MelW Zugu War

Summary

The MelW Zugu War on r/place began on the night/early morning of July 25 [ZULU Time] 2023. After the Daliban Supreme Commander Destiny, peace be upon him, started packing for travels and turned off stream. The MelW art then suffered a vicious and unprovoked attack from an Italian streamer known as Zugu (aliases La Stalla & Tumblurr). He directed his uncultured horde of followers to literally deface MelW and replaced it with a philistine's interpretation of this painting which the Italians referred to as Signor Cervo [Mister Deer]. The Daliban then rebuilt MelW which made the Italians of Zugu bigmad.

Popularity of "Mister Deer"

Apparently according to some Italian news media the Mister Deer used by the adversarial Italians stemmed from a popular TikTok meme circulating Italy.

Timeline of Battle

Initial Unprovoked Attack

The unprovoked attack took the Daliban off guard and resulted in the tragic loss of MelW.

Reconstruction

Impatient Italian streamer followers were utterly unfamiliar with the tenacity of the Daliban. Through-out the night and early morning, MelW was faithfully and diligently reconstructed, pixel by pixel, until properly restored.

Counter-attack and unhinged Italian Deer Lovers

Daliban commandos began attacking Zugu's original art replacing letters and causing head aches for the sleepy Italians. During this time news of MelW's reconstruction had reached the Italians' subreddit leading to top-voted comments from the Italians such as [Daliban translation]:

"These fucking tumors starved of pussy, holy shit the only vagina they've seen is that of their mother, they're simping for two shitty boobs that suck, fucking wankers." source

At this time some Italians also began sending death threats to some Daliban members, and also mentioned other foulness in their Telegram. One DGGer received text messages on their LinkedIn work phone with more threats from the Italians. In general, they were big mad.

Evidence of more heretical attacks by Zugu

During the battle, the Daliban was in contact with the Blue Corner who offered support against Zugu and the Italians. The Blue Corner told of several attacks on their territory by Zugu. Potential false flag rumors were spread by the Italians to allied neighbors such as the Oshi no ko, but they were told of the truth and promised to assist the Daliban.