Monke Uprising

The Monke Uprising is an underground network of T1DE players who wish to express their devotion to the Monke. While crackdown efforts by the Varundaddy have driven the followers of the Monke underground they still lurk in the T1DE discord waiting for a moment to weakness of to strike. Monke activity has significantly decreased in light of the ongoing Anime Wars.

## Background

On September 6th, 2020, before a Planetside Infantry League match between T1DE and LSV, T1DE player Acris sought to inspire his teammates with the story of the third monkey on Noah's Ark. While rousing great courage in most the team, captain Varunda was less enthused by the anecdote but nevertheless referenced it in the post match interview.

In the following weeks a surge of Monke memes and discussion in the T1DE discord was met with a harsh crackdown after negotiations between Acris and Varunda for a Monke channel broke down. Monke supporters demand a Monke channel as well as a cool hat for Monke to wear. Notable Monke supporters include Acris, Ascender, and Mmoocows.

When tensions inflamed over the question of Anime and open conflict ingulfed the #yell-chat channel the Monke Uprising was pushed to the side.

## A Resurgence

### **Monke Anew**

When Animeside renewed their efforts in their own insurgency against the T1DE admins they were quick to seek the aid of the Monke. However coalition talks quickly faltered. The talks only served to reinvigorate the Monke movement in their own struggle and soon Monke once again dominated #lobby and #yell-chat much to the decry of the Animeside fighters.

### **The Anime-Monke Chain War**

Late in the evening of the second day of hostilities between Animeside and Monke a pitched battle broke out in #yell-chat. Monke and Anime fought fervently for control over the channel with many gifs of Monke and Anime posted in a short period of time. Heated debate broke out over the merits of Monke and the controversy of underage anime girls. Ultimately the battle devolved into chain wars as the two armies clashed in full force. Discord admins attempted to quell the fighting with first a 5 then 10 second slowmode timer but ultimately resorted to a 2 minute timer to end the barrage of attempted :ayaya: and :monkey: chains. As a result fighting soon trailed off for the night as each side fell back to regroup in their respective strong points.

#### **Moderator Influence?**

Leading up to and even following this first major engagement in the war, there were whispers about the role the admins were playing in the conflict. Allegations of favoritism were levied by both parties to no apparent avail. Perhaps the most curious of conspiracies was that the admins were in fact playing both sides against one another in order to weaken both and take attention away from the admins oppressive crackdowns and refusals to submit to any of either sides demand. Some have even speculated that breakdowns in the initial coalition talks were directly caused by admin subterfuge although no concrete evidence has yet to arise concerning this charge.

### **A new home for Monke**

Following the opening day of the Monke revival a new home base for Monke operations was created by Monke fighter Mmoocows. This Monke War Room would serve as ground zero for Monke planning in the coming struggle.