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The last nine months have certainly been interesting. In that time, empires- such as Polish Western Europe, American Manifest Destiny, and United Lietuva- rose and fell; super-alliances formed, conquered, and crumbled; powerful players like daShDoT, Speedy, and Xtreme_Terror dominated the battlefield, only to ultimately be defeated by the game. But there was always one constant during that time: Korea and Taiwan were at war, and for most of it, Korea totally occupied Taiwan.

It all began when Taiwan, then a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn alliance, engaged a three-front war against Korea with their allies Canada and China. Despite their significant initial advantage, the war quickly went south for the aggressors as Korea and its allies were able to effectively out-strategize OGD leadership. Once the tide had turned, Korea began its march on Taiwan, and after a couple weeks of back-and-forth fighting, Korea finally succeeded in conquering Taiwan on Day 97. As President of Korea then, I decided on that day that we would never allow Taiwan back on the map. It would be our symbol of what happens to any country that crosses us and thinks that they can get away with it. And for the longest time, that’s exactly what it was.

In the following days, weeks, and months, many serious attempts were made by Taiwan and its allies to wriggle control of their regions from Korean occupation, but every single one of them resulted in failure. Poor timing of the launch of the resistance wars, poor buff management, and poor communication amongst those fighting for the resistance always doomed those attempts before they even began. And so for 243 days, Koreans claimed Taiwan as its own, marking every successful resistance defense as a testament to how better the nation was prepared than all those that they faced on the battlefield.

But on the 242nd day, when Taiwan launched a resistance war in Penghu, it quickly became apparent that Korea had finally met its match in preparedness. By launching the war in the right region, Penghu (as opposed to Taipei, which was no longer the single bridge to Korea), at the right time (night time for the bulk of the North American-based Korean population), instructing their fighters to begin stacking their food/gift limits days earlier to give them a significant advantage, stocking up heavy weapons, importing several alliance fighters to their country, and finally- launching the resistance on the day ncekimo (who accounts for basically half of all Taiwanese player damage on his own) began his buff cycle, Taiwan had made all the right moves. Koreans acknowledged that the cost of defense this time would be too great, and withdrew from the battlefield.

And so finally, in the early hours of Day 340: Taiwan conquered Penghu in the battle versus South Korea. Taiwan was free.

Now, several days after the liberation of Taiwanese iron and one final skirmish between the two countries, the war has been brought to an end as well .

In typical Drago fashion, I’m already tired of writing, so I just want to say thank you to all of Korea’s allies (especially Poland and Malaysia) that helped defend our “core” Taiwanese regions, and thank you to all of those we met on the battlefield there for creating a challenge for us and pushing our competitive spirit. And I know a lot of bad things have been done or said between Koreans and Chinese/Taiwanese, but at the end of the day I respect Taiwanese players for sticking through the eight months of occupation and never giving up fighting. You had every reason to quit the game, but you did not, and now I hope you enjoy the reward of you efforts.

See you on the battlefield,
Drago


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