The 7 Way Smackdown: seven factions in one termed war, March 2015
IIIlusionist organised a seven-faction termed war for 13 March 2015. Players posted results, praise for FTW, complaints about the format and some sniping between factions.
Involved: IIIlusionist [253384] , mug [553318] Committee , four [254727] , critch [507888] , HenkiePuk [1043621] and 6 more
A war with seven sides
IIIlusionist [253384] opened the thread "7 Way Smackdown" on 04 Mar 2015. The date was 13th March 2015 at 20:00 Torn Time, and the factions were 39th, DA, FTW, JFA, PT, SA2 and TuS.[1][2]
The listed terms were: guests allowed up to 12,5bil in stats for all guests combined, all guests in before kickoff, locked rosters, direct claim on victory, and all wars ranked.[1]
IIIlusionist wrote that it was the first war they had ever organised. Participant claim[1]
The results posted
The final results, posted by IIIlusionist, list Forged Through War claiming victory over PT-Family, JFA, The UnLeashed Sykoz, 39th Street Killers, Ðestructive Anomaly and Subversive AIIiance. The bonus respect shown ran from 819 to 4,074 for those wars. PT-Family is also listed claiming victory over Ðestructive Anomaly, for 6,984.[1][3]
boo [1544641] posted on 16 Mar 2015 that The UnLeashed Sykoz claimed victory over 39th Street Killers, for 31,170 bonus respect and a rise to rank #9.[4]
sinisista [1615339] posted on 16 Mar 2015 a log line stamped 16/03/15 1:37:53 PM: JFA claimed victory over 39th Street Killers, for 7,704 bonus respect and a rise to rank #8.[5]
boo wrote that the weekend brought just short of 80K respect gained. Participant claim[6]
New revives, new meds and a dirty bomb
mug [553318], a Torn officer/committee member, wrote on 04 Mar 2015 that it would be the first war with the new revives and new meds.[7]
critch [507888] wrote that SA2 took part after being hit with a DB. boo also mentioned the dirty bomb. mug had joked on 06 Mar 2015 that the affected side could now complain about losing because of the DB and not because they were outplayed.[6][8][9]
Praise, complaints and sniping
boo told FTW they were a cut above the rest and thanked IIIlusionist for organising. Two [1290648] also thanked the organisers and congratulated FTW.[6][10]
critch asked players to keep the thread positive and not ruin it with petty arguing. They wrote that the biggest surprise was 39th not winning any wars.[8]
Noc [1662321] posted on 13 Mar 2015 that after 1hour 45mins they found the war boring, insulted Ched and said they were logging off. Participant claim[11]
four [254727] wrote that it said a lot about someone's leadership to call them out in the forums without a PM first, and closed with an insult. HenkiePuk [1043621] wrote that they had no complaints, but were surprised SA main was hitting them more than the SA they were warring.[12][13]
Robb-Stark [1075937] wrote that S.A is not like P.T, where only 2 clowns speak for the faction. They said they never agree to termed wars and that many factions needed top end guests to win.[14]
Timeline
- 4 Mar 2015 IIIlusionist opens the thread and announces the war.[1]
- 13 Mar 2015 Scheduled date of the war, 20:00 Torn Time. Noc posts a complaint that day.[1][11]
- 16 Mar 2015 boo and sinisista post claimed victories over 39th Street Killers.[4][5]
- 17 Mar 2015 IIIlusionist posts the final results and thanks the leaders.[3]
Original sources 14
- Post by IIIlusionist [253384] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Thread "7 Way Smackdown" (Faction Discussion) ·
- Post by IIIlusionist [253384] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by boo [1544641] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by sinisista [1615339] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by boo [1544641] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by mug [553318] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by critch [507888] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by mug [553318] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by Two [1290648] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by Noc [1662321] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by four [254727] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by HenkiePuk [1043621] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
- Post by Robb-Stark [1075937] in "7 Way Smackdown" ·
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