Tweetabix
| Tweetabix | |
|---|---|
 Tweet's current skin, claims it is a remnant of ruling a small nation on Civcraft 2.0 over 8 years ago. Most Norls doubt this | |
| Personal Info | |
| Current Citizenships |  Norlund |
| Known For |
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| Main Residence | Kannin |
| Civ Servers | |
| First Civ Server | Civcraft 2.0 |
| Iterations played on | Civcraft 2.0 |
| Contacts | |
| u/TweetBiscuits | |
| Discord | tweetabix#0660 |
Tweetabix, also known as Tweet Biscuits, is a Player who joined CivRealms on 10 April 2020, during the great Covid-19 crisis of 2020. He claims not to have played Minecraft, aside from the occasional Overcast Network match [1], for over 7 years. As such, he struggles to use Discord, but is getting used to it.
| Name | Country | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viking of Ansgar | Norlund
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12 May 2020 - Present | |
| Norlund Rocks CEO | Norlund
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Official Opening Date TBA | |
| Kannin ESTA Onboard Operator | Norlund
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27 May 2020 - Present | In collaboration with Tritonio of CivCorp |
| Citizen | Norlund
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17 April 2020 - Present | Arrived 10 April |
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
Norlund Recruit
Tweetabix joined CivRealms for the first time on 10 April 2020. Immediately having asked in chat for a nation to join, Antea4204 invited him to join Norlund. He then rented an apartment in Kannin city centre from Cirex22. By the end of the first two days he had begun constructing a house in then-derelict West Kannin, because as a Recruit he did not yet have full access to Norlund's bastion network. Early on he worked for King Terry, laying snitches around Norlund and testing defensive mechanisms. He also got to know Pope Leobenet, who converted him to Vatican Papalism. He realised the strategic location of his new property and built it as 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. Tweet realised the only way to walk straight was to ride a horse, and so mounted his horse (recently given to him by Gingerbuddie) for the rest of the evening. During this evening, Gingerbuddie, King Terry and Tweet raced around Kannin, Veria and Tallum by horse, and discussed the creation of an international horse derby in Norlund.
King Terry made Tweet a Norlund Citizen on 17 April 2020.
On 18 April 2020, 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, 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 Varathia to purchase picks for himself and Antea.
Norlund Citizen
On 26 April, Tweet started supporting CivRealms on Patreon and got an aqua nick.
Soon after this Tweet came up with the idea for Norlund Rocks. During a trip to CivCorp on 2 May, he joined Tritonio’s Maze club as part of his research into existing minigames and started a CivMint account for the first time.
On 3 May, Tweet asked Pope Leobenet to say a prayer before he enchanted some boots. Having done so, Tweet then got Feather Falling on the boots. This is said to be an ecumenical moment for him.
On 10 May Tweet travelled to Zen to participate in the first Altercation at the Altar as further minigame research. The Pope warned him not to do so. Tweet was defeated in less than 30 seconds by MSPaintDaily, who was himself eliminated mere seconds later.
On 12 May, Tweet did some terraforming in Ansgar, and later commented that all the stam the Vikings paid him to dig was recycled into the Viking XP Shop so he could repair his tools. Coincidentally and unrelated to this jibe, it was on this day Jarl Shamus invited him to become a Viking.
Joining Ansgar Vikings
Tweet chose the Old Norse name of Orvar Kiks, meaning Arrow Biscuits.
Initially Tweet struggled with being a Viking as it meant abandoning the Christian Faith. Pope Leo reasoned with him not to worship Odin. He has been quiet about his faith since, saying he is a “Papal Viking.”
Computerovirus
On 16 May, Tweet announced he had broken his computer trying to do upgrades on it. This resulted in a 2 week period of limited activity, with his house in Kannin surrounded by a quarantine tape warning players not to enter, lest they catch Computerovirus themselves.
During this period, Tweet stuck to the West Kannin area, focusing on beautifying the run down area just as SirBoss completed the Kannin Grand Central Station district of West Kannin. It was at this point Tweet started trying to sell his house for 15-20 stam valued by “an un-independent adjudicator” who remains suspiciously anonymous.
Projects
NORLUND RAIL
Tweet was one of several Norls working on Norlund Metro concepts and created a “Norlish Rail” logo based on the colours of the national flag and the British Rail logo. However Tweet has had little involvement aside from helping to dig out the stations in the new Norlund rail network. He created a tiny railway from his house to Kannin’s factory building culminating in Norlund's only "public toilet". Tweet expressed frustration at not being involved in Norlund’s rail project, but rallied behind SirBoss's version eventually.
NORLUND ROCKS
On 25 April Tweet asked King Terry for planning permission to build a tower in Kannin. On 26 April he pondered if there was a way to “use a chest like a locker room in a gym.” After the death of Terry and subsequent wave of bureaucracy, Tweet claimed to have taken inspiration from Albert Dryden and began constructing the tower anyway. In this he was assisted by the Pope’s prayers, Koojkii who donated a good deal of terracotta, and KannonKyle who became a key investor. On 4 May Tweet worried that Crimeo’s piston chunk limit might imperil the infant project, which relies on sticky pistons to work. However, this was resolved and on 9 May Tweet suggested the possible future expansion of the Rocks franchise to other cities, or a dedicated theme park, and a publicity event titled “Rumble at the Rock.” The Rocks centre is not yet open to the public.
KANNIN GARDEN CENTRE
On 30 April Tweet suggested that Kannin could do with a garden centre. That same day he suggested the upmarket Poppy Inn get a rival Rose Tin, coloured purple, a downmarket pub more suited to the rough and ready inhabitants of West Kannin. This is a pun both on Cadbury Roses and the Minecraft update that changed the Rose into the Poppy.
FOOTGOLEM PITCH
In May, Mirakles invited Tweetabix to the Civcraft Museum Server, where he recalled an old project from the Commonwealth on Civcraft 2.0, the Footgolem Stadium. Mirakles agreed to start a pumpkin farm in order to host footgolem games in modern day Norlund. Mirakles also expressed an interest in building a holiday park and it is possible this and the theme park could become the same project.
VIKING MODULAR
Also during May, Tweet began to experiment with a new form of building code he named Viking Modular, after Bjarke Ingels’ VM Buildings in Copenhagen. He said that the “idea is to create the most repressive building code in CivRealms, creating perfect modular housing.” Currently two versions of VM are in development, one based around 3x3 units and one based around 5x5 units.
KANNIN ESTA EXCHANGE
When Tritonio expressed interest in expanding his Onboard exchanges Tweetabix invited him to Kannin to build exchanges with him there. This enables long-distance remote currency exchange between Kannin and CivCorp, backed up by Tweetabix and Tritonio. Tweet charges a fee for his end of the service. To publicise the new exchanges, Tweet ran a raffle in that one random early customer of the Exchange would receive a much higher amount of ESTA than they paid in Stamina.
Media
Also 1 sub post 1 nsfw advert (low effort memes not included)
- 15 April - comic - Drunk on the Docks
- 28 April - comic - Trial of Rossy2013
- 29 April - comic - Long Live the King
- 10 May - video - 26 Seconds of Altercation at the Altar
- 14 May - video - Semper Victorius (recording from 15 April)
- 19 May - comic - Shamus for King
- 21 May - comic - Holding out for a Hero
- 22 May - comic - Norlund Group Pic
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Property
- Tweetabix rented an apartment from Cirex22 when he arrived in Norlund, but Cirex has never asked for further rent payments.
- Tweet's house in West Kannin is a mixed use three storey development with ocean views and unparalleled transport links. It features a roof garden, a ground floor shop entrance, a horse stable, and a retractable balcony window.
- Norlund Rocks Kannin Tower- not yet complete.
- SirBoss gave Tweetabix an apartment in the Viking Longhouse of Ansgar.
- SirBoss also gave Tweet the residence of a shop in the Station District of West Kannin in which he runs a small Onboard machine and several shopchests.
- Bhieex gave Tweet shop space at the Carrot Cracke, also in West Kannin, where Tweet runs a larger Onboard machine.
Politics
Infrastructural views
Tweetabix favoured keeping the Norlish tax system, citing politicians such as Clement Attlee and Tony Benn, whose “state not charity” mantra led to the funding of the British NHS.
He believes Civs should prioritise rail transport over horse transport, which is more readily accessible for wealthy players and creates inequality.
If its anything like IRL though, the leafy suburbs (not sure where they are in Norlund tbh) will decide they will be using boats to get everywhere and commandeer more than their fair share of public money for the construction of roads on which to ride their chelsea tractors, sorry boats
However Tweet has also supported private railway tunnels for competition purposes.
Tweet supports density in buildings, saying there is no need for Civs to replicate the unsustainable Y-axis based suburban model of American cities, especially when Gold Lifts make it more efficient to travel vertically than horizontally.
Started the Verian Big Diggers Union out of protest of volunteering to dig in Veria’s “big dig” station build but not having bastion access- and therefore being subject to unsafe working conditions.
#Norlectioneering
After the death of King Terry, Ahrimanne approached Tweetabix to breed a rabbit king. King Theodore IV was successfully bred in a secret Norlund location and presented to the public on 30 April, when Tweet gave a speech parodying Ronald Reagan’s famous age wisecrack:
I am not worried about that Old Man Mammoth being a tyrant. No, I am worried because he is old! I am worried that he will die on the throne in a matter of weeks, and then we shall have the second great constitutional crisis of our lifetimes. What Norlund needs is stability. A King that all can trust. A King that all can physically look up to, a King that is, always, always online and never Logs Off. A King that is not a thinker, but a doer, a doer of great jumps and squeaks, a King who understands exactly what our principle export, the humble Carrot, means to us Norls. A King... that is a Rabbit.
Tweet then proceeded to paint carrots onto quotes of Eamon de Valera, first President of Ireland.
Soon after Jarl Shamus repaired the blast furnace, Tweet decided an active King was better than a constitutional figurehead and began to support Shamus for King.
Other political positions
Tweet was initially Anti-Karl, calling Karl “ugly” on 2 May. On 9 May he said “my policy on Karl from now on is to ignore him” but on 21 May Tweet said he has come to appreciate Karl as a mascot, if not a King or Deity.
He said on 30 April that “Any Norl who doesn't eat carrots for breakfast lunch and dinner is suspect” but has been seen in recent weeks eating cooked salmon and bread.
On 3 May, Tweet voted to exile Rain from Norlund.
Favours lag machines, simulating the destruction of the earth through capitalist pollution.
Tweet has also stated that capital punishment should be instated in Norlund and has suggested drowning as a method of execution.
Tweet supports the complete logging of every tree in Norlund’s neighbouring Agotep because this is technically not against Norlund law. He also supports annexing Amaryllis Junction to preserve its architecture.
Tweet has spoken publicly against the pearling of tdude.
He also believes there is “nothing wrong with a bit of terrorism, it keeps the house prices down.”
Quotes
I just went out for a bike ride, had to cross this horrible dual carriageway and there was a box in the middle probably dropped off a lorry or something. i squinted to look at it and tried to press middle mouse to zoom like with optifine
bread and cats, land and freedom, posts and cereal… these are the demands of Tweet BiscuitsTwinkie, what a daft name, literally who would name themselves after a food stuff