FULC (Fulcrum)
FULC, also known as Fulcrum, was an alliance that became a major MvP Faction and Global Empire. Fulcrum was established on May 28th, 2020 when the Founding Fathers of the alliance, BenHerr of FLDA/ROME, Vadar12 of EPRS, and Abhinav21 of ROSS, agreed to combine forces into a new faction altogether, and would lead it together as The Triumvirate. The result was the creation of one of the most powerful factions in MVP history. The faction name itself is a Star Wars reference, based off of Former Jedi Ahsoka Tano's codename and intelligence group, "Fulcrum".
General History
Fulcrum, at its height, would consistently control most of the Americas (with North America being it's homeland), Oceania, Australia, Southeast Asia, a handful of African territories, Iceland, Norway, and portions of Greenland along with an Antarctic colony. Land claimed by Fulcrum was colored black, decorated with white crosses and variations of the Fulcrum symbol. Fulcrum would also have influence over the rest of world that it didn't occupy through client states and relations with other UPF Alliance Members.
Eventually, new factions would form and attempt to dislodge Fulcrum's undisputed dominance over the globe. Anti-Fulcrum movements were consistently crushed throughout the Summer of 2020. However, due to eventual low member activity and an influx of new players caused by YouTuber Drew Durnil, Fulcrum began to decline. And eventually, a new anti-Fulcrum faction known as NUWA, would rally enough forces and allies to rival the now shrinking Empire. Fulcrum and the UPF Alliance as a whole would continue to lose influence and territory worldwide into Fall of 2020.
Despite it's sharp decline, Fulcrum would continue to hold on as it's remaining members continue to defend the nation they loved so dear. Unfortunately, the Empire was doomed despite attempts to fully reignite it's war machine. By late August, Fulcrum had lost roughly 80% of its users, and had lost much of its global influence. Fulcrum would eventually become "dormant" on September 1st, 2020, as user BenHerr "officially retired" the faction in an announcement on the former Fulcrum operations discord server.
Despite the announced shutdown of the faction, it would still live on, one way or another. On September 23rd, multiple users attempted to revive the faction without permission from the Founders. One user with malicious intentions attempted to impersonate Fulcrum in Turkey. To prevent massive confusion over the status of Fulcrum and to protect its memory, MvP Moderators were asked to intervene in the situation. In order to avoid a possible ban, the user, at the last minute, changed the doppelgänger faction's name to "Fullcum" while retaining Fulcrum's color and decorative style. MvP mods would rule that creating knockoff versions of factions with malicious intent should be illegal. The creator of the Fulcrum knockoff would initially refuse to comply with the mods, and maintained the presence on the MvP canvas. After receiving multiple warnings, however, the user backed down and ceased maintaining the Fulcrum bootleg. In order to prevent this kind of situation from happening again, MvP moderators would update the MvP Rules page with a new measure that prohibits users from making knockoffs of factions with malicious intent. This incident was used as an example in the new entry, fully solidifying Fulcrum in the Pixelplace Canon.
The Big Sike!
Following the Impersonation/Knockoff incident, it was widely assumed that Fulcrum was shut down for good. However, that was not the case. On 10/05/20, the Triumvirate went back into session and began to plan a revival of the faction, scheduling it to occur when PixelPlace V2 would be launched. A meeting with the CSNA was arranged, and an alliance was established. On 10/08/20, the faction was fully re-activated, and an official campaign was greenlighted on Canvas 7. Fulcrum would occupy all of Greenland, the presence occupied with a massive Fulcrum logo made by Abhinav21.
On 10/09/20, PixelPlace V2 was released. The Faction was declared to be fully operational once again, and a massive MVP campaign was authorized by the Triumvirate and led by Triumvir Ben Herr. Due to the canvas being of a much larger size, and a few server crashes, the campaign took longer than anticipated but was ultimately successful within a few hours. Some arguments arose from neighboring factions but the disputes were resolved before they evolved into full fledged conflicts.
This event would be know as "The New Revival". However, this newly established Fulcrum presence would not last for long. Following the Fifth Fulcrum world war and other conflicts, Fulcrum's influence and strength would once again deteriorate, due to the decreasing amount of faction members and user activity.
"The End"
The New Rival, despite its promise, would be short lived. With dwindling manpower and influence, and with the growing power of rival factions such as NUWA and the Seljuks (SELJ), Fulcrum would be pressed into more remote areas of the globe, struggling to remain afloat. By November of 2020, Fulcrum had become a "Remnant" of its former self, and confined its presence to islands north of the Russian mainland. By the middle of the month, Fulcrum would regain some strength that would allow itself to establish a presence in Siberia, however that would not last. By December, all remaining Fulcrum members would become inactive. The Triumvirate dissolved by 12/31/20, rendering Fulcrum defunct.
This was considered to be the final blow to Fulcrum. The faction would remain deactivated for almost the entirety of 2021. However, something... remained. A spark. And as of 12/08/21, we have officially, returned. Even though we are not as what we were once, we are back, watching, hanging on to what we can. We are not sure of our future, but we do know that we have one. Any and all further events involving Fulcrum, will be logged into the timeline below. We rose, we conquered, we fell, and we have risen again.
-Ben Herr, Leader of Fulcrum
Key Events
| Event | Descriptions and/or Outcomes. |
|---|---|
| Fulcrum Alliance founded (Mid May 2020) | An alliance would form between FLDA and EPRS, headed by BenHerr, Vadar12, and Abhinav21. Codenamed "Fulcrum", it was initially a secretive militant branch of the UPF Alliance created with the intention to break away in the event that UPF failed to maintain its power and influence and replace the alliance if necessary. |
| The Great CELL Annoyance. ( Throughout May-June 2020) |
The faction known as CELL would become an incredible nuisance on MvP. It's members would constantly sink land for hours on end if something angered them, making gameplay extremely infuriating and unenjoyable when the faction was online.
This was one of Fulcrum's biggest challenges in its early life. CELL would, for unknown reasons, eventually cease all activity by mid June or so. This event is assumed to be one of the factors that led to land sinking being banned by MvP Moderators. |
| First Fulcrum World War (5/26-27/20) | A disagreement occurred during this time that led to the Fulcrum alliance temporarily to break down. FLDA, ROME and UPF allies would invade EPRS on behalf of NORD. Later on, NORD was revealed to have malicious intentions and had ultimately manipulated its new allies. All parties that attacked EPRS would join forces with the faction and invade NORD instead.
Result: EPRS defeated. NORD defeated following side switch. NORD forced out of its territories. One of the leaders of NORD, Marsbound, would quit Pixelplace MvP for some time. However, EPRS leader Vadar12 would ultimately decide to cede its Canadian lands to NORD and MRCA. All parties would agree to the Treaty of EPRS. Following the conflict, Fulcrum would reform as a faction. |
| Fulcrum Faction Founded (5/28/20) | BenHerr, Vadar12, and Abhinav21 would join forces and form a new faction of the same name. Fulcrum would remain on good terms with UPF however, and became a high ranking member of the alliance due to its new immense influence. |
| The VOID Dilemna (5/29/20-6/03/20) | Following the Fulcrum's establishment, representatives from VOID would complain to admins for several days about our faction using the color black. |
| Second Fulcrum World War (5/30/20) |
Conflict began with the ROME Leader throwing out BenHerr from the faction's head council and declaring war on the newly formed Fulcrum.
The Fulcrum Triumvirate responded swiftly and formed an alliance with TURK and factions within the UPF alliance and erased ROME's presence on the canvas within an hour. ROME's leader, Gull, would resign as faction leader at the end of the conflict. ROME itself as a faction would ultimately collapse as a result. All Roman territory in Europe and Asia was given to TURK as a gift for their efforts by Fulcrum. |
| The Golden Age (5/30/20-6/20/20) | This was the time of Fulcrum's peak power and influence. During this time, the faction's presence on the canvas was unchallenged and consistently maintained. |
| Anti-Drew Campaign of 06/05/20 |
Temporary occupation of France in Canvas 7 during a Drew Durnil Stream on 6/05/20. This was the only major operation that Fulcrum had ever done outside of MVP. |
| Quiet Period (6/06-16/20) | Fulcrum would briefly become somewhat inactive due to low player availability. However, the faction's presence remained relatively intact to a degree during this period. |
First Great Awakening (6/17/20) |
Fulcrum would return to full strength and join forces with HUNG to establish each other on the canvas. While this was the peak of Fulcrum's power, these would be the last days of an unchallenged Fulcrum rule. |
Third Fulcrum World War (6/18/20)  |
This world war was initiated when NUWA, NETH, and CNDA declared war on Fulcrum, Hungary, Vietnam, and UPF allies. For unknown reasons however, Vietnam (led by the user Xiao) joined the aggressors.
INDO would initially try to ally with Fulcrum but a coup occurred within the faction. The leader of coup intended to ally with the Dutch and to fight against Fulcrum. That user lost in the power struggle and was ridiculed by much of the MvP community. INDO would ultimately fight alongside Fulcrum. NANJ (Japan) would also join Fulcrum and INDO to help secure the Pacific Front. Result: Fulcrum and its allies suffered heavy losses during the first half of the conflict but ultimately the attacking parties surrendered and were defeated. Fulcrum's and Hungary's dominance over the canvas remaining intact. NUWA's presence on MvP disappeared for some time. Vietnam allowed to continue existing. CNDA was given a portion of Northern Canada. NANJ was given dominance over Far Eastern Asia. Chinese land was ultimately seceded to the user Xiao to avoid further conflict. A land dispute occurred between the land boundaries in SE Asia between Fulcrum and INDO however. |
| Fulcrum-HUNG-GGCR-NANJ Alliance formed (6/20/20) | GGCR would be restored in Europe on this date and joined the alliance between Fulcrum and Hungary. NANJ would also be accepted into the alliance. |
| Fourth Fulcrum World War (6/20/20) | A hard fought conflict that only lasted a few hours. War was declared on Fulcrum, Hungary, GGCR, and TURK by NORD (led by Marsbound), VIET (led by Xiao), INDO, and an unknown yellow nation. UPF allies and NANJ (Japan) would assist the defensive parties.
Result: Attacking factions ultimately defeated. However, Fulcrum and Hungary would become somewhat inactive following this event as their leaders would take a break from Pixelplace as faction maintenance became very time consuming. Abhinav21 would lead Fulcrum in its "final days". BenHerr would revive FLDA for a short time. As a result, this event marked the end of Fulcrum's Golden Age and its undisputed dominance over Canvas 8. |
| Grand Opening of r/hungpixelplace (7/08/20) | AlmosYT announced the opening of his subreddit, which was designed for making posts about accomplishments made by HUNG, GGCR, FULC, and FLDA. |
"Final" Official Fulcrum Presences (7/25/20-9/01/20) |
Fulcrum would have its "final" campaigns within this timeframe. These campaigns were typically minor, and the land gained by these campaigns usually were lost within 1-2 hours. Triumvir Abhinav21 primarily led these campaigns. |
| NUWA Wars (8/20/20-9/01/20) | Triumvir Abhinav21 would declare war on NUWA after the then-recently restored anti-Fulcrum faction made its intentions clear by attacking Fulcrum. However, by this time, with NUWA's presence growing stronger and Fulcrum's already greatly weakened, these conflicts would help push the latter faction towards its "demise". |
| Fulcrum declared officially defunct (9/01/20) | Triumvirate Leader BenHerr declared Fulcrum as defunct and ceased all official Fulcrum activities. Would briefly revive FLDA. |
| Fulcrum Knockoff and Impersonation crisis (Early September 2020) | After's it's official shut down, users would impersonate and make knockoff versions of Fulcrum with the intent to confuse and cause chaos within the MvP community. This activity ultimately ceased within a week or so. |
| "An Interesting Turn of Events" (10/08/20) |
New Fulcrum Activity on Canvas 7 appears, authorized by a secretly re-activated Triumvirate. |
"What The FULC?" | The New Revival (10/09/2020) |
Fulcrum was officially revived on MVP by the Triumvirate upon the launch of Pixelplace V2. The campaign took longer than anticipated due to some resistance from neighbouring factions, the larger canvas size, and a few server crashes, but was very successful and met its overall goal. |
| PAKI-Fulcrum War (10/09-10/20) | After Fulcrum re-established itself on Canvas 8, a dispute occurred between Fulcrum and Pakistan (PAKI). Pakistan made claim of the land that Fulcrum was inhabiting in SE Asia.
Note: At the time Lachian was acting as the leader of PAKI, and there for sometime, PAKI was viewed as an enemy of Fulcrum. However, it was recently discovered that Lachian started the war without the Pakistani Emperor knowing. Relations between Fulcrum and PAKI smoothed over after this was found out. As the self-proclaimed leader of PAKI, Lachian would demand all of Fulcrum's land in SE Asia, Primarily India. Hilariously, Lachian refused to actually take Pakistan itself because it was owned by Seljuks at the time and he was afraid to make them angry. And so he resorted to invade Fulcrum and make due with what he could capture. His attacks failed, and the result was a decisive Fulcrum Victory. |
| Fifth Fulcrum World War (10/10/20) | After a managing to maintain a strong Fulcrum presence, Triumvir BenHerr recognized the growing threat that was the Seljuks (SELJ). And so, he went to great lengths to secure a strong resistance against the ever growing new rival.
Peace was made between Fulcrum and their old foe, NUWA. The remnants of HUNG and GGCR were re-activated. DUCK also answered the rallying call. EPRS was revived, and began taking over the Middle East, splitting SELJ territory in two for a time. TURK was also remobilized. However, this united force was not enough to stop the immense power of the Seljuks. SELJ declared war, and EPRS was invaded and quickly conquered. PKST leader Lauchian would once again impersonate PAKI and ally with SELJ, both factions initiating a blitzkrieg into Fulcrum territory in SE Asia. A last stand was made in Australia, but the Fulcrum presence was soon engulfed. TURK attempted to recreate the Ottoman Empire, but that effort was repelled by the Seljuks. HUNG attempted to setup a presence in South America, but also was overrun. In a last ditch effort, the Fulcrum Triumvirate contacted VOID, and organized a final retaliation against SELJ that contained a ragtag crew of users from various factions. Attacks were initiated across Europe, Africa, and Asia, but all had fruitless results. The Seljuks proved to be too powerful. SELJ had achieved a strength that was beyond what Fulcrum had obtained in its height NANJ would join the conflict towards the end, as SELJ broke their NAP with the nation and proceeded to invade. NANJ was ultimately defeated as well. Conclusion: Fulcrum and allies defeated. Decisive Seljuk victory. |
| Abhinav21 removed from Triumvirate (10/12/20) | Due to circumstances, Abhinav21 was removed from his position in the Fulcrum Triumvirate by Triumvirs BenHerr and Vadar12. A new Triumvir will probably be selected to replace him soon. |
| A new Fulcrum (10/12/20) |
Fulcrum would re-locate to the Middle East to directly oppose the Seljuks, and in the meantime, convert to Islam. Fulcrum imagery was also altered. |
| Blackholes selected as new Triumvir (10/15/20) | Triumvirs BenHerr and Vadar12 selected the user known as Blackholes to replace Abhinav21 |
| Standby Mode (10/25/20-11/08/20) | During this time, the number of faction members had decreased considerably. The Triumvirate was still active however faction activities had significantly decreased. Enterprises in the Middle East came to end. Fulcrum reverted back to its original looks. |
| The Subtle Age (11/09/20-Present) | Triumvir BenHerr would declare the faction as a "Remnant". Only a very few members remain in the faction besides the Triumvirate itself, and is therefore not able to preform major campaigns or maintain large presences on the canvas. The Fulcrum Remnant however is committed to maintaining a small territory claim in order to remain on the canvas and continue the legacy of the faction. |
Remnant Presence Expands (11/17/20) |
Triumvir Vadar12 would authorize an expansion of territory into other areas in the vicinity. |
Brazen November Takedown (11/17/20)    |
Now restrengthened with new members and allies, in a joint decision by all three Triumvirs, the Remnant declared war on NUWA, in response to a harsh beatdown of a Floridian independence led by the user known as "Ridder" (Riddler). What started as a small conflict evolved into a large scale invasion of NUWA. During the first half of the conflict, Fulcrum forces became overwhelmed initially until more members and allies got online, turning the tide of the war. This event has demonstrated that better days are indeed stored for Fulcrum once again.
Result: Decisive Fulcrum and Ridder Victory. NUWA defeated and wiped from the Canvas. NUWA's North American territories would be claimed by Ridder while their Siberian lands would be annexed by the Remnant. |
| Extended NUWA-Fulcrum Conflict (11/17-20/20) | A war would rage on between Fulcrum and Nuwa during this time. Both sides would receive devastating losses. NUWA first due to Fulcrum's newly increased manpower, and Fulcrum second after an unknown collation made of former SELJ members invaded, quickly overwhelming the faction due to only a quarter of its members being online at the time. Recovery was swift to occur, however.
NUWA and Fulcrum would sign a non-agression pact at the conclusion of the conflict, as both sides realize that both had the power to destroy each other and to recover afterwards, a sign of a never-ending war. |
New Fulcrum Doctrine Complete (11/20/20)  |
In this new peaceful time, Fulcrum continued to quickly restrengthen, and was able to finally fulfill Triumvir BenHerr's newly envisioned Fulcrum presence in Asia. A reconsideration is currently in progress about the matter of continuing to self-designate the faction as a Remnant. |
Pakistani-Albanian-Happy War (11/21/20) |
Albania and the Happy Nation (HAPY) attempted an Invasion of the Empire of Pakistan (PAKI). Fulcrum would assist on PAKI's behalf due to a deal striked between the two after the Pakistani emperor joined Fulcrum in multi guild alliance.
Result: Decisive Pakistani Victory. |
| Seljuk Invasion (11/22/20) | What many had doubted would occur, became a reality. The Seljuks initiated a raid that affected most of the world. 80% of Fulcrum territory was lost.
Fulcrum originally intended to join a coalition headed by NUWA against the Seljuks. However, BenHerr declared neutrality in the conflict once a high ranking NUWA member, more than once, suggested that Fulcrum was untrustworthy. A vicious response was received from NUWA and other members of the coalition following the neutrality declaration. Triumvirs BenHerr and Vadar12 would rule, based on the brazen reactions and the fact that none of it’s members attempted to reach out to repair diplomatic relations, that the coalition was in fact planning to use Fulcrum to gain extra manpower, and then take their lands after Selj was dealt with. As a result of this situation, it was decided that NUWA had defiled the NAP. And due to numerous invasions inflicted by NUWA and its allies in previous days, Triumvir BenHerr declared an alliance with the Seljuks, stating that the Turkish faction “actually upheld honor” compared to the hostile coalition against them. Not much more scrutiny was heaved onto Fulcrum as the majority of anti-Seljuk factions had already expressed their hatred of the Faction. As the Seljuk raid presence began to retreat and its land retaken by its neighbors, Fulcrum managed to maintain control of its islands north of Siberia. Due to the unstable political climate, re-invasion of their Siberian claims (which are as of this writing controlled by BLND), have been delayed. |
| Triumvir Replacement (11/22/20) | Triumvir Blackholes would resign from his position following the Seljuk Crisis. Qwerzer would be selected as his successor. |
| New Fulcrum Doctrine (11/23/20) | Triumvir BenHerr would deliver a speech concerning the current political landscape and Fulcrum’s ambitions and intentions. |
| Notes (12/08/21) | Fulcrum is currently inactive as of this writing, on December 8th, 2021. All remaining members are also currently inactive. Some of us may pop in every now and then for old times sake, but other than that, with no one new to take the wheel, our time is pretty much over. It was really fun though, while it lasted.
Thanks for the memories, -Ben Herr |
Notes (12/08/21) |
You didn't see anything, you didn't hear anything, ok? |
| Fulcrum Officially Re-Instated (12/16/21 | Fulcrum, under the direction of Ben Herr, has been revived. The faction currently holds claims over multiple islands primarily within the arctic circle, along over the western half of Belgium and a few other islands around the globe. |
| European Conflict (12/16/21) | A war would break out within Europe involving several factions. Would result in Fulcrum acquiring half of Belgium and successfully assiting in defending Lolman's England. |
| Canvas 7 Campaign
(1/20/22)
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A major campaign took place on Canvas 7, led by Fulcrum Leaders BenHerr and Vadar12, assisted by AmnD4 and Epico6. Two invasions occurred, one in East Asia, the other in Central Europe, both being very successful. The first invasion being heavily sponsored by AmnD4, using a bot. |
| The Actual End (8/4/22) | The last Commander and Founder of Fulcrum, Ben Herr, officially declares Fulcrum defunct. This time, permanently. |
List of Client/Buffer States
New England (Client State) - Managed by ChillyGlock
Florida (Buffer State) - Managed by <redacted>
List of Triumvirs
Note: The Triumvirate has been effectively been defunct as of 12/31/20. This is a list of all faction members that had served as a Triumvir.
Abhinav21 (Served 5/28/20-10/12/20)
BenHerr (Served (5/28/20-12/31/20)
Blackholes (Served 10/15/20-11/22/20)
Vadar12 (Served 5/28/20-12/31/20)
Qwerzer (Served 11/22/20-12/31/20)
The Actual End
Nothing ever lasts forever... even with our greatest efforts. Fulcrum is now a memory. With time, it will become a legend. Our battles and our conquests will be long remembered. It will be remembered that there was a day where we ruled the world... where we conquered the unconquerable... where we were left unopposed. It will be remembered by our very selves of the friends we made, the enemies we destroyed. I will remember all of it. This has been an honor, my comrades. The curtain has gone down. It is over. But maybe one day... the curtain will open once more... and something new will glow in the spotlight.
- Ben Herr
08/04/22
