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AKA [[Doctor Who|The Last Great Mapmaker War]]. | AKA [[Doctor Who|The Last Great Mapmaker War]]. | ||
- | One of [[AH.com Conflicts|the civil wars of AH.com | + | One of [[AH.com Conflicts|the civil wars of AH.com's past]], the Colour Scheme War holds a peculiar place in [[ah.com - a chronology|AH.com history]]. |
==== Origins ==== | ==== Origins ==== | ||
The war started over the board' | The war started over the board' | ||
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+ | ==== The Shot Heard Around the Board ==== | ||
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+ | [[Thande]] started [[http:// | ||
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+ | Yeah. [[blaming thande|Blame Thande !]] | ||
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==== Major Factions of the CSW ==== | ==== Major Factions of the CSW ==== | ||
- | **[[Greensheviks]]** - preferred to colour Russia green. | + | **[[Greensheviks]]** - preferred to colour Russia green. Split soon into several subfactions, |
- | **[[Goldilocks]]** - preferred to colour Russia gold. | + | **[[Goldilocks]]** - preferred to colour Russia gold. Didn't have that many subfactions of note. |
**[[Map Marauders]]** - a neutral faction. Self-procclaimed " | **[[Map Marauders]]** - a neutral faction. Self-procclaimed " | ||
- | ==== The Plot Thickens ==== | + | ---- |
- | The war is unusual in that it only //nearly started//, instead of escalating wholesale. Nevertheless, | + | ==== The Plot Thickens... ==== |
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+ | The war is unusual in that it only //[[running jokes|nearly started]]//, instead of escalating wholesale. Nevertheless, | ||
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+ | ==== ...And Then Reaches An Abrupt Anticlimax... ==== | ||
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+ | Eventually, things | ||
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==== Aftermath and Legacy ==== | ==== Aftermath and Legacy ==== | ||
- | The Colour Scheme War has been likened to the Trent Affair, the Phony War and (especially) the Russian Civil War - partly because of them being done to death in mainstream AH and on this board. | + | The Colour Scheme War has been likened to the Trent Affair, the Phony War and (especially) the Russian Civil War. Partly because of uncanny similarities and parallels and partly because |
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==== In AH.com Culture ==== | ==== In AH.com Culture ==== | ||
Despite its brevity, the cultural impact of the Colour Scheme War remains fairly tangible in AH.com culture. One of the causes of this is that many AH.commers at the time were affraid of the CSW potentially escalating into the most destructive conflict the board has ever seen. (Back then. Nobody expected [[The Pony Wars]], //[[running jokes|indeed]]// | Despite its brevity, the cultural impact of the Colour Scheme War remains fairly tangible in AH.com culture. One of the causes of this is that many AH.commers at the time were affraid of the CSW potentially escalating into the most destructive conflict the board has ever seen. (Back then. Nobody expected [[The Pony Wars]], //[[running jokes|indeed]]// | ||
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==== In AH.com Fiction ==== | ==== In AH.com Fiction ==== | ||
- | There were originally plans to create an AH.com comedy series based on this incident. Ideas for an // | + | There were originally plans to create an AH.com comedy series based on this incident. Ideas for an // |
- | As of late 2013 and early 2014, the Colour Scheme War has been picked up by [[Alex Richards]] and [[Petike]] as a potential major story arc for the [[stories: | + | As of late 2013 and early 2014, the Colour Scheme War has been picked up by [[Alex Richards]] and [[Petike]] as a potential major story arc for //**[[stories: |
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==== See Also ==== | ==== See Also ==== | ||
**[[resources: | **[[resources: | ||
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