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what is the sillyest reason for a war you have ever come accross, real life or in an RP? or in any other situation for that matter. please don't just invent random things off the top of your head though.

sillyest one i've ever come accross: a guy i know participated in an RP, more formalized than most NS RPs. a war was started, played for two years, empires rose and fell because of it.. then someone asked what they were fighting over. they looked back through the records:

the original dispute was over who invented the kettle!

Harry Potter RP wars over pairings.



/Heur

o...k... that would be pretty bad :p

If I recall my history correctly, part of what started the (real) Mexican-American war was some guy on a ship getting part of his ear cut off.

And way back in the Dark Ages of Nationstates (March-April 2003), a massive coalition mobilized to take out a guy for general RP stupidity including "banning all space travel" and assorted godmoding. Ask around about Perrier, you'll probably hear a few old-timers mention the infamous line of "Perrier. Your dead. Stay in character." (yes, complete with that grammar error!)

If I recall my history correctly, part of what started the (real) Mexican-American war was some guy on a ship getting part of his ear cut off.
Yeah, the War of Jenkins' Ear. I think it was Jenkins anyway.

I've always thought the reasons why WWI started were incredibly stupid.

what is the sillyest reason for a war you have ever come accross, real life or in an RP?religion is the only thing that comes to mind at the moment..

well, i was thinking something more specific than that.

but given the basic tenents of most, it IS rather idiotic.

I've always thought the reasons why WWI started were incredibly stupid.


wasn't it a bungled assasination atempt by the wrong people, that wasn't ment to be happening anyway, took out the wrong guy, in the wrong place, which started a war, which dragged in all the huge alliance system? [a system which was MENT to work much like the nukes of today are MENT to work. scary thought]

or have i got it wrong?

How about this, from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
It is of course well known that careless talk costs lives, but the full scale of the problem is not always appreciated. For instance, at the very moment that Arthur Dent said "I wouldn't want to go anywhere without my wonderful towel," a freak wormhole opened up in the fabric of the space-time continuum and carried his words far far back in time across almost infinite reaches of space to a distant Galaxy where strange and warlike beings were poised on the brink of frightful interstellar battle. The two opposing leaders, resplendent in their black jewelled battle shorts, were meeting for the last time, when, a dreadful silence fell, and, at that very moment, the words, "I wouldn't want to go anywhere without my wonderful towel" drifted across the conference table. Unfortunately, in their native tongue, this was the most appalling insult imaginable, so the two opposing battle fleets decided to settle their few remaining differences in order to launch a joint attack on our galaxy, now positively identified as the source of the offending remark. For thousands of years the mighty starships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the planet Earth - where, due to a terrible miscalculation of scale, the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog. Those who study the complex interplay of cause and effect in the history of the Universe say that this sort of thing is going on all the time.

I suppose it's neither real life, nor role playing, but neither is it invented off the top of my head :p

How about this, from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy


I suppose it's neither real life, nor role playing, but neither is it invented off the top of my head :p

Was that quote from the radio series?

I'd say probably the Toledo War. It would have made a lot more sense if we were fighting to NOT get Toledo.

heh. i've only read the books [and not the 5th one, i think], but that's a pretty good one.

ok, book quotes are fair game :) i just ment this wasn't a "who can think of the stupidest start for a war" compition or anything.

How about this, from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy


I suppose it's neither real life, nor role playing, but neither is it invented off the top of my head :p
Hang on...didn't you miss a bit from the middle of that? Don't the two civilisations go to war with each other first, before thousands of years later attacking earth?

Yeah, the War of Jenkins' Ear. I think it was Jenkins anyway.

Hah, was about to say that one.

Was that quote from the radio series?The book, I think. I just look it up though, so the quote may be inaccurate. (I haven't got the book with me, and wouldn't know what page to look on anyway)
There might be differences between the radio, book, tv and other versions..

In any case, being insulted is a silly reaosn to go to war. But not as silly as having your fleet swallowed by a small dog.

Hang on...didn't you miss a bit from the middle of that? Don't the two civilisations go to war with each other first, before thousands of years later attacking earth?hmm, yes.. Perhaps I got a mangled quote.. I'll see if I can find another..
Or maybe when I get home, I'll bring out The Book itself..

wasn't it a bungled assasination atempt by the wrong people, that wasn't ment to be happening anyway, took out the wrong guy, in the wrong place, which started a war, which dragged in all the huge alliance system? [a system which was MENT to work much like the nukes of today are MENT to work. scary thought]

or have i got it wrong?


No, there was massive tensions rising long before that.

When the six car possession passed the central police station, Nedjelko Cabrinovic hurled a hand grenade station at the archduke's car. The driver accelerated when he saw the object flying towards him and the grenade exploded under the wheel of the next car. Two of the occupants, Eric von Merizzi and Count Boos-Waldeck were seriously wounded. About a dozen spectators were also hit by bomb splinters.

Franz Ferdinand's driver, Franz Urban, drove on extremely fast and other members of the Black Hand group on the route, Cvijetko Popovic, Gavrilo Princip, Danilo Ilic and Trifko Grabez, were unable to fire their guns or hurl their bombs at the Archduke's car.

After attending the official reception at the City Hall, Franz Ferdinand asked about the members of his party that had been wounded by the bomb. When the archduke was told they were badly injured in hospital, he insisted on being taken to see them.

In order to avoid the city centre, General Oskar Potiorek decided that the royal car should travel straight along the Appel Quay to the Sarajevo Hospital. However, Potiorek forgot to tell the driver, Franz Urban, about this decision. On the way to the hospital, Urban took a right turn into Franz Joseph Street. One of the conspirators, Gavrilo Princip, was standing on the corner at the time. Oskar Potiorek immediately realised the driver had taken the wrong route and shouted "What is this? This is the wrong way! We're supposed to take the Appel Quay!".

The driver put his foot on the brake, and began to back up. In doing so he moved slowly past the waiting Gavrilo Princip. The assassin stepped forward, drew his gun, and at a distance of about five feet, fired several times into the car. Franz Ferdinand was hit in the neck and Sophie von Chotkovato in the abdomen. Princip's bullet had pierced the archduke's jugular vein but before losing consciousness, he pleaded "Sophie dear! Sophie dear! Don't die! Stay alive for our children!" Franz Urban drove the royal couple to Konak, the governor's residence, but although both were still alive when they arrived, they died from their wounds soon afterwards.

This was the spark which hit the barrels of gunpower and oil.

Habsburg empire moved full ahead to invade Serbia. As Russia is self-proclaimed king of the serbs, it moblises its armed forces. Germany seeing this mobilised their forces.

Tsar and Kaiser the day before the war spoke to eachother saying this was a grave mistake but as soon as they gave the mobilisation command the generals take over and you cant just stop a mobilisation of an army.

Germany did the Schlieffen Plan to try and take out Netherlands, Belguim, Luxenburg and France which also brought Britain into the war.

Germany did the Schlieffen Plan to try and take out Netherlands, Belguim, Luxenburg and France which also brought Britain into the war.The Netherlands were neutral during the first world war. And unlike the second time, the Germans didn't try to barge in anyway.

BALDRICK: Didn't the war start because some Duke got hungry and shot an ostrich?

BLACKADDER: No Baldrick, the Duke of Austro-Hungry was shot.

BALDRICK: Didn't the war start because some Duke got hungry and shot an ostrich?

BLACKADDER: No Baldrick, the Duke of Austro-Hungry was shot.
Someone on here has the following as a sig...not sure who...

George: The war started because of the vile Hun and his villainous empire-
building.

Edmund: George, the British Empire at present covers a quarter of the globe,
while the German Empire consists of a small sausage factory in
Tanganyika. I hardly think that we can be entirely absolved of blame
on the imperialistic front.