Birchlympic Games

The Birchlympic Games AKA The Birch Invasion
OOC
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On AA; the Birchlympic games were an event and corresponding line of server wide RP initiated by Dingbata, Rad and Jono when they decided to create a birch tree monopoly in protest of the fact that Prom had been spawned in a jungle sapling. The games themselves were held by the Selgovae with the blessing of their chief Taco and with lots of construction work from players such as DjDucky, Basileus, Blogman and Gangrel, etc
RP
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The Romans struggled against the Celtic forces in the north of Britain, suffering many defeats to their skilled warriors and chief amongst these resisting tribes were the Selgovae. However it was not just their martial skills that were to be feared, but also their irresistible cultural sway. This is best seen in the legendary Birchlympic fiasco of 144 AD where Syrian merchant known only as "Lucius" and his Celtic compatriot Rhoibeard discovered a mythical birch tree in a land of spruce and pine. From this tree they created a trading empire of birch based goods that threatened to cripple the rigid Roman economy. They used very aggressive marketing tactics, which included raiding the local Roman colonia and screaming the words "Birch" or "Bjork" at the Romans until they were cowed into submission and forced to purchase the wood. The Roman procurator was outraged by this and banned all Celtic merchants from entering the colony. This was unsuccessful however as not only did they manage to avoid the gate checks through the use of secret tunnels but they also just killed any tirones that attempted to stop them.
The crisis peaked late in the summer when the Selgovae announced "The Birchlympic games" and invited Roman athletes to compete in a series of birch based sporting events. The defeat the Roman athletes suffered at the hands of the more practised and "birch-ed" Selgovae would cripple even the Legion's morale and it ultimately contributed to the retreat of the Roman forces and some say, the fall of the Western Roman Empire (even though it hadn't been divided yet at that point.)