Anniversary

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The Clan Anniversary, sometimes called the Clanniversary, is a series of events held annually to celebrate the inception of the Wilderness Guardians on December 6th of 2003.

Overview

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 December 6th, however in later years and as more events were scheduled, the celebrations would take place over the course of several (typically 7) days - either in the weeks leading up to or following December 6th, though for some Anniversaries events were hosted as late as the following year. An Anniversary has been held every year since 2004 except for 2006 and 2011. The Anniversary generally has a specific board or boards created on the Forums and there may be as many as 20 different events.

Event Types

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
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
Clan Quest/Da Lordy Code	Trying to find His Lordship in-game as he releases various clues	2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
Conga/Congo Line	Creating a long line by following each other in a crowded area	2004, 2005, 2007
Dance Party	Follow-dancing in a crowded area	2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
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
Fishing Trawler/Trawler Trip	Taking part in the Fishing Trawler minigame	2004, 2005, 2007
Flower Power	Planting many flowers using mithril seeds in a crowded area	2008
Hide and Seek	Members hide and try to find each other in-game	2004, 2005
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
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
Megaraid	A large-scale PKing Trip, usually requiring mandatory attendance	2009, 2010
Musical Chairs	Musical chairs played in a Player-Owned House dining room with music played over voice chat	2008, 2009, 2010
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
Pokemon Battle	A Clan Wars battle where members use their Summoning familiars to fight (RS2/RS3)	2008
Public Drop Party	A drop party funded by the clan to which all players are invited	2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010
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	Details unknown	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	Details unknown	2010
Veteran War	A war at the wilderness Bandit Camp with older clan members in steel and newer members in Rune	2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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

Special Events

Certain events which are considered cornerstones to the Anniversary are:

Veteran War

The Veteran War is a fun inter-clan fight which takes place at the Bandit Camp in the Wilderness. 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 the clan for at least two years, though this is subject to the leadership's decision based on the event attendance. A veteran war has been held every year for which there has been an Anniversary.

The clan traditionally masses at the Varrock west bank (though in later years they have massed at Falador instead), and walks to the Monastery where members pick cabbages for food. This is a reinactment of the clan's first Raid in December of 2003. The clan then makes their way up to the Bandit Camp. Veterans defend from inside the camp and arrange themselves in a west-to-east line. The non-veterans then charge and attack, commencing the battle. The non-veterans have always been victorious, as a symbol of the clan's progress since its inception.

Clan Quest

The Clan Quest, also called Da Lordy Code is an event in which His Lordship hides somewhere in-game, and members are challenged with finding him. To do this, His Lordship releases clues as to his location, which have come in many forms including riddles, Flash animations, and even musical snippets. The Clan Quest is considered one of the most challenging events of the Anniversary, and has been held every year for which there has been an Anniversary except for 2007.

Photo Shoot

The Photo Shoot involves the clan dressing up 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 held every year for which there has been an Anniversary.

Firefest

The Firefest involves co-ordinating the clan to start hundreds of fires which cover a large area in-game. A Firefest has been held every year for which there has been an Anniversary.

WG Anniversaries

2004

The clan's first Anniversary was scheduled to commence on December 11th of 2004. After discussion, the first day took place on the 11th as planned, but the majority of events were held separately from the 19th to the 24th.

Day 1 on the 11th consisted of the Veteran War, Firefest, and concluded with a F2P clan-only drop party. Prior to the start, a Bronze war with The Federation was held a few hours earlier, but it is not considered part of the Anniversary celebrations.

Day 2 on the 19th initially had 2 events planned: Duel Arena and Agility Arena. The first took place as planned, and His Lordship handed out items such as Dragonstone amulets as prizes to anyone who could defeat him. The event was followed by Castle Wars, rather than Agility, and the Saradomin team won every round.

Day 3 on the 20th had 4 events. For the first 3, the clan jokingly changed their name to the "Wildy Fr00bs" and held a parade in Falador, a Congo Line and the Marketplace Disruption, in which they attempted to sell "poo". The clan name was reverted for the final event - a Fancy Dress contest which was won by Palidore.

Day 4 on the 21st had 2 events: the Photo Shoot and a public, P2P Drop Party. Themes for the Photo Shoot ranged from the "Nerd Club" to the "Dark Lords". Many Rune and Dragon items were dropped at the subsequent drop party, and the clan was wished happy birthday by many non-WG members as well.

Day 5 on the 22nd had Hide and Seek and Scavenger Hunt events planned. The Hide and Seek took place which was similar to the Clan Quest, and His Lordship gave away 500,000 GP in Rune items as prizes for the winners. After, the Scavenger Hunt event was replaced with a Kalphite Queen mass. The event was described as "interesting", with a note that no one lost anything of great value - suggesting that there were a considerable number of deaths.

Day 6 on the 23rd had 3 planned events: the Clan Quest, a King Black Dragon mass and a clan-only P2P drop party. For the Clan Quest, His Lordship was located on the first floor of the Varrock Castle. The KBD mass took place after as planned, but instead of the drop party to conclude, a Trawler Trip was hosted instead.

Day 7 was planned for the 24th of December, but postponed to January 7th, 2005. It involved a large-scale Iron war at the Demonic Ruins in the Wilderness. The Synergy, Fear, Legends Legion, The Sabres and WG all took part. Unfortunately, the fight was crashed by Zeonic Forces, with allegations of Damage Incorporated having been present as welll. The previously-postponed P2P drop party took place afterwards, where over 3,000,000 GP value in items was dropped. After the party, His Lordship declared the 2004 Anniversary to have concluded.

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, where 10,000,000 GP in items was dropped by Vio.