Day 8

**Day 8** took place on 29 November 2019. The day follows the events of Day 7 and is followed by the events of Day 9. It marks the start of Week 2.

## Major Events

### Antarctic World Domination

* Technoblade and Ph1lzA commenced their plan for world domination as a protest against the bugs on the faction plugin.
	+ An admin, JoshA20 made numerous attempts to thwart their plan. This included despawning planes, destroying boats, and even making a new faction, *BetterFactions* (later disbanded), to overclaim the line. He even went as far as threatening to un-whitelist all involved.
	+ ArlusFinch disbanded his faction, Transatlantic, under pressure from Technoblade and joined the Antarctic Empire to assist with the ongoing operation.
* Techno and Phil performed an experiment to see if it was possible to exploit the auto-fill function of the faction plugin and overclaim other established claims.
	+ They later succeeded, yet discovered that it was mostly cosmetic as their large claim appeared on the Dynmap yet did not actually overclaim any territory (which would prevent other players on the server from performing any actions within the established border).

### Saint-Malo Trials

* The trials took place in northern France, following the success of the Antarctic Empire's aforementioned plan. Its primary purpose is to resolve pressing matters concerning the aftermath of said plan.
* Following the judicial proceedings, the immediate reduction of the Antarctic Empire's land claims was ordered.
	+ Newfoundland was recognized as an enemy of the Antarctic Empire for 20 seconds.
* The first three Worldwide Laws were codified.
* The United Nations was established, acting as a unanimous conciliatory inter-factional authority.

### German-Corvarian War

* Jawsh expressed anger at the Corvarian Empire and Packle. In response, KaraCorvus claimed territory surrounding the German Empire faction. She claimed that she wished to claim France, as she speaks French. She revealed that her true motivation was that she was paid money to claim France. This started the German-Corvarian War. During this time, Kara claimed over parts of Newfoundland, the German Empire, Marioloogi, the Burren Empire, and the Inquisition.
	+ A plane fight commenced, involving VoiceOverPete, KaraCorvus, LukeOrSomething, Grunk, Jawsh, UnderscoreMason, and InkTea.
	+ During this fight, a member of the German Empire griefed Kara's house by breaking her three beds and the blocks underneath.
	+ Jawsh claimed that he was upset with Kara having both Turkey and France as a one-person empire.
	+ IAmSp00n of Arkansonia expressed his support for the Corvarian Empire after the plane flight and agreed to assist in acting as a mediator.
	+ During the voice call, Wilbur revoked the deal he had given to IAmSp00n over the rails.
	+ The conflict was resolved through talks, and a new French border was drawn involving the removal of Belgium and the Netherlands from the claim.
	+ The possibility of a council for debating large land claims away from a faction's main area was debated. WilburSoot opposed bureaucracy, instead proposing a set of rules.
	+ VoiceOverPete proposed a cap on land claims. This idea was supported, but it was decided that it would be hard to enforce.
	+ The date of the trial was set for Day 9.
	+ The live streamers had a meta-chat about the nature of roleplaying, toxicity, and who was in the right.
		- Jawsh proposed role-playing a conflict and "fake hatred". Kara agreed.
		- It was agreed that Kara shouldn't have started claiming huge chunks of land without warning, but that the plane chase also should not have occurred with no warning.
	+ Wilbur suggests that talks be had before bordered land is claimed, and set rules are laid out involving land claims.
	+ IAmSp00n un-allied Kara after she indirectly insulted him and VoiceOverPete by saying she respected CaptainSparklez more.
	+ An argument on Reddit took place between Kara and Jawsh, in which Kara revealed that she wanted to claim France because her homeland, Turkey, had little ores or natural resources.

### Other Events

* The Transatlantic faction was disbanded a second time when Arlus joined the German Empire.
	+ Jawsh subsequently claimed the entirety of Iceland.
* Wilbur completed his Transatlantic Bridge, connecting Newfoundland to France.
* ItsAsaii and others throw a map of Hitler into the Nyiragongo Volcano, which later erupted.

## DEFCON Status

On Day 8, the DEFCON level was 1, as Antarctic World Domination was executed and German-Corvarian War took place on this day.