Doom City Conflict: Difference between revisions

The '''Doom City Conflict''' was a conflict initiated on [[CivMC]], having begun on December 12th, 2023 and ended on December 19th, 2023. The initial conflict was sparked due to a disagreement over the [[Mount Augusta|Mount Augustan]] nether portal, formerly belonging to Cortesia Del Mar and [[Mehri]]. Following disagreements between [[Doom City]] and [[Mount Augusta]] over the portal, members of [[Doom City]] ([[Laconia|Laconians]]) raided and stole from [[Arsenia|Arsenia's]] factory bunker and [[Arsenia|Arsenia's]] Birmingham Bunker, eventually resulting in [[SymSquid]] being pearled by [[SQOpenSpellBook]]. <ref name=":2">https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18jditn/gloom_city/</ref> On December 19th, the conflict escalated significantly at the border between [[Mount Augusta]] & [[Doom City]] when [[Laconia|Laconian]] fighters disabled a bunker being built on the [[Mount Augusta|Mount Augustan]] border, causing a bowfight between SQOpenSpellbook and the present Laconians. They would then enter Mount Augusta to "[place] an obsidian wall on [their] plot [as a] defensive measure." <ref name=":4" /> before additional BUILD fighters arrived and they would retreat. Later throughout the day, [[Nightmarr]], [[SymSquid]], [[Defender4488]], and [[SQOpenSpellBook|SQOpenSpellbook]] were all pearled as fighting between the two factions continued; leading [[Defender4488]] to declare that a state of war existed between [[Doom City]] and [[BUILD]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=Defender4488|sender=Defender4488|date=12-19-2023|url=https://discord.com/channels/912074050086502470/960952809447100416/1186761629946351766|text=Doom City will have to fight all of MTA's allies|channel=general|server=CivMC|access-date=}}</ref> Later that day, BUILD would formally announce its surrender after "independent fighters" from [[Estalia]] signaled their intent to bridge the vault of [[Fempire]] unless [[SymSquid]] was released.<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18mlxl3/builds_surender_and_a_word_from_myself/</ref>

Following the events of the portal, Doom City fighters rotated to Arsenia to begin disabling their bunkers. Arsenian fighters responded, and a standoff at an iceroad eventually resulted in SymSquid being pearled by SQOpenSpellbook. Notably, SymSquid's pearl was extradited to a vault owned by the Fempire Union, providing the first concrete indication of wider BUILD alliance involvement, which would later be confirmed by the arrival of BUILD fighters in MTA both before and afterduring the Battle of the Bridge. <ref name=":3" />

On the morning of December 19th, a border conflict between Doom City & MTA devolved into violence. Both sides contend that the other initiated hostile action, with Doom City arguing that they entered MTA to fortify their own property,<ref name=":4" /> and MTA contending that they had been subject to an unprovoked attack.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18m96da/terror_on_the_bridge/</ref> As additional BUILD fighters arrived in MTA, Doom City members, who found themselves outnumbered, briefly retreated across the river before fighting continued, eventually resulting in the bridge marking the border being covered with obsidian.<ref name=":1">{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=Nightmarr|sender=Nightmarr|date=12-19-2023|url=https://discord.com/channels/912074050086502470/960952809447100416/1186711674942660628|text=Image of Doom City / MTA bridge covered in obsidian|channel=general|server=CivMC|access-date=}}</ref> Various battlefront skirmishes resulted in Nightmarr, SymSquid, and Defender4488 all pearled in fights near the MTA border, leaving the score at 2-1 in Doom City's favor. Hours later, SQOpenSpellbook was pearled by GGJoe, inalso inside MTA, setting the score at 3-1. After SQOpenSpellbook was pearled, Doom City would release a statement making it clear that they intended to press claims on SQ <ref name=":4" /> for the insiding of the [[Arsenio Pact]] during the [[Butternut–SEC War|Butternut-SEC War]].

As the situation continued on the 19th, [[Lysika Lantariel|Lysika]], [[Gray911]], [[S4NTA]], [[thejkh]], and [[Walkers]] began an attack on the Fempire Vault {{Efn|The exact participants of the attack are contested, as a reddit comment from Strattmatt claims that Walkers and Lysika were only observing the proceedings.|name=This claim is contested|group=lower-alpha}}, and it was announced that the attack would continue unless Doom City fighter symsquid was released. <ref name=":0" /> The potential of an extended fight during the Christmas season and the relative disparity in pvp forces convinced BUILD to release symsquid and issue a post formally surrendering, as well as expressing pride in their relatively less pvp oriented alliance for its performance during the war and the forces mustered in the battle at MTA. They also expressed dissent towards a long sentence for SQOpenSpellbook, citing the fact that "SQOpenSpellBook, who was 15 at the time, was manipulated by Chosen into insiding. [Chosen] employed every trick to manipulate him into giving Chosen and his friends a block game advantage." <ref name=":0" /> referring to SQ's actions during the [[Butternut–SEC War|Butternut-SEC War]].