Clan:Damage Incorporated

Chapter One: The idea to create DI

(X Bigaboys X)

Around the beginning of March 2004 I was taking Bifa out to pirates and Runescape Dinasty attacked her and killed her. I pjed babym who had killed Bifa and then Rsd started to attack me. We argued on the boards for some time. The next day I was training in pirates with a friend. Rsd came along and started to attack the friend, I didn.t mind but then the friend suicide on me and Lord Omar got the kill, Rsd didn.t even ask me for the items xpure kingsx pjed me and a lot of Rsd members started to range and mage me. That was it for me I was done with Rsd.

At this time I was 96 hp combat level 111. I decided I couldn.t wait till 99hp to make a clan so I spoke to Xcyclonewolf, leylen, keth x and laser line about making a site. Laser line was paying for a board. I asked leylen and xwolf to lead the new clan we were making with me and laser line just thought he was going to be made a leader and since I wanted 5 I decided to let him join in.

I asked everyone on my friends list if they wanted to join DI and so DI started out from my friends list. We created an avidgamers site just for the meantime with the member list posted on the front page so the members and outsiders could see who was in DI.

Mob Dog heard of DI and asked if he could lead also. I let him join as a leader and so it was x Bigaboys x, xcyclonewolf, Leylen, Laser line and Mob Dog. We created an invision forum while we waited for Laser line.

Laser line finished the new paid boards and deleted the invision board. During his first minutes as a leader he was pretty much a tyrant and wanted everything his way, so I spoke to Leylen Wolf and Mob and we booted Laser Line from DI and I convinced Mob and Leylen to not abandon the DI idea. So we made the invision forums again.

On the 5th of March 2004 DI was officially opened.

Chapter Two: RSD vs. DI

With the full release of RS2 coming at the end of March 2004, DI quickly rises to 100 members by May of that year. At this time there was only one clan that high level players could join and actively pk with, RSD. By late May and early June it became obvious that DI was becoming a real alternative for people to join. It was also around this time that RSD and DI began to clash in P2P wilderness. While DI held the upper hand in P2P, RSD remained the better clan in F2P.

By late June DI has 142 members as opposed to RSDs 102 and it was clear that DI was soon going to declare war on RSD for the #1 spot. Livinlarge21 and I agree upon a date for a war, which is set as the 17th of July 2004. As per the conditions of the war RSD and DI stop recruiting. RSD has 252 members and DI has 154. RSD having gained 140 members in a month as opposed to DI only gaining 10.

July 17th 2004

DI heads into the war with a 100 person turnout, as opposed to RSDs 150. As expected given the turnouts RSD wins the war.

July 20th 2004

Unexpectedly, Livinlarge21 announces that he is closing RSD, handing DI the title of #1 clan in Runescape.

Chapter Three: The Power Struggle

(Ghjjf)

It was around late 2004 when x Bigaboys x activity had began to decline noticeably. There would be weeks at a time when he would not be able to come online due to real life problems. Several DI members including Kulrich and Ghjjf took it upon themselves to step up and do as much as we could to help in their leaders absence.

It was also around this time an RSD spin-off emerged in the form of Empire of Honour led by Tammy7738. Many former RSD members joined in hope of re-claiming the number 1 spot from DI.

The Damage Inc. Shadows Project is created as a way to war The Alliance which outnumbers DI 7-1. MilesJamal is given full control over the new project. Ashley & Mob Dog are sent to assist him.

MilesJamal having to lead both DI & DIS is under a lot of stress. Lil Jayman attacks DI members and Ashley refuses to do anything about him. Ashley requests to leave DI and only lead DIS. MilesJamal refuses her request and so deletes her and Lil Jayman from DI. Ashley starts up rumours on DIS boards to turn DIS against DI and so she forms a new clan luring DIS members with lies against DI. MilesJamal is forced to close DIS due to Ashley sending in many spy accounts.

Milesjamal and Fir3g0d are forced to promote Kulrich and Ghjjf to the rank of Officer to try and return things to normal.

With fresh leadership and new ideas DI began to bounce back, crushing the returning BDK within a week and defeating EOH in several key f2p mini wars.

DI vs. Mystic Knights - November 28th 2004

DI and MK would go to war on this day, with DI having 161 members and MK having 211. MK managed to pull 399+ options (actual figure unknown) where as DI only managed to mass 300 options. In what was an extremely one sided fight, DI managed to clear the battlefield of all MK within 15 minutes.

December 18th 2004

Due to issues which were unknown at the time, Fir3g0d decides he wants to leave DI. Later it would become clear that he was not happy with a decision which was going to be made in the coming days.

December 23rd 2004

X Bigaboys X decides that he is no longer going to be able to lead DI. Kulrich, Milesjamal and Ghjjf are promoted to leaders of DI. In the coming days Fir3g0d opens a new clan, Rebels At War (RAW). Although at first considered a threat, RAW never amounted to much and quietly closed shortly thereafter.

Chapter Four: The Devils Clan

The Devils Clan at this time was growing increasingly strong. DI and Devils would engage in weekly P2P miniwars. These miniwars would earn The Devils Clan a lot of respect among DI members and they were viewed as the only clan not afraid to fight on P2P.

10th of January 2005

Bronxie approaches Ghjjf and Kulrich requesting an official war with DI. There are high expectations of Devils Clan and many think that they might possibly pull off a victory due to their high amount of members.

Shortly before the war, some Devils members felt that the clans name was being left down, in an attempt to recruit for the war, this led members such as Metallica100, Centur1on and Pure Celtic to leave Devils Clan and create their own clan, ND.. Your days are numbered.

5th of February 2005

All that day neither Bronxie nor Ekaggen are seen online, never the less, DI gathers in edgeville. A small force of loyal Devils clan members also gathers, the outcome was certain before either clan had even entered wildy. Ghjjf leads DI out of edgeville with 117 people. Devils set off with 25 people.

Shortly thereafter Devils would close, with many of its members joining DI at a later stage.

Chapter Five: A New Beginning

17th of February

X Bigaboys X makes a surprise return to Rs and DI.

He makes a post explaining why he had to quit DI, stating that Kulrich misled him and forced him into retirement. He also states that he will not be demoting Ghjjf from leader of Di as rumours had suggested. It will never be known if what X Bigaboys X said about Kulrich was true or not. Kulrich is outraged at these accusations and announces that she is leaving DI. Milesjamal will also leave DI later that day feeling betrayed by X Bigaboys X. The next day Kulrich and Fir3g0d will open a clan, Runescape Renegades with Milesjamal as co leader. At first, no DI will leave for Rr. As X bigaboys X had stated in his post, it was his return to Rs, however he was not seen for a few days after making the post, and members began to get worried. Ghjjf reassured his members that X bigaboys X was just busy in real life and would return full time soon, however the releasing of a picture by Charlie 187 in which X bigaboys X states he will close down DI soon did nothing to improve the situation.

Ghjjf confronts X bigaboys X and he assures him DI is not closing down, however X bigaboys X tells him he has plans to start a new clan. Ghjjf will be left as sole leader of DI and X bigaboys X will be no longer involved in the running of DI. Ghjjf requests that X bigaboys X will give him a prior warning of the opening of his new clan.

The next day Ghjjf finds that X Bigaboys X has gone ahead and opened his clan without warning him as he said he would. X Bigaboys X then removes himself from DI site and gives root admin to Ghjjf. X Bigaboys X new clan is called Nemesis. 1 DI member leaves for X Bigaboys X clan. This enrages him and he decides to try taking it out on Ghjjf and the DI site which is now rightful property of Ghjjf. X Bigaboys X misleads Kulrich and tells her that Ghjjf has stolen DI site off him. He then instructs her to use her contacts with invision and have him restored as root admin on DI site so he can delete it. When word of this gets out, Tomiz creates a new site along with the assistance of Supergoten23, Celiousgod and Ghjjf.

The next day Ghjjf finds that his powers, and in fact all but X Bigaboys X powers have been removed from the old site, and X Bigaboys X has made a post that he closing DI even after he was not the rightful owner of the clan anymore. Loyal DI members let X Bigaboys X have it and he proceeds to get flamed by members which were once loyal to him. Ghjjf refuses to let X Bigaboys X close DI and continues to lead DI using the new site. Slowly but surely the transition is complete. X Bigaboys X attempts to hit back at Ghjjf but it is already too late. Nemesis boards were shut down the next day unexplainably.

With DI now having only 1 leader, Supergoten23 is promoted to King of DI and Bibbleboy to Supreme Commander, Panzer Pure is promoted to Head Warlord.

Some view DI as a clan in decline, and believe it is only a matter of time before it falls from number 1. In a chain reaction, several high level and high ranking members leave for Tr. Panzer Pure is among the highest ranking to leave. Tomiz takes up his position of Head Warlord.

Eventually as a result of DI ending TRs pk trips repeatedly, TR starts to go into decline, until one day it quietly closes with its leaders quitting rs.

Chapter Six: The Summer of 05'

15th of April 2005

Unexpectedly, Zeonic Forces declares war on DI. DI accepts and the 15th of April is the agreed date. ZF manages to pull 399+ options where as DI only pulls 350. Heavily outnumbered, DI still manages to pull a victory off, all be it a close one. DI wins the war with only 30 people remaining. Afterwards there are heated exchanges on TIP.IT with ZF claiming DI cheated. Ultimately, this war was to prove as one of ZFs last stands, as they closed several months later.

25th of June 2005 After a number of run ins, miniwars and heated exchanges, it is finally time for DI and TD to go to war. DI pulls 144 people, while TD manages to pull an equally impressive 140 people. DI being the much more experienced clan in F2P pulls off an easy victory, winning the war with some 80 people remaining. The fight provided TD with somewhat of a boost for the next few months, but eventually they began to slip away and close.

DI controls the wilderness

For much of the rest of the summer DI was considered unbeatable in any form of the game. Clans would end pk trips at word of DI coming out. With the closure of ZF, many people found themselves clanless. Some of these former ZF joined DI, where as the bulk joined the re-surgent RSD. RSD and DI once again enjoyed many close fought and intense clashes.

Chapter Seven: Dark Slayers

8th of September 2005

Dark Slayers unexpectedly declare war on DI. Ghjjf accepts and the war will take place on 24th of September. Prior to this, DS and DI had little or no contact with each other and had only fought each other once.

Damage Inc. Vs Dark Slayers - 24th of September 2005

One of the most controversial moments in DIs history would occur on this day.

DI set out with 120 people. DS on the other hand had somewhere between 160-170 people. This war was going to start the most intense rivalry in the history of RS2. It would go on the last for nearly 18 months without cease. The rest, as they say, is history.

Chapter Eight: Fighting on all fronts

Despite having lost the war with DS, many people still ranked DI as the number 1 clan in RS due to DI repeatedly defeating DS in PKRI's after the war. DI would defeat DS 6 times until one faithful night in February that would change everything.

F2P

2006 would be the year of DI and DS. In terms of options no other clan would ever come close to either of these two for all of that year. Although for the opening weeks of the year DI would maintain the upper hand in fights and generally maintain control over the GMT and early EST hours, eventually DS worked out a tactic that was unused before that time. The basic idea was that if DS came out at 5pm EST, they could out return DI into a time zone where DI would start to lose options. In terms of organization DI would always maintain the upper hand, but simply could not secure the victory due to the fight going until the early hours of the morning, where DS would benefit greatly from having a large AEST member base. Although the fights may not have gone DI's way, they provided some of the best motivation for DI and DS that two clans could ever experience. Both clans would pull 399 options with ease regardless of preparation for the fight. These were some of the best and worst times in DI's history. Anyone who was a DI member during those days could truly say they were proud of their clan and would die for DI as many times as they had to.P2P

It was also around 2006 a old opponent would emerge on P2P in the form of TD. Due to the fact that DI had a much large member list, TD knew they couldn.t outnumber DI in any mainstream time zone if they got into a fight with DI at magebank. Instead they invented a new tactic, which would become known as "hit and run". As opposed to actually fighting DI at magebank, TD would rush in with as many people as they could mass, attempt to kill as many DI as possible, then leave as soon as DI began to fight back. At first these "hit and run" tactics of TD were of little success and therefore little concern to DI. However towards the summer these tactics started to become successful and it was decided by Ghjjf and dkm- that something must be done about them. Through all means accessible to them, Ghjjf and dkm- started to build up an elaborate spy network within TD. At first these spies were used to counter these attacks of TD at magebank, however later on Ghjjf would give dkm- the green light to go and kill TD off. Within two months of that day TD would be closing its doors for a second time.

Chapter Nine: And then there was one..

2007 looked like it was going to be a promising year. DI was coming ever closer to defeating DS in F2P and several TD spin-offs failed from the get go. Many believed DI were only another one or two fights away from overcoming DS tactic of attempting to outlast DI. With DS going for their 16th straight victory over DI, many felt this was going to be the fight where DI finally overcame DS. For 6 hours straight DI would run DS all over wilderness. With the time approaching 5am GMT Ghjjf decided enough was enough and despite being in control of the fight DI walked off the battlefield. We all knew that the next fight would be ours. In what was probably the most unexpected move in recent years, Franzk announced to the clan community that Dark Slayers was closing for business. The real reasons for this can still only be speculated till this day, with many different theories emerging. Was it to keep their record intact? Was it because they didn't want Franzk becoming leader? No one will ever know the truth. The only thing people knew was that DI was once again the number 1 clan in Runescape. Although it seemed as if DI had won the war, this victory singled the end of the road for many DI members who had given years of service, the motivation was just gone. Many old school DI members would retire from the game in the coming weeks and months.

Chapter Ten: The Great Depression

The war with DS had ended, DI was number one, and there was nothing for us to do anymore. A few clans tried to take us on for the number one spot, but all came short. Many members began to retire and quit out of sheer boredom. DI's member list went from the high 100s to the low 100s in a period of a few months. Activity began to slump and DI would soon lose its number one rank. Radical changes were needed in the way DI did business if DI wanted to return to its former glory. Although these changes were successful in the long term, there were some major obstacles to overcome. Several DI members left to join a clan known as AG. Over the coming months they would convince friends in still in DI to betray DI and spy for AG. Although these spies were caught within days, some even within hours, it would be several months before DI was able to regain the upper hand at mage bank.

Chapter Eleven: New Territory

Everything was starting to look up for DI when suddenly jagex made an announcement that wilderness had been removed from the game. This came as a surprise to everyone. Everything we had ever known was gone from us. No more multi wilderness, no more single pking, no more anything. Everything was replaced by a new games called "Bounty Hunter" and "Clan Wars Arena". Everyone thought this was the end of clans, which it very well was for most clans. Many clans have never rebuilt to what they were before this change.

Bounty Hunter

At first when BH opened it was a multi way combat zone. Only two clans were in any way competitive in P2P BH. DI and Reign of Terror (RoT) had numerous battles here, both clans winning and losing as many as each other. Eventually people adjusted to using BH as a way of having clan fights, when suddenly jagex decided to change it to single way combat only. This meant clans were going to be forced to have inter clan fights in Clan Wars arena. At first DI did not enjoy much success in single BH, as there was a lack of interest in it. Eventually however DI started to take control of BH and from then until the return of PvP worlds DI ruled BH as the #1 clan in that area.

Clan Wars Arena

During the clan wars era, DI enjoyed little success, mostly due to the lack of interest. However DI did manage to pull off a few key victories in clan tournaments, such as several comprehensive wins over RSD.

Chapter Twelve: A Return To The Old

With the return of PVP worlds, DI was quick to re-establish its dominance in P2P multi. Since the return of PvP worlds, DI has only suffered two defeats in high level P2P wilderness. DI has also re-established itself as a top contender in F2P multi wilderness. To be continued..

Chapter Thirteen: Oldee School RS...

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Other Notable Members not already mentioned:

Dark Sora100, Filed, Flako Rlz, Fuddy, Joeblogs111, N G C, Radicalsurfu, Sircoolio, The Lord88, Tomisme

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