krazyfaken
08-22-2007, 09:04 AM
History of the Mayhem Makers
By: I Mahatma I
Early RS2 Wilderness
The Mayhem Makers were first formed in the earliest part of "Runescape 2", which brought forth an enormous change to the way pking worked. To understand the origins of this clan you must first understand the state of the wilderness and pking world at the time. In the very beginning most people gave pking a try, and many pures found that the huge advantages they previously had did not yield as much power in the new combat system. The traditional '3 hitting" was ruined because people could eat whenever they please, and because of this the majority of pure pkers had great troubles when trying pking in the new system. A large majority decided to just stick with rsc, and not move to the new game. Others decided to get defence, thinking that pures would not work in rs2. Since magic as a primary combat type was new, it became very popular and for the first few weeks f2p wild was overrun with mages.
I myself (I Mahatma I) had tested the new system in it's beta version, and already knew how to use the new combat system to raise magic without affecting combat. Magic for a pure went against everything that traditionally done in rsc, which is why it was so unique in the early months of rs2. With the raised magic level it gave pures a decent defence against the hordes of mages that were in the wilderness at the time. Low level hybrid pures were finding great success in the wilderness, most targets being mages who were easy targets for a pure.
The Santa Hat
I (I Mahatma I) was always a solo pker, never wanting or needing any teamates...that is up until one occurence that began the formation of some of my closest pking partners, as well as the beginnings of the Mayhem Makers. The exact date of this occurrence is not known, but it was somewhere in march of 2004. I was pking near the castle around lvl 10 wilderness when I encountered a mage team, 1 of which was wearing a santa hat. The team tried tag-teaming but in the end I ko'd the mage mage with the santa, but right after was pilejumped by the other mage and died. I hurried back to the spot to try to get my pile, getting there in time to see the Santa Hat picked up by another person before my very eyes. Shortly after another pile appeared, which turned out to be that of the mage that had pile-jumped me. Krazyfaken, another hybrid pure the same combat as me had pked the other mage, and also picked up the Santa hat that I had pked. We had never met before, so I was surprised when he offered to share half the value of the santa. After this event Krazyfaken and myself pked together constantly, and later became the founding fathers of the Mayhem Makers.
The Founding of the Mayhem Makers
Krazyfaken and myself became a well known force in those early rs2, low-lvl pking days. The next few to join the group were 5xfireballx5, 0m3gaknight7, Volcanic Fox, Bl0od Hawk and Watch4lumby. This group of 7 were the original pking team that became the Mayhem Makers. At the time we had no official name or forums/website, basically because we did not need one. When on runescape the group was always pking, never stopping to train so we stayed the same combat for quite a while. When logging on you wouldn't ask "want to go pking?", rather "where are you guys pking?" because as long as some of us were online we were always in the wilderness. We mostly pked at castle and giants, but started to venture into deep wilderness with our group.
Tank Mages and The Original Forums
We needed larger numbers in order to survive in deep-wild, so some tank mages joined the clan (yes it was not pures always), such as Warthog Mage, Pk The Mad, 123 Girl Pow, Jezus is God and Shammi Pk. With the large arsenal of mages and pures, we began to have great success in the deep f2p wilderness. To organize ourselves with the growing size of our pk group, the first forums were made May 26th 2004. The forums were created by myself, I Mahatma I, and the leaders were myself and Krazyfaken. These forums still exist but remain a secret to only the few original members who still remember the address. We began getting a reputation as "the pinkies" (because of the pink skirts we wore to stand out), an extremely low combat clan (all 45-60), taking down teams of people over twice our combat levels. The success continued throughout the summer of 2004, and the clan encountered great success in all aspects of pking.
The Break
When the summer of 2004 was coming to an end, many people took breaks for school work, while others made the switch from f2p to p2p, spending most of their time discovering the aspects of the p2p world. The pking slowed, and most of the members began to focus on raising their stats. There was a break from September to November where the forums slowed down and not much was going on.
The Rise to Glory
On November 11th 2004 the new forums were raised, and Mayhem Makers was re-formed from the ground up. It was decided that it was to be pure only, with a defence max at 40 which was later lowered to 20. This time the clan consisted of a majority of p2p pures, who had more intense stats and MM began to get the reputation of having the highest pures available. By the beginning of 2005 MM consisted of an extreme majority of the high lvl pures that existed in rs2. Samotboy ran a script on the highscores to search for people with +85 strength and defence not on highscores, and like 90% of the people found were members of the clan. It was safe to say that the Mayhem Makers were a powerful force that represented the majority of high lvl pures who were playing at the time.
The High Council
High Council was created to run the clan, which comprised of the most active and responsible leaders of the clan. The early High Council consisted of such members as Samotboy, I Fubu I, and Volcanic Fox. The high council makes all the decisions for the clan as a group and leads the clan as a group.
The Ever-Changing Leaders
As the clan keeps lasting for a long period of time, many of the High Council members find it hard to keep up with runescape when they have more important things in their lives. Many of the original leaders have been changed to Elder status, that of a more inactive admin. New people have been chosen to lead on an ongoing basis. As some are busy in real life, others step up and take control of the clan. Some of these people need honorable mention. In summer 2005 Samotboy played a large role, working extremely hard with the upkeep of the forums as well as developing many new website features of his own. In late 2005/early 2006 Svend Aage 2 and Faken played vital roles, together they did most of the clan leadership for that period of time. Most recently xEx and OK have been very active, and now a new batch of High Council has been chosen to keep up with the ever increasing size of the clan.
- Mahatma
By: I Mahatma I
Early RS2 Wilderness
The Mayhem Makers were first formed in the earliest part of "Runescape 2", which brought forth an enormous change to the way pking worked. To understand the origins of this clan you must first understand the state of the wilderness and pking world at the time. In the very beginning most people gave pking a try, and many pures found that the huge advantages they previously had did not yield as much power in the new combat system. The traditional '3 hitting" was ruined because people could eat whenever they please, and because of this the majority of pure pkers had great troubles when trying pking in the new system. A large majority decided to just stick with rsc, and not move to the new game. Others decided to get defence, thinking that pures would not work in rs2. Since magic as a primary combat type was new, it became very popular and for the first few weeks f2p wild was overrun with mages.
I myself (I Mahatma I) had tested the new system in it's beta version, and already knew how to use the new combat system to raise magic without affecting combat. Magic for a pure went against everything that traditionally done in rsc, which is why it was so unique in the early months of rs2. With the raised magic level it gave pures a decent defence against the hordes of mages that were in the wilderness at the time. Low level hybrid pures were finding great success in the wilderness, most targets being mages who were easy targets for a pure.
The Santa Hat
I (I Mahatma I) was always a solo pker, never wanting or needing any teamates...that is up until one occurence that began the formation of some of my closest pking partners, as well as the beginnings of the Mayhem Makers. The exact date of this occurrence is not known, but it was somewhere in march of 2004. I was pking near the castle around lvl 10 wilderness when I encountered a mage team, 1 of which was wearing a santa hat. The team tried tag-teaming but in the end I ko'd the mage mage with the santa, but right after was pilejumped by the other mage and died. I hurried back to the spot to try to get my pile, getting there in time to see the Santa Hat picked up by another person before my very eyes. Shortly after another pile appeared, which turned out to be that of the mage that had pile-jumped me. Krazyfaken, another hybrid pure the same combat as me had pked the other mage, and also picked up the Santa hat that I had pked. We had never met before, so I was surprised when he offered to share half the value of the santa. After this event Krazyfaken and myself pked together constantly, and later became the founding fathers of the Mayhem Makers.
The Founding of the Mayhem Makers
Krazyfaken and myself became a well known force in those early rs2, low-lvl pking days. The next few to join the group were 5xfireballx5, 0m3gaknight7, Volcanic Fox, Bl0od Hawk and Watch4lumby. This group of 7 were the original pking team that became the Mayhem Makers. At the time we had no official name or forums/website, basically because we did not need one. When on runescape the group was always pking, never stopping to train so we stayed the same combat for quite a while. When logging on you wouldn't ask "want to go pking?", rather "where are you guys pking?" because as long as some of us were online we were always in the wilderness. We mostly pked at castle and giants, but started to venture into deep wilderness with our group.
Tank Mages and The Original Forums
We needed larger numbers in order to survive in deep-wild, so some tank mages joined the clan (yes it was not pures always), such as Warthog Mage, Pk The Mad, 123 Girl Pow, Jezus is God and Shammi Pk. With the large arsenal of mages and pures, we began to have great success in the deep f2p wilderness. To organize ourselves with the growing size of our pk group, the first forums were made May 26th 2004. The forums were created by myself, I Mahatma I, and the leaders were myself and Krazyfaken. These forums still exist but remain a secret to only the few original members who still remember the address. We began getting a reputation as "the pinkies" (because of the pink skirts we wore to stand out), an extremely low combat clan (all 45-60), taking down teams of people over twice our combat levels. The success continued throughout the summer of 2004, and the clan encountered great success in all aspects of pking.
The Break
When the summer of 2004 was coming to an end, many people took breaks for school work, while others made the switch from f2p to p2p, spending most of their time discovering the aspects of the p2p world. The pking slowed, and most of the members began to focus on raising their stats. There was a break from September to November where the forums slowed down and not much was going on.
The Rise to Glory
On November 11th 2004 the new forums were raised, and Mayhem Makers was re-formed from the ground up. It was decided that it was to be pure only, with a defence max at 40 which was later lowered to 20. This time the clan consisted of a majority of p2p pures, who had more intense stats and MM began to get the reputation of having the highest pures available. By the beginning of 2005 MM consisted of an extreme majority of the high lvl pures that existed in rs2. Samotboy ran a script on the highscores to search for people with +85 strength and defence not on highscores, and like 90% of the people found were members of the clan. It was safe to say that the Mayhem Makers were a powerful force that represented the majority of high lvl pures who were playing at the time.
The High Council
High Council was created to run the clan, which comprised of the most active and responsible leaders of the clan. The early High Council consisted of such members as Samotboy, I Fubu I, and Volcanic Fox. The high council makes all the decisions for the clan as a group and leads the clan as a group.
The Ever-Changing Leaders
As the clan keeps lasting for a long period of time, many of the High Council members find it hard to keep up with runescape when they have more important things in their lives. Many of the original leaders have been changed to Elder status, that of a more inactive admin. New people have been chosen to lead on an ongoing basis. As some are busy in real life, others step up and take control of the clan. Some of these people need honorable mention. In summer 2005 Samotboy played a large role, working extremely hard with the upkeep of the forums as well as developing many new website features of his own. In late 2005/early 2006 Svend Aage 2 and Faken played vital roles, together they did most of the clan leadership for that period of time. Most recently xEx and OK have been very active, and now a new batch of High Council has been chosen to keep up with the ever increasing size of the clan.
- Mahatma