Campground Calamity

Campground Calamity, or CC3, was the third server war on the r/Pokemon Discord. It took place from August 2019 to December 2019. The event focused on four factions based on campground scout troops representing the different island guardians, the Tapus, of the Alola region. These factions included: the Cadets of Conflict and their counselor Flaaffy, the Adventurers of Abundance and their counselor Nuzleaf, the Leaders of Life and their counselor Metang, and the Heroes of Hope and their counselor Croconaw.

The main event featured a returning cast of many brave Pokemon from previous conflicts (CC1 and CC2) as well as some new cast members including the camp counselors, as well as a new concerning foe, Nigel Necrozma, a real estate mogul interested in the mining and infrastructure rights to Alola's campgrounds, the very site that summer camp was taking place!

The lead-up to the event saw the return of Beatrice Burnadette Bidoof, debuting herself as the camp director and inviting campers to make the journey to Alola to join her and the staff for the summer at Campground Calamity. Her staff who would be helping undertake the campground activities consisted of notable characters including Alolan Muk serving as Camp Administrator, Manaphy handing food services from her Malasoda Shop, and Bewear serving as a Forest Ranger.

A major event in the war was the discovery of a relic deep within the Lush Jungle. This relic turned out to be the Eternal Bulb, an eternal element and an ancient artifact used to harness and concentrate the light of the sun and moon, and as such was desired by many evil forces including Necrozma and Darkrai. The energy used to fill this bulb was heavily contested between the four camp troops and a maze through the Lush Jungle was used to help determine its final usage.

Necrozma and Darkrai's plan came to fruition at the end of camp attempting to cast Alola into permanent darkness and place the island inhabitants under a tormenting nightmare.

The event was eventually brought to an end when the four factions provided a distraction allowing Celebi the opportunity to travel briefly into the past. Moments before Darkrai merged itself with Necrozma's mind, Celebi used Destiny Bond tying her fate to Darkrai's in an attempt to weaken it enough to be sealed within the Eternal Darkness Bulb.

## Pre Event

CC3 began with a series of promotional videos advertising a summer camp retreat in Alola hosted by Camp Director BBB. In the first promotional video BBB and ZZ were shown directing a short video log from the main camp offices in Alola highlighting some of the events to look forward to at camp.

A broadcast of GNN's 5 At 5 Program with D.A.N Time revealed several of the day's top stories from several regions, which included: the arrest of musician Young Krok, an Everstone heist in Sinnoh committed by the Baby Poke Gang, the closing of Mana-Sushi after a counterfeiting crime ring was discovered in Manaphy's former restaurant, the treason acts of several former Tenants of Time members against Giratina's supremacy, and the top story, the Mayor of the Alola region being indicted for bribery following the sale of the mining and development rights of the island to a shady businessman named Nigel Necrozma.

A follow-up promotional video debuted Manaphy's new business venture, the Malasoda Soda Shop. In her promotional video Manaphy debuted the recipe to one of the camp treats that campers could expect during their camp adventure, Ponyta-Free Marshmallow S'mores. Seemingly the broadcast is interrupted by the influence of Darkrai, distorting the content.

Before camp good begin, the campers would have to arrive at Melemele Island by boat, something which would prove challenging. Upon embarking on their journey to Alola escorted by Alolan Muk on a small boat, the campers found themselves stranded on a small sandbar off the coast of Melemele Island after their boat capsized under suspicious circumstances. Upon exploration of this island, campers encountered a confused mystic named Xan, a Xatu who had been seemingly stranded for a long time. Xan provided the campers with a map to navigate their makeshift rafts to Alola while navigating obstacles and torturous water conditions in exchange for safe passage with them to the mainland.

## Melemele Island

After arriving at Melemele Island campers were sorted into the camp troops and were tasked with designing a new signature beverage for Manaphy to serve at the grand opening of her new business venture Malasoda Soda Shoppe!

Campers then embarked on a nature walk where they were introduced to some of Alola's local plant-type Pokemon and asked to identify them based on their foliage. Campers were instructed to also keep an eye out for native bug-type Pokemon as they would be asked to turn in reports to one of the island's greatest researchers, Dr. Oliver Oranguru. Upon returning to the campsite, a lecture and activity sheet on fire-safety was given to the troops by Camp Ranger Bewear concerning the dry season on Melemele Island.

Towards the end of the stay on Melemele Island, campers encountered a crew of Patrat workers who informed them that they were trespassing on private property owned by the Skyburn Estates with operations supervised by the Veilstone Mining Co. Campers were forced to exit that area of the island under deep suspicion.

## Akala Island

Upon arriving at Akala Island, the camp troops were greeted by the islands' Mayor who informed campers that a tournament would be taking place at the end of their stay on Akala known as the Cosmog Cup.

On their first day on the island campers were allowed to vote in which activity they wished to participate in first: fishing and battling against Wishiwashis in Brooklet Hill, a nature hike through the Lush Jungle, or fire-dancing lessons at the peak of Wela Volcano. During the nature hike through the Lush Jungle, the troops discovered a suspicious relic known as the Eternal Bulb, an eternal element that began to charge deep within the jungle.

## The Cosmog Cup

A major event at camp took place at the midpoint of the war known as the annual Cosmog Cup! The stage had been set earlier in the week when Mayor Drampa had arrived at the island and provided the most active camp participants with an invite to this historic camp event with an unusually rare prize. The winning faction of this tournament would be trusted with a pet Cosmog for the remainder of the camp season. This would both be an exercise in responsibility but also a privilege for these campers to study such a rare and unusual species of Pokemon up close for the rest of the season.

While this tournament resulted in a victory for the Leaders of Life, who would claim ownership of the Cosmog. This ownership would prove to be only temporary before it was hastily taken away by Nigel Necrozma. Necrozma outlined the contract that Camp Director Bidoof had signed to use the campground indicated that he would be responsible for the maintenance and security of any rare and unusual assets found or brought to the island. What the camp troops and Bidoof failed to realize, was this was the first part of Necrozma's dastardly plan to terraform the islands to serve his greedy ambitions.

## Ceasefire

Due to the events taking place during the summer months, Delibird did not appear. However, a new Holiday Host, Tom Toucannon, appeared to interrupt camp festivities with a surprise inspection. Equipped with his Arceus Enchanted Item, the Magna Phone, he appeared not only to stall the progression of camp but also to ensure that all activities on the island were operating up to code, including mining operations. During the ceasefire, campers worked to not only repair and replace some of the old, worn, and rotten camp gear, but gain additional valuable insight into the dastardly actions Necrozma had been partaking around the islands.

## Ula'ula Island

The events on Ula'ula Island were much more camp focused, with the troops beginning with a hike up to the Hokulani Observatory. It was during this evening the a magical celestial show was put on for them purportedly by Arceus, who taught the campers about twelve different constellations in the stars above.

Upon returning from their visit to the Observatory, campers briefly stopped by a local island daycare and learned about different Pokemon egg cycles and how to properly raise them. This type of cooperation helped strengthen the bonds between the troops for what was to come.

## Poni Island

Upon reaching Poni Island campers were invited to participate in an annual regatta that would be taking place. The main and only rule to said regatta was that their ship must be decorated to resemble a Pokemon. With a lot of hard work, dedication and several coats of paint, the campers settled on the HSS Kyorge and placed first in the regatta!

BBB undercover investigation managed to uncover that Nigel Necrozma had contracted the Veilstone Mining Co. to excavate large areas of protected land around the island in search of a specific precious mineral, a Necrozmium-Z crystal. After the VMC had failed to mine such a crystal, his plans turned to brokering a deal with Darkrai in hopes of get one. Necrozma planned to use such a crystal to control the solar cycles of the island, insuring only his real estate ventures had the best reliable source of daylight. This would also mean casting the remainder of the island chain into sustained darkness. What Necrozma failed to realize is that Darkrai had his own plans to use both Necrozma and the crystal as a means of casting the entire world into a permanent sustained darkness for his own ambitions.

However once Darkrai possessed Necrozma's body and began to use their combined power to threaten both the Alola islands but also the balance between light and darkness, Celebi concocted a plan with Xan. She would travel back briefly in time and use Destiny Bond at the moment Necrozma and Darkrai merged minds. At the cost of her remaining life energy this plan would result in Necrozma's death and Darkrai's imprisonment inside the newly formed Eternal Darkness Bulb.

While ARMOR wished to maintain possession of the Eternal Darkness Bulb both for further study as well as in hopes of somehow resurrecting their fallen friend Celebi, Arceus deemed the potential threat posed by this eternal element falling into mortal hands as too grave and confiscated the bulb.

## War Events & Features

CC3 was the third war, and further introduced new elements and structures to the annual event. One such introduction was the new block scoring structure, which scored all competitive criteria individually, and across five 2-week blocks. This war also saw the first introduction of achievements as a form of earning token bonuses. These achievements first iteration came in the form of stamps which were one-time earnable bonuses for completing various tasks from battling to puzzle. Additionally, this war introduced several new games including: Swellow Sight a fast paced version of Mystery Mon, Xurkitree Tile Trials, Night and Daycare, Voltorb Sweeper, and Xan's TCG Puzzles

CC3 featured minigames, as mentioned, which included Tiny or Heavy, Mystery Mon, Swellow Sight, Voltorb Sweeper, Xurkitree's Tile Trials, Night and Daycare, and Xan's TCG Puzzles.

The war also featured expanded puzzles, including some puzzles featuring video.

This war continued to introduce comics, mostly surrounding the conclusion of the story, which helped explain the plot of the war.