Eight-Day War

**Location** | /r/ComedyCemeteryLore
 Status
 /r/Gumcels
/r/furryincels/
/r/CroppedNorrisJokes
/r/ComedyCemetery (contreversial)
/r/Jokes
/r/Funwaa
 Commanders & Leaders
 Casualities
* /u/huw\_2\_redit (First casualty, started conflict)
* /u/VirulentSyllogist
* /u/\_radical\_kiwi\_
* /u/Piffinatour
* /u/murpple
* /u/LevyMartinez
* /u/succmycocc

Killed/Hurt:
* /u/koopinator2 (disputed)

The **Eight-Day War** was fought between 16 and 24 October 2017 between the Pro-Funwaa /r/ComedyCemeteryLore and to Pro-Gumwaa /r/Gumcels. After eight days of inconclusive fighting, The war came to a ceasfire agreement.

## Course of the War

On October 16th, 2017, /u/huw\_2\_redit posted a Pro-Gumwaa comment on /r/ComedyCemeteryLore, Which prompted the Pro-Funwaa mod of that subreddit, /u/Koopinator2, To ban him on 10:17 UTC time. This caused outrage in /r/Gumcels, Most Scholars believe this to be the start of the war.

At October 18th, 10:58 UTC time, /r/ComedyCemeteryLore changed its sidebar to reflect a state of war:

> *RULES:*
>
>

> *1. No heretical gumcels. Anyone with a pro-gumwaa agenda will be banned for 2 days.*
>
>

Similarly, /r/CroppedNorrisJokes changed their sidebar to this between October 11th and October 18th:

> *Friends:*
>
>

> */r/gumcels F\*nwaa doesn't come to us so we hate it*
>
>

There is currently no documented reason for why this change took place.

On September 22nd (3 weeks before the start of the war) There was activity on the article for Gumwaa, the comments show a man named Koopinator2 (presumed to be the moderator) experiencing pain once he sees someone has remembered Gumwaa. This might be his end, or it might be simply an injury. Little is known about it, and how it affected the war.

/r/FurryIncels lead moderator baranxlr came out in support of the Gumcels on October 18th. This put /r/FurryIncels in favor of the Gumcels, although they haven't taken any action against /r/ComedyCemetery or /r/ComedyCemeteryLore.

/r/ComedyCemetery  is a Pro-Funwaa subreddit. This can be found on their "Moratorium on Pickle Rick", posted on October 12th. It states that "remembering gumwaa on this subreddit is strictly forbidden and will result in a permanent ban." They have yet to take any action in the war, so this is not considered the first event of it, although they are almost certainly aligned with /r/ComedyCemeteryLore.

On 24 October, /r/ComedyCemeteryLore called for a General Ceasefire, Ending the war.

## Aftermath

### Short-term consequences

The Eight-Day War resulted in a massive increase in subscribers for /r/ComedyCemeteryLore. Before the war, They had only 192 Subscribers, After the war they had 559. /u/Koopinator2 had become moderator on September 17th, And in less than 2 months he more than doubled the subscriber count, While the subreddit had stagnated in the months preceding his rule.

### Long-term consequences

Despite the war ending, The Persecution of Gumcels continued. However, This could not be sustained. On March 12th, 2018 the ban on Gumcels was lifted.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyCemeteryLore/comments/78htfp/general\_ceasefire/
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Gumcels/comments/774pjo/notice\_rfurryincels\_supports\_rgumcels
3. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CroppedNorrisJokes/
4. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Gumcels/comments/77ar28/rjokes\_is\_officially\_supporting\_the\_name\_that/?ref=share&ref\_source=link
5. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/GumcelTears/comments/77vd7h/invite\_to\_faction/dooxp52
6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Gumcels/comments/77e3dc/oh\_shit/?ref=share&ref\_source=link
7. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Gumcels/comments/76njak/to\_user\_usuccmycocc\_you\_can\_do\_it\_join\_us\_in\_our/dofcxkr/?st=j8z4h9tr&sh=5d007ecd
8. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyCemeteryLore/comments/74jb6g/the\_comedy\_cemetery\_abcs/dofnuxl
9. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Gumcels/comments/76xn8e/the\_war\_must\_start/
10. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/FurryIncels
11. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/user/baranxlr
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyCemetery/
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyCemeteryLore/
14. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyCemetery/comments/75txtb/announcement\_moratorium\_on\_pickle\_rick/?st=j8xi1vp6&sh=218bfd19
15. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyCemeteryLore/comments/78htfp/general\_ceasefire/
16. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyCemeteryLore/comments/83xih7/gmwaa\_worshippers\_are\_no\_longer\_banned/