Reformist Movement

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The **Reformist Movement** (also known as the **Jakowski Revolt**, **Reformist Revolt**, amongst other names) was a secret political movement and organisation founded in 2019 that was originally composed of a few influential users held in high regard on Strategy Hub 'A G E' that championed moderation transparency, reform and limited democracy.

The organisation was originally founded on 16 February 2019 with Vis, Doodlate, Lonathan, Unity, and RaiderKnight (although the latter was shortly booted from the group due to fears of being a sympathiser of Angel) as a group chat, later growing into a server for better coordination. The group originated as a faction of Strategy Hub 'A G E', and upset over what they perceived as rampant moderator abuses of power and the secret rule controversy, the Reformists decided to take matters into their own hands by scaling the server hierarchy to conduct their agenda from the inside out.

The First Reformist Crisis sparked a major change in the *modus operandi* of the Reformist movement, after which it subsequently rebranded itself as a reform movement dedicated to bringing down The Oligarchy from the inside out, as opposed to being dedicated to a violent overthrow of the server government as it had been previously. It also led to a general decline in the trust of Doodlate's leadership and led to a lull in Reformist activities for a while until the Second Salmerian Crisis.

The organisation became defunct shortly after the the outbreak of the Second Reformist Crisis and the following civil war, with the pro-democratic faction within the body gaining power, with Midnight (then known as 11:59 being owned by Vis). The Reformist server was later archived and transformed into a war memorial known as the Memorial to the Fallen.

## History:

**Founding - (16 February 2019):**

After the infamous Srebrenica debate (often cited as an example of moderator abuse by the Reformists), and the knowledge that Angel had gone on holiday, in addition to perceived widespread moderator abuse and toxicity, the Reformist Movement (then known simply as 'Opposition') kicked into high gear and began plotting the replacement of Angel by slowly gaining more trust and influence over him on 16 February 2019. Although it is speculated that the Reformist Movement had existed in various forms prior to this date, no definitive evidence has yet been given.

Doodlate convened a group chat then named 'Jakowski Revolt' containing Vis, Lonathan, himself, RaiderKnight, Unity, along with various other alts to begin planning how to gradually gain Angel's trust and staff positions on the server. It was then decided that Unity and Vis should be the main tools of this reform as they already held trial staff positions in addition to being key modders, and had no real prior records of breaking rules or earning the distrust of the Oligarchy.

RaiderKnight was later removed from the group due to suspicions of being an Angel sympathiser as the group (particularly Doodlate) adopted a more militant tone and began trying to recruit and reach out to new members, including Chexier and other users. Raider also announced the existence of the Reformist Movement to Angel as a 'parallel server'. This in turn led to the drafting of a list of suspected 'secret rules' by Vis, which was used in an attempt to recruit other influential users through DMs using various alts, such as Fun by Doodlate, leading directly into the First Reformist Crisis.

#### First Reformist Crisis - (17 February 2019):

Main Article: *First Reformist Crisis*

The First Reformist Crisis was a brief crisis that led to the change of strategy amongst the Reformists as violent overthrow no longer seemed to be a tenable option, and the moderators of Strategy Hub 'A G E' had appeared to have been alerted to the existence of the Jakowski Revolt as an organisation/parallel server - quickly making them suspicious of any potential power plays that might have been had. The realisation of this was transformed from mere rumour to basic fact after Fun directly told Angel about the recruitment scheme, despite having been forced to resign during the First Salmerian Crisis.

This quickly caused the other main members of the group - Vis, Lonathan, and Unity to lose trust in Doodlate's actions temporarily, and also led to a change in strategy. The Reformists were now to attempt to climb the ranks peacefully and conduct reform from within - a server within a server, all the while staying low so as not to attract attention from the other moderators/staff members of Strategy Hub 'A G E'. This also led to the decline of Reformist activity during the lull as Midnight (then known as 11:59) continued to grow as a modding server under the leadership of Vis, inadvertently attracting many trusted members and other noteables from Strategy Hub 'A G E', later cementing Midnight's position as the default successor server after the so-called 'Fall of the Banglereich'.

#### Second Reformist Crisis to Black Wednesday - (11 June 2019 - 13 June 2019):

Main Article: *Second Reformist Crisis* & *Black Wednesday*