Let me start off by saying Hello.
I don't believe we have formally met. My name is Dustin Cropps and I am the leader of the Florian Lights.
I was handed this clan a little over a month back because the previous clan leader was dealing with some of the stress of his real life. At the time, we had a whopping 20 members. I decided I wanted more. What's the point of a clan without numbers, right?
So I started mass inviting. Along the way, I managed to pick up members such as Ayistromia, Selaroc, Slevyas Grue, SmokeyGurl, and other very active, very helpful, and very trustworthy members. They were just as excited about watching our clan grow as I was and so we all started passing out invites. Soon thereafter, I set up these forums here. The original intent being that the chat and the message board within Zork itself is rather archaic and broken and we all wanted to communicate a little smoother.
Before we knew it, we had an online community on our hands. We picked up other gems of members and really started having fun. We were having contests and chat sessions and helping each other on our forums. It really was a blast and a whole lot more than I ever imagined would become of our little clan.
That's our history. This is our future intent: We want to grow. We will continue to grow. We will eventually pass you. I am not mocking or trying to pick a fight with you... but this will happen. Not a big deal. We aren't trying to pass you to make you upset, we just want to grow and have fun with other players.
We will continue to help our members and you will continue to spy. We will post helpful threads that you will continue to steal and copy/paste in to your own forums. Go for it. At least give us the credit. At the bottom of the thread, just put a little "-Florian Lights". Then we are even.
Check the record. We haven't stolen any THING or any BODY from you. We ONLY invite members who are NOT affiliated with another clan. We don't join your clans to steal from your armory. We have pride and we have honor. If anyone in our clan has tried to do this, than I apologize. They may have our name, but they are just as Florian as you are. A liar with our badge. A stranger with our face.
Take this back to BGL Dave. Take this back to Shendo. We don't care. And for every item you take or forum you copy, it's another feather in our cap. And while your clan may never know what was stolen, YOU do. YOU have shown that we are better than you. No battle, no name throwing, nothing is as admitting of our greatness than your attempts to copy us.
Thank you. Without you, we wouldn't know how amazing we really are.
Cheers.
-Dustin Cropps
Your friend 'til the very end.