced in a minute. In addition, some exhibits that are currently in the main building will be moved to said other buildings or outdoor exhibits.

Here is a list of what is happening to the ECCMuseum in the near future:
- There is a second building being built as we speak that is going to be to the South East of the main building. This is going to be the ECCMuseum Art Building. It really has no purpose for lored items, but will house all 26 vanilla paintings in it with a description of the painting. In addition, some people do like to create map art on ECC (@LegendaryTrio ), so once item frames are re-enabled (knock on wood), these will be showcased in that building.
- The third building that will be built eventually is our God Tool exhibit. As the name implies, this will house our God Tools that have been donated last night.
- With the sheer amount of TriWizard Cup 2020 lored items that flooded the server (14 items that need at least 4 chests), we have decided to create an outdoor exhibit for the TriWizard Cup in its entirety.
- The second floor of the main building is going to be dedicated to singular, non-event specific lored items. These really don't need their own showcase and uber design area like some of the other items. Plus this opens things up for future events with lored items, because if I know Clar, there will be at least one of these events every month.
- The current TriWizard Cup 2020 exhibit in the main building is being moved to the outdoor exhibit
- At least two new single lored items will be added to the second floor of the main building
- The vanilla head exhibit might be moving to the ECCMuseum Art Building (unsure of this time)
- Pathways between buildings and outdoor exhibits will be created, including the 5 Figure Sponsor Showcase that was promised on this path.
- The VMR exhibit will be more complete (hopefully soon) now that jigsaws exist on main; Command Block items will have bootleg versions since there is a chance they actually don't exist
- Lecterns will be updated

 

Museum Update:​

So, you probably all heard that I was thinking of selling the museum a little while ago. Well, I'm not. In all honesty, I was like 95% not going to actually sell the museum, but thank you to the (no joke) dozens of people who dm'd me telling me not to sell.

Guess it's been three months now, so here's an update I guess (am I really posting these every three months lmao). I've taken a (roughly) two month hiatus from ECC, so there really isn't anything new that probably wasn't at least mentioned.

Here's an update from the last update:​

These have all been completed since the last update, leaving three that were not completed.

Now, what is planned for the future of the ECCMuseum:​

- Now that ECC main and VMR are 1.16.x, the VMR exhibit will be updated from its current 1.15 to 1.16 booklet
- Speaking of Vanilla Items, now that enchantment tables are enabled again on ECC, there might be an exhibit that has every vanilla enchantment book (single enchant books) in it. It will most likely go in the VMR exhibit, or maybe in one of the smaller first floor interior exhibits now that there are a bunch open.
- The Town Trick or Treat Event 2020 items need an exhibit. It will most likely be an outdoor exhibit given the sheer amount of items (10+)
- Lecterns STILL haven't been updated, and some exhibits don't have a book on their lectern.
- Pathways and the 5-figure sponsor wall will probably not be made within the next update (since 99% of my ECC time has been spent building Canterlot again), but they are still on the docket.

 

Museum Update:​

First off, a late welcome to @chaslee99 to the project, although we haven't needed anything for ECCMuseum yet.

Like clockwork, it's been another three months since the last update. Here's what happened since the last one:

All of these have been completed! Only thing that hasn't yet is the paths, which will hopefully get built (doubt it tho)

In addition, the following changes and additions were completed as well:
- Poor Wars has been moved to an outdoor exhibit
- Valentine's Hearts exhibit has been extended to the exhibit next to the original to account fot the 2021 wave
- Valentine's Day Maze 2021 items took the last enclosed exhibit in the main building
- Few single exhibits were added to the second floor, including crate keys (finally) and random enchanted items
- Donors backlog has been updated

Future plans for the ECCMuseum​

- Build the damn paths
- Remodel/build a second floor in the God Tool exhibit to account for actual star tools
- Add map art as best as possible for the Art Building

 

We here at ECCMuseum are excited to announce alongside ECC 2.0 our next major phase to our main building!

ECCMuseum 2.0!​

To properly celebrate ECC's 10th, we are expaning the main building.....downward. #NoInfo

 

So I was waiting to make this post until I knew what I wanted to do regarding ECCMuseum and the new ECC 2.0 coming up. Here's the short news. Please read everything before making judgement:

ECCMuseum of Main City is officially going to close. ​

This was not an easy decision to make, but there is some silver lining at the end.

So why is it closing?
Well, it's not technically closing, just going to receive little to almost no additional renovations or additions. The museum itself isn't dying. Basically, ECCMuseum - Main City branch is going the ways of ECCMuseum - Archive. It will still be open for viewing, but will not be transferred over to ECC 2.0.

Why is it not getting transferred over to ECC 2.0 and the 1.17 map?
ECCMuseum is an item-based museum, and at this point in time, there is no real reason to transfer the museum over to the 1.17 map when it comes out. The way ECCMuseum operates is the builds are structured around the items/events. If the items are not coming with, then there is no reason to have the V2 build (or even the old V1 build of 2017-2018) come to the new map. The only way for this to be transferred is if staff makes an exception and transfers/remakes the items for the new world, which at this point in time is most likely not going to happen.

Will ECCMuseum be in ECC 2.0 at all?
The short answer is yes. I love running ECCMuseum and I love the joy it brings people, so it will return to the new map. At this point in time, I don't know when it will happen or any specific plans for the builds, but what I can 100% confirm is there will be a V3 of the ECCMuseum main building. Since we are starting fresh again, I might make specific builds based off the holidays as I noticed repeat holidays had newer items each year, like Valentine's Day, Christmas, Easter for example. Like I said, only thing confirmed is the main building as every version of ECCMuseum uses an updated version of the main building.

Also, I will be working to get the Canterlot project and possibly Cydonia into the new map, so I don't know the order of builds yet, nor the priority until I have more info on the new maps.

Anything we should know regarding this new change?
Well, with a third version of ECCMuseum coming when the new map comes out, I realized that when I made the Main City Branch, I neglected the Archive Branch and all the donors. I want to recognize everyone who helped make ALL versions of the museum, so all donors will get their recognition within the town. Past that, it will continue to operate as a preservation of items and other lored items. I will even attempt to collect all the eggs, spawners, and mojang heads again for a third time (as well as star casino items, depending on how that might change).



So, with all that being said, I want to thank the community for an amazing two years with the ECCMuseum - Main City Branch. You all are the reason I do this, and can't wait for ECCMuseum - ECC 2.0 Branch to come to fruition. I'll see you all there!