Downfall's 4th Birthday!
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The Last 4 Years
4 years ago, on this day, a clan named Downfall was born; and today we proudly celebrate the fourth birthday of our magnificent clan! For those of you who don't know us, Downfall was formed August 29th of 2008, and began as a 75+ CWA warring clan born out of W141. While a lot of people laugh at such a thing, we know where we came from and we aren't ashamed of it. Over the past 4 years, Downfall has grown from that simple 75+ warring clan to the clan we are today, an active competitor in the top 10, and one of the best communities in the clan world.
In 4 short years, Downfall has evolved from that 75+ warring clan slowly and gradually, at first by simply raising our combat requirements, and later by taking larger steps into emerging as a top 10 clan. About two years ago, Downfall began warring in the wilderness and extending it's warring horizons to include PKRI's. In this last short year Downfall has become not only a formidable force in the wilderness, but has climbed ranks to become one of the strongest mid-sized clans in the clan world today. This year Downfall has grown to a new level never seen in this clan. Downfall was able to challenge the top clans such as Runescape Dinasty, The Titans, and Violent Resolution not only to cwa fights but pvp fights in some instances. Downfall has grown to be one of the most active clans in the wilderness today.
The Present
Back to the present, today Downfall celebrates it's fourth year of active warring, living, and community. The past year has probably been Downfall's finest in terms of improvement in warring capabilities and community as well. Downfall began with a core of maybe 10-15 members, our core member base now consists of over 45 members, including dozens of members who have never quit our clan. That speaks for our community in itself, and our community is something that Downfall has prided itself on since the first day it we were founded.
Most of this text is probably boring if you aren't in Downfall, and won't be read, so here are some screenshots of Downfall's past 4 years, in a nutshell, for you to enjoy. Some shout-outs will be at the bottom to thank all of our friends, and the clans who helped us get to where we are today.
4 Years of Media in a Nutshell
Please be aware that there are a lot of screenshots in the spoilers, so be warned before you click.
Years 1 - 3
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Downfall Year 4
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Video: Downfall Recap of Year 4
A Brief History of Downfall
It's been mentioned, it's been asked, but exactly how Downfall was formed is still a fairly mysterious subject to many people to say the least. Please be fore warned, the history of Downfall's formation is quite a bit more exciting than your average history class.
OK seriously now, 4 years ago there was a clan called Knock-Out Unit; KO-Unit for short. As you can probably imagine, KO Unit was a clan born straight out of 141, with a staggering 70+ combat admission requirement. In this clan, the original founders of Downfall came together. One fateful day, a member was elected to become a warlord of KO, without the admission of the majority of officials. Fearing that the leader of KO Unit was just doing what he himself wanted instead of what was best for the clan, three members of KO Unit decided to form a new clan- Downfall. Downfall was originally named to be spiteful to KO Unit, implying that we had become their Downfall, and that they were on the Downfall because of us. Those 3 members, along with 10 or 15 more who decided to quit KO Unit for Downfall, were the original clan. A 75+ combat requirement, a free-web forum (that sadly isn't hosted any longer,) and a clan chat, and we were already thriving.
Downfall spent it's first year training, raising it's standards, and learning to truly maneuver and fight other clans. Our first year led us to 100+ combat requirements (we trained at a very rapid pace,) along with some other requirements that the officials felt necessary. After perfecting it's warring techniques, Downfall began to recruit, grow, and rise.
Downfall's second year, and the year the wilderness was re-introduced (those PvP worlds,) was much more exciting. After joining TWR, (the Tip.It war list,) Downfall found many new challenging opponents. 5-6 months later, Downfall was at the top of the war list, and had outclassed and outlived clans that we had huge rivalries with, such as Tempted Killers and Divine Vindicators. Some we beat so hard that to this day, many people hold grudges against Downfall (Mago_Nero8 lol.) Downfall eventually decided that warring on Tip.It was becoming too easy, so we moved on to Runescape Community.
Downfall's third year, from June 2010 until now, was spent fighting in the wilderness and improving drastically as a clan. Downfall went from fighting clans like Poison (our first PKRI, which we lost,) to fighting clans like Corruption. Never once has Downfall stopped moving forwards, or stopped trying our best to further ourselves and better ourselves in terms of warring, and improving our community bonds. In one short year, Downfall had made massive progress.
Downfall's fourth year could be called a very interesting one. By this time Runescape Clanning was already on a downward slope and warring got on to another level. This ERA in Downfall history was filled with what are known as crash wars. Throughout this year Downfall fought Solace and Violent Resolution in separate crash wars and further evolved downfall as a clan.
So that's the brief history, from August 29th, 2008, to today, August 29th, 2012. 4 years that have been one hell of a ride.
Lastly, the shout-outs I promised at the beginning;
- Downfall Staff , for giving out the time to help lead this clan to where it is today. Our officials from our fourth year include:
- Amateurnoob - Leader
- Everton - Warlord
- Hellz Taxi , Tizi, Rune Pkers20, BryanQ, Star Barer - Council
- Gochance1, Khalid2ka - Commander
- Kingaturo, Wizzy0644, Larbear2007, Asia Cow - App Managers. Thanks all of you
- Amateurnoob - Leader
- Downfall members, for sticking with Downfall through the thick and thin, and being willing to learn and expand our horizons as a clan over the years. Downfall would not be the family it is without each and every one of you.
- All allied clans - Throughout Downfall's history Downfall has always found a close clan to share memories with, whether in our 141 days or in our Rsc days.
- Deadly Alliance ( w141 Days ) - Guthix Warriors & Downfall
- Downie 0wners ( Tip.It Days ) - True 0wnage & Downfall
- Ascending Downies ( Beginning of RsC Days ) - Ascension & Downfall
- Pure Downies ( Current ) - Pure Hatred & Downfall
- Deadly Alliance ( w141 Days ) - Guthix Warriors & Downfall
- Every clan who we have ever had a rivalry with, to list them off here goes;
- Legendz, Tempted Killers, and Divine Vindicators- for fueling us to succeed in our early days.
- Crimson Raiders, Rune Raiders, Gladiatorz, BlacKnights, Collision Envy, and Pure Hatred- for helping us grow more active in the wilderness (even though it required excessive flaming) and helping us become the clan we are today.
- Violent Resolution, Runescape Dinsaty, The Titans, and Solace- for helping us challenge ourselves against bigger clans and face tougher challenges, and helping us experience fights on another level.
- Legendz, Tempted Killers, and Divine Vindicators- for fueling us to succeed in our early days.
- Everyone who has ever cheered us on, watched us, or supported us for the past four years. Also, anyone who has hung around our forums, IRC, or TeamSpeak, and hung around our community. We really do appreciate it!
- Pure Hatred - For being our allies for the past year, it has been an amazing ride with ya guys
Have a great one , Downfall Staff