A Dissertation on the Importance of Honor to PDX
I would like to comment on this topic if I may, if only to support Kalsun in his assessment. I am a former [PDX] member, having gone under the name and tag of [PDX]Ebonite. Please excuse my forum name on the left, as I signed on to the forums before I joined [PDX].
My roommate Bretai and I, both of [DPW] (powerful back in the days of SiN CTF), had discovered Infiltration in November of 2000, and were looking to form or join a clan so we could get involved with the up-and-coming ILCR. The thing was, we both wanted to be involved with a clan that meant something to us personally. We had formed [DPW] together with some friends from work when we all worked for the Post Office in Portland, Oregon (DPW stands for Disgruntled Postal Workers). Meetings were paid for by the USPS and practice was called by saying, "See you online after work." [DPW] not only provided us with a badge of recognition, but also described who we were, in this case, exactly.
[PDX] was started in April of 2001 by Nickoloff, along with his brother, DJ-Darth_Fader, and his friend, Santos. Bretai ran into Nickoloff online and recognized the tag (PDX is the international aircode for Portland International Airport. Being that the Post Office sends a lot of cargo by air, PDX tags are on most of the incoming mail we process. If you remember the last time you flew, there were sticky tags on your luggage with a three letter code and a barcode, both indicating your destination. Same tags on our mail.). Bretai proceeded to question Nickoloff about his location. Nickoloff confirmed that he and everyone else then in [PDX] lived in Portland, Oregon. Bretai then proposed that he and myself join up with Nickoloff. Nickoloff okayed the deal, with the one stipulation that we do not trash talk online or otherwise embarrass or dishonor the [PDX] tag.
As Nickoloff was keen on the idea of frequent LAN parties and joining the ILCR, we started actively recruiting with two requirements, live in the Greater Portland Metropolitan Area, and have a good or better attitude. We didn't care about skill, as the LAN parties would allow for improvement, attitude and courtesy were what mattered. Pepster, PhyreDance, and Black_Thought quickly joined up, and with their added support, plus the later additions of Jarhead and Kalsun, we joined the ILCR Primary League, already underway.
The regular LAN parties, held every two weeks, not only improved the individual and team skills of the clan, but it also built a comraderie (sp?) among the members, such that we became more than clan members, we became friends. One member loaned another member his back-up computer for two weeks while the other's computer was in the shop, for free. Rides were provided to and from the LAN parties, at 20 miles one way. One member, an employee of the cable company, gave free tech support to all members with cable internet. To us early members, the clan meant more than any one person.
While we only played the last four weeks of the regular season, and lost all four of those matches, we walked away from that first season with the league High Honor Award, a recognition of sportsmanship, based on the sportsmanship ratings from such clans as -GAT-, GHOST, [QSF], and the (then) newly organized North American INF 2.8x division of (SIXPACK). We saw it as an affirmation of our moral code of conduct and were proud of our accomplishment.
The second ILCR Primary League season was delayed until the release of 2.86, and in that time, two of our key members left, our leader, Nickoloff, for whom 2.86 provided unprecedented and unplayable lag, and our webmaster, PhyreDance, who defected (transferred) to $M.Inc.$ in order to maintain (save) a real-life friendship. I basically assumed all defunct duties, in addition to my own as ILCR Representative and ILCR Match Contact, and took [PDX] into the second ILCR Primary League season. We played the preseason and the first official week of the season, whereupon my method of handling things was called into question by a new recruit. The ensuing debate prompted my (and his) resignation.
The resulting loss of players and cumulative loss of "officer" positions led to the withdrawal of [PDX] from the ILCR Primary League, but not before an offer to join the Strategy League was issued to [PDX], based solely on the merit of having earned the High Honor Award, and issed by none other than the co-admin of the Strategy League, Damage.
[PDX] is now in a reconstruction phase, with Kalsun as Leader and Recruiter. Kalsun is the last remaining "Active" member of the "old crew" (time constraints have forced the remaining old-timers to put INF on hold), and respects the commitments to honor and respect that [PDX] started with. Based on Kalsun's response to this incident, I presume Kalsun honestly believes Hops will not repeat this preformance, or if he does, Hops will be permanently removed from the ranks of PDX.
Regards,
Ebonite
Former [PDX] ILCR Representative
Former [PDX] ILCR Match Contact
For verification of events posted here, feel free to visit the [PDX] page at
http://www.darktorrent.com/PDX/indexb.html and check the "About Us", "History", and "ILCR" links, as well as the ILCR site at
http://www.ilcr.net/ and check the "Champions" page.
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