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{{Infobox person|image=Orinnari.png|caption=Orinnari|citizenships={{flag|Icenia}}|known_for=Being the puppet-master of Civclassic.|main_residence=|first_civ_server=[[CivClassic|CivClassics]]|known_iterations=[[CivClassic|CivClassics]] </br>[[CivEx: First Light]] </br>[[CivRev|CivRevolution]] </br>[[CivMC]]|reddit=[https://www.reddit.com/user/Kroolista/ Kroolista]|languages=English|discord=dioxain|custom_personal_info_data1=Father of Phantoms}}'''Orinnari''' joined [[CivClassic 2.0]] in July of 2017 having played no prior iteration. He's a sporadic developer and currently a citizen of [[Icenia (CivMC)|Icenia]].
==History==
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===Joining===
Orinnari joined after
[[File:Old-commonwealth-district-map.png|thumb|District map of the Commonwealth showing The Plantation, Strassburg, and the unclaimed area that would become Southshire.]]
Not long after, [[DarkyDu]] suggested joining him in the [[Commonwealth]] where he owned the area known then as The Plantation. Orinnari accepted and began levelling out a small area of roofed forest along the south western coast. This was until [[SirCrowley]] raided the [[Commonwealth]] on 17th June 2017. At the time not much could be done but logout and hope he got bored before doing any significant damage, however everything Orinnari owned was stolen or despawned. Orinnari then attempted to make an
Orinnari decided to move to the [[Commonwealth]]'s then unnamed capital for more protection and integration with the community. But on 20th June 2017 he bore witness to and was the victim of an episode of [[MiloY]], who had grown angry at his fellow countrymen for surpassing an unclear boundary and so began to destroy any and all such property surpassing that boundary. This lead to a feeling of alienation since the first week or so of playing had been so unfruitful.
===Strassburg===
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[[File:Miloy-manor-bridge-strassburg.png|thumb|MiloY's manor and its bridge to Stassburg.]]
[[Fadedsoul]] invited Orinnari to join him is Strassburg, a German
Additional drama occurred when [[fadedsoul]] decided to remove a bridge between [[MiloY]]'s manor and Strassburg. That being said, after a frank and earnest discussion of politics, Orinnari and [[MiloY]] came to respect each other even if they didn't agree, and [[MiloY]] unexpectedly visited Orinnari, a not-insignificant risk, to return the items taken during the boundary issue.
===Founding Southshire===
Orinnari and [[StrPlatinum]] decided to search for a place to settle a new borough on 25th June 2017, as while they both appreciated [[fadedsoul]]'s hospitality, they didn't agree with [[Strassburg]]'s direction. A few potential areas were explored but Orinnari then
===Harassment from a mercenary===
On 2nd July 2017, Tabby, a [[Commonwealth]] citizen, hired a bounty hunter to pursue an alleged griefer named [[DurianSmash]]. [[DurianSmash|Durian]] had been given a plot within [[Southshire]] after being driven out of the
===Southshire's reconstruction===
On 10th July 2017, after Orinnari had visited the [[The Commonwealth|Commonwealth]]'s
[[File:Southshire-pre-rebuild.png|thumb|Southshire pre-reconstruction]]
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=== The third councillor ===
Orinnari and [[StrPlatinum]] had been the only two members of the
===Oakhurst's creation===
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[[File:Oakhurst-southend-government-building.jpg|thumb|Oakhurst's government building and Orinnari's manor]]
[[Oakhurst]] was an area within [https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/southshire/land-claims/ Southend] that Orinnari had been building in for about a week or so since his house was at the time
===Returning to Southshire===
Orinnari's
During
{{Quote
|text=As I am unable to simultaneously hold the position of Councillor and Lord Mayor of Oakhurst, this is my statement on how that would be resolved. If elected, the autonomous district of Oakhurst, where I am the sole resident and owner of, will be encapsulated into
It should be noted that this statement only becomes binding once the council votes to legitimise it, and then being elected into the council. If only one of the two occur, or happens in the wrong order, the statement becomes null and void. It is also not my intention for my statement to set a precedent, instead I would ask to keep any future agreements on how to resolve conflicts of interest on a case by case basis.
}}
That kind of negotiating rejuvenated Orinnari's drive to be a legislator, but he also knew he wasn't a people person, which made the inevitable loss of the election even more impactful. He ran not as a John Doe, but as a co-founder, as a previous
===Oakhurst's boroughification===
The complete and total loss of the election lead Orinnari to believe he wasn't welcome and that if he ever wanted to legislate again, he'd need to do so elsewhere, and so when the
[[File:Oakhurst-plantation-plans.png|thumb|Oakhurst construction plans in The Plantation]]
Hostilities between Orinnari and [[SamuelV]] reached a peak, so in early October 2017, Orinnari decided to dismantle [[Oakhurst]] and cede the land back to [[Southshire]]
===Returning to Southshire, ''really this time!''===
Orinnari remained a citizen of [[Southshire]] and would often submit proposals, but he only fully returned towards the end of November 2017. Though server activity was at an all time low due to the [[
===Yoahtl accession===
Becoming a town of [[Yoahtl]] had been a semi-serious meme within [[Southshire]] for quite some time. On 13th January 2018, serious talks began between [[Southshire]] and [[Yoahtl]] to become an autonomous town. These talks were leaked, which caused some drama within the obstinate, meta-bound citizenry, but negotiations were productive and a treaty was drafted.<blockquote>After votes and negotiations,
If we were going to transition to
#'''''Receive and invitation from Yoahtl via their own processes.''''' We did not want to first secede from the Commonwealth and then find ourselves in the position of having to wait or possibly being denied, which would cut ourselves off from all federal protection and infrastructure.
#'''''Negotiate with the Commonwealth to discuss permission and concerns.''''' We wanted to make sure that our plans were acceptable to the Commonwealth as to not create an international incident, our primary concern being land.
#'''''Conduct a vote within our local government.''''' We wanted to make sure that we did actually want to go through with this, and so the entire government - the Council and deputies - were required to vote, and only if the vote was unanimous would we make the transition.
All three conditions were met, and so we made the transition.</blockquote>On 14th January 2018, [[Southshire]] officially became an autonomous town of [[Yoahtl]].
=== "Inventory Checking" ===
On the same day that [[Southshire]] joined [[Yoahtl]] as an autonomous town, Orinnari travelled to [[Yoahtl#New Yoahtl City|NYC]] for the first time.
===Settling in Yoahtl===
[[File:First-yoahtl-shop.png|thumb|Orinnari's NYC shop]]
Progress in [[Southshire]] was slow and Orinnari's attempt to reset his sleeping pattern alienated him from the goings on in [[Southshire]], and it appeared like the population wouldn't truly recover. Orinnari decided in late February to early March 2018 to move to NYC. However he was almost immediately accosted by [[TheOrangeWizard]] for building a property outside the city trench. Orinnari quickly dismantled the property in fear of being thrown out and created a slim shop within the trenched city. This shop quickly grew in size however when 1) [[SgtSoda]] agreed to trade his plot for a larger one in the south eastern part of the city
Even with the plot's expansions, it was still dwarfed by [[5point0]]'s mansion, [[Fort Ruina]], and [[SpiderString]]'s brewery. And so he found it perplexing how [[TheOrangeWizard]] would continuously bring up and refer to Orinnari's plot size with more than
=== Returning to Southshire, ''really really this time!'' ===
[[File:Southshire-view-from-south-island.png|thumb|View from the South Island property]]Orinnari returned to [[Southshire]] for a short stint of a few days. The previous [[Oakhurst]] land was already occupied and even then the bridge was being used as a
=== Moving to Bloom ===
Orinnari found himself in a frank discussion with [[ComradeNick]] on Mumble where he expressed his feelings of aimlessness, that his return to [[Southshire]], or a potential return to the [[Commonwealth]] or back to [[Yoahtl]] felt like a step back rather than moving on. [[ComradeNick]] pointed Orinnari towards [[Bloom]] as it was a new nation and most of its inhabitants were newfriends from [[towny]], so Orinnari could delve into integrating and developing them as a civ
Orinnari's shop (later christened as "Forward Settle") would soon kickstart [[Bloom]]'s economy as it brought XP and enchanted diamond tools to the market. He also quickly took interest in [[Bloom]]'s parliament, which while elected did not have the same issues that plague
[[File:Orinnari-bloom-ashford.png|thumb|Ashford's location, size, and purpose]]
In an attempt to restart his business, Orinnari claimed a portion of [[Bloom]]'s eastern territory to
=== Founding the Kingdom of Ashelor ===
[[File:Ashelor-first-borders.png|thumb|The Kingdom of Ashelor's borders]]
In November 2018, a player named [[ThirdOfFive]] became a citizen of [[Bloom]]. At first they gravitated towards each other as they both had a great enthusiasm for
[[File:Aleh-ashelor-meme.png|thumb|Meme of Ashelor by Aleh]]
===
On 28th January 2019, Orinnari received an invitation from [[bgbba]] to join [[Yoahtl]] on [[CivEx]], which after some exploration he accepted.
[[File:Civclassic-civex-timeline.png|border|center|frameless|Timeline]]
After [[CivEx]] died, Orinnari followed [[Yoahtl]] back to [[CivClassic]], moving back to NYC as well as placing an alt back in [[Bloom]]. Soon after NYC went through a reconstruction period, undoing the damage that [[TheOrangeWizard]] did while he was Alcuahtl (leader of [[Yoahtl]]).
In February 2019, the O.R.I.N. rail was completed in [[Bloom]], standing for Overland Rail In the North.
In May 2019, Orinnari, [[iOminous]], and [[Alzdadog|Aleh]] began constructing a new city in [[Bloom]] called New Haven, a successor to [[iOminous]]' Haven city, a trenched city in a northern territory of [[Bloom]]. The idea was to create a larger and closer version that could fit more citizens and be directly connected via rail. [[ThirdOfFive]] soon joined in to help in its construction, but also began proclaiming that New Haven would be the new
Orinnari switched focuses between [[Yoahtl]] and [[Bloom]] pretty regularly, but on 23rd July 2019, Orinnari was a
===
[[File:Shen-island-expansion-design.png|thumb|The plan to expand the island of Shen]]
Soon after Orinnari stepped down from the
[[File:Shen-bridge-design.png|thumb|Shen's rail bridge design]]
===
Orinnari shifted his primary focus to [[Yoahtl]], given that he had made promises to limit the ambition of Shen, and that [[Tigen]] had disappeared again so there was no longer a source of drama in that respect. However, around the beginning of September, both [[Sventhar]] and [[SpaceVolcano]]'s toxicity became quite acute, so much so that within the next month, [[Sventhar]] would be sued twice ([https://discord.com/channels/278045721742147586/348687557455904778/626478546289688607 <nowiki>first [settled outside of court]</nowiki>] and [https://www.reddit.com/r/CivYoahtl/wiki/judiciary/cases/aki_v_sventhar_oct_2019 second]) for toxicity and harassment. After [[Alzdadog|Aleh]] mentioned exploring old [[Ashelor]] for nostalgia's sake, they both sought to reclaim [[Ashelor]].
===Problems with the Salisbury Gazette===
Following the secession of [[Ashelor]] from [[Adina]], on 20th March 2020, the [[The Salisbury Gazette|Salisbury Gazette]] published a heavily one sided and propagandised article about the recent dispute between [[Ashelor]] and [[Adina]] selectively using more dramatic quotes which deliberately left out discussions from voice chats and other channels, as well as curiously going out of its way to mention Orinnari's and [[Alzdadog|Aleh]]'s narrow defeat in the recent [[Adina|Adinan]] elections, which could imply certain untrue things to readers. Orinnari posted a [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/flnlse/salisbury_gazette_ashelor_leaves_adina_after/fkzozwn/ rebuttal] to the article's subreddit post, but it was then that he began to view the [[The Salisbury Gazette|Salisbury Gazette]] as a tabloid rather than a prestigious and unbiased news source.
===Founding the Admiralty of Wesbury===
[[File:Wesbury-Civball.png|thumb|Wesbury's civball. It was even used in the world civball map.]]
On the 10th January 2021, Orinnari sought a new project. [[Ashelor]] was firmly established but was quickly fading into inactivity. [[Ashelor]] had the disadvantage of being remote so that travel to and from other nations took an inordinate amount of time. Nor did [[Ashelor]] have any neighbours, allies, or foes. Once people had built their houses there wasn't much left to do. [[Slushhi]] became the last bastion of activity, so once he decided to take a break, the last few who logged in here and there went dormant too. This issue was compounded by the increasing popularity of [[Icenia]] with its promise of juicy drama and government positions, but also the launching of [[Devoted Hell]]. Either way, Orinnari felt it would be inappropriate to start making changes to [[Ashelor]] without the consent of the citizens and so began considering a small project nearby to other nations and so founded a new nation: [[Wesbury|Admiralty of Wesbury]].
===Returning to Southshire, ''really really really this time!'' ===
On 7th June 2021, Orinnari glanced at [[Southshire]]'s Discord server, noticing a lot of recent activity, most notably [[RoboRik]]'s proposed redesigns of the downtown factory building. He rushed down to [[Southshire]] to see if it had been built, or whether anything else had been built since the last time he had been visited and that's when he found himself in a conversation with [[cinzar]] who then invited Orinnari to build a house, but was later given permission by [[StrPlatinum]] to claim most of [[Oakhurst]]'s old territory as private property. [[Cinzar]] insisted however that the [[Nymph]] Embassy ought to remain. However, Orinnari successfully negotiated the deed to the land in return for manually relocating the embassy and its items to the opposite side of the canal, effectively reclaiming all of [[Oakhurst]]'s former territory as private property. [[StrPlatinum]] then spontaneously granted [[Oakhurst]] autonomy, returning it to its original form back in 2017.
===Relinquishing Ashelor===
Orinnari had been the Lord Protector of [[Ashelor]] since 30th December 2020 when the Royal Prerogative was re-instated with a few minor changes as the Lord's Prerogative, hinting at a Cromwell-esque republic which was ''totally'' not a Monarchy. But [[Ashelor]] was growing increasingly inactive. On 3rd February 2021, Orinnari suspended the election cycle due to lack of interest. Later, on 17th May 2021, Orinnari suspended the need for citizens to register to vote and the need for proposals to be seconded. [[Ashelor]] became so inactive that [[Icenia (CivClassic 2.0)|Icenia]] effectively occupied and annexed Old Bloom, however this was instigated by Truckman, a [[Bloom|Bloomean]] and [[Ashelor]] citizen, so the only issue was the [[Icenia (CivClassic 2.0)|Icenia]] didn't consult with or inform [[Ashelor]]'s government. Wanting to move onto other projects, Orinnari passed on the position of Lord Protector to [[7misun]] on 5th July 2021.
===
On 13th September 2021, a new account joined Civclassics named "[[Orimmari]]", clearly a gimmick account of Orinnari. Made somewhat unsettled by this, Orinnari posted a few notifications to various discords that the account was not an alt and shouldn't be given groups. On 11th October 2021, after someone in global chat wondered how Orinnari could've joined without having logged out, he felt it best to be more active in disassociating himself with the gimmick account: this however backfired, causing interest and memery, including from [[Wingzero54]] (the admin of Civclassics) himself. As this continued, two days later Orinnari tried being more personal by making a subreddit-post explaining the gimmick account, how it made him feel uncomfortable, how the characteristic similarity of the gimmick account posed an inherent risk to security and privacy, etc, but this also backfired: the community feasted gleefully on his vulnerability. While this was spiralling, Orinnari got a good piece of advice from [[bgbba]], which led him to an idea: to make it seem like he switched to another account. He used a script to re-nickname himself in all civ-related discords and used a [https://github.com/MCCTeam/Minecraft-Console-Client headless client] to afk on his alt account, Remcompti. Shortly after, the account "Remcomptii" appeared, which amused Orinnari , though he was also somewhat disappointed that the imitator didn't go for a more meme-worthy corruption like "Remcumpti". With that said, Orinnari's opinion of the community was lowered by the whole affair.
==="Dereliction: Ashelor
On 1st October 2021, [[Okx]] declared the independence of [[War in Dumnonia|Dumnonia]], a new one-man nation comprised exclusively of [[Yoahtl|Yoahtlan]] territory. Two days later, [[GDAN12]] filed a lawsuit against [[Okx]]. Since [[Okx]] did not trust [[Yoahtl|Yoahtlan]] courts to be fair or unbiased, he vowed not to show up to court. At first, Orinnari offered himself as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amicus_curiae amicus curiae] to give a second opinion on the numerous charges laid against [[Okx]]. However, [[SpaceVolcano]], the High Justice of [[Yoahtl]] and the judge presiding over the case, was insisting on a standard trial without an absentee defendant, so Orinnari became [[Okx]]'s defence lawyer. On 9th October 2021, Orinnari used [[Ashelor]] in his opening statement as an example of a technically unlawful secession being nonetheless perfectly acceptable. Half an hour later, [[GDAN12]] posts a dereliction request of [[Ashelor]] to the [[Unified Map Project|UMP]]. In the next three weeks, [[GDAN12]] would argue repeatedly for [[Ashelor]]'s dereliction. When confronted, [[GDAN12]] claimed to hold a general opinion against inactive nations holding claims, and yet to date [[Ashelor]] remains [[GDAN12]]'s first and only dereliction request to the [[Unified Map Project|UMP]]. When Orinnari suggested that [[Ashelor]] should become a protectorate of the [[CCCP]], [[GDAN12]] reacted poorly, arguing that newfriends would be unduly prevented from settling there and keeping the area claimed is wrong no matter how small [[Ashelor]]'s claims are.
===Southshire's trans-flag drama===
(CW: transphobia)
On 13th November 2021, [[cinzar]] asked in government channels who had made a diamond reinforced trans flag. [[StrPlatinum]] responded that the flag belonged to a former [[Southshire]] citizen and was being protected since it kept getting torn down, to which [[cinzar]] admits that that was him. Orinnari asked [[cinzar]] to stop molesting the flag to which he questioned why he'd "support enabling a mental illness." Orinnari kept an eye on the Skynet relay and noticed that after [[cinzar]] logged in there was noticeable damage to the flag, though admitted that it could have been prior damage that he didn't notice. [[Cinzar]] responded that it wasn't him.
On 16th November 2021, Orinnari reported that someone named [[RKFalcon88]] had been caught on snitch logs griefing the flag. [[StrPlatinum]] confronted [[RKFalcon88|RKFalcon]] stating that continued griefing would result in pearling. [[RKFalcon88|RKFalcon]] responded by echoing [[cinzar]]'s transphobic arguments. Orinnari and [[RoboRik]] said that the flag was a protected historical site and should be left alone. [[RKFalcon88|RKFalcon]] responded both that he'll clear the grief if the flag is replaced, and that the flag will continue be griefed until it's replaced.
The next day, [[cinzar]] vetoed a build project of [[RoboRik]], stating that it "has blocks that does [sic] not fit the theme". This perplexed Orinnari since [[Southshire]] had never had nor enforced a theme before. Orinnari and [[RoboRik]] suspected that the veto came in large part as a retaliation for the flag drama, though [[cinzar]] and [[RKFalcon88|RKFalcon]] rejected this notion. When [[StrPlatinum]] okay'd the project, [[cinzar]] and [[RKFalcon88|RKFalcon]] decided to unilaterally secede [[Bonita Springs]] from [[Southshire]]. [[StrPlatinum]], who had been openly critical of [[Yoahtl]]'s handling of [[War in Dumnonia|Dumnonia]], allowed the secession without objection.
On 24th November 2021, a [[Bonita Springs]] embassy(?) in [[New Yoahtl City]] was trans-flag bombed and covered in signs with progressive messaging. Two days later, on 26th November 2021, a number of [[IMC]] citizens invaded [[Bonita Springs]] with the intention to perma-pearl [[RKFalcon88|RKFalcon]] and level the settlement, using the internal [[Southshire]] flag drama as justification. After Orinnari received frantic cries for help from [[Bonita Springs]], he and [[RoboRik]] began lobbying for the withdrawal from [[Bonita Springs]] and the cessation of violence. It was decided internally not to offer [[Bonita Springs]] reentry into [[Southshire]] - and thus under the protection of [[SATO]] and the [[UDF]] - since this would likely be seen internationally as active support for [[cinzar]] and [[RKFalcon88|RKFalcon]]'s blatant and unapologetic transphobia.
=== The murder of Civclassics===
On 17th November 2021, Civclassics went down for approximately two days for unknown reasons. A couple of days after restoration (21st November 2021) [[Wingzero54|Wingzero]] published an announcement in the Civclassic Official Discord going into detail about the server downtime:<blockquote>Things are winding down on CivClassic. I am closing the Bug Bounty program as I was singehandedly managing the program and will no longer be doing that. I will not be implementing any more changes and will generally not merge any code requests unless they are needed to fix issues. The server being down was because the automatic payment failed and only one person has access and did not notice. It simply took several days to get around to setting it back up. The issue was not a lack of funds. Regarding modmail, I have been handling 99% of it and going forward if your modmail is not of high importance I would not expect it to get answered. That all being said, Kira is down and I'm not fixing it right now and there's nobody else to do it</blockquote>This announcement was ominous enough for people to assume the death of Civclassic but Orinnari was unconvinced. Given that Civclassic development had been lethargic for months, he didn't consider that aspect of the announcement as news. He didn't consider however that the failed automatic payment not being due to insufficient funds was foreshadowing [[TealNerd|Teal]]'s intentions. On 24th November 2021, [[TealNerd|Teal]] made a subreddit post titled "[https://old.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/r0rsys/end_of_the_year_party_121821_at_1800_utc/ End of the Year Party 12/18/21 at 18:00 UTC]" to send off the year with an in-game party. People began to suspect that this event was an End of the World (EOTW) event and rumours began to spread. On 8th December 2021, [[TealNerd|Teal]] made another subreddit post titled "[https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/rc370p/through_the_roof_n_underground/ Through the Roof 'n' Underground]" which fawned over the success and longevity of Civclassics while also stating in no uncertain terms that Civclassics will come to an end and will not return for a third iteration. Orinnari responded with the following comment:<blockquote>'''THIS IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY'''
It beggars belief that you would do this, Teal, that you would post what is now evidently clear an EOTW event over two weeks ago [https://imgur.com/N0e7tVn and letting rumour run wild] only to come back acting all bashful, praising Civclassics' longevity as if you aren't holding the pillow over Civclassics' proverbial face. For anyone not in the know, Teal effectively abandoned Civclassics in all ways but one about three years ago, same as Bagi. These two have categorically refused to cede full control over to their successors, insisting on keeping such things as the Patreon funds, the domain name, and the OVH instance (the actual server itself), etc, to themselves. This is why whenever something goes incredibly wrong, which happens a few times a year, we have to wait until Teal or Bagi fixes it, because we are literally unable to do so ourselves. This is also why they're still listed as owners in the sidebar... because they are.
It also begs the question on who was included in this admin team decision. Was Teal and Bagi included? Was Maxopoly? Wingzero? Civclassics, for all intents and purposes has no administration whatsoever, and this is in large part due to frustrations from the subsequent admins in not having full control.. but why should they decide? Teal promised that Civclassics will remain alive for however long it has funding, effectively ceding the decision over to the playerbase.
It's entirely possible for Wingzero to take a backup of Civclassics and restore it onto a new server with a new domain and a new Patron, it's been discussed many times, but he's decided not to do this in light of Teal's intentions. Indeed, I've just asked him whether he'd allow someone else who wishes to keep Civclassics alive to restore a backup onto a new server, he said no. It's worth noting that Wingzero since (and before) his post withdrawing all active administration from Civclassics has been playing around with creating an alternative civ server of his own.
Civclassics is not dying comfortably of its own accord because players are disinterested, Civclassics is being killed by its admin team.</blockquote>Orinnari felt more than a little betrayed given his contributions to Civclassics' code base, feeling like it had now gone to waste; that the admin team were sacrificing Civclassics in furtherance of their own prospective civ-server projects. [[Wingzero54|Wingzero]] in particular had ruminated about and even began working on a civ-server project of his own. To Orinnari, the idea that [[Wingzero54|Wingzero]] had agreed to shutdown Civclassics knowing that his server would be a likely replacement felt macabre to say the least. Most of the community however did not share Orinnari's outrage.
On 17th December 2021, on the eve of the EOTW event, [[CivMC]] was announced with the subreddit post titled "[https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/riqf4c/what_is_civ_a_prelude/ What is Civ? - A Prelude]". [[CivMC]] is [[Wingzero54|Wingzero]]'s soon to be released civ-server.
On 18th December 2021, Orinnari repeatedly asked [[TealNerd|Teal]] during the EOTW event what will happen with the remaining funds from Civclassics' Patreon, all of which he refused to answer. While some players included mentions of the funds in their speeches, the general atmosphere mirrored the lack of outrage and spurned Orinnari for being a "killjoy".
=== Start of CivMC===
[[File:Spikey-ice-find-++-quandrant-sotw-exploration.png|thumb|Cool find during SOTW exploration.]]
Orinnari was torn over whether to join [[Southshire]] or [[Yoahtl]] for [[CivMC]]. At first, he resolved to do both, focusing more on [[Yoahtl]] and then, once established, splitting his time between them. However, it soon became clear that there'd be little to no opportunity for legislature-roleplay in [[Southshire]], nor would there be the nostalgia of [[Oakhurst]], nor the enjoyment of the roofed-forest biome. During this time, [[GDAN12]] had blocked Orinnari's access to [[Yoahtl]]'s SOTW channels for not being solely-allegiant to [[Yoahtl]]. The [[Yoahtl|Yoahtlan]] government begrudgingly gave Orinnari access to those channels when [[bgbba]] put his foot down. However, given the allegiance-pedantry, Orinnari compiled a custom version of [[MapSync]] that would [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leecher_(computing) "leech"] from [[Yoahtl]]'s [[MapSync]] server. That said, Orinnari still chose to share his map explorations with the SOTW channels. However, Orinnari was not aware of the equator-poles world generation and explored south until he reached snow, then travelled west, resulting in nothing else but ice and snow.
[[Yoahtl]] first settled in the -,- quadrant, so Orinnari travelled there, but Yoahtl soon relocated away from historically belligerent nations, something that many people spurned as paranoia. However, the relocation paid off when those nations, unsurprisingly, started the [[Generic War]].
=== Joining Icenia===
On 16th June 2022, PandaPandel asked Orinnari to be her lawyer in a case she was making against [[Gamer Time69|Truck_Man1234]] for petty griefing. He refused at first, not wanting to get involved in internal [[Icenia|Icenian]] drama, but he accepted after hearing the defence's intended argument: that the Court had no jurisdiction since the crime happened when there were no de-jure laws or constitution. The trial began on 25th June 2022. The Court sided with Orinnari on 30th June 2022, stating that the Court had jurisdiction and that [[Gamer Time69|Truck_Man1234]] was guilty.
And while the trial was plagued with drama and unrecused judges, Orinnari was surprised by how his lawyering was welcomed and praised. This stood in stark contrast to [[Yoahtl]] where law-roleplay and trials are an ordeal only barely tolerated, and any suggestion by Orinnari was met with immediate ridicule and scorn:[[File:Typical-example-of-yoahtlan-attitude.png]]
In addition, [[Yoahtl]] was becoming more and more zealously controlling of its citizens. On 11th July 2022, Orinnari left [[Yoahtl]] for [[Icenia]], becoming a [[Bloom|Bloomean]] once again.
=== The Buttsecs War===
On 6th June 2023, Orinnari was AFK'ing in his shop when he alt-tabbed to see [[Ez2Clutch]] running to [[Raeders]], killing and pearling him. [[Ez2Clutch]] then spotted Orinnari and started breaking into his shop. Orinnari asked [[Ez2Clutch]] to leave but to no avail. When it seemed like [[Ez2Clutch]] was using fast-break hacks, Orinnari collected his wealth and /logged out. During a lull that Orinnari mistook for an all-clear, he started to repair his shop, but that was quickly interrupted by the arrival of [[chosentwicelol]], who ran into Orinnari's shop and began breaking-in in the exact same place and way as [[Ez2Clutch]] had, and since there had been little opportunity for his reinforcements to mature, Orinnari had mere seconds to /logout, which he only just managed. Later on, Orinnari was able to ugly-patch his shop and move his wealth to [[Vault#Whole Foods (Icenia)|Whole Foods]].
[[File:Chosen-orinnari-anyway-see-u-next-iteration.png|thumb|chosentwicelol implying that Orinnari will never be able to play again]]
On 11th June 2023, there was a full-scale attack on [[Vault#Whole Foods (Icenia)|Whole Foods]]. Prior to this, Orinnari had spent most of his time there either AFK'ing within the central glass room of the ground bunker, or fishing one of the surface-lakes behind a protective wall. During another mistakenly perceived lull, Orinnari logged in to secure his wealth, finding the griefed to all hell, which took precious time to climb through. Moments later, [[chosentwicelol]] came charging down to pearl Orinnari, but was waylaid by that same grief long enough for Orinnari to /logout. [[Chosentwicelol]] then mentioned Orinnari in the [[CivMC]] discord saying ''"anyway see u next iteration"'' which indicated to Orinnari that he was likely logboxed and would never be let out.
On 12th June 2023, [[Drekamor]] asked whether Orinnari had used his [[OTT|One-Time Teleport]] ([[OTT]]). He was confused at first, since that's usually a mechanic for newfriends, but [[Drekamor]] quickly explained [[OTT]]'s issues and suggested the idea of using [[OTT]] to escape from [[Vault#Whole Foods (Icenia)|Whole Foods]]. The [[Security Enhancement Coalition|SEC]] quickly verified with the admins that this was legal, finding out that it was since [[Butternut County|Butternut]] had already used this exploit to teleport-in reinforcements to a fight.
[[File:Chosens-see-u-next-iteration-logbox.png|thumb|The "anyway see u next iteration" logbox Orinnari was trapped within before OTT'ing out.]]
Orinnari and at least four others were able to escape that day, and many more in the following days, which caused quite a stir. Despite the elation of having made a wily escape from [[Chosentwicelol]], he was nonetheless appalled by the exploit and would put aside [https://blog.protonull.uk/2023-05-12-gpl-drama/ his licensing principles] to [https://github.com/CivMC/SimpleAdminHacks/pull/70 fix the exploit].
On 13th June 2023, [[Gwua]] and Orinnari exchanged some slam poetry. <blockquote>"We don't kill buildfriends", clearly a lie, as your pursuits to kill me shall belie. Yet you repeat this nonsense, thinking you're sly. I honestly don't know why you want me to die.
- Orinnari</blockquote><blockquote>my bad, i didnt realize, caught me by surprise, but im still bustin up your bastions with all of my guys
- [[Gwua]]</blockquote><blockquote>Ah well, those bastions were destined to go, you also tried to logbox me with SRO, but as with everything, it goes to show, how Whole Foods will always be better than Trader Joe's.
- Orinnari</blockquote><blockquote>alright alright, you got some pretty good lines, but this chair im sittin in has got a nice wholesome shine. chris left it nice and warm and i found a lot of corn under the desk
- [[Gwua]]</blockquote><blockquote>Someone should tell PhysicsGamer that you're sitting in his chair, for didn't you appoint him Governor, I could swear, but he wont even meet you with a glare, because he doesn't even have a pair.
- Orinnari</blockquote>On 14th June 2023, Orinnari was challenged in voice-chat to write a [https://np.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/14971o1/evacuate_icenia_city_evacuate_bloom_vault/jo44f7x/ slam-poetry comment] on the recent [https://np.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/14971o1/evacuate_icenia_city_evacuate_bloom_vault/ “Evacuate Icenia City! Evacuate Bloom Vault! Evacuate Bloom!”] post.
On 19th June 2023, Orinnari sparked some controversy by comparing a screenshot of a homophobic slur used by [[JuniorTide]] to the negative impacts the war has had on LGBT players in [[Icenia]], saying in part: ''"that slur didn't make me feel anywhere near as belittled or unsafe as being repeatedly and personally targeted."'' Orinnari felt that the screenshot being spread around for all to see for war-propaganda purposes was dishonest given their stated position that the slur was inherently hurtful to see and had no place whatsoever in the civ-community. Orinnari had a [https://np.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/14dmrh4/rip_the_gay_bunker/jos9ilb/?context=7 back and forth] with a seeming [https://np.reddit.com/user/NotHostileIntentions throwaway account] where he elaborated on this. This was apparently not received well by [[Butternut County|Butternut]]:
[[File:Bewsiej-mad-at-orinnari-philosophising.png|alt=Bewsiej pretending that Orinnari is unhinged]]
On 28th June 2023, the Reluctance vault fell and Orinnari fled to an isolated location. On 1st July 2023, Orinnari requested that he be allowed to return to [[Icenia]] unharmed on the condition that he turn himself in if given a sentence. Orinnari had been repeatedly told he wasn't important and shouldn't expect a long sentence. Nonetheless, this request was granted and Orinnari returned to his shop.
On 3rd July 2023, Butternut posted sentences. Most sentences ranged between a week or two to a month or two. However, Orinnari received the third-longest sentence given: three months. As a result, Orinnari felt extreme vindication in what he had argued in that [https://np.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/14dmrh4/rip_the_gay_bunker/jos9ilb/?context=7 back and forth], that [[Butternut County|Butternut]] only cared about the aesthetic of fighting homophobia while directly and unflinchingly mistreating queer people. His sentence being so long while having contributed comparatively little to the war also caused controversy. Orinnari believes that his sentenced was likely spearheaded by [[chosentwicelol]] and so was unlikely to be negotiated down.
[[File:Orinnari-pearled-by-XxTBxX3276.png|thumb]]
On 4th July 2023, Orinnari travelled to [[Vault#Whole Foods (Icenia)|Whole Foods]] to turn himself in, but when [[PhysicsGamer]] appeared on radar and seemed to be trying to intercept him, he jumped to his death, not wanting to be pearled by a [[Temporal Isles#Secession from Icenia|secessionist]]. Orinnari would later travel, as instructed, to [[Butternut County|Butternut]]'s vault, the [[Nuthole]], to turn himself in. He was pearled moments later by [[XxTBxX3276]].
On 5th July 2023, Orinnari began to truly appreciate how obnoxious and buggy the [[RandomSpawn]] experience was in the Nether. After [https://discord.com/channels/912074050086502470/952314898317189120/1125915354330316931 joking about this] in the [[CivMC]] discord, [[SoundTech]] said he'd appreciate any fix to it. Since [[RandomSpawn]] was one of the few [https://blog.protonull.uk/2023-05-12-gpl-drama/ correctly-licenced] civ-plugins, [https://github.com/CivMC/RandomSpawn/pull/15 he submitted a fix] within the same day.
On 20th September 2023, Orinnari was released three weeks early alongside [[JuniorTide]] and [[ChrisChrispie|President ChrisChrispie]].
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