Judgment-LBPU Conflict

Judgment-LBPU Conflict
Date	October 19th, 2014 - March 7th, 2015 (officially)
Result	Judgement falls inactive, coalition disbands. Axis, Silentium Contra and Remnants Union fall inactive. LBP Union continues.
Belligerents
First	LittleBigPlanet Union Task Force, Silentium Contra, Remnants Union, Axis Alliance
Second	Judgment
Leaders and Commanders
Side 1	LittleBigPlanet Union Task Force, Silentium Contra, Remnants Union, Axis Alliance
Side 2	Judgment

The Judgment-LBP Union Conflict was a period of tension between the an allied coalition and Judgment from October 2014 to March 2015. The allied coalition opposed Judgment's leadership and ideology. Judgment sought its own preservation and to revive core aspects of Fallen Republic such as creative elitism.

The conflict resulted in greater creative output on both sides. Although Judgment failed to expand its organization and grow, its conflict with the LittleBigPlanet Union laid the groundwork for the foundation of the Visarian Mandate.

Prelude

Judgment

Sometime in 2014, a Kik group chat was established between a number of individuals such as Nick-C11, PolarisPhaedra, XFinal_IsaacX, RaymenBadcookie, Forceman11, TheTornTerraform, and several others.

Nick-C11 soon invited Jukewannabe to the group chat. Jukewannabe and TheTornTerraform discussed forming Judgment as a new clan, deriving stylistic and ideological aspects from Fallen Republic.

Jukewannabe's return and the discussion of a new clan caused concern between the members of Silentium Contra, the Remnants Union, and the Axis that were in the group chat. This was especially the case because they were aware of Jukewannabe's leadership of Fallen Republic and Blood Star Rebellion.

Judgment, from this group chat, soon recruited Chimerandinos, Huntsman007, and Lewis300199.

The Coalition and the LittleBigPlanet Union

The LittleBigPlanet Union Protectors became aware of Judgment in August 2014. It wasn't until October 21st that the Union was made aware hat the Silentium Contra, Remnants Union and the Axis Alliance were uniting to stand against Judgment.

The LBP Union was not initially convinced to join this coalition, as the coalition was composed of its former enemies, the Axis Alliance and the Remnants Union. The threat of the Evurikal Legion's Operation Exclave infiltration into the Union also made President M88youngling paranoid.

On October 22nd, Union Bureau of Investigation Director The-Pool_is-Open was discovered to have had a friendly relationship with Judgment leader Jukewannabe. This perceived 'loss' of Pool to Judgment was a critical factor in the Protectors' decision to align itself with the coalition. The Union administration feared that Judgment would attempt to establish a 'new world order' and destroy other clans to accomplish its mission.

The Conflict

LBP Union's Initial Preparation

In October, 2014, The Union Protectors did not trust their new partners in the coalition. The Union referred to the coalition as the Independent States Allied Forces. This title was later used as the defensive coalition of the Union after the passage of the Novus Carta in 2015. President M88youngling and the Protectors were adamant about ensuring that the Union Task Force could operate independently of the coalition if needed. To accomplish this, a recruitment goal was made for the UTF to meet. This was meant to bolster the Union's grief reporting abilities to counter Judgment. This rests on the assumption that Judgment would produce content that violated LittleBigPlanet's End User License Agreement (EULA). Initially, the Union referred to this campaign to contain Judgment as Operation Magatama. Not only would the tactics of this campaign involve grief reporting, but also rating brigading. Operation Magatama eventually was renamed to Operation Lunar Storm.

The-Pool_is-Open Fiasco

Following the discovery of The-Pool_is-Open's relationship with Jukewannabe, Union President M88youngling was made aware that Pool had threatened Cold_Wolf102, the leader of the Crimson Blades as well as another member of the Blades named Kyuubi_Youko_9. The Crimson Blades administration directly informed the Union Protectors with photographic evidence of Pool's harassment. Pool had also in these photos revealed that he opposed the LBP Union in favor of Judgment. Despite this, Pool declared that he retained Union citizenship. In response, M88youngling began to support prosecuting Pool for treason in the LBP Union Supreme Court to revoke Pool's Union citizenship. M88youngling was worried that the trial might inadvertently advertise Judgment and its message to the community, which led him to be hesitant about proceeding.

Pool's Manifesto

Pool responded by publishing Pool's Manifesto on October 23rd, a document containing his legal defense and a sharp critique of the LittleBigPlanet Union administration and its policies. By pointing out that President M88youngling had attempted to blackmail The-Pool_is-Open for information on Judgment, even though it was a bluff, this document opened up further dialogue and debate about the presence of corruption in the LBP Union. The Union Protectors interpreted it as a dangerous attack meant to destabilize the Union by swaying the opinions of the masses to Judgment's side. It was also thought that the Manifesto was part of a plot to remove M88youngling from office and to bring about the end of the Union itself. The Manifesto can be linked to Judgment as it's likely that Chimerandinos, a Judgment member at the time, was the true author of the document. The Manifesto resulted in a fear that the Union was being maliciously targeted by Judgment to advance their interests.

Disagreement Within the Coalition

Throughout the conflict, the Union was concerned about the apathy and perceived irresponsibility of their allies in the coalition. The Axis, Remnants Union and Silentium Contra often directly argued with Judgment members. The LBP Union believed that this only made the problem worse. The Union's plan focused on 'starving' Judgment of attention. To accomplish this, a full termination of communications with Judgment and its supporters was required. The Union also pushed for the use of grief reporting to cause the moderation of Judgment levels and rating brigading to prevent them from gaining top reviews and popular levels. Worrying that the coalition allies were only going to hinder the campaign against Judgment by refusing to follow the UTF's doctrine, the Union Protectors began to plan ways of sabotaging their coalition allies. This never came to fruition. The Protectors were also focused on keeping the coalition a secret. However, this was spoiled by XFinal_IsaacX, the leader of the Remnants Union who mistakenly told a Judgment member about the coalition.

Pirate Dinosaur Alliance Secedes From the LBP Union

The Pirate Dinosaur Alliance secession on October 29th certainly contributed to the anxiety of the Union's conflict with Judgment. Without a clear answer as to the cause of why its members voted for the referendum to secede, the exit of PDA from the Union was speculated to be orchestrated by Judgment. Judgment involvement in the secession is unverified.^{[citation needed]}

First Moves

On November 6th, the Union Task Force collectively grief reported a Nazi-themed level published by Huntsman007, a known supporter of Judgment. The operation was perceived as a complete success, as the level vanished the following day. President M88youngling suspected that its deletion may not have been from UTF action alone. Unlike other missions conducted by the Union Task Force during this period, this event has no formal documentation.

Union Task Force Reports Judgment Press Conference

Days later on November 8th, the Union Task Force began Operation First Strike, a similar mission to grief report a Judgment level parodying an LBP Union press conference. It was selected due its references to illicit drug use, which the Union administration believed made it likely to be deleted by moderation.

On November 9th, the UTF observed that the level had vanished, suggesting that it was deleted by moderators, which led to the Union administration to claim Operation First Strike as a success. More importantly to them, they had accomplished their goal without the aid of the coalition. Since the reporting was done covertly, Judgment was unaware that the LBP Union had potentially played a role in the deletion of the level.

Dadehboh and Union's Next Plan

On November 11th, president M88youngling wrote about an individual known as 'Dadehboh' who claimed to have information about Judgment. Dadehboh and two others attempted to convince the Union president that the LBPU's minister of domestic affairs, Spleentastik, was a traitor. However, M88youngling dismissed Dahdehboh as being a Judgment spy attempting to spread disinformation.

Also on this day, M88youngling wrote about his interest in finding someone to fulfill the role of commander of the Union Task Force. Up until this point, M88youngling himself had been taking on this role, diverting his attention from other aspects of the Union.

Confident that the Union could handle Judgment in the future, President M88youngling on November 12th wrote about adjusting their strategy. Since he perceived that the other coalition clans were too weak and disorganized and may only aid Judgment by giving them more attention, he proposed luring Judgment to focus on the Union instead.

Union Task Force Growth

The Union Task Force continued to grow despite the Union's insistence on keeping their role in the conflict as covert as possible. Union Minister of Defense MidnightLights10 was in the process of training Greenfoxthe1 for a squad-leadership position within the UTF around November 13th.

M88youngling wrote on November 13th that he planned for a number of UTF members to act as 'expeditionary forces' once LittleBigPlanet 3 launched to grief report Judgment content that might not be accessible to those without the new game.

Defense and Dissension Within Judgment

Throughout this period, Judgment felt that its objective to grow their organization could not be realized until they could deal with the hostile allied coalition. They referred to the allied coalition as 'the Allies'. It is not clear if Judgment was aware that the deletion of four Judgment-related levels prior to LittleBigPlanet 3's UK release on November 28th was due to coalition action.

Pressured by the coalition, Judgment built a variety of high-quality assets and trained new members in their unique creative style that was based heavily on the former Fallen Republic.

Jukewannabe throughout the conflict paid little attention to the personal behaviors of the group's members, focusing chiefly on content creation. Particularly, Judgment members independently and cooperatively engaged in harassment of furries and other players they referred to as 'spergs', an ableist slur with the implication that a person has Asperger's syndrome.

Jukewannabe took no action to remove or discipline these members, leading to some dissension within the organization. Those concerned with the behaviors of Judgment members placed blame on TheTornTerraform was in charge of recruitment. Believing that he had low standards for the organization, Terraform was soon forced out his recruitment role. Terraform denied responsibility.

According to a journal entry written by M88youngling, the Union president observed that there was news of a 'rift between Juke and Chim', referring to Jukewannabe and Chimerandinos. However, it's possible that this was a mistake and in fact referred to the removal of TheTornTerraform from his position. In this case, the event took place sometime around November 14th.

TheTornTerraform Approaches the Coalition

Frustrated that he had been removed from his position in Judgment, TheTornTerraform contacted coalition leaders with the hope of aiding them. The coalition leaders were suspicious of him, especially Union President M88youngling. However, Nick-C11 of the Silentium Contra was the most trusting of Terraform.

However, before TheTornTerraform could be much aid to the coalition, he was offered his position back in Judgment. Coalition leaders responded with anger, especially Silentium Contra.

Release of LittleBigPlanet 3, Crimson Blades, and Spleentastik

LittleBigPlanet 3 was released in North America on November 18th, 2014. M88youngling also wrote on this day that Spleentastik had resigned as Minister of Domestic Affairs and left the Union, implying that her clan the Order of Chaos had seceded or disbanded as well.

The LBP Union also learned that Judgment would be attending a meeting on November 22nd hosted by the Crimson Blades that Union leaders were also invited to. M88youngling planned to attend the meeting and try speak over Judgment representatives.

On November 20th, Union Minister of Foreign Affairs CCSocalGamer was contacted by Judgment members. He decided to lead them to believe that he was willing to help them in a bid to gain more information from them. This led to plans to lure Judgment members into the Union's IRC channel and IP ban them to prevent them from accessing future meetings. However, the results of this plan are unknown.

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