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The '''Doom City Conflict''' is an ongoing armed conflict initiated on [[CivMC]], having begun on December 12th, 2023.{{efn|The start dates of the conflict are disputed.}} The initial conflict was sparked due to a disagreement over the formerly CDM-owned nether portal, which had been taken over by MTA following the events of the [[Butternut–SEC War|Butternut-SEC War]]. Following multiple attempts to pearl / kill members of Doom City <ref name=":4">https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18mgbgu/doom_citys_response/</ref> via the portal, attempts were made to disable an Arsenian 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 MTA & Doom City, where a bridge between the 2 nations was covered in 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> during a fight between [[BUILD]] & [[Doom City]] fighters. This escalation was following numerous examples of increasing tensions <ref name=":2">https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18jditn/gloom_city/</ref> <ref name=":0" /> between the two countries and citizens of the [[BUILD|BUILD alliance]]. In later fightingLater throughout the day, [[Nightmarr]], [[SymSquid]], [[Defender4488]], and [[SQOpenSpellBook|SQOpenSpellbook]] were all pearled in renewedas 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>
== Background ==
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