Some people have asked about the {Ru} clan off and on. Some make fun of the name even when they hear
it.. lol. The original clan started sometime about a month or so after RCtW was released. On Xian's Beach some
original members are still archived in April/May stats. Of notable mention were {Ru} Solid Snake & {Ru} DOGBITE
that played medic and Lt respectfully. Another player never took the tag but was a virtual member was SPOLIVIECH.
We played as friends from the first DEMO and would fight our own team killers and the enemy together to complete
the Beach map. At its' peak, {Ru} had 16 members and no private server. As stated above, when other members played
other servers, I stayed on Beach mostly. They used to play on the Fosibi's servers. Long story short, I believe
they have disbanded as a result of no regular server to play at. Early on, we lost some good players to other
clans that either skirmished often or ran their own server.
So, EINHANDER didn't start {Ru} but it looks like (as best I can tell) that I'm one of the last of the startups
left. Most of the emails I send are to deactivated accounts or I get no replies all the same. No matter. As I
didn't do my part as a clan member when I first joined {Ru}, I try to make up for it these days. Most all of us
{Ru} members have become close friends and have made this game very different in a way I cannot explain or put
my finger on it. I feel like I'm serving in the Army again with good friends. The only difference being that
this is an infantry game and not a Blackhawk repair crew, !! (Yes, I worked on them at Ft. Eustis while in the
service.)
I think the two best unwritten rules we have are these:
1.) Keep in contact outside the game. Thus, we build a good clan loyalty.
2.) No matter what, even if you have to wait in spec mode, fight with {Ru} only.
I know it's just a game.. but playing in a real team, that are close friends, make this game so much better.
Most likely, if not for the stats page and the revamped {Ru} friendships, I would have lost interest and quit
playing by now for sure.
-EINHANDER
Addendum: I sort of know who started the {Ru} Clan... It was {Ru}Ge_Force2 or something.
-SolidSnake