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Members of [[Reconstruction Era]] use unique '''language''' with one another. While not a fully-developed dialect, there are expressions and vocabulary unique to the type of English spoken by members of RE. This page will probably be expanded with time since most of the language used is relatively fluid.
[[File:Mammoth photo.png|200px|thumb|right|Old Man Mammoth, Owner, Mensch, and Grandpappy of Reconstruction Era]]


== General Terms ==
'''OldManMammoth''' is the Governor of [[teamspeak|Bangladesh]], (Self-Proclaimed) Owner of Reconstruction Era, Pseudo-Grandfather of R.E. and a guy with a page on our [[website|wiki]]. He is older than you, and "Loves you Muffin."


This mostly consists of random terms that have been used or brought up consistently throughout the existence of the community. This is <s>not</s> in alphabetical order <s>because I'm simply too fucking lazy to do that and I'm writing this at 0640, so cut me some slack will ya?</s> and ''will remain'' in alphabetical order.
OldManMammoth made all of the RE [[map games|superevents]] which we should probably post here.


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== Early Life ==
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Born in ████████████ in the year ████, Old Man Mammoth was ████████████ to a ████████████ ████████ of ███████████. ███████████ into his █████████ he ████████████ with many subjects such as ███, ████████████, ██████████, ██████, Lunch, and ████████████ ████████. Eventually he would grow tried of ████ ████████████ ████████████████ ████████ and proceed to ████████████ ████████████████ for ████████████, or until "████████████████ ████████████████████████ ████████ ████████████ ████████████ ████████████ ████████████████."
!Term !!Translation and context
Things really began to become serious when '''REDACTED''' of '''REDACTED''' invited him to Reconstruction Era.
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|Goobermensch||A [[Comrade|LARPer]] who often values weird niche political knowledge and uniforms, but expects to gain real, often dictatorial powers. Typically attracted to [[fascism]].
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|Joever||When it's absolutely over; an expression of dismay. Comes from [[Hoi4|Bokoen1]] or possibly an old Joe Biden meme.
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|LARP|| Live Action Roleplaying, a kind of inept [[politics]] where you pretend you are achieving something for the long term, such as making a new committee that does pointless paperwork
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|LARP-Monster||A serious and chronic LARPer, either in [[real life]] or in [[Typhon|roleplay]].
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|Periscoping||Spying by popping into a community for a short amount of time. Like a submarine's periscope.
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|Plimbo||Quirky but irrelevant (the term's meaning in practice tends to be much vaguer)
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|Podunkistan||An isolated area of country where the only trace of civilization is small towns. Usually a shithole. Also known as bumblefuck nowhere, the sticks.
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|Scrungle||Odd, weird, a little strange. Can both be an adjective or a noun.
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|Tism||Autism.


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== Time in R.E. ==


== Stronghold 2 ==
It's generally unknown who invited Old Man Mammoth to Reconstruction Era. Most of what's assumed is that Mammoth was invited by Seagull and/or Jager, both of whom have fallen into the [[Reconstruction Era Diaspora|diaspora]]. But it is known that Mammoth first played with Reconstruction Era on the [[RE survival|survival server]], assuming the role of Emperor.


Due to the evolving [[RTS games|meta]] of Stronghold 2, RE has developed its own vocabulary. Some of these terms are common among RTS players while others are [[memes|shitposts]] or running in-jokes.
== Cult of Personality ==


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Somehow Old Man Mammoth seems to be known and beloved by everyone in [[Garry's Mod]] and [[Minecraft]]. This comes from extensive time on Fallout RP and [[civ]], mostly roleplaying as everyone's grandpa and assuming positions of imperial authority while letting everyone else do the actual government stuff. Trusted (?) lieutenants such as [[TheRedScot]] can be found in his company.
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!Term !!Translation and context
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|Artillery||Ballistas, Mangonels, Catapults, and Trebuchets
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|Attrition||A strategy of weakening another player's economy.
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|Balance of Power ||A diplomatic strategy of attacking strong players and defending weak ones to ensure that nobody grows too powerful
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|BDSM||Torture equipment used to discipline criminals
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|Candle Cult ||A strategy involving the use of a church to achieve a high popularity. Refers to the amount of candles that need to be produced to 'fuel' the church
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|Chungus||Large or thick; big.
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|[[Communism]]||Running low on food
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|Economy ||The chain of food, popularity, and gold that allows a castle to effectively produce units.
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|Empire||A large amount of estates controlled by a single player
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|Leather||A strategy of mass-producing leather armor to field large amounts of crossbowmen and macemen
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|Library||A church
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|Napalm||The use of either a burning cart or pitch to light enemy troops on fire
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|Normandy||An amphibious assault made with Pictish Boatmen
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|Pez||(Armed) Peasant
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|Phalanx||A formation of ranged units and mantlets, often accompanied by melee units.
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|Riflemen||Crossbowmen
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|Rifle Tactics||A strategy involving the use of crossbowmen as the primary field infantry, with ballistas and catapults providing cover
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|Rush||To swarm an enemy with fast, cheap units
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|Shields||Mantlets
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|Siege||An assault made on a castle, typically with the intent to kill the other player and remove them from the game
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|Spam||To use a single unit or building en masse
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|Spoons||Catapults
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|Stonks (1)||A set of stocks used to rehabilitate prisoners
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|Stonks (2)||A large amount of gold made from selling goods or taxing peasants
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|Town||A village estate
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|Treb||Trebuchet
|}


[[Category:Culture]]
== Mammothocracy ==
Mammothocracy is a term for government based around Mammoth being your dad and staying out of politics. It promote basic moral values: Be polite, be courteous, no roughhousing with the neighborhood kids, share with your siblings, and stay out of trouble. Never forget, but always forgive. A strong man stands up for himself, while a stronger man stands up for others. Sometimes life is dark like a tunnel, you can't see the light at the end. But when you do you'll be in a better place.
 
If Mammoth was to play a role in government, it would only be to make other people happy.
 
== In Pop Culture ==
Mammoth is a voice actor, modder, and meme creator. He has created portraits for numerous [[Hoi4]] mods as well as the RE super-events. [https://www.youtube.com/@oldmanmammoth5364 Mammoth is known to create videos and post them on youtube.]
 
 
[[Category:People]][[Category:Roleplayers]]

Revision as of 15:09, 4 January 2024

Old Man Mammoth, Owner, Mensch, and Grandpappy of Reconstruction Era

OldManMammoth is the Governor of Bangladesh, (Self-Proclaimed) Owner of Reconstruction Era, Pseudo-Grandfather of R.E. and a guy with a page on our wiki. He is older than you, and "Loves you Muffin."

OldManMammoth made all of the RE superevents which we should probably post here.

Early Life

Born in ████████████ in the year ████, Old Man Mammoth was ████████████ to a ████████████ ████████ of ███████████. ███████████ into his █████████ he ████████████ with many subjects such as ███, ████████████, ██████████, ██████, Lunch, and ████████████ ████████. Eventually he would grow tried of ████ ████████████ ████████████████ ████████ and proceed to ████████████ ████████████████ for ████████████, or until "████████████████ ████████████████████████ ████████ ████████████ ████████████ ████████████ ████████████████." Things really began to become serious when REDACTED of REDACTED invited him to Reconstruction Era.

Time in R.E.

It's generally unknown who invited Old Man Mammoth to Reconstruction Era. Most of what's assumed is that Mammoth was invited by Seagull and/or Jager, both of whom have fallen into the diaspora. But it is known that Mammoth first played with Reconstruction Era on the survival server, assuming the role of Emperor.

Cult of Personality

Somehow Old Man Mammoth seems to be known and beloved by everyone in Garry's Mod and Minecraft. This comes from extensive time on Fallout RP and civ, mostly roleplaying as everyone's grandpa and assuming positions of imperial authority while letting everyone else do the actual government stuff. Trusted (?) lieutenants such as TheRedScot can be found in his company.

Mammothocracy

Mammothocracy is a term for government based around Mammoth being your dad and staying out of politics. It promote basic moral values: Be polite, be courteous, no roughhousing with the neighborhood kids, share with your siblings, and stay out of trouble. Never forget, but always forgive. A strong man stands up for himself, while a stronger man stands up for others. Sometimes life is dark like a tunnel, you can't see the light at the end. But when you do you'll be in a better place.

If Mammoth was to play a role in government, it would only be to make other people happy.

In Pop Culture

Mammoth is a voice actor, modder, and meme creator. He has created portraits for numerous Hoi4 mods as well as the RE super-events. Mammoth is known to create videos and post them on youtube.

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