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Rain began CivRealms as an ambitious new player. Wantingwanting to build, make friends, organize, and in his words ''“unite the server’s leftists”.'' His goal on the server was try to “ideologically win”,{{Citation onneeded|date=July the2022}} CivRealmsand server. Rain thought that he would need help in organizing. The conclusion wasdecided to build a nation that gathered enough members and resources to defendpresent itself if presented withas a threat by others on the server.

===the Industrial Workers of the World! (IWW) ===

When Rain was again able to play, he moved to Tolstoy,. contributingHe towould mining,gather resources and participated in the excavation of a canal to provide easy travel under the North-East Waterways Organization or (NEWO, a construction group founded by the creator of Tolstoy, Zazorg. Tolstoy started to become the heart of the IWW, the main town that members would stay around and contribute, up until later on with communes such as Bremerhaven).

[[File:AnarchistCommunistAssociation.png|thumb|left|The ACA, an anarcho-communist discord server run by Rain and the potential source of attempted voter stuffing of the IWW Elections.]]

After enough basic organizing had been done andLater, Rain had his PC, he begun a recruitment campaign utilizing a non-Civ Discord the [[Anarchist Communist Association]] alongdiscord that he ran. Along with Reddit posts, the IWW quickly grew. Dueincredibly to the recruitment drivequickly, thewith IWWhis increasedadvertising inbecoming members becausesome of it.the Manyhighest wouldupvoted arguecontent thaton Rain’sr/CivRealms<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/eji6oo/fair_warning_for_the_chuds_organize_today_join/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 recruitmentRainOfPain125's driveIWW wasadvertisement spam in some aspects, such ashitting the facttop that20 theposts postof wasall repostedtime to multiple subreddits.on r/CivRealms]</ref>

The IWW was a very loose and disorganized group. as Notmany because members didn’t agree ideologically, but because manydid didn’tnot fully understand the mechanics present on CivRealms. whichThis later lead to the easy bombing of Tolstoy by PartyAnimal. with Rain and [[EmDubleYou]] werebeing pearled during the bombing,. asIWW Vanaxallies disguised as PartyAnimal.from Allies[[Alexandria]] came and, removed the obsidian, and freed Rainboth andof Ems’their pearls., The lasting damage from the raid caused five Tolstoians to quit andbut the city would go into a period of decline.

[[File:AntiNorlundMeme.jpg|500px|thumb|A meme created by RainOfPain125 to criticize the Norlund government at the time. ]]

After leaving Napistan, Rain would end up settling in [[Norlund]]. This was suggested by a userRain's namedassociate [[1234fireball]] who suggested to him that he should create a town and petition to become a municipality within Norlund. He would end up founding the [[Paris Commune]] hoping thatand the land[[Black heInternationale]] settledwhile in thatNorlund, peopleof wouldwhich leavehis himadvertising alone.campaign Hefor the Internationale was wildly successful, and would also foundbecome the Blacktop Internationaleupvoted whilepost inof Norlund.all time on r/CivRealms<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/ga9kly/what_we_proclaim_is_the_right_to_wellbeing/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 RainOfPain125 publicly declaring the the Black Internationale on r/CivRealms]</ref>

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[[File:RevengeOfParis1.png|thumb|left|A screenshot taken from an anonymousunknown user who participated in the Paris uprising against Norlund authorities, showcasing two signs with defiant wordingstatements. ]]

After this he’d move to a jungle with [[Zombie_Striker]] where they would both proceed to secretly build an underground commune named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie Woody Guthrie]. At the same time Rain would join the established country of Camertem. Though Rain was very busy with college which prevented him from playing often. He decided to spend some of his precious time to visit the [[Fempire Union]].

{{Main|The No State Commune#History}}

Rain joined CivClassics in late June of 2021. He spent all of his time in one town [[The No State Commune]]. Mainly building and having fun with friends. He never joined other nations or did much else.

==="Doxxing"Alleged aDoxing member of AcadiaIncident===

Rain argues that he never looked at the account before posting the image, nor did he intend to dox the user. However, his action was seen as an attempt to dox the user, of which this userwho was from Acadia. As a result of this, people called for Rain to be banned from CivClassics.

The CivClassics staff team would temporarily ban Rain for one month. This struck less observant users as weird, because doxers are almost always permanently banned. However, the CivClassics staff team understoodbelieved that doxing the user was accidental, and no personal details were gathered. To calm the community and at the request of Rain, the CivClassics staff team intervened and made a post on their Subreddit explaining the circumstances and situation surrounding their decision<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/pv6iji/rainie_ban_details/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 CivClassics staff team makes public statement regarding "Rain Ban Detials]"</ref><ref>[https://i.imgur.com/AUhGJoU.png RainOfPain125 modmail to r/CivClassics staff team, requesting them to intervene and make a "formal statement" regarding his ban to clear things up in the community]</ref><ref>[https://i.imgur.com/kSbicOl.png RainOfPain125 modmail to r/CivClassics staff team Part 2]</ref>

After [[CivUniverse]] closed, the extremely controversial owner [[Ian_X12]] decidedbanned toRain, banafter Rainthe posthumouslyserver had already closed, for doxing on July 20th, 2021.<ref>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/415706745566920716/884248652598624256/unknown.png CivUniverse Ian_X12 banning RainOfPain125]</ref> This was most likely to try and make himself look "good" at the expense of others, due to his own controversies.

Rain was temporarily banned from CivClassics for accidental doxxingdoxing.

He alsoRain claims to be a Platformist & Synthesis Anarchist, whichdespite maymany seemof likethe acontradictions between contradictionideologies. Platformism argues that Anarchists should be grouped together based on a common set of ideas and strategy, while Synthesis Anarchism argues all Anarchists should unite despite their ideological differences. He supports Platformism when possible, and Synthesis Anarchism as a backup to achieve economic, military, and political goals.

Though opponentsCritics are quick to point out thatmany of his actions generally show different resultsdiffer from whatthe would be expectedprinciples of an anarchistanarchism. Rain’s anarchist leanings have been questioned by many, including folks identify asmany leftists. Many of his actions have been criticized as they seem contradictory to the principles of any anarchist ideology. One such action includes users such as Hiduckhi who have criticized Rain as being an "Anarcho-Monarchist”. Some would argue that his ideas and beliefs at times are contradictory in nature and/or claim that he is out right lying about his true beliefs in order to gain power, using ideology as a velvet glove.

* Anti-Capitalism