Simply Vanilla Cold War

Immediately following the 1.17 update/log4j patch, the server was plunged into a state of uncertainty. On December 13th, the war began as a result of the suspicious circumstances surrounding the grief of The Hula Hulas, the grief of Skotose\_me’s base one day prior by CCCP, and the alleged grief of Grabblo and Devilish’s base by Deus which didn't actually happen, as both were working together. December 17th saw the griefing of the short lived OGA base. On December 22nd, Camp Winter was griefed by Deus and his group Babylon. While not directly related, the Simply Vanilla Christmas Party of December 23rd was leaked to Skliggas who crashed the party during the Battle of Christmas Void. LanmanSV75 (later known as Doopas) was rumored to have been behind the leak. Oni base was griefed on December 26th by Skliggas. FFD base Castaroth was griefed December 28th by CCCP. Sus Town was griefed on December 29th by Radical Raiders. The base had been previously leaked by Bily101 but no one went to it because the screenshot posted only showed a pearl stasis. Skotose\_me’s video tour of it then caught RR’s attention and they griefed it. On December 30th, the Simply Vanilla F.B.I. was formed to monitor, and find the truth behind the suspicious griefs. Newly formed Riften was abandoned on December 30th after finding out that member Grabblo was working for Deus and had been responsible for the OGA grief. The second OGA base was abandoned on January 4th 2022, shortly after being formed in response to claims that The Guild had obtained the coords to the base. In early January, Deus covered up some of the suspicious griefs by claiming that his group had been world downloading the nether roof, which was used as a scare tactic to manipulate players into accepting that their base would be found and that they should sell out. However, it was later proven that a group Deus was part of had been, in fact, world downloading and using programs to find bases.

Black Rose base was griefed January 6th by Jokir. It was later revealed that Doopas gave him the coords and allowed him to go check it out, although Jokir immediately leaked the coords, and Skotose\_me joined in for the grief.  January 13th saw Doopas leaking the Semen Shootahs base to Hqllow, resulting in it being griefed immediately after. Doopas sold the coords for only 4 Unenchanted Elytras, which resulted in him being made fun of frequently up until he was banned. On January 14th a Babylon base (Deus’s secret group) was griefed by CCCP. Sometime in mid-January, ItsWolfenn leaked RAM which was then griefed. He was also responsible for leaking OGA's 3rd base on January 17th. Wolfenn was perm banned days later for using hacks. Deus revealed to the general public on January 19th that his group had been using manipulation and fear to get players to leak their base coords. Nearly a month later, it was discovered that Deus and a few other Babylon members were involved in a group project called Simply Destruction where they downloaded the nether and used programs to find bases/chunks that had been loaded. The war then remained relatively uneventful until February 17th when Oni members along with a few outsiders prepared to inside and permanently defeat Babylon in a group project known as The BIG BANG Theory. The plan was complicated by the Two-sday Crisis which resulted in Deus’s (temporary) departure from the server on February 23rd. The Babylon coords that were known by the Big Bang group were griefed that same day. The Two-sday Crisis and Deus’s departure from the server marked the conclusion to the Simply Vanilla Cold War, a war marked not by direct player versus player engagements, but a war of information, manipulation, and trust.

## Belligerents:

SV F.B.I.

(backed by Oni)

(Backed by the general server population that opposed Deus)

Babylon

(Backed by Skliggas)

CCCP

(Neutral)

## Effects:

The Relic grief (Unresolved)

Formicidae grief (CCCP)

OGA grief (Babylon)

Camp Winter grief (Babylon)

Oni grief (Skliggas)

Castaroth grief (CCCP)

Sus Town grief (RR)

Riften abandoned (Babylon)

OGA 2nd base abandoned (Unresolved)

Black Rose (Doopas)

Semen Shootahs grief (Babylon)

Babylon grief (CCCP)

RAM grief (Wolfenn)

OGA 3rd base griefed (Wolfenn)

Babylon grief (Oni)

## Casualties:

Kenny (Quit)

Doopas (Perm Banned)

ItsWolfenn (Perm banned)

MissRainbowMia (Perm banned)

Deus (Quit)

## Results:

F.B.I. Victory

Babylon Defeat

Two-sday Crisis