0reilly

circa July 6 2021

**0reilly** (also known as d0gma) is a level 20 player in Ginebra, formerly defensive co-leader in The Resistance, and previously of New Dawn, Aurora Mare/Rome, The Black Sun, and Albion.

## Biography

0reilly logged on for the first time in July 2020 under a pseudonym, Babylonian Emperor Nebuchadnezzar II. Her initial goal with Cities War, was to recreate the Babylonian Empire, like she often does in Civilization V. But after understanding game mechanics, that dream started to fade and she decided to join an already strong alliance, rather than create one herself. She decided to stay close to camp and joined Middle Eastern powerhouse New Dawn (Soon renamed to Aurora Mare after merging with Athena and Carthage). After creating a discord account, there was confusion between her Cities War screen name and her discord screen name, so she soon officially ditched the quest of Babylonian resurrection and unified her identity as "0reilly" and began her Cities War life in New Dawn.

She met many people during her early days on Cities War. Aranarth Menelmacar, Shifty377, Qaz, BigAll, Mattro, and other New Dawn members welcomed her into the alliance. She quickly earning a promotion to captain. She played for many months, while doing very little in the game. Not using mines, blanket selling resources, and taking incredibly small cities, while refusing to level up, were just a few of the mistakes, she made in her time under the New Dawn/Aurora Mare flag.

But she grew tired of the game (albeit she didn't fully understand it), and in late September 2020, she wanted a change of scenery and a homecoming. She went to reddit, to get more cities in Northern Virginia and she spoke her first words in World Chat, asking Q, leader of the Black Sun, for a dm, about the move across the Atlantic away from her New Dawn, now Aurora Mare, roots. After a few failed attempts, she became a member of TBS. In an ideal world, she would've held Washington, DC and slowly faded away from the game. Still, she was unprepared for life in the top alliance of the day. She still did not use mines and wasted resources. Initially, due to low level and suspicion, she took the small cities, she got added in DC suburbs and waited for the day she could take up the mantle of her hometown.

She never got to hold DC. In November, the Black Sun was attacked by a coalition of the Sakura Pact, the Resistance, and ANZAC. This was the first taste of real war in Cities War. ANZAC member TethysReef, a former New Dawn alliance mate, wiped her out from Northern Virginia, before she got the chance to hold it. The Black Sun lost their claim to the Americas, and The Resistance restored their position, as the top alliance. She left the Black Sun a month after joining. She retain dreams of holding DC and tried her luck joining the ominous TR. They were not welcome to a member, that frankly could not hold her own in the alliance. After begging and pleading, a heartbroken 0reilly left for the Sakuran Empire, through The Albion Pact in the British isles. While she had trouble fitting in at first, Albion became her real home in Cities War. Shortly after joining Albion, old friend Qaz also joined TAP, and they rose through the ranks together. Mikel\_Da\_Pikel, ErasableFilms, Eorlingas230, zmmiz, legassassin1234 and the Chancellor (we miss you, Eli) was the leadership group of Albion for 0reilly's duration in the alliance. In December, she finally learned what mines were and how valuable they were. She started to build at a reasonable rate and became a valuable defensive player.

Life was good in Albion. She planned on spending eternity within Albion borders. After recent updates in-game, the Sakura Empire had split up across many alliances and they soon all gained independence from Vivid and the Japanese alliance. Soon after gaining independence and defeating the United Nations and YSSR in war, Albion was the most valuable alliance in the game. Canada Empire, Wedge, and JHaria rose through the ranks below 0reilly and played vital roles in sustaining Albion place at the top. At her peak, she was a General, held multiple top cities (Brussels, Oslo, Bergen, etc), and was a top ten player in value. But, as all good things do, Albion came to an end. Zmmiz and Eorlingas230 had left the previously and ErasableFilms and Mikel\_Da\_Pikel grew tired of the game. And in March 2021, Albion officially dissolved. 0reilly and other Albion members were unsure what the game would hold for them in this new era.

Europe fell into a frenzy after Albion's dissolution. ErasableFilms and 0reilly tried their hand in creating the smallest area alliance to date, The Parisian Entente. The plan was to hold Paris and surrounding suburbs, set up a territory with an 80% def bonus and fade away from daily play. But, that venture was over before it began. They did not have the requirements to set up borders and Hispania's leader Victor, a former Albion ally, attacked Paris. She claimed, it was an attempt to seize French control, but to this day, 0reilly is skeptical. ErasableFilms lost everything and went to Sakura to rebuild, plotting revenge against Hispania and Victor, top player in CW at the time. The Parisian Entente: to be completed.

0reilly wanted out of hectic Europe. She still had all of the defense, she accumulated in Albion. She did not know where she wanted to call home next. But after months of knowing multiple TR members through game nights on weekends and WC conversations, 0reilly tried her luck again and sent a join request to TR. TR had changed a lot since November: a new leader, Bo'Diddy, and a smaller territory. And this attempt proved fruitful. She immediately was installed as holder of Toronto, but she got Bo'Diddy to move things around and soon took over his hometown of Washington, DC. She achieved his goal from so many months ago. His old friend Qaz made a brief stop in TR during his tour of alliances.

Life has been calm since, her move back across the Atlantic. She spends most of her time in WC and begging for top cities, as she works for lord. She wishes she could quit the game, but has invested too much time to find it realistic.

On July 13th, 2021 she was awarded chat moderation in World Chat. On September 22nd, 2021 she finally became lord after sneaking into Yangon.

*This page will be updated when 0reilly feels it necessary.*

*Last Edited in Summer 2021, update coming soon.*