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| combatant2  = {{flag|Lowtaxes Discord}}<br>{{flag|SA Discord}}<br>{{flag|Wonka}}<br>{{flag|Sauce}}
| combatant2  = {{flag|Lowtaxes Discord}}<br>{{flag|SA Discord}}<br>{{flag|Wonka}}<br>{{flag|Sauce}}
| combatant3  = {{flag|Serious Overchill}}<br>{{flag|Bread and Roses}}
| combatant3  = {{flag|Serious Overchill}}<br>{{flag|Bread and Roses}}
| commander1  = {{flagicon|BMW}}[[Taylor Swift]]<br>{{flagicon|BMW}}[[Prude]]<br>{{flagicon|BMW}}[[CST]]<br>{{flagicon|WTT}}[[The Incels]]<ref>Formerly part of the council that ran BMW, The Incels broke off during [[The Incel Uprising]]</ref><br>{{flagicon|MOTHER}}[[The Sauce]]<ref>Originally a low level MOTHER operative, Sauce betrayed BMW in an illfated coup attempt during [[The Sauce Affair]].</ref><br>{{flagicon|BMW}}[[Kimsemus]]<ref>Kimsemus, originally one of the councilors running BMW, split off with The Incels during the uprising and actively fought against BMW during the war. However, in the late stages of the war when BMWs victory seemed inevitable, he defected back.</ref>
| commander1  = {{flagicon|BMW}}[[Taylor Swift]]<br>{{flagicon|BMW}}[[Prude]]<br>{{flagicon|BMW}}[[CST]]<br>{{flagicon|WTT}}[[The Wonkas]]<ref>Formerly part of the council that ran BMW, The Wonkas broke off during [[The Wonka Uprising]]</ref><br>{{flagicon|MOTHER}}[[The Sauce]]<ref>Originally a low level MOTHER operative, Sauce betrayed BMW in an illfated coup attempt during [[The Sauce Affair]].</ref><br>{{flagicon|BMW}}[[Kimsemus]]<ref>Kimsemus, originally one of the councilors running BMW, split off with The Wonkas during the uprising and actively fought against BMW during the war. However, in the late stages of the war when BMWs victory seemed inevitable, he defected back.</ref>
| commander2  = {{flagicon|Lowtaxes Discord}}[[Lowtax]]{{KIA}}<br>{{flagicon|SA Discord}}[[TT]]<br>{{flagicon|Wonka}}The Incels<br>{{flagicon|Wonka}}Kimsemus<br>{{flagicon|Sauce}}[[The Sauce]]{{KIA}}
| commander2  = {{flagicon|Lowtaxes Discord}}[[Lowtax]]{{KIA}}<br>{{flagicon|SA Discord}}[[TT]]<br>{{flagicon|Wonka}}The Wonkas<br>{{flagicon|Wonka}}Kimsemus<br>{{flagicon|Sauce}}[[The Sauce]]{{KIA}}
| commander3  = {{flagicon|Serious Overchill}}[[FAT32]]{{KIA}}<br>{{flagicon|Serious Overchill}}[[Ben Smash]]<br>{{flagicon|Bread and Roses}} Dickeye<br>{{flagicon|Bread and Roses}} [[Measly Twerp]]
| commander3  = {{flagicon|Serious Overchill}}[[FAT32]]{{KIA}}<br>{{flagicon|Serious Overchill}}[[Ben Smash]]<br>{{flagicon|Bread and Roses}} Dickeye<br>{{flagicon|Bread and Roses}} [[Measly Twerp]]
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Conflict between BMW and Goons existed as long as BMW itself. There was a long and rich history of certain Goons getting butthurt over this or that and gagging at gnats, most notably when Spacedad joined the Rust crew for all of one day and noped out within 12 hours. One of the most notable clashes between BMW and Something Awful was when [[Cal Worthington]]s "Wanted Posters" caused the mods of the forum to lock the years old griefing thread permanently for "doxxing". The main Rust thread was also lock temporarily as [[FactsAreUseless]] bumbled about trying to involve himself in it. The event blew over but left a reputation for BMW among the Goons. One of BMWs most vocal opponents was a forums poster named Cheen aka McCain Av Faggot, who had long hated BMW because they wouldn't play on Vanilla servers. No really, that's the basis of his entire butthurt campaign, its because BMW wouldn't grind for hours on Vanilla servers with him.
Conflict between BMW and Goons existed as long as BMW itself. There was a long and rich history of certain Goons getting butthurt over this or that and gagging at gnats, most notably when Spacedad joined the Rust crew for all of one day and noped out within 12 hours. One of the most notable clashes between BMW and Something Awful was when [[Cal Worthington]]s "Wanted Posters" caused the mods of the forum to lock the years old griefing thread permanently for "doxxing". The main Rust thread was also lock temporarily as [[FactsAreUseless]] bumbled about trying to involve himself in it. The event blew over but left a reputation for BMW among the Goons. One of BMWs most vocal opponents was a forums poster named Cheen aka McCain Av Faggot, who had long hated BMW because they wouldn't play on Vanilla servers. No really, that's the basis of his entire butthurt campaign, its because BMW wouldn't grind for hours on Vanilla servers with him.


Throughout the war, a certain sect of members of BMW who disliked Taylor would begin plotting against him in various ways, an event that would culminate twice in The Incel Uprising and The Sauce Affair.
Throughout the war, a certain sect of members of BMW who disliked Taylor would begin plotting against him in various ways, an event that would culminate twice in The Wonka Uprising and The Sauce Affair.


==Beginning==
==Beginning==
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===Summer of Butthurt===
===Summer of Butthurt===
{{See also|The Goose Migration}}
{{See also|The Goose Migration}}
{{See also|Incel Uprising}}
{{See also|Wonka Uprising}}
After BMW had been ousted from SA Discord and had moved on from Goons, they had committed to helping forlorn Goons in what became known as the SA Rapefugee Program (A program originally meant to use GDN to find oppressed Goons), which sought out Goons who exhibited wrong-think publically on the forums. The program was largely a success for months, but in May of 2018, began to turn sour. A small contingent of the rapefugees, led by notorious pedophile Tallgeese, lashed out at WTT mod [[Prude]] over his love for traps and their misunderstanding of the word vestigial. In hindsight its clear this was their own latent pedo tendencies lashing out in some sort of weird closeted cry for attention. Regardless, a small group of these posters fucked off into a small discord that would later fold.
After BMW had been ousted from SA Discord and had moved on from Goons, they had committed to helping forlorn Goons in what became known as the SA Rapefugee Program (A program originally meant to use GDN to find oppressed Goons), which sought out Goons who exhibited wrong-think publically on the forums. The program was largely a success for months, but in May of 2018, began to turn sour. A small contingent of the rapefugees, led by notorious pedophile Tallgeese, lashed out at WTT mod [[Prude]] over his love for traps and their misunderstanding of the word vestigial. In hindsight its clear this was their own latent pedo tendencies lashing out in some sort of weird closeted cry for attention. Regardless, a small group of these posters fucked off into a small discord that would later fold.


A month later, Taylor would begin receiving strange and threatening texts in the middle of the night from people who claimed that he would be doxxed and outed as a racist, presumably by Goons. The dissident admins feigned sympathy, but after The Sauce Affair it would become clear they were either involved or at the very least, knowledgeable, as information obtained during [[The Skirmish Of Wonka Plains]] showed that a parachute discord had been prepared almost directly in sync with the text messages, assumadly coordinated by Sauce and [[Hindered]]. The admins eventually found an excuse in the form of a missed permission for a music bot to stage an all out coup against Taylor. The attempt utterly failed as the group lacked any charisma and the subsequent restructuring of WTT led to a renaissance in the groups culture, largely overshadowing the coup plotters.
A month later, Taylor would begin receiving strange and threatening texts in the middle of the night from people who claimed that he would be doxxed and outed as a racist, presumably by Goons. The dissident admins feigned sympathy, but after The Sauce Affair it would become clear they were either involved or at the very least, knowledgeable, as information obtained during [[The Skirmish Of Wonka Plains]] showed that a parachute discord had been prepared almost directly in sync with the text messages, assumedly coordinated by Sauce and [[Hindered]]. The admins eventually found an excuse in the form of a missed permission for a music bot to stage an all out coup against Taylor. The attempt utterly failed as the group lacked any charisma and the subsequent restructuring of WTT led to a renaissance in the groups culture, largely overshadowing the coup plotters.


From August of 2018 until March of 2019, there were little to no skirmishes among the combatants. However, ever since the ousting of Taylor from SA Discord, it had died a slow death, eventually dwindling down to a few users and only a few hundred posts a day.
From August of 2018 until March of 2019, there were little to no skirmishes among the combatants. However, ever since the ousting of Taylor from SA Discord, it had died a slow death, eventually dwindling down to a few users and only a few hundred posts a day.


WTT however continued to flourish, as the priorities of the group had been refocused and the toxic elements had mostly self deported. However, in October of 2018, The Sauce would return during a sudden uptick in The Incels group activity (something that would die out just a few weeks later due to their own mismanagement of the group). WTT Historians have never agreed on why Sauce returned, but it is widely believed that based on the timing, he intended to either gloat or to entrench himself back into the group. The latter was mostly unsuccessful due to his chaotic and sporadic nature, as well as it inability to commit to anything.
WTT however continued to flourish, as the priorities of the group had been refocused and the toxic elements had mostly self deported. However, in October of 2018, The Sauce would return during a sudden uptick in The Wonkas group activity (something that would die out just a few weeks later due to their own mismanagement of the group). WTT Historians have never agreed on why Sauce returned, but it is widely believed that based on the timing, he intended to either gloat or to entrench himself back into the group. The latter was mostly unsuccessful due to his chaotic and sporadic nature, as well as it inability to commit to anything.


In December, WTT would officially removed politics from its platform, choosing to move it to a new platform, Rocket.Chat.
In December, WTT would officially removed politics from its platform, choosing to move it to a new platform, Rocket.Chat.
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In March of 2019, Taylor officially stepped down as leader of WTT, handing the reins over to [[Peaches]] and [[AlexanderDeLarge]], two long time and trusted mods of WTT. Along with this move, Prude brought forth the idea to bring back politics from the dying Rocket.Chat platform to a seperate Discord, specifically the former [[COMMUNISM]] discord, [[BEEFY BOYS]].
In March of 2019, Taylor officially stepped down as leader of WTT, handing the reins over to [[Peaches]] and [[AlexanderDeLarge]], two long time and trusted mods of WTT. Along with this move, Prude brought forth the idea to bring back politics from the dying Rocket.Chat platform to a seperate Discord, specifically the former [[COMMUNISM]] discord, [[BEEFY BOYS]].


The newfound platform and freedom from the obligations of leading WTT encouraged Taylor to don his "Taylor Unchained" persona, where he went on a tour of fucking with people, mostly The Incels and TT, reigniting the war. The first battle of this new chapter in the war was The Skirmish of Wonka Plains, where Taylor went into their dead discord and openly mocked them and [[Kimsemus]]. The latter would try and scold Taylor for sullying his good name and trying to take credit for creating BMW. He was mostly laughed at for being a faggot who cried about internet things. The BEEFY BOYS were eventually banned from Wonka discord in a fit of incel rage.
The newfound platform and freedom from the obligations of leading WTT encouraged Taylor to don his "Taylor Unchained" persona, where he went on a tour of fucking with people, mostly The Wonkas and TT, reigniting the war. The first battle of this new chapter in the war was The Skirmish of Wonka Plains, where Taylor went into their dead discord and openly mocked them and [[Kimsemus]]. The latter would try and scold Taylor for sullying his good name and trying to take credit for creating BMW. He was mostly laughed at for being a faggot who cried about internet things. The BEEFY BOYS were eventually banned from Wonka discord in because of the continued bad blood.


After this, TT and The Incels would formerly join forces, after breaking The Siege of Lowtaxia and gaining a GDN foothold in that discord.
After this, TT and The Wonkas would formally join forces, after breaking The Siege of Lowtaxia and gaining a GDN foothold in that discord.


===Operation Overlard===
===Operation Overlard===
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=== The Sauce Affair ===
=== The Sauce Affair ===
{{See also|The Sauce Affair}}
{{See also|The Sauce Affair}}
In May however, the war took a dark turn when the depths of The Sauces betrayal came to light. Rumors had emerged for months that The Sauce was a turncoat to WTT and BEEFY BOYS, as such, Taylor and company were careful with what information Sauce had access to, making sure only the information he was filtering was predominately mocking TT and The Incels. The full breadth of his betrayal was revealed when c0rndog would leak a DM between him and notorious German incel, Rejdukian, showing that Sauce had been telling them all very sensitive and personal information about Taylor, including home addresses.  
In May however, the war took a dark turn when the depths of The Sauces betrayal came to light. Rumors had emerged for months that The Sauce was a turncoat to WTT and BEEFY BOYS, as such, Taylor and company were careful with what information Sauce had access to, making sure only the information he was filtering was predominately mocking TT and The Wonkas. The full breadth of his betrayal was revealed when c0rndog would leak a DM between him and notorious German computer toucher, Rejdukian, showing that Sauce had been telling them all very sensitive and personal information about Taylor, including home addresses.  


After the leaking of an opsec channel that was meant to frame Capri for his earlier comprehensive defense of Taylor, WTT would move to ban The Sauce and his associates from all portions of the platform. What resulted was a complete and total meltdown, including a massive text chain between him and Taylor where Sauce posed as some sort of "Anonymous" style hacker of justice who was going to take down Taylor. When this had failed, Sauce broke down and resorted to texting Taylor directly via his actual phone number, issuing a number of personal threats of bodily harm. This behavior would be repeated several times in DMs with mediators.
After the leaking of an opsec channel that was meant to frame Capri for his earlier comprehensive defense of Taylor, WTT would move to ban The Sauce and his associates from all portions of the platform. What resulted was a complete and total meltdown, including a massive text chain between him and Taylor where Sauce posed as some sort of "Anonymous" style hacker of justice who was going to take down Taylor. When this had failed, Sauce broke down and resorted to texting Taylor directly via his actual phone number, issuing a number of personal threats of bodily harm. This behavior would be repeated several times in DMs with mediators.
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Both sides throughout the war always contended that they were always the victors in each battle and skirmish, even if it was clear they were not.
Both sides throughout the war always contended that they were always the victors in each battle and skirmish, even if it was clear they were not.


On the BMW front, multiple mods and admins had been lost due to The Incel Uprising and The Sauce Affair, however in the case for the former, this was more of a boon as it removed toxic undermining elements from the group allowing it to flourish and to place more devoted and competent leaders into power.
On the BMW front, multiple mods and admins had been lost due to The Wonka Uprising and The Sauce Affair, however in the case for the former, this was more of a boon as it removed toxic undermining elements from the group allowing it to flourish and to place more devoted and competent leaders into power.


On the SA Discord front, however, it was mostly grim. After the banning of Taylor and the Bimmers, activity hit all time lows. Even with several attempts at revitalizing the discord, nothing ever stuck. The only daily activity coming from a completely unrelated and detached Path of Exile clan who operated in a corner of the discord, completely apart from the rest of the population. As of late May 2019, the server was almost completely dead, with less than a few hundred posts a day.
On the SA Discord front, however, it was mostly grim. After the banning of Taylor and the Bimmers, activity hit all time lows. Even with several attempts at revitalizing the discord, nothing ever stuck. The only daily activity coming from a completely unrelated and detached Path of Exile clan who operated in a corner of the discord, completely apart from the rest of the population. As of late May 2019, the server was almost completely dead, with less than a few hundred posts a day.
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Serious Overchill was mostly absent from the later portions of the war, and never had any real stake in the war. However, they began siphoning much of SA Discords traffic into themselves.
Serious Overchill was mostly absent from the later portions of the war, and never had any real stake in the war. However, they began siphoning much of SA Discords traffic into themselves.


The Incels would see brief success in June and then October, with their ARMA III/Terraria server and Rust group, respectively. However, the former naturally died off and the latter would split from their Discord in an ironic show of lack of leadership on The Incels part.
The Wonkas would see brief success in June and then October, with their ARMA III/Terraria server and Rust group, respectively. However, the former naturally died off and the latter would split from their Discord in an ironic show of lack of leadership on The Wonkas part.


After The Sauce Affair, Sauce would go on to create his own splinter. However, unlike The Incels, it didn't generate any of the interest of draw that The Incel Uprising had, and faltered very quickly.
After The Sauce Affair, Sauce would go on to create his own splinter. However, unlike The Wonkas, it didn't generate any of the interest of draw that The Wonka Uprising had, and faltered very quickly.


Years later, in Fall of 2021, Taylor and TT reached an armistice agreement after the latter suffered his own cancellation at the hands of Goons.
Years later, in Fall of 2021, Taylor and TT reached an armistice agreement after the latter suffered his own cancellation at the hands of Goons.
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* Something Awful and offshoots, who largely served as the battlegrounds for the previous two but remained mostly neutral.
* Something Awful and offshoots, who largely served as the battlegrounds for the previous two but remained mostly neutral.


Despite changing names and branding several times throughout the course of the war, the leadership of BMW remained largely same except for notable uprisings like The Incels and The Sauce. SA and the neutral ground parties also remained largely the same, as the spaces in contest were almost always either the SomethingAwful Forums themselves, or various offshoot Discord usually ran by Tempus Thales, who would begin actively fighting against BMW but without outright siding with the Tankies.
Despite changing names and branding several times throughout the course of the war, the leadership of BMW remained largely same except for notable uprisings like The Wonkas and The Sauce. SA and the neutral ground parties also remained largely the same, as the spaces in contest were almost always either the SomethingAwful Forums themselves, or various offshoot Discord usually ran by Tempus Thales, who would begin actively fighting against BMW but without outright siding with the Tankies.


The Tankies themselves shifted many times. Originally, the war began over a turn conflict in The SomethingAwful Discord that spawned from BMW founder Taylor Swift disagreeing with Serious Overchill founder FAT32s ways of moderating the Discord. However, in short order Serious Overchill left the sphere of the war, not returning until the very end when they briefly hosted the offshoot tankies during The Troon Uprising. The latter portions were the forums troons, mostly Dickeye and Measly Twerp, the latter of whom ironically was once a Bimmer, during the original Rust Golden Age.
The Tankies themselves shifted many times. Originally, the war began over a turn conflict in The SomethingAwful Discord that spawned from BMW founder Taylor Swift disagreeing with Serious Overchill founder FAT32s ways of moderating the Discord. However, in short order Serious Overchill left the sphere of the war, not returning until the very end when they briefly hosted the offshoot tankies during The Troon Uprising. The latter portions were the forums troons, mostly Dickeye and Measly Twerp, the latter of whom ironically was once a Bimmer, during the original Rust Golden Age.