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Topic: Illyriad Playerbase - History Remembrances
Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Subject: Illyriad Playerbase - History Remembrances
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 12:24
Today in GC some of us were fooling around with people we remember from any time in the games history, which brings me here. It would be cool to have an A-Z on people of importance who impacted the game in one way or the other. 

It will be hard to keep a structure here in terms of alphabetical order, but the idea is to think of someone who you found important. 

To start off,

A:
Anjire was a prominent player from the alliance Harmless? [H?], who helped the community in many ways with his clever wits and steadfast determination. He was the first player to claim 150squares from one town, in the hopes of discovering something. Nothing happened. And he quit the game shortly after. I will for one remember the way he was feared, respected and loved all in one. Does anyone else remember anything about Anjire?

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Please carry on with names you remember in this thread. Why you remember them. What they did good or bad for the game or for some of the players.

Doesn't have to be super lengthy, but the more info the better :)

Let's spread some love and awareness to each other and to new players who don't know much about our history.



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Posted By: eowan the short
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 12:43
A-
For me, this is probably going to be Angrim; a frequent GCer in his time and founder of eCrow. A great many profiles bear quotes from him today. His account is actually still around though he's a rare sight these days. It's in eCrow, keeping the alliance alive. I'm sure others can contribute more than me as his history with the game stretches far beyond my time here.


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This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some person started it, not knowing what it was, and we'll continue posting on it forever just because...


Posted By: ES2
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 15:38
H-
HonoredMule. He created one of the first wikis for illyriad. Honestly for me this is great enough to cement him into illyriad's player histories, nevermind his activity in game. It was a hub of information that everyone used religiously. 
http://arcanum-illyria.com/wiki" rel="nofollow - http://arcanum-illyria.com/wiki


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Posted By: TheBillPN
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 17:18
D- Durc

I personally never met Durc, but in my time in the Snugglers Coalition (HugCr at the time), Garthen filled me in on the huge personality she had and the impact on the game. The conversation I had with Garthen is currently the only thing left on my in-game profile, for anyone who wants to read. 


Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 18:42
A:
Anas has his own way of doing things and usually gets the people around him to smile. His thoughtful memes and funny comments out of nowhere make him a valuable dude to have around, once again to spread the joy and fun. History has shown that people make fun of Anas, switching one of the A's in his name, to a U. This is probably what he is most known for. BUT, This guy knows how to build troops and how to troll his enemies into frustration, which is another one of his great (ass)ets. 


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Posted By: Captain Kindly
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 19:52
A: Anjire, Auraya, Angrim, Alynndra.

Anjire was a very cool guy and a good player and always happy to help with advice. I believe he probably was the first Dwarf in Illy to field 60K stal armies (and add 2 war colleges if necessary). He also always kept his cool and was generous. I recall him mailing me once (during the Consone War) on a huge fight he had had somewhere near Lan Larosh, advising me to send scavengers. That site was so huge that it took me a week with 6 cotters to clear it. And we were not even chatting outside of GC.

Auraya founded the first Elf-only alliance in Illy. She was helpful to everybody and an all around cool player. I especially admire her for her RL achievements though. But I will not talk about that in a forum, except saying that she is one of the strongest and sweetest people I know.

Angrim: 'nuff said. Probably one of the most intelligent, civilized and witty players that graced this game. I miss him.

Alynndra was one of my co-Rooks in HUGcr and currently a fellow mCrow. Had health issues and got through that, built a huge amount of cities but most of all she is a wonderful person and a good friend.

I probably forgot a few people. A is a very popular starting letter here. I blame Elves. I also did not mention Amorphias since he is an alt. I will see him again when or if we make it to K.


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Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 21:00
B -- Beardo13

A dwarf, a druid, a poet, a friend. Helper of newbs and a good soul.

https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/Player/Profile/49149" rel="nofollow - https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/Player/Profile/49149


Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 21:09
B -Brids17

A Crow, a friend. The DevKiller  http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/brids-the-dev-killer_topic3066.html" rel="nofollow - http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/brids-the-dev-killer_topic3066.html , hunter and finder of statues.

B - buckminster fuller 

A Crow, a friend, a listening ear


Posted By: Vio Valencia
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 21:13
M- Mul

He helped me out immensely and was always very cheerful and had an incredible sense of humor!


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Posted By: Grom
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 21:14
A is for Angrim, grumpiest of dwarfs, B is for Belegar, who followed not far. 


Posted By: Captain Kindly
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 22:26
OK here is my B

Belargyle, High King. Awesomest leader of DLord.


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Posted By: monkeyfeather
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2020 at 22:32
I'm amazed this forum account is still active.

A lot of Es were brought up in the GC convo which inspired this thread, one I didn't see was Eaque. Creator of IllyTools, I feel he deserves a mention.


Posted By: thor
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2020 at 01:52
ill kick of c

Chanson, 
she was caring helpful and always willing to help new people herself and i helped a great many people in illy some of whom are still here today, sadly chanson is not Cry


Posted By: zolvon
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2020 at 05:40
Anjire first joined an alliance with no rules, it soon became clear that his focus, dedication and brilliance at the game was somewhat wasted within this alliance and he moved to H?. 


Posted By: zolvon
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2020 at 05:44
B
BecBlue, was fun and got people together amazingly


Posted By: Hiei
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2020 at 14:26
Honor to Anjire. I also had a slot of fun destroying him and moving all his city away from my cluster, a well respected foe. 


Posted By: Solanar
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2020 at 14:44
E- EmilyJade, owner of the fastest newb vans in illy. 


Posted By: zolvon
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2020 at 08:29
C
Captain Kindly, oh so kind...


Posted By: zolvon
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2020 at 08:38
C
Createure. one of the early greats



Posted By: OssianII
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2021 at 10:39
Azriel, Founder and leader of the Order of the Valar who built an alliance that became the envy of the others. Unfortunately  others who obsessed with power and success brought them low. Not Azriel however who still plays and is more than worthy of mention in this thread.

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Posted By: OssianII
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2021 at 10:41
Originally posted by zolvon zolvon wrote:

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Captain Kindly, oh so kind...
I'll bet CK has been sending you carevans full of goid again LOL


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Posted By: Anjire
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:50
Greetings Everyone!

I like to do an occasion google search on my gaming name.  

It was quite a delight to read the comments in this thread.

I am honored to have played the game with so many great players and personalities.

I do believe that I was close to 100K Stalwarts supported by one city at the end. (using prestige).  :)

I would nominate S - Silverlake
my compatriot in arms out over on the edges of Lan Larosh and Kumala.  I hope our last Hurrah there enabled a good portion of Harmless? the time to regroup in a much better defensible position.

~Anjire


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Posted By: OssianII
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 09:30
Originally posted by Anjire Anjire wrote:

Greetings Everyone!

I like to do an occasion google search on my gaming name.  

It was quite a delight to read the comments in this thread.

I am honored to have played the game with so many great players and personalities.

I do believe that I was close to 100K Stalwarts supported by one city at the end. (using prestige).  :)

I would nominate S - Silverlake
my compatriot in arms out over on the edges of Lan Larosh and Kumala.  I hope our last Hurrah there enabled a good portion of Harmless? the time to regroup in a much better defensible position.

~Anjire

Thinks ... I knew this would happen. I spent six years praying to the Dark Gods of the internet to frazzle  his internet connection and then some idiot posts a "history Remberances" tab on the forum.  Next thing you know....He's back Clown


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Posted By: Anjire
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2021 at 03:10
Well, Ossian your Dark Gods have come through for the most part.   Wink

Internet connection is very touch and go where I am at right now - Only one provider and it is satellite.




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Posted By: Fiona
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2021 at 16:36
For me its Angrim and Belegar. My two #1 dwarfs. :)
Chris G is missed very much, him and his orc Deva
But of course a few mentions are in order. 
DasDwarf, was an amazing alliance mate. I miss him everyday. He was kind and funny and always there to help.
Marti she had a sense of humor matched by no one. 
There have been many that have made this game fun. The player base makes this game great. Many players have shaped my game. Some we lost to illness, some just got a life (hehe). 


Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2021 at 02:53
Good to see you Anjire


Posted By: The Duke
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2021 at 10:35
So for starters this is hands down one of the best post anyone has made in the forums in a long time, and as far as history and people go, I would like to name a few.....

A- Azreil- One of the forefront military minds, alliance leader and key player in a major war. 

B-Boromir- Tourney extraordinaire, and held the lead on overall attack score for a long time. 
(Honorable mentions: Baynights, Beecks)

C- Cranesrule/Boru- Military Juggernaut, diplomatic leader extremely knowledgable and is an OG in illy.

D- Dave83- Major player in the military might of Shade my previous alliance. Him and his alt were always down for a scrap. 
(Honorable mention: Dittobite)

E-Ellisande- Frequent helper in GC and my favorite thing was everytime you seen her in chat Mananan would be in there to give here a rose.
(Honorable mention: Eragon, Emily Jade)

F- Fluffy- The original troll lol. Renamed his account to read that it was abandoned so he could then defend the seiges from people who thought they were taking over an inactive!

G-GodsDestroyer- We use to always empty the market of all the beer before traders were a thing and then barter our goods in GC instead of the typical market transactions. Miss you buddy 
(Honorable mention: Gratch)

H- Honored Mule- We didnt always see eye to eye, but he was a illy great- creator of tools that helped the community, and one of the pillars of Harmless who stood as the beacon of dominance in the illy landscape for years. 

I- Indomitable- Coleader of Toothless, all around nice player and helpful to countless number of newbs
(Honorable mention:Innoble)

J- Jane Dark Magic- Even though we never met she went to college 30 minutes away from me and we shared the same love for Greeks Pizza!
(Honorable Mention:Jasche)

K- Another great Illy trader and long time stay in T?. She would frequent GC with saddles asking to sell to people at a discount
(Honorable Mention: Kale Weathers)

L- ladyLuvs- You never see her venture into global chat aanymore but a great character, big heart and longtime helper in the community. Illy needs more people like LL

M- Manochander/Madmano- I bet this guy has funded illy more prestige than anybody. Mano was a huge piece of my previous alliances and would eat through prestige like it was candy. 
(Honorable mention:Magnificence, malek)

N- Nokigon- Avid member of GC, very loyal and frequently would help people with capturing new towns

O- Olek- Always in GC trying to figure out the game mechanics of seiges and raids, in hindsight he probably was a year before his time. He could have been a great fit when the game started becoming more militarily dominant

P- Purple Rain- Great player but like most of the former alliance Pending, hated wars. Just looked forward to playing in tourneys and was very good at that

Q- Queen Bikini- Alliance leader, thorn in my side. I felt like we were always on opposing sides of a conflict. Good sport when it came to fighting though, her and Roman Empire

R- Rill- Love her or hate her she was a trooper. Rain sleet or snow, Rill was on illy. It got to the point people started disliking her because there wasnt a time you could go into GC and there wasnt a comment from Rill in the feed. One of the most knowledgeable and helpful players illy has probably ever had, and the community suffers from people like her no longer playing their roles.
(Honorable Mention:Ryklaw,Ryelle :)

S- Sheogorath- member of the freemorn society which was doing things way before they were popular in the game. The alliance required you to move into their hub area of Freemorn in order to remain a member, unfortunately Sheo was pretty young and didn't have the patience for the long-term game that is Illyriad.
(Honorable Mentions: Scaramouche,Sir Bradley, Susan Calvin)

T-The_Dude- The first thing that comes to mind is dramatic. The_Dude went on a tirade about a player Mananan and then because he didnt get what he wanted spent the next 2 weeks in GC giving away his goods while seiging himself down to nothing with his alt account El-Jeffe. I guess at the end of the day it was a bit entertaining 
(Honorable Mentions:tanis, Tordenkaffen)

Y- Yearick- Founder of one of the earliest alliances, well rounded player(I believe finrod was his alt if memory serves) with excellent diplomacy and recruiting skills, unfortunately inactivity struck and these accounts were shells for a long time. 

Z- Zolvon- Leader of a old alliance, and one of the older players in the game. He and his brother came over to join up with me in Shade as a result to end a war and save his brother in real life Magnificence from being seiged to 0. After awhile Z had to head back to his own alliance cause he refuses to be ruled by anyone.

As an aside from the above mentioned players Id also like to mention some of my favorite older alliances that are no longer active, Curse the Wolves, The Grey Grudges, and Warriors of the New. All of which i have stories directly related to, but I never was a governing piece of them.  




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Posted By: OssianII
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2021 at 09:35
Two more for the pot:
  • Taron - Founder of Aesir, an alliance that has survived since the beginning (despite having been set up by Ol' Blabberguts!" Big smile).
  • Gregorokin - crows, absa etc. you name it Grego founded it.  Grego was always fun to have around in gc and with his alliances.  He was good counter balance to the usual GC  trans atlantic babble! Grego brought  cred to Illy and quietly made the game accessible to people from all countries and cultures.  Star


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Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:38
B: BayNights

My history with BayNights started when a brave bunch of warriors set out to challenge the fearmongering alliance, that had notoriously started a theme in the game, and put their minds to being the military alliance in The Broken Lands to dominate. SIN of course. Strategies had to be thought out and BayNights was a good mind to have in these matters. Acivity is key, as in a lot of other games, and this dude is active and slaughters other military players with his cunning and deterministic playstyle. 
It ain't a surprise to anybody though, that SIN weren't exactly beat back when an alliance called STOMPS were formed, who had players like Pico, BayNights, AianNick and a couple other warriors who wanted to fight in the name of fairplay and didn't want to see this warmongering fear alliance, SIN, be succesful.
Ultimately the fight is not over, but the tables have been turned several times. Lots of the warriors who were previously alligned with one side or the other, have been shifting around to create as much fun as possible for all involved participants as time has passed. Keep up the good work!

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Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2021 at 00:21
I have truly messed up this thread. Anjire deserved to be mentioned as the A ....... but we left out someone... legendary... 

He created an alliance in The Broken Lands which achieved greatness, fame and helped foster Viperone and his neon pink siege blocks, King Sigerious, AianNick, squirrel, Karl Aegis and more!
He kept the wheels of fun turning in dull times. He wore a red thong on Friday nights and pulled Skorgs finger to the entertainment of especially Rwd, and the other smelly orcs. 

Dare I say his name now, after I accidentally didn't think about it. Shame! Forgive me pal.




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Posted By: Sun Tzu
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2021 at 19:59
Odd.. 


Posted By: Jejune
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2021 at 21:23
F: https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/external/player.asp?PlayerID=54643" rel="nofollow - Finrod

Finrod joined Illyriad in 2010, shortly after the White/H? war. He brought his real-life friend Yearick into the game, who formed World's End [WE], while Finrod joined The Knights Who Say Ni (Ni). Ni went on to become Mal Motsha, which was the first alliance to use the "join us, relocate, or die" approach to enforcing land claims. Eventually, WE got pig-piled on, and Finrod left the game along with Yearick.

They both returned to form http://arcanum-illyria.com/wiki/Rhyagelle" rel="nofollow - Rhyagelle , which was the first alliance I joined. At one point, RHY was the fourth-largest alliance in the game, and it played a key role in the Trove war, though Finrod had departed the game by then (for good), along with Yearick.

Finrod was a very adept diplomat and had been called upon numerous times to mediate in wars and conflicts (it was common in the early days of Illy for a dispassionate mediator to be called in to manage negotiations). He was a dove, but RHY was willing to fight as a last resort.

He may have been a minor player in the metagame in early Illy, but anyone who played back then should remember him as a key political player.

Here is http://arcanum-illyria.com/wiki/Rhyagelle" rel="nofollow - a good Arcanum Illyria article about Rhyagelle .





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