Embrace

What do/did you think of junior clans? Shadows was DI's attempt at one but it seemed like it wasn't very long-lived or successful. Other clans like 'The' with their Futures program seemed relatively successful.

Is there anything you are surprised people haven't asked you about on this AMA?

Is there any proof that you actually, in fact, are NOT Brieanna?

How did you help AF rid themselves of RoT's spy problem?

Of all the times people left DI to start their own clans, was DI ever in any actual trouble because of the departures?

What post on DI forums got the most clicks/interest generated from outside of the clan world?

Hypothetically: Which 4 other players, of everyone you've ever played with, would you pick to start a Group HCIM team with?

Considering DI as a whole over the years, which games (collectively) would DI be the best at other than Runescape?

ZF/DS leadership, Plazahitman, Oergg

Nice! I've gotten like 4 herons but no other pet, RNG sucks lol

59 minutes ago, Brian said:

People like Inf, Harvey. People who liked a laugh and a good meme. I guess Tommy but he wasn't in DI.

Could these people have kept you going had they not gone away? Would friendship have been enough to keep you going throughout the clan world falling apart, and realizing the people around you were getting difficult to work with?

As someone who hardly plays OSRS, is changing the middle entrance of the Rev caves to make it one-way really that big of a deal?

Great work, gz

Big gz

1 minute ago, Brian said:

I can't be 100% but it's where she lived and the name is an exact match.

Wild.

Who were some of the people you considered good friends in the OSRS era? The ones that kept you coming back every day after the initial hype died out and the really old timers had gone?

Speaking of crimes and DI members, I've gone down the rabbit hole and found this. Can you use your high tech to verify for me the authenticity of what I think I have found?

The #1 change that would benefit this game more than any other would be to get rid of the polling system. It was novel at first, but now it's actively detrimental to OSRS.

It's obvious that the Old School team prefers working on limited-time gamemodes more than the main game, because they don't need to ask for permission to create new stuff. They don't need to answer to anybody or explain themselves and every move they want to make. They are free to DEVELOP and do the job they all signed up to do. 

Some day they will realize that the poll system needs to go; hopefully they don't poll it. 

I've just seen this photo for the first time. What do you think of it?

You played Classic at a higher level than I ever did. If my memory serves, there were no better catchers than Adx1 and Sue Me, and I think dkm was pretty good too. Did these guys ever transition to RS2 that you know of (besides dkm)? Would they have been as good without RSC's combat system?

Does DI have the most people convicted of crimes and sentenced to serve time in prison?

What was Bellmaster actually convicted of that sent him to prison? 

Do you really think Pin lit the fuse that cause him to snap?

Did you expect this AMA to get as much attention as it did? 

Is there another figure out there (that hasn't already had an AMA) that you think would garner enough interest to rival some of the top AMAs Tempest has had so far?

Is Alan the greatest troll in all of DI forums history?

Are there any other funny moments on DI forums that you can recall that aren't in the legendary topic forum?

Jagex's priorities are all kinds of fucked. They have a long-running history of being completely incompetent, and the only reason the company is doing as well as it is, is because of boomer nostalgia. 

What's Brian's bachelor pad like? Describe your home, how many rooms/bathrooms etc. Does it have air conditioning? 

Do you own or rent?

What are a few things that are always on your shopping list when you go to the store?

20 minutes ago, Brian said:

I think a lot of this goes back to my early experiences of leadership. Realistically in the early days and probably into 05, people got promoted on name and not merit. There was a lot of big names around back then still and a lot of those got promoted. That basically led to a lot of people not doing their job or not doing anything. That led to me doing everything myself. I always felt after that, that if you want a job done well you do it yourself. In the RS2 era the clan just seemed to function best that way. Whenever I wasn't there things seemed to go badly. So I just stuck with that approach until the end.

 

I'd say I delegated more in the OSRS era for sure, so I don't think a lack of delegation led to me being burned out, but more so having to be on top of everything all the time, even if I didn't have a direct hand in it.

 

Assuming you're referring to when you were in the clan in the OSRS era, advisor was pretty much what it said on the tin, basically to discuss and offer advice on everything. I'd say council was at the time serving as a trial for advisor. The thing that happened here though is all our advisors retired etc before anyone bar Olde was ready to move up, which he did. You have to remember that by the time Foyboy quit, he was the last old/original DI left in the rank team. It's not that I didn't trust others, but these were people I'd worked with for probably about a year or two at that stage, vs the original people I'd worked with for years and years. I think in any clan there's always going to be people you're more comfortable with telling certain stuff rather than others, regardless of their rank.

 

I never really set out roles for people, it was more do what you're good at and do it well. If you see a gap and think there's something you can do then do it. For example Ashley was good with dealing with applicants so we let her do that. I'd agree though it "seemed" like people did nothing because a lot of stuff was behind the scenes. That's the way I like to operate myself and a lot of that probably wore off on other people. Towards the end our rank team was actually very small because there wasn't a lot to do. I never liked being rank heavy.

How does the leadership team in Tempest function vs how the one in DI did? I see at least 12 members that per title/position on the memberlist could be considered leadership, which to me in my limited experience would constitute rank heavy. Does each role/person have a job? 

12 minutes ago, Brian said:

Burkelee2

Lost in time, like tears in rain...

Who had the best leaked nudes, male or female, that you had seen? You must have seen all of them out there in all your time, whether you wanted to or not lol

Best looking female Runescaper you've ever seen?

Best looking male Runescaper you've ever seen?