Ögomaxxing Strat

The Ögomaxxing Strategy is the Meme Council's ultimate method for playing Fredwars.
== Origins ==
Unlike the Funny Strat, which originated in the Software Club, the Ögomaxxing strat was 100% Meme Council, fine-tuned over a few years (not including the several years of casual Fredwars experience) until it got to where it is now, which is near-perfect. The exact date when the strat was used in its full is unknown, just that it was sometime during late 2022. By early 2023, during another week of Gunwars around March, Meme Lord and Mike Kachowski continually perfected a new military-esque strategy. They realized that in Gunwars, emeralds are practically completely useless, and thus the entire middle island could be practically cut completely out of the equation. Next, Meme Lord realized that the diamonds were essentially the key to victory, and thanks to the presence of fire arms, could be defended feverishly. Thus, the easiest way to define this strat would be to just fortify the diamonds, and defend it at all costs.
The strat was extremely effective, and the more it was perfected, the more the Council won. Meme Lord began using what he called "slithery snake bridges", which were annoyingly twisty bridges that were all on one level. The purpose was to severely slow down enemies, waste their time, give ample opportunity for them to trip and fall into the void, and also give up to 20+ chances to fireball them off, something that is impossible to do on a perfectly straight bridge if you are facing them directly. This was eventually phased out as it often hindered the friendly team using it (Tactician moment), so next up was the inclusion of physical barriers on bridges. Meme Lord began doing straight bridges again, but the catch being that a 3-block tall, 3-block-spaced endstone wall would be constructed to stop gunfire and fireballs, making the bridges invulnerable. This would typically only be done for the bridge leading to the fortified diamonds. This bridge strat ended up being one of the strongest aspects of the entire strategy; the simple concept of removing the ability for your enemy to blast you off your bridge has saved countless resources and lives.
The diamond fortification came also with a strict change-of-guard kind of schedule. There had to always be a memeber at the diamonds, laying waste to any teams trying to bridge over, and you better believe the enemy teams will make every possible attempt to reach the generator. Thus, memebers would switch out during diamond collection, always with a basic rifle, and continue the barrage from behind thick endstone walls.
Finally, bed defense was perfected. Mike Kachowski, the Council's resident bed defense enjoyer, already have a very solid and fast method of multiple-layer bed defense, requiring all 3 tools to be used as well as blast-proofing with only a medium-sized pyramid, but Meme Lord figured out that just extending the pyramid by just one more block in the front somehow worked tremendously. Not only did it confuse the shrek out of enemy players as they all have muscle memory on the bed's location, but, just like a tank, having more armor on the front, where the attackers are most likely to start digging from, gives you more time and inconveniences the opposition. Additionally, a endstone frame is made to hold water, which is dropped onto it from a water source block roughly 30+ blocks above the bed. Meme Lord picked this up from another player, and so far it has not been seen since. The water is egregiously high to make spongeing the source impossible.
The strat never really had a name, it was referred to as 'the strat' for a while, before it started to be referred to as the Military Strat, given how tactical it was and that it was set in gunwars. Meme Lord once tried to name it the Bradley Strat after the m2 bradley to fit with the theme, but this didn't really work either. Finally, on 8/11/2023, after the last cycled week of gunwars in 2023, Meme Lord finally got it: The Ögomaxxing Strat. This name was given due to the nonsensical chat messages sent in the game during this week when the strat was, of course, used extensively. The chat messages consisted of memebers saying "Ögomaxxing" repeatedly, a term Meme Lord coined recently during his rewatch of Rob and Monst.
This strat has given the Council a near perfect win rate, especially in 2v2 battles. In 4v4 however, it is around a 60-80% chance, as the Council rarely has a 4th player to join them and then must deal with a "rando", who almost always does nothing but cause problems and needs to be babysat, costing them the game. 
== How to do the Strat: ==
* Mentally forget about one of the diamond generators and the middle island
* Always stay at least 1 block away from all walls, especially corners, to avoid Badpixels' glitchy firing mechanics.
* Have one memeber sit in the forge and gather materials, have the other begin building a straight bridge, from the center of your island, and then making a 90 degree turn to the diamonds when they reach it
** Diamond memeber needs to stay at diamonds, stashing diamonds somewhere until 2nd memeber can bring over enough endstone to construct a 3-block-tall endstone wall on the exact edge of the generator island
* All memebers buy every tool and iron armor
* All memebers must exclusively stick to the basic rifle. No smg's, no magnums, no flamethrowers. The rifle is the objective best gun in the gamemode.
* Never buy alarm traps or any other traps; mining fatigue traps are the only ones needed.
* If 3v3 is being done, the 3rd member should be working on bed defense. By the time diamonds is fortified there should be at least 2 layers on the bed. The full bed strat is:
** Layers go as such: Endstone, wood, glass, wool
** Next build a one-block-spaced endstone ring around the bed defense pyramid, to catch the water so it doesnt get in your memebers way. 
** From the exact center of the pyramid, build up as high as possible, mining a block underneath you each time, saving 2 blocks, just in case you reach Badpixel's inconsistent build height limit. Place a single waterbucket, and erase any wool left from your tower so the source block cannot have anything placed near it.
* A 3-block-tall endstone wall, spaced at least 2 blocks off from the bridge should be constructed. This stops all fireballs and gunfire, and also hides friendlies crossing it. It should also bend around the 90-degree turn to the diamonds to offer complete protection.
* Construct a 1-block-tall endstone wall around the rim of your own base so you cannot be knocked off by enemies in the center of your base. These walls can be heightened, but this risks poor visibility.
* For upgrades from the diamonds, try to follow this hierarchy:
** Mining fatigue trap -> heal pool -> deadshot -> protection -> forge upgrades (ignore dragon buff, sharpened swords, and maniac miner entirely)
* Always be fireballing, or shearing away any bridges built to your own base, or diamonds. Keep yourself segregated from the greater match until you have finished all your defenses. It is here where you can begin your offense.
** Again, never bridge to mid from the diamond generator or base. You must keep your enemies restricted to just one road. This makes catching invis enemies incredibly easy, as not only do they almost never have enough time to safely consume the pot and walk across the full stretch, but you can now fire blankly at this single bridge when you know they're coming. 
** The bridge to mid, if needed for diamond armor for the late game, should only be built from an enemies base or another diamond generator, or an extra island.
* Always be refreshing the mining fatigue trap. The trap + water + the 4 layers typically make it impossible for any player to get through before their effects wear off, giving you ample time to apprehend them.
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