420 PKers

The Beginning (2004-2007)

Many moons ago, at the beginning of wilderness (2004) A small group of friends consisting of IRL connections bonded together as a singles mage bank team. These founding members were Dcranger, Ecko106, Mafia, bigbear170, Taylorman129, and Beware11. Communications primarily were through skype at this time. This group pked with Golden Elites frequently. GE gave a home for the founding fathers at this time, and helped them get accustom to the concept of what a pking team would be. The founding group continued to grow together, pking and learning the wilderness. Eventually, Dcranger decided he wanted to venture into leading a clan himself. This choice would set into motion not only great changes, but great challenges. As these changes brought the founding group together, they continued to bond and eventually decided to give themselves a name that not only would grow to be feared in the clan world, but would represent their bonding experiences in life. Thus they decided on 420 Pkers.

As a singles team, 420 Pkers did many amazing things. Amongst the many wars with GE, the chance kills for whips, and running mage bank, 420 Pkers were determined to make a name for themselves in the clan world. 420 Pkers began to venture into multi pking. Dcranger found that power in numbers in multi could often out-weigh other odds. Thus became 420 Pkers direction for years to come, conquer the wilderness through quality members and lots of numbers. With the identity of 420 Pkers continued to grow, an amazing next step happened. Team capes were announced (2005) and 420 Pkers decided on team cape 32. This team cape remains to this very day the cape 420 members pull on every time they step into the world of events and the wilderness.By late 2005, 420 Pkers were pulling massive opts. We pulled over 100 members to each event consistently. Edgeville during each mass would look like a sea of team 32 capes.

When portals were released, and the clan world fights had peaked, Many new faces showed up to challenge 420 Pkers. Reign of Terror, Wilderness Guardians, Gladiatorz, Damage Incorporated, Dark Slayers, The Stricken Cards, The Kings of Choas, 3volution, JAJA, and Pker Karen were amongst just a few of the mentionable clans. Day after day, run-in after run-in, 420 Pkers would fight these many clans with 300 opts strong. This also gave new heights for the war with GE. Now that multi Pking was a regular item, large wars began to break out at castle and GDZ on a regular basis. You can't become #1 until you have bested your equal. Thus this became 420 Pkers new goal, to best GE. And eventually 420 Pkers did just that, and Qwency12 closed GE's doors, and most of their members came to 420 Pkers.

This cycle continued every single night. We would mass 250-350 opts, and go control the wilderness. We fought all of the top clans, even besting ROT at times. We have a mass of videos to this effect that show our history in the beginning. Please feel free and compelled to watch them and see with your own eyes our humble beginnings.

Many of the faces that you see in today's 420, have been with us since the very start. Many have left for the next steps of their lives, or afterlife. Rest in Peace Bixman1313 and 805. you are sorely missed and with us every trip we take.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHi8KslTZ84

Hard Times (2007-2008)

During this era of 420 Pkers, times were hard. The Wilderness was removed, and the clan world as a whole faltered. In the wilderness’s stead, clan wars took over. 420 Pkers started participating in clan wars against anyone who would give us a fight. Eventually safe and risk portals were added to the game, and 420 Pkers followed suit and could be found there. With this new era came new activities for the clan, such as PVM.

Armadyl became a nightly addition to help clan members grow their banks and improve their sets. Primarily 420 Pkers experienced a period of growth on a personal level. With such limited options the clan often found themselves learning and growing together in the teamspeak.

The Prime (2009-2012)

After the reintroduction of wilderness, the clan world exploded. 420 Pkers was waiting. In this era 420 had constant fights with ROT, Kill Orgy, Frozen Fury, Brutality, Rising Pkers, Welfares and Australian Army. 420 could be found PVP and BH worlds. In 2010, 420 Pkers closed for a short amount of time while Dcranger experimented in other clans. During this break Dcranger and his clan at the time began running into Demolition X, a newer clan who was primarily based in Rev caves. this rivalry broke out into larger clan fights that spiraled into gdz, wildy hill, west dragons and the rest of wild.

Amongst conversations with the at time leader of Demolition X, at that time known as DX Illusions (now known as Mint), Dcranger found that they had quite a bit in common in what they wanted from a clan, and what they wanted to accomplish in the clan world. Mintoralb had a long background. With his start in the clan world in the Black Dragon Clan, which eventually split into The Titans and Divine Forces, Mint had a ton of history in large successful clans. His overall history has been in DF, VR, Clan Awaken, Death Row, and of course Demolition X. Dcranger and Mint found that they had common enemies in FF, Genocide, and AA, they decided to reopen 420 Pkers together.

Mint brought his loyal members from DX, and Dcranger pulled his long loyal 420 members together to create a new era. Important mentions from these days are RSN Alex, Late2Pk, Keepsix, Blakland, Skittles, Kung Fu, K4eva, PK Milan, and many, many more. Rsn Alex was Mint's first prodigy. As co-leader, RSN alex, Dcranger and Mint lead 420 into an era through 2011 of redefining what 420 Pkers would call ethics in the clan world. As 420 grew, Dcranger became inactive, and Mint and Alex stepped up to keep 420 running for over two years, while Dcranger was able to step back and take care of IRL and show up for events occasionally. During this time, Late2pk joined 420 Pkers. As he quickly grew through the ranks, Mint could tell Late2pk had a real drive and dedication to 420 Pkers. He quickly jumped through ranks from council to co-leader, and the brotherhood that formed between the power three of RSN Alex, Late2PK, and Mint held 420 together longer than any other ranks in 420's History without Dcranger there. In the latter part of 2012, Mint had IRL issues, and the clan fell of RSN Alex to hold together. Eventually this pressure became too much, and he chose to step down. Mint then stepped back up, and continued to push 420 Pkers forward together with Late2Pk.

Unfortunately all good things come to an end, and in this case, that end was Runescape 2. Jagex introduced The Evolution of Combat. This destroyed the clan world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGkJik81Lrg

Old school Begins (2013-2014)

In 2013, OSRS was voted in, and 420 was reopened. As Dcranger Mint, and Late2pk were all there at the start, we were able to promote a massive wave of returning 420 members, who all pulled together, trained, and quested their asses off. We had well over 40 people in teamspeak the first day, and by the end of the first week, we were pulling over 100 people. Along with 420 rejoining the clan world, the likes of ROT, DI, and AF came back, giving 420 Pkers plenty of action in the wilderness. This was a very fond time for 420. We still remember running the waterfall quest with 40 people strong. Good memories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUiMj2Ne7cI

Growth (2014-2019)

As the years passed, there were the unfortunate short closures, that were always quickly followed with reopening. By 2016 420 Pkers were considered a top 3 P2P Pking clan, as our pulls were consistently over 80+ to nightly trips. 420 Pkers even bested ROT in a full out P2P war during these days. 2016 was by far one of our stronger years as a clan. We consistently ended AC/Brut/AF/VR/SV’s trips when we would run into them in the wilderness. As a clan 420 Pkers ran the wilderness in the eastern timeslot, and pushed Ancient Fury to close with the help of ROT.

Recent Years (2020- 10/2021)

When Covid blew up, people found themselves back in their comforts. For 420 members, that comfort was playing Runescape. As our members needed a home, and Dcranger was always willing to provide said home, 420 Pkers was reopened, as saw the 60+ pulls return. Fights were consistent with ROT/SV/DR/VR. In 2021, 420 began to experiment with Runescape Private servers, as OSRS had become tedious and the lure of nostalgia of older times was attractive. Most recent 420 Pkers has been working on Scape05, created by Mod Deviner.

Current (10/2021-TBD)

Conversations arose between Dcranger, Mint, Late2pk, CC V, and Kung Fu about reopening 420. Agreements were made, one being about changing the name to 420. There are many reasons behind this choice, but thats for another article. The second agreement is that no matter the circumstance, 420 closing will no longer be an option in the leaderships wheel house. As 420 will now have five active members of leadership, we are able to stand by this. Our new ideals for the future are commitment, loyalty, and diligence. From here, we step into the future with one goal in our mind, regaining our rightful place at the top of the clan world.

To Be Continued...

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