Kaprediem

Kaprediem, also known by his nickname Kap, is a player in TutelleMC. He is the founder and leader of Kapatiran.

Early life and education

Kap started playing in the Civ community in January 2021 on the CivClassic 2.0 server, until its closure in December during the same year. He has continuously led Lambat as its President, and later its King, except for a brief retirement that lasted two months.

Early childhood and education.

The child who would become Kaprediem developed an early interest in geopolitics in history due to his exposure to a Cold War-era Encylopedia Americana collection. Young Kap was fond of watching historical documentaries and listening to AM talk radio. At around age seven, he thought an imaginary nation called Hanauma, which eventually was renamed Hanuma. The "nation" was an archipelago located east of the Philippines; its history drew parallels to Kap's home country, including a period of Spanish colonization, American occupation, and dictatorship. In-universe, Hanuma was named after a fictional leader named Francisco Hanauma, who would establish a dynasty culminating in Francisco Hanauma IV.

After high school, he took a year-long gap year. Kap discovered NationStates upon recommendation by his aunt. He created the Hanuman Islands after his childhood imaginary nation. Hanuma is has been labeled by the game as an "inoffensive centrist democracy" for most of its existence.

During college, Kaprediem initially played Minecraft in early 2013 before the release of Java Edition 1.6.1. He was introduced to the game through Banyough. Because of motion sickness, he stopped playing and moved on to other games such as Sid Meier's Civilization and Cities:XL. In August 2013, his desktop PC broke down because of liquid damage on the CPU. This prevented him from playing video games on the PC altogether. It ushered in what he calls "The Most Eventful Years of My Life", which lasted from December 2013 to April 2016. This period saw Kap's involvement in an ill-fated pop punk band and a college newspaper, which he refuses to live down up until recently.

After graduation, Kap worked as a call center agent, from which he saved enough money to purchase his first computer. This was the end of a long period of touching grass, before the popularization of the term. From 2016-2019, he mostly indulged in simulation games mainly as a form of escape from the global political situation and work-related stress.

Introduction to Civ

The COVID-19 pandemic proved fateful for Kaprediem as it led to a string of decisions that would give rise to Lambat, and eventually, Kapatiran. From his cushy office job, he was sent to work from his dormitory in the city, until it was possible to return to his childhood town.

He was reintroduced to Minecraft by Banyough, who had been playing the game's pocket edition during the first few months of lockdown. They played on a now-lost LAN server and focused on building railways. Eventually, Kap decided one night to find a "geopolitical Minecraft server". Through this, he discovered CivClassic, where he established Lambat with Banyough.

In-universe lore

Kaprediem is one of the remaining descendants of an ancient civilization, called the Lambatians. Oral history tells that the Lambatian people originated from two different worlds. The first world is described to have "islands plenty like stars in the night". The Lambatians were said to have founded a city of their own that served as a sanctuary for peace-loving traders and diplomats. Their people were apparently blessed due to springing up in a time of relative peace. Lambatians were regarded as "Last Among the Nations".

One day, the supreme deity known as "Taalnart", decided to destroy the First World, after trading his spiritual energy for The Golden Shoe, an item imbued with immense, dangerous power. Kaprediem's descendants, along with the other nations, were banished to a realm of darkness for hundreds of years, where no one felt any hunger, pain, nor boredom.

Eventually, the inhabitants of the First World were sent to a new one. The Second World was smaller, with bigger landmasses. Lambatians continued to live peacefully, however, they were afflicted by a disease called "jadedness", which led them to resent migrants and "newer generations". Despite building grander, more elaborate structures than in the preceding world, their people gradually declined, presumably spreading out or dying off.

Some of the remaining Lambatians sought to find a new world, away from the decadence of the older ones. They set upon a journey that took decades, ending up in the Third World.

The Third World had a harsh environment that threatened the existence of Lambatians. Many people succumbed to hunger, internal violence, and predators. One day, the few Lambatians left paddled across the ocean into the Center of the World. Suddenly, all Lambatians lost the ability to communicate with each other, not unlike the builders of the Tower of Babel. This event resulted in their dispersal. One Lambatian, Kaprediem, settled alone in the eastern continent of Pantropico, and founded the hamlet of Gintong Ilog.

Career summary

Date	Position	Country	Server
January - September 2021	President	Lambat	CivClassic
September - December 2021	CEO and Founder of Deltamart
November - December 2021	President
December 2021 - January 2022	Captain Regent	Lambat	CivRev 1
February 2022 - ?*	Founder	Rizalia	CivRev 2
June 2022 - May 2024	President	Lambat	CivMC
May 2024 - present	King	Lambat (Pavia)

*Until server closure