Category:Clan Quest



Jagex Featured Clan Many clans fail each year. This was not one of them. In fact, this clan has been featured on the Offical Runescape Clan Blog.

The Questing Clan of RuneScape (QC) aka "Clan Quest" is a clan that organizes all serious Questers into one community. Clan Quest's aim is to create a community of players who have completed, or strive to complete, every Quest and Achievement Diary in RuneScape. The QC as a group serve as a resource to any RuneScape Player. They exist to help players solve quests, complete diaries, and provide assistance to anyone who has not obtained their Quest Point Cape. Every one of its registered members aspires to complete (and maintain the completion of) every Quest and Diary. Many of its members are avid followers of RuneScape Lores, and all are experienced RuneScape players.


 * - "We are not your skillers, your pvp-ers, or your merchers. We are a more elite band of RuneScape players. We are the adventurers. We are the people who write the guides that others read."

The Questing Clan of RuneScape does not have any interest in inter-clan conflict, holds no combat requirements and does not specifically require in game participation of its members other than presence in the Clan Chat Channel. Functioning as a mature group, they focus on bettering themselves - both in RuneScape and in the real world.

Clan Purpose
The Questing Clan of Runescape, is two things. It is a company. It is a clan. Both things have unique, yet overlapping purposes:
 * In accordance with its function as a company, any Runescape player who seeks aid on a quest is encouraged to enter the Clan Chat "Clan Quest" and seek assistance.
 * As a clan, it seeks to provide an increase in enjoyment and ease in playing the game in the following ways:
 * Provide knowledge and assistance to members on all things game related
 * Provide frequent non-mandatory events, allowing players to participate in minigames and distractions with the clan.
 * Provide unique non-mandatory events to engage the members in social activities
 * Providing a friendly and engaging atmosphere with which to exchange ideas about the game.

Quest Help
The RuneScape forums get a new thread about players creating a Quest Help Clan approximately twice a week. These "cc's" normally last less than 3 days due to lack of interest or number of members, and as a result, are most often disbanded.

Clan Quest, however, has been around for significantly longer than 3 days, has over 80 members that own the quest cape, and continues to serve as RuneScape's 'Quest Help' clan chat channel. Any player is welcome to enter clan chat 'Clan Quest' for any quest questions they may have, and the members of Clan Quest are more than willing to help.

Providing Questing assistance is and will always be the predominant goal of Clan Quest's community.



Community
Clan Quest, as well as serving as a reference cc, is also a social clan for anyone who is a "Quester." Quest cape owners are encouraged to join the cc, as Clan Quest is a community of players who share very similar interests.


 * "If you like to quest, don't like guides, love lores, and consider yourself a Real adventurer, come join Clan Quest" -Kappathegray (from: The Questing Clan T1, original recruitment thread for clan quest November, 2009)

In-Game
In the Runescape game, Clan Quest provides many services to encourage community activity and support for all members. Besides Quest support which is always offered, Clan Quest provides regular events, has an event team which organizes impromtu events, and the core members are always willing to assist a member in anything if help is requested.

The willingness of most of Clan Quest's members to help any other member no questions asked has earned it a formidable reputation within the Clan Community of Runescape. Individual who are bothered by trolls, have their resources crashed, die and need a grave blessing, need assistance in XP grinding, or any other possible types of assistance find they need only request assistance, and an army responds.

Outside of Game
Outside of the actual game, Clan Quest provides services to its members in a multitude of venues. With an impressive offsite, an active forum community, IRC, Voice Channel, and even Real World meetings, the community of Clan Quest's members are very active, and provide a significant amount of support and engagement.

History
The Questing Clan of RuneScape is a fairly new clan in RuneScape, but has old lineage. It has connection to various other clans and organization which closed, and have become the current "Clan Quest." Its formal founding occurred November 9th, 2009. And was recognized by Jagex as a legitimate clan December 8th, 2009.

Pre-Founding
In may of 2009, The Draziw in cooperation with Soiled Dove created the “Quest Helpers Clan.” The Quest Helpers were a group that gathered Quest cape owners together in one cc. The objective of this being to create a large clan chat channel that would allow non-cape owners to enter the cc, receive help, and get questions answered.

Due to Soiled Dove's inactivity, the government structure's reliance on her presence, and the lack of a true coordination of goals, the Quest Helpers declined rapidly, and were formally Disbanded by The Draziw in October of 2009.

The Draziw began to work on restructuring the Clan setup. Unable to handle the amount of work to make a true clan by himself, he invited Kappathegray and Sethron 666 to join him in the reconstruction of the old clan. They looked for good recruits, spread their network, and planned to reform the Quest Helpers into a new clan organization. The Questing Clan of RuneScape was formally founded November 9th, 2010 and was open for enrollment November 10th, 2009.

Pre-Constitution Era
The Formation of the new clan did not have the foreseen results expected from its new leaders. The Draziw, Kappathegray, and Sethron 666 had formed the clan under a triumvirate oligarchy system with the intentions of

gathering the old clan members from “Quest Helpers” together. However, not one of the Quest Helpers' members had not moved on to another clan. This meant that the old Quest Helpers members were no longer available to join Clan Quest, and the Founders of Clan Quest had to seek out new members. The month prior to recreation had some positive effects though. 15 applications for membership were made to the clan within 3 days. 30 days after the clan's founding, Clan Quest's roster numbered 43 members.

The large number of applicants, coupled with the incredible activity of the Clan's members showed the founders that the new clan would most likely survive its first few weeks, and so they made the last step to formally making Clan Quest real. On December First, the Clan applied as a formal clan to Jagex. The Clan was accepted December 8th, 2009. The founders also worked to create a clan constitution. This Constitution became the legal text for Clan Quest, and was ratified January 15th, 2010. Pursuant to the Constitution, the original Clan Quest government was restructured to meet the constitutions requirements. With the ratification and implementation of the Constitution, The Questing Clan of Runescape entered a new era in its existance.

The Expansion Era
The Expansion Period, known as such because of the significant governmental and social changes to the clan's structure, primarily involved the expansion of the clan's government, the inclusion of the majority of its members, and the promotion of lower ranked members to equal positions as the founders.

With a formal outline for clan operation existing in the constitution, Clan Quest's founders began to encourage participation from its membership. Where as leadership and activity had perviously been minimally possible without obtaining authorization from a founder, the new government system allowed for a clan member to take their initiative, host events, make changes to the clan, and help the community grow. Various community members began to start their own projects. In game weekly events, out of game Runescape forum threads, a new Clan Quest website, and a multitude of other additions were added to the community. Prior to the expansion, Clan Quest offered very little other than socializiation with other quest lovers. During and after the expansion, the services provided by the clan quest community grew exponentially.

The Quest List
Main Article: The Quest List

In May of 2010, The Draziw enlisted a friend from outside of Runescape to help him with a project. The Rerecros was born. He created the account on May 20, 2010, and by May 24, 2010 was 430 total level and had 80 Quest Points, and was admitted into The Questing Clan of Runescape, the lowest level ever allowed in. He had a goal. He intended to get the Quest Point Cape in as little time as possible, but that wasn't all. Enlisting the help of the entire clan, he chose quests in order in an effort to spend as little time without the cape as possible, and recording it. The project was known as the quest list. It quickly engaged members of the clan. There were heated debates as to whether it was worthwhile to stop questing and skill to complete the valuable quests such as Throne of Miscellania first, or just use the XP from the quests you have available as long as you have quests available. Unfortunately, due to hecticity, and inactivity, the project was dropped after Quest #94, some time in August. The Current list can be found Here.

The list was the definitive example of Clan Quest's motivation at the time. During these 2-3 months, clan quest put out hundred's of guides, from money-making, to questing to being noob. It was during this period that clan quest made its name as the "writers of guides" and The Quest List is the quintessential Clan Quest Guide.

Creation of an Honor Council
On July 14th, the clan experienced an overwhelmingly stupid fight. Two officers: ChaDMcBaDd (then a High Councilor) and CupofChips (then an Event Coordinator) got into an argument. Chad kicked Cup from the clan channel, and proceeded to kick him every time he entered the cc. Chips, being an event coordinator used that position as an offsite-moderator to make a Global thread bashing Chad. Both misused their power, although in truth Chad was in the right, to begin with.

This exposed a serious flaw in the clan's set-up. It became evident that the clan was not prepared to diffuse fights, and mediate differences. The clan had always relied on the High Council to accomplish this, but the High Council was experiencing an unparalleled level of inactivity. Likewise, the High Council was not a good arbtitrator in matters concerning a High Councilor. A meeting was called. The first "State of the Union" meeting.

At the meeting the clan brainstormed what would be a viable solution. It was overwhelmingly decided, that the clan needed to create a third council. A group designed solely to interpret the rules of the clan, and mediate differences thereby. This group became known as the Honor Council. The Honor Council was set up in a unique way. The Head of The Honor Council was selected by popular vote amongst members (now fully ranked members). They then chose two persons from the Clan Body, to assist them. All three hold equal weight, and none can be removed without all three being removed. The first head of the Honor Council was Hemskyyyy (Now MC Hemsky).

Today, the honor council is one of the most active groups in the clan. They commonly mediate disputes, and alleviate tension.

The Establishment of Guardians
The "CupofChips" incident, exposed another flaw, that was discussed at the first State of the Union Meeting. CupofChips was an idiot. How did he get in the clan? And more importantly, how did he become an officer? It seemed that in their hurry to reach massive numbers, Clan Quest ignored the quality of those propsective members. Chips was not the only one. In the weeks leading up to the "State of the Union Meeting" there were more than 25 fights, instigated by people just looking for drama.

No clan is capable of surviving through such overwhelming numbers of incompatable people for long. Clan Quest decided that they needed a screening process. A period of time in which they could determine whether or not a would-be Clan Quester was suitable to join the ranks.

In the clan's first (and to date only) secretive move, a group was formed known as the guardians. The secrecy was imperative. No one could know who the guardians were, as it would cause them to get an inaccurate read on prospective members. After all, a recruit, could change his actions in front of a guardian, knowing that they decide whether or not they get in. Therefore, the Guardian's identities remained a secret. Intent on keeping it this way, rules were imposed. There was to be no discussion on the identity of the Guardians, even speculation. Even the slightest hint that someone might be a Guardian was grounds for immediate dismissal from the clan, and a permanent ban from Clan Quest. This still holds true today.

At their forming, the Guardians were 6 strong. They held impromptu meetings in "The Guardians Tower," the Northwest tower of Varrock Castle. Here they discussed new recruits, and decided their fates. Although their were 6 guardians, a no vote from two or more was an automatic rejection. Any abstenance from a vote was considered a passing vote.

The Guardians remain a secretive group to this day. Although they no longer meet in game, they still debate the fate of the clan's newcomers. Even during "The Purge" when recruitment was closed, the Guardians remained active, testing the courage and loyalty of prospective officers. They still exist, and therefore they still should go unspoken of. Remember, the Guardians are always watching...

Diary of Questers

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Event Thugs United
Main Article: Event Thugs United

Beginning in August of 2010, a group of Clan Questers hosted major events with huge turnouts. Given the growth of the Clan Quest community, these "Event Thugs" took it upon themselves to organize large, non-member, events which gathered much of the runescape community. Included in these events were events like Quest Fest, The March of Runescape, Indian runs, Mass GE Cabbage bombing, and many others. Their success as a group went so far as to recieve Jagex Recognition. The ETU Organizers have had over 10 event threads stickied on the Runescape Official Forums!

Reunification

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Expansion 2.0
With the Reunification of the clan, an established and working government system, and an active clan community the leadership of Clan Quest began to look towards future goals of growth. Members of Clan Quest were assigned recruiting duties, mass recruitment intitiatives were created to encourage growth. Included in these endeavors was the hope to become a featured clan, again.

In March of 2011, Clan Quest was featured in the Official Month of Clans, hosted by Jagex. During the month, certain clans were selected to be featured. On the Second week (for 5 days) Clan Quest was the featured clan. It was the only clan to be featured more than 3 days during the entire month, and receieved a significant boost to its numbers.

From the beginning of the expansion period in January of 2011 until the clan camp updates, Clan Quest grew from 125 members to over 190.

The Clan Camp
When the Clan Camp update was released, and all the implications of that update, Clan Quest faced a minor dilemma. Prior to the new clan channel system, multi-clanning was possible and a key portion of Clan Quest's membership were involved in other clans. The day before the Clan Camp update Clan Quest's roster numbered 194. The day after the update Clan Quest was decreased to 137.

This was a significant blow to Clan Quest's community. Besides the loss of some of the community's most active members, the need for a definitive rule change on multi-clanning moved Clan Quest away from being a Help Channel and pushed it towards becoming a Community Channel.

The Charters
Given the Clan Camp updates, the Clan Citadel Updates, the policy change of Multi-Clanning, and the inactivity of many of the leaders of the clan, the active leaders decided to update some of the rules. A new charter was drafted, superceeding the previous constitution. With its ratification, even more power was given to the members and taken from the leaders.

The Purge
A decision was made by the Clan Quest leadership to close recruitment. Too many players were joining the clan. Within the months of May-July, Clan Quest received more than 1 application a day. This rapid growth, without the intentions of growth, was causing a decline in quality.

To counter the massive growth, recruitment was Closed.

Members of the government that had been inactive for a prolonged period of time, were retired.

"The Purge" as it became known, was the first incident of the community expecting something from its members. The idea of geting something for free was frowned upon, and the members who gave to the community found they were supported and received more in return.

"Ask not what your Clan can do for you, ask what you can do for your Clan!" - The Rerecros (From "A rant about stupidity (part 4)")

Present Day
The Questing Clan of Runescape continues to prosper. It is one of the largest clans in Runescape, the largest questing community, has received significant recognition from Jagex, and yet continues to look for more. The Community of Clan Quest has, is, and always will strive towards its primary goal - bettering itself.

Clan Government / Ranking System
The Questing Clan of RuneScape's constitution and legal systems are outlined in their official Clan Charter, The Charter and Foundations of the Questing Clan of Runescape. The Charter outlines the procedural specifics of the clan, designates responsabilities within the clan, and provides formal listing of clan laws. The Charter also outlines two forms of rules: The Revised Code, and the Canon of Ethics

Canon of Ethics

 * Detail Needed Can be found here: The Canon of Ethics.

Revised Code

 * Detail Needed Can be found here: The Questing Clan Revised Code..

Clan Structure
The QC organization is composed of two bodies, the “Councils” and the “General Clan”.

General Clan
The QC's "General Clan" serves as:
 * the legal term for the group that includes all of the clan's members
 * the body that includes all governing persons and non-governing persons
 * Used to describe the body at large when determining public issues that are brought before the clan as a whole to decide.

Councils
The QC's "Councils" serves as:
 * The body of actors whom govern the clan as a whole
 * Is composed of members of the General Clan
 * Is responsible for the continuing survival of the clan
 * Operate as specifically outlined in the QC Charter

Clan Government
The Clan government is the Clan Councils. There are currently three councils- each serving a different purpose.

Low Council
The Low Council is responsible for the management of clan quest's daily functions (ie. Clan Chat Management, Forum Bumping, and unofficial event planning and management). Also, the low council have the voting authority on new members, and decide if members become full members after being accepted probationary. Current Members of Low Council: The following Low Council Members are considered to be retired, and no longer can cast a vote on Low-Council ballots. They, regardless, remain recognized by the clan:
 * Aleosith
 * Avaricious
 * Blarmy
 * Bobacupcake
 * Earth271072
 * Mskonnan10
 * Sk8r Dan Man
 * Skills2Quest
 * Sol Boricua
 * The Rerecros
 * Tohtli
 * Vodkakins
 * Zumakins
 * Auridan
 * Dawnoffrost
 * Jedi Bom
 * Panda in Luv
 * Seraph Angel
 * Spaded Ten
 * Vss

High Council
The High Council is responsible for QC administrative operations including: All ranking of members, accepting/ denying of applications for membership, accepting/denying applications for war, planning and operation of Formal clan Events, and other functions above the responsibility of the Lower Council not specifically outlined. Current Members of High Council:
 * Anamona
 * Bigg Doggg
 * The Draziw

The following persons, are retired mambers of the Clan Quest High Council. They no longer cast a vote in Clan Quest issues, but are still recognize with the Overseer Rank:
 * 82nd Airborne
 * Artson
 * ChaDMcbaDd
 * KappatheGray
 * Sethron 666
 * The Kodyy

Honor Council
Info Needed The following persons, are retired members of the Clan Quest Honor Council. They no longer hold any authority with the honor council, but are listed here to recognize their past contributions:
 * Skills2Quest
 * Roadmaps
 * Lady Klaw
 * Mc Hemsky
 * Nene Mom
 * iQuestCaper
 * PureUranium
 * BomChica
 * Auridan
 * Rotingmortal

Citadel Staff
The citadel staff is the body that decides the path to follow on the clan citadel upgrades. They are also responsible of maintaining the clan members aware of the updates on the clan citadel, and the current goals for it. They also are the team responsible to remember clan mates about the resource gathering.
 * Tohtli
 * Bobacupcake
 * Cireon
 * Divine Swine
 * Lizbeth
 * MsKonnan10
 * Roadmaps
 * The Rerecros
 * Vodkakins

Ranking Outline
The Clan rank system works on a Total Quest Point (QP) for level system. Low and High Council Ranks are obtained as specified in the QC's Constitution.
 * 150+ QP is Corporal rank.
 * 225+ QP is Sergeant rank.
 * Cape Owners get Lieutenant rank.
 * Recruit is for new members inside their probation rank.

Absorbed Clans
The Questing Clan of Runescape's success has been helped by the other clans which have disbanded and united with Clan Quest. Their contributions have made what Clan Quest is today.

Absorbed Clans Include:


 * Questers


 * Diary of Questers
 * Barbarian Assault Addicts
 * Pirate Society
 * Dark Stars
 * Forgotten Lores
 * Pheonix Rising
 * Emmyricious Knights

Questing Clan Services
The QC provides many services to its membership, both on runescape ingame, and out of it.

In Game Services
Like all other Clans in Runescape, The QC provides services to its members in game. Chief among these services is the Primary function of the clan: Quest Help.

With over 80 members who own the quest cape, and over 125 members with more than 250 quest points, the cc that the clan operates serves as a location of quest experts. Any player in Runescape is welcome to join the cc, and the service that Clan Quest provides is the reason for its success. It is currently the only clan that functions solely to assist players completing Quests.

Besides this is the community that exists in the Clan. The community is very helpful, works together, and is fairly active in the events that are occasionally hosted by QC Leadership.

Out of game Services
The Questing Clan of Runescape provides multiple out of game services.

Runescape Forums
Clan Quest has multiple threads in the Runescape Official Forums. These threads serve as simple communication venues, clan member's ideas, and the basis of Official Recruitment.

Jagex Clan Forums

With the implementation of the Clan Updates, Jagex has provided all clans with their own private forum. This feature, available and viewable to clan members functions as a supplement to the clan's offsite forum.

Clan Websites
Clan Private Forums

A privately hosted website, where all Runescape enthusiasts are welcome to convene. It is moderated by Clan Quest officers, and encourages community through a multitude of media.

Adopt a Noob Foundation
The Adopt A Noob Foundation

Currently under construction, the Adopt A Noob Foundation, will allow community players to compete in who is the greatest helper in Runescape.

Feature Clan in Jagex Clan Blog
In August 2010, Jagex chose to honor The Questing Clan of Runescape, for the first time. They appeared as the Feature Clan in Jagex's Clan Blog, a blog the community hopes to visit several times in the future.

Feature Clan During Official Jagex Clan Month, March 2011

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Website Recognition

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Clan Leader Forums

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Joining the Clan
Official Recruitment information can be found at the Jagex Clan Database page.

Clan Database Page

The process of joining the clan changes occasionally, but the most up to date information on the clan can be found at the Database. The database provides a QFC number for the Clan Quest recruitment thread as well as the clan's current recruitment status.