As many of you know the low/med level clans and a few higher clans such as Fi/TLP have chosen to support the return of "Pure Clan League" by attending the PCL events weekly on Fridays at 6PM EST. I find it ironic that during the PCL era (the true PCL era, for those of you who are older you'll remember those days) clans would have killed to be able to fight in PvP or BH rather than in clanwars arenas, yet now 81% of known pure clans, or active pure clans attend PCL on Friday's rather than PK. That in itself should be corrected, however I doubt that the clans which attend PCL will ever return to PKing three times a week, as they never have done as such, though clans like Fi should be ashamed of themselves as they have been around long enough to have been around during the days when clans would have killed for PvP.
However, that is a subject for another post. The point of my post today is in regards to the pathetic setup of PCL and its hypocrisy. Below you will find a copy and paste of the PCL rules direct from #PCL:
Friday Pure Clan League - times = 1AM LT , 12:00 HOLLAND, 11:00 GMT , 6:00 east , 5:00 central , 4:00 mountain , 3:00 pacific , - WORLD:71 CLAN WARS - September 24th P2P PCL 25 Defence Cap - (NO CORRUPT/NO MIASMIC) SUMMON ON
Not mentioned in the above rules are that dung, and curses are also on as PCL is in the words of a clan leader "practice for the wild". That statement in itself is flawed, as wilderness fights have a lot more aspects than just KOs to them. Furthermore, PKing in the wilderness has no restrictions or rules yet the founders of this 2010 PCL have decided to impose restrictions on the clans that attend.
I see no reason for corrupt/miasmic to be off if turmoil, dungeon and summoning is on. People may attempt to say the reason its off is because:
1. Its dumb to waste the money on PCL
2. Its overpowered
3. It isn't fair
I'm sorry first off to any clans, or clan leaders who cannot afford to pay the 500k for full zuriels, and the 700k for a zuriels staff, but that is no reason to claim that it is "dumb" to buy it. If you have the money and want to why should someone attempt to stop you? Furthermore, as for it being overpowered - it is no more "overpowered" than say turmoil, soulsplit or dungeon items - infact by a person having corrupt on the opposing team they have three to four less food than one of your members who doesn't.
As for it being unfair, since when is the wilderness fair? If clans truly want practice the rules for PCL should be rethought and redesigned. Possible rules are as follows:
Option A: Everything on, with a time cap or first to 100 with no defence cap.
Option B: Everything on, standard KO setup
Option C: Everything off, time cap
Option D: Dangerous CW, everything on
I believe that the above rules would serve to give clans the practice which they claim to be attempting to obtain. Of course the rules should they be redone should be created in a unanimous decision between the clans which attend PCL. I believe that everything on would be an acceptable start to revising these rules which are surely meant to handicap certain clans and hinder the progress of certain clans. Personally, I shall never follow the no corrupt rule when I attend PCL, and I urge that members of TLP, Fi, and other clans which attend PCL follow in my steps if they so desire, and I pray that eventually PCL shall be disbanded and we once again will meet in combat within the wilderness!
Till then, know that the current state of the Pure Clan League is a poor state, particularly if clans are looking for practice.