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[[CivReign]]|reddit=u/TweetBiscuits|discord=Q-Gammon#4605}}'''Tweetabix''', also known as '''Tweet Biscuits''', was a [[Player]] who initially played on CivCraft in 2013. After many years away, he arrived in CivRealms during the 2020 Covid lockdown.
He created a new skin for CivReign, but is yet to play it following the launch issues. He can currently be found playing Tritonio's new server, Amalthea, which is not a Civ server.
== Etymology ==
Tweetabix's username is a pun based on his two favourite things, the social network Twitter and the breakfast cereal Weetabix. His Reddit username is TweetBiscuits, a pun on "wheat biscuits".
== History (CivRev3) ==
On CivRev3, Tweet spawned in Africa. Janet called for him to meet her at the desert biome, which soon became Ma Kapesi. Tweet was therefore the second citizen of this, the most active nation on CivRev3.
== History (CivReign) ==
There can be only one!
With his head still attached to his shoulders, Tweetabix was reborn for CivReign.
== History (CivRealms) ==
[[File:Tweetabix.png|thumb|206x206px|Tweetabix's skin on CivRealms was the same as used ten years ago]]
[[File:TweetabixHouse.png|thumb|Tweetabix's house in Kannin, completed 18 April 2020]]
Tweetabix joined CivRealms for the first time on 10 April 2020. [[Norlund#Yoslan|'''Antea4204''']] invited him to join [[Norlund]]. He then rented an apartment in [[Norlund#Kannin|Kannin]] city centre from '''Cirex22'''. By the end of the first two days he had begun constructing a house in then-derelict West Kannin. Early on he worked for King '''[[Terry]]''', laying snitches around Norlund and testing defensive mechanisms. He also got to know Pope [[Norlund#Vatican City|Leobenet]], who converted him to Vatican Papalism. Utilising its strategic location, his property was a mixed use development with a shop front as well as a residential entrance.
On 15 April 2020, Tweet participated in the official opening of the Norlund Supreme Court, built by '''SirBoss'''. During the drinking session that followed, both Tweet and SirBoss fell into Kannin Lake, which at the time was not fenced off. King Terry personally rescued both players.
King Terry made Tweet a Norlund Citizen on 17 April. On 18 April, Tweet drowned whilst assisting SirBoss in the creation of Kannin Pier. His bed didn't work which gave him an opportunity to see some other parts of the server for the first time. He got back to Kannin in time for the official opening of the pier and to finish his house.
On 20 April 2020, [[Norlund#Palaisance|'''Raptor''']] vouched for Tweet to enter CivCorp, and on 23 April he visited CivCorp for the first time, describing it as “mighty” and “a real feat.” He also visited [[Empire of Varathia|Varathia]] to purchase picks for himself and Antea.
==== Norlund Citizen ====
Tweet wanted to go into business. He declared he would build a Norlund Rocks climbing gym in Kannin, and began to research existing minigames. During a trip to CivCorp on 2 May, he joined '''Tritonio’s''' [[CivCorp|Maze]] club as part of his research into existing minigames and started a [[CivMint]] account. On 10 May Tweet travelled to '''[[Zen]]''' to participate in the first [[Zen|Altercation at the Altar]] as further minigame research. Tweet was defeated in less than 30 seconds by [[Saviors City|MSPaintDaily]], who was himself eliminated mere seconds later. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE76Thg8Y2g '''Video'''])
On 12 May, Tweet did some terraforming for '''Sir Grettir''' in Ansgar, a canton north of Kannin where the Vikings lived. '''Shamus''' invited him to become a Viking, an increasingly powerful group within Norlund.
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* Apartment, Central Kannin
* Norlund Rocks gym, Central Kannin
Tweet was much liked at this point within Norlund for his drawings
=== The Secession of Ansgar ===
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* exclusion of dual citizens from the Kannin referendum, arguing this was against the Norlund constution. This would disenfranchise Okx, who was gathering support in a private "Kannin" Discord server.
* disputed several opinion-based points made by the opposition as attempts at slandering Ansgar's independence efforts.
* Skinny refused to allow Tweet to go to sleep at 3AM UK time. Instead SirBoss was substituted.<blockquote>'''Goodness, it's not even 9am and Norlund are already using logical fallacies against us.'''
Tweetabix published this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MQBbNwh_Dk&t=142s video] during the debate.
About one day into the referendum, the more senior Vikings tired of arguing with the New Norlund Government. The two parties effectively resolved the situation by the signing of a peace treaty which ceded Kannin land to the new Republic.
[[File:TweetabixHouseAnsgar.png|thumb|Tweetabix's house in Kannin, in the process of being rebuilt at Amerssingen, Ansgar.]]
===== Results of the Secession: =====
* Tweetabix was stripped of Norlund citizenship and lost access to his Kannin properties.
* Tweet was named a Valkyrie, an inner circle of Vikings that led the new Yggdrasil.
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* Gray of Solaria became the new King of Yggdrasil, with Shamus as his right hand man. Shamus concentrated on building the vault Asgard.
==== Yggdrasil ====
Tweet, now solely a Viking citizen of Yggdrasil, competed in the second Altercation at the Altar at Zen, as a representative of the new state. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gS6XHSC34Y '''Video'''])
After this he attended the Alexandrian Victory Party, his first time in the south of the map. Antea was there, and was soon to join Yggdrasil as part of the Secession of Yoslan from Norlund. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdGG_SDW5BQ '''Video'''])
Tweetabix, Joseph and other Vikings invested their time digging out and building the great vault of Asgard. Joseph, constructor of Vlaardingen and later King of Yggdrasil, constructed a replica Twin Towers near Asgard, and gave Tweet a penthouse in the North Tower for helping with the build and providing some materials. Tweet moved what little valuables he had into the penthouse and began construction on a small patch of land he had been granted north of the Towers, near Tallum and the Norlund border.
==== Viking Modular and Xanadu ====
[[File:Xanadu Map.png|thumb|Xanadu as seen from a minimap. ]]
Tweet had been thinking about creating a new building code, which he named [[Viking Modular]]. <blockquote>"the most repressive building code in CivRealms, creating perfect modular housing.” </blockquote>He developed a new Modular Building Code, publishing two books in PDF and ingame form: the '''[[Viking Modular]] Manifesto''' and '''Regulations'''. This was inspired by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VM_Houses VM Houses] of Copenhagen. Having acquired land from the new state, he began to develop the town of Xanadu, which would form a proof of concept for Viking Modular.
In VM terms, Xanadu was one "Superbloc" with a defensive wall (the addition of which later caused controversy in Yggdrasil). The south and south-west blocs were one level lower than the rest. Most of it was built in a Wooden style, with Stone roads. However the southern bloc featured a mini replica of the Twin Towers, which still worked in the VM code. The south-west bloc had a Nether style.
At the end of June, Tweet started to tire of politics. Overnight he left every CivRealms-related Discord server, in order to focus on the construction of his final project. Xanadu was initially described as "the VM" informally by Yggdrasil citizens, because it was the first to use the Viking Modular code. Because of the Discord leaving spree, King Gray and others thought that Tweetabix planned to attack Norlund and sent a message to Norlund members saying that Tweet was going to attack them, stripping him of all NameLayer access in Yggdrasil.
Tweet had to beg to be let back into Yggdrasil, explaining it was a misunderstanding. However as part of this process he had to promise to build just a 79x79 area and hand over the groups to Joseph at the end of the month. Tweet once again was able to continue building the VM town which he began to refer to as Xanadu, after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanadu_(Citizen_Kane) grand estate of Citizen Kane]. However after his reinstatement as Valkyrie, King Gray created a new rank above that, the High Council, and soon almost everyone in Yggdrasil was on the new Council, but for Tweet and a number of dual citizens. Soon the role of Valkyrie was removed and Tweet lost all political influence within Yggdrasil.
==== The Norlundic Bush War ====
Tweet was not consulted or involved with the Norlundic Bush War. Overnight Joseph, Grettir and Shamus attacked Norlish infrastructure alongside Blackwater. The next day, Tweetabix ventured into Norlish territory and ended up in a fight with Okx. Tweet was under-prepared and just about managed to reach the border of Yggdrasil alive, where Antea met the pair and warned Okx away.
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Tweet hired an apprentice, Plaxcaster, and pledged to give him at least 100 of his remaining stamina if Plax helped Tweet build Xanadu for a week before he retired. He attended confessions with Pope Leo and spoke openly about how he felt his end was coming.
[[File:Tweet Kannon Message.png|thumb|Leaked message with Norlund PM led to execution]]
Tweetabix messaged KannonKyle, saying that he wanted to secede and bring Xanadu over the border to join Norlund again. KannonKyle then leaked this message to Yggdrasil. Yggdrasil started complaining about Xanadu and said that because Tweet had expanded the town to include a border wall it was breaching their earlier agreement. In truth, the rest of Yggdrasil had never much liked the Viking Modular idea and always wanted Tweet to destroy it. Tweet insisted that Xanadu would be his legacy.
Tweet refused to cede to the demands on Xanadu and was exiled. He would not cede his NameLayer groups or constructions. After saying goodbye to his beloved horse, Tweet met with the '''King''' '''Grettir''' to submit to his final execution, with Antea as
==== The End. ====
Tweetabix's Pearl was held in the vault of Asgard, which he, with the other Vikings, had helped to dig. Months later, Norlund and Yggdrasil actually allied with other Northern nations against Blackwater and the U.S.A, who spent some time trying to crack Asgard. A number of Norls actually gave their lives to defend this vault. Eventually after around a month, it fell, and the fighting moved on to the Heaven vault. The nations of Norlund and Yggdrasil never recovered.
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In the summer of 2013, the player now known as Tweetabix brought a group of [http://oc.tc Project Ares / Overcast Network] players into CivCraft following an oc.tc forum thread. They established the small city state of [redacted], named after the Overcast map and its sequels. It was a peaceful place for a while, with an Asian style of construction.
The inhabitants built their leader a statue made of stone. Some thought it was an eyesore, some liked it. So a spleef arena was built, and two members- one for and one against, spleefed for it. The for side won and the statue stayed... for a while.
Unfortunately the town was griefed mercilessly, and with little understanding of reinforcement, the wool and wood heavy town was burned to the ground. The inhabitants regrouped and designed and built a new underground town. Unfortunately this was tunnelled into and destroyed as well, and the Overcast followers lost heart and resigned from Civcraft.
==== Commonwealth ====
After some time digging a hole for pay in a forgotten nation, Tweet ended up a regular citizen of Commonwealth. Destitute, he holed up in a tiny, frost-bitten cave in the slum district of Ironside. Nevertheless, he became one of the first Commonwealth citizens to invest in a fully-tuned piano, designed and built by GTAIVisBest.
Later, he began to construct a Retirement Home for Civvers near the Shopside District. In order to raise funds for this project, he built a Footgolem Stadium, in which two players compete to hit snow golems into goals using snowballs.
== Media ==
Tweet makes comics and videos.
=== CivRealms ===
* 15 April - comic - Drunk on the Docks
* 28 April - comic - Trial of Rossy2013
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* 19 May - comic - Shamus for King
* 21 May - comic - Holding out for a Hero
* 22 May - comic - Norlund Group Pic
* 23 June - video - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1updq5cknA That's why they call it the End]
* 30 June - comic - What are you in for?<gallery>
File:NorlundGroupDoodle.png|norlund group doodle
File:Norlundnames.jpg|norlund group doodle with names
File:DrunkDocks.jpg|Tweet and SirBoss get drunk
File:RenhornRossy.jpg|Minor incident in Kannin
File:
File:
File:BossOkx1.jpg|Carrot King saves buildfriend SirBoss
File:BossOkx2.jpg|Carrot King pt2
File:What Are You In For.png|What are you in for?
</gallery>
=== CivReign ===
Tweetabix created a new skin based on Sean Connery's role in the film Highlander.
== Bibliography ==
=== CivRealms ===
{| class="wikitable"
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|Yes
|}The CivRealms books are available as Ghostwriter files.
=== CivReign ===
The CivReign books will be available as Stendhal files. <br />
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