Mount September Ice Road Conflict: Difference between revisions

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

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 (CivClassic 2.0)|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.

Outside of the iceroad, there were other factors which caused a rise in tensions between [[Mount September]] and the [[UDF]].

*[[ minemaster933]] had previously committed petty crimesc rimes within [[Icenia]] dating back to the period in which he lived there, including several break-ins into houses within the city (which eventually led to his being kicked out of the nation); [[minemaster933]]'s reputation in [[Icenia]] was also damaged (albeit uncontrollably) by the falsified claims of [[Kayla]] of [[Eddie Murphy]] that he had stolen diamond blocks from the [[Eddie Murphy]] vault.

* The [[UDF]], widely considered part of [[World Police (CivClassic)|World Police]], has been the target of disdain from [[minemaster933]].{{Citation needed}}

* [[Icenia]] has had in place an unofficial program of sending "undesirable newfriends" (players receiving light sentences for petty raiding, building obscene structures, or generally not fitting within the schematic of [[Icenia]]) to [[Mount September]]. This has led, within the [[UDF]], to [[Mount September]] receiving a reputation as a nation of trolls - some of which, in their eyes, are held in high regard within [[Mount September]]'s politics such as [[minemaster933]], [[SamBonusG]], and others.

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 <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[NebulaSSR]]'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 [[NebulaSSR]]'s bunker was not; [[SirTwiggles]] cited the fact that before the trial, [[UDF]] members had also found holes in the ice road near [[NebulaSSR]]'s bunker that had been unauthorized. This argument did not initially catch on, but it began to change the focus of the dispute - towards the iceroad.{{Citation needed}}<br>

On August 25th, Judge [[AllenY]] sided with [[minemaster933]], ordering [[SirTwiggles]] to pay 16 diamonds' reparations to [[Minemaster933]]minemaster933{{Citation needed}}. [[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%7Cr/civclassics r/civclassics]. In this 1700-word post, [[bgbba]] thoroughly condemned "ungrateful vermin willing to engage in that most degenerate of behaviors: escalationism" presenting an extensive "Sequence of Events" focusing mainly on the Boomer Iceroad rather than [[NebulaSSR]]'s bunker. Expressing dismay over "illegal iceroad entrances and snitches...made on our iceroad" (an issue mentioned (as [[NebulaSSR]]'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 [[NebulaSSR]] 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.

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 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 [[NebulaSSR]]'s bunker{{Citation needed}}. Players across CivClassic were forced to ponder the threat of war.

- [[Mount September]] renewed efforts to "just...construct more defences, tbh"{{Citation needed}}<br>

- [[NebulaSSR]], [[minemaster933]], and [[KingOfTheMochas]] remain banned from the Boomer Iceroad (KingOfTheMochas was unbanned from the iceroad at some point in October){{Citation needed}}<br>

- [[Kaprediem]] resigned as President of [[Lambat (CivClassic 2.0)|Lambat]] and Resident of [[Mount September]], citing exhaustion as a result of recent events<ref>Official statement of resignation by Kaprediem, outgoing President of Lambat : civclassics (reddit.com)</ref>.