History of the Viridian Entente

This is the history of the great Viridian Entente.

A History of the Beginnings of Viridia
The Histroy of Viridia begins with Phoenixmofo. Phoenixmofo was the member of the Game Informer Forums who first introduced GI to Cybernations. Taking the name TheFinalHero on Digiterra, he recruited around thirty GI members to the game and, in March 2006, founded the Game Informer Online Coalition, or GIOC, on the Green Team. Under the leadership of Consul Jeebus of Jeebland, the GIOC sought to unify other smiliar forum-based alliances into a loose assosiation. It was in the spirit of this goal that the GIOC spearheaded The Federation of Gaming Forums (the FGF Pact), a MDP bloc which was signed on June 1, 2006 and included the smiliar forum based Warpstorm Alliance (WSA). On June 20, 2006 the Half-Life2.net Alliance (HL2A), another forum based alliance, also signed the FGF Pact.

However, Egore, one of the founders of the Viridian Entente, was not a member of GIOC when they first signed the FGF Pact. Egore had grown unhappy with the alliance fo a number of reasons, mainly because it was inefficient and committed to staying a small alliance. So, on May 29, 2006, Egore, along with Rinoa, Stormchick, and Bluefalcon of the GIOC, started the Meritocratic Union of Nations (MUN). The MUN was based around the idea that the strongest nation would lead the alliance. It is with the MUN that the Viridian Entente inherited its meritocratic government. A Meritocracy is a system of government in which appointments are made and responsibilities given purley on demonstrated ability, or merit, and talent. Though the MUN's government was different from the democratic GIOC, Egore did incorporate some reprensentitive aspects into his government, inluding a few positions that the GIOC had.

However, due to some Real Life issues, Egore was not able to lead an alliance just yet and so on June 8, 2006, Egore disbanded the MUN and decided that he needed to put his differences aside and return to the GIOC. This return lasted for about a month until GIOC's MDP partner WSA launched a |nuclear attack against the Legion on July 7, 2006. Jeebus supported Warpstorm's attack on Legion and was attempting to push the Game Informer Online Coalition into a war against the major powers in the Cyberverse at the time (Legion, NPO, NpO, and GATO). Many members protested because they'd be destroyed but Jeebus responded by saying, "There are other games to play." With that, fighting and arguing broke out amongst the alliance members which led to Egore and Peeko leaving the alliance on July 8, 2006. Jeebus attempted to save the alliance by apologizing for his actions, however he realized it was too late and thus followed Egore and Peeko's example by resigning from GIOC. This marked the collapse of the small alliance, for on the next day Argin resigned followed by Rudeboy and Ikriak on the 10th of July. Over the next couple days, some members attempted to hold on while more and more resigned, but soon they too gave up and GIOC ceased to exist.

The Founding of the Viridian Entente
Following the collapse of the Game Informer Online Coalition, Egore and Peeko, along with other former GIOC members like Rudeboy, drew up plans for a new alliance, based on the meritocracy Egore had tried to use in his failed attempt to start MUN. The Viridian Entente (VE) was established on July 12, 2006 with Lord Egore at the helm, and the other cheif founder, Peeko, playing the part of Minister of Defense. The VE enjoyed an early boom in membership due to many former GIOC members joining the fledgling alliance. However, despite the member base of primarily ex-GIOC nations, Egore and Peeko were adament that the VE would take in new members, as opposed to GIOC's closed-door policy, suggesting that the size and lack of new members contributed to GIOC's collapse. After these initial positions were secured, massive recruiting efforts began, and thanks to the efforts of Kirbygirl, the VE grew to 100 members in size in less than a month.

Three days after its founding, Digiterra plunged into the The Great Patriotic War, which pitted the Orders versus the CoaLUEtion.

List of GIOC/VE Members
Current Viridians who were GIOC
 * Egore
 * Rudeboy
 * Peeko
 * Forsberg
 * TheFinalHero

Former Viridians who were GIOC
 * Jeebus
 * Ikriak
 * Xanphia (Now known as Deepthinker, his GI Forum name. Brigade Member)
 * Argin (Brigade Member)
 * Gameshark1313
 * Kirbygirl16

History Credits
In alphabetical order.
 * Ardus
 * Egore
 * Peeko
 * RudeBoy
 * Smooth
 * TheFinalHero

Jsmooth13 23:12, 12 December 2007 (UTC)