Lodish: What username were you most known by on CivClassics?
-Lagiacrus11

Did you have other alts that were public?
-HollowKnight_, Tier_1

What was your first civ server?
-CivClassic

What other civ iterations have you played?
-Two of the servers I played on besides Classics were Realms and CivRevolution although most of my involvement in those were just as a long [sic] on pvper. I fought for Carbon) and the Realms WP in the final defense of Heaven on Realms and then in the nation of Elysium for the brief stint that Revolution was alive. I also played on Devoted Hell during its tenure as an active server in the nation of Helios.

What got you into Civ?
-I was just browsing reddit one day when the r/civclassic subreddit appeared in my recommended subreddit list. The logo looked cool so I clicked on it. It became very apparent very quickly that this was the exact gaming experience I never knew I was looking for all along. The organic statecraft mixed with economies and militaries combined with real stakes that civ brought to the table was just amazing to me.

What was your first nation that you joined?
-Icenia

What citizenships have you had, which do you currently have?
Civclassic: Icenia and a loose affiliation with Mir

What would you consider your greatest achievement on a civ server?
-Building Icenia from the ground up. I happened to stumble into Icenia at just the right time in its infancy to secure a spot as essentially a founder. When we started out, Icenia was a hick, backwater town with zero power projection and zero respect. By the end of the server we not only had multiple vaults, the largest population on the server, had one of the largest accumulations of wealth on the map, but we had a truly unique and competent community and culture. There were many moments even late in Icenia’s life that were deserving of a facepalm but in my opinion, our core group of 8 or 10 people were one of the most competent on the server, each in their own lane, spanning every aspect of what makes for a successful civ nation. When I first joined Icenia, the best defense we had was a 1 layer thick IRO pot bunker that Bloom made for us. We grew to a nation that could stand side by side with the coalition to take out NATO and with the ability to throw a proper Olympics. Icenia will forever and by far be my greatest civ achievement. That and our 11 ring vault that took 2 years to complete lol.

What do you think most people know you for?
-For being a pvp man, a trainer of new fighters. That and being a ChrisChrispie shill.

Were you politically active on Civ? If so, what positions of power have you held?
-Early on, Chris unilaterally appointed me to the position of Judge when one of our judges at the time was found guilty of raiding IT. A few months later, once it was discovered that our Minister of Foreign Affairs was leaking our government chats and was kicked out of Icenia, Chris appointed me to that position. For a year and a half, each month I never lost a single election. When we reformed our government in mid 2021, I was appointed to Secretary of State, an equal to the president in a dual executive system. There, I was in charge of appointing the rest of the Grand Council each month.

Who was the most influential person in your nation and what did they do?
-That would fall to either ChrisChrispie or Enforcer15 and for VERY different reasons. Enforcer brought the old friend experience that Chris or SoundTech brough but by about two or three times. Having played since 1.0 combined with his grindset and respect in the international community, he was the power player that comes along only a few times every iteration. Everyone listened to him (even if he didn’t feel that way at times with all of our tomfoolery). Chris on the other hand is always given tons of shit. Internationally and domestically. We bust his balls all the time but only because we love him. He may not grind, pvp, and sometimes say some things he really shouldn’t…but despite setting the record for most deaths by fall damage in Icenia, he somehow managed to create, in my opinion, the strongest team of civvas on the entire server. The Icenian formula that he initially developed for national growth turned Icenia into a world power.

Where did you spend most of your time on CivClassics?
-Icenia

Where did you live on CivClassics?
-Icenia

What was an event you were involved with that you remember well?
-I’ll never forget the Infinity War. It was really cool that my first REAL civ war (sorry Clown Wars) that I was involved in was the biggest and longest war in civ history. Breaking the largest vault ever to be broken is a cool thing to have on my civ resume as well.

Were you ever involved in conflict with other players or nations?
-Early, early on before the UDF, before I really understood was SATO or the UNC were, we feared an invasion from Bloom. The UNC voted on stomping Icenia our of existence and bomb our fledgling vault hole. Luckily, this never came to pass.
-Our war with New Sovia (The Clown Wars) in 2019 that ended in the dissolving of New Sovia despite Icenia never raising a sword was definitely interesting.
-March Madness, when ChosenTwice, Ez2Clutch and a few other high tier pvpers raided Icenia was a very surreal couple of days. The entire coalition came to Icenia to defend us, very cool.
-Very late on, I helped wipe the group known as Ohio off the map. Not much to say here. Just a bunch of iron newfriends causing trouble.
-The UDF had an iceroad standoff with Mt.September and the Augustan Federation after MtS became unhappy with its presence under their city, despite it existing before their nation even existed and being used to help with the Infinity War. I’m hazy on the exact details here.
-In the closing weeks of the server, before the announcement of the server closing, WP and the CES attacked the bunker of a group of hacker raiders who were causing a stink in the ( , ). I’m not sure what that event ended up being called.
-CivRealms: The defense of the Heaven Vault. I logged in to help the Realms WP defend their final bastion of defense, the largest vault ever constructed. The underwater pvp was definitely strange and so were the RNG kills that Stonato added…
-Civ Revolution: I fought with Elysium against Savaguard) and the zoomers who were taking on the whole server at once. The server died before a true resolution could be reached but the fighting went on for around a month.

What are your contact details (reddit, discord, etc. if public) ?
-Reddit: /u/Lagiacrus111
-Discord: Lagiacrus11#5967
-YouTube: Lagiacrus11

How well did the government of Icenia run? What actions did you take as the Secretary of State?
-The government of Icenia was…well it almost nearly fell apart multiple times. There were many internal arguments and disagreements, especially once we came into our own well after The War. Then again…what major nation has not had these hiccups. In the end we were all together and I am proud of that. That is not to say that major, government holding figures were not kicked out of the nation such as Figasaur, Vend3tta, and Prioma.(for various reasons) That being said, we had a pretty good system. The Grand Council consisted of Icenians best and brightest, each member fit into the role of their specialty. Icenia definitely became less democratic, though in the last 5-6 months after we reformed the government. Judges were moved down to the State Council (which were still elected) and we added a few more minor positions to that. The President, Chris appointed me as the Secretary of State who in turn appointed or reaffirmed people to each position in the Grand Council each month. Whether this was for the best or not, we will never know as the server ended before it could air out, but it definitely seemed like politics in Icenia were stagnating by the end of the server. Though this could be contributed to most of Icenia’s core getting full time jobs and generally having less time for civ.

What was your most exciting time while in Icenia? What Icenian drama would you never want to deal with again?
-The most exciting time in Icenia would have to be the Olympics. It was hectic and kind of a nightmare at times and definitely could have been run better but it was always something I wanted Icenia to do. I saw it as the culmination of everything Icenia was capable of and seeing not only active players, but old players come out of the woodworks to contribute was really great. I believe that the time immediately before and during the Olympics was Icenia’s high point.
-What Icenian drama would you I want to deal with again? I could be in a vc with some civvas I have never talked to or even heard of before and I hear them referencing the chick-fil-a crisis of 2019. When Figasaur and Cr0c0dile built an ugly chic-fil-a over a major foot traffic artery and immediately next to our most important defensive asset at the time, our city skybunker, a nearly month long string of court cases, lawsuits, retrials, and argument ensued that will never again be topped in Icenia by level of pure autism. Fig and Croc were losing power in Icenia and used this stunt to try and shove one up Icenia’s ass. Figasaur remains the only Icenian citizen who Icenia has illegally merked and extradited to a foreign nation. (For a bounty I may add ;))

What was your toughest pvp experience?
-Toughest? Any one where I was not fighting side by side with a Mirian.

What happened between you and KingCold64 when you were a newfriend?
-In my first couple weeks on the server, probably my first week, Figasaur was pearled my MtA) ont the streets of Icenia and was held by them. In the following day or two, having no military to speak of, a dozen or so Icenians and some other random people led a group to the voter tree where we protested the pearling. MtA fighters stood around like riot cops as we placed doors and noteblocks everywhere, spamming them with right click to make as much noise as possible as we yelled “FREE FIG!”. The protests got violent as the player known as KingCold64 came in and set off TNT in the middle of the peaceful protests. My first death in civcraft was at the hands of this player. My newfriend blood forever stained the grass under the voting tree and fed its roots.

Which of your posts to the subreddit is your favourite? What inspired it or what is it about?
-The best piece of civ content I have ever made is my [Icenia][serious] Icenian Promotional Video - Office of Tourism video. https://youtu.be/gZpzVPFLHuk The first part is a direct parody of one that Figasaur made before I even joined Icenia, the second part of the video is a sentimental montage of screenshots from all our good times in Icenia up to that point. This was the most well received piece of content I’ve ever made. Even some non-Icenians said that they rewatched it multiple times. As we speak, I am making another montage video encapsulating the entire history of Icenia.
-A close second would have to be my one of my many meme videos about the Infinity war, “Coalition Victory.” https://youtu.be/oVS2dlg83WA Many people DMed me telling me how much it made them laugh, I was happy to bring that joy to them.

What was your experience of the Columbian Bush War?
-I think I broke a bastion??? near a farm? I wasn’t all that involved.

--This interview was conducted over discord on the 8th of February, 2022.--