Clan:Brutality

Welcome to the history of Team Brutality, recapping the journey since opening in June of 2007 until August 2009.

Team Brutality grew to be the biggest, most successful team in RuneScape history taking on both single and multi. The ideal was to be a small team of talented pkers, which in the early stages was exactly what it was, but after the removal of the wilderness and other events that did not sit well with the Team Brutality leaders, they decided to fuck the world and see just how far they can take it. So this is their story...

Written by Richworth.

Leading up to the creation of Team Brutality there were 3 main stages. Stage 1: Team Vengeance. TV took to the stage in mid 2006, making a name for themselves at the Graveyard. They would control all time zones, and through experience would beat any team here. They also branched out to help their allies, PP & TI, at easts against the once proud redefined ownage. However towards the end of the year TV were struck by inactivity, and a small argument between leadership was enough to begin their closure.

From the ashes of TV spawned Stage 2: Team Corruption. Richworth, Lamb Legs and Deano 365 decided to put a name to their circle of friends that, for the most part, were all once part of TV. They began by luring and pking at Easts in the GMT time zone. Their main rivals at the time were PP, TI & RO. TC created an alliance with the remainder of TV (who were kicked out of their previous alliance due to inactivity) and a Dutch team called Team Terror. Together the 3 would encounter some of the most epic cluster Easts fights ever. They were also the first alliance to pull max options to Easts. It appeared later that the three leader had different ideas, and as TC began to increase in size Richworth jumped ship and join the newly created Exiled.

Stage 3: Exiled. At first sight it looked as if Exiled offered everything Richworth was looking for in a team, but after only a few weeks here he had realized that the most important value wasn't there. He was denied the option to PK with his friends in other teams by the iron-fisted leader, Moveurasets. Unsatisfied, Richworth left and decided to take on a new challenge with some old friends.

The Birth of Brutality.

Richworth, Bentorq321, Super Pure0 and Matth111100 agreed upon the name Brutality. The original idea for the team was to bring back a few old faces from Team Vengeance, and keep it small. They set up and IRC channel, an invisionfree forum and a ventrilo server. After recruiting a few good friends to the ranks such as Dom47, Leoalireza and Gatuz105 Brutality opened its doors to recruits on the 14th July 2007. Recruitment was tough with TC already the established offspring of TV. The leadership decided to counter this with a merge deal that had been offered to them by EO, a Dutch PK team. The officials agree to keep the Brutality name, rules, website and ranks. The only changes made were an influx of members (around 25) and 2 new officials.

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Brutality steadily grew, and soon established themselves as a primary force at Easts. They saw the closure of PP, TI, TT, TV and RO. As expected new rivalries sparked up between Richworth's previous teams, Exiled and Team Corruption. TC were unable to handle Brutality's superior tactics and organization. Bentorq managed to set up a succession of hits on TC that crippled their foundations. TC then proposed a show-down fight with Brutality at the Graveyard. Brutality accepted. Brutality managed to take the fight with ease, and sealed the fate of TC. They were put into the biggest slump of their existence. [This fight is displayed in Brutality's first video]

Brutality also fought Exiled on a daily basis, with wins coming from both teams. With Brutality and Exiled concentrating their time on one another TC were able to make preparations for a come-back, this time with the help of their new allies L2K. Brutality were able to hold off TC&L2K for a long while, until they begun to pull in excess of 45 people to their trips, with Brutality only pulling 20. As Exiled were having the same problem, Moveurasets came to the Brutality leadership and offered an alliance. After a few days deliberation, and with Easts being dead aside from TC&L2K, Ben and Richworth decided to close down Brutality, and move their member base to Exiled.

As expected TC&L2K could not stand up against the two giants of Easts PKing, and were once again thrown aside to rebuild. Soon Exiled's leader would become inactive, and close down. Brutality then reopened immediately, this time with officials taken from all of the old giants. Together Richworth, Bentorq321, Tomthebom4, Arch 4 Me, Dom47 and Nonnab proceeded to take control of the new team, and Easts PKing as a whole.

Brutality were the sole powerhouse of Easts PKing, with TC&L2K (and every other team they could call to their aid) not being able to touch them.

At this point Jagex removed the wilderness and replaced it with the Bounty Hunter caves. The early stages BH were multi-way combat only. Brutality decided to try it out instead of closing, and managed to pass the time with Kingdom of Doom, and clan created by Fire Coco, an ex-member of Brutality and crashing the odd F2P fight. The community stayed unbelievably strong throughout this period. Jagex then announced that they would be updating BH to be single-way, which gave Brutality new life.

On this first day of single BH Brutality received 150 new applicants within the first 3 days. This enabled them to build up a strong 65 man member list. The early stages of BH would see Brutality slaughtering clans such as Unlimited, Team High Quality and Dark Ascension. Brutality took full and total control of the GMT time zone, and were able to build their banks to unbelievably high amounts during this period. Single BH was the most profitable form of luring, and PKing that Jagex had ever released. Brutality took full advantage of the penalty system, inventing a few lures that saw them rake in billions.

As each member would then be able to afford the maximum gear possible, Brutality decided to take on the RAW list. To do this they had to become a clan, which they did. They lost in total 6/12 clanned members. Brutality then fought FOE for their position on the list and won with ease as FOE (being a pure clan) couldn't touch the gear that Brutality were able to bring in to play. Brutality soon lost interest as the list became increasingly inactive, and it was hard to set up the fights.

BH then saw a decline in the standard of PKers. Ragging and 1 iteming became a common occurrence, and teams such as IL were created primarily to rag Brutality out of the craters. Brutality were untouched by these teams for many weeks, but BH became boring. Brutality allied Reign of Terror (RoT) so that they could fight DI in the EST time zone. They were not able to win many of these runins but they were extremely fun and light-hearted.

Jagex then announced the release of PvP worlds, and Brutality decided to close down recruitment, and pull out of BH until their release. Many Brutality member found refuge in the remake of clan Aggression until that time came.

As the worlds were released Brutality became increasingly active as a team, and soon left AG to reopen. They started over again with a 25 man, hand-picked member list. AG would overwhelm Brutality in the early stages of single due to their MB experience and massive 150 man member list. Brutality then put spies into AG and made sure to hit any of their GMT trips. Bentorq was able to set up some successful single lures with AG. Brutality gradually built up their member list again, and begun to hit more and more of AG's trips, and used their informants to hit them on login multiple times, contributing to the closure of AG.

After a few unsuccessful "branch-off" teams, Brutality had once again sucked single dry of competition. After a few weeks of talk, Brutality leadership decided to take on the multi scene.

Still with a 55 man list Brutality wanted to get a picture of how far they were behind the immediate competition, and asked RoT for a fight. They didn't expect a win at all, but the enthusiasm of doing something new saw Brutality take control of the fight. With excellent leadership from Ben, Brutality managed to compromise RoT's game plan and won the fight in 1 hour, 30 minutes.

After this fight the leaders of Brutality were still unaware of their teams potential, so they decided to declare on RSD. They went into the RSD fight again expecting to come out second best, but other excellent displays of leadership from Ben, Ell01 and Wilson572 Brutality were able to pull the exact same options after the cap had ended, resulting in a draw. Full of expectation Brutality then began to hunt RoT daily. For the first week it would seem that Brutality were the second best multi force in the game, but after RoT came about a serge in power, and regained their stride in multi forcing Brutality out of the running.

Brutality then were hit by and old form of attack, the DDoS. Their forums would be down for weeks on end, and eventually their activity levels dropped until they fell into a slump they would only recover from a month later. Keep the community strong without the aid of forums Brutality then picked themselves up. New officials were appointed to add some enthusiasm to the teams structure. This was enough to motivate a return to the scene as forums got back online.

Brutality's first fight back was against New Bloods. This fight would secure Brutality a place in the top 5. They took the fight with ease, with superior tactics against NB's option advtangae. Brutality caged NB like animals in the center of Greater Demons with a 360degree wall of mages. NB called off returning before the cap had ended. Leadership decided not to rush things this time around, and begun to concentrate attacks on the GMT time zone, getting in practice where they could. They made several attempts to fight Runescape Dinasty (RSD) during this time, used primarily as a measurement of their progress. Teams such as AF and NB were becoming prey to Brutality. It currently appeared that Brutality were rank 4 among all P2P clans. Satisfied with new leadership the only thing that held Brutality back was their small member list, as it was about half the size of the clans around them. They pushed recruitment, and had members recruiting their friends to come and join. Brutality took full control of the GMT time zone, with good leadership from Joe Seward, Ell01, Portugal252, D1e2n3, and Wilson572.

Recruitment had reached an all time high, and Brutality were receiving 30 new applicants each week. This allowed them to build a firm 120 man member list, good enough to challenge anybody in the clan world. After some talk amongst leaders and members Brutality declared, once again on RSD. The build up to this fight was huge. Brutality were convinced this would be the true test of their current form, and they were eager to impress the clan world. After an amazing pump up the day came, and Brutality went onto the battlefield raring to go after an impressive speech from Joe Seward. Brutality pulled 94 people, the largest pull in their history. Filled with confidence Brutality came out flying, and pushed RSD into an early regroup. They took chase, and after only 15 minutes RSD left the battlefield, overwhelmed by the new found power of Team Brutality.

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The aftermath saw more recruits, more motivation and more activity. Brutality were happy with the weekend result but unsatisfied with the length of the fight. A few days later Brutality leaders asked RoT for their second planned fight, agreeing upon a 3 hour cap. Brutality managed to mass 97 people to this fight, to RoT's 88. This was enough to motivate Brutality, along with another speech from Ell01, to perform outstandingly well for a team with such little multi experience. RoT were overwhelmed by Brutality's efforts from start to finish, and called it off after 2 and a half hour of fighting. 2 ranks in 4 days, morale was incredibly high after this.

At this point Brutality had long since reached a level in multi that no team had ever done. Nobody had ever taken a team this far before. RSC began to team up against Brutality in propaganda wars to slow down their recruitment. RoT went to new lows to try and stop F2P clans allowing their members to join Brutality, but agreements were made behind the scenes and their attempts had little affect at all. Brutality then decided to take on their next challenge more cautiously, and offered Damage Incorporated (DI) (the undisputed #1 P2P clan) a 90 minute cap fight. The fight lasted for the entire cap this time, even though Brutality appeared to have the upper hand throughout, never having to regroup, and immediately after ending Brutality stood with 15 more people than DI. After 5 or so minutes calling returners back DI claimed to have the same amount and asked for a draw which was of course laughed at. Brutality were not going to give their first win over DI away for anybody, and posted it up on RSC. This was the end of the good relationship that had came about between DI and Brutality over the previous few weeks.

Hungry for DI's rank, and unimpressed by their performance, Brutality was eager to offer DI a longer fight. For the first time since taking on multi Brutality proposed an uncapped run-ing, 1 week prep. Di accepted and the pump up began. More than ever Brutality wanted to win, and leadership were confident that they would see it happen. The day dawned and everybody on ventrilo was at an all time high. Ventrilo was maxed out early on in the mass, and leadership sought to increase the limit quickly. Ventrilo peaked at 120 people before the fight. The largest pull from Brutality, and any other team ever created in history. The fight begun and it seemed even for the first 15 minutes, until Brutality met an old friend - the DDoS attack. Their ventrilo was crashed, they contacted Ghjjf, DI leader immediately and he offered them time to find another ventrilo. Brutality walked down to Edgeville and begun finding an alternative audio. After 10 minutes DI had posted a win topic on RSC, claiming it was to get back at Brutality for posting their win in the 90 minute cap fight. Enraged, Brutality called off the trip, and promised their members another shot soon.

That chance came only a day later. Brutality set out on an everyday PK trip and bumped into a prepared DI at chaos dwarves. Brutality appeared to be taking control of the fight as more of their members came entered the fight zone, after only 10 minutes of increasing control over the fight, Brutality's audio was hit again by a DDoS attack. Unwilling to fight disadvantaged, Brutality left the fight again. At this point Brutality's forums were attacked for weeks on end, and were struck by another drop in activity. Brutality would then slump for the last time. After a couple of weeks trying to find a decent host the leadership decided that enough was enough. They had accomplished what they wanted, and remembered their original ideals - Brutality had been taken as far as it could have gone. They had scared the clan world. Now the leadership would dissolve Brutality back down into a casual community, and single team to sit back and laugh at all the fuss they caused. We didn't mean any harm did we boys?

Today Brutality is rebuilding in preparation to take on single again, ready to go where the wind blows them. Word has it, though, Damage Incorporated will be very careful when they go out on windy days from now on.

To be continued.