Base War

The Base War was a war that happened from the 19th of November to the 26th of November (up for debate). It led to the fight between 2 opposing sides, The Empire of Japan which consisted of HelloThere2007, Suncreature, Kroz, LolerIsWeird and Windsor fighting against the "Skycreature solo". It had a "capture the flag" system of battle and if all members in a faction died, the opposing side would win. The war lasted 8 days and resulted in a Japanese victory with Skycreature08 having to pay with shame but due to Suncreature’s war crimes, a deal was made and the the war really ended in a tie.

**The events that lead to the war**

One day in Longwild, The members of the now reannexed group "Imperial Japan" got really bored, and so they declared war on Longwild. And so they selected an area to fight so that they wouldn't accidentally murder civilians. The area selected was the "Farms area" which was far away from spawn. For approximately 4-5 days there was a phony war where nobody really did any fighting and instead got creative mode to build their base and defenses.

**Japanese defenses**

The Japanese had a lot of defenses to prevent one person from getting their flag. The front of their area consisted of pillboxes, these pillboxes had an observer activation system for the main gun and 5 lever activated guns on top, both of the guns would fire fire charges. At the back there would be a giant lava wall, 3 blocks wide and approximately 50 blocks high. Behind the giant wall of lava housed 8 pieces of firework artillery, a giant spider-hole type bunker that was armed with poison turrets, poison gas mines, and numerous lines of cobwebs combined with wither roses to slow infantry advance. Inside the trench was littered with fake flag rooms, designed to trick and confuse the opposing side.

**Japanese strategy**

The Japanese had a pretty bold strategy, 4 of the 5 members, HelloThere, Windsor, Loler and Kroz would go directly through the enemy defenses armed with poison gas, bows, crossbows, swords and raid the enemy base. Suncreature would man the turrets and defend the trench, unfortunately he didn’t even join on the day the battle began. Suncreature did however, commit war crimes by getting illegal spawn eggs through creative mode which would later lead to the Sac War.

**Skycreature’s defenses**

Skycreature had a fairly large base, the base resembled a white can of soda. On the outside, there were dispensers stationed in the ground which dispensed molten lava to slow any soldiers trying to enter the base. On the inside, the base contained numerous redstone traps. In the entrance there was a pitfall trap where the unlucky individual would fall in a pool of lava. Further in the base there were many mob defenses such as ravagers falling from the ceiling, a hall of pillagers and a pit of zombified piglins. Skycreature also had a decoy of himself stationed at the back. There was also a room with puzzle about some astronomy knowledge.

**Skycreature’s strategy**

Skycreature first went through a complete offense and charged straight to the enemy trench, but due to Suncreature’s trap system, he got stuck in one of the traps but somehow managed to escape and return to his base. Returning was his biggest mistake, for he would meet his end soon after.

**The Downfall**

At the final battle inside Skycreature’s base, Skycreature was absolutely demolished by Loler (slight exaggeration).The entire Japanese team roared in celebration as they had won the war.

**Imperial Japanese War crimes**

As previously mentioned, Suncreature used his temporary creative powers to get illegal spawn eggs which was a war crime. He also made a trap that was impossible to escape, which Skycreature considers cheating even though technically he made 3 pitfall traps which are equally as bad.