If you're building something outside your range of building, or anything creative, use picture references. They help so much.

If I am to lose the competition to any build, I will be the most happy to lose to this one. Great job :)

On the old map, I accidently went to spawn once and forgot to sit my dog down before tping. Didn't even realize it was mine until I noticed it was following me around. Someone quickly named it Stinky, or something to that effect, with a nametag, and then someone else killed it 30 seconds later. Despite it being on accident, I deserved it, I brought it there and I should have known better and taken more care before tping. If you really want your pet to stay alive, then don't leave it randomly in the open or in a public place. Would you leave a real life dog just sitting in a town square?
There's absolutely no reason worth having to deal with the extra lag from protecting them, especially if it's your own negligence concerning your pet's safety. Just leave them at your base, you'll only be gone a few minutes, they won't get upset.

Maybe try and play it solo for a while, and if you want to team with someone, get to know them very well before you agree to team. And i mean seriously get to know them and make sure they trust you. If they can't hand over every diamond they own (or whatever they hold super dear to them) and believe you will give it back, don't team. That may be pretty extreme terms, but it's worked for me at least. However, I've also only got 1 teammate, but at least we know we'll never betray each other.

I just wanted to right my stupid mistake of selling the egg dirt cheap before 1.11 was announced. And from the same guy I sold it to, who probably owns at least 3 by now.

@Cellexya My god these eggs should only be like 40db at most what are we doing. Fine, I give, too rich for my blood. This is just a bidding war and the selling price is way too high for what you get now. Not worth it.

@Cellexya To @OmegaSniper4eva 's offer, I'll counter with 64db, my squid egg, my own head, and an elytra.

I can counter with 64db, the ownership of previous said zombie spawner with villagers, 2 bat eggs, a zombie head, a regular skelly head, a beacon, and 2 elytra.

@rosstopotamus Great job y'all those look really good. I love the sails on yours @Dennari43

Thanks! :D

I'll match that, with the zombie spawner already described with villagers, and I'll throw in as many free shulker shells as you want when 1.11 comes out, completely free

Ok, so here's mine. Its supposed to be the Black Pearl, but it has some changes that I thought made it look better.
It is 62 blocks long and 23 blocks wide, so it just fits in the limits we were given.
Yes, the dark oak plank on the right is an actual plank to walk off of, this is a pirate ship after all.

And in case it didn't look close enough to the Black Pearl, here's a reference I just had to put in :)

The captain's cabin with log book on wall

And since it's a pirate ship, it had to have stashes of gold and silver below deck


Now on to the lowest deck, where the prisoners are kept :D


And because it's for prisoners, there should be no way of escaping, so once you enter the cells, you can't get back out :D

Now some better shots of the rigging, platforms, and sails



And to finish, a selfie with my creation :D