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 that they are a member of a clan by using a unique tag (= clantag) which takes the form of a prefix or suffix "tag". Some clans also allows their members to use it at any position of their players name.
Tags are often enclosed in brackets or symbols. For example, in a name like "=DOE=John", "=DOE=" is the clantag and "John" is the player's name. A clan's tag is typically another variation of keyboard or character map alphanumerical combinations, however.
If a player who is not actually member of a clan uses a known clantag, 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 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 recruitment and by invitation.
Recruitment
This 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
- Their clan Internet Relay Chat
- In the clan server's message of the day
- The AssaultCube Forum
- Ingame chat.
Some clans haven't any requirements for joining. In that case the joining process is fulfilled with adding the clan tag to the player's nickname. More selective clans are asking the potential candidate for putting screenshots and demo files on their clan website. It's also usual to do some test games with the candidate. After passing the tests - e.g. beating a clan member in three matches - they have joined the group.
Invitation
Other clans have a special perception about the player who should join the clan. If they found someone in the community who fits in that pattern they may invite him for joining. An example for an "Invitation only"-clan is Tear you Down!: The clan invite a player to become trial status and after a sincere exchange of thoughts they do a vote to let him in or not.
See also
External links
New clan advice! at the AssaultCube forum
| Major clans of AssaultCube |
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| ANGRA • Armed and Dangerous • Beyond Compare • Commodore64 • Dedicated Elite Soldiers • Kell Hounds • Mexeu com nóis, nóis mata • Owning Noobs Everywhere • Risk your Life • Tear you Down! • Woop clan |
