The TeamSpeak Rant

The TeamSpeak Rant (also known as WG Leader Goes Nuts and His Lordship on TeamSpeak) is a recording of His Lordship in 2005. The recording was created around August/September 2005 and was directed to a group of Wilderness Guardians and ex-WG members known as the "TeamSpeak Crew", who were responsible for a backstabbing incident during a WG PK Trip. The recording was leaked to the wider clan community, and has since become one of the clan's most infamous pieces of media.

Overview

His Lordship's hand-written script of the TeamSpeak Rant, with the names of the players involved

Around August/September of 2005 - 2 years into WG's history - a group of WG and ex-WG members known as the "TeamSpeak Crew" (presumably named for their activity on the clan's TeamSpeak server) were aggrevated by the clan's leadership. Notable members of the TeamSpeak Crew were Kenshln, Dhboy123, and Calmax. Using TeamSpeak, the crew convinced other WG members (and some non-WG, mostly members of Dark Slayers and Harathoi) to backstab the clan during an American PK trip, led by HavocAngel and Krow08. The crew and their supporters proceeded to attack the other WG members in deep Wilderness by casting Ice Barrage from behind the Member's Gate. As the WG members were mostly using only melee (it was uncommon to bring multiple combat styles in this era of gameplay), they could not retaliate and were killed with relative ease.

Upon receiving news of the event, His Lordship was furious - but as he was living in Australia and the TeamSpeak Crew were Americans, he could not confront them live. Instead, he scripted the rant on paper, and had WG member Iron This record it over TeamSpeak. Iron This played the recording to the TeamSpeak Crew, and all involved were immediately banned from WG. His Lordship has noted that Calmax was a particularly troublesome member due to his level of immaturity.

The recording of the rant was leaked, and made into a Flash soundboard by an unrelated player known as Pulzar - though this was hosted on Imageshack and appears to be lost to history. The almost-complete recording was uploaded to YouTube on 16 September 2006 by legato223, titled WG leader goes NUTS, and featuring an image of Steve Irwin - a jibe at His Lordship's Australian accent. The video has gained over 14,000 views. A higher-quality version was uploaded by theuberelite on 19 July 2010, which contains the entire clip and is more audible.