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SotK

We should start another village. I miss that one over Christmas, pity it all got nicked, still what do you expect, it is a MMORPG...

Thanks, that was helpful. I did find different sites which were also useful, but most results ended up as either Mafia 2 for consoles or for the Sicilian mafia...

My school email takes the year you left primary (07), your form (O), and the first two letters of both names - th and co respectively. I then took off the 07 and took to using Othko as a fantasy name in Haven and Hearth, and it stuck.

As SotK has already taken Tottington, I'll move up a notch to Bury.

Bury is old English for castle, fort or stronghold, or an equivalent to the modern English borough.

Located in Lancashire, Bury was originally a mill town which emerged during the Industrial Revolution, focused on textile manufacturing. Bury has apparently got a "World Famous" Market, although no-one I've met who isn't from Bury has ever heard of it... Anyway, Bury is also notable for the traditional Black Pudding, a sausage made of pig's blood, which is often eaten as a snack and is sold in the 'world famous' open air market.

Bury mainly starts in the Industrial Revolution, but it goes further back, being centred around an ancient marketplace, with signs of Roman occupation even further back. Other interesting parts of history in Bury are Bury Castle (Little but a few buttresses in the ground now, but was once a fortified manor), and Gristlehurst Hall (a manor house now completely gone, although it was one of Henry VIII's hunting grounds apparently). Bury is also the home of the Lancashire Fusiliers, now amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

The Lancashire Fusiliers were formed in 1688 and were originally named Peyton's Foot Regiment, after the Colonel who commanded them - Sir Richard Peyton. Their name continued to change to the Colonel they were under until 1751, when they were renamed the 20th Regiment of Foot, a regiment renowned for their bravery at Minden, possibly the only time in history an infantry regiment successfully charged a cavalry regiment. The regiment also fought at Culloden in 1746, and in Canada under General John Burgoyne (this was only included as that is the exact name as one of my English teachers :L). Their name was agin changed to the East Devonshire Regiment in 1782. They also fought in the Crimean war at Alma and Inkerman, and in the Napoleonic wars as "the backbone of Wellington's army". Renamed the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1881 after 99 years of being known as the East Devonshire Regiment (the regiment originated in Devon somehow), the regiment fought extensively in both world wars. The Lancashire Fusiliers are famed for fighting in Gallipoli in 1915, one of the most unsuccessful campaigns in the First World War, and earned 6 Victoria Crosses "before breakfast". The regiment also has the Somme as a Battle Honour, and is also the regiment in which J.R.R. Tolkien fought in in the First World War. In the Second World War the regiment fought extensively with the Chindits, and in Africa. A notable figure from this time period is Francis Arthur Jefferson, who picked up a PIAT gun (a large anti-tank weapon, usually requiring 2 people to fire) and destroyed two tanks alone, to protect the British camp.

Some Landmarks around Bury are:
Holcombe Hill
The 'world famous' market
The Parish Church
Peel Tower
The East Lancashire Railway

Some people you may have heard of from Bury are:
Elbow (band)
Sir Robert Peel (British Prime Minister)
Phil and Gary Neville (Football/Soccer Players)
Many, Many Soap and Reality TV stars 

Sorry for the huge section on the regiment, it's just that that's what I know most about and also what I find most interesting.

After much time researching mafias on the internetz (I didn't actually know what they were before), sure, sign me up.

Is this mod finished yet, and if so where can I download? It looks awesome!

SotK x3

I think that it is a good cause (when would stopping a war criminal NOT be a good cause?), but the solutions proposed by Invisible Children are far too oversimplified, as this is a complex and many-layered matter. The main reason it is a good cause is the awareness it spread of the situation - before this campaign began, neither my friends, the majority (if not all) of my year group, nor I would have known about Kony or the LRA. I believe that the situation in Central Africa has been ignored by the press too much - it may have been going on for a long time, but without news coverage the younger generations (like myself) had no idea about the situation - possibly why the campaign spread so quickly.

That said, I think that KONY 2012 could cause more harm than good, as corrupt governments receiving more powerful weaponry could be slightly problematic, resulting in more deaths and suffering.

And you're all right!!!

Jubal

Natricine - Of, like or pertaining to water-snakes.

Now everyone's dead, I think this bar's mine 

That's right, and thanks 
Silverwolf next

I thought it would be a good idea, as it would educate people on political matters in the future, so if there was say, another voting referendum, the campaigns couldn't just use stupid long winded explanations saying that the system is complicated, as was done in the AV referendum.

Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.56
Religion: Athiest

Yay for Necroposting