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-File:bestroboticslogo.jpg|alt=Best Robotics Logo| '''Figure 1:''' See our [[Getting Started]] page to Sign-Up and Register your team today.
-File:Polycraft World Logo.png|alt=Polycraft World logo| '''Figure 2:'''Teams will have your own [[Private Property|private property]] where only you can modify the environment and other teams cannot interfere with your progress in your quest to win the 2021 BEST 3D Printing Challenge.
-File:3D_Printing_Village_1.png|alt=Refugees into Villagers| '''Figure 3:''' [[Polycraft Manufacturing Island]] needs your help to improve the efficiency of [[Polycraft World Delivery Robots|Delivery Bots]] into fast-moving, industrious global logistics automatons.
-File:SecretOfTheHunt.png|alt=The Hunt for Green October| '''Figure 4:''' Powerful secrets begin to reveal themselves if you can solve the [[Polycraft Recycling and Waste Scavenger Hunt|Scavenger Hunt]] mysteries.
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-<div style='text-align: center;'>'''The 2023 BEST Challenge is Coming in mid March. Stay Tuned.'''<br><br>'''[[Polycraft World Delivery Bots]]''' arriving at '''[[Polycraft Manufacturing Island]]''' have little more than the grease in their joints, but with proper infrastructure, support and training, can become highly productive elements of your multinational goods distribution business. Those robots arriving hail from all parts of Polycraft World society, coming to pick up goods from your burgeoning warehouse and manufacturing center. At first they have no goods to pick up (no score), but they soon will be entering dirt warehouses, wood warehouses, stone warehouses, epoxy warehouses and carbon fiber epoxy warehouses. Dirt warehouses and a toilet are better than nothing, but it will take advances in your '''[[Housing]]''' technology and the infrastructure of your '''[[Village Plot]]''' for the refugees to see your island as a place for a thriving community for the 21st century... instead of a pit stop on the way to other islands where people might be much happier.
-Are you a 3D Printing expert? <br>
-Do you love demolition? <br>
-Do you love recycling? <br>
-Can you engineer a massive settlement in a tight space to house those in need? <br>
-Can you unlock the secrets of [[Polycraft Island]]? <br>
-'''Polycraft World''' and your [[Polycraft World Refugees|Villagers]] need you!<br>
-See the Current Scores and Time Remaining for all teams:
-'''[https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.powerbi.com%2Fview%3Fr%3DeyJrIjoiY2MyMDQ4N2MtYWYwZi00YjQ3LWE4NWYtNzhiNDY4Y2MzMTdlIiwidCI6IjY2YWI4MzNiLWMxZjQtNDVmOS1iM2QxLTY4MGNkNDRmZjJhMyJ9&data=04%7C01%7CEric.Kildebeck%40utdallas.edu%7C389ea6e7caca49a7b81a08d98a008161%7C8d281d1d9c4d4bf7b16e032d15de9f6c%7C0%7C0%7C637692558675669838%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=kj5YoTpIJ%2Bu0t9PULI3Vz8hZINFPFSaWGIZThUaTF%2BE%3D&reserved=0 Leadership Dashboard - BEST Robotics 3D Printing Challenge]'''!<br><br></div>
-== The Challenge ==
-Your team of [[Polycraft Island]] Engineers has a tall order ahead. Your mission...should you choose to accept it...is to build the best and most advanced [[Polycraft Village|Village]] possible for fleeing '''[[Polycraft World Refugees|Polycraft World Refugees]]''' to live and thrive. The more dwellings you build on your '''[[Village Plot|Village Plot]]''' and the happier the [[Polycraft World Refugees|refugees]] become that settle there, the higher your [[3D Printing Challenge Scoring|score!]] Not that ''only'' the [[3D Printing Challenge Scoring|score]] matters to humanitarian engineers such as you and your team as you bring out the BEST in others.
-[[Housing|Houses]] for arriving [[Polycraft World Refugees|refugees]] must be built on the [[Village Plot|Village Plot]], and start at [[Technology Level|Technology Level One]] ([[Polycraft Dirt Houses|dirt houses]] with [[Village Beds|hay bale beds]]). As more [[Polycraft World Refugees|refugees]] get comfortable and happy living at a specific [[Technology Level|technology level]], they will become ready and willing to help you advance your burgeoning society's manufacturing capabilities to a higher [[Technology Level|technology level]] enabling and unlocking better housing materials, enhanced (and more comfortable [[Village Beds|Beds]]), and better [[Community Buildings|community buildings]]. If you can reach all the way to [[Technology Level |Technology Level Eight]] (Technology Level Four in Round 1), your [[Polycraft World Refugees|refugees]] will be thriving in a modern community with 4-story [[Housing|Carbon Fiber Homes]], [[Village Beds|silk beds]], [[Village Beds|nylon beds]], [[Community Buildings|art galleries]], and more!
-It all starts when you build your first [[Polycraft Dirt Houses|dirt house]] with a [[Village Beds|hay bale bed]]. As you progress through the Challenge, powerful tools and items help increase the speed with which you can terraform the world and mold it to your will. '''[[Power Tools]]''' are special pieces of equipment that can be discovered by clever [[Polycraft Recycling and Waste Scavenger Hunt|explorer/hunters]]. Building a large Village can be sped up significantly with a '''[[3D Scanner]]''' and a '''[[3D Printer]]'''.
-'''Remember:''' Your team of Engineers has a total of 50 hours for Round 1 (October 8-31: [[Technology Level|Technology Levels 1-4]]) and 50 additional hours for Round 2 (November 1-21: [[Technology Level|Technology Levels]] 5-8) to engineer the best [[Polycraft Village|Village]] possible!
-==[[Getting Started]]==
-[[Getting Started|This Section]] contains valuable information about:
-* Signing Up
-* Challenge Gameplay Mechanics
-* Scoring Information
-It also includes useful tips for new and veteran Minecraft players alike.
-==[[Village Plot|Your Village Plot]]==
-[[Village Plot|This 48 block x 48 block portion]] is the only part of the island that can contain valid housing and amenities. Several important concepts are related to your Village
-===[[Housing]]===
-A Structure Validator program runs every few seconds while you are on your [[Village Plot]]. It provides feedback on when you have built structures that conform to rules of the Current Age at the current [[Technology Level]]. Houses follow specific design rules and if built correctly, their '''[[Village_Beds|beds]]''' house Villagers and increase Population Capacity.
-===[[Community Buildings]]===
-A thriving community has more than bedrooms and houses. The first thing your Refugees will want access to, naturally, is a Toilet. And as the Village becomes more and more advanced they will be delighted to have access to other [[Community Buildings|specialty buildings]] that help them meet their neighbors, utilize their professional skills, and take care of their families. How close your Refugees are to [[Community Buildings]] has a big impact on their Happiness.
-===[[3D Printing Challenge Scoring|Scoring]]===
-[[3D Printing Challenge Scoring|This Section]] describes in complex detail how your team will be awarded points for settling and entertaining [[Polycraft World Refugees|refugees]] and maximizing your '''[[Score Through the Ages]]''' and round-specific '''[[3D Printing Challenge Scoring Round 1#Bonus Points|Bonus Points]]'''.
-==[[Technology Level|Progressing Through the Ages]]==
-Round 1 of the 3D Printing Challenge will propel your growing Village through 4 Ages, each with a corresponding [[Technology Level]].
-*'''Dirt Age''' : Need to house 16 [[Polycraft World Refugees|Villagers]] in Dirt Houses and build a [[Community Buildings|Bathroom]] and a [[Community Buildings|Storeroom]] to progress.
-*'''Wood Age''' : Need to house 32 [[Polycraft World Refugees|Villagers]] in Wood Houses and build a [[Community Buildings|Workshop]] to progress.
-*'''Stone Age''' : Need to house 48 [[Polycraft World Refugees|Villagers]] in Stone Houses and build a [[Community Buildings|Laboratory]] to progress.
-*'''Polexiglas Age''' : Need to house 64 [[Polycraft World Refugees|Villagers]] in Polexiglas Houses and build a [[Community Buildings|Commissary]] to progress.
-Round 2 of the 3D Printing Challenge will expand your Village through 4 additional Ages, each with a corresponding [[Technology Level]].
-*'''ABS Age''' : Need to house 80 [[Polycraft World Refugees|Villagers]] in ABS Brick Houses and build a [[Community Buildings|Library]] to progress.
-*'''Bronze Age''' : Need to house 96 [[Polycraft World Refugees|Villagers]] in Bronze Houses and build a [[Community Buildings|School]] to progress.
-*'''Steel Age''' : Need to house 112 [[Polycraft World Refugees|Villagers]] in Stainless Steel Houses and build a [[Community Buildings|Clinic]] to progress.
-*'''Carbon Fiber Age''' : Need to house 128 [[Polycraft World Refugees|Villagers]] in Carbon Fiber Houses and build a [[Community Buildings|Art Gallery]] to progress.
-'''We'd love to see how your village progresses. Please share creative, impressive and/or funny screenshots with us on our social media (links in the sidebar)!'''
-===[[Population Capacity]]===
-As you grow, your Population Capacity will hit thresholds that let you advance to new [[Technology Level|Technology Levels]] and move from your Current Age the the next age. There are 4 Ages in Round 1 and 4 Ages in Round 2. Note: you can still have valid structures from previous Ages that lead to productive Villagers in the current Age. They just don't pack quite as densely.
-===[[Happiness]]===
-Your [[Happiness]] modifier (of each Villager) will help you score big points each Age but abysmal [[Happiness]] won't stop you from moving on to a new age. Do you bull rush dissatisfied Villagers to Age 4 and try to appease a large, dense populace or take your time during each age and max out Villager happiness along the way? The choice is yours in a tight space, on a tight timeline...and your final score will reflect it.
-===[[Technology Level]]===
-The Population Capacity and [[Happiness]] of your Village are influenced by your current [[Technology Level]]. Each technology level unlocks a new type of Housing Material, new levels of [[Village Beds]] to go in those homes, and new [[Community Buildings]] for your [[Polycraft World Refugees]] to use. As you progress to more and more advanced technologies, stronger materials, a '''[[3D Printer]]''' and '''[[3D Scanner]]''' can support building larger and larger structures, faster and faster. Building a large Village can be sped up significantly with a [[3D Printer]], but demolition of a large Village can be a cumbersome process. '''[[Power Tools]]''' are special pieces of equipment that mightily speed up this process, but they can only be acquired by [[Polycraft Recycling and Waste Scavenger Hunt|cunning problem solvers]]...
-===Useful Commands===
-{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
-|-
-!Purpose
-!Command
-!Description
-|-
-| Get help
-| '/help'
-| This command will pop-up some guidance and information about other useful commands
-|-
-| Get your Coordinates
-| Press '''p'''
-| Users can press 'p' in game to pop up location and private property information on the top left of their screen.
-|-
-| Message your Team
-| Type '''t'''
-| Typing 't' will open chat. Typing a message in chat and pressing 'Enter' will send messages to all other users on the server. Users can also type useful commands here.
-|-
-| Open the Community Analytics Screen in your [[Village Plot]]
-| Press '''c'''
-| Users can press 'c' in game to see additional information about the relative location of different [[Community Buildings]].
-|-
-| Open the [[Score Through the Ages]] Analytics Screen in your [[Village Plot]]
-| Press '''v'''
-| Users can press 'v' in game to see additional information about your current [[Technology Level]] and about Peak Age Scores.
-|-
-| Teleport to your Team Property
-| '/teamspace' or '~tp pp'
-| These commands will teleport a user to the team's private property. Users must be in a private property to use this command.
-|-
-| Teleport to UTD
-| '/goto utd' or '~tp utd'
-| These commands will teleport a user to the center of UTD, Polycraft World's spawn point from another private property.
-|-
-| Teleport to a Mining Base Camp
-| '~tp pp 1000 -1000'
-| This command can be used to teleport from one private property to another. [[Base Camp|Base camps]] for mining specific Biomes are available if you teleport to the Base Camp's [[Base Camp|coordinates]]. However, the base camp private property landing zone is small and you must return this area to teleport back. The wilds surrounding base camps are rich in resources, but are not private properties, so you can't teleport unless you in the Base Camp landing zone (16 x 16 blocks, bedrock to sky).
-|}
-==Patches and Bug Fixes==
-Nothing to see here folks!
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