Russianpocolypse

The Russianpocolypse
Video that set off the Russianpocolypse
About
Epicenter	Server-wide
Event Date	13&14 July 2017

So here we are

First it was the Rusherpocalypse by the Youtuber The Camping Rusher
Second is was the YouTuber Hemerald that caused the mass influx of Italians
"Thirf" is Mines_Invasion that have followed over 20 000 new players around world.
Now it is the Russianpocolypse by the Youtuber Mauzer

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The Russianpocolypse

With so many new Russian players, as with all new players, there are bound to be the ones that cause trouble. While Freedonia caters to players from along the world, it is clear that it seems to be dominated by those who speak English, especially the staff team. The language barrier can sometimes make it difficult, but it is thanks to people like  Distase who work their butts off to help keep Freedonia safe. Thank you Distase and all you are doing to help in this Russianpocolypse.

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"What hath thou brought upon thy lands?." -  PlagueDoc1600

Am I the only one that has a bad feeling about all these new players joining suddenly?." -  Joshlong56

So many Russians that I be like "SlowRiot is gonna become FastRiot if players keep Russian to join MCO. It has become the Russianpocolypse" - ScarClaw72
(Yes that was a rushing pun)

At around 5:00 AM Friday, BST there was a sudden influx of Russian players on the server. This seems to be due to a popular Russian Youtuber that goes by the name of Mauzer. The video can be found here: [1]

As the player amount grew to around 43 quickly, the staff and players of MCO were overwhelmed with players who knew no English.

Only players who were Russians and knew English were older players as  Distase,  IvanLeshev and  Freeman77. They helped at explaining the rules of the server, and settling on new players

The massive influx of players led to the creation of some russian settlements like Freedoninsk, a city in the southeastern part of the map that was founded by  CrazyLep. The city is indeed truly russian: you can only become a citizen by speaking fluent russian and its own wiki page is written in both english and russian. These little communities formed some kind of russian ecosystem that still remains alive within the server (as of January 2019).