Mount September Ice Road Conflict: Difference between revisions

The Mount September Ice Road conflict is an ongoing dispute between [[NEBULANDD]]/[[minemaster933]]/[[KingOfTheMochas]] and [[SirTwiggles]]/[[Icyski]], which is notable for having involved both groups' home alliances - the [[Augustan Federation]] and [[UDF]].

In December of 2019 the [[War of the Coalition|Ransakistan Conflict]] began to develop with the obbybombing of [[Okashima]], [[Gensokyo]], and [[Icenia]]. When it became clear that much of the conflict would take place in and around [[Lusitania]], a base of operations was set up within [[Icenia]] and the nations of [[Yoahtl]] and [[Icenia]] would collaborate on building an iceroad between the two nations in order to win the war.

This iceroad, dubbed the Boomer Iceroad, would be built under [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic)|land]] that would eventually become [[Mount September]]. This would result in the UDF being requested to move the iceroad to facilitate the construction of Mount September's vault - a request to which they acquiesced.

== Dispute ==

On August 14th 2021, [[minemaster933]] requested an "injunction to pearl [[SirTwiggles]]" from [[Mount September]]'s court; he cited as reasoning that [[SirTwiggles]] "has continued to ping [[NEBULANDD]]'s bunker's @everyone] snitches, entering an area he know ''[sic]'' is private" and argued that "such a number of pings clearly indicates intent to harass". [[SirTwiggles]] responded that "You can't pearl me", and the trial began. Presenting a 1200-word case, [[minemaster933]] argued that [[SirTwiggles]] had violated Section 3 of the [[Mount September]] Wrongs Act, which states that "it is illegal, and a wrong, to repeatedly engage in conduct reasonably likely to harass, intimidate or torment a person, or to attempt, help or threaten the same, even where the conduct is otherwise specifically permitted by law"; [[minemaster933]] presented snitch evidence, testimony on the sequence of events, and logical arguments in an attempt to prove [[SirTwiggles]]'s violation of the aforementioned law. [[SirTwiggles]] did not initially engage seriously with the court case (stating that "I cant ''[sic]'' be sentenced without my consent", but eventually presented an argument which dragged in the Boomer Iceroad: that he and it were supposed to be there, and [[NEBULANDD]]'s bunker was not. This argument did not initially catch on.<br>

On August 25th, Judge [[AllenY]] sided with [[minemaster933]], ordering [[SirTwiggles]] to pay 16 diamonds' reparations to [[minemaster933]]. [[SirTwiggles]] refused to comply - when [[minemaster933]] said that "you better pay", [[SirTwiggles]] replied, "make me". The resulting Septembrian pearl threat to [[SirTwiggles]] was then interpreted as "members of the UDF...being prevented from using [their] own ice road essentially", dragging the [[UDF]] into the dispute.<br>

On August 26th, [[bgbba]] posted [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/pccma8/get_off_my_lawn_zoomer_an_explanation_of/ an essay titled "Get Off My Lawn Zoomer: An Explanation of Yesterday's Incident by the Owner of the Iceroad in Question"] to [https://reddit.com/r/civclassics|r/civclassics]. In this 1700-word treatise, [[bgbba]] thoroughly condemned "ungrateful vermin willing to engage in that most degenerate of behaviors: escalationism" ([[NEBULANDD]]/[[minemaster933]]/[[KingOfTheMochas]]), presenting an extensive "Sequence of Events" focusing mainly on the Boomer Iceroad rather than [[NEBULANDD]]'s bunker. Expressing dismay over "illegal iceroad entrances and snitches...made on our iceroad" (an issue mentioned (as [[NEBULANDD]]'s bunker was connected to the iceroad illegally), but not focused on, in [[SirTwiggles]]'s trial) and alarm over a shovel attack on [[Icyski]] by [[NEBULANDD]] on the iceroad adjacent to the bunker (which postdated the inciting trial), and stating that the @everyone snitches in question had fields overlapping the iceroad (making their violators innocent of deliberate harassment), [[bgbba]] leveraged the Boomer Iceroad predating [[Mount September]] to argue that the latter had no business enforcing itself over the former (which, as [[bgbba]] was quick to point out, it already successfully had once before for its vault); [[bgbba]] compared [[KingOfTheMochas]]'s argument that the age of [[Mount September]] was "irrelevant" to the [[Holy Jaded Empire]]'s casus belli against [[SPQR]] (use of a rail which predated the former's claims), generalizing that "[[KingOfTheMochas]] and his supporters are now directly saying that [[NATO]] was right", and used this to justify the conclusion of his treatise: the declaration that "Nebula/Nebulandd/ShockandAwe, KingoftheMochas, and Minemaster are banned from entering the Boomer iceroad indefinitely". <br>

[[bgbba]]'s declaration was met with a divided response - a 65:35 upvote-to-downvote ratio, and several comments to the effect of [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/pccma8/get_off_my_lawn_zoomer_an_explanation_of/hai1srk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 "My dude you really need to dial down that ego of yours"]. [[Mount September]] especially was incensed, and [[squareblob]] posted [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/pcend1/some_short_clarifications_to_bgs_post/ "Some short clarifications to Bg's post"], most importantly that [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/614147625809346581/880633084561727498/2021-08-27-035814_603x307_scrot.png "the @everyone snitch in question is clearly outside the ice road"]. With the [[Augustan Federation]] and [[UDF]] now both thoroughly enmeshed in the dispute, and the rest of the world watching, both sides dug their heels in.<br>

[[File:Nebula vs the world.png|thumb|A standoff between the Boomer Iceroad and [[NEBULANDD]]'s bunker]]

As August 26th became August 27th one time zone at a time, tension grew. [[UDF]] and [[Augustan Federation]] supporters bickered in the comments of [[bgbba]]'s and [[squareblob]]'s Reddit posts, while [[Augustan Federation]] members - [[NEBULANDD]], [[minemaster933]], and [[KingOfTheMochas]] especially - hurriedly prepared for the worst. Tension peaked at approximately 10:40pm EDT August 26th, when several fully-armored players (most from the [[UDF]], with extras such as [[The__druid]]) appeared ready to attack and capture [[NEBULANDD]]'s bunker. Players across CivClassic were forced to ponder the threat of war.

But nobody made a move; the sides began to talk with one another, and became less serious in their opposition to one another. As [[thraldrek]] put it, "in true [[CivClassic 2.0|CivClassic]] fashion, people forgot why they were there for a second and just started screaming about how many people showed up to the event". The UDF players cleaned up their damage, and tensions receded.<br>

('''KEEP WRITING if situation develops''')

== Aftermath ==

Such a close brush with the end of [[The Long Peace]] has had substantial effects on several nations and players on [[CivClassic 2.0|CivClassic]]. These are listed below:

- [[Mount September]] renewed efforts to "just...construct more defences, tbh"

- [[kaprediem]] resigned as President of [[Lambat]]

- [[FKA_twink]] was "nominated by myself to discuss mending the harmed AF-UDF relations"

- [[NEBULANDD]], [[minemaster933]], and [[KingOfTheMochas]] remain banned from the Boomer Iceroad