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| - "A Call to Arms" was the first of the FK Wars. It took place in January 1994. It was, so to speak, "The War to Start all Wars". As War One began, the only truly organized faction was the first of them, the Cousins, though other factions had been proposed on-list, and a variety of names put forward. A few followers of Nick, Janette, Natalie, and Schanke had already identified themselves; and they became the (fictional) targets of the first few pranks. As the War escalated, extending to those previously non-aligned or lurkers, people chose sides.
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| - "A Call to Arms" was the first of the FK Wars. It took place in January 1994. It was, so to speak, "The War to Start all Wars". As War One began, the only truly organized faction was the first of them, the Cousins, though other factions had been proposed on-list, and a variety of names put forward. A few followers of Nick, Janette, Natalie, and Schanke had already identified themselves; and they became the (fictional) targets of the first few pranks. As the War escalated, extending to those previously non-aligned or lurkers, people chose sides. Only two or three dozen people played in War One, not all of them equally active. The first posts were made by Cousins; others entered the game with response posts. The organized structure that later developed—where factions had designated writers—did not yet exist; and people wrote their own material and posted it themselves. All told, something over a hundred posts were made, including several at the end to summarize the activity.
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