Blockeley

Blockeley is a Minecraft server created by students of UC Berkeley which is a 1:1 scale reconstruction of the university campus.[1][2]

The project was headed by student Bjorn Lustic who got the idea from a sarcastic Facebook comment;[3] as the project grew more than 500 students applied to help build the server. Growing from the initial plan of building Memorial Stadium, Lustic and his team would go on to work on the rest of the university.[4]

The server was used by the university to host the 2020 UCB graduation ceremony during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] A two-day music festival was hosted on the server starting May 16, 2020 which included acts such as Cash Cash, Sam Feldt, and Vini Vici.[5][2] This is the first music festival hosted on Minecraft.[6]

References
  1. "Watch Blockeley, UC Berkeley's online Minecraft commencement". Berkeley News. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. "Blockeley University: The Virtual Graduation and Two-day Music Festival Inside Minecraft". CULTR. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. Francis, Jeff (20 May 2020). "UC Berkeley students use Minecraft to create virtual graduation – Micky News". Micky. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. Garnett, Jasmine. (April 22, 2020). "For Graduation, Cal Students Build 'Blockeley University' in Minecraft". KQED. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. Vallecorse, Victoria (May 17, 2020). "Blockeley University hosts virtual commencement on Minecraft for UC Berkeley students". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. "Top 101 Producers 2020 Minecraft Celebration Details". One EDM. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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