Cosmic Collisions

### Villain

4206ix, Shedinja Ninjas, Sinnoh Slowbros, Darkrai Foot Clan, Heccing Honchkrows, Baby Poke Gang

## Teams

### 3rd Place

Tenants of Time

Cosmic Collisions, or CC1, was the first server war on the r/Pokemon Discord. It took place from November 2017 to January 2018. The event focused on three factions based on the Sinnoh legendary trio fighting for dominance of the region of Sinnoh. The event featured cameos by Sinnoh legendary and mythical Pokemon, and had contests for Artisans, puzzles for Oracles, and battling for Warriors (although the class system was not implemented until CC2).

A major event in the war was Dinner Diplomacy, a logic grid puzzle where legendaries invited to the Royal Palace found their items stolen by various gangs in the region. War participants had to deduce which group stole which item with the help of Beatrice Burnadette Bidoof, a detective working for ARMOR.

The event was eventually brought to an end when Valentino Victini appeared, giving his blessing to the Disciples of Distortion and allowing Lady Giratina to claim the throne of Spear Pillar for herself. Lord Dialga and Lord Palkia consequently had their time and spacial powers removed by Arceus and were exiled from the region.

## Pre Event

CC1 began with various legendaries expressing concern over the shifting of nature and the indication of an approaching conflict. Manaphy, Regigigas, Heatran, Phione and Shaymin mentioned the waves, plants, lava, and nature all acting up, while Lord Dialga, Lord Palkia, and Lady Giratina began planning for a war. Puzzles were hidden in the characters' messages, the characters' pictures, and directly presented to the war participants. The pre-event ended with a flag contest.

## Dinner Invitation

In an attempt to quell the violence, Arceus invited the three factions (Tenants of Time, Servants of Space, and Disciples of Distortion) to the Royal Palace to discuss diplomacy and negotiate peace over a dinner. As legendaries from across the region and war participants settled into the palace, Regigigas noticed a grand robbery by multiple criminal gangs of the region. The items stolen included the Adamant Orb, the Griseous Orb, the Lustrous Orb, the Lunar Wing, the Pixie Plate, and the Iron Plate. Tensions rose as the palace guests quickly tried to figure out who stole what, when, and how they did it. Detective Beatrice Burnadette Bidoof arrived on the scene and with her help, the sleuthing was going much more quickly, but the conflict was still likely to proceed into full out war.

## Ceasefire

Delibird appeared just in time to prevent the war from erupting into chaos. Using his staff, he created a ceasefire zone and provided alternative activities to do while Bidoof finished up the sleuthing. Although the criminals were caught, the diplomacy was unsuccessful and the three factions continued to go to war once the ceasefire ended.

## Continuation

War continued, with various events such as Darkrai's Triple Points In The Dark event, Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf's riddle, Manaphy's reparation of Arceus's plates, and Valentino Victini's limerick puzzle.

## Ending

The war came to an end with Disciples of Distortion claiming victory over the other teams, thanks to the help of Victini. As a result, Lady Giratina claimed the throne of Spear Pillar, and Lord Dialga and Lord Palkia lost their powers and were forced to flee the region in exile.

## War Events & Features

CC1 was the first war, and everything was entirely new.

This war implemented tokens, team sorting, war accounts, art contests, puzzles, battling, ceasefire, Mystery Mon, and determining the role color for Licensed Trainer. This war also introduced Fable's Challenges, random events that granted points to war participants for various tasks, such as drawing a Pikachu or making it to stage 30 in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon's Battle Tree.

Art contests included the Flag contest, the Chant contest, the War Photography contest, the Letter contest, the Haiku contest, the Acrostic contest, and the Limerick contest. Additionally, server contests such as the Ornament contest were integrated into the war and given a token bonus for both submitting and winning.

Puzzles included Dinner Diplomacy, Delibird's Ceasefire activities, various math and visual puzzles, and Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf's Liar & the Truth puzzle.

Battling was usually random battles on Showdown, and events such as Darkrai's Triple Points In The Dark multiplied points, but there were no other multipliers or mechanics in place.