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GSK: /* Companies (lore) */

2024-10-01T19:11:05Z

Companies (lore)

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	* [[Victoria (city)\|Victoria]]		* [[Victoria (city)\|Victoria]]

	== Companies (lore) ==		==Companies (lore)==

	~~Fast Food~~

			===Fast Food===
	* [[Fatburger]]		* [[Fatburger]]
	* Spiffos		* Spiffos
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	* Jade Garden		* Jade Garden

	Retail		===Retail===

	* Blockbuster		* Blockbuster
	* VideoConcepts		* VideoConcepts
	*

			===Entertainment===
			* [[BuzzIn Studios]]

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

Tom: /* Companies (lore) */

2024-09-24T04:22:13Z

Companies (lore)

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	== Companies (lore) ==		== Companies (lore) ==

			Fast Food

			* [[Fatburger]]
			* Spiffos
			* Little Caesars
			* Subway
			* Jade Garden

			Retail

			* Blockbuster
			* VideoConcepts
			*

Tom: adding a section for lore companies/builds you might see within blizzard

2024-09-24T03:29:12Z

adding a section for lore companies/builds you might see within blizzard

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	* [[Summerville]]		* [[Summerville]]
	* [[Victoria (city)\|Victoria]]		* [[Victoria (city)\|Victoria]]

			== Companies (lore) ==


	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

GSK: add cities list

2024-06-26T18:52:35Z

add cities list

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	It would not be until the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 that interest in Blizzard (Virtual Paradise, by extension) was revitalized. Several projects were resurrected and began to receive fresh maintenance, mostly because of the unusual circumstances. This proved to be largely beneficial for Blizzard as a whole. Momentum would carry on all the way to 2023, with the resurrection of Victoria & Cannaville as well as the establishment of several other cities and projects hosted by Summerville, which had since become the new landing zone for users in Blizzard that did not have a predefined home location set. A moderately famous YouTuber by the name of Redlyne would visit VP by mid-2023, bringing the platform back into the spotlight once again.		It would not be until the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 that interest in Blizzard (Virtual Paradise, by extension) was revitalized. Several projects were resurrected and began to receive fresh maintenance, mostly because of the unusual circumstances. This proved to be largely beneficial for Blizzard as a whole. Momentum would carry on all the way to 2023, with the resurrection of Victoria & Cannaville as well as the establishment of several other cities and projects hosted by Summerville, which had since become the new landing zone for users in Blizzard that did not have a predefined home location set. A moderately famous YouTuber by the name of Redlyne would visit VP by mid-2023, bringing the platform back into the spotlight once again.

			== Cities ==
			* [[Altes Antiguo]]
			* [[Cannaville]]
			* [[Chimerock]]
			* [[Glass]]
			* [[Lynnfield]]
			* [[New Beachfield]]
			* [[New Cypress Hollow]]
			* [[Phoenix City]]
			* [[Pine County]]
			* [[PiPoTown]]
			* [[Sparta]]
			* [[Summerville]]
			* [[Victoria (city)\|Victoria]]

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

GSK at 01:57, 21 January 2024

2024-01-21T01:57:10Z

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	\|founded=26 October [[2012]]		\|founded=26 October [[2012]]
	\|running={{yes}}		\|running={{yes}}
	\|~~book~~=[https://~~book~~.~~webbdsgn~~.~~com~~/~~card~~/blizzard/ ~~Card Link~~]		\|vps=[https://vp.mrw.im/world/blizzard/ https://vp.mrw.im/world/blizzard/]
	}}		}}

The Courier: updating page

2023-07-29T20:52:52Z

updating page

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	{{World		{{World
	\|image=Blizzard GZ.jpg		\|image=New Blizzard GZ.jpg
	\|owners=		\|owners=
	{{pill\|Host}} [[User:Edwin\|Edwin]]		{{pill\|Host}} [[User:Edwin\|Edwin]]
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	'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a world in Virtual Paradise. It is ~~open for public building and~~ the ~~building theme~~ is ~~General~~.		'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a world in Virtual Paradise & is often considered the flagship world in which most of the community resides.
			==Government==
			The world of Blizzard is operated by Edwin, who makes the ultimate final decisions regarding what happens within it. Historically, the world takes inspiration from earlier ideas used in AWTeen, such as community governance, which is almost always respected by the world owner except in the most extreme of occasions.

			A large portion of the world was originally regulated on a community & role playing level by the institutions of the [[Kingdom of Palmshire]] prior to its decline into relevance & dissolution by 2018. The world is now mostly decentralized and consists of multiple, independent cities. The [[Commonwealth of Independent Cities]] is the closest to a community government that Blizzard currently has, which is led by graystripe as of 2023.
	==History==		==History==
	Established on 26 October [[2012]], [[User: Nibbles\|Nibbles]] originally conceived the idea for the world and thus can be rightly called the founder of Blizzard. [[User:Tom\|Tom]] did the construction of the original Ground Zero for the world. Construction for this ground zero, dubbed version 2.0, was begun on 29 April [[2013]] under direction of [[User:Legion\|Legion]] with some assistance from [[User:Roy Curtis\|Roy Curtis]] (who did the ruins near the center of GZ), [[User:Tom\|Tom]], and [[User:Edwin\|Edwin]]. ~~The~~ [[Kingdom of Palmshire]] would ~~be established during this time~~, ~~influencing~~ the ~~development of VP's flagship world for years to come~~.		Established on 26 October [[2012]], [[User: Nibbles\|Nibbles]] originally conceived the idea for the world and thus can be rightly called the founder of Blizzard. [[User:Tom\|Tom]] did the construction of the original Ground Zero for the world. Construction for this ground zero, dubbed version 2.0, was begun on 29 April [[2013]] under direction of [[User:Legion\|Legion]] with some assistance from [[User:Roy Curtis\|Roy Curtis]] (who did the ruins near the center of GZ), [[User:Tom\|Tom]], and [[User:Edwin\|Edwin]]. Blizzard, almost immediately upon its inception, was heavily inspired by the community & culture of refugees from AWTeen, a world in Active Worlds dedicated towards teenagers & younger adults. Existing projects such as the [[Kingdom of Palmshire]], a virtual nation that had existed since 2004, as well as cities like Cypress Hollow & Huntington, would rapidly migrate their infrastructure over & contribute towards a new, spiritual continuation of the Teen community.

	~~By 2013~~, ~~refugees from the fallen city of~~ [[Summerville]] ~~within AWTeen~~, ~~fleeing~~ from ~~ongoing~~ Iceman vandal ~~attacks~~, ~~began~~ to ~~setup shop within Blizzard by creating a brand~~ new home ~~thousands of miles~~ away from the ~~main developed area~~ of the world. ~~Probes from Iceman~~ members~~, whom continued~~ to ~~plague AW for a few more months until their collapse, would unsuccessfully try~~ to ~~establish a chapter due in part towards~~ the ~~moderation staff's past history with them. 2015 would become the year of migrations starting with a growing AW power called the XR would~~ establish ~~the colony of~~ [[~~Victoria~~]] ~~while continuing it's unexpected success story within AW as a thriving building community. After unknown hacking attempts and lack of response from AWI crippled the capital city of Fantasia~~, ~~Victoria would declare independence and form the second largest nation in VP~~, ~~the~~ [[~~Victoria\|Victoria Republic~~]]~~, while another aspiring nation called~~ [[~~Lemerican Federation~~]] ~~would move months later into Blizzard~~.		Other communities, most notably [[Summerville]] in mid-2013, would jump ship from Teen to Blizzard to escape continuous griefing efforts staged by the Iceman Clan, a vandal organization, but notably also opt to recreate their new home far away from the rest of the established world. Most members otherwise chose to build closer to the GZ and establish cities such as [[New Huntington]], Downtown Blizzard, [[New Beachfield]] & [[New Cypress Hollow]], which all participated largely within the Kingdom of Palmshire for RP & organizational purposes.

	~~2016 would see~~ the ~~creation~~ of ~~several more cities such as Panthera and Gabrieleville~~, ~~while three largest~~ building ~~communities~~ would ~~continue~~ their ~~show~~ of ~~unity until August when~~ Lemerican Federation ~~and Victoria would declare discontent with~~ the ~~supposedly unchecked power~~ of ~~Palmshire over~~ the ~~path~~ of VP. ~~This led to~~ the ~~near dissolution~~ of Palmshire ~~as well as further embarrass the VP community on a public scale within it~~'s ~~social media front~~ as ~~well as poison~~ the ~~idea~~ of ~~role-play~~ nation~~-building~~. ~~Regardless~~, ~~Victoria would also grow~~ to ~~include~~ a ~~former rival, Phoenix City, within it's republic~~. ~~The revival~~ of [[~~Summerville~~]] ~~as another influential city within~~ the ~~world would also occur a few months later~~, ~~helping fill the gap left behind by the fallen Palmshire community~~.		By 2015, the city of Victoria was established by the community leaders of Fantasia, a city in Alphaworld, for the purposes of testing the VP platform's building capabilities. It would quickly become a prominent city in its own right once the Fantasia leaders became locked out of their accounts on that platform, leading to the rise of both the [[Victoria\|Victorian Republic]] & the [[Lemerican Federation]]. The Fantasian migration brought over fresh faces, but also became initially disruptive to the rest of the community that opted to continue participating largely within ecosystem of Palmshire. By late 2016, an alliance between Victoria, Rezdog & Summerville would force the collapse of Palmshire's role as the sole governing body of Blizzard, and an overall decline in the interest of nation RP that ran the world up until that point. Blizzard would be visited by Vinesauce in 2017, with the community knowing ahead of time about his arrival. Reactions by Vinesauce regarding the state of the platform itself as well as areas explored by his stream served to upset many in the community enough that Blizzard as a whole became a lot less active for a long period of time. Efforts such as the nominal establishment of the [[Commonwealth of Independent Cities\|Commonwealth]] were done to attempt to mitigate some of the damage, with little to no avail.

	=== External Links ===		It would not be until the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 that interest in Blizzard (Virtual Paradise, by extension) was revitalized. Several projects were resurrected and began to receive fresh maintenance, mostly because of the unusual circumstances. This proved to be largely beneficial for Blizzard as a whole. Momentum would carry on all the way to 2023, with the resurrection of Victoria & Cannaville as well as the establishment of several other cities and projects hosted by Summerville, which had since become the new landing zone for users in Blizzard that did not have a predefined home location set. A moderately famous YouTuber by the name of Redlyne would visit VP by mid-2023, bringing the platform back into the spotlight once again.

			== External Links ==
	* [http://geo.immortaltools.com/blizzard/op/ Blizzard path, including textures, models, sounds,etc.]		* [http://geo.immortaltools.com/blizzard/op/ Blizzard path, including textures, models, sounds,etc.]

GSK: rmv outdated VRS link

2023-07-25T02:34:18Z

rmv outdated VRS link

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	=== External Links ===		=== External Links ===
	* [http://geo.immortaltools.com/blizzard/op/ Blizzard path, including textures, models, sounds,etc.]		* [http://geo.immortaltools.com/blizzard/op/ Blizzard path, including textures, models, sounds,etc.]
	* [http://vrs.mrw.im/blizzard Places of interest in Blizzard]

	[[Category: Blizzard\| ]]		[[Category: Blizzard\| ]]
	[[Category: Public building worlds]]		[[Category: Public building worlds]]
	[[Category: Worlds]]		[[Category: Worlds]]

GSK at 19:02, 2 June 2018

2018-06-02T19:02:41Z

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	\|founded=26 October [[2012]]		\|founded=26 October [[2012]]
	\|running={{yes}}		\|running={{yes}}
			\|book=[https://book.webbdsgn.com/card/blizzard/ Card Link]
	}}		}}

RyanLennon: /* External Links */

2017-03-12T03:57:50Z

External Links

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	=== External Links ===		=== External Links ===
	* [http://s1.~~uniquevps~~.~~info~~/blizzard/op/~~?action=index&q=/~~models ~~Listing for models in Blizzard~~]		* [http://geo.immortaltools.com/blizzard/op/ Blizzard path, including textures, models, sounds,etc.]
	* [http://s1.~~uniquevps~~.~~info~~/blizzard~~/op/?action=index&q=/textures Listing for textures~~ in Blizzard]		* [http://vrs.mrw.im/blizzard Places of interest in Blizzard]

	[[Category: Blizzard\| ]]		[[Category: Blizzard\| ]]
	[[Category: Public building worlds]]		[[Category: Public building worlds]]
	[[Category: Worlds]]		[[Category: Worlds]]

RyanLennon at 03:52, 12 March 2017

2017-03-12T03:52:52Z

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	\|founded=26 October [[2012]]		\|founded=26 October [[2012]]
	\|running={{yes}}		\|running={{yes}}
	~~\|website=http://vrs.mrw.im/blizzard~~
	}}		}}