11.20.2007

Castle Siege Mayhem (L2SEA Version)

Currently Playing: Kyu Sakamoto - Miagetegoran Yoru no Hoshi wo


I do remember a few years back that I posted a picture in my Friendster of an in-game picture showing my guild, with our Alde Baran agit. Ohh, here it is!


Taken straight from my Friendster XD

It's nice to reminisce on stuff seemingly forgotten. Meeting them somewhere else also gives some kind of jolt in me; a kind of hyping steroid injection that's hard to shrug off. Anyway I'm not here posting this just to dwell on what's passed. I'm glad I met them again and we'll be fighting alongside them a second time around.


angelril (Sorceress) - [ez]angel


JonahMae (Warsmith) - [ez]Gladiator14

HAHAHA! I know I once described Glad's rule as that of tyranny but past is past and I'd rather celebrate that I met old friends in-game again. Makes for a good reunion, a second chance.

(Plus: seeing them play using girl avatars is worth LOLing at. XD)

gheTTogurL, another guildmate from pRO Fenrir's Forbidden is also playing L2, as a Warsmith named shawty. (Her bf is playing as well ^^) I also happen to know where she works right now is a very convenient place to play L2 while working. No joke. XD

With that said, I shall move back to my supposed topic, the first Castle Siege in L2SEA.


Siege in Blackbird
It was the 17th of November, Saturday. Since I had a noobie character and a little Adena in BB, I went to watch via the Broadcasting Tower in the Elven Village 30 minutes before end of siege (I had to sneak out of my catacomb party XD). I caught a glimpse of Guardian Cathel buffing players outside the Castle gates, while GM Alessea commentated all throughout the event. I heard a clan got the Castle there, but was proven otherwise when I got back on Aria.

I'm still waiting for a full report on it, someone's bound to post about it somewhere. o.O


Siege in Aria
I lost internet connection right before the first half of the siege (just a few minutes after GM Gilrain started commentating =_=), so I was only able to get back with 1 hour left for Aria. I saw Kaliel (a former clannie), Gashapon (master Ace) and Ninja (a well-known SignumVires guy, lol) running about in front of the Castle gates (it's about the only thing I can see from the Broadcasting Tower, DUH), and I also found the Front Castle Gate with tottering HP. I wonder how much damage I'd deal if I were to hit it with the book... lol anyway Aria's siege looked by far faster paced and action packed compared to Blackbird. You'll see the difference in the pictures below. (click for larger image)


Blissful Blackbird vs. Anarchic Aria
[comment]iseedeadpeople[/comment] LOL!


I didn't dare try and get a closer look in BB, due to the fact that dragging my level 4 character to Gludio with no teleport money would be such a hassle. As for Aria, it was HELL. My poor 512MB RAM would've yelled at me in protest if I forced myself any closer to the Castle. I was in Gludio and I could barely take the lag, what more if I were INSIDE the Castle?

Note to self: Buy a 1GB RAM card ASAP. T^T

My pictures of the siege: Aria Blackbird


Discord among Aria's Clans
When I got back online, ultimately missing the exact moment when Aria's siege was concluded due to faulty connection, I found Sera pondering on clan chat about clans and alliances in chaos. It seems the Dynasty alliance (Inquisition-RedForest-Astronix) "back stabbed" the other clans. The only bits I understood are: 1) they threw the clans into confusion by starting(?) attacks against members of other clans, and 2) they are supported by the Covenant alliance (Upheaval-Void-XurDead). During CS Upheaval's clan crest bore the same look as Dynasty's, except the letter embossed is "U". Now Void's has a "V" and XurDead's has an "X". Now if that's not a declaration of a 6-clan alliance, then I'm a dead rat.

Click HERE for iD's forum thread about L2SEA CS bugs/glitches/complaints.. jk XD
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I also remembered someone yelling that Inquisition had both of the Cursed Swords, Demonic Sword Zariche (2H sword) and the Blood Sword Akamanah (Dual swords). patriciojose mentioned in the Forums that they lost it a few days before the Siege, declaring fair play. I didn't see the swords myself, but the players supposedly holding these weapons still had red names, making me doubt nonetheless.


Cursed Sword Zariche


Blood Sword Akamanah

Just one thought lingers: They had the cursed swords and they still didn't get the castle? Gimme a break. ROFL~ XDDD



At the end of the day, the fact remains that no clan got a castle. We roll our eyes in a we-knew-it fashion and set off, back to leveling. Good luck next time, Aria. (buti pa Blackbird nakarating sa Throne room WAHAHAHA)


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