Clan
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A clan is a group of players who regularly play together on AssaultCube.
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General
There are many clans in AssaultCube. They varies from some few friends to well organized groups with a broad range of structures, goals and members. The lifespan of a clan also varies considerably, from a few weeks or months to several years.
Because the game itself is very unorganized in team action the players tend to take on the organization themselves. This has led to a vast number of different styles of clans.
Competition between clans is common but also takes many forms. Some clans have been known to be content with playing against each other on public servers, while others organize matches with other clans. Some clans may even war with each other, using their members for surprise attacks on the other clan's servers.
Many clans have their own private servers to play their map/mode of choice on. These are most handy for holding practice matches against other clans and other forms of practice. Private servers are also convenient since they do not have problems that plague public servers, such as team killers and other behavior that is the gaming equivalent of the anti-social behavior when people have anonymity over the internet such as spamming and trolling on message boards and chat rooms.
Clan identification
Players show they are a member of a clan by using a unique tag which takes the form of a prefix or suffix "tag". Tags are often enclosed in brackets or symbols. For example, in a name like "=DOE=John", "=DOE=" is the clan tag and "John" is the player's name. A clans tag is typically another variation of keyboard or character map alphanumerical combinations, however.
If a player not actually in a clan uses a known clan's tag, some clans will put that player on a blacklist. A result of this is that the said player will now be banned/abused/etc by most members of that clan. The effectiveness of using a blacklist is disputed, however, due to how easily players can be impersonated by cheaters and other problematic players. Banning players based on their name could result in innocent players being banned due to impersonators attempting to ruin their reputation.
Becoming a clan member
There are often two ways to become a member of clan: by invitation and by recruitment. In the first case, the clan have monitored a specific player for a while and asked him for joining.
The second case is the more common way - the clan informs the whole community, that they are willing to let some new members in.
Whether they are recruiting or not will often be announced on:
- Their clan website
- The AssaultCube Forum
- In the server's message of the day (if the clan owns a server)
- In-game chat.
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