Pinewood Builders

Pinewood Builders (formerly known as Pinewood Labs) is a British based sci-fi building group with sectors in aerospace, space technology, mining, weaponry, physics, and much more. It is currently ROBLOX's second largest building group standing at over 66,000 members.

Founded in 2008 by Diddleshot, (as a Group in 2009) Pinewood is one of ROBLOX's oldest existing building groups. The group is also recognized for contributions to the community with models to assist in game development and its group-created games.

History
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In May 2008, Diddleshot and a group of friends founded Pinewood as Pinewood Labs. The earliest known facilities built were the Dog Food Factory in September, and the ROBLOX Powerplant in October. The powerplant was the first power station facility built on ROBLOX, while the Dog Food Factory was replaced by the classic game Train Demolishion.

In November 2008, a successor to the Dog Food Factory, the Bread Factory was open to the public; a large bread production factory with giant machinery which sole purpose is feeding a noob named Bob.

A third facility, Pinewood Labs (headquarters) followed in December, which presently was 'ruined' into Diddleshot's CRUSH A BUILDING! game.

In 2009, Pinewood Labs was renamed Pinewood Builders, and it was founded as a group with the latter name with the then-new Groups feature.

In February 2009, a second headquarters was built; details about it are unavailable.

From November 2009 onwards, numerous ideas for facilities were proposed and created; the ROBLOX Laundromat, Pinewood Computer Core, Pinewood Space Station, Pinewood Research Facility (2009), the Mega Miners game, and the Pinewood Space Shuttle Advantage spacecraft.

In 2010, Diddleshot believed that Pinewood builders had actually invented everything. Anyone who had come up with their own original ideas were swiftly descended upon by Diddleshot and his brown-nosing lackeys and verbally abused these original content creators who were accused of "copying Pinewood" and being a "disgrace to the builder group community".

In 2012, Diddleshot released the present-day Pinewood Headquarters, based in Hong Kong.

In 2013, Diddleshot released a major update to the Computer Core, allowing the reactor core to initiate a meltdown.

Following the major Computer Core update, most of Pinewood's facilities entered a modernization phase, such as the addition of dynamic lighting, changing of branding, and polishing the game.

In mid 2014, the Pinewood Research Facility reopened after a full renovation of its exterior and interior design. While the facility is currently open to the public, it is deemed still under construction as of today, and was abandoned until June 2015

In January 2015, Director SigmaTech announced the construction of the Pinewood Oil Platform, which would be the first official Pinewood facility to not be built by Diddleshot. The project currently has been delayed from its original March opening to a June opening date.

In April 2015, Managing Director Legodude88 was fired, resulting in criticism from the Pinewood Intelligence Agency, which resulted in the Agency being removed from their jobs. These former members identify Pinewood as a dying group due to the loss of its co-owner.

In May 2015, Pinewood celebrated its 7th anniversary.

In June 2015, the Pinewood Intelligence Agency and Pinewood Security were reinstated with new replacements following the shutdowns on April 6.

In June 2015, Diddleshot announced that construction on the Pinewood Research Facility would be restarted after around a year of inactivity. Updates to the ROBLOX Laundromat and Mega Miners followed.

In August 2015, The opening of the Pinewood Builders Oil Platform (PBOP) has been delayed once more.

In September 2015, Diddle updates the PBCC with many cosmetic upgrades and adds a few more places to explore.

In October 2015, ROBLOX's new physics engine stabilizes and fixes the glitched vehicles at Mega Miners.

On November 28, 2015, Diddleshot announced an upcoming major update to the Pinewood Computer Core, one of the first major updates ever since the addition of the reactor core meltdown feature.

On December 12, 2015, The official opening date of the Pinewood Oil Platform was announced to be on December 23, 2015. Legodude88, the Managing Director who was fired, signed a contract with the Pinewood Veteran's Club to temporarily host PBST trainings, as well as former BOD Woofenon to head the Pinewood News Network.

On December 23, 2015, The Pinewood Oil Platform finally opened, with a record of more than 10,000 visits on its first two days of opening. On the same day, Pinewood News Network was shut down, and the Pinewood Broadcasting Corporation was relaunched. Legodude88 was made the Secretary of Security as a side rank to the Head of Security.

Sometime after, Diddleshot promoted DeathPossession and Momolivia to the rank of Vice Chairman. This upsetted Lego, and caused him to leave once again, along with many of his staff.

In January 2016,' Board members RobloxGuy6403 and Splitzalot left, and with them, the newly released PBOP. Plans began for a revamp of Pinewood Builders Aerospace, or PBA, with plans for a new facility coming soon. With PBST's new Head of Security largeTitanic2, the original three-tier points system was re-introduced for 2016. Woofmacht (Woofenon) returned once again, and PBC began its second restart.

Websites
Pinewood has its own website as a zone for the latest group news, submitting job applications, and for group entertainment.

PinewoodBuilders.net
Site Designer:
 * ​SigmaTech

Site Editors: 


 * largeTitanic2
 * Chuba7
 * Brentrockforever

Site Investment:
 * SMALLNACHOKITTY2


 * ​$149.00 USD (SigmaTech, Jan. 2015)

Inactive Sites

 * pinewoodbuilders.weebly.com (Woofenon, 2013)
 * Pinewood Intelligence Database (DeathPossession, PBST, 2013)
 * pinewoodbuilders.webstarts.com (Unknown, 2012)
 * runescapewarrior2009.wix.com/pinewood-builders (Daddybuddy [now xXTheGameAceXx], 2010 / 2011)

Ranks
The group has many ranks that a member can have in Pinewood. To achieve one of the following ranks, you have to meet the requirements of the said rank and send a promotion request to the assigned supervisor.

Members
This rank is automatically achieved; it is the given rank when you join the group.

Artists
Artists are experienced designers who make fan art, signage, textures, and more in the development of Pinewood facilities.

Artistry Supervisor
Artistry Supervisors are artists with trust and responsibility. They are picked by the Board of Directors and are those who manage Artistry promotion requests.

No director heads this rank as of now.

Media Team
The Media Team are responsible for broadcasts, news, and any form of official group media.

Media Supervisor
Media Supervisors are journalists with trust and responsibility. They are picked by the Board of Directors and are those who manage Media Team promotion requests.

Media is headed by the Directors of Public Relations and Media whom are Brentrockforever, Chuba7, and bill52600.

Scripters
Scripters are the programmers of game development, with knowledge in Roblox Lua and Mathematics.

Scripting Supervisor
Media Supervisors are scripters with trust and responsibility. They are picked by the Board of Directors and are those who manage Scripters' promotion requests.

Scripting is indirectly headed by the Director of Technology who is SigmaTech.

Builder
Showing skills in any field of advanced mathematics, such as gravity, physics, algorithms, geometry, etc.

Building Supervisor
Building Supervisors are Builders with trust and responsibility. They are picked by the Board of Directors and are those who manage Builders' promotion requests.

Building is indirectly headed by the Director of Development who is DeathPosession.

Internal Affairs Committee
The Internal Affairs Committee are executives tasked with the oversight of the ranks assigned to them and to act as the Director of these ranks in various areas of expertise including: Building, Scripting, Artistry, and Media. Achieved by selection by the Vice Chairman or by membership of the Pinewood Intelligence Agency.

Past Executives
As the name would suggest, they are past HRs of Pinewood Builders. Only achieved from being a retired director, or a veteran of Pinewood's progression.

Board of Directors
The Board of Directors are a team of executives responsible for development of official facilities, management, and advisors to the Chairman.

Vice Preisdent / Managing Director
The Vice President is the second to the highest head of the company. The current vice presidents are Momolivia and DeathPossession.

Chairman - Alt
This rank is unachievable. These are exclusive to the Chairman's alternative accounts.

Chairman
This rank is unachievable. The head of the company. Fourth and final administrator rank.

Pinewood Divisions
All official Pinewood groups are held by only Diddleshot with exception to official Pinewood Fan Club groups, which must be verified by the Board of Directors.

Pinewood Builders Security Team(PBST)

 * Pinewood's privately owned security force tasked to protect Pinewood facilities. (~18000 members)
 * Trainings take place on weekends at 1PM and 6 PM GMT. On occasions there may be another which occurs about two hours prior to that time.
 * See the Pinewood website for up-to-date information.

Pinewood Veteran's Club (PBV)

 * Many members of the PBV have been seen as inactive as of May 2015.
 * Communication/planning group for Pinewood Executives, Veterans, and Affiliates.

Pinewood Intelligence Agency (PIA)

 * Elite taskforce used for exploit defense and advanced protection to Pinewood places.

Pinewood Builders Aerospace (PBA)

 * Division used for news and research of aerospace related topics. (~2270 members)

Mega Miners (MM)

 * Division used for the news and development of Pinewood's game "Mega Miner" and "Mega Miner 2" (~840 members)

XYLEM Technologies (XT)

 * Development team dedicated to developing heavilly-scripted elements in Pinewood.
 * Ran by SigmaTech (~10 members)

Pinewood Builders Development (PBD)

 * PBD was discontinued as of April 6, 2015.
 * Division used for developing large-scale projects and models/scripts for use in Pinewood places.

Pinewood Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)

 * Pinewood's current official news agency for news reports, entertainment, and broadcasts.
 * Launched in February 2015 to compete with the Pinewood News Network until its shutdown in April 2015.
 * Currently running after its third reboot.
 * Group branding based on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
 * The PBC was relaunched following the shutdown of the Pinewood News Network on December 23, 2015.

Pinewood News Network (PNN)

 * Pinewood's former official news agency for live reports, filming, and broadcasts.
 * Group branding based on the Cable News Network (CNN)
 * Suceeded the old Pinewood Broadcasting Company (Feb 2015 - April 2015) as the official news company for Pinewood Builders, and was shut down following the reboot of the new Pinewood Broadcasting Company on December 23, 2015.

Pinewood Emergency Team(PET)

 * Pinewood's official emergency management and facilitation group. (~1320 members)
 * Divided into 3 subgroups
 * Medical Division
 * HAZMAT Team (Hazardous Materials Team)
 * Fire Safety Team
 * Currently under development. Soon to come will possibly be new privileges, abilities, features, and vehicles.

Pinewood Games (PBG)

 * A fan club division of Pinewood dedicated to discuss non-official Pinewood places, or official places in that manner. (~100 members)
 * Succeeded the decomissioned Pinewood Builders Development group.

Notable Users
Usernames in bold are currently in position.

Vice President
Some users who attain the Managing Director / Vice President / Vice Chairman rank are automatically given the  Head of Security  and  Head of Intelligence  rank, except for several exceptions.

The current Vice Presidents are Momolivia and DeathPossession.

[PIA] [PBST] Head of Intelligence / Security
 Some users who attain the Managing Director / Vice President / Vice Chairman rank are automatically given the  Head of Security  and  Head of Intelligence  rank, except for several exceptions.

[PBST] Secretary of Defence
The Secretary of Defence acts as a secretary to the Head of Security.

The rank has been deprecated as of February 2016.

[PIA] Head of Operations
As of today, the rank has been phased out.

Pinewood Builders Space Station  (PISS / PBSS)

 * A large space station located in Earth's orbit, with artificial gravity, and docking and refueling for supply, passenger, and cargo ships to and from planetary missions.
 * Rockets launched from the Pinewood Computer Core dock here as well.
 * Once notoriously abbreviated "PISS" when it used to be named the Pinewood International Space Station.
 * Pinewood classifies the PSS as an inactive facility. Also, the spacecraft here are broken.
 * Pinewood classifies the PSS as an inactive facility. Also, the spacecraft here are broken.

Pinewood Builders Headquarters (PBHQ)

 * A 12 story office building in Hong Kong as the business headquarters of Pinewood Builders.
 * Pinewood's third HQ building.
 * In the PBV room on the 12th floor, an admin-only self destruct system can be activated; which will initiate a lockdown and burn the building to the ground.
 * Pinewood's second facility with an evacuation event.
 * It was featured on the Blog once.

ROBLOX Powerplant

 * Built in 2008, this nuclear power plant was said to be one of the first power stations built on ROBLOX, with the description "powering ROBLOX in the old days..."
 * Was decomissioned in 2011; where the Pinewood Computer Core replaced it upon the addition of a new fusion reactor there.
 * Although it was mentioned that the Powerplant has an underground reactor core, the Computer Core is not underneath the Powerplant.
 * Pinewood classifies this as an non-functional facility, which means it is not used for any kind of group-related matters.

PBST Training Facility (PBSTTF)

 * Also known as Project CRATER.
 * A training zone enclosed in a dome in the Sahara Desert where security are trained to protect Pinewood's interests.
 * Directly connected to the Pinewood Research Facility by an underground train.

Pinewood Research Facility (PBRF)

 * A large research facility complex located in the Sahara Desert.
 * Majority of the facility, including the Computer Core, is underground due to the heat conditions of the Sahara Desert, and likely for security reasons, as well as to serve as an extension of the Computer Core.
 * A 2014 refurbishment of the then 2009 Research Facility.
 * Divided into three sections; the Pinewood Builders Exhibition, the undergound facility, and the surface facility.

Pinewood Computer Core (PBCC)

 * Pinewood's second most visited game.
 * An underground nuclear computer reactor core facility, miles beneath the Pinewood Research Facility.
 * If the reactor core's temperature gets too high, it will trigger a reactor core meltdown capable of destroying the entire facility.
 * Pinewood's first facility with an evacuation event.
 * Pinewood's first facility to reach 1,000,000 visits.

Pinewood Space Shuttle Advantage (PBSSA)
===Pinewood Oil Platform (PBOP) / Think Build Create Oil Platform (TBCOP)===
 * A launch center, possibly located in the Sahara, where Space Shuttle Advantage is launched into space to deploy a satellite in low Earth orbit.
 * Prior to the automated launch, you may attempt to manually land the space shuttle.
 * An oil and gas production offshore facility with recreational amedities based in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, powered by a uranium-rod based reactor core (which does not melt down yet according to developers)
 * Further information can be found here.
 * If oil or gas pressure gets too high, the tanks will explode, causing fires and causing the platform to shake.
 * Pinewood's fourth game with an evacuation event.
 * The first official Pinewood facility not on Diddleshot's profile.
 * According to RobloxGuy, Diddleshot had an argument with JKR Productions, causing the game to be transfered to Think Build Create

The Dog Food Factory

 * An automated factory that produces dog food.
 * An ancient facility buried in the place holder of what is now Diddleshot's Train Demolishion.

The Bread Factory

 * An automated factory that produces bread in different colors, sizes, and unknowingly feeds all its products to Bob the Noob.

CRUSH A BUILDING!

 * A game based on Pinewood Labs's headquarters in 2008, where you can destroy the building with a crusher, Mega Miner vehicles, or with gear.

Roblox Laundromat
===Underground (1 ,2 ,3 )===
 * Pinewood's most visited game.
 * A game based in a city laundromat where you wash your clothes, or chuck an unsuspecting fellow customer into the wet, spinning washing machine.
 * A three part series where you must explore an abandoned underground base in Antartica to find your way out.
 * Two parts were finished, but the third part was left unfinished. All three parts are closed.

Roblox Mega Miner

 * Pinewood's third most visited game.
 * A game where you mine and dig resources with your pickaxe, or the giant Pinewood drilling vehicles.
 * A recent update added an event where magma will rise from the ground, and workers must evacuate.
 * Pinewood's third game with an evacuation event.

Trivia

 * Pinewood Builders had a booth featured at BLOXcon Chicago in 2013.
 * Users alexnewtron, Zephyred, madattak, and Rukiryo were former members of Pinewood.
 * According to Woofenon, alexnewtron left due to group space, and madattak left to focus on Innovation Inc, while Zephyred and Rukiryo were reportedly fired / left due to disagreements.
 * Pinewood Builders was originally called Pinewood Labs in 2008.
 * Pinewood won ROBLOX's Twitch Leaderboards twice in a row. Their Twitch channel has accumulated over 500 followers.
 * Pinewood has been featured in the ROBLOX Blog numerous times.
 * Pinewood is recognized and remembered as one of the most influential in the ROBLOX community, and likely the oldest too; founded unofficially in 2008, and founded officially in 2009.
 * Diddleshot, madattak, and the high-ranks of both Innovation and Pinewood have argued with their members implying that they are NOT at war for any reasons.
 * Pinewood has a Facebookpage.
 * Pinewood also has a YouTube channel.
 * Pinewood Builders and its logo is even more commonly copied by other building groups.