Ya know, although I was never apart of the Pure Community until I joined EoP back in June, I had kinda like an expectation for it, just because it was and still is the most organized Runescape related affiliation of players in existence that I've ever heard of... I never bothered personally viewing the forums before yesterday, because it seemed that no matter how inconsequential or unimportant an issue was that occured within these forums, I'd hear about from more than one member, and many of them not even in my clan, so I got all the different takes on it.
To be honest, I've been dissapointed with the conduct of certain clans and their *cough* obsession with having the right to put the title #1 Pure Clan in their vids, even when they clearly are not, because it changes week by week. I've had plenty of experience in dealing with Pkers of all sorts, from the mains I knew/know on my main to the pures I met and the pures I continue to meet. It seems to me that there are those that are in the game for the sake of Pking and enjoyment, and then those who see it as their life, and seem to think that they can only win by attempting to tear down other clans, whether that be by Flaming or Hacking, or any other sort of **** like that. I can understand having those sort of feelings, because like all Pkers who've pked for a long time, I've been through that phase.
You think your a big shot, you have to always open your mouth at the wrong time. The moment your mouth lies and your actions prove you wrong, every other clan has to jump on it and rub it in, because you made sure to rub your words into their faces prior to you losing the punch behind your words. Honor and class should matter more to the elite, the Pures, especially those involved with the Pure Community or any clan within the Pure Community. There will always be those who'll be laughed at by others, but playfully and not maliciously and that's what we should have the reputation as.
I'm with most everybody else when it comes to what I dislike about the Community, but it's not a permament thing that needs to be pinned down on a single (or group) of clans, because ultimately it's each clan to its own, as long as its own doesn't interfere with the rest of the Community or the reputation there of. If all the clans actually start paying mind to themselves, and stop worrying about the other clans, maybe we'd be able to expand past just small time organized tournaments and minis that I feel limit the impact of our reputation with the rest of the RS world, both Pking and otherwise.
That's just my say on it, sorry I made such a damn long post, if you read all the way then thanks, just how I feel about it :cool:
With much Pure pride and EoP Pride,
-Admiralquode