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The '''Doom City Conflict''' is an ongoing armed conflict initiated on [[CivMC]], having begun either on December 15th or December 19th, 2023.{{efn|The start dates of the conflict are disputed.}} The initial conflict was sparked wwithwith an escalation at the border between MTA & Doom City, where a bridge between the 2 nations was covered in obsidian<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=Nightmarr|sender=Nightmarr|date=12-19-2023|url=https://discord.com/channels/912074050086502470/960952809447100416/1186711674942660628|text=Image of Doom City / MTA bridge covered in obsidian|channel=general|server=CivMC|access-date=}}</ref> during a fight between [[BUILD]] & [[Doom City]] fighters. This escalation was following days of increasing tensions<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18jditn/gloom_city/</ref> between the two countries and citizens of the [[BUILD|BUILD alliance]]. Following this, [[Nightmarr]], [[SymSquid]], and [[Defender4488]] were all pearled in renewed fighting between the two factions on December 19th, leading [[Defender4488]] to declare that a state of war existed between [[Doom City]] and [[BUILD]].<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=Defender4488|sender=Defender4488|date=12-19-2023|url=https://discord.com/channels/912074050086502470/960952809447100416/1186761629946351766|text=Doom City will have to fight all of MTA's allies|channel=general|server=CivMC|access-date=}}</ref>
== Background ==
Following the [[Butternut–SEC War]], the nation of [[Cortesia Del Mar (CivMC)|Cortesia Del Mar]] was disbanded following the departure of many of its members from [[CivMC]]. This left the CDM/Doom portal in disputed territory, with [[Doom City]] seeking to negotiate continued access via a preexisting personal iceroad & entry. During negotiations however, [[Mount Augusta (CivMC)|Mount Augusta]] requested that the public entry was used, which was trapped with a footgrinderfoot-grinder.<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=ShadySauce|sender=ShadySauce|date=12/19/2023|url=https://discord.com/channels/912074050086502470/1107452910205419572/1186735697013514322|text=nick asked us to use the public enterance during peace talks, and it's a trapped foot grinder|channel=global-chat|server=CivMC|access-date=}}</ref> This resulted in a member of [[Doom City]] being killed.<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=ShadySauce|sender=ShadySauce|date=12/19/2023|url=https://discord.com/channels/912074050086502470/1107452910205419572/1186736354298691584|text=you even managed to kill one in a trap|channel=global-chat|server=CivMC|access-date=}}</ref>
== Course of the Conflict ==
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