Anonymous

Antisoft Coalition: Difference between revisions

From OS-Tan Collections Wiki

Antisoft Coalition (view source)

Revision as of 15:33, 9 November 2023

57 bytes added ,  9 November 2023
m
Reverted edits by Hdheehejeh (talk) to last revision by ShinyGate87
No edit summary
m (Reverted edits by Hdheehejeh (talk) to last revision by ShinyGate87)
Tag: Rollback
 
(10 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
==Overview==
{{Factioninfobox
A tiny political faction founded by [[OS2 | OS/2-tan]] in the mid 90's and originally meant to challenge the legality of several of Microsoft's business practices. But after further funding cuts, scorn and ridicule by her parent company destroyed any chance of her faction gaining mainstream credibility, she was forced to take it underground and fund it entirely out-of-pocket. As her desperation and anger for the continuous injustice grew, so did the faction's slide towards the use of guerrilla tactics.  
|name = Anti$oft Coalition
|image = ASClogo.png


Due in part to its low recognition and her notoriously bitter temperament, she's only succeeded in hiring four other members (plus a die-hard fan that she can't seem to shake off). Since these loyal followers possess a string of quirks of their own, and have very questionable combat experience, the once proud A$C is now often derided as a ragtag group of bitter old women (or hags, in less courteous circles). They may get away with petty sabotage or a 1-on-5 ambush, but have a humiliating track record of regularly botching ambitious and often not-so-ambitious attacks.
|founder = [[OS2|OS/2]], [[RISC OS]]
|leader = [[OS2|OS/2]]
|matriarch = n/a
 
|ftype = Alliance (informal)
|niche = Rag-tag group of OS/2's friends, disgruntled outcasts.  
|territory = decentralized, headquartered in OS/2's and [[PCDOS|PC-DOS's]] office.
 
|established = circa 1997-98
|dissolution = current
|predecessor = none
|successor = current
}}


Even as financial woes grow more and more merciless, OS/2 stubbornly refuses to give up on the A$C and sees no end in sight (short of her own demise).


==Members==
==Members==
Line 11: Line 23:
*'''[[QNX]]'''
*'''[[QNX]]'''
*'''[[RISC OS]]'''  
*'''[[RISC OS]]'''  
*'''[[TRSDOS | TRS-DOS]] (aka Tandy, TRS-80)'''  
*'''[[TRS-DOS]] (aka Tandy, TRS-80)'''  
*'''[[Visi On]]'''
*'''[[Visi On]]'''
*'''[[EComStation | eComstation]] (aka eCS)'''
*'''[[EComStation | eComstation]] (aka eCS)'''
==Annex Bios==
[[AntiSoft Coalition Annex Bios| See Annex Bios]]


==History==
==History==
After suffering defeat against the [[Windows Family]] champion [[95-tan | 95-tan]] during the [[OS-tan Wars | OS Wars]], seeing the Windows-tans gain great popularity and herself getting singled out as an enemy, OS/2-tan gained a bloodthirsty vendetta against the [[Windows Family]]. Her only friend at the time, [[RISC OS | RISC OS-tan]] suggested the idea of a protest club as a means to get OS/2-tan busy and productive.  
===Background===
When the IBM-Microsoft Family broke up, most of the family was devastated. Xenix was forced to retire, PC-DOS-tan and OS/2-tan were separated from the rest of their family and ended up solely in IBM's custody where they took control of their training. OS/2-tan was trained to be a very efficient fighter, but came at a cost.


RISC OS-tan had in mind petitioning to challenge the Windows Family's near-monopoly legally and peacefully. But motivated by spite, OS/2-tan misinterpreted that to mean forming a radical underground resistance group- the Anti$oft Coalition as it's known as today.  
After suffering defeat against the [[Windows Family]] champion [[95-tan | 95-tan]] during the [[OS-tan Wars | OS Wars]], seeing the Windows-tans gain great popularity, took many of her followers, and singled out as an enemy by them, OS/2-tan gained a bloodthirsty vendetta against the [[Windows Family]]. Her only friend at the time, [[RISC OS | RISC OS-tan]] suggested the idea of a protest club as a means to get OS/2-tan busy and productive.  


===Founding===
RISC OS-tan had in mind petitioning to challenge the Windows Family's imperialism legally and peacefully. But motivated by spite, OS/2-tan misinterpreted that to mean forming a radical underground resistance group- the Anti$oft Coalition as it's known as today.
===Today===
The Anti$oft Coalition doesn't have any formal headquarters, but its meetings mainly take place in OS/2-tan's run-down office (also shared by PC-DOS-tan) which she can barely afford to maintain, after suffering budget cut after budget cut by her parent company, losing the last bit of financial support at the end of 2006. Their last hopes for funding come from what members are able to scrape together from their jobs.


==OSC Notes==
==OSC Notes==
Line 25: Line 46:


If there is one good thing that comes out of all of this is that OS/2-tan has some friends and being in their small niche group, they can know one another better.
If there is one good thing that comes out of all of this is that OS/2-tan has some friends and being in their small niche group, they can know one another better.
[[Category:Factions]]
Retrieved from "https://www.ostan-collections.net/wiki/index.php/Special:MobileDiff/1924...5437"