Ch.509Cold, gloomy, and complicated. (2)

And in this way, I found myself browsing through the gallery, reading random posts exploring different factions(?).

Or, as always, blocking gallery users who cause all sorts of trouble…

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Title: NUOOOOOONG HAHAHAHAHA

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of two larger Krakens doing something suggestive to a smaller Kraken.jpg]

Wakya-pya-heuk nuoooooong

[Image of a toad shouting that Kraken is a penis]

Nuoooooong…nong…is it not?

[Something about penis Kraken.jpg]

Dude HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Dude HAHA NOOOOOOOM HAHAHA

Comments:

-[There must be a reason you’re doing this]

-[Ha shit]

-[Wanjaaaang!!!]

-[This crap keeps popping up, damn it]

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With news of a new Kraken 3 appearing, these crazy perverts having what looked like seizures were popping up all over the gallery.

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Title: Did the first NSFW pics of the new year drop?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of furry Commander and Argonian maid in an explicit situation.jpg]

Since they dropped, I’m posting

Enjoy everyone

Comments:

-[Fur-ry]

-[Damn this is insane]

-˪[You idiot, the Argonian maid is male]

-˪[That’s what makes it good](Author)

-[Wow, the new year event just started and it’s already this crazy HAHAHA]

-[Igoogoodon~]

-[I can’t be the only one seeing this, upvote]

-˪[You bastard]

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While all sorts of chaos was breaking out from the new year(?), with our Icarus and other user moderators,

And the operations team who had fallen into burnout after distributing various events suffering at the hands of grandfathers, grandmothers, gay pedo furries, and other sexual deviants,

At that very moment, a truly fascinating(?) story was unfolding inside what was commonly called the “Icarus Kingdom.”

Of course, this “fascinating” development didn’t apply at all to Icarus, who had been forcibly appointed as the king of the kingdom…

So what exactly was this fascinating thing? Well, it was none other than…

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<Icarus Kingdom Chat Room>

<Notice: Don’t force others when creating clans>

-[Guys, let’s make a simple one too]

-[Oh, is this allowed?]

-[They approved the Ersangs clan, so of course we can too]

-[It’s just no-touch, do whatever you want]

-[For real]

-[Didn’t Icarus just say he doesn’t want to be part of a clan himself?]

-[Oh, is that it?]

-[Let’s go!]

-[Looking for members for a small clan]

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Icarus himself hadn’t expressed any particular opinion and wasn’t even interested,

But users within his territory were creating their own separate clans.

And this situation wasn’t limited to just the users forming settlements, but also those docked at the stronghold…

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<Tannhäuser Mercenary Network Chat Room>

<Notice: Join clans if you want, but don’t advertise here>

-[I hear they’re going crazy making clans there these days]

-[Yeah]

-[I’m thinking of joining one too]

-[Is there really any need?]

-[I used to think being good on my own was enough, but after watching clan battles while working as a mercenary, I realized that’s not the case]

-[That’s definitely true]

-[But didn’t Icarus say he has no intention of being a clan leader or creating a clan?]

-[It’s not Icarus making a clan, from what I see they’re just planning to make several clans internally]

-[Well, they’re all users who’ve never created clans before or only managed ones with fewer than 10 people]

-[It’s not a bad idea to try it for experience]

-[Yeah]

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Even mercenary users, who typically maintained a certain distance from so-called regular users unless there was an invasion,

Were showing positive reactions to this development.

And so, the suddenly more than 7,000 “citizens”(?) of the “Icarus Kingdom” were, as if engaging in political party activities,

All enthusiastically recruiting for clans.

And naturally, regarding this unusual situation within the kingdom, users in the surrounding areas as well as

Users from other zones were wondering why these people always had such strange things happening.

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Title: Today’s News) Large-scale clan recruitment in Icarus Kingdom

Author: News Boy

Content: [Screenshot of Icarus Kingdom chat room.jpg]

Currently, various clans are recruiting within the 3rd ranked territory like this

As you can see from the notice and chat screenshots, Icarus himself isn’t recruiting for a clan

It’s the clans formed within his territory that are recruiting members

If you have nothing particular to do in the central zone or haven’t found a suitable clan to join, joining one of these clans in a stable area might be a good option

Comments:

-[So “large-scale” refers to the number of clans, not the creation of a massive clan]

-[Oh, so it’s not Icarus’s clan but clans of users within Icarus’s territory?]

-˪[Yeah, seems like it]

-[It’s interesting, did he approve something like this?]

-˪[From what I heard, he didn’t specifically approve it, he just doesn’t care whether they do it or not]

-˪[Interesting;;]

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Title: The situation in Icarus Kingdom is strange

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Screenshot of Icarus Kingdom chat room recruiting clan members]

I looked into why this clan talk suddenly exploded

You know the Ersangs clan that hosted the 2nd Erosangs competition is there

That clan asked Icarus for help and settled within his territory to handle various small events

Seeing Ersangs operating smoothly as a clan, others figured that Icarus doesn’t mind as long as he’s not the clan leader himself

So they’re all creating their own clans to be active

Of course, as mentioned above, they’re not creating “massive clans” that might make Icarus try to check them

Or that might make the Leviathan Squadron go “this guy” and smash their heads

Comments:

-[But why are they doing this?]

-˪[Most users there have never created a clan with more than 10 people](Author)

-˪[So it seems they want to experience the clan system while they have the solid protection of Icarus and the Leviathan Squadron](Author)

-˪[Why does this sound so pitiful when you explain it;;]

-[Well, from what I can see, settlements are forming clans with other settlements, strongholds with other strongholds]

-[Interesting]

-[Hmm]

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But reactions like these from other zones weren’t really a problem.

Since these reactions occurred every time the reality (chaos) of the central zone was exposed in its WWE-like glory,

Users from both other zones and the central zone just had an “it is what it is” attitude.

Moreover, despite appearances suggesting all users were obsessed with “clan creation”…

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Title: Things to be aware of when joining clans in Icarus Kingdom

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of the chief(?) of the level 2 stronghold ‘Arclight Base’ refusing to create a clan.jpg]

Some people seem confused about clans being formed around settlements or strongholds

It’s the users who are docked at or belong to the stronghold creating clans, not the stronghold chiefs directly creating clans

Users who have been delegated stronghold management authority by Icarus often refuse to create clans, as shown

[Image of users expressing reluctance to create clans in a chat room labeled ‘Mining Area Settlement Chat Room’.jpg]

Many others refuse like this too, so don’t push it

Comments:

-[Huh?]

-[Everyone’s different]

-[Hoeeee]

-[Things are getting complicated again]

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In this way, some users still maintained their perspective as “central zone solo players,” so normally this wouldn’t have developed any further.

But the problem was that right around this point, the notoriously shady “Central Stronghold Association” decided to get involved.