Clan:The Z Syndicate

The Z Syndicate was a pk clan in Runescape that ran from 2005 to 2007. It ended tragically after Bostonjoe, under the screenname of Quakcow on the clan's forums claimed that Bostonjoe had actually died in real life.

A few days later a guild mate (Talim04) saw Bostonjoe on Gmail and later called him on his cell phone to confirm that he was not dead, to her surprise, he answered.

A funeral was held in honor of Bostonjoe within Runescape where it was anounced by Ducklordingx (Z Syndicate Advisor) that Bostonjoe was in fact, alive. Many guild members were angered and dissmayed that Bostonjoe would fake his own death.

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The making of The Z Syndicate

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The Z Syndicate was first formed by Bostonjoe and some guy with "Jimmy" in his screenname, (the exact screenname has been lost over the years.)

Jimmy and Bostonjoe were clan mates in another clan at first. Their clan leader was very shady however, and had ordered them to go forth and collect various assortments of items and recruit random people. Bostonjoe and Jimmy felt like this leader had no idea what they were doing and decided they would start a clan of their own, so that is what they did!

When the clan was first founded it was not a PK clan though. It was meerly a gathering of adventurers who told tales in the Falador inn and occasionally set out on goblin killing campaigns.

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The addition of Ducklordingx

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Bostonjoe met Ducklordingx one day in Lumbridge. Duck was a blacksmith and enjoyed donating armor to those in need. Duck was walking around Lumbridge looking for someone who might need some steel armor and found Bostonjoe. Bostonjoe was just a young lad just barely starting his adventures in Glienor and gladly accepted the gift. After Bostonjoe and Jimmy formed The Z Syndicate Bostonjoe asked Duck to join as a co-leader. Duck declined the offer but instead offered to help out as an advisor. Ducklordingx became a great asset to The Z Syndicate and Bostonjoe consulted him about almost every desicion involving the clan from then on.

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Becoming a PK clan

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As The Z Syndicate began to grow and it's members began to level up even further the clan became increasingly interested in PKing. Bostonjoe was very leery of venturing into the PvP aspect of Runescape, it wasn't something he was entirly familiar with and up to that point he had bad experiences with the wilderness. But one day a man named Native_Gunit joined the clan and led Bostonjoe and his clan on a venture into the wilderness. Native helped push the clan into a new era. Since Bostonjoe knew his members wanted to embark on more adventures within the wilderness he enlisted the help of Native_Gunit and offered him a possition as General of the newly forming Z Syndicate army. Native gladly accepted and qucikly rose to the ranks of co-leader. The two lead to Syndicate togeather for a little over a year until Bostonjoe eventually kicked Native from the guild due to a suspiscion that Native was trying to take the guild from him.

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The final days of The Z Syndicate

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After two years of leading The Z Syndicate the stress of it all begane to wayne on Bostonjoe. There were many disputes within the clan between members who Bostonjoe was fond of. It pained him to see his friends in such dissagreements but he tried his best to handle disputes as best as possible. He was at times forced to remove people he didn't necessarily want to see go.

There was one incident where a member of the clan had been kicked out and grudginly attempted to destroy The Z Syndicate by employing spies to cause problems within the clan. The scheme was uncovered by Edmund who witnesses the former clan member rallying troops in Falador square. As a result Bostonjoe became paranoid and was unsure who he could and couldn't trust within the clan. This may have contributed to his desicion to remove Native_Gunit.

His paranoia eventually cuaght up to him and he decided he was done with Runescape for a while. He took a vacation without telling anyone and mysteriously dissapered for a few months. Then on October 31st he posted the grim news that he had died in a car accident. The clan then ened and Bostonjoe made a lot of new enemies.

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The Z Syndicate's attempted revival

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Bostonjoe came back to Runescape months after his alleged death. He scurried through his friendslist to find as many people still playing who didn't hate him. He only found a handfull and recruited a number of other people. The new guild didn't last long. Many of Bostonjoe's old members felt that he had changed for the worse. They didn't see him as the brave valiant clan leader he was once. They only viewed him as a cowardly dictator. The Z Syndicate split and cld(67?) took charge of the clan, but the clan still died out yet again not long after.

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Other Important People

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To those of you I didn't mention, I appologize. This is being written four years after the fact. Here's a few names that stick out in my mind, these are people that contributed a lot to The Z Syndicate in several ways. This is a tribute to you.

Talim04 (my best friend in Runecape)

Edmund (my other best friend in Runescape)

Graverobber (yet another one of my best friends on Runescape. He looked fucking awesome in full Veracs too.)

Ducklordingx (A great companion and advisor. Sorry it had to end on such a sour note. What I did was really stupid. I know you'll never forgive me but I wish you would... Hope you've conqured your illness)

Harvey (You always showed up)

Superdo0d (I could always talk to you)

BeshiBoku or Koji (You were the funnest to talk to and I'm really surprised you put up with my Christian bullshit. Kudos to you, and hope you're still being the same wonderful person you've always been.)

Christie1001 (hmmmmmmm hmmm hmmmm. She's the only one that will get that ;) )

Jen (You were like a daughter to me. Please tell me your husband is treating you right)

Poopie (I hope you've found someone that really deserves you.)

Jimmy (What the hell ever happened to you? Do you remember that jedi/syth bullshit? That was rediculous.)

8loodworrior (Or wait, were you Graverobber? No you guys were seperate people. Sorry we never really got the clan started over again.)

Cld67 that Atryue guy (You guys were the best PKing duo in the whole world. It was an honor to fight by your side. Cld kind of fucked me over with the clan in the end there, but I don't blame him. I'm sure Cld and his buddy are back to PKing now that the wilderness is back and I really hope they see this. Hope ya guys don't still hate me.)

Adiue comrads,

-Bostonjoe