Brodie Snavely
| Brodie2.jpg Brodie in 2018. | |
| Born | September 13, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Other Names | Burrowdizzy, Brod Sniers, Brod |
| Occupation | Associate at The Home Depot |
| Years activated | September 12, 2011 to Present |
Brodie Snavely, also known as Burrowdizzy, is one of the remaining members of the Pixelated Pickaxe group. He applied to the Minecraft server in September 2011 and was accepted based on questionable images that didn’t really contain any sort of building prowess but included: two houses, a giant hole, a mob system, a church, and an image of a chicken. It is unknown why Brodie was accepted onto the server, though Nathan had stated: “Your application is very good, and you have been accepted onto the server!”
Biography
Brodie grew up in the state of Iowa and moved to Colorado in 2007, where he met Jonathan Vu. He has always collected LEGO similarly to other server members and has made some very amateur brickfilms, which is what introduced him to Lord of the Lego Nathan Wells.
At some point in mid-2011, Jonathan showed Brodie the new hit video game, Minecraft, to which Brodie responded that "Roblox is better." Brodie would later come to regret this statement, as it as become a running gag among the group. Minecraft also went on to consume much of his time.
Sometime in August 2011, Brodie submitted an application to the Nathan Wells after finding the "hidden" application link. His application was relatively unimpressive and it is not understood why Nathan Wells chose to allow him access to the server.
Play Style
Brodie's builds in Minecraft have not followed entirely consistent styling, though many of his builds follow Medieval Scandinavian Architecture with the designs of the roof, such as his home in the city of Metropolis and his house on Wellstralia. Many of his builds are relatively sparse on the inside and tend to leave large marks on the terrain, including Burrowdizzy Estate and BURRCO Tower. He also tends to be slightly excessive and over the top. At one point, the entirety of Burrowdizzy Estate was moved approximately 6 blocks due west. He also removed one server member's house and rebuilt it at the bottom of a hill in an effort to preserve the river in Wellstowne Metropolis. To this end, Brodie enjoys terra-forming, having sculpted much the the Metropolis river and the valley that contains Burrowdizzy Estate.
Brodie would regularly engage in PvP with other players, including brickboy1000 and RealBrick. At one point, his constant battling with RealBrick resulted in him being de-opped at the end of the lifespan of New Wellstowne. He was later reopped when promoted to "Nether Network Engineer" on Wellstowne Metropolis. Brodie no longer duels with players on the survival servers, possibly due to lack of overpowered equipment, and becomes rather annoyed when provoked.
Server History
Brodie's work on the server was relatively extensive, being one of the most active members. While Brodie was accepted during the lifespan of Wellstowne Classic, he was not added to the whitelist until Frontier.
Builds
See also: List of builds by Brodie Snavely
PC Specs
First PC
Brodie's first PC was an HP Pavilion with a triple-core AMD Phenom processor and no graphics card. Towards the end of its life, Brodie added an NVIDIA GT 440 graphics card.
Second PC
Brodie's second PC was an Alienware x51 he received for his birthday in 2012. It contained an i7 3770 and a GT 545, later upgraded to a GTX 660. Rob Bauer also owned this PC for some time.
Current PC
Brodie's current PC is a custom-built setup, with specifications as follows:
- Intel i5 6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 Memory
- EVGA GTX 1060
Other Games
Edge of the Empire
Brodie role plays a character in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire named Zid Dirpas. Zid is a Rodian scientist that is indebted to Teemo the Hutt.
Brodie is also the historian for Edge of the Empire events and will be keeping a record of all gameplay sessions for historical purposes.
Trivia
- Brodie has met four other server members in real life, Chance Wen, Cameron Abrams, Quinn Abrams, and Nathan Wells.
- Brodie has introduced several of his real life friends to the server: Jonathan Vu, Noah Zimmer, Jacy Williams, and Lestat Rees were all active on the server for some period of time. This makes Brodie the only server member to have successfully invited several of his friends onto the server (unless you include Nathan Wells)
- Brodie earned the nickname Chudfucker from Chance Wen.
- Brodie was also affectionately given the moniker of Smegma Butter on multiple occasions. Both this nickname and chudfucker are listed in Brodie's contact information on Chance's iPhone.