Sneak attack row: Destructive Anomaly, JFA and FTW trade war and insults, Jan 2016
A January 2016 faction war between Ðestructive Anomaly and JFA, with FTW help, began with a complaint about a cancelled war and guests. It ended in a JFA win and a long insult thread.
Involved: Mcdooglebrown [1708715] , Robb-Stark [1075937] , Penicillin [1517799] Committee , Stretch [1846075] Officer , Htr [89581] and 6 more
A complaint that became a flame war
On 17 Jan 2016 Mcdooglebrown [1708715] opened a Faction Discussion thread titled "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3". The thread ran to 266 replies and its last post came on 25 Jan 2017.[1][2]
Mcdooglebrown alleged that a crew had cancelled a war a week earlier while adding 10 guests, then waited a week to ambush their crew. Allegation[2]
The war and its result
HenkiePuk [1043621] praised FTW for countering, and critch [507888] wrote that DA had almost had the war at 100% before FTW turned it around.[3][4]
BFM [1455642] wrote that DA had used JFA as a filler during a sneak attack on FTW, and that JFA then fought back. BFM said both sides had guests and friends helping, with no terms. Participant claim[5]
Stretch [1846075], a Torn officer/committee member, wrote that a war like this was part of the game. They said they knew of no sneak attack, past or planned, and asked people to avoid tossing around "blatant lies".[6]
On 19 Jan 2016 Penicillin [1517799], a Torn officer/committee member, posted that JFA had claimed victory over Ðestructive Anomaly and the faction received 33,513 Bonus respect. Penicillin added that the war became a "guestapalooza" at the end, so it said nothing about which faction was stronger.[7]
Insults and side threads
Robb-Stark [1075937] wrote that Ali [1445620] had "piss poor leadership skills" and called JFA a "second rate incest cousin faction". Later Robb-Stark wrote that JFA "suck dog balls" and that it took a lot of guests to beat DA.[8][9][10]
Ali replied that they had been in JFA for over a month and had stepped out to help family in FTW beat DA. Participant claim[11]
On 22 Jan 2016 Penicillin joked that "Second rate incest cousin faction" would be a new faction tagline. Joke[12]
RowdyRedneck [995650] joked about whether anyone had picked Mcdooglebrown in a faction pool for first to complain. Joke[13]
On 22 Jan 2016 Htr [89581] asked why SA was being discussed in a thread about DA vs. JFA/FTW. Htr wrote that Robb-Stark was not speaking on behalf of SA.[14]
On 28 Jan 2016 critch called the thread "absolutely pathetic", said players were immature and suggested forum-banning certain people for life.[15]
A rematch a year later
On 24 Jan 2017 Champion [1927067] started a thread for a DA vs JFA war on 28th Jan at 19:00, with locked rosters and no guests. The thread gives the result as a JFA victory on 29/01/17 and 18,168 Bonus respect.[16]
Hopslam [795412] linked the 2016 thread in the new one on 25 Jan 2017. PhaNToM [1503918] posted in the old thread on the same day: "one year later".[17][18]
Timeline
- 17 Jan 2016 Mcdooglebrown opens the thread accusing a crew of cancelling a war and ambushing with guests. Allegation[2]
- 19 Jan 2016 Penicillin posts that JFA claimed victory over Ðestructive Anomaly, with 33,513 Bonus respect.[7]
- 22 Jan 2016 Penicillin jokes about a new faction tagline. Joke[12]
- 28 Jan 2016 critch complains about the thread's squabbling.[15]
- 29 Jan 2017 Rematch result posted in a related thread: JFA claimed victory.[16]
Original sources 18
- Thread "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" (Faction Discussion) ·
- Post by Mcdooglebrown [1708715] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by HenkiePuk [1043621] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by critch [507888] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by BFM [1455642] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by Stretch [1846075] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by Penicillin [1517799] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by Robb-Stark [1075937] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by Robb-Stark [1075937] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by Robb-Stark [1075937] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by Ali [1445620] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by Penicillin [1517799] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by RowdyRedneck [995650] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by Htr [89581] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Post by critch [507888] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
- Thread "DA vs JFA - 28th Jan 19:00" (Faction Discussion) ·
- Post by Hopslam [795412] in "DA vs JFA - 28th Jan 19:00" ·
- Post by PhaNToM [1503918] in "DA ...... Sneak attack 1 .... 2 .... 3" ·
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