Air's Skin from mid-2014 to August 13th, 2019.
OffTheAir, also known by his nickname Air, is a veteran member of the Republic of Atlas who joined on January 20th, 2013. As of 2019, he has participated in every map since its creation. Air is notable for his community involvement, past tenure as staff, and his goofy antics.
History[]
Pre-Atlas[]
Air purchased Minecraft in November 2012 and actively played the game for a month; getting used to the gameplay and gathering knowledge on crafting recipes and other aspects. On December 2nd, 2012, he joined the Minecraft Forums with a desire to join a multiplayer community, specifically one that housed a vanilla Minecraft server.
Joining the Republic of Atlas[]
Air's present skin as of August 14th, 2019.
On January 20th 2013, Air finally found a server that peaked his interest - The Republic o
f Atlas. He filled out an application and was accepted by the owner, redrabbit348, shortly. Following this, he would go on to actively join the server. Air chose Miner as his job and spent the majority of his first week staying true to the job and gathering materials, as well as constructing a home on his plot.
After a couple weeks, Red approached Air about a Moderator position, which he would go on to accept. It was after this that Air would become increasingly more dedicated to helping RoA grow.
Air's first skin as seen from the staff photo.
The Golden Age[]
As months began to pass the Republic of Atlas recruited a lot more members and gained prominence in the clan community. Air became close friends with many members such as Dazykirk, Range, algbbg, Ment, NoAnJe, Gold, Mike, Hach, Ike, failselective, Colt, Marco, Ap, Sirrockyqo, and more. He was happy with the success of the clan and continued to help it grow.
Over the course of the year the clan experienced a number of map resets, including some dramatic events such as the Jonpocalypse which drastically hurt the clan. Nonetheless, Air stuck with the clan through the thick and thin and helped rebuild.
Air constructed the Oceanside Twin Towers in 2013, which stood on the shore of RoA's capital, Charleston.
Charleston saw the peak of activity for Air as he helped construct a variety of skyscrapers that were part of the city's skyline. He also participated in the Atlas Games and helped moderate it, and he would go on to construct an entire complex of arenas with the help of Ranginggod, algbbg, and the rest of the Atlas community, who provided building contributions.
Allimore's Later Days and Eventual Complications[]
Atlas grew in structure as well as community during the Allimore days. However, the large exposure to the clan community also brought drama. Air, at first, enjoyed the new experience on the server, as he liked the presence of GsE and ON and their respective leaders Spencier and ShockerTheHunter, whom he got along with nicely. While other core members didn't like the departure from a single-clan, vanilla server, Allimore still flourished and was a staple in the clan's history.
In late 2013 during World 6, Air and other core members were stripped of their staff positions to make way for a new staff team. This created tension between a variety of members, but nonetheless, Air continued to play on Allimore.
As time progressed, the clan began to fall apart, with drama becoming increasingly common and a variety of active members leaving. After The Allimore-Mirage Cold War, Red departed and left ownership to Air, who didn't necessarily want that responsibility. He gave the position to Ment which eventually led back to Red.
Air was saddened with the way things were looking and made the decision to leave the clan. However, he later returned, but his experience on the server was not the same. Red took a large break in the Summer of 2014 and Mike retained ownership of the clan. Throughout Summer and early Fall algbbg gave the clan a home - a server called Andromeda. While it was a return to form for Atlas, the clan did not pull together from the events that happened and it eventually suffered with inactivity, with remaining members only communicating through Skype.
Air became inactive and got affiliated with other servers.
Air's Curtisville residence, circa. May 1st, 2015.
The Grand Return[]
In late 2014 the unthinkable happened - the clan regrouped and Red decided to purchase a new server. Air was excited and was on board almost immediately. The new server started where the clan first began - with a vanilla server that only housed one clan. The primary town was Curtisville, an ode to the late Ment (whose real name was Curtis).
It was during this time that everyone was on good terms with one another again. Everything that happened during the Dark Days on Allimore was forgotten and apologies were exchanged. The clan had a new name - The Knight of Atlas. Air and many other core members returned and ended up creating one of the finest servers in the clan's history. Although the world was eventually killed by Festus, the incredible moments had on the reunion server inspired a second server to be created (World 10; New Sorento), as well as the return to a nation-clan server, Agion, which was positively received by everyone.
Air's Azov residence, circa. May 25th, 2017.
RoA eventually went under the simple name "Atlas," and created multiple servers in late 2016/early 2017 during short peaks of activity. Among these worlds were cities such as Cirrane and Azov, which were well developed but abandoned within only a couple months. In late 2017, Genclone returned and helped create Allimore Evolved, which was the first server with the inclusion of a modpack.
Present Day Allimore[]
Air's Volair residence as of August 25th, 2019 built entirely by TodAtsu.
In May 2018, Allimore Casual was created, which was the first server that was primarily set in Creative Mode. Though this server was also short-lived, in August Red decided to make another public Allimore server on the Minecraft Forums, and a variety of members joined thus increasing activity.
Air's first application, published on January 20th, 2013.
As of August 2019, he is playing on the recent Allimore server, with a residence in Volair that is frequently subjected to comedic vandalism by his fellow clan members. Air formed close relationships with many new, dedicated members such as Jagg, Jestroyer, nantsutte, and Vapists. He also briefly aided attoprak with starting his company group AXIS, made a hiding spot for an exclusive custom item, and contributed to the Yule Village by building an ice castle with failselective. Air moderates the server and often fixes small community issues and WorldEdit problems. Air supported attoprak about starting the Great Eksen Empire and Capitis with Red.
On August 30th, 2019 Air joined the Wild Frontier server with the rest of the Allimore community and settled north in an NPC village with failselective. They decided to revamp it and give it a name - "Fort Bedford."
Though he suffers from long periods of inactivity due to his education and work, Air still actively contributes to the Atlas community, and commonly visits the Discord chat.
Air, October 2014.
Character Bio - The Story of Air[]
Air's skin depicts a fictional character of the same name that develops with the progression of Atlas and Allimore.
2012 (Skin #1)[]
Once a lonely and naive youth, Air spent his teenage years as a vagabond town-hopping and trying to intigrate into communities; only to be rejected as a social outcast. In 2012, he stole a television set and began to be entranced by SMPTE color bars and video static. Eventually, he had a revelation and began to draw strange symbols everywhere, including the front of his own t-shirt. He manufactured the television set into a helmet and sported a new, optimistic identity that was closed off from the world - OffTheAir.
2013-2014 (Skin #2)[]
In January 2013, Air was chased out of a minigame pavilion and once again was without a place to call home. It was then that he found a town owned by a clan called the Republic of Atlas, whose leader Red welcomed him with open arms. After weeks of meeting new friends, engaging in conversations and performing joyful activities, Air realized he had finally found the community he had been looking for. He withdrew the television set from his head to reveal the brown-haired, brown-eyed, blue bandana bearing face that would go on to be referred to as the "Asian Bandana Guy." This reveal showed his faith and trust in RoA and his ambition to make it live on.
2014 (Skin #3)[]
Air joined some of his closest Atlas friends and spent a couple months living on Allimore's sister world, Andromeda. Towards the end of its lifeline, a purge was held in the capital city as a final farewell before the world would be lost. The destruction that followed awakened a dormant, sinister side of Air with red eyes and an expressionless face - "Evil Air." Evil Air showed no remorse and ripped the town apart; harming his friends in the process. Once the purge concluded, this side of Air vanished and has not been seen since. Air has often sported the same dark appearance at Halloween events, but with no vile intent.
2014-2019 (Skin #4)[]
After the tensions of The Allimore-Mirage Cold War, Air took an unfortunate hiatus from RoA and returned to a vagabond lifestyle. He boarded a rocket ship to Planet Beacon, where he became intertrined with another blooming community. He bleached his hair as a permanant dedication to his clan and changed his wardrobe so that his skin would contain the colors of its red and yellow flag. However, it would not be long before he would reunite with his old friends. When news spread that his comrade Ment had fallen, Air returned to RoA to construct Curtisville in his honor. From then on, Air promised himself to never leave again and return to the same lifestyle he once had.
Air as seen on the 2019 Atlas drawing.
2019- (Skin #5)[]
Now a young adult, Air has continued to remain close to the Atlas community. His skin is now adorned completely with red and yellow - even his hair and eyes - to show an increased dedication. He wears an intimidating laser mask that is a nod to both his first OffTheAir appearance and his alter-ego, Craster. Its purpose is to stomp on the fools who pose a threat to Atlas. Nowadays, Air chills on his floating island home in the skies and runs around playfully smacking his friends with his trusty knockback stick.
Air's item-frame counterpart from another dimension.
Trivia[]
- Air's first build project was a roller coaster that extended around the outskirts of Spawn City in World 1
- Air likes building Skyscrapers and Arenas for the Atlas Community.
- He has worn his signature symbol on every single skin during his tenure in Atlas.
- He built a shop called the Quadruple Creeper which ran in Columbia until its destruction in the Jonpocalypse. It would later be recreated in Charleston, and was much, much bigger and more organized.
- Air was temporarily given ownership in World 2 when Red went on vacation.
- In World 1, Air accidentally detonated a giant TNT sphere created by Range that almost devastated the entire world. Oops!
- When Air first joined, he chose Miner as his occupation. He would go on to later choose it again after his demotion from staff.
- He commanded the USS Walmart battleship during its battle with the USS Iowa.
- He was a member of the Pro Atlas Klan (PAK)
- His favorite moment on the server is the raid on the Ocean Monument and eventual construction of the Prismarine Station.
- Favorite Map is World 1
- He has created a variety of signature, but overall incredibly useless, items and weapons including, but not limited to: Tumbleweed (fire aspect II dead bush), The Toaster (sharpness V dropper), Knockback Stick (ranged from Knockback II-X), and Air Jordans (feather falling V iron boots with a jump effect).
- He created an arena complex known as Battlehall 3.0 (a successor to the first Battlehall on World 1, and the one that came after it), where he enlisted the help of other clan members to build an array of arenas with different building styles and themes.
- Following the reset of World 5 and destruction of Battlehall 3.0, Air created a Knockback Stick arena complex which included kits. The reason for changing from traditional PvP to Knockback was that it was faster to complete and just as fun!
- Despite playing Minecraft for six years, he still is awful at building (at least in his eyes).
- He is famous for running around spawn and constantly head-bobbing.
- Air came up with the name for Atlas' capital city, "Volair."
- In real life, Air is pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design.
- He owns a truck.
- He lives in Michigan.
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