Motorway Extension Gurus

Motorway Extension Gurus (MEG) is a nether highway mining group on 2b2t. The central objective of this group is to extend the existing highways which have been built by previously Independent Interstate Society and independent players. The members of MEG are tasked with creating tunnels that extend to the world border which facilitate boat flight and entity travel in each cardinal direction, as well as their respective diagonal axes and rings roads. Ultimately, this will allow players to travel between spawn and different regions of the nether with relative ease, making reaching otherwise unreachable regions significantly more accessible.

History
On October 15, 2019, Citadel2222 was on his way to the -X, -Z world border, and made a stop at -5M, -5M to check if any structures had been built. He flew around the area, and stumbled upon a player named illville502. Both individuals expected immediate death, however, neither were hostile - and so forth a friendship began.

The two decided to build a milestone at -5M, -5M, due to there being nothing more than a small sign wall. For two weeks, these two players built a large milestone. This cooperation between two strangers on this relatively unmaintained highway was a significant achievement.

The two players decided their next project would be to extend the -X, -Z highway (which to their knowledge ended at -4M, -4M). However, upon re-entering the nether, the highway had suddenly been dug. Both players were understandably confused, so they followed the now extended path and left multiple signs at the end in an attempt to contact the unknown individual. This individual was VeryVon, who with his sophisticated bot, decided to band together with us to dig to the -X, -Z world border. It was on this date (the 28th of November, 2019) that Motorway Extension Gurus was formed.

In the proceeding months, three individuals stumbled upon us on our dig to the world border - they were DantezWrath, KevinKC2014, and Superbad0315. Since, several other members have joined and they are listed below.

Members
* Elite Diggers have dug  ≥ 10M netherrack.

** Supreme Diggers have dug  ≥ 5M netherrack.

*** Diggers have dug  ≥ 2M netherrack.

Diagonals
There are four diagonal highways that either extend, or are being extended, from spawn to the different world borders.
 * +X +Z
 * +X -Z
 * -X +Z
 * -X -Z

Cardinal directions

 * +X
 * +Z
 * -X
 * -Z

Diagonal Highways
The diagonal highways extend from 0, 0 (nether) in each of the four diagonal directions (northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest).

-X -Z
This was the server's and group's first completed diagonal highway, which was dug from spawn to the -X, -Z world border. This dig was completed by Citadel2222, illville502, VeryVon, DantezWrath, KevinKC2014 and Superbad0315.

Milestones
-10M, -10M reached on 8th of January, 2020.

-20M, -20M reached on 12th of April, 2020.

-30M, -30M reached on 26th of May, 2020.

+X +Z
This was the server's second completed diagonal highway, which was dug from spawn to the +X, +Z world border. This dig was completed by KevinKC2014, Jonanen, Superbad0315, Paragon and 5K5K.

Milestones
-10M, -10M reached on 9th of July, 2020.

-20M, -20M reached on 13th of August, 2020.

-30M, -30M reached on 4th of September, 2020.

+X, -Z
This was the server's third completed highway, which was dug from spawn to the +X, -Z world border. This dig was completed by Citadel2222, illville502 and tycrek.

Milestones
10M, -10M reached on 24th of July, 2020.

20M, -20M reached on 2nd of September, 2020.

30M, -30M reached on 14th of October, 2020.

-X, +Z
To be updated in due course.

Cardinal Directions
These are secondary highways that are not the main focus of MEG. These are not the priority, but they are being worked on.

+X
This tunnel was originally pre-dug by the +X Digging Group 1 wide, 2 high. MEG subsequently widened this highway to 3 wide, 3 high to improve travel speed for individuals using elytra and/or boat flight.

This dig was completed by Justen.

Milestones
+10M reached on 23th of August, 2020.

+20M reached on 4th of September, 2020.

+30M reached on 26th of September, 2020.

-X
To be updated in due course.

+Z
To be updated in due course.

-Z
To be updated in due course.

Ring Roads
Ring roads makes it easier to travel, as you can travel between each highway easily, and get to specific coordinates with minimal independent travel.

MEG has for a long time focused a lot of its attention on these highways, as they're essential for fast travel on 2b2t.

125K
After completion of the -X -Z highway, MEG created the 125K nether ring road, which equates to 1M overworld. The dig was started on the 9th of June, 2020. Afterwards, MEG (along with HWU) started to pave the 125k ring road on the 19th of August, 2020. This project would use 5 million obsidian and took 5 months.

This dig was completed by Harritaco, Paragon802, CorruptedSeal, illville502 & DantezWrath.

Milestones
The 125K ring road was completed on the 1st of August, 2020.

Paving the entire ring road was completed on the 13th of January, 2021.

250K
Along with the last diagonal highway being dug, MEG raised it's ambitions to dig out yet another ring road. This time it would be at 250k nether or 2 million blocks overworld. This project required 18 million netherrack to be mined.

This dig was completed by Harritaco, Jonanen and Paragon.

Milestones
The 250k ring road was completed on the 2nd of January 2020.

Statistics
Motorway Extension Gurus has (as of 11/02/2021) dug 324,469,192 netherrack. This total is spread across 15 diggers. Since the inception of the group (October 15, 2019), that equates to 27,875 netherrack per hour. On average, 6.8m netherrack is dug out per week, as can be seen on the chart to the right. MEG has spent over 3,000 hours on each highway, adding up to nearly 12,000 hours of digging. This is excluding the 2 ring roads and the cardinal highways which MEG has also helped to dig.

Newer data is expected soon.

Media
On May 29, 2020, 2b2t YouTuber SalC1 uploaded a video titled "The Longest Road Ever Built in Survival Minecraft (The 2b2t Nether Highways)". The video highlights the accomplishment of reaching the -X, -Z world border corner, as well as the group's plan to extend the remaining highways.