Anniversary
The Clan Anniversary, sometimes called the Clanniversary, is an annual series of events held to celebrate the birth of the Wilderness Guardians on 6 December 2003.
Anniversary celebrations are held once a year and consist of a series of in-game events, many of which are open to the public. In the early years, all events were hosted on and around the clan's birthday on the 6th of December; however in later years and as more events were scheduled, the celebrations would take place over the course of several weeks, occasionally in the days leading up to the 6th of December, and often in the following year. The anniversary generally has its own specific board or boards created on the Forums and there may be as many as 20 different events for members of the clan (and occasionally the public) to attend.
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WG Anniversaries
| Year/Main Article | Dates/Days | Events (RS2) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Events (OSRS) | Events (RS3) | ||
| 2004 Anniversary | 11 December 2004-7 January 2005 (7 Days) | Veteran War, Firefest, Drop Parties (3), Duelling Contest, Castle Wars, Wildy Fr00bs (3), Fancy Dress Contest, Photo Shoot, Hide and Seek, Kalphite Queen, Clan Quest, King Black Dragon, Trawler Trip, Iron War (18 Events) | |
| 2005 Anniversary | January–February 2006 (4 Days) | Veteran War, Firefest, Drop Parties (2), Conga Line, Photo Shoot, Trawler Trip, Duelling Contest, Wildy Fr00bs (3), Clan Quest, Hide and Seek, Raid (15 Events) | |
| 2006 | None, due to D-Day and His Lordship's third permanent ban. | ||
| 2007 Anniversary | 2007 (2+ Days) | Flower Power, Firefest, Castle Wars, Veteran War, Firefest, Drop Party, Conga Line, Photo Shoot, Trawler Trip, Duelling Contest (10+ Events) | |
| 2008 Anniversary | 6–23 December 2008 (8 Days) | Firefest, Drop Party, Conga Line, Race Through Taverly Dungeon, Flower Power, Musical Chairs, Tombstone Bombing, Bandit Crashing, Clan Quest, Photo Shoot, Snowball Fight, Zombie, Dance Party, Games Room, Rogues Den, Pokemon Battle, Bronze War, ARPKing Trip, Karaoke (19 Events) | |
| 2009 Anniversary | 7-28 March 2010 (5 Days) | Veteran War, Drop Party, Firefest, Megaraid, Musical Chairs, Race to the Throne, Snowball Fight, iSketch, Barrel Bombing, Zombie, Dance Party, Scavenger Hunt, Streets of Ardougne, Campfire Stories, Clan Quest, Photo Shoot (16 Events) | |
| 2010 Anniversary | 22-30 January 2011 (7 Days) | Veteran War, Drop Party, Firefest, Clan Quest, Ultimate Runescapez, Market Crash, Snowball Fight, Megaraid, Rubik's Cube, Zombie, The Great Race, Dance Party, Brimhaven Agility Races, Trouble Brewing, Campfire Stories, iSketch (16 Events) | |
| 2011 | None - attempts were made to organise but all fell through[1]. | ||
| 2012 | None - once again all attempts to organise fell through[2]. | ||
| 2013 Anniversary | 18–19 January 2014 (2 Days) | Firefest, Photo Shoot (RS3/OSRS), Clan Quest (3 Events) | Veteran War, Citadel Party, Photo Shoot(RS3/OSRS) (3 Events) |
| 2014 | None, due to His Lordship's retirement. | ||
| 2015 | None, as with 2014[3]. | ||
| 2016 Anniversary | 3–6 December 2016 (4 Days) | Veteran War, Firefest, Photo Shoot, Drop Party (4 Events) | Veteran War, Firefest, Photo Shoot, Drop Party (4 Events) |
| 2017 Anniversary | 9 December 2017 (1 Day) | Deadman Seasonals, Veteran War, Firefest, Drop Party, Hide and Seek, (4 Events) | Veteran War, Drop Party (2 Events) |
| 2018 Anniversary | 8 December 2018 (1 Day) | Corporeal Beast, Flower Bombing, Veteran War, Drop Party, PK trip (5 Events) | Veteran War, Drop Party, Kalphite King (3 Events) |
| 2019 Anniversary | 7 December 2019 (1 Day) | Corporeal Beast, Flower Bombing, Veteran War, Drop Party, PK trip (5 Events) | Veteran War, Drop Party, WildyWyrm (3 Events) |
DG Anniversary
WG's junior clan the Descendant Guardians has celebrated one anniversary. This took place on June 20th 2012, exactly one year after The Reckoning in which the third iteration of DG was established.
Four events were held in total, lasting over four hours over the course of the single day. Each of the three staff members (Leader Vio and advisors Mojo and Koffin Cat) organised one. Mojo's event "Battle Royale" came first which was a no-limits fight in the battlefield of WG's Clan Citadel. This was followed by Koffin Cat's "One Night In Cabbage" – a cabbage-bombing event at the Grand Exchange. Vio's "Steel of Legends" came third, in which DG and allies BlacKnights took part in a steel war (with rune weapons) in the Wilderness. The celebrations ended with "The Rebirth" – a drop party for both WG and DG in the Citadel, hosted by Vio who dropped a number of items with a value totalling to over 10,000,000 coins.
Events
Events which have taken place during anniversary celebrations are:
| Event Name | Event Description | Years Held |
|---|---|---|
| Bandit Crashing | Crashing other players training at the Bandit Camp in the Kharidian Desert. | 2008 |
| Barrel Bombing | Dropping many barrels (a large in-game item) in a crowded area. | 2009 |
| Brimhaven Agility Races | A competitive race in the Brimhaven agility dungeon. | 2010 |
| Bronze War | A F2P war with only bronze armour. | 2008 |
| Burthope Games Room | Competing against each other in the the various minigames. | 2008 |
| Campfire Stories | Telling stories in voice chat while sitting around a fire in-game. | 2009, 2010 |
| Castle Wars | Competing in Castle Wars matches, either inter-clan or teaming together in a populated world. | 2004 |
| Citadel Party | A tour of and various games in the Clan Citadel. | 2013 |
| Clan Quest/Da Lordy Code | Trying to find His Lordship in-game as he releases various clues. | 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 |
| Conga/Congo Line | Creating a long line by following each other in a crowded area. | 2004, 2005, 2007 |
| Corporeal Beast | Killing the Corporeal Beast as a mass. | 2018 |
| Dance Party | Follow-dancing in a crowded area. | 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| Deadman Seasonals | Taking part in the Deadman Seasonal Tournament. | 2017 |
| Drop Party | A drop party funded by the staff or clan bank, occasionally held publicly. | 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Duel Arena/Duelling Contest | A fighting competition between members at the Duel Arena. | 2004, 2005, 2007 |
| Fancy Dress Contest | A competition between members for the best in-game outfit. | 2004 |
| Firefest | Lighting many fires in a designated or crowded area. | 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017 |
| Fishing Trawler | Taking part in the Fishing Trawler minigame. | 2004, 2005, 2007 |
| Flower Power | Planting many flowers using mithril seeds in a crowded area. | 2008, 2018 |
| Hide and Seek | Members hide and try to find each other in-game. | 2004, 2005, 2017 |
| Iron War | A F2P war with only iron armour (Rune scimitars may be allowed). | 2004 |
| iSketch | An out-of-game event where members draw an object and the other players guess at what it is. | 2009, 2010 |
| Kalphite Queen | Killing the Kalphite Queen as a mass. | 2004 |
| Karaoke | Singing Karaoke on voice chat. | 2008 |
| King Black Dragon | Killing the King Black Dragon as a mass. | 2004 |
| Market Crash/Marketplace Disruption | Disrupting a trading area such as the Varrock Bank or Grand Exchange with spam and/or items. | 2004, 2005, 2010 |
| Musical Chairs | Musical chairs played in a Player-Owned House dining room with music played over voice chat. | 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| PK Trip/Megaraid | A large-scale traditional PK trip. | 2009, 2010, 2018 |
| Race through Taverly Dungeon | A competitive race through the long and complex Taverly dungeon. | 2008 |
| Race to the Throne | A race to the Clan House's Throne Room. | 2009 |
| Photo Shoot | The clan gathering in a specific in-game costume for the purpose of screenshots. | 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016 |
| Pokemon Battle | A Clan Wars battle where members use their Summoning familiars to fight (RS2/RS3). | 2008 |
| Rogues Den | Competing in the Rogues Den minigame. | 2008 |
| Rubber Chicken War | A fun war using only rubber chickens. | 2005 |
| Rubik's Cube | Players wear six items of different colours, and trade to try and acquired a full set of one colour. | 2010 |
| Scavenger Hunt | Players are tasked with acquiring specific items and competing to collect them. | 2009 |
| Snowball Fight | A fun war using only wind strike. | 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| Streets of Ardougne | A pickpocketing/thieving competition in Ardougne. | 2009 |
| Suicide Tombstone Bombing | Players would suicide to fill a populated area with gravestones (RS2/RS3). | 2008 |
| Tinychat Challenge | An out-of-game event where competitions are held in voice/video chat. | 2010 |
| The Great Race | A long distance race across RuneScape from Oo'glog to Burgh de Rott. | 2010 |
| Trouble Brewing | Competing in the Trouble Brewing minigame. | 2010 |
| Ultimate RuneScapez | A resource-collecting competition. | 2010 |
| Veteran War | A war at the wilderness Bandit Camp with older clan members in steel and newer members in Rune. | All Anniversaries |
| War | A traditional planned fight with another clan. | 2010 |
| Wildy Fr00bs | A collection of various events. | 2004, 2005 |
| Zombie | A tag/tig-like game where players hide in-game, and if found they become "zombies" and join the search. | 2008, 2009, 2010 |
The only event which has taken place during every anniversary is the Veteran War.
Special Events
There are a handful of events which are considered cornerstones to the anniversaries.
Veteran War
The Veteran War is an inter-clan war which serves as a reenactment of the clan's first PK trip in December of 2003, as well as being symbolic of the clan's progress. A veteran war has been held every year for which there has been an anniversary, and from 2016 onwards there have been two per anniversary (one in Old-School RuneScape and one in RuneScape 3).
The clan traditionally masses at the western bank in Falador, where members who attend are divided into two groups: veterans (who wear full steel armour and wield steel 2h swords), and non-veterans who have standard F2P fight gear (generally full Rune armour). Members who are considered veterans have usually been in WG for at least two years, or have attended a previous anniversary[4] - though this is subject to the leadership's decision based on the event attendance.
The clan then marches to the Monastery where members pick cabbages for food, as was done in 2003. Both groups make their way up to the Bandit Camp in the Wilderness, and the Veterans set up to defend inside, arranging themselves in a west-to-east line facing south. The non-veterans charge and attack (usually from the south entrance), and the battle commences. The non-veterans have always been victorious in a symbol of the clan's progress, while the veterans would end up in the "Lumbridge Club".
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2007
2008
2009
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2013
2016 (OSRS)
2016 (RS3)
Clan Quest
The Clan Quest (in early years called Da Lordy Code, a play on "DaVinci Code") was an event in which His Lordship would hide at an in-game location, and members were challenged with finding him. The event would have a separate section of the Forum created with password-protected boards housing a series of clues - these came in many forms including riddles, Flash animations, and even musical snippets. The Clan Quest was considered one of the most challenging events of the anniversary but has not been held since 2013 due to His Lordship's retirement.
Photo Shoot
The Photo Shoot involves the clan members dressing in a pre-determined costume of the leadership's choice and take part in various activities such as performing synchronised emotes for the purpose of obtaining impressive and memorable screenshots. Some historical costumes are black and white wizard robes (2005), Pirates and Ninjas (2008), and Spartans (2009). A Photo Shoot has been planned or held almost every anniversary.
Firefest
The Firefest involves co-ordinating the clan to start hundreds of fires which cover a large area in-game, usually north of Falador or - in later years - at the Grand Exchange. These are considered symbolic - as if they are thousands of birthday candles. A Firefest has been held almost every anniversary.
References
- ↑ Wayshow, 15 January 2012, Anniversary, SMF
- ↑ Mojo, 7 January 2013, Gene - Anniversary, SMF
- ↑ Mojo, 1 December 2015, Birthday Topic, SMF
- ↑ His Lordship, 12 January 2014, Day One, SMF
