Playground Wars

The Playground Wars
The DETROIT Massacre
Date May 2015 Location GOON PLAYGROUND Result Eventual death of the server, decision to form BMW
Belligerents
GM	GAY WUTANG	FORD
Commanders and leaders
Kimsemus Rejdukien	Prude Taylor Swift Method Man	Cal Worthington The Captain
Strength
20 GM Goons	5-10 Random Goons	10+ Ford Goons
Casualties and losses
DETROIT razed, GM slaughtered	GAYVENGERS tower burned, WUTANG tower leveled	Fords Northern base demolished

The Playground Wars of Goon Playground were a series of battles and skirmishes that took place on the server in the waning months of pre-BMW Rust. The wars are widely considered to have directly caused the downfall and eventual death of Goon Playground.

Laketown & Gun Desert Crew

One of the earlier big groups was a group that went by the name laketown. Named after their town situated on the lake in the middle of the map, the group was led by some of the more annoying personalities on the server like Ozmiander. Laketown was eventually raided by GM and other members of the server, mostly because of their shittalkking. The remnants of Laketown fled south into the desert, where they reformed under the name Gun Desert Crew. They kept up their old antics and eventually were raided again by GM, forcing most if not all of the members off the server.

Ford vs GM

In the north, a clan called FORD, led by Cal Worthington and TheCaptain began causing trouble for the other clans on the server and flexing in the Rust thread. GM, as the leading clan on the server and self proclaimed arbiters of justice, quickly began a rivalry with FORD. The two sides traded barbs on the forums and kills in game, with no side really striking the others bases.

Fall of Fort Taylor

In the meantime, a small gang of fringe Goons and pubbies had joined under the clan name of GAY. Led by Prude and Taylor Swift, the clan set up in DETROIT next to the GM satellite base in a building they called GAYVENGERS TOWER. They were also responsible for builing the ZIGGURAT in DETROIT. Far to the south, in former GDC territory, Taylor had established a well defended base called FORT TAYLOR. Most of the clans better loot was stored here, in what was assumed to be a safe location. However, the FORT was broken into by an unknown party. No one ever admitted to it, but its highly speculated it was GM.

Battle of Fire Island

The base built on the ruins of FORDS failure at FIRE ISLAND.

After the first wipe of Playgrounds, a new map was selected that featured a massive island to the southwest. FORD was the first to claim the island, but a small detachment of GAY forces showed up shortly afterwards and contested the island. Prude and Succ, using basic weapons, bested 3 or 4 FORD members, and drove them off the island, allowing GAY to make a foothold. After more GAYS logged on, they struck an official pact with GM, and formed the cooperative GMGAY FIRE ISLAND base.

Aftermath

With the formation of BMW and the lack of new pubbies joining the server (or in rare occasions when they did join and were almost immediately hellowned), Goon Playground steadily tapered off, with most everyone moving to Rusty Bottoms (except for Method Man who spent a month playing solo to destroy the DREADFORT). The server would later be attempted to be revived several times, with varying success, but the server never saw the level of rivalry and bloodshed it had seen during the wars.