Battle of Bubblegum – Legitimate AR Win?

BUBBLEGUM – In one of the most controversial battles of the war so far, the Austra-Asian forces of both the Army Republic and Army of CP faced each other for the server of Bubblegum. While the AR had sizes of 5-10, the ACP had sizes of 15-20. However, the AR claimed victory on the grounds that they were still on CP, but in an igloo and the ACP logged off first. Burrito called this a “pretty hilarious win” but questions have been raised on to who actually won this battle.

While the ACP claimed to logoff at the standard time of :30, the AR claimed they only logged off at :22 and that this was an unofficial surrender to them. On the other hand, the AR also claimed to log off at the standard time of :30 but the ACP said they logged off at the much earlier time of :13. The AR had sizes of 5-10 through the battle as seen in the picture bellow.

The AR in an unknown igloo.

The whole use of igloos has been controversial, with it seen by some as an obscure and cowardice way to try and beat an opponent. This, based on the fact that the igloo could not be available for entry if the user leaves the server. However, the AR claimed this was “good stratigizing” as the ACP logged off the server possibly resulting in an AR win. In response, ACP 2ic and Austra-Asian leader Flipmoo said that the “good stratigizing” was in fact “running away before the rest of the ACP came to the room”. During this battle, Flipmoo led the ACP to sizes of 15-20 as seen bellow.

The ACP use E+9 in the forts.

Although the council, which was recreated by Boomer20 in November 2012, is dead and has no bearing on the rules that are now used, it states that:

“Blatant attempts to avoid fighting the defending army directly will result in an unsuccessful invasion”

However, these rules are not still in place but the ACP have claimed that the AR were not in a main room and “hiding” in an igloo was just a “lame excuse” for victory. The ACP and AR only fought each other on a few occasions in this battle and the AR claimed that the ACP did not make enough of an attempt to find the AR and thus did not defend the server. I interviewed Cassius Brutus, ACP 3ic, on this controversial battle:

Q: Is hiding in igloos a legitimate way of winning?

No, it’s completely dishonorable and whoever does it should be shot on the spot on the spot. They are the scum of the Earth. They don’t know how to hold a fucking knife and fork.

Q: Do you think this was a “lame excuse” from the AR, as said by Flipmoo?

Yes, Flipmoo is entirely right. AR are hypocrites, they accuse us of dishonorable behavior – yet the AR do exactly this. They need to grow a fucking pair and stop sucking on their mothers teat.

Q: How do you think ACP did at this battle?

We did very well, those are the biggest sizes that our AUSIA division have ever had. The AR simply weren’t in our league.

Q: Do you have anything else to add?

The AR Sheep Cultism is pathetic.

In an interesting interview with Cas, he clearly feels that the AR were “dishonorable” during this battle and should have admitted defeat. He also was very pleased with the ACP’s performance during the battle and said it was the “biggest sizes that our [the ACP’s] AUSIA division have ever had”. I interviewed Lord Jay, AR 2ic, on this battle to get a balance on Cas’s opinions.

Q: Is hiding in igloos a legitimate way of winning?

We didn’t hide in a room, we went into a room to trick the ACP of thinking we retreated so that they would log off and we would win the server. First of all we never have done this and I just think of it as one of Burr’s smart ideas.

Q: Do you think this was a “lame excuse” from the AR, as said by Flipmoo?

A lame excuse? No, of course not. Maybe the ACP should actually check every room when they log off because they did not. It’s on Flipmoo’s part that AR won Bubblegum because he did not check every igloo/room. Since they did check igloos, but not the one that we were in.

Q: How do you think AR did at this battle?

The Army Republic did have less troops, but on Capn’s “whoever logs off first” rule we stayed online in an igloo. The Army Republic only maxed about 9 and did have great tactics, but we still won because ACP logged off first.

Q: Do you have anything else to add?

No, only that you should join AR!

Jay, who was not at this event, backed up the opinion from that of Burrito and how the ACP did not logoff last and the AR stayed on longer and this resulted in a defeat for the ACP. He also said that this was “Capn’s rule”. 

What do YOU think about the battle of Bubblegum? Did the AR move to the Igloos to hide, or was it a good strategy? Could the ACP use this in future battles that they are losing? Comment YOUR opinion on this battle.

-Kingfunks4 Retired CPAC Head