Raid of Age

"And on the 18th year, the Walumancer spoke to his followers. 'Rise.' He said. 'It is our time to act.'"

~ Walumancer, edgily commencing the Raid of Age

The Raid of Age was the second Wahfia raid on TF2Tags, occurring October 15th, 2018. The date was chosen to celebrate the 18th year the Wahfather has walked the Earth. As such, the Wahfia desired to celebrate in a similar fashion to their previous celebration, by once again bringing chaos to TF2Tags.

Preparation

Similarly to the previous Purple Raid, the Raid of Age was planned many months in advance, reportedly just after the announcement of the Tagpocalypse. Unlike the previous raid, the Wahfia had been much more organized as to what was going to happen, now having the experience of one raid under its belt. Fellow Wahfia member and single TF2Tags site moderator (as well as previous raider) Fancytag warned his comrades to not stir too much trouble, worrying about what Dr. Dos might think. At 9 PM eastern standard time, the Raid of Age commenced.

The Raid

Unlike the previous raid where Walumancer officially began the raid with a long item set (which did not get published until the raid was almost over), he instead opened the raid with a simple "Rise. It is our time to act." Unlike the Purple Raid, the Wahfather was a much more active participant.

Following this tag, Wahfiosos poured into the site in droves, flooding TF2Tags with more posts than it had seen in several days, all in the span of a few hours. Unlike the Purple Raid, these tags were not all exclusively related to Wah and were of a much more shitpost-y nature. The raid lasted around the same amount of time as the Purple Raid. In total, nine pages of tags were contributed that night, the most activity the site had seen since July of that year.

Participants

1. Walumancer (10 tags)
2. Proto Kirby (21 tags)
3. Ass Ketchup (16 tags)
4. Banannixx (14 tags)
5. Blast (12 tags)
6. Llux (9 tags)
7. Makin' Bacon (4 tags)

Gallery

Walumancer officially commences the Raid of Age.

The first tag of the raid.

A Wahfian homage to Avatar: The Last Airbender.

The first of a series of shitposts that took place during the Raid where Raiders would post items with no alterations to the name or description.

Another example of the no-edit shitposting.

And another...

And another!

Blast displaying what these raids ultimately come down to.

The Truth.

A clever instance of creating three tags to spell out "WAH" vertically.

Classic pro-wrestling-related Blast tag.

Reference to a meme posted in the Wahfia Discord by EGG-Z that lets one determine their "Porn Name" via one's birth month and day. This is Walumancer's... apparently.

A speech from the Walumancer, similar to his speech from the previous raid.

Proto Kirby's apparent porn name.

Banannixx's apparent porn name.

Oh look! Another!

Blast is curious if Walumancer's dedication allows him to mark his skin. Walumancer gives him an answer.

Proto Kirby describes TF2Tags's attitude as a whole.

Walumancer paraphrases one of Andrew Jackson's quotes regarding his enemies.

Blast enriches the raiders with some Italian culture.

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In a daring move, Ass Ketchup bravely defies Dr. Dos's autoban filter.

Walumancer expresses the purity of his cause.

Yeet.

Blast revealing the truth of Wahfia raids.

The first in a trend of tags occurring during the raid, parodying one of the Heavy's quotes regarding his sandvich.

Makin' Bacon, being as edgy of a memelord as ever.

Proto celebrates her 1000th tag during the raid.

Similarly to W A H earlier, this was another clever usage of three posts at the same time.

Tribute to the late, great Twelve Hour Respawn.

Crimson expressing his sadness at always missing the raids.

Trivia

• Despite being against the Purple Raid, Makin' Bacon actively participated in the Raid of Age, seemingly due to the different purposes of both raids.
• The Raid of Age had more tags than the Purple Raid, despite having less Taggers participate.
• Crimson Blitz, shortly after the raid ended, lamented always missing site events such as this. Raiders told him that the fact he is not on any Discord servers is the primary reason why this happens.
• The Raid of Age made the Wahfia realize that these aren't really raids at all that they are doing. Instead, they are functioning as life support for TF2Tags.