FULC(Fulcrum)

FULC, better 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 lower member activity and an influx of new players caused by YouTuber Drew Durnil, Fulcrum began to fall into a decline. And eventually, a new anti-Fulcrum faction known as NUWA, would rally enough forces and allies to rival the Empire. Fulcrum and the UPF Alliance as a whole would continue to lose political influence and territory during numerous conflicts worldwide into the Fall of 2020.

Despite it's sharp decline, Fulcrum's presence in the globe would continue to persist. Unfortunately, the Empire was doomed despite attempts to fully reignite it's war machine. By late August-Early September, Fulcrum had lost roughly 80% of its users and allies to inactivity, and had lost much of its global influence. This would lead to Fulcrum becoming 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, instances of Fulcrum and Fulcrumist Nations would continue to exist. 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 later rule that creating knockoff versions of factions with the intent to troll 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.