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A render of Salisbury, the capital of Gabon.Gabon was a nation located in the northwest quadrant of CivClassic founded on June 10th, 2018. Gabon existed as part of a political union with the larger nation of Varkonia until October 2020 when a referendum was held resulting in the nation's independence. Gabon was well-known for its high-quality builds and stable government. Its capital, Salisbury, was one of the largest cities on CivClassic. Gabon is planning on moving to CivMC when the server releases as the nation of Pavia.
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May 23, 2022
The featured article this week was contributed by User:Des23.
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A screenshot of World Police fighters breaking the Nox vault during Civcraft 2.0.
The World Police (abbreviated WP) has been a label used to describe various people, groups, and organizations throughout almost all of Civ history. The uniting characteristic of those who've earned the moniker "World Police", whether organized or unorganized is the heavy involvement in international combat operations. This usually involves bounty hunting raiders but also more notably taking part in wars against PVP-oriented groups, such as the HCF. The origins of the World Police date back to the formal organisation that beared the name on Civcraft 1.0, evolving into a more informal network of fighters on Civcraft 2.0 before becoming the formal patchwork of alliances of nations on CivClassic 2.0 that most are familiar with. Across all servers, opinions on the WP are mixed as many not only associate them with crime fighting but also alt-raiding, sovereignty-breaching, and permapearling. (Full article...)
Civcraft 3.0 (also known as Civcraft: Worlds or simply 3.0) was the final iteration of the Civcraft line of servers. Announced at the end of Civcraft 2.0, the admins wanted the iteration to be more ambitious by being the first Civ iteration to introduce sharding, a way of breaking up the server into pieces and handle the massive load of players, and also overhaul Citadel and FactoryMod to make a slower, RPG-like progression. After the end of CivTemp in May 2016, its launch was delayed by two weeks in July due to cave generation issues. 3.0 was launched on July 30, 2016 with 15 unique shards. Although the initial launch was successful, many complained about the unequal distribution of RealisticBiomes with ores and crops which increased scarcity, the increasingly hostile and insular interactions with other players for space, frustrations with the slow tech tree, and the small size of shards. Although many efforts were made from the admins to remedy these issues and recover the player base, in October 2017, ttk2, the owner of the server, announced that he would be stepping down, effectively shutting down Civcraft 3.0 as population dropped. (Full 'article'...)
The Order of St. Marcus was a builder's organization active throughout CivClassic that sought to create high-quality builds across the server. It was started in February 2018 by Gobblin and Maester Logic_Man in Mount Augusta in honor of fellow retired Maester Marcus_Flaminius. Through the Journey of the Placed Block, the organization encouraged players to improve the looks of towns and cities across CivClassic, at a time when many buildings lacked flair. With build competitions and a point system, they called on other builders to create beautiful buildings on the server, from lowly houses to large government buildings, rail stations, libraries and more. Eleven nations on the server, most notably Gabon, Varkonia and the Commonwealth contained numerous builds which contributed to the Order's mission. (Full article...)
CivMC was released last Thursday, June 2. On the day of launch, Wingzero released notes on the new features that would be arriving. A new trailer was created by Dilluexe in anticipation of launch.
The server's launch saw over 400 players attempting to joining the server at launch, making it one of the biggest Civ server launches on record. Despite high numbers throughout the weekend, there was scarce interruption over launch weekend. Continuous technical support was made throughout the weekend to increase the number of players on the server and fix a few errant bugs in production.
One large complaint on launch was the server's queue; the high demand during the launch weekend and peak hours saw long queues reaching over 100, the admins have confirmed they are working on upgrading the server and introducing sharding to increase the overall server population.
The featured article this week was contributed by User:Des23.
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Team logos for Season Two of the NDZHL.
The New Danzilona Hockey League (NDZHL) was a Minecraft hockey league active on Civcraft 2.0. The league pioneered the spread of Minecraft hockey and regular organised sports on Civ servers. The league and Minecraft hockey was created by New Danzilona citizen RoarkLeSkif, who was head of the league from its creation until his resignation in its second season. The NDZHL was not only important in developing a distinct Danzilonan identity, but it also had positive and negative diplomatic effects between its competing nations, as well as just being fun. Teams hailed from a multitude of nations, including Mount Augusta, Little Latvia, and Orion, with creative team names for each. Although hockey continued to be played on Civcraft 3.0 and occasionally on Civclassic 2.0 in Provincia, a formal hockey league has yet to be revived since its dissolution. (Full article...)
Tensions between Bergburg and the Fempire Union reached a boiling point when Zelmisburg led a raid of the nation along with the Kingdom of ErrorL, however Zelmisburg shortly dropped out of Civ entirely despite many unwarranted grievances with the nation, and KOEL offered to repay all damage caused by their actions, as their raiding was unwarranted.
After a relatively smooth launch week, large, occasional lagspikes force many players on CivMC to be kicked from the server, and back into the queue, for no discernible reason, frustrating many players.
The featured article this week was contributed by User:Prawny331.
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The skybridge on the Hell Vault during the First Hell War.
The First Hell War was a large conflict in CivRealms 2.0 focused around the siege of the vault of the same name. The war started on June 18th, 2020 following a stealth break of the vault of Varathia by a group of citizens from the former nation of Savaguard led by a Carbon outcast and a group of citizens known together the Hell Gang. A healthy majority of the server rushed to Varathia's aid, fighting through a gruesome siege over several days, including an extended 12 hour truce over Father's Day. This war marked a notable turning point on the server, and laid the groundwork for the Second Hell War and the Great War, the latter of which led to the server's eventual death. This also marked the first crack in the previously strong alliance between Cantina and Blackwater, after Blackwater betrayed the coalition and accepted the Hell Gang into their ranks. Estimates put the number of unique accounts on the coalition side at over 115, against some 10-15 defenders. (Full article...)
After a long grueling campaign and a controversial election, the first elected mayor of Mount Augusta is ComradeNick. His primary opposition, Ahme63, was given a cupboard (or cabinet) role in his government and aims to make policies progressive to the city while also staying true to past iterations.
Technical issues and lagspikes continue to plague CivMC, with the player cap going down unannounced to 125. The team continues to try and curb low TPS issues from plugins like RealisticBiomes. Admins also onboarded LordOfMarzipan to be the first superfriend, an elevated moderator-like position.
Two different full maps of CivMC's land/ocean layout have been released by xFier and TheJmqn, both are available on CivMap.
Dirt has launched a building competition, where builders can only make builds out of dirt-based blocks.
A view of the skyline of Mount Augusta, rendered by Jasonbord.
Mount Augusta's iteration in CivClassic 2.0 was a large city-state, centered around democracy, legalism, and limited government. After its initial stint near Tierra de Conciencia, the country settled near The Commonwealth and became a populous center of activity near the middle of the map. The city played a major role in the start of the 18-month NATO-Mir War, and had over ten mayors over its lifespan.
Estaliaannexed the Communion of Kū early last week, claiming that the Communion had been ambivalent and unresponsive about the previous tunnel conflict. An international coalition led by Gensokyo agreed to an embargo of all Estalian goods.
The Free City of Pacem is a nation on CivClassic and CivMC, founded on June 12, 2017. The city-state is focused on commerce, culture and diplomacy on its CivClassic iteration. Its city was widely known for its expansive Art Deco and Beaux Arts architecture reminiscent of a 1920s-era New York City. Originally a city-state, the country became an autonomous state of Yoahtl between May 2019 and February 2020.
Many of the city's landmarks in CivClassic are named and inspired by Classical Liberal thinkers, including the Ayn Rand Opera House, the Frederic Bastiat Bridge, and the Herbert Spencer Tower. The city also housed the Hayek Market District and played host to a vibrant economy providing many XP material shops and architecture firms throughout the city. Pacem also was the headquarters of the Liberty Gazette, a classical newspaper highlighting major domestic and international events. Today, the country exists on CivMC, hoping to exceed the level of building that was present in their previous state on CivClassic. (Full article...)
Estalia brokered non-aggression pacts between CivMarket, Butternut, and the Kingdom of ErrorL; two of three are nations bordering Estalia to prevent another situation such as the Annexation of Ku happening again. The conflict has since died down as Black_Fusion was freed.
CivMarket opened up plots for the first time last week and auctioned off plots, with all of the current ones offered having bids for them; they are expected to sell all shop plots by the end of July 4.
Fellowship was a nation on Civcraft 2.0 based on the ideals of friendship and cooperation. The nation was well known in Civcraft 2.0 for building the Hexagon, a megastructure built into the central mountains of the country that was widely known as one of the server's main trading and travel hubs. The structure was divided into many layers and housed large shops on its lower floors and residences on its upper floors. Additional area was planned via so-called "hexpansions", but these were never completed.
The country maintained good relations with most of its neighbors in the northeast quadrant, being one of the mainstays of the North Eastern Alliance. Despite internal disputes such as the Bedford Dispute, the country maintained consistent growth and continued to be a safe haven for shopping during the Titan War due to their anti-raider policy. Other districts in the country included Fardis, a haven for private mansions, and Lightbarrow, home of one of the largest portal farms on the server. Although no direct successor of the country was created, some of the nation's denizens would later become citizens in Concordia. (Full article...)
Icenia's rail station located in the heart of Icenia City, built by LordChieftain.
The Hyperborean Confederation declares war on Prideland, after Prideland players raided and log-boxxed a Hyperborea cabinet member.
After skybridges were built and bunkers were discovered in Estalian territory, Rhode Island fighters were dispatched to defend said bunker. Later, Rhode Islanders disabled an Estalian ice road. Although no conflict arose, the bunker was disabled and both Utopia and Rhode Islanders were banned from the country. Rhode Island later apologized for their actions, and a mutual understanding was reached between the two nations.
Petrichor, Icenia, and Southshire created the Mutual Defense and Support Coalition, an alliance to maintain friendship and prosperity in their nations. The Commonwealth and Batavia also joined the alliance.
The final CivMarket plots were sold with bids as high as 150 diamonds, with some plots being built up over the past week.
Cortesia del Mar and Aurellia were merged into one state, continuing to be known as Cortesia del Mar.
The featured article this week was contributed by User:Des23.
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A map of the alliances at the end of the world of Civcraft 2.0.
The alliances of Civcraft 2.0 were major alliances spread across the second iteration of Civcraft, allied more geographically than ideologically. Alliances during this iteration were sparse and had little overlap compared to other alliances or non-aggression pacts in CivClassic or CivMC. Many took its namesake from the area the alliance resided in. Although many were largely military alliances they sometimes had internal free trade or infrastructure agreements with each nation. No alliances directly declared war on each other, but connections came into play in a number of military confrontations, including the Yurtstead War and the Goten Secession Conflict.
Of the five alliances that survived at the end of Civcraft 2.0, the only alliance that can be clearly traced back to these origins are the United Provinces of the Plus Plus (U3P) members that played in the Volans shard in Civcraft 3.0; currently many play in the Free Danzilonan Republic or Mery. Many alliances, like the Great Northern Alliance were a large plurality of nations that maintain iterations in CivMC but no longer ally with each other.
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The Samchester Citadel in Southshire, a defensive structure housing a market and residential plots inside, built by RoboRik.
After last week's situation of rogue griefers from Rhode Island attacking Estalia and vice versa, both countries agreed to a non-aggression pact banning all problematic parties and committing to peace until December.
The Elysian Pact was created between Pavia, Estalia, Jorvik, and SPQR, committing to upholding regional security and infrastructure agreements between all countries.
A recently held election in Yoahtl allowed Solitaire7, KingoftheMochas, iOminous, Scouter9001, and Klari to become councillors.
Former Corvus player samnrad publicly called out CivMC admins to repeal his ban because of duping allegations; a response comment was posted by admin Infra.
A selection of CivTCG legendary players sold from the Promo set.
The Civ Trading Card Game, better known as CivTCG, is a trading card game developed by Lodish, mainly focused on famous players, locations and history in Civ culture. While gameplay is similar to other trading card games like Hearthstone and Magic: The Gathering, the card game could only be played on Civ servers (or Tabletop Simulator). Cards for the game were sold in CivClassic and are being sold on CivMC.
Special Promo cards were eventually added later on, obtained in unique ways across each server, such as playing a game of Thimble in Meditat to obtain the 'Thimble' card, or helping to destroy a NATO vault during the NATO-Mir War. Additional sets were also released late in CivClassic's lifetime, related to Yoahtlan and Gensokyojin culture. A new expansion focused on CivMC is currently being created. Cards are currently being sold in Altepetl in Yoahtl. (Full article...)
The NATO-Mir War, often known as the Infinity War, was a long-term conflict on CivClassic primarily fought by the namesakes of the war, the NATO alliance and Mir. Both primary belligerents of the war were large military and defensive blocs during CivClassic. Lasting from 2019 to mid-2020, the war is currently the longest on any Civ iteration; its long length gave way to its alternate name. The war has sometimes been regarded as a natural successor of the Titan and Somber Wars, with many having military experience in those wars as well as being fought and ending in similar ways.
While the war started from skirmishes in and around Mount Augusta, the widespread scale of the war caused server population to decline. NATO-supported nations such as caused other conflicts across the server, such as the War of the Coalition and the Entente-Laconia War throughout late 2019 and early 2020. These forced many uninvolved nations in the UDF and Entente to join the war, and eventually help contribute to breaking multiple NATO vaults for over a week at the end of the war. (Full article...)
A picture of Margaritaville, an island nation hosting a relaxing beach vacation & multiple activities and games.
War broke out between Estalia and Rhode Island, after repeated aggression from Rhode Islanders not honoring the non-aggression pact. Some high-profile Rhode Island leaders have been pearled, while Estalia has had no casualties so far.
Nations have reacted in many different ways; some like Pavia are expressing concern near their borders, while a large coalition of nations have agreed to stay neutral, known as the Non Aligned Movement.
Vah's raiding was stopped by newfriends who killed (but did not pearl) him, burning his armor. Raids have so far not continued as a rumor that Vah has been banned is spreading.
The Kingdom of ErrorL had many incidents last week, ranging from being bombed with hay, to its discord being deleted, to unsuccessfully attacking Rhode Island.
Icenia, Truidencia, and Danzilona are holding their monthly elections, with Icenia's council also planned to extend to seven seats from five to reflect the city's growth.
CivMC migrated its server to a new physical machine, taking most of the day Saturday to increase server performance.
Vintage Civ has outlined updates to its server for 1.17, including new pylon-like recruitment tools and expanded cartography.
Dirt was invaded by and then defeated Moloka, however Dirt was then annexed by their invaders shortly after peacefully.
The featured article this week was contributed by User:Des23.
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MtA fighters and allies invade the Gensokyojin capital of New Detroit, 8/8/2015
The Goten Secession Conflict was a conflict on Civcraft 2.0 between Mount Augusta and Gensokyo, as well as their supporters, over the validity of the secession attempt of the Gensokyojin city of Goten in New Detroit. The inhabitants of Goten had become alienated from the rest of Gensokyo over Goten's increasing contributions to the nation's factories, which the rest of the Gensokyojins took advantage of despite being less active. Goten also had a relatively tolerant and welcoming culture compared to the hard-line conservatism of the country's leadership. After seceding from Gensokyo, Goten requested to be annexed by Mt. Augusta, which they obliged, pitting the city and Gensokyo against each other.
Alliances were formed to back each side and a standoff ensued. Gensokyo formed a coalition including Grundeswald, Prussia, Hjaltland, and the FSR, while Mount Augusta gained support from Nox and ISIS. After a two-hour standoff outside Goten, Mount Augustan-aligned fighters charged in and claimed victory over the Gensokyojin forces who had left. Eventually, this resulted in a final withdrawal of the Gensokyojin side, as well as acceptance of Mount Augusta's sovereignty over Goten on August 8, 2015. (Full article...)
A currently under-construction market in Tenseimiya, Gensokyo's main city.
The ongoing war between Estalia and Rhode Island has seen fighting around both nations, concentrated in 0,0 (G-Mall), a slime farm in Rhode Island, and a shared nether portal.
After Rhode Island obbybombed G-Mall and a statue at 0,0, Pavia and the Lyrean Community released a statement condemning the obbybombing.
Icenia has also spoken out against Rhode Island after fighters pearled Shadno for supposedly aiding Estalia during the war. No evidence nor a trial timeline has been released.
Icarus and Western Boundary have both released bounties for AbbyShapiro, a raider who has been raiding many different nations throughout the server.
CivMC admins have been cracking down on players posting a GIF of a dog peeing; the moderators argue that the video falls under their NSFW policy.
The featured article this week was contributed by User:AmandaCC.
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An engraving of the Mery central sun deity, Tshola, as seen on Vintage Civ.
The Mery are a group of religious and political role-players and friends emerging from the second CCCP during CivClassic 2.0. They have played on multiple iterations of Civ, including CivRev, Vintage Civ, and CivMC. Some consider their origins to start back in Civcraft 3.0, with Pythius codifying the roleplay-heavy anarchistic factionalism in the nation of Endeavor.
The Mery culture began with the codification of the First Law of the Mery Horde. They have eventually developed a unique culture including a constructed language, called Mehrileh, and religion, Rhay'atshola, revolving around a central sun deity, Tshola. Today, the Mery, aim to have a presence globally, having formed an independent settlement, Djani'hweh, in the northeast quadrant of CivMC, but have branched out to multiple different nations, including Danzilona. (Full article...)
An overhead render of Nara's capital, Shiroyama created by prawny331.
After a former leader of Rhode Island returned, calls for peace came from leadership after gthomas4 recently returned as the "Revolutionary" Government. In one such instance, they released Shadno, a merchant from Icenia.
The ongoing Estalia-Rhode Island War still continued over the week with many different attacks, culminating in a failed Estalian skybridge attack on the Rhode Island bunker.
Pavia was also the victim of a few attacks from Rhode Island, after attacking snitches and making a small skybridge for reconnaissance purposes.
After Vah's continued raiding on the server in many different places left Fellowship without assistance, Butternut annexed the territory and allowed the country to form a new province.
The Fifth Olympics was initially planned to be held in Columbia, however after a civil war and the outbreak of the Infinity War, the games were indefinitely postponed. Icenia announced in May 2021 that they would assume hosting duties for the Fifth Olympics, which would be held the next month. Columbia was finally able to host the Sixth Olympics in the country in December 2021 during the waning days of the server. Currently, no Olympics have been announced for CivMC. (Full article...)
Pavia saw a large obbybombing of the country's major landmarks, and fought off a skybridge on their vault later that day. While USA leadership has stated they did not want to obbybomb them, no effort was made to stop it, stating USA would rather kill the server.
The next day, Icenia fought off a large offensive from Rhode Island as well, with much of the city being griefed. Defense minister Lagiacrus was also pearled during the defense of their vault. The next day saw USA fighters successfully break into their vault.
So far, no rationale has been given for these attacks besides a minor amount of aid to Estalian efforts; Pavia has for aid from other nations to prevent further damage.
Ez2Clutch has been unpearled and switched sides from Estalia to the USA. He has been associated with Vah raiding other nations across the server including Nara, Icenia and Yoahtl.
Petrichor officially became part of Icenia after citizens held a vote.
The featured article this week was contributed by User:Des23.
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An ingame screenshot of the makeshift Yurstead Wall built by Prussians and Grundeswegians.
The international relations between the Kingdom of Grundeswald and New Danzilona (NDZ) were geographically connected yet hostile between the two nations. Relations also included their respective multinational organizations, the Holy Krautchan Empire and the Danzilonan Federation, respectively. The two countries were close geographically and shared a border with each other's allies. Still, the two countries were not a part of any mutual organizations and were largely hostile to each other mostly on ideological grounds. As NDZ was a socially progressive liberal democracy and Grundeswald a far-right chauvinist empire, their citizens frequently conflicted with one another.
Although the two countries were initially friendly towards each other, tensions mounted from a series of griefings and pearlings throughout the summer of 2014 until finally culminating in the Yurtstead War, sometimes known as the Riverford War, which was a direct military confrontation over their land claims involving other nations such as Istanbul and Gensokyo over large border disagreements. No direct conflict occurred afterward, but their cold war ensued until the end of the server. (Full article...)
Tensions between Nara and Gensokyo came to a head as Saren_Solaris pearled two Gensokyojin fighters. The pearls are being stored in a spike in Butternut. Relations between both countries broke down, with Gensokyo and Mount Augusta leaving a diplomatic forum for the region. Players were also banned or pearled as a result of continued drama.
Titan Industries have revealed that Blockchainistan had been aiding the United States of America by producing XP and other materials for their cause in the ongoing war, which was the purpose behind snitching and raiding the country's infrastructure. Fighters from the accused countries attacked a Titan industries bunker and broke into the facility and disabled it.
CivRev's third iteration has started development in earnest, with development being focused on providing seasons and a more expansive tech tree.
The newly created Red Cross in The Commonwealth have sent an envoy and materials to Pavia for relief from the war.
Pavia's third crown prince, Gobblin I, has died, and BritishWanderer III has been unanimously elected in the country.
