Central Park

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The area near the spawn point in Central Park as of January 2023
Portals under the pergola

Central Park is a park located at the center of the New World in Central City and serves as the MRT Server's current spawn location. Central Park houses portals to the Old World, Lab World, Games World, Map World, and Space World. The current version of the park was designed by McYoshi26, SimonScholar, and 0x10. Various iterations of Central Park have been built by chiefbozx and angelzer0, among others. Central Park has had numerous iterations, including versions being made for various seasons.

Only MRT staff and McYoshi26, the current individual who maintains the park, are permitted to build in the park.

History

_Kastle's original Central Park proposal

Central Park, the spawn location, was originally constructed by staff before the Gamma server opened. The purpose of the park was to "create a low-lag environment upon joining".

Angelzer0 had received building permissions from computerghost and unknown second MRT staff member to edit Central Park, which she used to add some small park tables and various other smaller details. Angelzer0 had also constructed various other buildings for some community events, such as the Valentine's Day Cards chest. Some members felt that she had been given permission wrongly without any preparations or plans.

_Kastle had also asked for permission to build within Central Park; however, he was denied these permissions by computerghost as he did not present any plans, which added further to the permission controversy. On February 6, 2015, _Kastle sent a proposal to the admins to remake Central Park with his new plans. Shortly after, he received the permissions necessary to build within Central Park, and gave the area a complete makeover, leaving little to no trace of angelzer0's original builds. _Kastle had since added a Welcome Center, a gazebo, rivers and lakes, a train line, and more flags at Central Park.

For the winter holidays, _Kastle, lalaboy, and MinecraftYoshi26 worked together to produce a holiday-themed spawn, comprising of large spruce trees, a new Welcome Center, and more. The themed park was removed in early January 2016 and was reused in December 2016.

The iteration of the park that existed for the longest time was built by _Kastle, McYoshi26, and lalaboy.

On December 24, 2022, when it hit Christmas in UTC, a new version of the park was revealed, with the main constructors being McYoshi26, SimonScholar, and 0x10. The new version was planned to be put into place on January 1, 2023, but it was postponed to the January GSM because it did not receive community feedback in advance.

In January 2023 GSM, the new Central Park was approved and, on January 20, 2023, the new Central Park was pasted in by SimonScholar. New additions to the park included a random airport teleport button, which would teleport players to Governor and above airports. The Space World, which was only was also accessible by flying up into an invisible portal above the park, had its own portal in the park, and the invisible portal was removed.

MRT Welcome Centre

The current iteration of MRT Welcome Center as of January 2023

The MRT Welcome Centre or MRT Welcome Center is a building in Central Park that houses essential information for MRT, summaries of ranks, list of staff and the winning screenshot in the last MRTvision Screenshot Contest.

The current iteration of the MRT Welcome Center was built by _Kastle.

The previous iterations was built by lalaboy and _Kastle. The Welcome Centre built by lalaboy formerly housed the warps to Premier cities, New World MRT termini, and various places of interest. In the new Central Park, these warps were moved outside, being placed behind where the player spawns.

Transit

The park houses an underground MRT interchange of the Zephyr and Expo Line that connects, further down the line, to the four terminals of Central City.

The park is served by the CentralTram Circular Line and the Central Park Railroad. The Central Park Corridor serves as an underpass to Admod Square and provides underground access to the CentralLink A Line.