User:Zava/GWTF

Notes and junk for an eventual update of Go with the Flow

Timeline info pulled from date of wiki edits and the old GWTF forums, plus parley when I could find a relevant link. Most of these links are titlee/royal/admin only. Ok, they're *all* restricted access, sorry about that. It's mostly so I can trace my own work anyway.

The old GWTF forums should be open to everyone later today (July 15th), so maybe that will help the historically-minded. *waves to Gail* :) Anything with =otr on the end is in the new On the Rocks forums and will not be made public. The old crew forums hosted on the GWTF site will not be made public.

Now that it's not such a raw subject for a lot of people, I do plan to form this into some sort of article for the flag's page.

Junk:

 * GWTF was named by Casanova. As told by Sho: "What are we going to name the flag?" "Oh, I dunno just go with the flow man"
 * The OMGWTF BOATS shipyard that was placed on Blackthorpe is a rejected name from the Kent theads. Phade's suggestion.  :(As a side note, it made everyone laugh when people started freaking out on the main forums about "gwtf" being in the name)
 * The HWFO meeting:

Timeline:

 * August 20th 2005 Flag created
 * ? Alliance with Children of Chaos
 * ? War with Mushroom Kingdom
 * Sept 13th SiyC joined
 * Sept 15th HaKuNa MaTaTa joined
 * Sept 18th - war with (now defunct) Hell's wrath (these people went on to become SC and attack at Kent I
 * Sept 19th - Ocean's Fury joined
 * Sept 19th - alliance with TLB
 * Sep 24 The Darkside (aka Subliminal's flag) and TLB go to war. Lots of HWFO and no sinky
 * Sept 26th - Changed from solo monarch to King Sho and Jack/Red as royals
 * Sept 29 Discussion with Hardcore Explorers merging into GWTF, morphed into an alliance atsome point
 * Oct 4 Alliance approved with Shadow Company
 * - Why didn't this actually happen? What happened a month later that we were on opposite sides? See Nov 2


 * Oct 9 Discussion on ending Muro Ami alliance and declaring war instead
 * Oct 16 - The Sparrows joined
 * Oct 19 - Threat expresses interest, presumably joined shortly after
 * Oct 26 - Buccaneer Birdies expressed interest, presumably joined shortly after
 * Oct 28 - Alliance with XXX
 * Nov 2 - Privateers joined
 * Nov 2 - Tactical (Shadow Company) tries to ally still, they help us at Kent and we help them at Spaniel. Refused.
 * Nov 4 Kent I
 * -GWTF blockade intent
 * -Screenshot of R3: Kent I.jpg
 * -Intent to transfer from TLB
 * - Artemis privately approved the transfer (informal verbal approval)
 * -Artemis sez we need to blockade to get the island, no transfer
 * -Artemis sez we need to blockade to get the island, no transfer


 * Nov 6 War declared on MK to drive home that Kent II would be sinking whenever they drop
 * - TLB still owned Kent at this point, so even though the wardec went through this was just a threat


 * Nov 12 Kent II
 * Nov ? Fame reg's on Sage dropped another level. (Kent now req's Established)
 * -IIRC, either this happened during the Kent II or our fame jumped up a whole level temporarily during Kent I. There were comments about how we were free and clear fame-wise on TS and Sho muttered "Sometimes I hate this game." hehe.


 * Nov 13 Dark Lords declare war on the entire alliance and withdraw shortly after. their public statement is copied in the link
 * Nov 17 Nemo has to place the Inn on kent- would have been one square too close to the dock arrow
 * -Screenshot: Inn placement.jpg


 * Nov 26 Spaniel I
 * Nov 26 Kent III
 * -Screenshot of victorious dock circle: Kent III.jpg


 * Nov 30 Alliance with Bloody Gunz
 * Dec 24 War with.. someone? Screenie from Daggerdarla and some discussion:
 * Jan 11 Kent sold to Notorious
 * -Screenshot of terms - Kentsale.png


 * Jan 12 Flag meeting; Blackbirds of Atlantis and Caravel Corsairs left after disagreement with the sale of Kent
 * Jan 14 Spaniel II (Notorious lost)
 * Jan 21 XXX disbands. Sextant joins OTR under an alt. Aspects ends in Deadman's Vengeance
 * Jan 23 Kent transferred to Notorious
 * Jan 31 Posideons Tricorne joins
 * Feb 2 TLB effectively disbands, HW formed
 * Feb 11 Black Sage Marauders expelled due to general idiocy
 * Feb 18 Admiral I
 * -GWTF intent:
 * -RoS intent:
 * -Ship loss count
 * -Blockade video:


 * Feb 22 The Black Crows joined on 2 week trial
 * -Trial passed, but crew left the flag after about a month


 * Mar 14 Alliance with Lunatic Fringe
 * Mar 30 (+/- 2 days) Ad Infinitum joined
 * Apr 15 Basset II
 * -Intent to have fun post:


 * Apr 15 Shodan retires
 * -Jackspeed is monarch, Zava and Redbeard are royals


 * Apr 19 Pirates o'the Carob Bean joined
 * Apr 25 Sleeping with the Fishes joined
 * May 7 Redbeard and Forget About It expelled from the flag.
 * May 8 Jackspeed turns over the monarchy to Zava
 * May 12 War with Quixotic Tangent begins
 * May 13 Admiral II
 * -QT Intent


 * May 13 Basset III
 * May 13 War with Sage Warriors begins
 * -Quasar asked that the Basset blockade be non-sinking, but mass opinion from the flag was in favor of war because we'd been trying to go to war with Euan & company several times before. Wardec was recriprocated after Basset was won. We'd intended to do it 5 min before the end R3, but got distracted at Admiral. Forgot that wardecs can't be retracted until the blockade is off the board.


 * May 15 Jackspeed retires
 * Serious musings about disbanding begin:
 * Sho's long rant & adivce on the state of the flag phttp://www.createforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=150&mforum=otr#150]
 * -SiyC captaincy turned over to Daggerdarla


 * May 19 Sage Warriors disband
 * May 20 Caravanserai II
 * -QT Intent
 * -HW Intent


 * May 20 GWTF disbands
 * -Forum post
 * -Drafts of forum announcement
 * -internal Discussion w/Sho re: Disbanding

Island histories
Kent:


 * Layout by Sho
 * To push people to start offering themes, Sho wrote "If nothing is posted here prior to next saturday and we take the island I will allow Phade to name the buildings at his discretion. So come up with something on the double."
 * Theme was suggested by Phoenix
 * Rejected themes: Legal, Superman (Clark Kent), Edward Kent, Golf, Roman Gods, Roman Mythos, Double Entendres, Monopoly


 * Stuff named by Phoenix: Rue the Day, Dock leaves, Ivy League, Peat's Oak
 * Butter Mug was named by Vollo
 * Lettuce Inn was named by Hypnotoad - was going to be Sho Girls but didnt fit with the theme
 * Red Hot Pokers was named by Than
 * Hedge Cutters was named by Redbeard

Admiral:


 * Layout by Sho


 * Sho Girls
 * Sho wanted his inn, theme was suggested by Zava to allow for that name.


 * Stuff named by Tortie: The Hollywood Palace, The Whisper Market, A Rare Alchemy, Lock, Stock and Barrel
 * Stuff named by Shodan: Cabin Fever, Bringing Town the House, Bedside Manors, Sho Girls
 * Stuff named by Sante: Funding Nemo, The Manchurian Cabinet, Gown with the Wind, The Princess Brig, Clothing Tighter, Hidden Padding, For Beddings and a Furnisher
 * Stuff named by Daggerdarla: Blade Runner, Much Ado about Clothing, Dressed to Kill, A Clothwork Orange, Weavenge of the Stitch, Cthulhu Mansion
 * Weavenge of the Stitch was named by Sandival
 * Caddyshack was named by Robberbaron
 * Four Looms was named by Jaenelle
 * Enamel House was named by Silwen
 * Altered Estates was named by Vader
 * Cannonball Run was named by Igniknot


 * Everyone's favortite name that was too long to use: Hearty Pirates and the Goblet of Fries (Suggested by Princessj)

Things I need to find in my logs or talk to Sho about:
The remaining building names (probably /fo chatter)

Redbeard's royal spot?

Sparrows departure?