Your character name: Mykitinos
Your Global handle: @Derrek Blackmourn
Your base’s name: The Eden Falls Wetlands
The shard it is located on: Everlasting
The passcode for entry: GLADE-37587
The category your base is entering under: Nature
Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @Derrek Blackmourn
Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand:
My base is a re-imagining of a portion of the Eden hazard zone, converted into a swamp and free of Devouring Earth. While it's possible to fly around, and I've left the base without invisible walls to allow other builders to 'peek behind the curtain', the base is meant to be explored on foot.
Exploration, actually, is one of the core themes of the base. While functionality suffers in the sense that the teleporters or other noteworthy landmarks may be tricky to find, or the camera is obscured unless drawn in tight, the wetlands is made to be an adventure. Bring your camera in close, take in the naturalized details and don't be afraid to explore. Jump from lily pad to lily pad, leave the boardwalks and beaten paths to chase a distant light or flicker in the fog. I've tucked little 'easter eggs' to find, some are cute, others a bit grim, or peeks at the life lost, or renewed within the fallen neighborhood block. In fact, if you spot glowing blue 'mushroom spores', it might be a hint that there's something there to see. Then again, sometimes a spore is just a spore. Whatever you may think of this mix of ruined civilization, untamed nature, and creature comforts amidst the wild, I hope the one thing every guest takes away is a bit of the joy of wanderlust.
Oh also /visscale 5 reccomended.
Late edit to add some fun things to look out for:
Frogs. They're tiny, there's many, at least 10, wonder if you'll find them all.
Nature in fierce competition with itself
Old enemies, now too bogged down to... roll out
2 Nemesis conflict sites, 1 Crey conflict site
Meter maids are sometimes a cut above
An unexpected Terrarium
The reason you always put your weights away
Snippsnap. He's kinda big, so, easy to find. Very friendly if you're not from the banned organizations list
The Skunk Shack and it's many odiferous treasures
The Old Woodvale Tram station- and the tram. It's somewhere around there
The Frog Pond
Maybe more things- explore and see for yourself