Doom City Conflict
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 A Doom City obsidian bunker fortified on the riverbanks near Mount Augusta | |||||||
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The Doom City Conflict is an ongoing armed conflict initiated on CivMC, having begun on December 12th, 2023.[a] 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. Following multiple attempts to pearl / kill members of Doom City [1] via the portal, attempts were made to disable an Arsenian bunker, eventually resulting in SymSquid being pearled by SQOpenSpellbook. [2] 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[3] during a fight between BUILD & Doom City fighters. Later throughout the day, Nightmarr, SymSquid, Defender4488, and 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.[4]
Background
In the aftermath of the Butternut–SEC War, the nation of Cortesia Del Mar was disbanded following the departure of many of its members from CivMC. This left the CDM/Doom portal in disputed territory, with Doom City seeking to negotiate continued access via a preexisting personal iceroad & entry. During negotiations however, Mount Augusta requested that the public entry to the portal be used, which was trapped with a foot-grinder. While SymSquid would escape the footgrinder before being pearled, removal of water from falltraps would result in a member of Doom City being killed shortly after. [1]
During the latter half of the War of the Icenian Coalition, SymSquid began raiding Arsenia, breaking into a lightly defended factory bunker and looting many of the factories inside.[2] This would lead to a series of events that would eventually conclude with SymSquid being pearled by SQOpenSpellbook and held in the Fempire Union Vault.[5] Reparations for SymSquid to be released were set at "3 stacks of xp, 32dbs, and materials to make a bastion factory OR 32 vbs" [2] however, SymSquid would escape his pearl just prior to the December 19th conflict.
Course of the Conflict
Trapping of CDM Portal
On December 12th, members of Doom City attempted to use the formerly CDM owned nether portal, traveling through the public entrance as directed by MTA due to ongoing negotiations. SymSquid (Doom City) found himself trapped in a reinforced footgrinder, and escaped shortly before Butter_Villager arrived in prot. Shortly afterwards, GiveMeNoods died from fall damage after traveling through the portal and discovering that water drops were removed. [1]
Arsenia Bunker Battle
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. [4]
Battle of the Bridge
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,[1] and MTA contending that they had been subject to an unprovoked attack.[6] 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.[3] 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 in MTA, setting the score at 3-1.
Reactions
Statement of Neutrality
In the immediate aftermath of initial battles in MTA, Pavia & Nara would issue a joint statement claiming neutrality both in the present and going forward, while stressing that the absence of other EP nations in the post shouldn't be taken as a sign of involvement.
Mehri Statement
After debates on the CDM/Doom portal began to reach the sub, Mehri would shortly release a brief statement denouncing ownership claims over the portal, and asking that it be de-griefed for continued public access.
See also
Notes
- ↑ The start dates of the conflict are disputed.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18mgbgu/doom_citys_response/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18jditn/gloom_city/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nightmarr (12-19-2023). “Image of Doom City / MTA bridge covered in obsidian” – via Discord (#general). CivMC. Retrieved .
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Defender4488 (12-19-2023). “Doom City will have to fight all of MTA's allies” – via Discord (#general). CivMC. Retrieved .
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/nClC3gq
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18m96da/terror_on_the_bridge/