Poll: Do you hate clans?
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I'm in a clan, it's a kind of clan anyway, it used to be an AoC guild, then it used to be a WAR guild. We still play random stuff together, and hang about on ventrilo. None of us are much good in any game, except Killing Floor.
It's a lot more fun playing with people you know, and can atleast somewhat rely on, and our "clan" is mainly just that.
It's a lot more fun playing with people you know, and can atleast somewhat rely on, and our "clan" is mainly just that.
I dominated clans on the ps3 version of tf2, their response? Invite me to join them, my response? SLAUGHTER THEM ALL!Senor Smoke21 said:
I've never been in a clan on a console FPS but when I played Counterstrike and Unreal Tournament on my PC I was in a few clans. It was good for getting games and learning new stuff, especially if you had your own server to practice on.
We were always semi-serious but never took the game more seriously than having a good time. We occasionally came up against the douchebag clans who just greif whenever they lose as we were "hacking n00bz" or they talked "tactics" which was always funny to overhear.
We were always semi-serious but never took the game more seriously than having a good time. We occasionally came up against the douchebag clans who just greif whenever they lose as we were "hacking n00bz" or they talked "tactics" which was always funny to overhear.
My clan name(and tag) is
IRA
and you should see my MW2 title and callsign.
I first started the IRA clan back in the late 90s on the PC.One game in particular I can recall is Delta Force BHD.
been doing it ever since.
and if you don't know who or what the IRA is..then go read a book.
IRA
and you should see my MW2 title and callsign.
I first started the IRA clan back in the late 90s on the PC.One game in particular I can recall is Delta Force BHD.
been doing it ever since.
and if you don't know who or what the IRA is..then go read a book.
Me and my friends made a clan just because so I can't really say I hate them. Plus we don't really recruite actively because as I've said it's just for friends. We do stack on team games though but that's just because we like playing on the same team.
Clan play on consoles? Really? I can see how that kind of defeats the purpose....There's no real point of having being in a clan unless you plan on having wars, and probably entering tournements...
I was in a call of duty (and a Cod 2) clan back when I was in highschool. We had a lot of fun, though we didn't really bother with 'tags' so much unless we were actually playing competively. They can be good fun, but yeah, on a console it's kinda retarded...I don't see how you can possibly have competetive play when one player is in a lag free environment...
I was in a call of duty (and a Cod 2) clan back when I was in highschool. We had a lot of fun, though we didn't really bother with 'tags' so much unless we were actually playing competively. They can be good fun, but yeah, on a console it's kinda retarded...I don't see how you can possibly have competetive play when one player is in a lag free environment...
Well, lesse...Clans have their ups, and their downs.
On the good side: Group of people who are serious about the game they play, they are (sometimes) quite good at the game, and when you get in a clan-squad, you know that everyone is (most likely) competent in their job/task.
On the bad side: Clans tend to make up the majority of online FPS communities, and thus if you aren't in one, then you aren't going to survive for long. They also tend to make up the vast majority of the good players, so again, you won't survive for long if you aren't in one. This also means that new and/or casual players will get frustrated with being completely curb-stomped within the first fifteen minutes of gameplay (ala Frontlines: Fuels of War).
So...I s'pose it's good in some ways, bad in a lot of others. If you're in a good, skilled clan? Awesome. If not? ...sucks to be you. Of course...I will not deny the fact that the most thrilling, pulse pounding moments in any FPS will be when you have clan-vs-clan battles. I've never had so much fun, when my clan went up against another clan in a continent-spanning skirmish during my year or two in Planetside. It was...safe to say, the most epic, and possibly one of the most memorable online-gaming moments of my life.
On the good side: Group of people who are serious about the game they play, they are (sometimes) quite good at the game, and when you get in a clan-squad, you know that everyone is (most likely) competent in their job/task.
On the bad side: Clans tend to make up the majority of online FPS communities, and thus if you aren't in one, then you aren't going to survive for long. They also tend to make up the vast majority of the good players, so again, you won't survive for long if you aren't in one. This also means that new and/or casual players will get frustrated with being completely curb-stomped within the first fifteen minutes of gameplay (ala Frontlines: Fuels of War).
So...I s'pose it's good in some ways, bad in a lot of others. If you're in a good, skilled clan? Awesome. If not? ...sucks to be you. Of course...I will not deny the fact that the most thrilling, pulse pounding moments in any FPS will be when you have clan-vs-clan battles. I've never had so much fun, when my clan went up against another clan in a continent-spanning skirmish during my year or two in Planetside. It was...safe to say, the most epic, and possibly one of the most memorable online-gaming moments of my life.
If the clan is full of elitist pricks, trash talking, then yes, i hate them.
If the clan is just a group of friends having fun, im fine with that, just the other night we were commenting how a guy with a riot shield was owning half my team.
If the clan is just a group of friends having fun, im fine with that, just the other night we were commenting how a guy with a riot shield was owning half my team.
So you are awesome-is-spy? Good post there lol.pyroburner said:
I was gonna say that I think clans are bloody stupid when they take themselves too seriously, and ESPECIALLY when they try to group everyone up to practice and try to compete.
Also there is always one guy who joins and then doesn't feel like coming back.
I like them when they're friendly and exchange witticisms over the mic with each other
I abhorr it when they act like what they're doing is a serious job, and they're a hardass veteran of many a campaign
Prats
I'm part of a "Clan", but it's basically a way for me and my IRL friends to unite under a banner and appear unified before the rest of the server (this is TF2, btw). We tried a clan war once and hated it. We just like playing on Pubs, at it's nice to hear "Hey, you TASK guys, you're pretty good!"
I abhorr it when they act like what they're doing is a serious job, and they're a hardass veteran of many a campaign
Prats
I'm part of a "Clan", but it's basically a way for me and my IRL friends to unite under a banner and appear unified before the rest of the server (this is TF2, btw). We tried a clan war once and hated it. We just like playing on Pubs, at it's nice to hear "Hey, you TASK guys, you're pretty good!"
I used to be part of a Call of Duty 4 clan, but they were all friends and people I knew. Plus they aren't dicks online. Although I have might quite a few annyoing clans, and I've been invited to a few. Which I have all turned away.
Im in a clan, its 18+ only which helps cut out all the whining and bitching of little shits that think they're 1337. Plus its basically just a small group of mates so we all just piss about no serious 'pros' here thanks.
Are there? How do they get around the advantage of a host having a ping advantage? Do they bother? Is it as competetive as PC clan wars? I maintain that I don't see the point, my apparent eletist prick standing and the fact that they exist doesn't seem to alter my opinion. Clans are mostly just wank unless you actually plan on playing against other clans, joining a pub and beating people who've never played together before is hardly an acheivement. I don't really see the appeal when the team your playing can call foul because of latency not being consistant..imahobbit4062 said:
I've never really seen much clanplay on console outside of halo (which was mostly just pub wankery with the occasional clan war), on the PC it seems far more widespread. Clans set up their own servers, mods etc etc. Why do you assume I mean to be condescending when I say that the consoles are less susceptable to the 'hardcore leet' gamers, does that really seem like a disadvantage to you?
