S4 forums
The S4 forums are the second set of Invisionfree forums used by the Wilderness Guardians, from July 2004 to April 2005. These are the only forums to survive the transition from Invisionfree to Tapatalk, and are the clan's oldest surviving forums - they can now be found here.
A switch from WG's S7 forums was made in July of 2004 - the 2004 Synopsis suggests that this was due to S7 being poorly kept, inactive members, and spam - while historical accounts suggest it was an attempt at eradicating spies. The clan's historical timeline and newspost archives differ on whether the switch occurred on the 20th[1] or 30th.[2]
In September of 2004, amidst WG's rivalry with The Synergy, Rick Hamm believed that His Lordship was responsible for hacking Syn's forums. As an act of retaliation, Rick convinced Lord Xin to grant his S4 forum account administrative access, before proceeding to delete the entire contents of the S4 forums, and His Lordship's account itself.[3] Thus, the earliest surviving content starts from 4 September 2004. As of June 2011 the S4 forums had 64,397 posts and 276 registered accounts, with the peak of activity being 46 online members on 10 April 2005.
Around 24 April 2005, multiple members of WG had their RuneScape accounts hacked and the contents of their banks taken, and it was believed to be a forum issue.[4] WG made the decision to switch to the S10 forums on 25 April 2005, after approximately 9 months of the S4 days.[5]
References
- ↑ Wildguard History, The Wilderness Guardians. Archived from the original on 30 August 2004, retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ↑ Clan News, The Wilderness Guardians. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004, retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ↑ His Lordship (using Lord Xin's account) (4 September 2004), "Whats Happened To The Forums", S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ His Lordship (24 April 2005), "The Defection", S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ His Lordship (25 April 2005), "New Clan Forums", S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
