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[[File:SouthOceansideScramble.webp|thumb|Scramble for southern Oceanside]] | [[File:SouthOceansideScramble.webp|thumb|Scramble for southern Oceanside]] | ||
By 11:18 | By 11:18 P.M. PST on July 3, Cascadian General [[EstiQT]] had created a group chat named OPERATION LNFALL COMMS for coordinating Cascadia's efforts to reclaim Oceanside before the RMF could, designating the plan as Operation LNFALL. Also involved in the coordination of Cascadia's efforts during the battle were President [[WrestlingWithGod]], Secretary of Interior [[EmpressCorgo]], Secretary of State Milgorn123, Secretary of Defense RealLIMPOPO, Representative 4llies, Voidus_X, Sylxgravt, and Setrus. BearHugBuddha and [[TylenolEC]] also participated in the battle. The initial Cascadian plan was to focus on claiming the northern area of Oceanside, which bordered the capital city of Olympia. The plan was to form a new town in the area, named "Seaside", and claim south and east, eventually blocking off the RMF's claiming from the north and east. Although at the time of the battle it was possible to go in and out of claims to avoid being killed during PvP, Esti originally proposed a claiming strategy that avoided PvP entirely, by going underneath the city and claiming from there. While Esti would use this tactic through the course of the battle, the majority of Cascadians would remain on the surface, usually using invisibility potions. Going into the battle, Cascadian commanders did not have high hopes, as from the start of the battle the RMF had 8 people online and 1.5k gold prepared. Milgorn would point out, "The goal is not to win. It's to push them back," setting up the Cascadian goal for the battle to be preventing a major loss rather than achieving a major victory. | ||
[[File:OperationLNFALLWarPlan.webp|none|thumb|688x688px|Original Operation LNFALL war plans (Prepared RMF siege town can be seen in the bottom | [[File:OperationLNFALLWarPlan.webp|none|thumb|688x688px|Original Operation LNFALL war plans (Prepared RMF siege town can be seen in the bottom left)]] | ||
[[File:OceansideCascadiaGroupPicture.webp|none|thumb|532x532px|Cascadians involved in the battle (Top row, from left: RealLIMPOPO, BearhugBuddha, WrestlingWithGod, EstiQT; Bottom row, from left: Voidus_X, FieldsOfWheat, Milgorn123, DaCorgoKing aka EmpressCorgo, Setrus, Sylxgravt)]] | [[File:OceansideCascadiaGroupPicture.webp|none|thumb|532x532px|Cascadians involved in the battle (Top row, from left: RealLIMPOPO, BearhugBuddha, WrestlingWithGod, EstiQT; Bottom row, from left: Voidus_X, FieldsOfWheat, Milgorn123, DaCorgoKing aka EmpressCorgo, Setrus, Sylxgravt)]] | ||
Sometime shortly after 1:12 | Sometime shortly after 1:12 A.M. PST, July 4, the old town of Oceanside officially fell, and both sides began claiming the ruins. Cascadia began claiming from the north, while the RMF began claiming from a prepared siege town, named "Walla Walla", just off the northwest coast of Oceanside. During this stage of the battle, Covenhal, who had been described as "two-faced" by Cascadians during the RMF Wars, would distract North_Paso while WrestlingWithGod and BearHugBuddha claimed chunks. Some Cascadians have described this event as "The redemption of Covenhal". However, the RMF had more gold and players online at the beginning of the battle, allowing them to quickly claim north and block the Seaside push from reaching the sea and pushing south. By 1:15 A.M PST, the town of Seaside had been completely cut off to its west. Meanwhile, in the southern part of Oceanside, around 1:38 A.M. PST the RMF responded by focusing on claiming south of Oceanside with a second town named walllla wallla. However, by this time, Cascadia had raised more manpower and gold than the RMF had on-hand, and was able to move more quickly. By this point the race to claim the southern half of the former town had also become a PvP engagement, with Cascadian forces generally using harming pots and both sides abusing claim protections to avoid death. It was also around this time that help from the RMF's ally of Texas, primarily for the Texan King North_Paso, arrived in Oceanside. | ||
By 1:35 | By 1:35 A.M. PST, both sides were fully focused on claiming the south. Ultimately, thanks to the influx of support coming online to bring in gold and manpower, Cascadian forces managed to outflank the RMF, surrounding the town of walllla wallla and cutting off the RMF push from the north. By 1:44 A.M. PST, Cascadian command had begun planning elsewhere, including defensive claiming in present-day Sullivan Bay and offensive claiming in Haida Gwaii. With the fallen area of Oceanside claimed, the focus on both sides became planning next moves and deciding the fate of their respective parts of the former town. Cascadia would begin planning future claiming of vulnerable areas and the rebuilding of infrastructure connecting to Oceanside, while the RMF began tearing down much of Oceanside's historic district, including, at 2:11 A.M. PST, burning down a large pride flag in northern Oceanside. Around 1:37 A.M. PST, Esti submitted an EMC support ticket reporting Wailla Walla for claimblocking. The report that was accepted by the mod team later that day, leading to Wailla Walla's deletion, and Cascadian control of the entire southern area of Oceanside, around 4:59 A.M. PST A number of RMF players were also warned for proximity grief for their actions during the battle, including _sadpoo, North_Paso, DraftBust, and KillerVortexian. KillerVortexian would be banned for a time due to this being his third warn. These warnings/bans around the same time as Wailla Walla's deletion for claimblocking are considered the end of the battle. | ||
[[File:OceansideJuly623.webp|none|thumb|705x705px|The split town of Oceanside (RMF territory marked in red); Circa July 6, 2023]] | [[File:OceansideJuly623.webp|none|thumb|705x705px|The split town of Oceanside (RMF territory marked in red); Circa July 6, 2023]] | ||
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The Battle of Oceanside was one of the best recorded events in the Cascadian history, and as thus many screenshots and recordings still exist from the battle. | The Battle of Oceanside was one of the best recorded events in the Cascadian history, and as thus many screenshots and recordings still exist from the battle. | ||
[[File:RMFBurningPrideFlag.webp|none|thumb|418x418px|RMF burning a pride flag located in northern Oceanside]] | [[File:RMFBurningPrideFlag.webp|none|thumb|418x418px|RMF burning a pride flag located in northern Oceanside]] | ||
[[File:OceansideJuly423.png|none|thumb|419x419px|Borders of Oceanside before Wailla Walla's deletion for claimblock]] | [[File:OceansideJuly423.png|none|thumb|419x419px|Borders of Oceanside before Wailla Walla's deletion for claimblock (RMF territory marked in red)]] | ||
[[File:OceansideCascadiaGroupRuins.webp|none|thumb|423x423px| | [[File:OceansideCascadiaGroupRuins.webp|none|thumb|423x423px|Cascadian forces pose in war-torn Oceanside]] | ||
[[File:OceansideRoadPreWar.webp|none|thumb|427x427px|Road in Oceanside prior to the battle]] | [[File:OceansideRoadPreWar.webp|none|thumb|427x427px|Road in Oceanside prior to the battle]] | ||
[[File:OceansideRoadRuins.webp|none|thumb|432x432px|Road in Oceanside after the battle]]{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} | [[File:OceansideRoadRuins.webp|none|thumb|432x432px|Road in Oceanside after the battle]]{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} | ||
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The Battle of Oceanside was a battle fought between the Republic of Cascadia and RMF-aligned forces including Texas and the Rocky Mountain Federation on July 3-4, 2023, in the ruined town of Oceanside (now Astoria). It is considered to have been the largest conventional battle of the both the Second RMF War and the RMF Wars as a whole. In the history of Astoria, the battle marked the end of the historic city of Oceanside and the beginning of the uncertainty and backwards development that eventually continued into the town of Copper. Although the battle is considered to have ended in a stalemate, it is treated as a historic victory amongst many Cascadians.
Background
In March 2023, residents of Cascadia's Great North region seceded from Cascadia to form the Rocky Mountain Federation (or RMF). The movement was led by PvPer 8set, and cited their reasons for secession as being boredom with Cascadian politics, a lack of representation for their interests, and disagreements over Cascadia's CascAID program, which required mayors who took welfare from the system to repay it should they ever leave the nation. On March 5, 2023, the town of Banff seceded and refused to pay its CascAID debts, beginning the First RMF War. The movement initially saw some success, with many towns in the Great North seceding to join the RMF's cause. However, the RMF faced early difficulties due to Cascadian hunters and a widespread trade embargo led by Cascadia. The RMF would also attempt to lead an embargo against Cascadia, though they were ultimately not as successful. On March 16, 2023, Cascadia and the RMF signed the Treaty of Banff, ending the First RMF War. In the treaty, the Cascadia agreed to recognize the RMF as a sovereign enclave within Cascadia's territory, and forgive the RMF's CascAID debts, while the RMF became a vassal of Portugal in order to be watched over.
This period of peace came to an end on April 6, 2023, when a Cascadian town named "Prince_George" was founded in what was considered RMF territory. This, alongside continued hostilities from Cascadia towards the RMF after the Treaty of Banff, caused the RMF to declare war on April 8, beginning the Second RMF War. From the beginning of the war, the RMF saw gradual success from small PvP engagements and increased international support, including from nations such as Texas, Indochina, and Paraguay. The RMF declares its complete independence from Portugal on May 24, 2023. On May 30, the RMF successfully captured the town of Port Orchard (now Bakhmut), after Mayor Moxiecodone deleted it in order for adjacent towns, including Seattle and Olympia, to claim the area. The RMF, which had a greater number of experienced PvPers than Cascadia, repeatedly came out victorious in PvP engagements in both the Port Orchard area and through RMF territory in the Great North through the month of June. By the time of the Battle of Oceanside, the RMF had received support, usually in the form of gold or PvPers, from Texas, Indochina, Persia, Paraguay, the Antarctic Union, the Oriental Force, and Tripolitania.
By July 2023, Moxie, had become mayor of the historic town of Oceanside, which had originally been founded by Milgorn123. In the months leading up to July 2023, Moxie had once repeatedly ran into trouble with Milgorn and with the law. On May 14, 2023, Moxie was found guilty in Akeboun V. Moxies_Hoe, with Moxie being found in violation of the Anti-Discrimination Law that she had originally proposed, after telling Akeboun to "kill yourself" as Akeboun was a member of the Frontier. Throughout June, Moxie also felt that Milgorn had made an effort to prevent her from getting the town of Yakima. Due to these reasons, by July 2023, Moxie believed that the courts, government, and most powerful people in Cascadia were against her, and decided to end her involvement in Cascadia. Near midnight on the night of July 3, Moxie deleted Oceanside, informing Cascadian officials, notably Setrus, that she was deleting the town and moving to Jefferson. Alongside Setrus, she also gave a more subtle notice to 8set, who was still the RMF's primary leader.
Engagement
By 11:18 P.M. PST on July 3, Cascadian General EstiQT had created a group chat named OPERATION LNFALL COMMS for coordinating Cascadia's efforts to reclaim Oceanside before the RMF could, designating the plan as Operation LNFALL. Also involved in the coordination of Cascadia's efforts during the battle were President WrestlingWithGod, Secretary of Interior EmpressCorgo, Secretary of State Milgorn123, Secretary of Defense RealLIMPOPO, Representative 4llies, Voidus_X, Sylxgravt, and Setrus. BearHugBuddha and TylenolEC also participated in the battle. The initial Cascadian plan was to focus on claiming the northern area of Oceanside, which bordered the capital city of Olympia. The plan was to form a new town in the area, named "Seaside", and claim south and east, eventually blocking off the RMF's claiming from the north and east. Although at the time of the battle it was possible to go in and out of claims to avoid being killed during PvP, Esti originally proposed a claiming strategy that avoided PvP entirely, by going underneath the city and claiming from there. While Esti would use this tactic through the course of the battle, the majority of Cascadians would remain on the surface, usually using invisibility potions. Going into the battle, Cascadian commanders did not have high hopes, as from the start of the battle the RMF had 8 people online and 1.5k gold prepared. Milgorn would point out, "The goal is not to win. It's to push them back," setting up the Cascadian goal for the battle to be preventing a major loss rather than achieving a major victory.
Sometime shortly after 1:12 A.M. PST, July 4, the old town of Oceanside officially fell, and both sides began claiming the ruins. Cascadia began claiming from the north, while the RMF began claiming from a prepared siege town, named "Walla Walla", just off the northwest coast of Oceanside. During this stage of the battle, Covenhal, who had been described as "two-faced" by Cascadians during the RMF Wars, would distract North_Paso while WrestlingWithGod and BearHugBuddha claimed chunks. Some Cascadians have described this event as "The redemption of Covenhal". However, the RMF had more gold and players online at the beginning of the battle, allowing them to quickly claim north and block the Seaside push from reaching the sea and pushing south. By 1:15 A.M PST, the town of Seaside had been completely cut off to its west. Meanwhile, in the southern part of Oceanside, around 1:38 A.M. PST the RMF responded by focusing on claiming south of Oceanside with a second town named walllla wallla. However, by this time, Cascadia had raised more manpower and gold than the RMF had on-hand, and was able to move more quickly. By this point the race to claim the southern half of the former town had also become a PvP engagement, with Cascadian forces generally using harming pots and both sides abusing claim protections to avoid death. It was also around this time that help from the RMF's ally of Texas, primarily for the Texan King North_Paso, arrived in Oceanside.
By 1:35 A.M. PST, both sides were fully focused on claiming the south. Ultimately, thanks to the influx of support coming online to bring in gold and manpower, Cascadian forces managed to outflank the RMF, surrounding the town of walllla wallla and cutting off the RMF push from the north. By 1:44 A.M. PST, Cascadian command had begun planning elsewhere, including defensive claiming in present-day Sullivan Bay and offensive claiming in Haida Gwaii. With the fallen area of Oceanside claimed, the focus on both sides became planning next moves and deciding the fate of their respective parts of the former town. Cascadia would begin planning future claiming of vulnerable areas and the rebuilding of infrastructure connecting to Oceanside, while the RMF began tearing down much of Oceanside's historic district, including, at 2:11 A.M. PST, burning down a large pride flag in northern Oceanside. Around 1:37 A.M. PST, Esti submitted an EMC support ticket reporting Wailla Walla for claimblocking. The report that was accepted by the mod team later that day, leading to Wailla Walla's deletion, and Cascadian control of the entire southern area of Oceanside, around 4:59 A.M. PST A number of RMF players were also warned for proximity grief for their actions during the battle, including _sadpoo, North_Paso, DraftBust, and KillerVortexian. KillerVortexian would be banned for a time due to this being his third warn. These warnings/bans around the same time as Wailla Walla's deletion for claimblocking are considered the end of the battle.
Aftermath
In the aftermath of the Battle of Oceanside, Oceanside was split in two. The RMF predominately held control of the northern part of the town (with the exception of Seaside), while Cascadia held control of the southern part of the town. Both sides of the split town were left in ruins from its former self, especially on the RMF side, where many historic buildings, and the large pride flag, were burned to the ground. Walla Walla would later be captured and returned to Cascadia in late August 2023, after it was bought by KARN4. Following the capture of northern Oceanside, the entire area (with the exception of Seaside) would come under the control of the Cascadian town of Copper. Under Copper, the area was rolled back to its original world generation on 3 separate occasions, completely erasing what was left of the original Oceanside. Copper would control the area from September 2023 until Setrus purchased the town and created present-day Astoria on June 8, 2024. Astoria has since become one of the largest and most developed towns in Cascadia, and is home to a local memorial remembering the sacrifices of the battle. Ironically, the memorial is located near the heart of what was once RMF-controlled Walla Walla.
The town of Seaside would continue to be owned by Cascadian holders until it finally fell on Christmas Day, December 25, 2023, and was claimed by Wagner forces before Cascadia could find a new mayor to claim the area. The former Seaside would remain under Wagner and later Texas control until it fell on June 23, 2024. The territory was then incorporated into Astoria, reuniting the former territory of Oceanside. Astoria still controls the area today, and it is home to a number of small shops, the headquarters of The Astorian newspaper, and the Astoria Police Department.
Moxie would later regret her deletion of Oceanside, saying "I didn't realize how much they ruined it." After the deletion of Oceanside, she created the nation of Utah in Salt Lake City, which was best known for being mostly trans-women. Utah would join the Sequoia meganation, which was dominated by Rocksthunder's Jefferson. Moxie would remain there for several months, until eventually moving to Jefferson proper to help create the Passage Bay metro just north of San Francisco. Alongside most of Jefferson, she rejoined Cascadia as a Jeffcadian in November 2023. She has since acted as Secretary of Interior on 3 different occasions, under Presidents Setrus, Paper1emur, Farosh_, Capitanfra, and 4Floppas. From April 20 to May 18, 2024, she served as the 21st President of Cascadia. This transition from much-hated terrorist and even traitor to mainstream politician and president has been described by political scientists as Moxification.
Views on the Battle of Oceanside amongst Cascadians vary. WrestlingWithGod, who was President at the time of the battle, referred to its significance in its "uniting Cascadia again against the many invading foes." When asked about the legacy of the battle on Cascadia, Milgorn referred to how it "United Cascadians against the RMF, created visible scars from the war which mobilized Cascadians, and provided leverage for future RMF negotiations." Overall, the battle has been viewed by many Cascsadians as symbol of Cascadian perseverance, and remembrance of the battle remains a patriotic tradition to the present day. It has also been noticed that, although many older Cascadians still treat the battle with patriotic respect, many younger Cascadians who joined the nation after the end of the RMF Wars often do not remember it or its impact.
Images
The Battle of Oceanside was one of the best recorded events in the Cascadian history, and as thus many screenshots and recordings still exist from the battle.
