The Latvian Soccer Dogs were an alliance originally formed with the aim to "help protect nations and individuals from larger countries and alliances that LSD rhetoric claimed to be satellites of the World Police", who allegedly "sought to control them". It was created between the nations of Sassari and New Sovia, it later included other nations such as Adina and Unitas. The official goal of LSD was to "provide like-minded individuals a place where they would no longer have to be part of nations whom they felt were dedicated to repressing their freedom, and to provide new economic and defensive opportunities for its members." The alliance was open to any individual or nation who wished to join, and they planned to "increase trade links and infrastructure between the nations".

Latvian Soccer Dogs
Banner of the LSD
General
AbbreviationLSD
MembershipHistorically:
Headquarters
Government
• Council of High Dogs
Formation
Foundation dateAugust/September 2019
Culture
Ideologyanti-World Police, anti-NATO, in favor of overhauling global justice standards
Links
Discorddeleted

Assault against LSD

After leaks by the UDF occurred on 7 September 2019, the Entente and SATO launched a sudden joint operation[1][2] to disable LSD's group vault, Hotel California. LSD felt outgunned and elected not to defend the vault, and multiple members were declared pearl on sight and the pearl of a leader was upgraded. These leaks happened to accidentally dox and reveal real-life photos of LSD members, leading to their quick and responsible deletion by the UDF after this was pointed out to them. The leaks were used to accuse LSD of plotting to destroy Icenia in a civil war[3].

War in Laconia

After the attack, many of the Latvian Soccer Dogs fled their home cities and relocated to Laconia's capital city, Mt. Doom. FRESH_candy, a Laconian oligarch, asked ashnwill for ownership of the Hotel California reinforcements, and this request was granted. After several weeks, Laconia felt that things had calmed enough to make a dash for these resources. They believed that the World Police would not respond if the allegedly hostile vault pyramid was removed. This gamble proved wrong when they were ambushed on the way back home by World Police forces. After a short period of quiet, Mt. Doom was attacked by the World Police, starting the Entente-Laconia War.

 
ashnwill (left) and Gregy165 (right) at the headquarters of LSD CivRealms in the city of Olendor, Varathia.

By the time Laconia was defeated, almost every soccer dog who had fled to Mt. Doom had been pearled in the fierce fighting, effectively and finally ending the organization on CivClassics.

Migration to CivRealms 2.0

Around early October 2019, LSD partially migrated to CivRealms.

LSD, during its early days on CivRealms, spearheaded by ashnwill, set up a bunker in Varathia. Some members formed the affiliated Nestlé Corporation, aiming to create competitive XP and gear infrastructure. After Pirater raided a newfriend (who was a hacker), ashnwill abandoned the project by deleting the LSD discord and removing everyone but core_blaster and ALPHA_gale from the namelayer groups.

References

  1. Entente statement: https://old.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/d1d0dj/the_ententes_statement_regarding_yesterdays/
  2. LSD response: https://old.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/d1eadr/lsd_pointbypoint_refutation_to_the_ententes/
  3. Icenia leaking LSD chats and doxxing LSD members: (original, deleted) https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/d1ybc7/the_dog_days/
    Transcript: Hello folks,
    Yesterday there seemed to be a bit of confusion as to why the LSD vault was disabled, and a lot of trash talk being thrown around as to the validity of the screenshots, as well as claims that they were "Cherry Picked" from the LSD trusted chat.
    To clear the air a bit, the UDF would like to release their own logs of the chat, obtained independently of the Entente / SATO leaks. So if you have some time to read, enjoy the entire chat history of the relevant LSD channels:
    friends: https://files.catbox.moe/[REDACTED].pdf
    soccer-dogs: https://files.catbox.moe/[REDACTED].pdf
    trusted: https://files.catbox.moe/[REDACTED].pdf
    Thank you, and Barkey.
    SoundTech - Icenian Minister of Defense & Strategic Commander of the UDF