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| image = [[File:ParisWar1.png|255x255px]]▼
| conflict = Parisian Civil War
| caption = raddicted, CalmCreeper and 44cckw gearing up for battle.
| partof =
| date = 27 November 2022▼
▲| image = [[File:ParisWar1.png|255x255px]]
| location = [[Oak Hills]], [[Paris]], Spawn▼
| caption = Rad's Army gearing up and preparing for the war.
| result = Norbert victory▼
▲| date = 27 = November 27, 2022
|group1 = {{User|raddicted}}<br> '''Support:'''<br> {{User|44cckw}}<br> {{User|CalmCreeper360}}▼
▲| locationplace = [[Oak Hills]], ∙ [[Paris]], Spawn∙ [[Nether]]
|group2 = {{User|Norbert011}}<br> '''Support:'''<br> {{User|EvilPoopMan}}<ref group="Notes">EvilPoopMan never engaged in the conflict personally, but it is believed that he somehow helped Norbert with his ability to fly.</ref>
▲| result = NorbertLoyalist victory
|forces1 = 3 players
* Status quo antebellum
|forces2 = 1 player
| combatant1 = [[File:ParisFlag1.png|19px|border|link=]] Loyalists
|ded1 = 29
| combatant2 = [[File:ParisFlag1.png|19px|border|link=]] Rad's Army
|ded2 = 5<br> Norbert's dogs
| commander1 = {{User|Norbert011}}
▲|group1 commander2 = {{User|raddicted}}<br> '''Support:'''<br> {{User|44cckw}}<br> {{User|CalmCreeper360}}
| casualties1 = 5 deaths
| casualties2 = 29 deaths
}}
{{Good article}}The '''Parisian Civil War''' was a massive event that unfolded on Betaonline. It was mainly a power-struggle between the two leaders of Paris, [[raddicted]] and [[Norbert011]]. [[Oak Hills]] would support raddicted in the conflict with both munitions and soldiers, as [[44cckw]] and [[CalmCreeper360]] volunteered to fight alongside raddicted on the battlefield. This war is the single most bloodiest event in the server's history, and led to large damage on buildings such as the [[Oil Rig]] and [[Norbert011's House]].
 
The '''Parisian Civil War''' was a civil war that unfolded in [[Paris]], with spillover into [[Oak Hills]]. The conflict was mainly a power-struggle between the two leaders of Paris, [[Norbert011]] and [[Raddicted]]. The cause of the war are several disputes and minor conflicts between Norbert and several other players that had been brewing over a longer period.
The war is considered a coup-attempt, as raddicted unsuccessfully, with Oak Hills support, tried to oust Norbert from power and install himself as the sole ruler of Paris. This goal failed however, and the war ended in a Pyrrhic victory for Norbert.
 
Being fed up with Norbert's rule over Paris and his several controversies, Raddicted declared himself to be the sole ruler over Paris and vowed to depose Norbert. [[CalmCreeper360]] and [[44cckw]], both of which distrusted Norbert and had rivalries with him, supported Rad's cause and volunteered to fight alongside him on the battlefield.
 
The first shots of the war occurred in Western Metropolitan Paris, as Rad's Army preemptively attacked Norbert while inside of his house. This allowed Rad's Army to make several quick, significant gains against Norbert, though not for long. Rad's Army lost a permanent foothold on mainland Paris and Oak Hills after losing a major battle against Norbert, and had to reorganize their efforts at the [[Oil Rig]]. Although Rad's Army managed to discover a dupe stash located in the [[Nether]], and used this to their full advantage, it was not enough to beat Norbert, who had begun using cheats in order to win the war. Both sides eventually laid down arms to stop the needless destruction and death, with an agreement being made between Norbert and Rad to uphold the current dual leader system.
 
The war is one of the single most bloodiest event in the server's history, and led to large damage on several buildings such as the Oil Rig and [[Norbert011's House]]. The conflict soured relations between players, and some relationships between players would never fully recover. Due to the large destruction of metropolitan Paris, as well as the political system of Paris being unchanged, the war has been considered needless, and as a phyrric victory for Norbert, in retrospect.
 
==Prelude==
===Tensions Arisearise===
[[File:NorbertPatrol1.png|250px|thumb|Norbert patrolling the outside of his house during the tension.]]
The reasons for the Parisian Civil War erupting can be traced back to a single event on the server: Norbert killing CalmCreeper and raddicted. The exact details surrounding the deaths are disputed by both parties, but the facts are that Norbert killed CalmCreeper with his pickaxe. raddicted would teleport to Norbert and attack him with a pickaxe, while Norbert would kill CalmCreeper yet again. With Norbert having Calm's items, raddicted threatened Norbert with a stack of glowstone that he had borrowed. If Norbert didn't return Calm's items; he would never give Norbert the glowstone back. 44cckw and raddicted also suggested that CalmCreeper and Norbert could duel at the [[Fencepost]], Calm turned down the suggestion. Further violence followed, and CalmCreeper threatened Norbert:
The reasons for the Parisian Civil War erupting can be traced back to a fight breaking out between [[Norbert011]] and [[CalmCreeper360]], resulting in the death of Calm. The nature of this fight and why it broke out is disputed by both parties, but Norbert managed to steal Calm's dropped items during the ensuing chaos.
 
[[raddicted]], who wanted the ongoing drama between the two players to come to an end, proceeded to threaten Norbert with a stack of glowstone that he owed him. If Norbert did not return Calm's items, he would never give Norbert the glowstone back. [[44cckw]] and rad also suggested that Calm and Norbert could duel at the [[Fencepost]] to settle the dispute. Calm turned down the suggestion.
 
{{User|CalmCreeper360}} : i swear to god if you dont return my stuff you will regret it
{{User|Norbert011}} : bring it on bitch
 
While this was happening, Norbert broke into [[raddicted's House|rad's house]] and attacked him, leading to rad killing Norbert in self defense. Norbert complained about this and tried to lie that he had been attacked unprovoked, leading him to take "revenge" by breaking into rad's home a second time, killing raddicted and stealing his items.
To stop Norbert from killing raddicted and CalmCreeper, 44cckw would use /kill to murder Norbert, with raddicted proceeding to steal all of Norbert's dropped items. Due to pretty much all players loosing their items, the server reloaded from backup.
 
Norbert had effectively created two mortal enemies on the server who wanted him brought to justice. To prevent any retaliation from either Calm or rad, he went offline for the time being. While 44cckw was thinking about what to do with the current situation, Calm took matters into his own hands.
With the server doing a rollback to restore player's items, 44cckw had hopefully ended the ongoing conflict on the server. However, raddicted would kill Norbert when he entered [[raddicted's House]]. Norbert would complain about this, citing that raddicted was inciting more conflict on the server. raddicted would on the other hand say that it was perfectly acceptable, as Norbert was trespassing on private property, and that he simply did exactly what Norbert had done on a previous occasion. Norbert did not take this lightly, and killed raddicted inside of his home and stole his items in the process. With this, Norbert had again created two enemies on the server who wanted him brought to justice. Norbert would go offline for the time being. While 44cckw was thinking about what to do, Calm took matters into his own hands.
 
===Dog Massacremassacre===
[[File:DogMurderCalm1.png|200px250px|thumb|right|Calm brutally murders Norbert's dog in cold blood.]]
As revenge for his previous murder and theft of items, CalmCreeper was on the war-path. With the help offrom 44cckw, he broke into Norbert'sthe Paris houseMansion and burned all of Norbert's dogs alive with lava.
 
{{User|CalmCreeper360}} : enough is enough
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{{User|CalmCreeper360}} : this is a warning
 
This event in particular is one of the main contributing factors of the Parisian Civil War breaking out. raddicted and 44cckw knew that conflict would arise from Calm's massacre, and immediately began preparing and stockpiling weapons and food.
 
===Gearing up for war===
[[File:ParisWar3.png|230px|thumb|rad's Army gathering equipment before the outbreak of war.]]▼
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==War==
===Opening Shotsshots===
[[File:ParisWar2.png|255px200px|thumb|left|Norbert being killed by 44cckw after attacking Calm.]]
As rad's Army was gathering outside of the [[Spider Cave]], [[Norbert011|Norbert]] logged on. The army at this point was well-equipped and ready to fight, and began planning what to do next. While this was happening, Norbert surprise-attacked the army from the North. Norbert successfully killed [[CalmCreeper360|Calm]] – having iron instead of diamond armor – but [[44cckw]] would hit and kill Norbert in return. With Norbert respawning at [[Paris Mansion|his house]], rad's Army quickly moved to assault the Paris Mansion from the West. The attack was successful, as Norbert was caught off-guard and killed outside his home.
▲With Norbert being offline for the time being, raddicted, 44cckw and CalmCreeper was gearing up for a war with Norbert. Being fed up with Norbert's shenanigans and rule over Paris, raddicted wanted to depose Norbert as ruler of Paris and gain full control himself. 44cckw and Calm threw in their support, and would begin to provide materials and weapons. However, diamond supplies from the [[Dupe Wars]] was beginning to dwindle, but it was enough left for raddicted and 44cckw to craft full diamond armor. Further materiel would be acquired from the [[Spider Cave]] and the Skeleton farm inside the [[Paris Hole]]. 44cckw's oil rig would be set up as a base of operations, due to it's location and being easy to defend against attackers. All warps would be rendered useless by covering them in obsidian.
 
Right whenDuring the raddicted-clique was grouping outside of the Spider Cavebattle, Norbert logged on. With rad's army being well-equipped and ready to fight, they began planning what to do next. However, Norbert surprise-attacked the group from the north. He would successfully kill Calm, but 44cckw would hit and kill Norbert in return. With Norbert respawning at his house, the group decided to quickly assault Norbert's house from the west. This attack-move would later be known as the 'quick dash east'. It was mildly successful, as Norbert managed to intercept the attackers on the way. Itit was discovered by rad's Army during this attack that Norbert somehow had harnessedbegun [[EvilPoopMan]]'susing abilitiescheats, as he was able to quickly kill the group, similar tospecifically killaura. This made it significantly more difficult to attack Norbert, and rad's Army went over to using bows asranged weapons. This did little damage, and somemost playersmembers of rad's Army didn't have enougha arrowssufficient orarrow even a bowsupply. With the raddicted's loyalistsArmy crumbling, they fell back to the oilOil rigRig and began planning their next move.
 
===Discovery of the Nether Dupedupe Stashstash===
[[File:NetherRevertDupe1.png|180px|thumb|right|The dupe stash discovered by raddicted.]]
With rad's Army in disarray after being destroyed by Norbert's EvilPoopMan powerscheats, raddicted came up with the idea of using lava-buckets as a weapon. To gather the lava, raddicted and 44cckw ventured into the [[Nether]]. However, the two players found a lot more than just lava. raddicted stumbled acrossupon a massive dupe stash. This was a massive morale-boost to the army, as the supply of dupe war-era diamonds that they had used previously was very small. rad's Army would spend a significant time manually mining these duped diamond blocks, and gathergathering them at the oilOil rigRig. In total, they gathered approximately 3 stacks of diamond blocks, which was more than enough to craft serious weapons and armor for the entire army.
 
{{User|raddicted}} : found something BIG
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{{User|Norbert011}} : this is the weakest attempt to tp kill someone I've ever seen
 
There is debate among the player base on who exactly created this dupe stash. The Nether was largely explored and mapped back in September and the dupe stash was not found then, so it is believed to have been created some time in October- or November. While themost firstplayers immediately suspect wasthat [[Revert]], was behind this (who had previously duped on the server a few weeks prior), manyother players doubted this. Revert himself wouldclaimed eventhat gohe ondid recordnot saying thatcommit the dupe was not committed by him, as he never duped anything other than iron and lapis blocks. It is most likely that this iswas aan unrelated copycat crime committed by an unknown player on the server.
 
While this went down in the underworld, Norbert was preparing a counter-attack in the Overworld.
 
===Assault and Siegesiege on the Oil Rig===
[[File:OilRigAssault1.png|200px|thumb|right|Norbert's first advance on the oil rig is halted by lava.]]
With rad's Army losinglost their groundfoothold on mainland Paris[[Oak Hills]] and OakParis Hills,after theyseveral raids on [[CalmCreeper360's House|Calm's House]] by Norbert. The army fully regrouped at the oilOil rigRig. While they were busy crafting and managing more gear they would use, Norbert would useused the massive tunnel-system underneath Paris to advance on the oilOil rigRig. As these tunnels wasare directly connected directly to the oilOil rigRig, raddicted and CalmCreeper would pourpoured lava down the stairs leading to thethese underground tunnels. This successfully halted Norbert's first attack, as he was unable to stop the massive flow of lava coming from above. With their current advantage, raddicted planned to build a tower up to build limit and pour lava down onto Norbert'sthe Paris houseMansion. This wouldn't destroy histhe housebuilding due to fire-spread being disabled, but it would trap Norbert inside his house. While rad's Army was gathering the resources for this, norbert had a trick up his sleeve; using his mystical powers, he would fly to the oil rig. This was a shocker and completely took rad's Army by surprise. The previously thought impossible to penetrate oil rig was suddenly under attack by a flying player. With his killarura, Norbert would massacre rad's Army stationed on the oil rig. It was impossible to kill him with lava buckets, and the supply of arrows was getting smaller. It didn't help either that Norbert would destroy the dead player's loot with fire, meaning that rad's Army would inevitably run out of resources. However, raddicted had one final plan, and suggested it to 44cckw.
 
While Rad's Army was gathering the resources for this, Norbert had a trick up his sleeve; using his cheats, he would fly to the Oil Rig across the water. This was a shocker and completely took rad's Army by surprise. The previously thought impossible to penetrate Oil Rig was suddenly under attack by a flying player. With his killarura, Norbert would massacre rad's Army stationed on the Oil Rig. It was impossible to kill him with lava buckets, and the supply of arrows was getting smaller. It didn't help either that Norbert would destroy the dead player's loot with fire and lava, meaning that Rad's Army would inevitably run out of resources. However, raddicted had one final plan and suggested it to 44cckw.
===Worldedit and end of the Conflict===
 
===End of the conflict===
[[File:NorbertHouseWorldEdit1.png|200px|thumb|left|Norbert's house vanished from existence during the final stage of the war.]]
With it being clear that there was no way for the raddictedrad's loyalistsArmy to win the war due to Norbert's powerscheats, they only had one option left to use: Worldedit. As 44cckw was a server operator, he had access to thethis powerful plugin named Worldedit. This could let 44cckw do unimaginable things, and it could rival the powers of Norbert. Using the plugin, 44cckw would deletedeleted Norbert's house from existence. This move brought the war to a quick end, and both parties of the conflict agreed to cease fighting to stop further damages.
 
All damages made during the war was reverted, and Norbert kept his ruling position in Paris, with Rad failing to depose him.
 
==Aftermath==
The conflict is an important piece of [[Paris]] history. It solidified [[Norbert011|Norbert's]] rule of Paris together with [[raddicted]]. rad was allowed to keep his ruling position together with Norbert, even though he had attempted to coup him, though the relationship between the two took a hit. Relations between Paris and [[Oak Hills]] was also soured, due to high-up Oak Hills supportingcitizens the[[44cckw]] and [[CalmCreeper360]] supporting raddicted's insurrection and coup-attempt. The war iswas alsoat the time, the single-most deadliest conflict in the server's history. Due to the massive damages caused on the server; the loss of items, the massacre of Norbert's dogs and [[Paris Mansion|Norbert's house]] vanishing from existence, the server reloaded from backup.
 
While Norbert and raddicted continued to be friends following the war, the same could not be said for NobertNorbert and CalmCreeper. Even though the server loadedreloaded from a backup, meaning that Calm kept his items, he was still upset about the earlier unjustified murder and theft of himitems. He has vowed to take revenge on Norbert in some way, even though it could lead to another conflict in the future, which it eventually did. During [[EvilPoopMan's Reign]] over the server some weeks later, fighting between the two continued to happen, meaning that the Reign and the later June of Chaos, which almost tore the server apart, is a direct consequence of this war.
 
==Gallery==
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File:DogMurderCalm2.png|thumb|[[CalmCreeper360]] brutally murdering [[Norbert011]]'s dogs.
▲File:ParisWar3.png|thumb|rad's Army gathering equipment before the outbreak of war.
File:DogMurderCalm3.png|thumb|Ditto.
File:NetherRevertDupe2.png|thumb|Another picture of the [[Nether]] dupe. Note that the name [[Revert]] is built with slabs.
File:NorbertHouseWorldEdit2.png|thumb|Norbert's house was removed from the world using Worldedit.
File:NorbertHouseWorldEdit3.png|thumb|Ditto.
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