The Cult of the Tree

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Info about the Cult of the Tree found here

and Info about the Temple of the Tree found here

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The Cult of the Tree is a minecraft religion revolving around the sacredness of trees. Trees are the most important aspect of minecraft, without trees, there is no wood, and without wood, you cannot build tools, chests, workbenches, beds... Basically the most important and basic items of minecraft. Followers of the Tree recognize this, and offer deference and respect to the trees which makes all the rest of minecraftia possible.

Trees make the mine and craft both possible in Minecraft.

Founders and Missionaries, Kyle13h and Lilypetals (myself,) intend to spread the religion, and one day there will be a small temple in every town, on many minecraft servers. To do this, they intend to build a giant main temple, a practical Vatican of The Cult of the Tree. The Temple will be within a 200x200 region of rainforest biome entitled "cultoftree" purchased when Lilypetals became mayor rank.

Founder Lilypetals is in charge primarily of funding the large build, slaving away in the melon farms, buying the mass amounts of stone that will be needed for the project, and providing the tools necessary for the build.

Founder Kyle13h is in charge primarily of the large part of the building of the project. Taking measurements, turning ideas into reality at dangerous heights.

Both founders are responsible for the idea making process.

Missionary Mardigan_the_Mad has now joined the Cult of the Tree (10/17/12) His support for the vision and ultimate goals of the Cult of the Tree was happily accepted. The Cult of the tree is growing and becoming more well known! ( More information )

We will now provide a few pictures of the work in process of the Temple. It's coming along quickly.


-livemap Screenshot 11/02/12- ( Current livemap link )











-Founder Kyle13h-


-Founder Lilypetals-

(Both skins designed by lilypetals)

So now you might be thinking, "Okay, that's an interesting build an all, but what's the point of this minecraft religion, will you actually do anything?" The answer is yes! Of course! We have many great things in mind! First, we want to start a building revolution, A Temple or Shrine of the Tree in every town! We will list the towns that have these builds, and the x,y,z coordinates of the temple or shrine. Next, we plan on hosting events, contests, and various fun things for all the members of this server. We will host raffles, giveaways, maybe we'll turn the whole temple into a PVP area for a week. Why would we do this? Because we're non-profit! All we want is to spread the Cult of the Tree, and make fun and cool things for the members of this server.

Now, those of you who are thinking, "Great! Sign me up! What can I do to?" Excellent, thank you so much for your support, here's what you can do! Right now, we need three things. Money, the temple is going to be expensive to build, Cobblestone, so much stone, and publicity! So, if you have the spare money, feel free to donate to us, it comes with perks! A note on donation though, only do it if you really have spare money. We need the money, but if you need it, then keep it! There are other ways to help! If you're a miner, you could keep the stone you mine, not selling it to the server, to donate or sell to us. We go through stone very quickly making this build and we need all the stone we can get our hands on. You don't mine either? No problem! We still can desperately use your help telling others about this! Link them to this thread, tell them about it, and tell them to tell others!

Finally you might be thinking, "Okay, I've supported the creation of our temple, is that all there is to do?" Well, no. The Cult of the Tree highly approves of and wishes to support charities like Freecycle. ( Freecycle thread ) Give back to the ECC community what you can spare, we will highly appreciate it, and so will they.


Current Plans (10/7/12):
Continue skeleton of the temple
Clear out the rest of the leaves and vines
Make a thread for the temple
Gather donations

Desperate needs:
Stone of any sort (cobble purchase thread )
Funding

Donators List:
Pbrassat17 - 1,000
Obblebobble - 1,000
Asshopo - 75,000 (lol, Lotto)
Topicdogg - 10,000
I_Haz_Shoopuff - 7,537
Kmaxwell - 50,000
Thenfunk - 2,000

Special thanks:
KMaxwell

Interested in the temple? Donate! It comes with perks!
(all donations perks include the perks of lower donation tiers as well)

0.01 Donation:___Gratitude, every cent helps.

1k donation:_____Your IGN put on the donators list with your exact donation amount. After a 1k or higher
______________donation, further donations are cumulative.

10k-50k donation: _Your name and donation amount on a sign near the Town Portal. The sign will be backed by a
______________block equivalent to the payment amount. You will also have access to the planned Town Chat.
______________10K - Lapis block
______________20K - Iron block
______________30K - Gold block
______________40K - Diamond block
______________50K - Emerald block

75k donation:____Access to an opulent large library that will be built within the temple. Your sign will be backed by
______________your choice of sacred wood block, in the orientation you desire it to be placed. The library access
______________will have the strict rules of no letting in anyone who does not have permission to open the locked
______________door whether by teleportation or by leaving the door open for them, and no screenshots of the
______________interior. The room inside will be a complete mystery to everyone but the donators. Intentional
______________breaking of the rule will result in removal of access.

100k donation:___Plans for donations as high or higher than 100k are currently not ready.

Please feel free to send me a PM through the forums or if you catch me (Lilypetals) online on the server if you have any questions/suggestions. I will also happily /tpahere you to the region so you can look around if you catch me online

Please remember to mark this post as creative, like, agree, or optimistic

 

Abandoned projects?! Do missionaries ever give up?! The Knowledge must be spread! Turn over a new leaf and donate to The Cult of the Tree!

Seriously though. This isn't going to be abandoned, We've built this much in just a few days. The only thing slowing us down is lack of cobblestone right now.

 

Bump to mention there there have been some big updates to the original post. Everyone welcome Mardigan_the_Mad as a missionary of the Cult of the Tree!

 

http://ecocitycraft.com/forum/threads/community-service-operation-treepopulate.28409/

This is the first Church of the Tree Community Service Project =D I can also tp you to the temple any time you catch me online, which is often

 

Yesterday was the first community service project hosted by the Cult of the Tree. Click here to find out more about Operation Treepopulate.