Spawn sky symbols

Spawn Sky Symbols, also known as Y: 256 Obsidian Logos, are a form of advertising which is common at the Spawn of 2b2t. The method's idea is to build a large, flat Obsidian logo / symbol at the build limit of Minecraft near Spawn, where Withers wouldn't be able to spawn on it, making it relatively more resistant to griefers. These logos can be griefed, however, by breaking the Obsidian blocks or adding more blocks to the logo.

The concept was invented in 2018 by Armorsmith shortly after the end of the 6th Incursion, in order to advertise his group in spawn renders made by the community. It has since been used by groups such as the Spawn Masons, Emperium, Vortex Coalition, Infinity Incursion, Book Club, and many others.

The largest Spawn Sky Symbol in history was constructed by the Spawn Masons in the end of 2019, and was named "The Masonic Eclipse".

After the construction of the Masonic Eclipse, most of the other symbols were griefed.

Large Hammer And Sickle
The first Obsidian sky logo was built by Armorsmith's Followers. Their goal was to further advertise their group by making its hammer and sickle symbol visible to anyone walking down the -Z Highway or any player who world downloaded or viewed renders of Spawn. For the longest time, the hammer and sickle was the only sky logo at Spawn, and is clearly visible in the 2018 100k Spawn Download map by the Spawn Masons. The construction of the logo marked the beginning of a new trend on the server, and it was designed by the player HaxxorElite. It was built completely by hand unlike many other future Obsidian Sky Symbols. The logo went public on July 19th, 2018. Over the years, the logo would be the target of attacks by griefers from the Spawn Masons and the Emperium.

Spawn Masons Square And Compass
The second Obsidian Sky Logo was constructed by the Spawn Masons. The Square And Compass was also constructed at the northen Spawn.

Emperium Omega Symbols
The 2b2t faction Emperium decided to create 4 different Omega symbols at Spawn, rather than creating a large single logo. They built them about 2000 blocks away from 0,0 on each Axis Highway in the overworld.

The Infinity Incursion Symbol
The Infinity Incursion Symbol was created in November of 2019, southeast of spawn, and it was one of the largest obsidian structures on the server at the time. As of the 11th October 2019, the infinity symbol was the largest symbol at the time.

Vortex Coalition Sky Logo
The Vortex Coalition built their original Sky Logo on the Minecraft server Constantiam, and since then, over 2 sky symbols were seen by the Vortex Coalition at Spawn.

Swastika
A swastika, one of the most recognizable symbols of the server, was also seen being built as a Sky Logo at Spawn.

Book Club Symbol
The Book Club also attempted to create a symbol at the sky but it was griefed fairly quickly.

The Masonic Eclipse
The Masonic Eclipse is the largest Spawn Sky Symbol on 2b2t and the largest non infrastructural structure on the server. It cuts through many existing Spawn Sky Logos. Over 23 people helped to finish the building. Automated Bots were programmed to create the logo.

Fun facts by the builder leijurv:


 * From the first block of obsidian placed to the last, this project took exactly 8 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes, and 33 seconds
 * Finished christmas eve (christmas day for european time zones)
 * 28,154,762 obsidian
 * Averaged 40.15 obsidian placed per second, continuously, for the entire duration
 * Averaged 14.83 accounts placing at any given time
 * 61 unique minecraft accounts placed at least 1 section
 * 1 section = 144 by 144 blocks (slightly larger than a map art) = 20736 blocks
 * There were 1,901 sections (not all were full)
 * Highest observed peak was 32 accounts placing simultaneously (real max could be higher though)
 * 160x more obsidian than the original spawnmason logo
 * Mined over 3.5 million echests, which is more than 46% of the netherrack mined for a 1x2 tunnel to the world border
 * In the peak single hour, which was very close to the end, 307,939 blocks of obsidian were placed. That’s over 85 per second.
 * To mine all the obsidian in this logo with Efficiency V picks, it would take 17,597 hours
 * At 8 hours a day, with perfect TPS, that’s over six years
 * Over two thousand empty shulkers (previously full of echests) have been left behind on the underside of the logo

Links
Timelapse of Masonic Eclipse Construction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4dc2M22K6w&ab_channel=LurfJurv