War on Toxicity

The **War on Toxicity** is an ongoing war between the two main factions, the **Toxic Clan** and the **Wholesome Clan**, in Super Mario Maker 2. This war has been ongoing since June 28, 2019, and shows no signs of stopping. The cause of the war is unknown, but it is speculated that it has something to do with the **Orb**'s slumber being disturbed shortly following the release of Super Mario Maker 2.

## History

### June 2019

On June 28, 2019, Super Mario Maker 2 was released worldwide. This game includes many modes for players to enjoy, one of these being the Multiplayer Versus mode, where players can take part in competitive races in Super Mario Maker 2. This in itself would inevitably lead to the creation of two factions: the Toxic Clan and the Wholesome Clan. The Toxic Clan is known for yoinking dubs and targeting players in the Wholesome Clan. The Wholesome Clan, on the other hand, is known for waiting for other players, as well as grabbing juice to appease the fans. In the very first versus match ever played, a member of the Toxic Clan yoinked the dub from an unsuspecting neutral bystander who had not yet become affiliated with any faction. By yoinking this dub, the Toxic Clan member, known only as Toxic1, became the founder of the clan, and also reawakened the Orb from its thousand year slumber. The Orb was enraged that somebody would yoink a dub while claiming the Orb as their own. This caused the Orb to lay a curse on all Toxic Clan members for the next 69 years, though nobody knows the effects of the curse. Following the reawakening of the Orb, the Wholesome Clan declared war on the Toxic Clan.

### July 2019

Throughout July, the two factions co-existed mostly peacefully, with only the occasional yoinked dub, mainly because Toxic Clan members only played games with other Toxic Clan members, where they would wait for each other at the flag pole and scheme for their upcoming revolution. However, sometime in July, a neutral player named raysfire managed to join a game with some members of the Wholesome Clan. He did not know of the two factions at the time as he was not yet affiliated with either one, but he soon learned of the raging war between them, as he had taken the side of the Toxic Clan for now. On July 25, 2019, raysfire uploaded the video "SMM2 Versus Mode Is Toxic | raysfire" to his YouTube channel, revealing the horrors of war to the world. The fight between the two clans had now been made public, and the Toxic Clan's publicity by raysfire had now encouraged them to put their plan into action.

### August 2019 (Battle of Chatsburg)

In early August, the Toxic Clan sent their best soldier, John Fortnite, to lead in the Battle of Chatsburg, where he easily defeated the Wholesome Clan's forces, led by John Wegman, founder of Wegmans Food Markets. Upon learning of this defeat, raysfire quickly defected from the Toxic Clan to help his homie John Wegman. Wegman was severely wounded in the battle, and upon his deathbed, he had only one request for raysfire: "Get the dub." Wegman soon perished and his place was taken by raysfire, who had learned of the Toxic Clan's plans during his time as a member of the faction. He knew their every move, but the question was whether they would re-strategize after learning of his defection. Raysfire quickly consulted the Orb, who guided him to a higher level of understanding. However, raysfire approached the Orb too quickly, causing the Orb to alight from the startle; this singed raysfire's hair completely off his head, and he has been bald ever since. In its guidance, the Orb taught raysfire the following phrase: "For the fans." This was raysfire's battle cry for the next few years of the war.

### September 2019

September was a slow month for the war, as the two sides had reached an impasse. With raysfire now leading the Wholesome Clan, the Toxic Clan's master plan was now no longer a secret, so they decided to take shelter and rethink their plan. However, raysfire did not take time to develop a strategy. He simply kept in mind the words from John Wegman and the Orb. During this time, a third faction was started but was quickly taken over by the Toxic Clan. This third faction, the Billionaires Clan, was founded by Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg. However, even with all their wealth combined, they were defeated by the Toxic Clan and had to assimilate into this faction. Zuckerberg and Gates became prominent members as their ability to yoink dubs and destroy enemies were quickly noticed by the higher-ups in the faction. Another thing to note about September 2019 is that it was around this time that twin brothers Obama and Falc's Dad began playing versus mode, though they remained neutral in the war. Obama became close friends with raysfire, and Falc's Dad was the father of RedFalcon, so both of these players had connections with the Wholesome Clan, but it would be some time before either of them made their decision on which faction to side with.

### October 2019 (The Fall of Toxic1)

In October 2019, the Toxic Clan decided to finally launch an all-out attack on the Wholesome Clan. Every member queued up for Versus Mode, and they were all prepared to yoink every dub necessary to secure victory in the war. However, they had all decided to go by pseudonyms to hide their identity in battle. This led to mass confusion as the infighting among members grew to numbers never seen before. Members of the Toxic Clan began to attack their own brethren, unaware due to the false usernames. The most severely wounded out of the entire clan was actually the founder, Toxic1, who had been targeted so much because he had changed his name to Wholesome1 in the game. He soon found himself unable to lead, and asked Bezos to take over. This infuriated Mark Zuckerberg as he had been preparing to take on the role as leader of the faction. Bezos accepted the offer, and sent Toxic1 to space, never to be seen again (or so we had thought). However, Mark sprung into action to take over what he thought was his rightful role as leader of the Toxic Clan. Mark ordered his sus impostors to capture Bezos, and they brought him to Mark, who smoked him like he was smoking some meats. What Mark didn't know was that a clone of Bezos had already been made months in advance and was hiding among the lower ranked members of the faction. Mark took over the role of leader, for now. Meanwhile, in the Wholesome Clan, raysfire had been lecturing some new recruits. One of these recruits was waiting for raysfire at the flagpole, but suddenly exploded. This confused and frustrated raysfire, who then refused to touch the goal, out of fear of backlash from the almighty Orb. Many recruits began using the tactic of exploding at the goal, causing mass hysteria and outrage over whether these tactics were suitable for the Wholesome Clan, or whether these recruits were Toxic Clan members who had infiltrated the ranks.

### December 2019

November was rather quiet, but December brought a large variety of events. First was the introduction of John Christmas, cousin of John Fortnite. John Christmas despised his cousin's toxic ways, but did not agree with the ways of the Wholesome Clan either. He sat by, quietly judging who had been naughty and who had been nice. Raysfire attempted to negotiate a peace treaty with John Fortnite through John Christmas, but Fortnite declined. Fortnite, however, had been searching for new recruits when suddenly he found the perfect specimen: GymHero. The GymHero was fit, focused, and overall an absolute winning machine. Fortnite was sure that GymHero would join the Toxic Clan. However, raysfire and GymHero had a long history, so GymHero opted to join the Wholesome Clan. This made Fortnite rethink his ways, as he had also had a long history with raysfire. Fortnite then defected from the Toxic Clan, silently leaving them without a general to lead their troops. Fortnite, GymHero, and raysfire quickly formed as a team to lead the Wholesome Clan. During this time, Wholesome Clan began investing in the stock market, with a large proportion of stocks in Feller Inc.

### March 2020

During March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic began to ravage America, causing havoc among the two factions. Players began to isolate and wear masks, and coming together to plot for future battles was no longer an option. However, members of the Toxic Clan ignored CDC guidelines and continued to meet up to strategize. Zuckerberg decided it was time to bring in the propaganda. He knew that raysfire started wearing a wig after the Orb caused him to go bald. So Zuckerberg began spreading the misinformation that raysfire had been bald all along, and that the Orb had never spoken to raysfire at all. Raysfire quickly denied these allegations, but it was too late. The propaganda spread like wildfire. Raysfire attempted to consult the Orb, but it had resumed its slumber. Unable to prove that the Orb had spoken to him, he gave up and allowed the misinformation to continue.

### May - December 2020 (The Fall of Mark Zuckerberg)

Throughout these months, the war efforts were little to none, due to the pandemic. However, during this time, the Bezos clone had become self-aware of its status as a clone, and self-destructed. Members of the Toxic Clan gathered all the DNA they could in order to create another clone, to make sure it would not end up the same way this time. Word made its way to Mark, who had now begun going by Zucc, and he quickly attempted to quash the efforts of the rebels. However, one outstanding rebel was able to single-handedly defeat Zucc, and that rebel was Ray's Son. The most toxic member of the entire clan, Ray's Son was also the rebellious son of raysfire. He had rejected his father's wholesome views and sided with the Toxic Clan. However, raysBaby and OldDrRays, both time-travelling versions of raysfire from the past and future, sided with raysfire when they made their way to the present during this time. However, they quickly abandoned the war efforts and travelled back to their own times.

### February 2021 (The Return of Toxic1)

As the pandemic raged on, Dig Bick, a neutral bystander in the war, caught COVID-19. He signaled this through his in-game name, warning others to social distance themselves from him. However, this game Toxic Clan members an evil idea. Members of the Toxic Clan soon began targeting Dig Bick to catch COVID-19 from him, so they could then spread it to members of the Wholesome Clan. However, what they failed to realize is that the Wholesome Clan was still following CDC guidelines, wearing masks and social distancing. This led to the destruction of 30% of the Toxic Clan's troops as they had perished from the virus. However, during this time, the space shuttle containing Toxic1's lifeless body plummeted back to earth, landing within the fortress of the Wholesome Clan. The Orb remained in its slumber, but began to glow, as its restorative properties brought life back to Toxic1. Upon reawakening, he was very confused about what had happened. He looked for somebody to ask what was going on, but due to the pandemic, nobody was in the fortress. He went outside and continued searching, and after many days traveling, he found himself in the capital of the United States: Washington, D.C. However, he did not know this, as dying had completely erased his memory. He stumbled onto the White House lawn, and somehow managed to enter the White House undetected. He made it to the Oval Office, and found Joe Byron planning to drop a nuclear weapon on the Toxic Clan. This brought back Toxic1's memory of his past life, and he asked Joe what year it was. The President noticed that Toxic1 wasn't wearing a mask, and realized that Toxic1 had somehow infiltrated White House security, and so he had Toxic1 detained and interrogated. When questioned about his affiliation with the Toxic Clan, he denied being involved and instead gave the lie that he was a member of the Wholesome Clan. Joe then brought in Obama and Bernie Sanders to question Toxic1. After a thorough investigation, they found it suitable for Toxic1 to be made Secretary of Orb Defense in the President's cabinet. From then on, Toxic1 changed his name to Booliam and took the form of a sus imposter. He soon found himself happy managing affairs for the President, happier than he ever was in the Toxic Clan.

### May 2021

By May, the propaganda about raysfire's baldness had died down. In fact, he had managed to convince the majority of the Wholesome Clan that his hair was in fact genuine and that he had never gone bald, despite this meaning he could no longer claim that the Orb had bestowed its wisdom upon him. However, a member of the Wholesome Clan began to speak his thoughts on the matter, leaving a Super Mario Maker 2 comment claiming that raysfire is bald and eats human hair, as well as providing a link to a website providing the truth on the topic. Raysfire quickly denied these allegations, dismissing them as propaganda. He had this member of the Wholesome Clan removed from the ranks, and the member quickly defected to the Toxic Clan to seek revenge on raysfire for denying the truth. As he was making his way to the Toxic Clan's headquarters, he met Falc's Dad, and tried to convince him to join the Toxic Clan. However, Falc's Dad had recently been in talks with the Grindel, who had convinced him to join the Wholesome Clan. Through a complicated chain of events, this caused a fierce rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and raysfire.

### June 2021 (The Booliam Redemption Arc)

In June 2021, Mark Zuckerberg began furiously sniping raysfire's lobbies in an attempt to eradicate him once and for all. However, despite Zuckerberg's skill, he could not defeat raysfire. This is because raysfire had received a stat boost from the Orb and the Grindel, and both powers combined allowed for intense gaming, the likes of which were previously unseen by the world. However, on June 13, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg decided to debut his newest evil scheme, the IRL Lagswitch. He flipped the switch, and suddenly the entire world slowed to a crawl. Nobody except for the Zucc knew how to handle the immense slowdown of the world. He used the lag to his advantage, and managed to corner raysfire. As he was about to eliminate raysfire, he asked him, "Any last words?" A few seconds passed before raysfire simply said, "Gaming." Suddenly, Booliam came from behind the Zucc and threw a shell at him, leaving him defenseless. The Zucc made a hasty retreat, and raysfire thanked Booliam for his service. Booliam said nothing. He simply nodded his head and then a helicopter came to take him back to the White House. As he flew away, raysfire stood up and saluted him. "Godspeed, Booliam," said raysfire, with a tear in his eye.

### July 2021

In July 2021, the Grindel and John Fortnite formed special forces units within the Wholesome Clan. These units included the 'Sploders (recruits who would explode at the flagpole to psych out the Toxic Clan members), the Orb Guardians, the Blue Pipe Gang, and the Anti-Billionaire Club. These units made tremendous progress in gaining leverage in the war during their first month. However, progress quickly slowed down as the 'Sploders began going rogue and psyching out members of their own faction, leading to confusion once again on their motives.

### August 2021

On August 7, 2021, raysfire and John Fortnite teamed up in a 2v2 battle level in Versus Mode. Their opponents were Bill Gates and Dig Bick, who had by now chosen to join the Wholesome Clan but was forced into a team with Gates after raysfire and Fortnite chose to be teammates. While Gates and Bick clumsily made their way through the level, possibly sabotaging each other, raysfire and Fortnite played the match perfectly, making zero noticeable mistakes. Upon reaching the end, Fortnite gave the win to raysfire as he saw that raysfire was about to hit Pink S+ for the first time ever. He wanted raysfire to experience this special moment, especially after having worked together with him to win the match. However, upon raysfire's touching the flagpole, Fortnite exploded and did not respawn. At the time, it was widely believed that Fortnite was gone for good. A state funeral was held for him a week later on August 14, and members of both factions put aside their differences to honor a man who had fought valiantly for both sides in the war.

Research is still being done, please be patient as we update this article to provide the most factual information on the War.