Clan:Runescape Dinasty

About RSD


Runescape Dinasty is an elite PK'ing clan established in 2001, with an ultimate goal of striving to become the best in both free-to-play and pay-to-play PK'ing in RuneScape. In addition to being one of the most active PVP clans in the game, Runescape Dinasty also cherishes the value of upholding a great community. With such a diverse member base, over 170 players have found RSD enjoyable and are proud to call it home. Runescape Dinasty is known for its notable achievements, historically maintaining a position as one of the game's strongest clans, winning the 2010 and 2011 jagex cups.

RSD is a not an RSB type clan but is a fansite clan called RSC (RuneScape Community). It is hosted by the Zybez forums.

Requirements
You must be at least level 99 in Attack, Strength, Defense, and Hitpoints and 74 prayer.

You are required to keep a stock of at least 20 sets of rune with hybrid (in both f2p and p2p unless you apply as f2p only). You will need to post evidence of this when in screening.

You can ONLY apply for F2P only if you DO NOT have a Runescape Membership. You cannot apply for F2P only simply because you do not have enough P2P sets or GP.

Gear Requirements
If you are ever stuck wondering what items you should invest in buying and having ready when joining RSD, the below is a full list of things that will be useful to you. They are the minimum amounts for events of ours and all of which are things you should have stocked at all times in case something comes up.

Free to Play Expectations:

Magic:

20+ batwing tops 20+ batwing bottoms 20+ batwing wands 20+ batwing books OR shields 20+ batwing boots 20k+ Air & Fire runes 5k+ Nature runes.

Range:

20+ Blue dhide sets 20+ batwing boots 20+ Magic shortbows 5k+ rune arrows 20+ Magic Shieldbows

Melee:

20+ full rune sets 20+ rune 2h's   20+ Magic Shieldbows 20+ batwing boots

Dungeoneering: (must have at the very least, 1 of each).

Multiple Gravite 2h Multiple Gravite Shortbow Multiple Gravite Staff

Miscellaneous:

50+ defence amulets 50+ team 7 capes 1k+ anchovy pizzas 50+ str pots 50+ Adamant Hatchets 500+ Yew Logs for health boosts

Pay to Play Expectations: Yet to be decided.

It is highly recommended that you invest in MORE then the stated amounts, the above is just the minimum that we expect you to have stocked and ready to go.

Full credit to South Dakota and F1r3o for writing that. == RSD Notable Achievements throughout the year ==
 * biggest war pull [2004] - 140 vs. Damage Incorporated
 * highest ever f2p pkri pull [2011] - 150 vs. The Titans
 * highest ever p2p pkri pull [2009] - 113 vs. Flames of Fury
 * P2P full out winner
 * p2p cwri winner
 * 50vs50 winner
 * f2p cwri winner
 * snowball winner
 * Full out champions
 * best f2p clan - zybez rsc awards 2011
 * best leadership team - zybez rsc awards 2011
 * most respected clan - zybez rsc awards 2011
 * best leadership team - zybez rsc awards 2010
 * best overall f2p clan - zybez rsc awards 2010
 * most respected clan - zybez rsc awards 2010
 * best clan leadership team - zybez rsc awards 2009
 * most loved - zybez rsc awards 2009
 * Jagex cup winners 115+ Sub- 2010
 * Jagex cup winners 115+ Sub- 2011
 * jagex combat cup winners - 2010
 * Jagex combat cup winners - 2011
 * Jagex P2P cup Finalist - 2012
 * Jagex combat cup Semi-finalist - 2012

Official Ranks
Leadership:The leader is in charge of every aspect of the clan and working with the co-leader,legends and other ranks. Decides the direction in which this clan goes. Oversees everything to do with the clan has the final say in Leadership decisions.

Co-leader:The co leader role is the versatile and similar to Leader. They oversee the running of the clan and play a strong role in a decision making in every aspect of the clan.

Court:A court's main purpose is to be trusted in making decisions on punishing members. Their roles include: Receiving and posting reports on RSD members for their sides of the story, reviewing court cases and recommending their punishments, stepping up in the wilderness during long fights when needed, and more.

PK Leader:The PK Leader is heavily involved in the running of all RSD's pk events. They are to provide trips through out the weekdays and weekends. PK leaders are required to work together with the leaders in the setting up of weekend fights. They are to take trips of all sizes and work closely with the Leaders.

Application Manager:The role of the applicant manager is to effectively be partly responsible for the Trial Member system in a plethora of different ways. Applicant managers make sure potential RSD members have as smooth a ride as possible, and make sure any concerns from applicants are dealt with.

Event Coordinator: The event coordinator's job is to provite events in order to benefit our community. A wide variety of events need to be created in order for events to be successful and enjoyable, hence this role is aimed towards a creative individual.

Special/Notable Ranks:
Legend: A rank for Ex-Leaders to do as much or as little as they see fit. They have the ability to have input wherever they want to give it, and are open to help give input on leadership decisions.

Member of the Month (MotM): At the end of each month, one member is selected as the Member of the Month. Consideration for MotM is highly influenced by an overall positive attitude and enthusiam, contribution to PK trips, and good forum activity.

Retired: To be eligible for the Retired rank, you must be in RSD for at least one year and quit playing RS or rarely playing.

Special Guest: The Special Guest rank is given to those who have proven themselves maturely and are highly active on forums.

Short History about RSD (2001-2011)
2001:                                                                   RSD was created in 2001 by Dravenstorm.

2002:                                                                   RSD grew in size in 2002 and began PKing once the Wilderness was released.

2003:                                                                   By 2003, RSD had established itself as a clan with a strong warring capability. By the end of the year, RSD were considered to be the strongest PKing/Warring clan ingame having defeated multiple clans along the way in official wars.

2004:                                                                   RSD continued 2004 by continuing to maintain their reputation as the strongest warring clan in Runescape. The clan had a decision to make when Runescape 2 was released, and thankfully the majority of members wished for the clan to move forward to the new version of the game. A rival for our title soon emerged, Damage Inc, and over the spring and early summer RSD and DI would fight almost daily in both P2P and F2P with tactics in the new combat system fast developing as the top two clans went head to head regularly. Eventually, an Official War was agreed between the clans, one of the biggest and most hyped wars the game has ever seen. Around 140 people turned up for RSD, and RSD emerged victorious. A short while after defeating DI, Livinlarge21 temporarily closed RSD, leaving our close rivals in a very strong position.

2005:                                                                   In early 2005, Livinlarge21 announced RSD was coming back. Given RSD's size and history when we closed there was a lot of excitement about the return. Livin and new Co-Leaders Icedrop and Doe Slayer were greeted with over 100 applications within a day of reopening. In order to make sure RSD didn't grow too fast, applicants were accepted in batches. This method seemed to work, and before long RSD were fighting against top clans once again. RSD recorded comfortable wins against clans such as Anarchy and TRWF in official wars, pulling well over 100 people for both.

2006:                                                                   RSD began 2006 strong after our regrowth in 2005, and alongside old rivals DI and newcomers DS, RSD were considered one of the top 3 clans in Runescape. RSD were at their strongest in the summer, beating DI in a 6 hour fight (This was considered a long fight at the time), and pulling 399 options to a couple of PK trips. (Understandably noone gave us a fight!) However, the second half of 2006 was not so great for RSD and we hit our first major bump since reopening. As other clans were becoming stronger and more PK focused with returning fights becoming ever more frequent, RSD was still a duo Skill/PK clan where PK trips were not mandatory. In order to compete at the top level, an increasing chunk of the clan were of the opinion we would have to become more PK focused. Livin was in agreement and in a drastic move made everyone in the clan reapply, agreeing that they would attend PK's if online. This process finished at the end of the year where RSD had a plan to gradually rebuild to the position we were in during the summer.

2007:                                                                   RSD began 2007 by focusing on Mage Bank in a bid to gradually rebuild. In retrospect this was a bad move for RSD, a clan that has always thrived on our diversity of events. Many of our members from 2006 had left and early on in 2007 we were reduced to around 53 members. However, what we had left was a very strong group of individuals, with talent and future warlords such as Lord Weasley and F1r3o amongst the ranks. From spring onwards, RSD began to visit F2P and P2P multi more frequently and seeked to climb the ranks from what was without doubt the clan lowest point in history. And RSD did precisely that. Week upon week RSD focused on fighting a stronger opponent each time, gaining more members along the way as we rebuilt our reputation. Soon enough, RSD found ourselves first back in the top 10 and then back in the top 5. By the end of the year, RSD were challenging for the top spot again, and 270 options of RSD defeated 330 options of Divine Forces in a 14 hour fight just before the end of the year in Bounty Hunter Multi Arena, not long after the Wilderness was removed.

2008:                                                                   First Wilderness was removed, then the clan world lost Multi BH, all that was left was the new Clan War arena. As a clan who thrived on our variety of F2P and P2P multi events during our regrowth in 2007, both of these things hit RSD hard. It was coupled with the retirement of Livinlarge21, Co Leaders Mr 800/Doe Slayer and one of our Warlords, Lord Weasley. As a result of the loss of these individuals and the changes to the game, RSD found ourselves hit hard and in Spring 2008 we were almost as low on members as we had been at the start of 2007 and it seemed a lot of the work we had been was undone. Now Leader Icedrop promoted F1r3o and Godstruewill to Co Leader, and with only CWA to work with, RSD worked on making something of RSD once more. The focus was decided to be quality, and RSD made various bold measures at the time to try and gain an edge over our opponents, including making FoG gear and infinite run mandatory. This approach worked and RSD became a very strong clan for their numbers during this era, despite not being able to pull 100 and compete at the highest level. The second half of 2008 saw first the introduction of returning fights in Clan Wars, and later on PvP worlds where you could go out PKing again (Although not for the loot as people wore). In response, RSD embarked on our plan to try to regrow in numbers so we could compete at the very top levels again, but at the same time we were still particular about the quality of members we recruited, continuing the focus we had in that respect during the CWA era.

2009:                                                                   2009 was a very steady and consistent year for RSD. With the new PvP worlds out, RSD could begin to fight clans in a similar fashion to how we were used to and by spring/summer RSD were able to pull 100 members to events once more. RSD continued with our P2P exploits too, recording wins against the like of Damage Inc and achieving our biggest P2P pull in our history, 113 people against FoF. Towards the end of the year as RSD continued to grow from strength to strength, unfortunately clans such as EH, DI and SE closed, reducing the number of clans we could fight. As other clans such as DF and Echo of Silence weakened due to a growing trend of 'crash wars' and other factors, RSD found ourselves competing with The Titans (2009 Jagex Cup Winners) at the top level of clanning as the year came to a close.

2010:                                                                   RSD started 2010 much in the smooth manner 2009 has gone in. As the 'crash war' settled down, more clans began to compete alongside RSD in the top 5. Most notable of a threat were Violent Resolution, who had far superior numbers to the rest of the top clans at the time. RSD was still confident despite this and the stage was set for a day many RSD members remember fondly. In May, RSD had planned to fight VR on a weekend. VR pulled a huge 180 people, and 120 RSD set out to give it our best shot. Under heavy sniper fire from the start RSD had their work cut out for them, but as RSD's numbers and confidence grew, VR's sank and RSD emerged victorious after 7.5 hours with 399 ending options. This set the tone for the rest of summer and RSD recorded victories against the majority of opponents we faced. Towards late summer, DDoS attacks on clans, forums, and teamspeak became common and despite our strict stance against this, RSD found ourselves hit hard, losing our forums for almost weeks at a time. RSD seeked to counter this by using backups and improving our defenses against such attacks, and we did so in time for the 2010 Jagex Cup. RSD had a successful tournament and beat opponents including Reign of Terror (ROT), VR, and Corruption on our way to victory. With RSD on a high following the Jagex Cup victory and recovery from the DDoS problems, Icedrop announced his retirement from Leader towards the end of the year and handed Leadership to the Co Leaders at the time.

2011:                                                                   2011 has been a very strong year for RSD so far. Under the Leadership of Bowhunter65 and Bclayj2 RSD continued the strong form we had built and developed in 2009 and 2010 and for the majority of the year RSD has been considered by many as the clear cut strongest clan ingame, something no other clan has been able to achieve for such a long period for a number of years. RSD have found themselves to be successful by continuing to try to improve as a clan and not to get complacent or let things slip - this attitude is consistent right the way from Leadership down to regular members. A notable achievement was pulling 150 people to fight against The Titans in February, RSD's largest pull of all time. Furthermore, RSD defeated The Titans to win the Jagex Cup for the second year in a row. Its been 10 years with plenty of ups and downs for RSD, and we've been lucky enough to be around throughout all the various eras the clan world has seen. It's now up to the latest generation of RSD members to write the next chapter in RSD's history.

---Complete History (Full Version):
Chapter One: (Birth of RSD)

RSD was solely created as a place for friends to gather, rather then a clan atmosphere back in January-Febuary of 2001. This was created by Dravenstormn, who then made Rem0xing co-leader. Since this group was created during the early stages of RuneScape, no one really knew what to expect. People would join just for a place to meet new people and hang out. As other clans would start having wars, RSD never played part in any wars. Instead it would just quietly grow larger and larger.After about 6 months Dravenstormn and Rem0xing decided to make RSD into a pking/skill based clan. Recruitment was done by invite only, meaning either you needed to be well known(which was rare during the early days) or friends of a leader/member.

When the wilderness was created in early 2002, RSD then started pking together and learned the tricks and trades of the wilderness. RSD often PK'd and usually killing anything in the way. With clans still roaming like the Wanderers,BDK and the Gladiators, RSD never fully recieved the respect it deserved.

Rem0xing decided to leave RuneScape, this then left a void in RSD. Which was quickly resolved by Dravenstormn appointing a new co-Leader(LivinLarge21). After a few months of the wilderness RSD finally started to deserve the respect it was entitled to.

Chapter Two: (The Syndicate)

RSD joined an alliance called "The Syndicate" with clans such as 'The', 'Freedom', 'Gladiatorz' and few other clans. This did nothing but cause termoil with certain clans within The Syndicate, especially between RSD and the Gladz. RSD would soon leave The Syndicate along with 'The' and 'Freedom'. RSD would then declare war on the Gladiatorz, which was accepted. It was agreed upon to have RSD, The and Freedom vs Gladz and the rest of the Syndicate. The war lasted roughly an hour and was a one sided victory for RSD and company.

After the Gladz war RSD was considered to be one of the top clans in RuneScape(Strength wise). The Wanderers would soon close afterwards. A top ten list was never invented for clans during this time. Being considered the better clan was all about popularity and strength. RSD was then considered #1.

A few months passed with no wars, as they weredifficult to get. Then a new clan came in the picture and became one of RSD's nemesis. This clan is known as Exercitum. After numerous flames back and forth between clans, war was declared. The war shortly started, lasting about 3 hours. This was a good war overall, with RSD winning in the end. Shortly, after the Exercitum war, Draventstormn would leave RuneScape. Livinlarge21 would then step up and take leadership of the entire clan while keeping RSD as a premier threat to all clans. Still being fairly new to the whole leadership role and doing it alone, it became too much work. After a few months, LivinLarge21 would close RuneScape Dinasty.

Chapter Three: (The Battlefield)

Six months had passed and P2P was released. During the 6 month LivinLarge21 had a chance to take a breather from clans and collect his ideas. He would then decide to resurrect the once great power of RSD. The clan quickly grew with top notch players, not just pkers. This clan was constructed on a pking/skill basis. The clan would immediately become a threat to the clan world. RSD would soon make enemies, with the clan that was considered to be #1. This clan was RSMob. Once RSD was fully ready for wars, a war with RSMob would soon be declared. Both RSD and RSMob were well respected clans, both clans would keep the flaming to a minimum. The basic rules of this war were: 1 on 1, war at the altar(lvl 38). From the start RSMob would not comply with these rules. There strategy was to get all of RuneScapes well known pkers(that was not in RSMob) to pick off RSD members that were waiting at the altar for the War to begin. While the Pkers were fighting RSD members, RSMob would wait at the Pking castle(lvl 13) and wait for RSD members to run past and then take them out while they were on no food. RSMob clearly broke the rules, the war however still continued with RSD vs. RSMob and Pkers. The war was pretty much even throughout, LivinLarge21 was still upset that RSMob pulled what they did and would finally call an end to the war. RSMob would refuse to accept a defeat, even with them clearly cheating. This went on for a few weeks, then it was finally decided upon to call the results a draw. Even though by RSmob not following the rules they lost by default. After this war, RSMob would soon disband. RSD was still considered the #1 clan.

RSD and Exercitum would once again get into it, and war was declared by Exercitum as they wanted to reign supreme at the #1 spot. War was accepted and placed. Exercitum would soon see why RSD was the #1 clan, the war would end an hour later, with a one sided victory for RSD.

TRWF would then soon declare war on RSD. This clan mainly consisted of lvl 50 - 90's. I am not sure what the thinking was behind this,but RSD accepted the war none the less. The war would last 5 mins, with RSD of course coming out on top. I do want to mention that TRWF clearly knowing they would be defeated, still attended the war valiantly. A few months of pretty much dominating the wilderness, a new clan emerged to simply fight RSD. This clan was called Malicious Intent lead by Sue Me and Adx1. This clan was simply made up of all the top pkers in the game. With around 50+ members MI would declare war on RSD. The war would soon take place at the lvl 38 altar. With RSD having 3/1 in numbers. MI's tactics were to stay around the lvl 13 castle and pick off any RSD they saw running past. This was one of the longest wars to date, lasting 6+ hours, due to MI being too stubborn and coming back and back. All but a few of MI refused to come to the altar where the actual war was taking place, they knew if they did they would be slaughtered within seconds. RSD would continue to maintain its family oriented atmosphere making it one of the premiere clans in RS History.

Chapter Four: (Closure)

Now came the birth of Damage,Inc(pking based), which was created by a former RSD member X BigaBoys X. Jagex would now release a new version of the game called 'RS2'. During this release RSD would remain on what is now called 'RSC' and Damage, Inc would go straight to RS2. A month after RS2 was released LivinLarge21 would then decide to make RSD an RS2 only clan. This decision caused a lot of members to be removed from the clan, as they did not want to go to RS2. LivinLarge21 knew this was the best choice since RS2 was going to be the future of RuneScape. Still being new to RS2, RSD would attempt to pk, to only meet up with DI, they were far more advanced on the new pking system then RSD. After a few months of sorting out RS2 and practising. RSD would then have a good feel with the operations of RS2.

Damage, Inc. would then declare war on RSD, they wanted the number #1 spot. Which was accepted. It was agreed upon to leave recruitment open until 1 week before the war. The time leading up to the war was controversial. Both clans didn't agree with what the other clan was doing. Some of the issues brought forth were true and some were false. Most of the speculations came from the other clan and outsiders. The war would take place at Greaters, which is now a multi attack zone. An estimate of the numbers that showed up for each clan: RSD(150/243) - DI(100/163). RSD would march out to the battle field where DI would be waiting, the war was a total blood bath. Lasting approximatly 15-30minutes. DI would quickly find there way to lumbridge while RSD stood victorious at the Greaters. No one believed RSD could defeat DI, but as the war record shows, RSD was far more experience.

A dark cloud would then hover over RSD and the clan community, as LivinLarge21 would then decide to close down RSD and leave RuneScape.

Chapter Five: (The New Era)

10 Months has passed since RSD roamed the RuneScape world, LivinLarge21 would then come back to RuneScape and re-open RSD. A new era has now begun...

When RSD was reopened, LivinLarge21 asked for assistance from Icedrop and Doe Slayer to assist him in running RSD. As LivinLarge21 knew he would not have the time to dedicate to RSD as he once did. RSD opened and vowed to take a slow approach to the clan world, instead of rushing into a world they were not familiar with anymore(as the clan atmosphere, had severely changed). RSD started out with 50 Members, old and some new. Continued to slowly build up into an elite clan. This took sometime, but eventually RSD was becoming more and more recognized.

Every time the newly built RSD would enter the wilderness, there were clans who doubled our numbers waiting to take RSD down. Not just for a clean fight, but to try to crush RSD and get in their heads, so they would crumble. This lasted for month, with RSD still keeping their heads up and not letting these clans demoralize them. RSD eventually overcame the clans trying to destroy their confidence.(Were these clans purposely doing this to have RSD close, because deep down they were scared of RSD?)

RSD would eventually be declared war upon by Clan Anarchy. This war was accepted as it was a pretty even match "on paper". But as the war result, it was a blow out, with RSD claiming victory(300+ opts remaining), putting their "Official" War Record to (8-0-0).

Few months have pasts with RSD getting stronger and stronger, getting more and more recognition. But there was still something holding RSD back, in which they could not reach their full potential. RSD would win and lose on a daily basis during what is perceived now as "PK Run-ins", against clans such as Damage Inc., Dark Slayers, Sacred Templar, etc. These clans were considered the top clans in the game, but RSD could not get over the hump to defeat these clans on a daily basis. As in today’s clan world, numbers are very important, which RSD lacked compared to the mentioned clans.

RSD was then declared upon by The RuneScape War hungers Federation(TRWF). This was accepted. This war was a hard fought battle between both clans, but in the end RSD won(130+ opts remaining). It was not that great of a fight on RSD's part, but in the end pulled out the victory(9-0-0).

RSD continued to show great stride in reaching their full potential in the Wilderness, eventually becoming the #3 clan in the game, but still could not get over the hump. A drastic change made by LivinLarge21 and co-Leaders, was then made to turn the once PK/Skill clan into a pure PK clan, this would cause a major power shift in the Clan world, as RSD would stop PKing for the meantime while getting everything and everyone prepared for the new beginning of a pure PK clan. Could this be the change this clan needs to reach their full potential?

Chapter Six: (A New Beginning)

As part of RSD’s transformation to a fully PKing based clan, every member was made to reapply, and members were told that during December 2006 there would be a quiet month for RSD where we would recuperate and prepare for our return in January 2007. No official trips were made and there was much anticipation in RSD for our return. Our numbers has been depleted and being a clan who liked to focus on all forms of PKing ranging from Mage Bank to free to play RSD decided given our lower number count we would focus on mage bank for the first part of 2007.

RSD’s first return to the wilderness was largely successful. RSD were able to pull large numbers to mage bank and RSD experienced some enjoyable fights against the likes of DI. However, a growing trend of “No Honour” PKers were becoming more and more prominent at the Mage Bank, replacing the older Mage bankers from the heydays of 2004-6. Combined with updates such as the release of Saradomin Brews and the changing economy, the Mage Bank PKing community had completely changed and did not suit RSD members who were increasingly becoming dissatisfied with the focus on PKing in this area.

It was at this point in early spring of 2007 that RSD decided to make a return to F2P and P2P multi PKing. The Mage Bank “Honor” scene was fast dying, and the RSD leadership realized this. At this point, RSD were down to the region of 55 members and many were claiming RSD were near death and that there was no return for RSD. But with a strong set of ranked members and a core of members who would give up at nothing to help RSD improve, RSD were confident our return would be successful. Livinlarge21 was still leader of RSD, combined with Co Leaders Icedrop and Mr 800 RSD set forward with a new direction.

To get back into the F2P scene, RSD’s small but active member base sought to PK regularly in F2P and managed to arrange fights at least weekly in a bid to break back into the popular clan scene. An important fight for RSD was against Clan Europe where RSD managed to win without a single casualty when Lord Weasley put in a notable tanking effort. Combined with efforts such as a 40 person turnout against DI at castle wars, it was evident no matter what the event, RSD members would be there for each other. RSD continued to win a large percentage of fights both planned and unplanned leading up to summer, many times outnumbered, but never out gunned. Combined with regular capped fights to keep members busy, of which RSD virtually always won, times were good for RSD.

RSD’s first major defeat was in a run in against EOS. This allowed RSD to realize the importance of using snipers in fights, with snipers guiding EOS to victory. This acted as a turning point for RSD, and in future points we were sure to organize an effective snipe unit, usually headed up by Icedrop or Mr 800. RSD’s snipe unit was soon respected as one of the most effective in the clan world, and over the following months continued to aid RSD’s performance and give RSD an edge over our opponents.

By the summer, RSD were at a point where in F2P we were regarded as top 10 material and were competing with the likes of Echo of Silence and Rune Raiders for claims for rank 5 in the clan world. Lord Weasley and F1r3o had been appointed as warlords of RSD, and were in control of organizing and took a lead role on the battlefield. A rivalry ensued between RSD and Rune Raiders in which neither side could appear to agree on a time and day for the fight. However, RSD were confident we could defeat RR on their favored day of a Sunday. RSD massed to fight Rune Raiders but RR rushed to set up a mini war with EH, avoiding the potential fight with RSD.

Alongside RSD’s F2P rise, RSD were continuing to focus and pay attention to our P2P affairs. While Mage Bank was not our focus, RSD members continued to make our presence known there occasionally. With portals seemingly dead, RSD set our sights on the P2P Rune Rocks scene, which was just about the most active area of P2P multi wilderness in the second half of 2007. While the likes of DI and AG were battling it out at Mage Bank, RSD had a great deal of fun and success in the art of rune rocks PKing, something we became very successful at. RSD managed to find teams most times we went PKing at Rune Rocks, fighting the likes of Corr, Kor, TSC and OT. Rune Rocks provided clans with a very tactical based form of P2P multi PKing, involving intense, fast paced battles in the multi areas, and charges to control primary hilltop areas in multi and the rune rocks area itself. By the end of the wilderness, RSD had asserted itself as the most dominant and active clan at the Rune Rocks in P2P. RSD’s versatility extended further, with RSD pulling the same numbers they would to F2P to events such as a Fight Pits war against Rune Raiders, and a P2P mini war against 3vo.

After many weeks in which RSD continued to set up other fights and continue PKing in F2P and P2P Multi, RR finally accepted a fight proposal from RSD. RSD, despite having a smaller member list than much of our competitors over the summer, overcame the odds to beat RR in this pre-arranged run-in in convincing style. From here it was clear that RSD was just below the standard of the top clans and the rivalry with Rune Raiders died down.

RSD continued our gradual improvements and week by week turnouts were increasing and qualities of performances were improving. RSD decided that our next step was to improve to the next level where we could beat Eternal Honour, Violent Resolution and Damage Inc. RSD’s performances were improving in every aspect with regards to leadership, organization, the build-up of an effective snipe unit, and RSD’s near tactical perfection when fighting within the tree to tree boundaries. RSD proceeded to beat Eternal Honour and Damage Inc in respectfully fought battles, continuing our climb. RSD were defeated by VR in an arranged run-in, at the 3-4 hour mark, RSD were at the point of victory and a minority of 10-20 VR members were returning in 1 item until RSD logged in frustration and further VR logged in as time went on. Noting this disrespectful tactic, RSD chose not to fight VR again. VR claimed this as cowardice but this was not the case, for RSD were destined to fight much stronger clans with further success.

At this point in time, it was approaching November 2007 and RSD were regarded as a strong, renewed force in the F2P scene. RSD has systematically worked out way up the hierarchy of F2P clans, beating many clans along the way. November was a month which saw RSD step up and take things to the next level once again. Now capable of pulling in excess of 200 wilderness options set our sights at Corruption and Divine Forces who were considered to be the clans to beat in F2P. First of all RSD went for Corruption. In a full out battle on November 17th, RSD begin with 240 options to Corruptions 290, and after an 8 hour fight, RSD stood victorious with 200 options remaining. After such a performance, RSD’s next step was to aim at defeating the clan regarded as being top of the F2P ladder at the time, Divine Forces.

RSD’s first fight with Divine Forces came early in December. It was a time capped fight and RSD began the fight outnumbered as usual. RSD put in a notable performance and at the end of the cap RSD had not dropped numbers. At this point, despite DF cries of dominance, RSD knew that we were at a level we would compete with DF. There was a lot of build-up and talk over the Christmas period as to who was the superior clan in F2P run-in’s out of RSD and DF. Both sides were confident, but unfortunately a full-out run in was never possible in the wilderness, with the capped fight turning out to be the last major fight between two top clans in the wilderness.

It was finally arranged for RSD and DF to fight in the new Multi Bounty Hunter in F2P with south boundaries shortly after the New Year in 2008. The fight was highly anticipated, with a lot of talk from either side who were equally confident of victory. As the clans lined up, RSD had 270 options to DF’s 330. Both sides knew with an increase in lengths of fights it was going to be a long, exciting fight and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Despite being outnumbered at the start of the fight, RSD managed to perform on par with DF for the first few hours of the fight. After much fighting, RSD got to the point where we began to feel we were taking control of our fight at about the four hour mark. RSD continued to stay in control of the fight for the duration apart from a short spell at the 8 or 9 hour mark where DF looked to be getting back into it. From the 10 hour mark onwards however, there was no way RSD were going to lose having put such heart and dedication into the fight. After 14 hours, DF finally gave in and RSD were victorious with 180 options remaining, a fantastic achievement. From 55 members and a point of despair in early spring, RSD had rose and defeated DF in one of the most famous fights the clan world has seen.

During January 2008, RSD gradually felt the increasing strain that the loss of the wilderness had put upon its members. Many were disillusioned with the future of the game. RSD, being a clan who utilized all forms of PKing ranging from Rune Rocks to Mage Bank to Portals to F2P, were suddenly faced with a situation where there was just a simplified form of F2P and P2P on a very limited amount of worlds. Despite this, RSD still continued and managed to compete at a top level. RSD and DF’s rivalry continued, and traveled to P2P BH and Clan Wars, where both shared wins in BH and RSD took a convincing clan wars victory over DF in P2P and DF won a closely contested F2P fight. RSD also continued rivalries with other clans, defeating TT, VR and Corruption in F2P BH fights and taking on the likes of ROT and DI in P2P BH. But more and more RSD members were leaving not just the clan scene but RuneScape entirely, with the updates hitting RSD very hard in comparison with a lot of other clans. Due to this, RSD had slipped and clans such as EOS and Chivalry Legions had gained victories over RSD by the time Multi-Wilderness was removed.

The removal of Multi-Wilderness caused further complications for RSD. More members were leaving the game, and others simply went inactive. The focus of the clan world was now on clan wars and RSD were very experienced in this field, and struggled to pick up victories. Half way through February, Livinlarge21 announced that he was to step down from Leader and hand the clan down. With Mr 800 in a position of inactivity, it was left to Icedrop to take control. With Mr 800 in a position of inactivity, it was left to Icedrop to take control. A further loss was Lord Weasley, who announced retirement from the game. RSD was down to one active leader, and had been hit hard by changes to RuneScape and the clan world. RSD was left with a depleted member list, dropping to a member count in the 70’s with a low amount of future applicants. Change would be needed, and RSD would need to adapt in order to bounce back…

Chapter Seven: (New Leadership, New Clan World)

RSD needed to adapt to the changing clan world and with Livinlarge21 and Mr 800 on the sidelines, Icedrop needed to make changes to RSD to adapt to the ever changing clan world. F1r3o and GodsTrueWill were announced as Co Leaders and Doe Slayer returned from retirement to form a new leadership team. A complete ranks reshuffle went underway, ranging from assignment of new PK leaders to the re-introduction of the Event Coordinator rank. Changes were made elsewhere too, with the Future Applicant system turned into a Trial Member system to reflect a changing clan world. Changes turned a negative atmosphere into one of hope, and desire to bring RSD back success.

It was announced RSD’s focus of improvement was to be clan wars. This was to be done by setting up regular fights and training events to get RSD members up to speed to the Clan War Arena, an unfamiliar concept. At first things were not easy, and a lot of fine tuning was necessary in order to develop our tactics in varying F2P styles of fight and P2P fights. However, as time went by, RSD began to turn defeats into victories. Enthusiasm was increasing and with that turnout. As RSD got fights more regularly and the average member improved, RSD, by March/April were finding they were winning the majority of capped fights. RSD at this point are considered to be one of the strongest clans man for man in the clan scene, with a recent record of 29 wins and 3 losses in matched fights.

With such quality, RSD have begun to attract new members with like-minded desires to achieve and be part of a strong community. Mr 800 has returned to a leadership position, Lord Weasley and many other old members are coming back to RuneScape. There is confirmation run-ins will be returning which is promising and exciting for RSD. Growing in performance each week, RSD have begun to grow in numbers once again. Stay tuned.

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