So, today I was having a discussion with one of my fellow Generation One members, and he brought up a good point about how to really see which clans are best. He made the point that while everyone likes to be involved in a good clan challenge from time to time, there is something else that a clan should be considered even before beating up on everyone else: as a community.
This got me to thinking as he detailed how clans should be more than just an easy avenue to teammates and games on the same settings that you like. He stated that having a community was far more important than just winning every challenge. A clan should be about having somewhere there to cover your back in an emergency, people available to help you improve in ways beyond just games here on Conquer Club, and how meaningful, thoughtful, and intelligent conversation in a private forum can provide a person with a sense of accomplishment that is hard to find in the busy world of today.
So, with all that in mind, I got to thinking about Generation One, where we have just shy of 30 members, most of which who are incredibly active here on CC, but also in real life. It's no secret that Generation One is a haven of tournament organizers, but we have much more to offer than just that. In fact, our clan forum is filled with all sorts of threads that lead to very interesting discussions on many, many topics.
Now for my real point, how active are your clan's forums? Are they pretty dead except for the occasional callout for some new games? Does the activity level come and go depending on who is a member at the time? Are the members committed to building a community, or do they just want that fancy looking banner in their signature?
Mostly I'm just curious, and my clan mate suggested an interesting comparison on "who has the best clan" could be to look at how active that clan is within itself in things besides just winning clan challenges. He suggested a look at post counts within a clan would be an interesting comparison, so I'm here to see what fruit that brings.
Generation One has 11,104 posts since our creation on October 26, 2007, which means we've been around for... 193 days and if you average our posts over that time period that brings us to what I would consider a healthy 57 posts per day. Of course, some could argue that having that many posts in a day is pretty easy with spam and such, but Generation One members are not known for their spamming, more for their actual conversation.
What about the other clans out there?
Though I do like to hear an "I'm still alive" post from time to time ... or else I will just send a random PM to make sure a pulse is still there. I think that keeping up on the events of the clan is a must and participation in clan events/tourneys/etc are strongly recommended, afterall, what good is a clan if you don't participate?
