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December 30th, 2000 |
Volume 1, 1st Edition |
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KGB, Past, Present, and Future on Siege To understand the events over the past
year, one must first understand what KGB is. Traditionally, KGB has been
about the weak banding together to defeat the strong. KGB has been about
fighting players who would impose their will on innocents. We have never
been the best PvPers, and in fact KGB has always ranged in PvP skill from
mediocre to downright newbies for the most part. However, we have done our
best to play to our strengths rather than our weaknesses, and we have had a
great deal of success in the past by utilizing our superior numbers and
organization to defeat our more skilled competition. Although many players
consider our style to be cheap and label us as gangbangers, I have always
felt that it is acceptable to revisit grief tactics upon grief players. It
might not be as impressive as a small elite guild who can take on and defeat
double their numbers, but we’ve done the best with what we have and have
been among the most powerful guilds during the prime of our runs on Siege
Perilous and Pacific because of it. Click for
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| High King JetStar
responds to Warlords post - JetStar, KGB High King Recently I have remained quiet about our return to Siege and the changes to KGB's roster. Michael's recent post is a brilliant rendition of what happened and why. As the leader of KGB, I alone must accept the responsibility for our troubles. The transition from Pacific to Siege prove much more difficult and challenging then I ever imagined. The average quality of both PvP skills and Political / Message Board PvP skills far surpassed anything we had faced on Pacific. With the over confidence I had gained with our great victories on Pacific, my mouth began writing checks that my guild could no longer cash. Our outdated and famous "RED=DEAD" policy made it very clear who was a friend and who was a foe on Pacific. Here on Siege a warrior must also be Judge and Jury, as color means little or nothing. This demands a higher caliber of player. Many of KGB's greatest heroes have been former PK's that I have converted. Some of these converted heroes require a constant source of adrenaline and fresh blood to hold their allegiance, after all this is a game. As Siege progressed, it became harder and harder to determine who our enemies really were. KGB had lost its purpose, our clear mission was now fogged in confusion. Dissention worsened and internal conflict and strife began to dismantle our guild from within. What used to be fun was lost in anger and frustration. For the first time in almost three years, I felt as though the end of KGB was near. I made the decision to mothball KGB until the next big game came around. I had become lazy, disgusted, and to personally involved to effectively plan a comeback without massive changes, lay offs, and the disagreement and exodus of most of KGB's veteran population. |
It was not long before I
decided to make the changes regardless of the consequences. With the help
of Michael and many others, I designed and implemented the new system
(This transition to a Constitutional Monarchy is still under way with
details available at www.the-kgb.com).
During this time, many of our long time veterans decided to pursue their
futures without the constraints of KGB membership. Veterans that could not
comply to the new set of simple and straightforward rules were asked to
leave. Our membership dwindled to 21 members. This was the lowest level
since Immediately the remaining KGB felt as though they had drank from the Holy Grail. Our IRC channel was fun again! Members began to group up and enjoy themselves. It was just like old times. In later weeks, some of our best returned. More and more of the kind of player that represents the best in KGB are finding their way back to us, and this time we are having a good time. This time around I am going to be a cautious and calculated leader who is sure the money is in the bank before he writes a check. Most importantly, if you don't pick the bad apples, they will spoil the entire tree. Thanks for listening High King to Contact Safe Haven Mayor - JetStar,
KGB High King
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KGB's Marshal Toxiclore
awarded the Service Medal - JetStar, KGB High King Marshal
Toxic has become the example to the rest of KGB regarding skill advances
in taming. Toxic has attained 90 taming starting from scratch
in just two weeks. This kind of relentless dedication deserves recognition.
Good luck on you GM status Toxic and congratulations.
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High
King makes Supreme Court Appointments and names Provost Marshal - JetStar,
KGB High King