The Beginning: Not a Forgotten Rebel
The idea of TFS was born around December 16th 2009. ODST had just been released a few months earlier and Pharroh and myself (Willis) were in clan called The Forgotten Rebels. The clan was pretty decent. It was more based off of custom games rather than anything else. To some that was enough, for others it wasn't.
After about two to three months, our current clan leader 'DarkWolf' claimed he was hacked and left the clan to his next in command. It was later proven he wasn't hacked at all, he just got sick of being a leader.
Pharroh and I weren't among the higher ups and weren't considered when it came to keep TFR alive. As many could imagine, The Forgotten Rebels were soon...forgotten. The clan literally fell apart over the span of a week and everyone quickly moved on to a clan-less life.
Months passed and it never sat well with how the chains of command broke down in TFR. We knew we could do things better.
Over the course of a few weeks, Pharroh and myself forged and toyed with the idea of what the clan should be called, if we should even have one. We wanted something elemental, something with an immortal feel. Shadows are associated with all things scary really. If you think back as far as you can, a shadow is the first thing that would have startled you as a child. I liked the idea that we would have that word in our name. From there, we toyed with the concept of cold blood, ever lasting, something that wouldn't move even if you tried to move it. After all the thinking, we landed on the term Frozen Shadows. I loved the name simply because it implies even if the clan fell apart, it's memory would remain. Forever!
The recruiting began! Our first two recruits were BigLTBaby and CoolestNerd. I could try to recite the exact order the rest of us came in at, but it would be too difficult. The first two to three months of TFS were slow and really just boring. Pharroh and myself didn't know how to go out and recruit just yet and our old friends from TFR were officially turned off to clans after seeing how things worked out before. I couldn't say I blamed them!
We had our first clan battle vs a mutual friend's group. They weren't serious and more just played us for the sake of it. Players left the game early for them and there were major lag issues, but a win is a win. Amazingly I thought we were off to a great start! Almost too good of a start! It turned out that my worries were true when we were thundered on our next three clan battles. We won 1 out of 6 games during that streach and we were at a point where we weren't confident we'd ever attract any 50's in Halo 3.
New recruits Kirk and Larry decided it was high time to get more organized. Classes were created followed by squads. Delta became our first official TFS squad. Delta never got into clan battles really but always preeched proper methods to playing the game. Communication first, complaining never was their golden rule. Delta became the spot players that cared would go. You didn't have to be hyper competitive but you did have to care more than a casual player also. Several recruits were made at this time, Uzamaki and Jamgel were two of them. Surprisingly to some now, Uzamaki wasn't anywhere near then to where he is now. In fact, had we been as strict about our inactive players then as we are now, he would probably have been a free agent!
During that time, Jawbreaker came into TFS. He really embraced the role of recruiting and battling. You will notice his name is in the top 10 of clan battle stats and he has only really played 1 month of Reach since it came out. In short, he won all those games over a span of say 4 months or so. Not bad for when we were so small! Jawbreaker brushed some people the wrong way with his hyper competitiveness and his refusal to admit someone was better. That sort of attitude really triggered something in his new found friend Jordan (who had been recruited prior to jawbreaker but wasn't very active at this point).
We had our first clan battle duo. It wasn't all wins right away but we quickly noticed that our longest losing streak would be our first. With them in the fold, the third loss in a row has never happened again. Wellons and High Flyer joined soon after, instantly liking what they saw in Jaw and Jordan. Together, we had found a Slayer Team that still is arguably the best together in TFS. As far as the history books for us go, er ah history pages, no group is more decoraded.
The first major win streak of TFS began with the introduction of a mentor to the fold. Drunk Hippo I will say is the real reason. Here, Uzamaki became more active as he slowly grew into a better player. Hippo brought him through the ropes of 1v1, winning games 15-1 at first before even losing a few to Uzamaki. Hippo became an HOV normality, winning most of the time whenever he was involved in a battle. At this point, we grew into three main squads, Delta, Bravo and Echo. Alpha was also created but was more of a list of 'who isn't in a squad yet'.
Times changed and players moved around quite a bit. When Reach hit, TFS was continuing it's winning streak with ease. Uzamaki landed a Co Leadership role and several more recruits continued to trickle in. Larry and LT also bore the label as well as our clan had growen to a point we needed more members to manage people. Sadly as we promoted some, Nerd found it was time to make his leave, following several of his friends out of TFS. Where there is life, there is death sadly. Picking up the mantle, we had found several new pieces to the puzzle. Blood Hack I would say is our biggest find so far for TFS in Reach simply because of how much he played and how he has growen in front of everyone. Newer recruits like Snake Venom and Born Flunky have really changed TFS for the 2011 year, for the better too I might add!
And so year 1 passed. I believe I fullfilled my goal pretty well. To not become just another Forgotten Rebel. As much as I use TFR as a staple of how to NOT do things, I will say TFS wouldn't be as successful had TFR not taught me the bad side to clans. The award is there to honor what is overlooked so easily so much of the time. I hope to all hell, I never do that with any of you. May you always be recognized both in here and in life for when you should be. I can't promise what life does to you, but I will promise to at least get this right.
~Willis
After about two to three months, our current clan leader 'DarkWolf' claimed he was hacked and left the clan to his next in command. It was later proven he wasn't hacked at all, he just got sick of being a leader.
Pharroh and I weren't among the higher ups and weren't considered when it came to keep TFR alive. As many could imagine, The Forgotten Rebels were soon...forgotten. The clan literally fell apart over the span of a week and everyone quickly moved on to a clan-less life.
Months passed and it never sat well with how the chains of command broke down in TFR. We knew we could do things better.
Over the course of a few weeks, Pharroh and myself forged and toyed with the idea of what the clan should be called, if we should even have one. We wanted something elemental, something with an immortal feel. Shadows are associated with all things scary really. If you think back as far as you can, a shadow is the first thing that would have startled you as a child. I liked the idea that we would have that word in our name. From there, we toyed with the concept of cold blood, ever lasting, something that wouldn't move even if you tried to move it. After all the thinking, we landed on the term Frozen Shadows. I loved the name simply because it implies even if the clan fell apart, it's memory would remain. Forever!
The recruiting began! Our first two recruits were BigLTBaby and CoolestNerd. I could try to recite the exact order the rest of us came in at, but it would be too difficult. The first two to three months of TFS were slow and really just boring. Pharroh and myself didn't know how to go out and recruit just yet and our old friends from TFR were officially turned off to clans after seeing how things worked out before. I couldn't say I blamed them!
We had our first clan battle vs a mutual friend's group. They weren't serious and more just played us for the sake of it. Players left the game early for them and there were major lag issues, but a win is a win. Amazingly I thought we were off to a great start! Almost too good of a start! It turned out that my worries were true when we were thundered on our next three clan battles. We won 1 out of 6 games during that streach and we were at a point where we weren't confident we'd ever attract any 50's in Halo 3.
New recruits Kirk and Larry decided it was high time to get more organized. Classes were created followed by squads. Delta became our first official TFS squad. Delta never got into clan battles really but always preeched proper methods to playing the game. Communication first, complaining never was their golden rule. Delta became the spot players that cared would go. You didn't have to be hyper competitive but you did have to care more than a casual player also. Several recruits were made at this time, Uzamaki and Jamgel were two of them. Surprisingly to some now, Uzamaki wasn't anywhere near then to where he is now. In fact, had we been as strict about our inactive players then as we are now, he would probably have been a free agent!
During that time, Jawbreaker came into TFS. He really embraced the role of recruiting and battling. You will notice his name is in the top 10 of clan battle stats and he has only really played 1 month of Reach since it came out. In short, he won all those games over a span of say 4 months or so. Not bad for when we were so small! Jawbreaker brushed some people the wrong way with his hyper competitiveness and his refusal to admit someone was better. That sort of attitude really triggered something in his new found friend Jordan (who had been recruited prior to jawbreaker but wasn't very active at this point).
We had our first clan battle duo. It wasn't all wins right away but we quickly noticed that our longest losing streak would be our first. With them in the fold, the third loss in a row has never happened again. Wellons and High Flyer joined soon after, instantly liking what they saw in Jaw and Jordan. Together, we had found a Slayer Team that still is arguably the best together in TFS. As far as the history books for us go, er ah history pages, no group is more decoraded.
The first major win streak of TFS began with the introduction of a mentor to the fold. Drunk Hippo I will say is the real reason. Here, Uzamaki became more active as he slowly grew into a better player. Hippo brought him through the ropes of 1v1, winning games 15-1 at first before even losing a few to Uzamaki. Hippo became an HOV normality, winning most of the time whenever he was involved in a battle. At this point, we grew into three main squads, Delta, Bravo and Echo. Alpha was also created but was more of a list of 'who isn't in a squad yet'.
Times changed and players moved around quite a bit. When Reach hit, TFS was continuing it's winning streak with ease. Uzamaki landed a Co Leadership role and several more recruits continued to trickle in. Larry and LT also bore the label as well as our clan had growen to a point we needed more members to manage people. Sadly as we promoted some, Nerd found it was time to make his leave, following several of his friends out of TFS. Where there is life, there is death sadly. Picking up the mantle, we had found several new pieces to the puzzle. Blood Hack I would say is our biggest find so far for TFS in Reach simply because of how much he played and how he has growen in front of everyone. Newer recruits like Snake Venom and Born Flunky have really changed TFS for the 2011 year, for the better too I might add!
And so year 1 passed. I believe I fullfilled my goal pretty well. To not become just another Forgotten Rebel. As much as I use TFR as a staple of how to NOT do things, I will say TFS wouldn't be as successful had TFR not taught me the bad side to clans. The award is there to honor what is overlooked so easily so much of the time. I hope to all hell, I never do that with any of you. May you always be recognized both in here and in life for when you should be. I can't promise what life does to you, but I will promise to at least get this right.
~Willis