Battle of Oceanside: Difference between revisions

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:Pvpincascadia.webp|none|thumb|420x420px|Infamous post from The Blockbuster Insider at 12:42 A.M. PST. It is speculated that this was specifically posted by the RMF to cause chaos on the soon-to-become battlefield.]]

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.