The Drewsades

The Drewsades were a major invasion of the game caused by YouTuber and streamer Drew Durnil releasing a video on CitiesWar. Immediately following the launch of the video, new players began joining the game in numbers never seen before. A series of conflicts resulted worldwide, mostly in the Middle East to capture Damascus and Jerusalem which Drew attempted to take over in his video. Five Drewsader alliances were created to get around the members limit and they were dedicated to carrying out the Drewsades(and many more that were not named after the Drewsades). Over 40 new alliances were created following the Drewsades which increased the count of active alliances in the game at once to 55. It took more than a week for the game to return to normal, although many issues came up in the aftermath. As of the 21st of June 2020 the final city of McAllen, Texas was taken and the city count of the five original Drewsader alliances fell to 0.
Many notable alliances were born during the Drewsades. These include: The Sakura Pact, I.Æ.O.N, New Dawn, ANZAC, U.E.R, Nova America, Nova Asia, and S.I.F along with multiple smaller alliances, some that remained and others that have become inactive. It caused havoc for the developer and older players, with major changes everywhere throughout the map and skirmishes everywhere.
Another effect of the Drewsades was the map changing, after a few days of the Drewsades the Cities War map had a "For development purposes only" watermark plastered all over the screen. This is because the massive influx of new players made Google want compensation from Cities War from using their map.
Almost all alliances in game today are post-drewsade and an estimated 70% of the current playerbase also came during our after.
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