It's amazing to see you bring this side of Rust which is rather niche in the grand scheme of things to a much larger community. So many people are unaware of main scene and may never know about it. However this gives some of them a chance to not only learn about it, but also to possibly join this amazing community
As a player with 7000 Hours, it's amazing to see this video unfold a TON of the events I was a part of and a lot of the names I grew to know and love over the years.
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Yeah man, I miss it. I think a lot of it just had to do with the life state of many people from back then, living with your parents, going to school, gaming with friends. It really was a safe/happy time for man, which is what makes this type of nostalgia so great. Glad you enjoyed it!
Early stages of a new exciting game coupled with youth is always a special time and unforgettable time. Every generation will get to experience that with a different game.
@@blackmamba___ Yes! Me and my friends, we play a game called Deadside, still pretty new and it definitely has it´s flaws, but it has a small Clan scene, which I have expierence with myself. It is a pretty different game from rust tho (I only placed rust pretty recently and not a lot). The community in Deadside is mixed, meet very nice people on there and very unfriendly. If anyone wants to check it out, it´s on steam for ~20€. Hope to maybe see some new players :)
Playing Rust since Alpha 2016 but always as a solo/duo on and off I've always wondered how these big clans functioned with and mostly against each other. Can't wait for the next part!
Jack I think we all appreciate you for all that you've done for the Rust community. During this video I found myself remembering so much I didn't realize I had forgotten. I'm glad someone has finally come along and decided to document the history of Rust. Hopefully in the next video I get to see some of the clans I played in.
Thanks Noah, I know you first hand have seen all my ups and downs over the years. Really happy to share this with you man, this project means the world to me in telling our story.
I was on the edge of my chair, waiting to see who you would say the first big clan in Rust was. Man. I was over here clapping when you said CML. Not because I liked them, but because it was such a throwback. I remember those days, seeing their huge compounds, and later when they turned into DML. Then you hit me with Dirt McGirt. Man, the raid cams from those days... Shout out to Phaedo. Wherever Phaedo is, I hope he is going well. Vertiigo and Rizza raid cams were goated. The real Main scene, on Main servers before it was changed over to the clan scene and clan servers focusing solely on clans and nothing else. haha. I remember my group fought against Destiny at one point. Was a wild time. I swear, BCHILLZ! was better than just about any player with an AK back then. Also, rip Combattags. TGB still the most goated clan of all time in my opinion. TGB General and the TGB Clan, Sidewinder and FEAR, .COM, and SIN were some of the most insane clans to watch as Rust evolved. The AU side was hands down the best part of the competitive scene. The irl scenes actually worked very well in this video.
Just seeing old rust gameplay brings back so many memories and emotions, rust was the game that got me into PC gaming and was one of the first games I truly fell in love with. It really makes me happy that there’s someone documenting the history of rust and the clan culture within it.
I wanted to acknowledge your hard work and determination. I haven’t been subscribed for very long but it didn’t take long for me to notice the potential in your channel. You have focused more on quality than the quantity of your videos and being a channel that doesn’t have a ton of subscribers is rarely seen. With that being said the fact that you have chosen to make your videos entertaining by the time you spend on them rather than just posting videos to post them is quite an accomplishment and you should pride yourself on that. I am excited about what the future has in store for this channel. Keep up the hard work and don’t get discouraged.
Hey Laxer, Really appreciate the kind words. As well as the fact that you know there's a lot more then meets the eye for the content I produce. I think it's very common for viewers to think some videos are very easily made or there isn't much time that goes into it, or they could do it better lol. I know because I had a similar mindset on watching RUclips videos for the past 10 years, in doing it myself now I can really appreciate others content, and my own knowing it takes a lot of time to continue to improve on the quality and production value. Your understanding of all this really hits home with me, comment my day. I hope you an awesome week and will see you on the next video!
Just wanted to say this was extremely well put together! I was a member of CML and some of my best memories of Rust are 2016 and 2017. It was great to have this video pop up and for me to be able to open my screen shots and remember it.
being from Australia i was expecting not to hear anything about our clans but it was a nostaliga trip when you mentioned TGB. I wasnt apart of any clans but i remember playing a few wipes and fighting against them, and some of the breakoff clans
miss the rustralasia days, haven’t been able to play rust since becoming an adult and coming back during quarantine and seeing rustralasia doesn’t exist sucked
As a person with 7k+ hours on rust and played in the main clan scene quite a lot in the old days. So many memories playing with a lot of these people that you put into an amazing summary of the history of the clans. I remember playing in multiple clans where you would come play with us and it was always a good time. All these people and years talking and playing with all these people truly makes me nostalgic to look back on this. Cant wait for the next part of this series.
Damn, that hit the nostalgia bone just right. Rust was the first game I had ever purchased on my Steam account, and I bought a few weeks after it came out (for less than 7 bucks!). 2000 hours later, I haven't thoroughly played it in years, mainly due to having no time, but also cause my PC simply can't run it anymore. I remember once in 2016 when a big clan invited the whole server for a raid, and I dragged along. They kitted everyone up, gave a speech and we marched together along gunfire and war cries. These memories live fondly in the back of my head now.
These documentary type pieces of yours is easily some of the best Rust content I’ve ever seen on RUclips. Really looking forward to the rest of this series, and whatever you may have in store for us afterwards!
This comment really hits me man, I've craved to do this since I started, I think after all my experiences it was worth the wait. Appreciate you support!
Seeing the old unity browser version of rust in the intro takes me back. I remember getting an invite on the facepunch forums and playing it for a day or two. Didn't touch the game again until years later and man it's come a long way.
Crazy to think it would get this far, if you look at the comments from Gary back then he had doubts. But he made it! This game has had more of an impact then we could of ever imagined.
Wow i cannot believe i was actually mentioned in this! so many great years on rust thank you for a huge throwback @jack its so nice to go back and see because this was so much of our lives. Cannot wait for part 2!
As someone playing since 2015, I'm really happy you mentioned Phaedo82 and VertiigoGaming. They have been some of the founding fathers of rust content. Shout-out to Ser Winter as well. Also big ups for mentioning TGB and SIN, but I feel like you should've dove a little deeper in that topic!
I cant describe how much joy it brings me to finally see this concept be attempted. The rust main scene never got the recognition it deserved content wise. You did an amazing job with this video jack, glad to see you kept up the content snowball my friend!
Jesus, this came up in recommended and made me remember all the fun i had back in the day in F1K. Still remember how hilarious and entertaining those meetings were. Great job Jack, video is amazing and cant wait for the next.
This felt like a video from a big channel, great job on the video and i'm looking forwards to the series. I can't believe you only have 7K subscribers.
Damn, this video is amazing. Watching you talk over this and being able to witness a ton of these events live really caught me by surprise. I need some more history about Zzz though!
I have over 7000 hours and have had the game since early 2015. I have seen the clan scene change over the years and I can easily say it is the most fun aspect of Rust. There is no feeling like pummeling a toxic cheater groups base with 2000 rockets or successfully defending a 5v30 raid. It's great to see a content creator finally addressing the clan scenes very rich (and very ignored) history.
Thanks for the feedback man! Blows me away that this hasn't been talked about previously. I'm happy to do justice in telling the story, expect some more great topics around this niche.
I know you guys disbanded but surely you can all get the band back together for a wipe sometime for old times sake. Me and my friend still talk about when you guys ruled on rustralasia in 2018. With all the new updates you guys would destroy even more these days.
@@ElkayLiveMost of our main members including myself have moved on started families and have more responsibilities now unfortunately. Plus we are all probably washed up now 😂
@@JackShephardTVEnjoying, and really appreciate answers to really simple questions I had. Rust players are not keen to answer questions. (Only been solo, friends won't touch it.😅)
Wow, this is crazy seeing a video like this after so long being an officer in FEAR, kinda sad Blackout didn't get a shoutout as he was the Leader of FEAR for years, but stoped playing for the few months during this period on Rustralasia, amazing video, gave me flashbacks of the 18 hours a day grinding we did.
so many memories, i remember ghosting cml's farm/slave base and getting what seemed like infinite loot out of it when the chopper update came out, just flew over and jumped on the roof
Honestly i love history documentaries overall but to see someone make a documentary of the history of the rust main scene is so sick. Especially having followed quite a bit of the drama from youtube videos since 2015 and having played main itself in 2020. Cant wait to watch this in some years and just thinking of the "good old times" when there was no responsibilities in life except waking up to school and after that getting on rust to grind. Havent even watched the video but already know its gonna be good! Thank you for putting in the effort and keep making these types of rust videos as they lowkey hit home having quit a few years ago and knowing i'll probably never have time to properly play rust or a game like it again. (sorry for corny ass comment)
Hey man you speak truth, Some people might think what we did was not a good investment of time, but Rust was a big part of lives. We learned a lot beyond the game. I'm happy you got to experience it. When I made this project, I truly wanted to give back to the people who invested in our community, thanks for joining me on the journey!
Thanks man Nova is 100% correct, the drama only gets better, needed this first part to set the stakes for people who play or don't play Rust to understand.
@JackShephardTV totally understandable, I got rust in November of 2022 and don't know all that much about its past. This video was extremely interesting to watch.
You probably wont remember me but I used to play in DML with you, crazy to randomly see this video and remember how much i used to grind Rust and all the people I ran with.
@@totot2707 Your name does sound familiar, I think we did run it up on mains. It is kinda crazy to think about on all those late nights and weekends on Rust lmao. Good to see you're alright.
"inkly is a dumb ** and doesn't know anything" - dot kinn I miss dirtmcgirt, my leader 🥺 Many people probably see nickly as a bad person but really he wanted everyone to have fun and I hated how other groups treated me and their other members. Good example is maxx it was horrible in dmg like really fucking bad. He code raided nK 4 times but I hope he had fun while with us. Kinda wild I was there for all of this even the legacy rust.
Yeah the scene really fucked with Max, there's some videos of a few OG's mocking him. Was not very nice lol, probably one of the worst things I've seen for this specific era. Glad you enjoyed this part, hope I did Nickly justice.
hey jack. Wanted to stop for a moment and say thank you for the community. The fun i enjoyed while playing with people i had recruited from your discord, competition with other clans with the leaderboard. Always loved the Villa and it holds a special place in my heart. Running a 32 man was a highlight of my gaming career
Hey zeph, This comment really means a lot to me. I really pride myself on giving you guys as much value as I can, because you have done so much for me beyond the game over the years. I'm glad I was able to have a positive impact on your gaming experience man, I hope to see you again in the future. Thanks for making it all happen.
I have 8.2k hours on Rust, and I remember so many of these events, me and my 5 man mained Rustopia back in the day, good times. In 2018 I was apart of a clan called Toxic Clan on Rustified main, we did well for a few wipes but with 20 people in our clan, there was alot of corruption and after that we pretty much disbanded lol, anyways great video man!
The work paid off man, finished product is fucking beautiful! Crazy to see what was loose concepts and screenshots I saw outside looking in turned into a full form video like this!
Appreciate your support man, your comment on steam from way back then when I wasn't here meant so much and kept me going, makes me so happy to make you proud man.
The reason why CML went downhill was because big pothead was telling DMG when we were coming to raid them and Philly Thor was still destroying their base every week😅😅😅
I left rust 2 years ago but watching so many old familiar names I remember someone well who taught me the ak spray in 2017 and it was the Haddock! He had a mate who was super talented as well called tawhaki I can’t remember if i am spelling it correct but it definitely rings up the old memories of dedicating so much time to combattags back then!
I have been following Rust since it's very early days but I never had paid any attention to the Clans and just took them as granted from the Bf, Cod & Planetside scene but this is a whole new outlook into the way the Meta changed for this game. I found it very hard to get into rust due to various issues (be it irl or just being a Hoarder with OCD) but it has always fascinated me how the devs made a game entirely run by the players where new stories sprout every day let alone wipes. It's kinda like playing with civilization except we get to see it, study it and enjoy it at the same time
This is awesome, I quit playing rust 3 years ago and I was a member of damn near all of these clans it's awesome to see. Was in a clan called GGSQD with IB Prom before he made IB. Was in NK, NW, and DOT at their peaks. Also am still good friends with the leaders of TM. Was in a bunch of other clans in the later 2018-2020 era too.
Were you there for the last big wipe for NW? the one where they had the bridge into their compound in the valley by beach. I was the guy that used to follow NW around and grief them every single wipe. I was so good at griefing the leader of dot was begging me to join them. I dedicated at least 4 months straight of doing nothing but griefing NW every chance I got. Heather hated me and I was one of the things that heather and schizo would argue about because they couldnt stop me. I remember that last wipe I made heather completely lose it by blowing into her little separate base and throwing c4 on her while she was offline. She got me banned from like 3 or 4 main servers because she would get in good with the admins.
7:05 As a leader of [BP+] since 2015 - I must admit you did a great research. Thanks for mentioning us! It was long time ago and yes, our greatest enemies were all the others mentioned from the European servers. If you want to become Rust historian we might have some stories to share from that times. :)
Been playing since late early 2014, game has been amazing for me and I still play today but nearly not as much. Its amazing seeing all these clans listed down in a video which brings back memories!
Great vid. Love ur content. As a generally new player, (1k hours), it’s so interesting to learn the complex history of the game and it’s community and how it has evolved.
I don't normally watch youtubers with low subscribers but after enjoying a few of your videos, I can honestly say that your channel provides me with a ton of entertainment. Keep making vids brotha, they are really enjoyable
I've only got about 2k hours and played since 2021, but I've talked to so many OGs from a decade ago, and the evolution is so unbelievably full compared to other titles from the same time period as Final Fantasy 14. I had the "pleasure" of playing console Rust as my entry to the game, and switched to PC about 200 hours into console, which gave me a real crash course in how Rust was prior to minis, scrappies, anything on the water, electricity, or half of the monuments.
Just want to point out as a former CML member and later and current [ABC] member that many people fail to mention the DMGs group and many of the players breaking off from it were cheaters. I realize it’s been a while but as a player who fought DMG cheaters on multiple occasions I feel like it is a relevant point.
ive been playing rust since 2013 (legacy) and we had a clan on an official facepunch server up until the release of updated rust. There was about 10 of us and we had a big clan compound, we even have some videos online. Was also good friends with a lot of the CML guys as i also branched off from Planetside- 2 and was actually one of the few competitive players within that community ( We had won the world championship for planetside 2 community clash)
After watching this whole video, it’s really unlocked some of my 12 year old memories and brought them back. I forgot how much of a noob I used to be and seeing all of this just helps me get s bigger picture of what I was apart and still am.
So nice of you to recognize us :-), good video, good times! There was so much more to the european rustafied times tho, it was wild and complicated :D Also, there was never such a thing as "TOXICBP+" but i suppose its just a typo ^^ Best regards to all the nice clans we played with and aginast, good memories ;D
@@nick9602 I'm not proud of any of that. I'm not proud of the ego I developed when playing this game and being so good at it. Appreciate the kind words; but just remember that you're missing out on nothing. Playing and succeeding in Rust can develop habits of resistance and resilience though, something I took forward into the corporate world when I turned 18 in 2018. A lot of people don't do the same though, they develop addiction. Nevertheless, some of the people I met while playing have been some of the most inspiring, loyal and amazing people I've ever met in my life, and changed me forever. I will forever be grateful. Thanks for your comment.
Started playing I believe Jan 2017 and remember seeing remnants of Fear around. Wasnt long before I saw someone in chat say that they had disbanded. Seeing stuff likes this makes me wish I bought Rust earlier when I saw people like Faceless uploading vids about it.
That's crazy yeah the longer you play you'll learn about the stories passed down by the last clans. It's like the Jedi Order after the fall, it's pretty cool to have that type of history feel in a game.
My pc broke back in 2018 and i have sadly been stuck to console gaming ever since. But it was nice re live some of those moments. Playing as a solo or role playing on the main servers and back in legacy was always so much fun and I haven’t played anything as exciting since. Great video keep it up 👍
Bro, this is crazy. I was a DML / DOT / F1K / Cloud member, so this is crazy to see. I even joined shepards villa and talked with you Jack a lot, My name was Puppy. this is INSANE!
Loved the game as a kid, all these songs are from games I've played myself. Happy to get you emotional man, it's the little things like music that really set the scene.
Ive been playing since legacy and still am playing, such nostalgia, crazy how much i miss the okd times. Just a crazy feeling seeing this, Thank you sir for this truly❤️
Omg I saw Frankie’s video when I was like 10 or 11 and I just instantly in love with rust and when I was maybe 14 got my first pc i bought rust and run it under no more than 10 fps and with 5 hours loading in the server and constantly crash while loading, I will just open up and choose a server and go to sleep hoping when I woke up it didn’t crash
Appreciate you man, were playing this wipe on Rusty Moose Main Monthly if you'd want to join. One of the people in our group called pain said she played with you before, were going to do a hotel so it might be some good content, and we need some tea, haha. Feel free to add me on Discord: jackshephard if you want to connect.
Man I got CLIPS and clips of dismantling CML since legacy. Great video, wish I could have entered my piece, I’ve played since before rust came to steam
@@JackShephardTV Well thank you for letting me tag along on the journey and you most definitely have a loyal fan...hope all is well an cant wait till your next video..
Thank you so much Phadeo! I'm super glad you enjoyed it. I was a huge fan of your work when I was a kid playing this game. To be honest, this video would have been impossible to document without all your videos from 2015-2017. Huge respect for all your work man.
@@JackShephardTV Much respect to you, Jack. You have my full permission to use any of my old content. I will always remember my time with the Rust community fondly and I had a good run early on. Keep up the fantastic work, my dude!
Heated! I remember you, hope life has been awesome for you man. We always had a bit of drama, but happy to end our story on a good way. Thanks for your support!
Ugh anytime I see legacy rust clips or hear anyone talking about it I get a huge surge of nostalgia. I've almost always played solo, vanilla, modded, etc. But this almsot makes me want to join a clan!
Missed a few of the top OCE clans but it's hard to blame you being from NA. Awesome video! Got alot of good memories from 2016-17 Rust. The Rustralasia forums went hard xD
@@JackShephardTV Unfortunately the OCE scene started to fizzle out a bit with the death of Rustralasia in 2017 (.iO, Who?, .org, sW and some others all quitting). TGB disbanded/took a break in mid 2017 which led to nM being made (led by Tesla and Tacularr) and we got some new faces like YTB (massive zerg) and Loyl (led by Motion) towards the end of 2017 but there simply wasn't enough competition so people started moving to US in 2018. Tesla/Tac and some nM guys went to Neeko's group, some people went to IB and I personally was convinced by a teammate to go play in Cassie's group for a little while before I eventually quit from mid 2018 till 2020. There were still some PVP groups left in AU like Ri, Trigga's group and some lesser experienced clans but I didn't really keep up to date with it all once I had quit. This was around the time you started doing your rankings on OCE so if you've still got access to those hopefully they can give you all the insight you need. If you ever do a deeper dive into each region individually i'd be happy to give you some insight/get some siN guys in your discord. 2016 was the peak for OCE imo and the competition was pretty unreal for such a small region. Cheers for all the effort you've put into these, looking forward to part 2!
So much nostalgia :') I remember being a slave under beardcore when I played as part of CML and when a bunch of us broke off as an exile group we got raided by DirtMcGirt and his clan. I still have the screenshot of my death screen from him as well as the CML compound with their giant CML billboard lol.
When you started talking about the p2 meta it reminded me of a Reddit post I made years ago. You then posted a Reddit post and I rewound it, turns out it was my post lmao. What’re the odds. It’s one of the only times I’ve ever posted on Reddit. Can’t believe this popped up on my recommended after not playing for years! I Got Broads in Hapis Island lives on in rust history lmao
It's amazing to see you bring this side of Rust which is rather niche in the grand scheme of things to a much larger community. So many people are unaware of main scene and may never know about it. However this gives some of them a chance to not only learn about it, but also to possibly join this amazing community
Thanks Goose, really felt the clans deserved some credit. Hope this inspires more people to get involved!
Do not play the main scene nothing good about it, gangs of nonces
Amazing? it’s dying now 😅
@@snotdragon8212 been dead, peek main scene was 2014-2018
@@gruntea4502rust has more players. ow than it’s ever had my boy
Looking forward to this series! It seems like I missed out on so much lore in the early days. All those hotels and villas looked so fun
exactly
scripted shorts bozo
orb
now script a short about how you ran into a clan naked and then called in the boys
@@robbzooi🎉
As a player with 7000 Hours, it's amazing to see this video unfold a TON of the events I was a part of and a lot of the names I grew to know and love over the years.
Happy to entertain an OG, glad you were here to experience it!
Same bruh
Fully bro difference is i tot 12🤣
7k hours???? go outside my guy HAHAHAH
@@V6HD29 7k hours in 8 years
I just binged every one of your videos from the past 5 months. They're really well done, well structured and a great watch. Earned my sub!
Thanks man! I grew up watching a lot of your stuff when I was kid. It means a lot to me you like the content my guy.
@@JackShephardTV
THE CROSSBOW NERF DIDNT NEED TO HAPPEN
@@whytry4682wow what a throw back
@@jacobbyington259 Lol that was the start of the downfall of rust for me.
Thanks for Watching! This is the *FIRST video of our THREE part series.* You can expect to see part two before the end of the summer.
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Waiting for Rick Krangle to pop up
Bro the intro music goes so hard, could you drop it sometime?
@@lorcanmcwilliams6734 Check out the links Solutize is the creator, he should have a full unedited version posted soon!
this was actually incredibly well made and brought back a lot of nostalgia, there will never be a video game community like old rust ever again
Yeah man, I miss it. I think a lot of it just had to do with the life state of many people from back then, living with your parents, going to school, gaming with friends. It really was a safe/happy time for man, which is what makes this type of nostalgia so great. Glad you enjoyed it!
Agreed.
NO WAY ITS DRNO
Early stages of a new exciting game coupled with youth is always a special time and unforgettable time. Every generation will get to experience that with a different game.
@@blackmamba___ Yes! Me and my friends, we play a game called Deadside, still pretty new and it definitely has it´s flaws, but it has a small Clan scene, which I have expierence with myself. It is a pretty different game from rust tho (I only placed rust pretty recently and not a lot). The community in Deadside is mixed, meet very nice people on there and very unfriendly. If anyone wants to check it out, it´s on steam for ~20€. Hope to maybe see some new players :)
Playing Rust since Alpha 2016 but always as a solo/duo on and off I've always wondered how these big clans functioned with and mostly against each other. Can't wait for the next part!
Excited to share it with you!
The good ole days, I miss the ak wars and huge raids.
Glad you enjoyed it man! Super happy you were around to experience it.
Corner picking is what I miss about the good ole days.
Jack I think we all appreciate you for all that you've done for the Rust community. During this video I found myself remembering so much I didn't realize I had forgotten. I'm glad someone has finally come along and decided to document the history of Rust. Hopefully in the next video I get to see some of the clans I played in.
Thanks Noah, I know you first hand have seen all my ups and downs over the years. Really happy to share this with you man, this project means the world to me in telling our story.
noah? its conspiracy didnt know you where alive
I was on the edge of my chair, waiting to see who you would say the first big clan in Rust was. Man. I was over here clapping when you said CML. Not because I liked them, but because it was such a throwback. I remember those days, seeing their huge compounds, and later when they turned into DML. Then you hit me with Dirt McGirt. Man, the raid cams from those days... Shout out to Phaedo. Wherever Phaedo is, I hope he is going well. Vertiigo and Rizza raid cams were goated. The real Main scene, on Main servers before it was changed over to the clan scene and clan servers focusing solely on clans and nothing else. haha. I remember my group fought against Destiny at one point. Was a wild time. I swear, BCHILLZ! was better than just about any player with an AK back then. Also, rip Combattags. TGB still the most goated clan of all time in my opinion. TGB General and the TGB Clan, Sidewinder and FEAR, .COM, and SIN were some of the most insane clans to watch as Rust evolved. The AU side was hands down the best part of the competitive scene. The irl scenes actually worked very well in this video.
Just seeing old rust gameplay brings back so many memories and emotions, rust was the game that got me into PC gaming and was one of the first games I truly fell in love with. It really makes me happy that there’s someone documenting the history of rust and the clan culture within it.
I wanted to acknowledge your hard work and determination. I haven’t been subscribed for very long but it didn’t take long for me to notice the potential in your channel. You have focused more on quality than the quantity of your videos and being a channel that doesn’t have a ton of subscribers is rarely seen. With that being said the fact that you have chosen to make your videos entertaining by the time you spend on them rather than just posting videos to post them is quite an accomplishment and you should pride yourself on that. I am excited about what the future has in store for this channel. Keep up the hard work and don’t get discouraged.
Hey Laxer,
Really appreciate the kind words. As well as the fact that you know there's a lot more then meets the eye for the content I produce. I think it's very common for viewers to think some videos are very easily made or there isn't much time that goes into it, or they could do it better lol. I know because I had a similar mindset on watching RUclips videos for the past 10 years, in doing it myself now I can really appreciate others content, and my own knowing it takes a lot of time to continue to improve on the quality and production value. Your understanding of all this really hits home with me, comment my day. I hope you an awesome week and will see you on the next video!
Just wanted to say this was extremely well put together! I was a member of CML and some of my best memories of Rust are 2016 and 2017. It was great to have this video pop up and for me to be able to open my screen shots and remember it.
I’m a current member of CML. Things are going well. We are on Planetside 2 mainly now.
being from Australia i was expecting not to hear anything about our clans but it was a nostaliga trip when you mentioned TGB. I wasnt apart of any clans but i remember playing a few wipes and fighting against them, and some of the breakoff clans
miss the rustralasia days, haven’t been able to play rust since becoming an adult and coming back during quarantine and seeing rustralasia doesn’t exist sucked
As a person with 7k+ hours on rust and played in the main clan scene quite a lot in the old days. So many memories playing with a lot of these people that you put into an amazing summary of the history of the clans. I remember playing in multiple clans where you would come play with us and it was always a good time. All these people and years talking and playing with all these people truly makes me nostalgic to look back on this. Cant wait for the next part of this series.
Happy you got to experience it, look forward to our next chapter.
@@JackShephardTV I can’t wait for the 2023 villa see you on wipe!
Damn, that hit the nostalgia bone just right. Rust was the first game I had ever purchased on my Steam account, and I bought a few weeks after it came out (for less than 7 bucks!). 2000 hours later, I haven't thoroughly played it in years, mainly due to having no time, but also cause my PC simply can't run it anymore. I remember once in 2016 when a big clan invited the whole server for a raid, and I dragged along. They kitted everyone up, gave a speech and we marched together along gunfire and war cries. These memories live fondly in the back of my head now.
Glad to say rust is still kinda like that, no skill gap anymore tho :(
These documentary type pieces of yours is easily some of the best Rust content I’ve ever seen on RUclips. Really looking forward to the rest of this series, and whatever you may have in store for us afterwards!
This comment really hits me man, I've craved to do this since I started, I think after all my experiences it was worth the wait. Appreciate you support!
Seeing the old unity browser version of rust in the intro takes me back. I remember getting an invite on the facepunch forums and playing it for a day or two. Didn't touch the game again until years later and man it's come a long way.
Crazy to think it would get this far, if you look at the comments from Gary back then he had doubts. But he made it! This game has had more of an impact then we could of ever imagined.
Wow i cannot believe i was actually mentioned in this! so many great years on rust thank you for a huge throwback @jack its so nice to go back and see because this was so much of our lives. Cannot wait for part 2!
Happy to share it man, thanks for making it all happen!
I forgot who it was that said when you piss you pee on your balls. I think that was your last wipe in infamy. So funny.
As someone playing since 2015, I'm really happy you mentioned Phaedo82 and VertiigoGaming. They have been some of the founding fathers of rust content. Shout-out to Ser Winter as well. Also big ups for mentioning TGB and SIN, but I feel like you should've dove a little deeper in that topic!
hes doing another 2 videos
How do you mention winter but not Ramsey, to me Ramsey should be put up on Rushmore with vertiigo.
@@ashtonlinkon6437 Zuckles and Faceless were very big then too
I cant describe how much joy it brings me to finally see this concept be attempted. The rust main scene never got the recognition it deserved content wise. You did an amazing job with this video jack, glad to see you kept up the content snowball my friend!
Thank you wub, finally happy to give closure to our generation and hopefully inspire the next, thanks for coming with me on this journey.
WUB THE GOAT
@@Jakhgames24
Jesus, this came up in recommended and made me remember all the fun i had back in the day in F1K. Still remember how hilarious and entertaining those meetings were. Great job Jack, video is amazing and cant wait for the next.
This felt like a video from a big channel, great job on the video and i'm looking forwards to the series. I can't believe you only have 7K subscribers.
Thanks a ton! Always try and make content I'd want to see myself.
Damn, this video is amazing. Watching you talk over this and being able to witness a ton of these events live really caught me by surprise. I need some more history about Zzz though!
I have over 7000 hours and have had the game since early 2015. I have seen the clan scene change over the years and I can easily say it is the most fun aspect of Rust. There is no feeling like pummeling a toxic cheater groups base with 2000 rockets or successfully defending a 5v30 raid. It's great to see a content creator finally addressing the clan scenes very rich (and very ignored) history.
Thanks for the feedback man! Blows me away that this hasn't been talked about previously. I'm happy to do justice in telling the story, expect some more great topics around this niche.
Personally I think it’s even more satisfying with small groups as you develop an understanding of each individual
Very well done. Jack is a big asset to the Rust community. Just a gem!
I miss tgb clan those guys were so awesome and would help solo players. They helped me a few times.
Thanks man
I know you guys disbanded but surely you can all get the band back together for a wipe sometime for old times sake. Me and my friend still talk about when you guys ruled on rustralasia in 2018. With all the new updates you guys would destroy even more these days.
TGB was my first ever rust clan I joined lol. I think I downloaded teamspeak to join and then never used it again😂
@@ElkayLiveMost of our main members including myself have moved on started families and have more responsibilities now unfortunately. Plus we are all probably washed up now 😂
@@nick9602What was your steam name?
So happy this series is coming out, haven’t thought about rust clan scene in years, good old times 😭
Awesome video Jack, so good to step back in time like this looking forward to next parts :D
Glad you enjoyed it! Super nice to see you again! If you have some information on any quality AU drama for 2018-2020, feel free to reach out.
@@JackShephardTV yeah be happy to share stories/videos if needed !
As someone who played around through this era on a consistent basis in a few different clans listed, I'm surprised how accurate this was good job.!
This is an incredible concept and I’m so glad you’re telling this story.
Glad you like it!
@@JackShephardTVEnjoying, and really appreciate answers to really simple questions I had. Rust players are not keen to answer questions.
(Only been solo, friends won't touch it.😅)
Nice man, I think your first on the rust scene lore, and as a relatively new player, I’m both curious and here for it!
Great Video Jack! Look forward to parts 2 & 3!
Hey it’s the dude !!
Wow, so nice to see you again General! It's been such a long time. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
@@JackShephardTV Yeah it’s been an age, it’s good to hear about the old chaotic days!
Wow, this is crazy seeing a video like this after so long being an officer in FEAR, kinda sad Blackout didn't get a shoutout as he was the Leader of FEAR for years, but stoped playing for the few months during this period on Rustralasia, amazing video, gave me flashbacks of the 18 hours a day grinding we did.
You’re filling a remarkable niche of content here. Love to see this
Happy to hear man, I make stuff I'd want to see myself glad to have you along for the journey.
This is your best work yet Jack! Can’t wait to see more from you.
so many memories, i remember ghosting cml's farm/slave base and getting what seemed like infinite loot out of it when the chopper update came out, just flew over and jumped on the roof
meta is meta. win is win.
Honestly i love history documentaries overall but to see someone make a documentary of the history of the rust main scene is so sick. Especially having followed quite a bit of the drama from youtube videos since 2015 and having played main itself in 2020. Cant wait to watch this in some years and just thinking of the "good old times" when there was no responsibilities in life except waking up to school and after that getting on rust to grind. Havent even watched the video but already know its gonna be good! Thank you for putting in the effort and keep making these types of rust videos as they lowkey hit home having quit a few years ago and knowing i'll probably never have time to properly play rust or a game like it again. (sorry for corny ass comment)
Hey man you speak truth,
Some people might think what we did was not a good investment of time, but Rust was a big part of lives. We learned a lot beyond the game. I'm happy you got to experience it. When I made this project, I truly wanted to give back to the people who invested in our community, thanks for joining me on the journey!
The fact that this is 1/3 is INSANE! Cant wait for the next 2 parts.
It's only going to get more interesting since around 2019 is when clan scene saw a boom in drama and egos lol.
Thanks man Nova is 100% correct, the drama only gets better, needed this first part to set the stakes for people who play or don't play Rust to understand.
@JackShephardTV totally understandable, I got rust in November of 2022 and don't know all that much about its past. This video was extremely interesting to watch.
@@JackShephardTV Can't wait for all the drama surrounding Affinity and Vital. Easily one of the best arcs lol
I used to watch parts of this unfold on youtube before i played. most people called them clan wars iirc, this is what got me into rust.
Hi Jack, it’s been a while since we’ve last played. Glad to see you’re doing well. Thanks for the shoutout king.
You probably wont remember me but I used to play in DML with you, crazy to randomly see this video and remember how much i used to grind Rust and all the people I ran with.
dml rulz
@@totot2707 Your name does sound familiar, I think we did run it up on mains. It is kinda crazy to think about on all those late nights and weekends on Rust lmao. Good to see you're alright.
cutie, been a minute @@Noa_Borg
Used to watch vertiigo religiously when I was around 9 to 10 years old, it's amazing seeing him receive some recognition!
"inkly is a dumb ** and doesn't know anything" - dot kinn
I miss dirtmcgirt, my leader 🥺
Many people probably see nickly as a bad person but really he wanted everyone to have fun and I hated how other groups treated me and their other members. Good example is maxx it was horrible in dmg like really fucking bad. He code raided nK 4 times but I hope he had fun while with us.
Kinda wild I was there for all of this even the legacy rust.
Yeah the scene really fucked with Max, there's some videos of a few OG's mocking him. Was not very nice lol, probably one of the worst things I've seen for this specific era. Glad you enjoyed this part, hope I did Nickly justice.
hey jack. Wanted to stop for a moment and say thank you for the community. The fun i enjoyed while playing with people i had recruited from your discord, competition with other clans with the leaderboard. Always loved the Villa and it holds a special place in my heart. Running a 32 man was a highlight of my gaming career
Hey zeph,
This comment really means a lot to me. I really pride myself on giving you guys as much value as I can, because you have done so much for me beyond the game over the years. I'm glad I was able to have a positive impact on your gaming experience man, I hope to see you again in the future. Thanks for making it all happen.
I have 8.2k hours on Rust, and I remember so many of these events, me and my 5 man mained Rustopia back in the day, good times. In 2018 I was apart of a clan called Toxic Clan on Rustified main, we did well for a few wipes but with 20 people in our clan, there was alot of corruption and after that we pretty much disbanded lol, anyways great video man!
The work paid off man, finished product is fucking beautiful! Crazy to see what was loose concepts and screenshots I saw outside looking in turned into a full form video like this!
Appreciate your support man, your comment on steam from way back then when I wasn't here meant so much and kept me going, makes me so happy to make you proud man.
The reason why CML went downhill was because big pothead was telling DMG when we were coming to raid them and Philly Thor was still destroying their base every week😅😅😅
I left rust 2 years ago but watching so many old familiar names I remember someone well who taught me the ak spray in 2017 and it was the Haddock! He had a mate who was super talented as well called tawhaki I can’t remember if i am spelling it correct but it definitely rings up the old memories of dedicating so much time to combattags back then!
Showed Haddock your comment, love to share credit where it's due man. Thanks for making all this happen.
Thank you shepherd ❤️
not the grimble clip at the end 🤣🤣
I have been following Rust since it's very early days but I never had paid any attention to the Clans and just took them as granted from the Bf, Cod & Planetside scene but this is a whole new outlook into the way the Meta changed for this game. I found it very hard to get into rust due to various issues (be it irl or just being a Hoarder with OCD) but it has always fascinated me how the devs made a game entirely run by the players where new stories sprout every day let alone wipes. It's kinda like playing with civilization except we get to see it, study it and enjoy it at the same time
This is awesome, I quit playing rust 3 years ago and I was a member of damn near all of these clans it's awesome to see. Was in a clan called GGSQD with IB Prom before he made IB. Was in NK, NW, and DOT at their peaks. Also am still good friends with the leaders of TM. Was in a bunch of other clans in the later 2018-2020 era too.
Were you there for the last big wipe for NW? the one where they had the bridge into their compound in the valley by beach. I was the guy that used to follow NW around and grief them every single wipe. I was so good at griefing the leader of dot was begging me to join them. I dedicated at least 4 months straight of doing nothing but griefing NW every chance I got. Heather hated me and I was one of the things that heather and schizo would argue about because they couldnt stop me. I remember that last wipe I made heather completely lose it by blowing into her little separate base and throwing c4 on her while she was offline. She got me banned from like 3 or 4 main servers because she would get in good with the admins.
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As a leader of [BP+] since 2015 - I must admit you did a great research. Thanks for mentioning us!
It was long time ago and yes, our greatest enemies were all the others mentioned from the European servers.
If you want to become Rust historian we might have some stories to share from that times. :)
Been playing since late early 2014, game has been amazing for me and I still play today but nearly not as much. Its amazing seeing all these clans listed down in a video which brings back memories!
Great vid. Love ur content. As a generally new player, (1k hours), it’s so interesting to learn the complex history of the game and it’s community and how it has evolved.
Happy to confirm my content, can interest the future generations! Appreciate you man.
Great video.. experiencing it all at the time and now I haven’t played for. A year .. man the nostalgia
I don't normally watch youtubers with low subscribers but after enjoying a few of your videos, I can honestly say that your channel provides me with a ton of entertainment. Keep making vids brotha, they are really enjoyable
Happy to hear man! Always try to make things I'd want to see myself.
I've only got about 2k hours and played since 2021, but I've talked to so many OGs from a decade ago, and the evolution is so unbelievably full compared to other titles from the same time period as Final Fantasy 14. I had the "pleasure" of playing console Rust as my entry to the game, and switched to PC about 200 hours into console, which gave me a real crash course in how Rust was prior to minis, scrappies, anything on the water, electricity, or half of the monuments.
I've played rust till 2016, lately I've been returning to rust. And this video made come to mind lots of memories. Great video
Just want to point out as a former CML member and later and current [ABC] member that many people fail to mention the DMGs group and many of the players breaking off from it were cheaters. I realize it’s been a while but as a player who fought DMG cheaters on multiple occasions I feel like it is a relevant point.
Current CML member. Things are going swell.
ive been playing rust since 2013 (legacy) and we had a clan on an official facepunch server up until the release of updated rust. There was about 10 of us and we had a big clan compound, we even have some videos online. Was also good friends with a lot of the CML guys as i also branched off from Planetside- 2 and was actually one of the few competitive players within that community ( We had won the world championship for planetside 2 community clash)
Cool to see you were apart of it man, thanks for making it happen!
After watching this whole video, it’s really unlocked some of my 12 year old memories and brought them back. I forgot how much of a noob I used to be and seeing all of this just helps me get s bigger picture of what I was apart and still am.
rando
So nice of you to recognize us :-), good video, good times! There was so much more to the european rustafied times tho, it was wild and complicated :D
Also, there was never such a thing as "TOXICBP+" but i suppose its just a typo ^^
Best regards to all the nice clans we played with and aginast, good memories ;D
Been waiting for this to release for a while now, was not disappointed! Great work!
Amazing job Jack. Nostalgia overload. Keep it up brother.
Thanks for making the plays 👍
I remember wanting to be in
@@nick9602 I'm not proud of any of that. I'm not proud of the ego I developed when playing this game and being so good at it. Appreciate the kind words; but just remember that you're missing out on nothing. Playing and succeeding in Rust can develop habits of resistance and resilience though, something I took forward into the corporate world when I turned 18 in 2018. A lot of people don't do the same though, they develop addiction.
Nevertheless, some of the people I met while playing have been some of the most inspiring, loyal and amazing people I've ever met in my life, and changed me forever. I will forever be grateful. Thanks for your comment.
Crazy to have witnessed this all first hand, the nostalgia is crazy.
Started playing I believe Jan 2017 and remember seeing remnants of Fear around. Wasnt long before I saw someone in chat say that they had disbanded. Seeing stuff likes this makes me wish I bought Rust earlier when I saw people like Faceless uploading vids about it.
That's crazy yeah the longer you play you'll learn about the stories passed down by the last clans. It's like the Jedi Order after the fall, it's pretty cool to have that type of history feel in a game.
My pc broke back in 2018 and i have sadly been stuck to console gaming ever since. But it was nice re live some of those moments. Playing as a solo or role playing on the main servers and back in legacy was always so much fun and I haven’t played anything as exciting since. Great video keep it up 👍
Bro, this is crazy. I was a DML / DOT / F1K / Cloud member, so this is crazy to see. I even joined shepards villa and talked with you Jack a lot, My name was Puppy. this is INSANE!
Awesome man, I try to not only serve new players, but give justice to the OG's. Your comment means a lot Puppy happy to see you again.
Griefing all those clans wayyy back was peak rust
You knew exactly what you were doing with that MG song at 2:07. It literally made me cry.
Loved the game as a kid, all these songs are from games I've played myself. Happy to get you emotional man, it's the little things like music that really set the scene.
Thank you jack, ive been wanting this video from someone for years.
Appreciate you, happy to entertain my guy.
Ive been playing since legacy and still am playing, such nostalgia, crazy how much i miss the okd times. Just a crazy feeling seeing this, Thank you sir for this truly❤️
Couldn't agree more man, happy to give a blast of the past.
Awesome video dude, Definitely brought back some great memories
Yeah SA scene was very niche, hope to learn more about it.
Extremely grateful for this video Jack. Well done hopefully you get the recognition you deserve!
Thank you for being apart of the story! Was glad to have met you Small.
triple headshot through the 2x2 :D
Just binge watched your entire channel, keep em coming as someone quite late to the party, it's pretty cool learning the history of rust
Thanks Sean! Rust had such a big impact on our lives, I really wanted to give back to the people who made it happen.
Jeff Bozos here. Incredible work! Glad I was able to help!
Hope the link helped man! Thanks again.
I have played since 2016 and am so happy to see all the nostalgia come flying back to me
The intro to this video was amazing. Really good video!
This was an incredible nostalgic trip. Thank you so much for making this video
Omg I saw Frankie’s video when I was like 10 or 11 and I just instantly in love with rust and when I was maybe 14 got my first pc i bought rust and run it under no more than 10 fps and with 5 hours loading in the server and constantly crash while loading, I will just open up and choose a server and go to sleep hoping when I woke up it didn’t crash
This was a great watch. Good work! ☕
Appreciate you man, were playing this wipe on Rusty Moose Main Monthly if you'd want to join. One of the people in our group called pain said she played with you before, were going to do a hotel so it might be some good content, and we need some tea, haha. Feel free to add me on Discord: jackshephard if you want to connect.
Beautifully done gamer
Thank you Zchum! Glad you enjoyed it my guy.
Cant wait for next part, 2020 march was when i started on moose main and i already know itll be a blast of nostalgia
We just scratched the surface man, excited to share it!
Man I got CLIPS and clips of dismantling CML since legacy. Great video, wish I could have entered my piece, I’ve played since before rust came to steam
Crazy quality. Hope your channel starts to grow. Amazing content
What a treat for the community. Fantastic video. Can't wait for more!
Absolutely amazing video!!! Keep up that awesome grind !! You are top notch one of the best rust content creators..Can't wait until part 2!!😅
Happy to entertain my guy! Thanks for joining us on the journey!
@@JackShephardTV Well thank you for letting me tag along on the journey and you most definitely have a loyal fan...hope all is well an cant wait till your next video..
I’ve only been playing since 2018 but I do remember watching the early days on twitch and RUclips
this is only part 1 damn you've got me invested my friend banger video cant wait for the rest
Thanks Nizzy!
Very cool! This one really brings me back.
Thank you so much Phadeo! I'm super glad you enjoyed it. I was a huge fan of your work when I was a kid playing this game. To be honest, this video would have been impossible to document without all your videos from 2015-2017. Huge respect for all your work man.
@@JackShephardTV Much respect to you, Jack. You have my full permission to use any of my old content. I will always remember my time with the Rust community fondly and I had a good run early on. Keep up the fantastic work, my dude!
Jack shepard all the toxicity in the past aside, truly thank your for this nostalgia.
Heated! I remember you, hope life has been awesome for you man. We always had a bit of drama, but happy to end our story on a good way. Thanks for your support!
Ugh anytime I see legacy rust clips or hear anyone talking about it I get a huge surge of nostalgia. I've almost always played solo, vanilla, modded, etc. But this almsot makes me want to join a clan!
Well Done Jack! Good To Have Someone Documenting History Of Clans
Of course! Happy to get this out into the world.
Missed a few of the top OCE clans but it's hard to blame you being from NA. Awesome video! Got alot of good memories from 2016-17 Rust. The Rustralasia forums went hard xD
Appreciate it!! Tried my best with Nigel The Elder, did a month of a research, feel free to contribute for the future years.
@@JackShephardTV Unfortunately the OCE scene started to fizzle out a bit with the death of Rustralasia in 2017 (.iO, Who?, .org, sW and some others all quitting).
TGB disbanded/took a break in mid 2017 which led to nM being made (led by Tesla and Tacularr) and we got some new faces like YTB (massive zerg) and Loyl (led by Motion) towards the end of 2017 but there simply wasn't enough competition so people started moving to US in 2018. Tesla/Tac and some nM guys went to Neeko's group, some people went to IB and I personally was convinced by a teammate to go play in Cassie's group for a little while before I eventually quit from mid 2018 till 2020.
There were still some PVP groups left in AU like Ri, Trigga's group and some lesser experienced clans but I didn't really keep up to date with it all once I had quit. This was around the time you started doing your rankings on OCE so if you've still got access to those hopefully they can give you all the insight you need.
If you ever do a deeper dive into each region individually i'd be happy to give you some insight/get some siN guys in your discord. 2016 was the peak for OCE imo and the competition was pretty unreal for such a small region. Cheers for all the effort you've put into these, looking forward to part 2!
So much nostalgia :') I remember being a slave under beardcore when I played as part of CML and when a bunch of us broke off as an exile group we got raided by DirtMcGirt and his clan. I still have the screenshot of my death screen from him as well as the CML compound with their giant CML billboard lol.
When you started talking about the p2 meta it reminded me of a Reddit post I made years ago. You then posted a Reddit post and I rewound it, turns out it was my post lmao. What’re the odds. It’s one of the only times I’ve ever posted on Reddit. Can’t believe this popped up on my recommended after not playing for years! I Got Broads in Hapis Island lives on in rust history lmao
i joined rust in the otv era, about a year before the recoil change. nice to see what came before the game i know now
Dude this is an absolutely fantastic video. Well done, very good watch bro!
Thanks CEEG! Happy you enjoyed the watch.
patiently waiting for the next episode
This was aweaome to follow! Can't wait for the next part!
Save the best for last appreciate you!