Formula Prototype

Formula 1 and sportscar racing- two of the most sophisticated racing disciplines in all of motorsport. This unique idea I had conceptualized is the case of answering questions never asked. It also is a unique racing story of something realistic in racing. What would happen if you could combine both the intensity of Formula 1 and the grueling team-based survival games of sportscar racing with cars that combine elements of both forms of racing? You get the unique Formula Prototype! This blog post introduces you to a most unusual motorsports concept I had in mind.

NOTE: This initial blog post only contains storyline data. This post may be updated with art content to compliment the story. Check for updates.

--- Formula Prototype ---

This section contains a look into the main storyline and some of the different elements of the storyline.

Inspirations.

Here are some of my inspirations for this storyline and some of the items involved:

• Formula 1 racing
• sportscar racing
• the BAC Mono
• the DW12 IndyCar
• Red Bull X prototypes (like the Red Bull X cars in Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo 6)

The Story/Background.

One day, there was a debate as to which is the better form of racing- Formula 1 or sportscar racing. Some proclaimed F1 was better with sophisticated technology and exceptional driving talent on some of the world's most challenging courses in lovely locales. Sportscar racing fans argued that sportscar racers are under greatly challenging conditions in long races. Sportscar racing fans even argued that sportscar racing even exemplifies the team aspect more than Formula 1 does. The debate among racing fans would persist in cyberspace for a good while.

Despite the intensity of this argument, the end result was that both forms of racing were amazing in their respective rights. That ended the online arguments for quite some time. This ultimate decision to this debate didn't sit too well with some people, however. So while some people felt F1 and sportscar racing needed to battle each other head-on to determine the better of the two categories of racing, a unique idea was once pitched- give both F1 fans and sportscar racing fans the best of both worlds! Offer the sophistication and drama of Formula 1 races with the pure performance and grueling intensity of sportscar racing. Provide the best of these worlds with racing machines that combined the best aspects of Formula 1 race cars along with the best aspects of sportscar racing prototypes. Build cars that combined both features while also merging the two forms of racing into a unique series. You could even say these can be like Formula 1 race cars with lights and bodywork similar to most modern open-top sportscar racing prototypes.

The marriage of both of these categories of motorsport would become a unique new series. It would be a racing series that will be its own World Championship of racing goodness featuring two of the toughest forms of racing. This series would come to be known as...

Formula Prototype!

Upon the announcement of this concept, some of the world's finest racing teams agreed to partake in this series by building race cars up to the specifications of Formula Prototype while also finding some of the finest racing drivers in the world to push these cars (and themselves) to the limit in becoming World Champion and even Constructors' Champion of Formula Prototype. World-renowned manufacturers, illustrious racing constructors, and even a handful of underdog and independent teams all put together money and resources to become champion of this series that merges F1 racing and sportscar racing.

Only those who wanted the challenge and drama of Formula 1 racing with the intensity and scary performance of sportscar racing need only apply. Race constructors were challenged to build race cars that combined the sophistication of Formula 1 with the intense performance and durability of sportscar racing prototypes. Races could last as long as an F1 Grand Prix and as long as some of the greatest sportscar racing endurances. Drivers have to endure for the length of a standard F1 Grand Prix while also having to make driver changes. Events take place around the world with a combination of typical F1 Grands Prix and usual sportscar racing endurances. Unlike in sportscar racing where there are prototypes and GT cars, Formula Prototype races feature ONLY the main Formula Prototype machines and no other racing machines on the track.

Who will win this Formula Prototype World Championship featuring these unique racing machines and drivers talented enough to pilot them? Only time will tell...


And that is the story of Formula Prototype.

--- Formula Prototype: Extra Commentary ---

As much as I would like to maybe make this about something completely futuristic, this concept is basically based on today's realm of Formula 1 and sportscar racing. I didn't come up with "Formula Prototype" on something futuristic, like F-Zero, Xtreme G, WipEout, Quantum Redshift, Fatal Inertia, or any other futuristic racing environment. Even the various venues are meant to be current. So nothing along the lines of multi-lane roads, stunt loops, anti-gravity roads, or anything like that are part of Formula Prototype. And also, NOTHING in the way of cars equipped with weapons or any sort of vehicular combat as part of Formula Prototype. This concept is only futuristic in the sense that elements of today's F1 racing and today's sportscar racing machines. To give you an idea, think of a modern F1 car with all of its sophistication with the technology and the performance and sophistication of some of today's sportscar racing machines like the Audi R18 e-Tron Quattro or the Toyota TS040 Hybrid. This was meant to be a conceptual, yet realistic form of racing. What would be surreal is if something like this actually comes across in our lifetime and that we're talking about real races here.

In case you're wondering, the head honcho and sanctioning body behind this Formula Prototype concept I put together are supposed to be a parody of Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and a parody of the FIA (Federacion International d' Automobile).

That is my little story here.





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My Minecraft Pictures

Minecraft allows for creation of worlds and art or an intense game of survival. No matter what, Minecraft is one of the finest games today. Most of my Minecraft experience is through Creative play. That means you can take the world, reshape it any way you like, and make almost anything your heart desires. I want to share some of my own creations as I have mostly been playing around with the PC version of Minecraft recently. Here, you will get a chance to see some of my creations and how I am shaping the Minecraft world to my own.

BEFORE I BEGIN...

This post, like many of my others, may be updated regularly to reflect new changes. The pictures showcased here may be old and represent certain past versions of Minecraft. Some of the pictures were taken as I was developing my Minecraft worlds. Most of the featured locales represent differing levels of development of my Minecraft worlds. For example, there may be more buildings and features now in the worlds I've worked on now compared to what I created at the time of the featured pictures. Keep these things in mind as you view these pictures of mine.

--- My Minecraft Pictures ---

The creations you will see in my blog post here originate from my Minecraft photo album on Facebook. If you want to view my entire Minecraft album, links to my album will be provided within the captions of each picture. In fact, visit this link now to see my entire album:

my Minecraft album on Facebook

A Brief Look at my Minecraft Creations.

When I set out to modify my Minecraft worlds, I do so in the spirit of making RPG-type worlds with various cities and other structures. I mostly believe in modern-type cities while also mixing in some medieval style structures. Kind of think of my world creation more like the Final Fantasy series. What you will see in my blog post here is some of my many different creations through four different versions of Minecraft.

City Philosophy: General.

Because I am such a city person, I enjoy the allure of building cities within Minecraft. Certain points of my Minecraft worlds feature cities. These are locations I set up so that the traveling Minecraft player can find places to rest at and visit outside of the mean world Minecraft can be.
There are three variations of cities in my Minecraft world creations. They consist of:

• Villages - Villages are small and do not have inns to sleep at. You may, however, be fortunate enough to find someone's house or some other structure that may have a bed for you to sleep in.

• Towns - Towns cover more ground and have inns to them. A lot of the buildings aren't usually tall enough or large enough. These are still major locations for the traveling Minecrafter. Some towns may even have watchtowers where one can take a look at the city from atop and even look out elsewhere outside of the town. Some towns may be protected by Iron Golems.

• Cities - Cities cover the most ground and feature some of the biggest buildings and some of the tallest towers. The cities have either an inn and/or a hotel to sleep in. Most cities are noted for unique towers that define the city's skyline. A combination of small buildings and tall buildings populate cities. Since these are major cities, they have some of the fanciest things- including Iron Golems keeping the cities safe at night.

In addition to these cities, I've even created some abandoned cities before. I made abandoned cities that are either destroyed or very quiet.

City Philosophy: Structures.

• To breathe life into each city, the different cities all feature NPC Villagers. You can communicate with the Villagers to acquire items through trading.

• All or most cities have their boundaries defined by fences scattered across each city.

• I initially designed hotels to mostly have a lot of beds. However, I decided to restrict inns and hotels to having up to four beds. In addition to beds, inns and hotels also offer Crafting Tables and Furnaces for crafting on the go. Think of this more like my version of hotels offering free Wi-Fi. :)

• Some cities may have shrines or churches to them. A shrine is mostly basic as a place of worship and knowledge and usually are located either within a city or near any city. A church houses many more people and are a bit fancier in their design.

• Cities may have libraries to them. While you can't check out books or anything, they are certainly there as one of many different facilities as part of a city. Some cities and locations may have rooms or buildings that only have so few books... but may include an Enchanting Table. This is a chance for you to enchant your items.

• You may come across a Brewing place in some cities. These facilities allow you to craft various potions. Each Brewing building has a Brewing Station as well as cauldrons filled with water.

• Some cities may have buildings or rooms with an anvil. These anvils can be used to repair or modify enchanted items.

• Most cities have fields and fenced properties featuring both farmland and even passive mob animals. For the safety of the animals, the fenced sections have torches around them.


I hope you get to enjoy my work. Go to the next section to see my pictures and to get my commentary.

--- My Minecraft Pictures: A Photo Journal ---

Allow me to share with you some of my Minecraft experiences through pictures.

Minecraft Classic.

This was my first Minecraft image of any kind:


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - The first structure I've ever designed in any session of Minecraft.

The sad story about my Minecraft experience is that I have been unable for the longest to play Minecraft on my PC. So my first experiences had to come from Minecraft Classic. This is a browser-based version of Minecraft that I got to experience a long time ago. I had to change a number of settings to get Minecraft Classic to run smoothly on my PC.

Minecraft Pocket Edition.

When my PC was still unable to play PC Minecraft, I ended up getting Minecraft for my Android devices. Minecraft Pocket Edition is available for both iOS and Android devices. It has most of what PC Minecraft offers. However, PC Minecraft is much more deeper and detailed than MCPE. I still had my fine share of fun with MCPE. Unfortunately, this is the only picture I can provide of my MCPE experience, and this picture wasn't even taken with my Android device:


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This chunk map shows a general layout of my Minecraft world I created in Minecraft Pocket Edition.

Minecraft Console Version.

It used to be that the console version of Minecraft was exclusively for the Microsoft XBOX 360. 4J Studios is the studio behind taking Minecraft's incredible appeal from the PC version to a console-friendly version. It took a while, but Minecraft finally found its way to the Sony PlayStation 3 after hearing so long that it would eventually make it onto the PS3. I finally bought the Minecraft PS3 version when I had the funds to get the full version. I was not disappointed. As of this blog post, it was long reported that Minecraft will also be available for the Microsoft XBOX One and the Sony PlayStation 4. This is where I have had the most Minecraft experience. Through my time, I reshaped my Minecraft world (called "Adelphi") and tried to populate as much of that world as possible. What you will see in this part of this blog post is my Minecraft PS3 experience in pictures.

The version here is the PlayStation 3 version.



^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is the Forest Temple in my Minecraft world. As part of this world's storyline, it is the first temple the main character must visit.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - The City of Empira is one of the major cities in my PS3 Minecraft world. Part of its inspiration comes from New York City, which is an obvious inspiration considering the name "Empira."


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is the hotel in Empira. What makes this place different from most other hotels I created is that this one has a ladder going up to rooms as opposed to a flight of stairs. To be more efficient in designing buildings that can actually be explored, I started to adopt making buildings with ladders to go up as opposed to stairs.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - The church in Home Village is here.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - Created at the geographic center of my Minecraft world, this Observation Tower was created. The actual midpoint of this tower is marked with a Glowstone block when you enter this tower. From the top of this tower, you can look out at the rest of the world.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is a town built in a desert setting.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is the City of Bayside. My inspiration for this city was San Francisco, but it also has some inspiration of Kuala Lumpur with the twin towers in the backdrop. Bayside consists of two sides- West and East. The majority of this picture showcases East Bayside.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - These are the Bayside Towers. Initially, I thought of a design similar to the Umeda Sky Garden in Osaka, Japan. Instead, I modeled these somewhat after the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - In the mountainous northern reaches of my Minecraft world, this Nether Tower exists. Inside this tower is a portal that takes you to The Nether.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - On its own island and covered in moss and sugar canes, this is the Water Shrine. The story of the Water Shrine is that while various cataclysms impacted the world during the earliest times of humanity, it was faith that kept this shrine from being destroyed. This shrine remains standing and is sturdy despite being decayed and smelling bad.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This town is based around a jungle. It is a great distance away from the City of Empira.

Minecraft PC.

Even though I bought a gift card to play Minecraft PC back in June 2013, I was NEVER able to play Minecraft PC on my old computer. It wasn't until I bought a new computer to where I finally got to play what I've been trying to play for almost a full year. When I finally got to play PC Minecraft, I delved right in and tried to give myself experience. I started to explore my continually expanding world as I tried to explore the vast reaches of my Minecraft world. In the process, the world just got bigger and bigger. I tried populating my world with many different structures and cities. This section marks some of the many different experiences (all Creative) in my Minecraft experience. What experiences do I have to share with you all? Take a look at these pictures I've posted:


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is the Town of Kessington. It is the closest city to the spawn point of my Minecraft world. It is also the first city I've created in my Creative Minecraft PC world.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This tower is Saffiyah Tower. It is a tower built atop a stone mountain and serves as a place of worship. It previously had a Beacon atop it to mark its location.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is an Iron Golem going around the Town of Kessington. These Iron Golems are most useful at night as they help defend NPC Villages from zombie sieges.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - Iron Golems can be gentlemen, evidence shown here as this Iron Golem offers a poppy. I read the inspiration for Iron Golems offering poppies stems from the anime movie "Laputa Castle in the Sky."


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - Flower Forest biomes in Minecraft can be absolutely beautiful. Many different flowers ranging from tulips to peonies to rose bushes dot certain Flower Forests.

- Town of Aquila

^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is the Town of Aquila. It is a town built in a Flower Forest. The walled structure with the Emerald blocks was initially designed to be a cemetary. Instead, it is an indoor park called Enlightenment Park.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - NPC Villagers fill up the streets of one of my world's major cities.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is the Flower Temple in my Minecraft world. This temple was designed to maintain beauty and harmony and is situated midway between the Town of Kessington and the Town of Aquila. It is actually closer to Aquila than Kessington.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This picture shares my first Minecraft PC visit to The Nether.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - The Village of Mica was created in an open plains space surrounded by a Roofed Forest.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is the city of Ednita- a city that surrounds a circular beachfront. This is the view from the Coastal Shrine of my Minecraft world.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - New York City was the inspiration for this city in my Minecraft world. It is the only city I've created that has both Cobblestone roads and stone brick sidewalks. Sadly, I haven't named this city anything, and I don't want to use "Empira" for it even though it would be appropriate for this city.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is Rhodes Tower in my NYC-inspired city. It is the tallest building in the city and one of few towers I've created in any Minecraft that is 15 stories or more in height.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - The suburban Town of Chasity provides this view of my NYC-inspired city.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - When I found Swampland in my Minecraft world, I went ahead and built this town. This is the Town of Trenita- a swampland town. All the buildings were constructed from jungle wood. Empira from my PS3 Minecraft world was built in a biome sort of like swampland. So Trenita is similarly built on swampland, only Trenita is not a major city.


^ from: (my Minecraft album on Facebook) - This is an overhead view of Trenita. The building with the Diamond blocks on its roof is the Swamp Shrine.


And that concludes my blog post.





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