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{{Infobox organization | {{Infobox organization | ||
| name = BMW | | name = BMW | ||
| image = File:BMW logo.png | | image = File:BMW logo.png | ||
| motto = "Fuck Goons" | | motto = "Fuck Goons" | ||
| predecessor = [[COMMUNISM]]<br>[[GM]]<br>[[FORD]] | |||
| successor = [[WTT]] | |||
| formation = {{start date and age|2015|05|25}} | | formation = {{start date and age|2015|05|25}} | ||
| status = | | extinction = {{end date and age|2017|09|15}} | ||
| website = {{URL| | | founder = See Founders | ||
| status = Rebranded to WrongThinkTank | |||
| website = {{URL|fuckgoons.com}}(Defunct) | |||
| formerly = | | formerly = | ||
| footnotes = | | footnotes = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''BMW''' | '''BMW''' was the central group of the WIDEVERSE after [[COMMUNISM]]s decline in 2015. Initially formed as a Rust group from SomethingAwful, BMW grew into a prosperous gaming group and Mongolian troll farm. BMW rebranded to [[WrongThink Tank]] in 2017, before shortening it to WTT in 2018, then completely abandoning that brand and renaming to [[Wideboys]] in 2021. Though BMW lives on directly in [[WIDEBOYS]], for the sake of historical record the group is considered to be defunct. | ||
= History = | |||
== Formation == | |||
[[File:Origin1.png|upright|thumb|alt=BMW logo in Trump style|[[Capitaler]] and [[Cal Worthington]] discussing the the merger of several clans to create BMW in May 2015.]] | [[File:Origin1.png|upright|thumb|alt=BMW logo in Trump style|[[Capitaler]] and [[Cal Worthington]] discussing the the merger of several clans to create BMW in May 2015.]] | ||
BMW began at the end of the life span of the Goon run Rust server era. [[Bishyaler]] and [[Shadowgate]] merged their servers in April 2015 to create [[Goon Playground]]. The two largest clans on the server at the time were [[GM]] and [[FORD]] who had been at odds for months, trading raids and feuding in the SA Rust thread. The tipping point came after [[GAY]] and [[WU-TANG]] joined the server and GM launched its biggest raid on the FORD northern base. Many of FORDs members expressed disinterest in continuing to play since GM had become a monopoly on the server. After GM launched a massive raid on the WU-TANG base, the situation reached a peak. A mass of people, including GM, agreed that the server with its current population of just Goons and no pubbies was unsustainable. The decision was made to leave the server for several wipes to allow a pubbie userbase to grow. At this time, many new players were expressing interest in Rust, but had no desire to play with Goons against other Goons. [[Capitaler]] began floating the idea to create a massive Goon rush clan on a public modded server. Ideas were tossed around on what to name this new clan, with some idiot suggesting CARS, but the idea that since the group was going into a foreign land, it should be named after a foreign car company. Also, the joke from GM about [[ | BMW began at the end of the life span of the Goon run Rust server era. [[Bishyaler]] and [[Shadowgate]] merged their servers in April 2015 to create [[Goon Playground]]. The two largest clans on the server at the time were [[GM]] and [[FORD]] who had been at odds for months, trading raids and feuding in the SA Rust thread. The tipping point came after [[GAY]] and [[WU-TANG]] joined the server and GM launched its biggest raid on the FORD northern base. Many of FORDs members expressed disinterest in continuing to play since GM had become a monopoly on the server. After GM launched a massive raid on the WU-TANG base, the situation reached a peak. A mass of people, including GM, agreed that the server with its current population of just Goons and no pubbies was unsustainable. The decision was made to leave the server for several wipes to allow a pubbie userbase to grow. At this time, many new players were expressing interest in Rust, but had no desire to play with Goons against other Goons. [[Capitaler]] began floating the idea to create a massive Goon rush clan on a public modded server. Ideas were tossed around on what to name this new clan, with some idiot suggesting CARS, but the idea that since the group was going into a foreign land, it should be named after a foreign car company. Also, the joke from GM about [[Rejdukien]] and his German engineering. [[Cal Worthington]] landed on the name BMW, and the next wipe, BMW was created. GM, FORD, WU-TANG, and GAY all merged into one group using [[Woofingtons Mumble]] as a meeting spot. | ||
== | == 2015 == | ||
The leaders of GM and FORD with Capitaler became the immediate leaders of BMW. They decided to move to the modded Rust server ran by YouTuber, [[PsiSyndicate]]. BMW immediatly adopted many of the strategies from all the aforementioned clans, such as GMs [[DREADFORT]] and FORDs sprawling base design which was itself influenced by Legacy Rusts [[DETROIT]]. The result was an impressive display of autism that only Goons can accomplish. | The leaders of GM and FORD with Capitaler became the immediate leaders of BMW. They decided to move to the modded Rust server ran by YouTuber, [[PsiSyndicate]]. BMW immediatly adopted many of the strategies from all the aforementioned clans, such as GMs [[DREADFORT]] and FORDs sprawling base design which was itself influenced by Legacy Rusts [[DETROIT]]. The result was an impressive display of autism that only Goons can accomplish. | ||
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The second wipe cycle was largely uneventful. BMW stuck to the established playbook of basing in the snow. A few battles with [[KRAKEN]] who took over some outlying structures during hit and run raids and the infamous [[Turtle Raid]]. | The second wipe cycle was largely uneventful. BMW stuck to the established playbook of basing in the snow. A few battles with [[KRAKEN]] who took over some outlying structures during hit and run raids and the infamous [[Turtle Raid]]. | ||
===Peak=== | === Peak === | ||
On the third wipe cycle, Capitaler shifted BMW from desolate fringe basing to dominating the airfield at the center of the map. The move was highly debated and argued that it was unsustainable and BMW would fare better by sticking to the edge of the map and remaining obscure. The move however turned out to be hugely successful because of the implications of placing a giant base in the center of the map next to one of the biggest monuments on the map. BMW immediately began cultivating a reputation of having an iron fist because of its ability to constantly be raiding, its impermeability from being raided, and the infamous sniping duo of Rejdukien and Taylor Swift. | On the third wipe cycle, Capitaler shifted BMW from desolate fringe basing to dominating the airfield at the center of the map. The move was highly debated and argued that it was unsustainable and BMW would fare better by sticking to the edge of the map and remaining obscure. The move however turned out to be hugely successful because of the implications of placing a giant base in the center of the map next to one of the biggest monuments on the map. BMW immediately began cultivating a reputation of having an iron fist because of its ability to constantly be raiding, its impermeability from being raided, and the infamous sniping duo of Rejdukien and Taylor Swift. | ||
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The final controversy came in the last wipe. Incidents were occurring on the server that resembled the earlier no clip hacks, with many groups finding their loot had been taken without any parts of their base being demolished or removed. Taylor convinced Moegex to install a mod that tracked usage of cabinets and chests to try and find the culprit. The incidents almost immediately stopped, until the day before the update, a majority of BMWs explosives were stolen. Taylor began the investigation but found that the mod to track such thievery had been disabled, because of complaints of "lag". These complaints never seemed to have been voiced to anyone but BTK and nobody in BMW or others had experienced it. Regardless, TSBS launched a full scale raid on the DREADFORT as Taylor was doing the weekly tear down of the DREADFORT. Taylor and Capitaler continued to admin the server for several weeks after the majority of BMW had quit. Ashy however begun playing with [[Method Man]], the former leader of WU-TANG, under the BMW name. Eventually however everyone stopped playing for the remainder of the fall of 2015. Complaints about Rusty Bottoms and its sketchy admins[http://steamcommunity.com/app/252490/discussions/0/613956964590411847/#c520519112496887487] boomed after BMW left | The final controversy came in the last wipe. Incidents were occurring on the server that resembled the earlier no clip hacks, with many groups finding their loot had been taken without any parts of their base being demolished or removed. Taylor convinced Moegex to install a mod that tracked usage of cabinets and chests to try and find the culprit. The incidents almost immediately stopped, until the day before the update, a majority of BMWs explosives were stolen. Taylor began the investigation but found that the mod to track such thievery had been disabled, because of complaints of "lag". These complaints never seemed to have been voiced to anyone but BTK and nobody in BMW or others had experienced it. Regardless, TSBS launched a full scale raid on the DREADFORT as Taylor was doing the weekly tear down of the DREADFORT. Taylor and Capitaler continued to admin the server for several weeks after the majority of BMW had quit. Ashy however begun playing with [[Method Man]], the former leader of WU-TANG, under the BMW name. Eventually however everyone stopped playing for the remainder of the fall of 2015. Complaints about Rusty Bottoms and its sketchy admins[http://steamcommunity.com/app/252490/discussions/0/613956964590411847/#c520519112496887487] boomed after BMW left | ||
===Hiatus & Return=== | === Hiatus & Return === | ||
Bishyaler offered to rehost the Goon server under the new name of [[THUNDERDOME (server)]]. Capitaler gave up his leadership position because of multiple reasons, including he was in no way interested in playing on a Goon server. The project floundered but kept interest in Rust to a certain level. | Bishyaler offered to rehost the Goon server under the new name of [[THUNDERDOME (server)]]. Capitaler gave up his leadership position because of multiple reasons, including he was in no way interested in playing on a Goon server. The project floundered but kept interest in Rust to a certain level. | ||
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Taylor, with new friends from BMW, went back to shitposting with his original group, [[COMMUNISM]], who had been known as GAY in Rust. | Taylor, with new friends from BMW, went back to shitposting with his original group, [[COMMUNISM]], who had been known as GAY in Rust. | ||
The hiatus started winding down around the end of November 2015 when Taylor began recruiting Goons to start playing again on the server Method Man was admin on. The first attempt was a total failure for a multitude of reasons. First, many Goons were only starting to trickle back into the game. Secondly, the DREADFORT was poorly built and even more confusing to navigate than previous incarnations. That added with the changes to cold that prevented people from teleporting right after spawning prevented the turn around during raid attempts. Thirdly, a super established group known as [[NAMBLA]] was already on the server and had much more time and resources invested into the wipe. Finally, the wipe week coincided with the release of Fallout 4, a major hype for BMW. The group died back down for a few weeks after this | The hiatus started winding down around the end of November 2015 when Taylor began recruiting Goons to start playing again on the server Method Man was admin on. The first attempt was a total failure for a multitude of reasons. First, many Goons were only starting to trickle back into the game. Secondly, the DREADFORT was poorly built and even more confusing to navigate than previous incarnations. That added with the changes to cold that prevented people from teleporting right after spawning prevented the turn around during raid attempts. Thirdly, a super established group known as [[NAMBLA]] was already on the server and had much more time and resources invested into the wipe. Finally, the wipe week coincided with the release of Fallout 4, a major hype for BMW. The [[LAPD Siege]] was also a contributing factor. The group died back down for a few weeks after this | ||
In December, BMW was able to come back officially. They had moved from Woofingtons Mumble to a new program called Discord, still under Woofingtons "Reticulated Splines" name however. They began moving away from the concept of a single giant base to a more practical and hard to raid idea of a sprawling compound and several offsite locations to store goods. These changes proved to be successful in the long run, but Terminus was proving to be a shitshow of its own. The owner was found several times in NAMBLA bases we raided, logged out, and it was quite obvious he was very close to the members of the clan. He always looked the other way when NAMBLA did something fishy and would never look into numerous complaints about them. The final straw was when Taylor attempted to counter a raid against a miniDREADFORT [[Prude]] had built. Taylor had snuck across 5 map tiles to find the base, and immediately after arriving on the scene, was hunted down and shot, like NAMBLA had known right where he was. | In December, BMW was able to come back officially. They had moved from Woofingtons Mumble to a new program called Discord, still under Woofingtons "Reticulated Splines" name however. They began moving away from the concept of a single giant base to a more practical and hard to raid idea of a sprawling compound and several offsite locations to store goods. These changes proved to be successful in the long run, but Terminus was proving to be a shitshow of its own. The owner was found several times in NAMBLA bases we raided, logged out, and it was quite obvious he was very close to the members of the clan. He always looked the other way when NAMBLA did something fishy and would never look into numerous complaints about them. The final straw was when Taylor attempted to counter a raid against a miniDREADFORT [[Prude]] had built. Taylor had snuck across 5 map tiles to find the base, and immediately after arriving on the scene, was hunted down and shot, like NAMBLA had known right where he was. | ||
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306 began ramping up their attacks against BMW. They had started earlier in the wipe by building small sniping towers and losing in sniping battles against BMW. They grew ambitious and built a giant tower right next to the DREADFORT. Taylor countered this buy building a giant 1x10 wall called "The Great Wall of Autism that blocked their view of the DREADFORT. BMW decided to take 2 weeks off for the holidays and shuttered the DREADFORT. 306 came along later and blew into an empty husk and tried to claim they destroyed it. | 306 began ramping up their attacks against BMW. They had started earlier in the wipe by building small sniping towers and losing in sniping battles against BMW. They grew ambitious and built a giant tower right next to the DREADFORT. Taylor countered this buy building a giant 1x10 wall called "The Great Wall of Autism that blocked their view of the DREADFORT. BMW decided to take 2 weeks off for the holidays and shuttered the DREADFORT. 306 came along later and blew into an empty husk and tried to claim they destroyed it. | ||
Bimmers spent the next few weeks screwing around once again on Bishyalers server, in what would become known as the GMFORD-GAY War. | Bimmers spent the next few weeks screwing around once again on Bishyalers server, in what would become known as the [[GMFORD-GAY War]]. | ||
== 2016 == | |||
January 2016 was the first time BMW played on Rusticity. It at the time was a fairly active server with an owner who was bipolar to say the least. He frequently changed rules and mods and even gather rates, but the server was stable and at that point in Rust, that's all BMW could ask for. It was a rough start because of an influx of new people after the 2015 Winter Sale, but a DREADFORT was eventually built. Rusticity however was not short on other clans looking to take shots at BMW. The most notable being [[ECHO]] who came closer to online raiding the DREADFORT than anyone since SPEED, but was eventually driven back by a coordinated push from [[Peaches]] with an Eoka and Waterpipe and Cal Worthington coming behind cleaning up with automatic machine fire. However, they were able to get back later in the wipe via use of home commands and tower up to the roof of the DREADFORT and break in. Lev decided to go on a bender and announced he was shutting the server down the next week. | January 2016 was the first time BMW played on Rusticity. It at the time was a fairly active server with an owner who was bipolar to say the least. He frequently changed rules and mods and even gather rates, but the server was stable and at that point in Rust, that's all BMW could ask for. It was a rough start because of an influx of new people after the 2015 Winter Sale, but a DREADFORT was eventually built. Rusticity however was not short on other clans looking to take shots at BMW. The most notable being [[ECHO]] who came closer to online raiding the DREADFORT than anyone since SPEED, but was eventually driven back by a coordinated push from [[Peaches]] with an Eoka and Waterpipe and Cal Worthington coming behind cleaning up with automatic machine fire. However, they were able to get back later in the wipe via use of home commands and tower up to the roof of the DREADFORT and break in. Lev decided to go on a bender and announced he was shutting the server down the next week. | ||
Taylor had the brilliant idea to return to Rusty Bottoms, arguing that its better the shady devils you know than the crashing laggy devils you dont. The push started pre-wipe, with the infamous "poverty raid" in which Taylor, Rej, and Jack went from sticks and stones to raiding a giant island compound within 2 hours of joining the server, mainly fueled by autism, bullshit, and poorly designed bases. | Taylor had the brilliant idea to return to Rusty Bottoms, arguing that its better the shady devils you know than the crashing laggy devils you dont. The push started pre-wipe, with the infamous "poverty raid" in which Taylor, Rej, and Jack went from sticks and stones to raiding a giant island compound within 2 hours of joining the server, mainly fueled by autism, bullshit, and poorly designed bases. | ||
{{quote | {{quote|G-Mach built a 1x1 in a deserted island compound. Some of it was raided and some of it wasn't so we started searching around. We went through like 100 Axes/bone clubs/etc getting through an armored door where we found a kitted out sleeper. We then used their quarries and furnaces to start cooking ores. | ||
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We towered over a few of their high exterior gates, find some misc. loot. and some more build free zones. So we tower on top of one of their bases and find a loot room with no door to the roof full of armor and guns. We researched most of it and dumped the rest. | We towered over a few of their high exterior gates, find some misc. loot. and some more build free zones. So we tower on top of one of their bases and find a loot room with no door to the roof full of armor and guns. We researched most of it and dumped the rest. | ||
We then took what we had looted from chests and then what we had in their quarries and furnaces and made 4 C4, blew into an all armored 1 story building to the scene above. Full of guns, ammo, uniforms, meds, etc. Havent found any C4 yet but we think we know where it is. | We then took what we had looted from chests and then what we had in their quarries and furnaces and made 4 C4, blew into an all armored 1 story building to the scene above. Full of guns, ammo, uniforms, meds, etc. Havent found any C4 yet but we think we know where it is. | ||
|author=Taylor Swift | | |author=Taylor Swift |topic=''BMW: Fuck Goons (Rust, Wurm, CS:GO, Conan Exiles)'' | ||
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The next server for BMW was called Uprising Prime. Back to more heavily modded servers, BMW hit a stride. Raiding out of a tiny shitshack on the fringe of the map, they were able to dish out an impressive amount of shit in the short wipe cycle. | The next server for BMW was called Uprising Prime. Back to more heavily modded servers, BMW hit a stride. Raiding out of a tiny shitshack on the fringe of the map, they were able to dish out an impressive amount of shit in the short wipe cycle. | ||
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BACKSTORY: Yesterday Ashy, Oz, iRogue, Method, and myself were dicking around the desert and came upon a base that had an exposed cupboard outside. We authed ourselves then laddered up to the roof, found a sleeper in DADDY, took his shit, killed him and left. I set home there JUST IN CASE, probably wont need it but you never know. | BACKSTORY: Yesterday Ashy, Oz, iRogue, Method, and myself were dicking around the desert and came upon a base that had an exposed cupboard outside. We authed ourselves then laddered up to the roof, found a sleeper in DADDY, took his shit, killed him and left. I set home there JUST IN CASE, probably wont need it but you never know. | ||
TODAY: Ashy, Oz, and Tek come under fire from the same base. I come into the Discord channel and they mention its the base from yesterday so I casually mention the home I had set. I home in real fast and TP Teknoir in who boosts me up to the top level where the guy is. Then: | TODAY: Ashy, Oz, and Tek come under fire from the same base. I come into the Discord channel and they mention its the base from yesterday so I casually mention the home I had set. I home in real fast and TP Teknoir in who boosts me up to the top level where the guy is. Then: (removed YouTube link) | ||
Funniest thing to happen in Rust for a LONG time. | Funniest thing to happen in Rust for a LONG time. | ||
|author=Taylor Swift | | |author=Taylor Swift |topic=''BMW: Fuck Goons (Rust, Wurm, CS:GO, Conan Exiles)'' | ||
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===2017=== | A few week of this effectively killed Uprising Prime. For once BMW was on the hunt for a server, not out of failure, but because they pooped the socks too hard. | ||
EMPIRE was the next one. There BMW found a familiar face in a player named Hef, who played against BMW on an earlier server for a long time. Somehow, he managed to worm his way into Woofingtons Discord. This caused the leaders of BMW to readdress the Discord situation, and in a long overdue move, BMW created its own. This is where BMW really took off as its own community. EMPIRE ended up being a dead server. | |||
For the 3rd time, BMW went to Boondocks. 306 was nowhere to be found this time, so BMW had complete reign over the server. However, 4 days into the wipe, the server began locking up for 15 minutes at a time. The decision was made to go back to Uprising Prime, which had regained a good bit of its population. Certain admins there were starting to get sketchy, so BMW astroturfed a Reddit thread complaining and got the sketchiest of them fired. Taylor got EAC banned from Rust a few weeks later, however. This effectively killed BMW in Rust for months. | |||
Taylor eventually repurchased Rust and BMW tried to restart Bishyalers server, unsuccessfully. | |||
In September of 2016, Lev, now named Lions, brought Rusticity back from the grave, again. BMW quickly became the powerhouse clan and was wiping entire sides of the map. In typical Lev fashion though, this lasted for all of 3 weeks before he decided to shut it down again. This time however, BMW had a plan. Taylor and Bishyaler got together and made a clone of the Rusticity server a few days before it went down, so on wipe day they brought the server up and immediately had 80~ people online. For some reason that has yet to be uncovered by modern psychology, Lev was enraged at this, and spent 100s of dollars on a botnet to DDOS the server, forcing Taylor and Bishyaler and move the server several times. The damage was already done, and the next wipe, no more than 30 people logged in on wipe day. This proved to be a massive blow to BMW, eventually resulting in several members and admins quitting. Rust again, for BMW, was dead. | |||
=== Post-Rust === | |||
During the summer of 2016 during a Rust lull, Rejdukien and Jack began hosting and running an ARMA 3 server using the Exile mod after BMW had spent some time on pubbie servers harassing people and almost getting banned. The server was a huge success for several months, attracting many pubbies. | |||
In late 2016, Future turned BMW onto the idea of becoming a Conan Exiles group. Conan was to be a game like Rust, but set in the world of Conan the Barbarian and featuring significantly more game play right from launch. Future created a thread for CE and began the hype train. | |||
After the failure of Rusticity, BMW turned into essentially a shit posting mecca for the remainder of 2016, especially after the 2016 US Elections. No real pushes were made into games outside of a few meme and party games. | |||
== 2017 == | |||
=== Conan Exiles === | |||
January of 2017 was the release of the Early Access of Conan Exiles. Several hundred people flocked into BMW to play, excited at the prospect of being part of a good old fashioned Bimmer Rush. The developers of Conan Exiles had different ideas however, when on release night it was realized that not only servers have hard caps of 75 people, but clans were limited to 10 or 15. Considering BMW alone was fielding 40-50 people at rush hour, it was impossible for all of BMW to get on one server. Those issues coupled with the fact that the game was an optimized laggy piece of shit quickly killed any momentum the game had. Try as they might, the leaders of BMW couldnt find a way to get everyone playing the game together. Within a week, the game was essentially dead except for a few hold out groups lead by Cynthia Dutch and Snatch Duster. | |||
For several months, BMW was once again in a slump. The major project they had built towards had failed. Many ideas were pitched, games were bought, but they all eventually failed. | |||
== | === SA Rapefugee Program === | ||
===Founders | Around the end of summer, Prude began reaching out to forlorn GBS Goons, starting what was later called the SA Rapefugee Program. The program was almost immediately successful, recruiting many active users into BMW that boosted the Pol channels immensely. | ||
=== WrongThink Tank Rebrand === | |||
{{See also|WTT}} | |||
BMW, being a copyrighted international brand, was a name that obviously couldn't be used forever. Given the new nature of the group and its aims, Prude floated the idea of renaming to Wrongthink Tank on September 15th. The idea was very warmly received (outside of a few smoothbrains) and the old branding was mostly dumped, outside of keeping the BMW color scheme and still referring to members as Bimmers. | |||
However, some people in a desperate bid for relevancy, still try and claim the name. Real tough scene. | |||
= Members = | |||
== Founders == | |||
* [[Cal Worthington]] - As leader of [[FORD]] | * [[Cal Worthington]] - As leader of [[FORD]] | ||
* [[Kimsemus]] - As leader of [[GM]] | * [[Kimsemus]] - As leader of [[GM]] | ||
* [[Taylor Swift]] - As leader of [[GAY]] | * [[Taylor Swift]] - As leader of [[GAY]] | ||
* [[Method Man]] and [[Jack]] are considered by some to also be co-founders, as well as Capitaler. | |||
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== | == Leaders == | ||
{{See also|List of WIDEVERSE Leaders#BMW, Wrongthink Tank, WTT, & WIDEBOYS Eras}} | |||
= Gallery = | |||
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