| RoseFall | |
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| Date | March 31st 2025 |
| Casus belli | Event Horizon:
The Immortals:
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| Status | Ongoing |
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| $699.5b | $1.05t |
Overview[]
On March 31st, 2025, a major global war (referred to as RoseFall by EVH) erupted in the browser game Politics and War, triggered by a large-scale blitz against Rosesphere by Event Horizon (EVH), Knights Templar (KT), Spectre, and The Immortals (TI), along with some of their allies. The conflict followed a period of rising tensions and accusations of broken promises.
Timeline of Events[]
- March 31st, 1:00 AM UTC: Event Horizon, Knights Templar, Spectre, and The Immortals launch a coordinated blitz against Rosesphere, declaring a significant number of wars.
- Initial Counter-Offensive: Rosesphere and its allies quickly declared wars against Event Horizon and allies in response.
- Camelot's Involvement: Approximately a day after the initial blitz, Camelot, initially neutral, declared war on The Immortals. However, they soon peaced out with TI and launched attacks against Rosesphere and its allies, effectively switching sides.
- April 5th: United Ummah enters the conflict on the Anti-Rosesphere coaliton.
- April 6th: Imperialis is blitzed by Darkstar.
- April 8th: -Yorkshire- enters the conflict on the Anti-Rosesphere coalition. Gallowglass and SFR Yugoslavia, enter the conflict on the Rosesphere coalition.
- April 17th: Minor Alliance Grand Empire of Publicaebelli join on Rosespheres side.
- April 26th: Camelot and Samurai peace out with Rosesphere.
Involved Alliances[]
The following alliances were identified as being involved in the conflict:
Anti-Rosesphere Coalition (Initial Aggressors):
- Event Horizon
- The Immortals
- Knights Templar
- Spectre
- Man I Love Frogs
- Global Alliance & Treaty Organization
- The Republic of Libertas
- World Task Force
- Myrmidons
- Vault-Tec
- Darkstar
- United Ummah
- -Yorkshire-
Camelot Sphere:
- Samurai (did raids on both coalitions before Camelot's involvement)
- Camelot (briefly attacked TI before switching to attack Rosesphere alliances)
Rosesphere Coalition:
- Rose
- The Fighting Pacifists
- The Golden Horde
- Black Knights
- Arkham Asylum
- Name Withheld
- United Purple Nations
- Mayhem
- Antarctica Alliance
- United Socialist Nations
- Pokimans
- Gallowglass
- SFR Yugoslavia (attacked by Knights Templar on day 8)
- Imperialis
Reasons for the War[]
The conflict appears to stem from a breakdown in relations between Event Horizon and Rosesphere/The Golden Horde (TGH). According to a statement from Event Horizon ("Dow Rose - Lied People Died"), Rosesphere and TGH made promises of peace and a reset of relations in July 2024, which EVH claims were broken. EVH alleges that they were pressured by TGH and Rose to attack The Immortals and were implicitly threatened if they refused. Despite EVH honoring their commitments, they claim Rose and TGH used a "Protecting The Immortals" narrative to justify a large-scale attack against them.
The Immortals, in their declaration of war ("Dow Forever Immortal"), stated that Rosesphere's actions had not gone unnoticed and would no longer be tolerated, citing a year of hardship and betrayal.
The Golden Horde, in a response ("ROH - All EVH Does Is Lie"), refutes EVH's claims, stating that EVH consistently spread falsehoods and that EVH wanted to target The Immortals using a weak causus belli. TGH claims that EVH was already looking for a target and TI was at the top of their list. They deny pressuring EVH to attack TI and accuse EVH of breaking a Non-Aggression Pact (NAP) by spending billions on "Arrgh lotteries" to target TGH and its allies.
Notable Developments[]
- Camelot's Shifting Allegiance: Camelot's initial attack on The Immortals followed by a switch to attacking Rosesphere alliances and then peacing out is a noteworthy event.
- Allegations of Stat Manipulation: Community members raised concerns about the war statistics on CTOwned, alleging that Event Horizon members had a 1.5x damage multiplier for tank and other unit stats. According to Krampus this was caused by a method that calculates unit kills, which was used to test MongoDB aggregator pipelines on internal attacks, being pushed prod and causing the wrong calculations. The issue was fixed later. You can find the explanation and the code on Royal Orbis News
Announcements[]
- EVH: [DoW] Rose Lied, People Died. - Alliance Affairs - Politics & War Forum
- RoL: [DoW] Liberty's Thorn on the Great Rose - Alliance Affairs - Politics & War Forum
- DS: Rose lies Prots thrive [DOW] - Alliance Affairs - Politics & War Forum
- TI: [DoW] Forever Immortal - Alliance Affairs - Politics & War Forum
- Spec: Rose Bad[DoW] - Alliance Affairs - Politics & War Forum
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