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Team Kindred did
not start with the name they are known with today. Back
in December of 1997 a guy by the name of Raven decided
to create a clan in a game that had just started 3 months
prior called Aliens Online. The team was called Ravens
Flock <R.F> using the name from a popular wrestling
group. The first members were able to choose the names
from the wrestlers in RF with the first to be recruited
were Lody, Shamrock and Saturn.
The four members would have about 1 good day of playing
together. It did not take long (possibly less than a week)
though with the first member to leave, Lody. Within weeks
a new member was recruited and had his name changed to
Lody, little did we know this guy from Paris France would
help Saturn and soon team member Diablo form a highly
respected and tight group of individuals.
During the first few weeks/months of <R.F> the only
dedicated members, Saturn, Lody and Diablo started recruiting
for the team with permission from the never present Leader.
Slowly the teams name began to stick with people as the
team started to grow and gain admirable players. During
Ravens absence from the game Saturn was focusing on forming
the team, building a relationship with the members and
collaborating with the team on the rules the team would
live by. A democracy type order was established in the
team so that all votes were equal and members would have
the opportunity to voice their opinions and be heard in
decisions, as a collective of thoughts are better than
one.
Months go by with Raven popping in every so often and
with every visit seeming more and more rude, intolerable
and offensive to the members and to the public. Something
not tolerated by any member and the leader above all should
not act like. After confronting Raven about the situation,
and him seeing nothing wrong with his attitude, the members
quickly rally and form a meeting as the community at large
were noticing his behavior thus our reputation being compromised
as being the "good guys".
It is from this meeting that the members decided to either
leave the team to form another or ask Raven to step down
and leave the team. With Raven agreeing to step down,
since he was tired of the game anyway, the members then
had to elect a new leader. The vote was unanimous with
Saturn being elected Leader of Ravens Flock.
It did not take long for the members to want a new name,
despite the recognition they receive in their <R.F>
tags. Many names were thrown around but the one that stuck
out the most was given by one of the newer recruits, but
well respected in the community, Megatron. He suggested
The Kindred with how well it fits our image of kindness.
Months go by with The Kindred becoming one of the most
respected and well known groups in Aliens Online, running
events for the public that ran the longest in the games
history and in a time that was rough for the game. Despite
the success of the events Aliens Online was shut down
due to being bought out, along with a mass of other games
that were also shut down.
What seemed like the hardest blow a team could face, loosing
the only game they played, did not cause us to close our
doors. In stead we had several team meetings to discuss
the future of the team and what games the members were
interested in. From these meetings we started Game Nights
and restructured the team with new manager positions for
each game that we would be in. The first 4 games we started
in were Aliens vs Predator (not 2), Quake3, Half-Life
(not cs), and Tribes.
Dividing the team to try and let every member play the
games they wanted seemed right at the time but soon enough
showed that it wasn't. None of the members could make
all 4 game nights and divided the members causing some
to quit because the low turnouts. No longer would we see
the 10+ a night like we did in AO, but we were down to
2-4 in each game. After we tried everything we could to
keep the 4 games without hurting the team we decided to
cut back to 1. Quake3.
Quake3 would be the game we would play for little more
than a year, and kicking butt while we were at it. Some
of the best players to grace the Q3 servers although never
got into major competitions. About half way through the
year Counter-Strike was added as a second division. Both
divisions would have their ups and downs on attendance
but it wasn't until Aliens vs Predator 2 that we had to
decide to drop one of the games as we learned that spreading
out in too many games with the small group we had was
not wise. With Quake3 starting to wind down in the community
and with our members we chose to keep Counter-Strike and
chose wisely.
With most of our AvP2 members focusing on a Total Conversion
for the game and our CS Division growing by leaps and
bounds we continue to stay strong. Lets hope to still
be around for another 5 years with the same principles
and good gamer attitude we have today. |
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