WG vs Crimson Raiders

RuneScape Clan War

Wilderness Guardians vs Crimson Raiders
WG greeting CR in the Clan Wars lobby
Date	3 January 2009
Type	F2P Knock-Out
Location	Clan Wars
Clans Involved
Wilderness Guardians 61 members Defending	Crimson Raiders 49 members Attacking
Terms of War
F2P Knock-Out One week prep Melee + Binds No infinite run Rings allowed North side attacks No corrupt equipment
Result
WG victory with 36 members remaining CR cleared

The Wilderness Guardians vs Crimson Raiders (WG vs CR) was a RuneScape 2 clan war which took place on 3 January 2009. It was the first memorable war for WG which took place outside of the Wilderness (in the Clan Wars arena), and WG's victory over CR gained WG rank #10 on the fansite RuneScape Community's "RAW list".

Background

Throughout most of 2008 WG had been focusing on other aspects of the clan, such as the sectors and their first real life meetings - only near the end of the year did they attempt a return to competitive PvP. One major aspect of this was signing up for the RAW list - a ranking system hosted by the RuneScape fansite RuneScape Community, in which ranks were determined by fights in the Clan Wars arena. WG vs CR was the most significant war in regards to WG's RAW list campaign; the win resulted them acquiring their highest rank of #10.

Pre-War Speech

His Lordship gave a short pre-war speech to the clan prior to the start of the fight - it is the earliest known example of his pre-war speeches in existence.

The Fight

A screenshot taken near the end of the war, with 37 WG and 15 CR remaining

WG pulled 61 members to the fight, giving them a 12-man lead over CR's 49. Having been positioned south, WG was the defending clan. The fight commenced, and the gap of around 10 players remained fairly equal until around 10 minutes in. With 42 WG and 31 CR remaining, CR chose to pile council member Kingrandy0 who tanked them for a considerable amount of time while WG managed to gain 4 kills on CR. At this point, CR's KO power had diminished significantly by this point, and though they continued to gain a few more kills throughout the remainder of the fight, the gap steadily increased in WG's favour. With 36 WG and approximately 12 CR left alive, CR stopped getting kills and WG's victory was secured.

Aftermath

The victory marked WG's peak on the RAW list, and was considered an incredible achievement. The war also recieved recognition from the wider RuneScape community - a screenshot of WG spread out in the Clan Wars lobby as they greeted CL became another of the clan's most popular and impressive pieces of media.

A video of His Lordship's speech was uploaded to YouTube by Gorgemaster after the war. Two videos of the fight were produced, both of which were around 9-10 minutes - one by Kingrandy0, and one by 30 Str 0wnz. Both were uploaded to YouTube the following day (4 January), though Kingrandy0's version became significantly more popular.