Reading these posts makes me extremely hesitant to join a clan, even though I previously wanted to. I thought clans were formed just as a way to encourage competition, not as a way to establish power over a tiny fiefdom.

Tell you something people, these clan clashes sure make an interesting read.

That they do.

@kyjoseph: These threads happen because the clans in them are the exception, not the rule.

These clans happen because people create political parties, consitutions, laws, clan religions, clan taxes and a hundred other things that have nothing to do with beating your enemy. Clan Falcon is Exhibit A. There is no clan drama about clans that focus on strategic play.

^ Generally true, but I think there's a few small points:

- Strategic play, despite what you and I probably believe, is not the only legitimate form of play. Clans like {rp} also have an excellent track record of not ending up in drama. The key, I'd say, is therefore actually focusing on play- regardless of what kind, as long as it's not lotteries. Maybe not even play in general- you could easily have a more extreme version of a clan like Statisticians that serves as a hidden forum for statisticians to congregate on Warlight. That would still avoid the drama. Maybe it's just about actually doing something as a clan instead of just playing politics and creating drama.

- There is still plenty of drama about clans that focus on strategic play. They just do a better job of handling it because they've got much more efficient (less playing politics, more solving problems they're likely to run into) management structures that are built around the realities of Warlight.

^knyte is the only person that talks sense. But clan drama, once you get involved, is addictive.

Editing Colonel's post: Clan anger, once you keep feeding the fires of anger, is inescapable.

Edited 7/24/2015 00:51:03

Clan drama is annoying as heck, which is why I run it out of town with pitchforks when it does happen. Illuminati is mostly rock-solid and forever shall be.

i prefer the drama of sneaking up on someone from hawaii with a large stack.

I prefer the drama of taking California just to make them think I have the Western US bonus and waste their armies taking it while I take out their income.

I prefer the drama of randomly turning on multi-attack in open seat games ^__^

Hey, I remember when this thread was created 3 weeks ago.
How the hell is it not dead yet?

With great skill from the rumourmill.