2008 Anniversary
The 2008 Anniversary was a celebration of the 5th Anniversary of the Wilderness Guardians, and consisted of 18 different events over the course of 8 days - making it one of the longest and most successful Anniversaries throughout the clan's history.
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Preparation
Planning for the Anniversary began in November, with the intention of it being a seven-day series of events beginning on the clan's birthday of December 6th[1]. His Lordship also produced a public Flash movie for the event, inviting players from the wider RuneScape community to attend the first day[2]. Additionally, it was decided that WG members would wear a designated costume for the majority of the events[3], consisting of:
- Tribal Mask (tan)
- Tribal Top (pink)
- Villager Robe (pink)
- Villager Sandals (brown)
- Team-9 Cape
Day One
6 December 2008
Day 1 was held on the clan's 5th birthday, and involved the Veteran War, a Firefest in Falador, and a public drop party with over 20,000,000 coins worth of items dropped for the public in the Falador party room[4]. There was also a "mystery event" at the end, in which the WG members dressed in black wizard robes formed the shape of a penis.
Day Two
7 December 2008
Day 2 began with a race through the Taverly Dungeon on a PvP world, with the goal of killing His Lordship (won by Anatcrafter); a Flower Power event where the clan covered the Grand Exchange and Falador with flowers using mithril seeds. A Stealing Creation minigame event was also planned, but no screenshots survive and it is unclear if the event took place[5].
Day Three
12 December 2008
Day 3 was planned to have a photo shoot with the theme of seasons (fall/winter/spring/summer)[6], but this was cancelled and another photo shoot with a different theme took place later in the Anniversary. The events which took place were: Musical Chairs in the Clan House to music played over TeamSpeak; and a planned Market Crash which became "Suicide Tombstone Bombing", where WG members suicided using explosive liquid to fill the Grand Exchange with grave markers. A third event of "Bandit Crashing" ended the day, where WG members dressed in ridiculous outfits and crashed players training at the Bandit Camp in the desert.
Day Four
13 December 2008
Day 4 featured the Clan Quest, in which His Lordship was located at the mining rocks near the Tears of Guthix. Two other planned events were once again reorganised - the Bandit Crashing event held the previous day and a Snowball Fight was postponed to the next day[7]. Instead, the Photo Shoot was held, with a theme of "Pirates vs Ninjas".
Day Five
14 December 2008
Day 5 had the snowball fight on White Wolf Mountain with members using wind strike on a PvP world; and a "Zombie" survival event in Varrock, where the last member to be tagged (and become a zombie) was the winner. An out-of-game iSketch event was also planned[8], but it is unclear if this was held - it is likely it was replaced by the "Dance Party" event in Falador, featuring the clan in the Anniversary costume performing synchronised events to music on TeamSpeak.
Day Six
19 December 2008
Day 6 had three events: a Burthorpe Games Room event playing the various minigames; a Rogues' Den event which adapted the minigame into a multi-player race; and a "Pokémon Battle" in which players fought using Summoning familiars in the free-for-all Clan Wars arena[9].
Day Seven
20 December 2008
An allied bronze war was hosted on the final day of the Anniversary, in which WG and their allies (3v0, TBE and TDM) all fought in PvP using only bronze armour and weapons. The event did take place as planned - however no screenshots of the battle have survived[10].
Day Eight
23 December 2008
Partway through the celebrations, His Lordship offered to organise an eighth day for members to attend, as the Anniversary in its entirety was also being used as an activity sweep[11]. This was agreed upon, and two events were planned: an ARPK trip in PvP worlds, and a Karaoke event on TeamSpeak. Both events were held as planned, but no screenshots survive from the ARPK trip. Recordings of the Karaoke were made by Gorgemaster and uploaded to YouTube:
- Gorgemaster: Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
- Havochacha: Pokémon - Two Perfect Girls
- Whizzy110: Chris Cornell - You Know My Name (audio muted)
- Jadi Simondz: Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
- Leecable: The Lonely Island - Jizz In My Pants
- Gorgemaster: Smash Mouth - All Star (video removed)
- Winddancir and her daughter Mariel: Lifehouse - You And Me; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Leecable: Fort Minor - Remember The Name
- Gorgemaster: Aqua - Barbie Girl (video removed)
- Back to Own: Pokémon Theme Tune
- Jadi Simondz: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Gorgemaster: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (video removed)
References
- ↑ His Lordship, 22 November 2008, The Anniversary Calendar, PHPBB
- ↑ His Lordship, 2 December 2008, WG Anniversary 2008, PHPBB
- ↑ Randy, 22 November 2008, The Costume, PHPBB
- ↑ His Lordship, 22 November 2008, Day One, PHPBB
- ↑ His Lordship, 22 November 2008, Day Two, PHPBB
- ↑ Randy, 22 November 2008, Day Three, PHPBB
- ↑ His Lordship, 22 November 2008, Day Four, PHPBB
- ↑ His Lordship, 11 November 2008, Day Five, PHPBB
- ↑ Randy, 4 December 2008, Day Six, PHPBB
- ↑ His Lordship, 22 November 2008, Day Seven, PHPBB
- ↑ His Lordship, 16 December 2008, Anniversary... Day... 8?!, PHPBB
