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--- offtopic:the_colour_scheme_war [2014/02/21 05:59] – Petike
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 The war started over the board's long-term dispute about [[resources:map colour schemes|which colour to use on AH maps]].
+==== The Shot Heard Around the Board ====
+[[Thande]] started [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=168052|a poll thread about deciding whether to colour Russia green or gold]]. Factions soon emerged, and the great colour scheme standoff was born.
+Yeah. [[blaming thande|Blame Thande !]]
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 ==== Major Factions of the CSW ====
-**[[Greensheviks]]** - preferred to colour Russia green.
+**[[Greensheviks]]** - preferred to colour Russia green. Split soon into several subfactions, most notably the ACS Radicals, Girondins and an amorphous group of sympathisers.
-**[[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 "colouranarchists", they were part of the [[resources:colour it whatever you like|CIWYL Movement]].
-==== The Plot Thickens (And Then Reaches An Abrupt Anticlimax...) ====
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-The war is unusual in that it only //nearly started//, instead of escalating wholesale. Nevertheless, tensions were high and the outcome of the five day long standoff was very uncertain. Eventually, things were decided by literally one vote. Thankfully, the potential war got narrowly averted thanks to diplomatic goodwill.
+==== The Plot Thickens... ====
+The war is unusual in that it only //[[running jokes|nearly started]]//, instead of escalating wholesale. Nevertheless, [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=168751|tensions were high]] and the outcome of the five day long standoff was very uncertain.
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+==== ...And Then Reaches An Abrupt Anticlimax... ====
+Eventually, things were decided by literally one vote. Thankfully, due to these favourable results, the potential war got narrowly averted thanks to diplomatic goodwill.
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 ==== 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 all three of these [[alternate history:OTL]] conflicts being done to death in mainstream AH and in timelines on this board.
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 ==== 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]]//...)
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 ==== In AH.com Fiction ====
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 There were originally plans to create an AH.com comedy series based on this incident. Ideas for an //**[[stories:AH.com The Series]]**//-like work chronicling the bitter paintshed of the war were drawn. The main proposal [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=168611|was pitched]] by [[Augustus Montes]]. Obviously enough, the CSW would be presented in-series as an AH.com-themed spoof of the Russian Civil War (in the style of old Soviet westerns) and of all sorts of other civil wars from throughout history. Due to relatively low interest and due to the war itself never really getting off the ground, this project idea was soon dropped indefinitely.
-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:AH.com Enterprise|revived AH.com Series]]. Stay tuned.
+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:AH.com Enterprise]]**//. Stay tuned.
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 ==== See Also ====
 **[[resources:Map Colour Schemes]]** - Yep, //[[http://www.quickmeme.com/img/f8/f88583def1c21932747a8d4cbd81443fc60c6656a472c6014e195a6eade1192e.jpg|this]]//, of all things, is what AH.commers [[http://cdn.superbwallpapers.com/wallpapers/meme/i-dont-want-to-live-on-this-planet-anymore-11372-400x250.jpg|were willing to fight each other over]]. Truly: War, what is it good for ?! Absolutely nothing ! :-/ :-D ;-)
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