2010 Anniversary
The 2010 Anniversary was a celebration of the 7th Anniversary of the Wilderness Guardians. Around 21 different events were hosted over the course of seven or eight days in January of 2011.
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Preparation
The 2010 Anniversary was planned for seven consecutive days in January 2011 - having been delayed due to the clan's Australian Real life meeting. An eighth day was also planned for 30 January, featuring at first a multi-clan bronze war[1], which was later changed to a standard war against the clan 420 PKers[2]. His Lordship believes that the eighth day ultimately did not take place, and there are no screenshots or a Forum recap to prove otherwise - however some members claimed that the war did take place, and WG won.
A new costume for members to wear during events was chosen by Kevin/Kcross73:
- Desert Robe Top
- Desert Robe Bottom
- Desert Boots
- Mime Gloves or Cooking Gauntlets
- Harpie Bug Lantern
- Horse Banner
- Coloured Wig (a variety of colours were handed out for a rainbow effect)
Day One
22 January 2011
Day 1 consisted of three events[3]. A video of the day was made by Jayson, but it has since been removed[4].
The Veteran War
- Main article: Anniversary#Veteran_War
The Veteran War took place as planned. A humorous highlight of the event was Quikdrawjoe wearing a steel med helmet and chainbody, attacking His Lordship (both were on the veteran team), before teleporting out using the Explorer's Ring ("cabbage-porting") mid-fight.
The Public Drop Party
A public drop party was held in the Falador Party Room. WG members were asked to bring 500,000 - 700,000 coins worth of loot to drop, though the exact total is unknown.
The Firefest
The Firefest, which traditionally has been held north of Falador, was this year held in Varrock and the Grand Exchange.
Trivia
Prior to the anniversary, Vio left WG and formed the Exodus The Blade Keepers, which WG entered a rivalry with in early 2011. As a result, His Lordship nor any of the Council members did not post Forum recaps for the anniversary events[5]. Ironically, it would be Vio who - after having left WG, led a rival clan against WG, closed the clan, joined another clan, and finally rejoined WG - would finally recap the anniversary almost six months later: assembling attendance and screenshots of all the events, posting recap topics for each day, and allowing members to have their attendance counted. All of Vio's topics opened with an IRC quote from His Lordship, saying: "lol screenshot this text on every recap saying you have my permission top recap the anniversary, as i am lazier than jabba the hutt."[6].
While anniversary screenshots were usually collected for a page as part of the WG Website photo gallery, the 2010 page was never updated. The first time that a comprehensive collection of screenshots for the full 2010 anniversary was put together was for this wiki page, by Vio in August 2024 - over thirteen years after the anniversary itself.
References
- ↑ Kevin, 23 December 2010, Clan Anniversary Lineup, PHPBB
- ↑ His Lordship, 18 January 2011, Day EIGHT, PHPBB
- ↑ WG Keanu, 2 February 2011, Anniversary Day 1, PHPBB
- ↑ Jayson, 28 January 2011, Anniversary Day 1 Highlights, PHPBB
- ↑ George, 16 March 2011, Clanniversary Recaps, PHPBB
- ↑ WG Keanu, 2 February 2011, Anniversary Day 1, PHPBB
