I first started Runescape in 2007 on a different f2p account (whose identity is only known by serpy), for a few months. After a year away from Runescape, I decided to play again but couldn't remember the login name so I started the p2p account Poetent during the Halloween event week of 2008. For the next 8 months I played solo, dealing with little jerks who would rather lie, cheat, beg, and steal their fortune rather than be nice to players and earn their riches. I vowed to never be that kind of player, or person for that matter, no matter how high my levels may get. One day while checking something on Rune HQ, I saw an ad to join a no-reqs clan called The Runite Legion. Being the noob that I was, I figured that was the kind of group that wasn't going to be cruel just because of a person's stats. I clicked the link and was directed to our original forums. I registered, then joined the irc channel, which at the time was being shared between TRL and the new TRL which was later named Subsistence. I had walked into a fight between Useph (Christian) and some members of the old TRL. I honestly wasn't sure which side I was joining. Useph was nice to me and helped me get through the application process. I'm so glad I joined the right side. It was a small clan consisting of: Christian, GTG, Josh, Tom (Ell), Fungi, Antelope, Drop Bear, Pur3_Donut5, Unk, Serp, and I believe MiniBandGeek.
Moving Up The Ranks
After about a month of playing, I was approached about running for a leadership spot. I hadn't really considered it since I was so new, but of course we all were in a sense. I decided to go for it and was voted in as Forum Janitor. After we were gaining a ton of new members, I noticed our RUnehead list wasn't being updated so I started doing it and keeping the clan chat list updated as well as I could. This led to my position being changed to Director of Member Management. In 2010, when Antelope stepped down from his Admin spot, Christian asked Unk and I to become admins. Our member base had grown from the small group to the point we needed an extra admin. Of course I accepted. I always took pride in the fact that I was representing our clan members and tried to speak for them even when my opinion differed from those who had higher ranks or had been here longer than me. Not to say that we argued, but we always kept open minds during debates and worked things out amicably. I've tried to get some things started that I thought would improve the clan. After hearing a lot of players ask for help with skills, I thought of an idea to have mentors to help with specific skills. Sure there are guides, but some people want different options for training. Since I really didn't have time to set it up, I had 2 different members assist me with it, Ray and Serp, but both fell victim to real life stuff that left them with no free time. Maybe someday it will finally get going. I also held a 5 week long Subsistence Olympics in 2010. This was very popular, but I didn't have the time in 2011 to host another one.
Good Times
During my time in Subsistence I've met a lot of nice people and a few that were not so nice. Things like being whacked with a rubber chicken by Momo while going for my smithing cape come to mind. Or, the time Steph had to go to the hospital and his mom got on his RS account to chat with me and Momo for a few minutes..... ah good times! I've always felt like this is a family and you guys were my younger siblings or nieces and nephews. I'll always be there if anyone needs something besides money. I'm not a bank.
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