SiIva Forces

SiIva Forces, also known simply as SF, was the first Discord server in which many veterans of the MROU community, including Brett himself, met eachother. It's noteworthy for also having the first RP in which MROU existed in-universe.

Origins of SiIva Forces
Around mid 2016 or so, YouTube channel SiIvaGunner, a collaborative project in which several artists make "bait and switch" parodies and remixes of Videogame music, announced they would be ending their channel. Many fans were upset by the decision to do so, particularly because of how short-lived the channel was at the time, and the outcry was enough to inspire them to come back with more music, and a lore event in the works. It would be called The SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis (CCC), and would follow a premise in which Grandiose City and the SiIvaGunner channel are taken over by a powerful 4th-wall breaking character known as The Voice Inside Your Head, or simply, "The Voice."

In the comments sections of many videos at the time, many people would act in-character, as though they're a part of the fictional SiIvaGunner universe. This led to people beginning to roleplay more and more, and eventually splitting off into several groups based on said RP. One of these groups was a Google Plus community created by SaniSpark that would gain around 80 or so members at the time. About a day after the Google Plus community was created, in the December of 2016, the Voice Rebellion Discord server was created by SpookiTomb, and would serve as a more popular choice for fans of the CCC to go to. The Google Plus community would eventually dissolve into it and be deleted.

Server Name's Origins
The server's final name of "SiIva Forces" wouldn't be determined until the March of 2017, in which SEGA announced a new Sonic game titled Sonic Forces. Due to the similar theming of the CCC to Sonic Forces, the server had its name jokingly changed to SiIva Forces, and it stuck for the rest of the server's lifespan. Sonic Forces was among one of the more popular games to talk about and reference in the RP, as many people in the server were interested in the early characters, soundtrack, and story.

The SiIva Forces Community
The community of SF was primarily revolved around sharing and discussing videogames, and videogame music. Anime had somewhat of a presence as well, but due to the nature of SiIvaGunner's videos, most members of SF were more prone to talk about games. Common activities enjoyed in the server included discussing SiIvaGunner lore, listening to music in the voice channels, and roleplaying.

Common Interests
Many people in SF shared several common interests, including but not limited to:


 * SiIvaGunner YouTube Channel & Videos (Often called "rips")
 * Nintendo Games (such as the Pokemon franchise, and Kirby: Planet Robobot)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Meme Culture (Primarily SiIvaGunner, Vinesauce, and videogame meme culture)
 * Theorycrafting / Speculation (Many members were also fascinated by ARGs, such as the SiIvaGunner: Rebooted ARG)
 * Casual Roleplaying

Member Hierarchy
SiIva Forces had a more standard-styled member organization style, having members promoted based on how active they are / how much they contribute to the server. Note: The original names these roles had have been lost to time, so these are a rough idea of what the role names may have been back then.


 * Resistance Leader - Reserved for the creator of the server, SpookiTomb. Had its name changed occasionally for RP purposes.
 * Base Leaders - Considered to be the highest prestige of administration, somewhat akin to being co-owner. Only two members were given this role: SaniSpark and Nope.
 * Base Commanders - The moderator role. Members who were promoted to this rank were usually regulars who had been incredibly active in the server. Despite technically being moderators, very little real moderation was done in SF, as it was a casual server.
 * Chiefs / Commanders / etc. - Various roles existed beneath the moderation roles. These were "VIP" roles that regulars would be upgraded to, and it allowed them to talk in some off-limits channels.
 * Meme Team / Anime Fanimes - The basic member roles. New members had to choose one by pinging a higher ranked member and asking for one. Based on the concept of the CCC in which The Voice banned memes and anime.

SF Roleplay
The roleplay was the main focus of SiIva Forces, as it was created initially in response to SiIvaGunner fans roleplaying in YouTube comments sections.

Style and Tone: Voices of a Resistance
The SF RP is often remembered as chaotic and very casual, yet enjoyable by those who participated. The only restrictions on which characters could be introduced were no main characters from The SiIvaGunner Comeback Crisis (CCC), and no overpowered characters who could defeat the main villain with ease. Because of the lack of restrictions and freedom of character creation, there were many characters from several different franchises coming together, ranging from original characters like Plague (Aeternum), to fan characters like Kyei (Tsukomasi), to characters taken directly from franchises like Sonic (Aither JP). There was also a type of character that wouldn't return for most future RPs, called Narrators or IRLs. These are characters who personify the actual people RPing, and as such, had fourth wall breaking knowledge that other characters rarely possessed. After SF, narrators were typically kept exclusively in the Joke RP channels in future servers.

The RP's tone was generally serious, yet lighthearted, as many characters were comedic and fun, while also taking the situation they were in very seriously. There were many character-breaking, 4th wall shattering, and nonsensical scenes in the RP due to its heavy integration with meme culture, but to contrast this, there were many big battles and arcs in which characters' strengths and abilities shined. The RP had heavy themes of unity, teamwork, and resistance due to the plot.

Plot and Setting: Taking Back Our World
As mentioned earlier, the general premise of the RP was lifted directly from the CCC, with some minor alterations. As new lore developments occurred on the SiIvaGunner channel, main story arcs would progress in SF's roleplay. Unlike future MROU RPs, there was only one RP channel, and as a result, all characters lived together in the same building: a resistance fort set up outside of Grandiose City. Some major changes to the CCC story made for SF's RP included a heavier presence of some villains, such as Haltmann from Kirby: Planet Robobot, as well as original arcs written mostly by Spooki, with some collaborations between him and Brett, such as the Mechon/Monado Arc (2017).

Characters like Smol Nozomi from the CCC were strictly off limits from being used, so story-wise, most assumed that their canonical adventure on the SiIvaGunner channel was happening at the same time as the SF RP. In fact, when new videos were uploaded, characters in-universe would watch them and refer to them as "broadcasts from other resistance groups."

MROU: Small Beginnings
MROU itself had a small presence in SF's RP. It was made up to explain where Brett's characters came from when he joined the RP. Sometimes, some characters would get to visit or learn more about MROU, either in the SF RP channel, or outside of the server as a whole, in a small, dedicated server Brett made that would eventually become MROU Heroes (MROU1).

Server Collapse
In the August of 2017, SiIva Forces' RP had slowed down, as well as chatting in the channels due to a combination of users being busy with school and losing interest in the server due to drama behind the scenes. Eventually, the server would experience a full collapse, in which dozens of members left, the RP channel that had been used for the server's lifespan was deleted, and the chat was mostly flooded with spam and messages regarding said drama. Very little of this event has been documented, due to the nature of which it had occurred. Currently, not much of SF's RP is archived, due to its sudden deletion without any warning, though veteran community member Tsukomasi is working on attempting to retrieve some lost, unarchived information by exploring Discord data packages.

After the server ended, some people were reluctant to join MROU Heroes (MROU1), the new server Brett linked for everyone to join so the regulars could stay together and start a new RP. Eventually, most of the regulars ended up leaving SF and joining MROU1 regardless of their initial thoughts on the matter. Some regulars would go inactive or completely disappear from the community after this collapse.

Trivia / Fun Facts
Some interesting other tidbits of information regarding SF...


 * The SF Era lasted for about 8 months or so. It's currently the only RP that is almost entirely unarchived / lost to time.
 * There was a raid that occurred fairly early on in SF's life, around 4 or so months in, lead by ShonicTH, an actual backroom member of SiIvaGunner. The raid was mostly lighthearted, with raiders begging that Shonic be promoted to owner of the server, and many memes being sent.
 * Several SF members were featured in a SiIvaGunner video, titled Overworld (Gamma Mix) - Super Mario Bros 2. The video highlights YouTube comments with an arrangement of the SMB2 overworld theme playing for most of it. At 5:06 in the video, Encounter - Metal Gear Solid begins to play, while RP comments are shown off, poking fun at how overly serious they are. Most SF members found the video funny, and were honored to be featured in it.
 * There have been some attempts at doing a reboot of the SF roleplay, such as SF2, but none of these went very far before being abandoned.
 * The MROU community wouldn't go back to having an RP with a structure similar to SF's where the main story is written mainly by one or two people until the short lived Phoenix Revolution: Reflected Cosmogony (PHNX) RP, which was going to attempt to bring back several characters and settings from SF and MROU1 both.
 * Many members of SF were incredibly excited for Sonic Forces, as at the time, it was just announced. Everytime a new song or trailer was uploaded, it was almost guaranteed to be talked about for a couple days, and make an appearance in the RP. After the end of SF, most people's excitement for Sonic Forces died down, due to the game's flaws becoming more apparent with new trailers and its eventual release.