Stellar Arena

Stellar Arena
File:Stellar Arena.png Building
Year of Construction	2025
Builder	Astaryuu, BurnedCharizard
Owner	BurnedCharizard
City	Elemental City, Rauratoshan

The Stellar Arena, also known colloquially as the Turtle, is a building in Elemental City, Rauratoshan, specifically on the side of town known as Elemental University. Construction started in February 2025; it intends to finish before the first Nguhlympics.

The Cenrail's Ŋafrican line stops at Stellar Arena. Local transit exists here as well.

Etymology and design

Stellar Arena, under construction in April 2025

Stellar Arena was designed based on the Pokémon Terapagos, which is a symbol of Elemental City and its melting-pot nature. Each of the 18 seating areas in the arena are based on one of the canon 18 Pokémon types. This is also why the arena is referred to as "the Turtle," as Terapagos is a turtle Pokémon said to resemble or even carry the world itself, perhaps based on the "turtles all the way down" thought experiment attributed to Joseph Berg. Terapagos is the only Pokémon capable of naturally having the Stellar type, hence the name "Stellar Arena."

Activities

Stellar Arena's primary function is to serve as a venue for gridiron football games, the national sport of Elemental City. Astaryuu helped devise a way of porting the real-life sport to Minecraft using tridents and target blocks.

Minecraftian gridiron football

The rules are effectively identical to the real sport. Players are dressed in diamond gear with their team's armor trims; this is partially because gridiron football players are dressed in rather robust armor for a ball-game, and partially because the sport uses tridents, which deal more damage than the real-world pigskin they're an expy of. One player, the quarterback, is tasked with either holding the trident and attempting to run it to the goal, or throwing the trident to another player, who then runs with the trident instead. If the trident hits the ground instead of the player, it's a fumble and the play restarts from the original position with one down recorded. The opposing team attempts to strike the player running with the trident, which counts as a "tackle" for these purposes. When the player is tackled, the teams set back up at the position which the tackle occurred, and play resumes.

Each time the team with the ball changes, the players have to cross at least 5 blocks in at most 3 downs; they can also instead choose to attempt to throw the trident directly at the other team's target block for a "punt goal." Punt goals score 3 points, while a player reaching the other team's end zone is a "touchdown" worth 6 points. After a touchdown, the team can choose to go for a "field goal" by attempting to score a punt goal from a distance of 8 blocks away from the end zone. Field goals are worth 1 point. After any form of scoring, the other team receives the trident and starts play from the same position, 8 blocks from the scoring team's end zone. If 3 "downs" (tackles or fumbles) occur without the active team moving the ball 5 blocks from the starting position, the defending team intercepting the ball, or a goal being scored, the other team becomes active at the same position the last down began at.