Variety Ladder

The Variety Ladder is one of the main ladders of the RSB. It is currently the record-holder for largest RSB Ladder ever, with 55 clans (in late September 2008). It was part of the Variety News Corporation from September 29th to early November (when the Corporation died)

History of the Variety Ladder
The Variety Ladder had its origin in March 2008. Sulaiman400 and Brethern3 were two leaders of POCs. During this time, all the warring ladders had ignored non-combat, POCs, and non-traditional ways of warring. Therefore, Sulaiman400 and Brethern3 began making this ladder. It was officially opened in April.

April
The Variety Ladder formed on April 3rd, 2008. It was opened with a leadership of Slider1992 (Kingdom of Rellekka), Sulaiman400 (Kingdom of Rellekka), and Brethern3 (Empire of Athens). The influences listed in their archives were Nickissonic, Chugoo1, and Sweettart69. The ladder started out very slowly and did not gain fame for the entire month. It was expected to die in early May.

May
The Variety Ladder really began to hit its worst struggles in early May 2008. Sulaiman400 and Brethern3, however, then got great news. Neitiznot+Jatizso POC, long considered the best warring POC of all time, had finally joinned. On top of this, Matt0708 (Rage), Saragirl555 (Vengeance), and Liquid1520 (Abyssal Legion) joinned as well. The ladder grew to around 15 clans by the end of May. During the end of the month, Neitiznot and Jatizso POC went up the ladder to war the Kingdom of Rellekka. Neitiznot+Jatizso did unbelievable and destroyed Kingdom of Rellekka, even though there were equal pulls by both sides.

June
The Variety Ladder started to notice its full potential in June. By June 15th, there were 20 clans in the ladder. By June 27th, there were 30 clans in the ladder. This unprecedented growth came with a lot of activity. Neitiznot and Jatizso POC warred Vengeance for the #1 rank in the higher league. N+J POC evantually defeated Vengeance, in what many people call the largest war upset of 2008. In late June, a big leadership change began to be discussed.

July
This month was one of the largest months of them all for the ladder. The Variety Ladder added the Variety Ladder Leadership Position. This was also the first month in which a player other than Sulaiman400, would threadhold the Variety Ladder. On July 13th, Sulaiman400 proposed a Variety Ladder Council. On July 17th, the council was complete.

The members of the first ever council included:

Parasite2005 Matt0708 Brethern3 Jam Jim11 Gusgus7782 Sulaiman400

Also, during this month, the first ever "Variety Ladder Newsletter" was handed out to the clans that were in the ladder. This became a monthly tradition until October 2008. Because of this newsletter, a lot of people state the clans became especially active during this month. It was a huge month for the ladder.

August
This month contained huge division changes. Many new ladders were added, and many old ladders were removed. The highlight of this month, was the new Matched Ops Ladder (P2P). This became the first successful Matched Ops ladder in the RSB. By the end of this month the variety ladder had hit 43 clans. Activity was exploding.

September
September saw the peak of the Variety Ladder. The Variety Ladder eventually hit a record 55 clans on the ladder. On top of this, declarations were streaming left and right, and attention began to be focused completely on this ladder. With RSB and RSC support, this ladder looked like it would live for as long as possible. Also, in early September, the Variety News Corporation formed, centering around this ladder. This began a period of 4 weeks of insane activity. The four weeks of activity, however, ended with an announcment that Sulaiman400, the founder of the ladder and of the corporation, was stepping down, and giving out all of his possessions. This foreshadowed a huge decline in the variety ladder.

October
In early October, Sulaiman400, Kizowitsu, and Matt0708 left the Variety Ladder. This is due to them quitting Runescape. The ladder stayed resilient for around one week, but then the workload began to build up. This began a very bad period in the history of the ladder, where activity dropped completely and rules were often debated. It seemed that sulaiman400 had left an un-inheritable institution. People often criticized Parasite2005, however, he stood resiliently and with the rest of the council continued to work hard. When this decline began to become evident, Sulaiman400 came back, but tried to make an off-RSB Variety Ladder. It did not work, as his activity levels were obnoxiously low. The worst month in the history of the ladder continued.

November
The decline of the ladder continued into mid-November. Evantually, many major clans left and the leadership was awestruck. Then, in the end of November, Parasite2005 and the rest of the leaders began to show their true skills, when the Variety News Corporation closed. The ladder recovered from what was really a true mess. Clans began to rejoin and loyalty was re-instilled in the leadership and the council.

Reasons for the "Great Decline"
There are several reasons. Here are the most common ones:

1) The Variety News Corporation continued as a cancer, until its disbandment in the middle of November. Thus, the ladder was limited, by an unprepared leadership. 2) Half of the Variety Ladder's leadership quit Runescape, thus leading to a complete shocker and surprise in the new leaders. 3) During these two months, all of the major ladders of the RSB were declining. This ladder was probably just following the pattern. 4) The decline wasn't as horrible as it seemed. The ladder hit such a high, that it was bound for a bad low. 5) The leadership was doing on-the-job training, until mid-November.

Archives
November News:

October 29th: Vengeance cancels war with Neitiznot+Jatizso. October 29th: Dark Alliance declares on Neitiznot+Jatizso POC for their RSB Variety Ladder rank of 2. October 30th: The Basic Elements declare on Unholy Redemption for their rank of 25 on the P2P Full Out Division. October 30th: Abyssal Fury declines Burning Rage's declaration. Burning Rage claim rank 9. October 30th: The Future Elites declare on Burning Descent for rank 4 on the P2P Division.

November 1st: Immortal Retaliation (6) claims Burning Descent's (2) rank on the P2P Lower Division warring ladder. November 1st: TFE decline to PR for #9 P2P Main Full Out Division. November 2nd: Spirit Warriors declare on Stargate Command for rank #3 on the FTP section. November 5th: The Future Elites declare on Dark Alliance for their P2P Rank 3 on the Full Out division. November 6-21: No records November 22nd: Tainted Souls declares on The British Legion on the P2P Lower Ladder November 22nd: Tainted Souls declares on Knights of Zamorak on the P2P Higher Ladder November 22nd: Knights of Zamorak decline. Tainted Souls take rank 24

October News:

October 1st: TRR leaves ladder. October 2nd: WOF declares on TFE and IG for separate divisions. October 2nd: TOS forfeits to FF. October 3rd: FF gets removed after a vote on flaming in the past and other issues. October 4th: DA defeats CD October 4th: GOV requests to be moved to bottom. October 4th: Spirit Warriors rejoin ladder. October 4th: SW declares on MV, (c)MV declines. October 4th: VOS declares on V, TNG declares on N&J, DA declares on DS, and SGC declares on TFE October 4th: V declares on **, ** declines October 5th: TNB defeats N&J October 5th: RNS declares on AG October 9th: DA gets rank #12 due to a no response, then declares on **. October 12 - CD declares on DS October 12 - BS declines to PR October 12 - PR Declare on MV October 12 - AG forfeits to IR October 12 - DF declines to IR October 12 - Ir declares on TS October 12 - DD defends their rank against DF October 13 - N+J updated to 140 Members October 13 - SGC takes TFE's position October 13 - VOs members updated to 64 reqs updated to 105+ October 13 - TS accepts IR's Declaration October 13 - MV declares on DU October 13 - IG forfeits to DA October 14- 25 - No records reported October 26 - BR takes rank #24 from TBS due to No Response October 26 - FS declares on NAA October 26 - IR declares on BD October 27 - BR declares on AF October 29 - AL forfeits to TFE ; TFE gets rank #3 on Lower p2p

September Ladder News

September 1st - Neitiznot And Jatizso POC defeats Imperial Glory for mini-ladder rank. September 1st - Abyssal Legion accepts Deadly shadows war. September 1st - Deadly Shadows decline Imperial Glory's declaration. September 2nd - Irish Mafia Declines Anthem of Rebellions declaration (time). September 2nd - Anthems of Rebellion Declare on Kandarin Federation September 2nd - Kandarin Federation Declines September 2nd - FOF declare on Dark Legends. September 2nd - Dark Legends Decline. September 2nd - Flames of Fury declare on Abyssal Vengeance September 2nd - Abyssal legion defeat Deadly Shadows. September 2nd - Sulaiman400 takes over the variety ladder. September 3rd - The New Generation declares on the infested pk3rz. September 3rd - Flames of Fury get Abyssal Vengeance's rank, due to forfeit. September 3rd - Noble Demise / Mortal Vengeance declines Phoenix Legend's rank. September 3rd - The Future Elites Declare on Deadly Shadows in P2P and F2P. September 3rd - Flames of Fury declare on Spirit Warriors. September 3rd - Spirit Warriors decline Flame of Fury declaration. September 3rd - Deadly Shadows Accept The Future Elite's two Declarations. September 3rd - Recruitment is asked to be added ad a new high. September 4th - Flames of Fury Declare on Guardians of valour for #1 rank. September 5th - Abyssal Vengeance Declares on Spirit Warriors for the #3 Rank. September 5th - Vanguards of Saradomin declare on the British Empire. September 5th - Guardians of Valor Decline. September 5th - The White legion declares on Flames of Fury (counter-declare) September 6th - Wicked Fury defeats Behemoth Army September 7th - Abyssal Faction Declares on Kandarin Federation. September 7th - Kandarin Federation Declines. September 7th - The New Generation Declares on Phoenix Legends. September 8th - The British Emprie Declines VOS's declaration. September 10th - Aeternus Khaos gets a declination by TNB. September Ladder News Part 2

September 10th - Aeternus Khaos declare on The Awakening September 10th - The New Generation declare on SGC Stargate Command. September 11th - Aeternus Khaos withdraw their declaration against The Awakening. September 11th - Aeturnus Khaos declare on Abyssal Fury September 11th - Phoenix Legends declare on Colossal *****. September 11th - Abyssal Vengeance declares on Neitiznot+Jatizso POC September 11th - Colossal Damage accepts Phoenix Legend's declaration. September 12th - Vanguards of Saradomin Declare on Deadly Shadows. September 12th - SGC Stargate Command Accepts The New Generation's Declaration. September 12th - Dark Legends declare on Burning Descent. September 12th - Mortal Vengeance Declares on The Saviours. September 12th - New Bloods Declare on Warriors of Fury for Mini war ladder rank September 12th - New Bloods declare on The Awakening. September 12th - The Saviours accept the Mortal Vengeance declaration. September 14th - The Awakening declines New Bloods declaration. September 14th - The Awakening Declares on Abyssal Faction for their variety ladder mini rank. September 14th - Riders of Rohan decline Aeturnus Khaos' declaration. September 14th - Deadly Shadows get defeated by The Future elites in both P2P and F2P September 14th - Abyssal Faction Accepts The Awakening's declaration. September 14th - Phoenix Legends defeat colossal Damage in P2P. September 14th - New Bloods declare on the godz. September 14th - Godz decline. September 15th - SGC accepts the declaration by The New Generation. September 18th - The New BEginning declare on Gods of War. September 19th - Many different declarations happen (3), including a declaration on RR. September 20th - The New Beginning defeats Gods of War. September 20th - SGC Stargate Command Defeats The New Generation. September 20th - WOF Defeats NB. September 20th - Mortal Vengeance Declares on Kandarin Federation

September Ladder News Part 3

September 21st-27th- A lot of stuff happened that was never recorded. September 28th: Dark Alliance declares on Riders of Rohan, ROR declines. September 29th: Dark Alliance declares on Colossal Damage. September 29th: Dark Legends gets disqualified, Burning Descent keeps rank #5 on higher P2P ladder. September 30th: IG declares on SGC. September 30th: ROR pulls out of ladder. September 30th: DS declines a declaration from PL. September 30th: BA leaves ladder. September 30th: Fearless Fury joins ladder. September 30th: FF declares on TOS.

August ladder news

August 1, 2008- SR declare on FI for their rank on the P2P ladder

August 4, 2008- TNG declares on ** for rank 22 P2P

August 5, 2008- DS Declares on GOW for their #2 spot in F2P

August 6, 2008- Vanguards of Saradomin join the ladder

August 6, 2008- Divine Vengeance joins the ladder

August 6, 2008- Vengeance joins the ladder

August 6, 2008- MT declares on OA In CastleWars for rank 1

August 7, 2008- V declares on DS

August 8, 2008- KOP defeats GOW

August 17, 2008- FI defeats DL

August 17, 2008- Stargate Command joins the ladder

August 17, 2008- TNG declares on AL

August 19, 2008- SGC declare on AF

August 19, 2008- FOF joins the ladder

August 20, 2008- The ladder introduces the 100- league and the mini war league

August 21, 2008- V declares on #1 spot in the mini ladder

August 21, 2008- Neitiznot+Jatizso POC join the Castle wars ladder

August 24, 2008- TNG disbands

August 24, 2008- DL declare on AL

August 24, 2008- PL declare on TNCR

August 24, 2008- DS accept mini war declaration with AL

August 25, 2008 - Pl Declare On Sc

August 26, 2008 - AOR declares on Dontia

August 26, 2008 - IP declares on ROR. ROR decline

August 27, 2008 - Divine Vengeance declares on vengeance

August 28, 2008 - Dontia fail to respond to AOR.

August 29, 2008 - AOR declares on Irish Mafia

August 30, 2008 - AOR defeats TS

August 31, 2008 - IG declares on Imperial Glory

August ladder news

August 1, 2008- SR declare on FI for their rank on the P2P ladder

August 4, 2008- TNG declares on ** for rank 22 P2P

August 5, 2008- DS Declares on GOW for their #2 spot in F2P

August 6, 2008- Vanguards of Saradomin join the ladder

August 6, 2008- Divine Vengeance joins the ladder

August 6, 2008- Vengeance joins the ladder

August 6, 2008- MT declares on OA In CastleWars for rank 1

August 7, 2008- V declares on DS

August 8, 2008- KOP defeats GOW

August 17, 2008- FI defeats DL

August 17, 2008- Stargate Command joins the ladder

August 17, 2008- TNG declares on AL

August 19, 2008- SGC declare on AF

August 19, 2008- FOF joins the ladder

August 20, 2008- The ladder introduces the 100- league and the mini war league

August 21, 2008- V declares on #1 spot in the mini ladder

August 21, 2008- Neitiznot+Jatizso POC join the Castle wars ladder

August 24, 2008- TNG disbands

August 24, 2008- DL declare on AL

August 24, 2008- PL declare on TNCR

August 24, 2008- DS accept mini war declaration with AL

August 25, 2008 - Pl Declare On Sc

August 26, 2008 - AOR declares on Dontia

August 26, 2008 - IP declares on ROR. ROR decline

August 27, 2008 - Divine Vengeance declares on vengeance

August 28, 2008 - Dontia fail to respond to AOR.

August 29, 2008 - AOR declares on Irish Mafia

August 30, 2008 - AOR defeats TS

August 31, 2008 - IG declares on Imperial Glory

June Ladder News

6/1: TWL Declares on DL

6/1: GOV Declares on KoK

6/1: KOR Declares on EOA. EOA Accepts.

6/10: DL declare on CF

6/17: UOL declares on GOG.

6/17: GOV Declares on NJ. Accepted by NJ

May Ladder News

5/1/08: IS declares on TCF. TCF Declines.

5/2/08: Elite FTW Declare on EWS. EWS Surrender.

5/3/08: N&J Declares on KOR For Variety Ladder. KOR Accepts. KOR Would go on to lose

5/7/08: DL Declares on KR**** surrenders.

5/18/08: TA declares on TPA. TPA Accepts

5/20/08: Gov Declare on TFE. TFE Surrenders.

5/28/08: KOK declares on Rage.

~April News~

4/13/08: TU declares on EOA for the war ladder. EOA Accepts.

4/13/08: Vengeance declares on EOS for the war ladder. eos declined.

4/13/08: Vengeance declares on KOR for the war ladder. KOR Accepts.

4/14/08: TFE declares on EWS for the war ladder. EWS Accept.

4/15/08: Vengeance defeats KOR for #1 Rank..

4/15/08: AK declare on TFE for #12 Rank War Ladder. TFE Accepted.

4/15/08: TOA declares on KR for #10 Rank War Ladder. KoK also declares on KR**** gets to choose who to war**** declines both...

4/15/08: N&J Declares on TCF for #3 Rank War Ladder. TCF Accepted.

4/18/08: KOR Declares on EOS For #1 Castle Wars Rank. EOS Declines.

4/18/08: KoK declares on EOA for #3 Castle Wars Rank.

4/19/08: TAOF declares on Irish Mafia for #13 War Ladder Rank. Irish Mafia Accepts

4/24/08: KOK Declares on TU for the War Ladder Rank. TU Accepts

4/25/08: KOR Declares on KR for the Funorb Rank**** Accepts.

4/25/08: N&J Beats TCF for #3 Warring Rank.

4/26/08: GRC Declares on KOR For #1 GR Rank. KOR Accepts.

4/27/08: AK Loses to TFE.

4/28/08: TAOF Declares on EWS for the war ladder rank.

4/28/08: TFE defeats EWS for the war ladder rank.

4/28/08: Rage Declares on KOR for the castle wars rank. KOR Accepts. KOR later forfeits due to a mini-merge.

= See Also =

RSB Clan Wars Ladder RSB Main Ladder Unions