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Watched quite a bit of the years I was active and realised how many updates I either completely ignored or cannot remember at all.

Was fun, gf AF.

There is only one pig in all of Afghanistan.

Likely do South Africa or Tanzania in the next couple months. But once things open up properly hoping to do a 2 week stint in S.E. Asia. Big plan is once I finish my current job I get two months off, so hoping to do a proper coast-to-coast America road trip.

I agree a lot on this in regards to f2p (see below for a rant on p2p), however returning in fights has been a thing for 15-20 years - it's what makes the wilderness different from CWA (which I hate relative to the wilderness). I don't like the box meta - but it's known as the box meta because it's the META. Ways to change this though? Like you said, my preferred idea is to remove any other option to tele direct to GDs without being on Ancients. This is the biggest difference in fights compared to back in the day - mages used to have to get the lever (or another way I'm forgetting?) to get back. Hence tanking was significantly easier as clans had less binders so fights spread out more naturally. Some people got one hit, but once energy % started to drop it became a case of sticking on a target Remove the 10s snare and have a 5s bind that halves to 2.5s with mage prayer on. Similar result as above regarding tanking. Having hugging actually work/require skill like it used to. Have some sort of kill counter that doesn't end like CWA, but at least you know who is ahead (i.e. you can stay fighting for the sake of fighting, but once the other clan reaches say 100, 500, or 1000 kill advantage they can fuck off and post pictures). Yes, RoT can return for 70 hours but it would show they got smoked. (i.e. for example, it records a statistic like 'Tempest CC has achieved 500 kills in 2 hours, RoT CC has achieved 250 kills in 2 hours with a specific start time. Leaders of the clan CC could clean this before a fight - hence the timer, and this could be a pretty accurate metric of k/d. Could even have a geofence around the kills or have minimum level limit to what kills count). That said, quite frankly, the grass is greener on the other side. I've spent hundreds (sadly probably thousands) of hours of my life chasing clans over the map without any binds and no run energy. It fucking sucked and fights never ended. The box fights might not have a conclusive winner, but they're fun and I'm glad the clan world has realised that 12+ hour fights are in no one's interest. On p2p, you're dead right it was destroyed by +1s - both single and multi. P2P single died as soon as spec trading became a thing beyond people trading DDS specs. When a single hit can hit 80, it becomes a gamble fight rather than one requiring skill in catching, TBing, hybriding, etc. Don't get me wrong, the content creating community today could probably run rings around us lot from back in the day, but it's become something that the average player doesn't want to get involved in because it's not as fun. Hence the p2p single scene is pretty much dead. In regards to multi, clan v clan fights are still fun - but it used to basically be f2p but in p2p. Whips/d scims, msbs, ancient staffs. Now you can wear whatever and hit 80s. Like I said, I enjoy it but it's different and similar to f2p, if a clan wanted to drag out a fight it wouldn't be hard. I know I sound like I'm stuck in the past, but this is OSRS. I enjoy it, but it's not the same.

- Delete special attacks aside from dds/d scim/msb. - Delete enchanted bolts - Delete venom Basically update OSRS 2007 to fucking (edit: early) 2007. Bring back mage bank pking.

Was fun, thanks for the fight Rev.

Agreed on enjoying it during those years. If it got worse after 2009, then fuck me it must've been awful. It was good to have a central hub of some kind, rather than every clan posting on their own individual forum. As a central hub, could it have been better? Yes.

Good work all and thanks for the fight WL. And glad you finally made an appearance RoT, welcome back

Do you still consider Last Clan Standing/Ending opts as the best way to determine a win? Yes, but been there done that. If no, what would you suggest instead? Accurate wilderness k/d tracker Could non returning fights ever be an option again? No Do we even need to have a clear cut winner anymore? No What do you think contributed to the rise of the "Last Clan Standing" mentality? Dark Slayers Don't you just love a good clan discussion topic? Yes Is @Pietru our best caller by a mile? Yes

Nice lads

Welcome.

Gf AF. CrAsH wAr

How did you guys get involved with clans? Ended up joining a small clan that a few friends joined (Dark Demolition). From there Dozy/Littlewoody1 ended up leaving and joining DI and I followed them in early 2006. Why have you stuck around/what brought you back? Quit from late 2009 when they fucked with the wilderness/pvp one last time. Randomly found OSRS late one night (thanks targeted ads) and started playing. Joined the remake of DI for a while, but when that closed I didn't join another clan until I saw some old friends were in Tempest. Have a weird addiction to f2p fights, and games are always more fun when you're playing competitively against and with people. What was your favourite clanning era and why? 2006/2007 before they deleted the wilderness. Having pretty much simultaneous rivalries with DS/DF in f2p, RoT in p2p multi, and TD/AG in p2p single was a good time.

Good fight WL, was fun.

The Gielenor.

Winston Churchill John F Kennedy James Madison/Thomas Jefferson

If this is a 'crash war', long may it continue LOL.

Hello5000 / Sunchaser15

Comical.

Fantastic job all, and thanks for the fight AF!

@Geezerpunk

Huge.

Hey, welcome.