Ah yes, argumentative discussion that is completely and entirely irrelevant to the thread. I'll bite.
First off, I'd say this is a more accurate list of the "top competing clans"
-Komrades
-Injectors
-Revolution
-LINESPQR
-RoT
-Freedom Fighters
-Stormwind
-HOMO
Obviously there are a few up-and-coming, and Rev isn't as well established as the rest, but this is more or less the main clan scene right now. And if I may say, that's a pretty sad fact.
I think Fleischgeruch adressed this quite well (although with added hostility) on the first page of Rev's thread.
Fleischgeruch wrote:This whole thread is a giant comedy. I don't see a single 'strong' leader from any ''''''strong'''''' clan in your members list. In fact all I see is the scum of the clans section gathered in one amazing bunch. Could you please be more descriptive as to how are you hoping to revolutionize the community? And I don't mean revolutionizing how you play Ace of Spades or how you admin a server. It just seems like the op's description is a bit over-dramatized.
Oh and protip: clans with too many members are almost always weaker than those with several dedicated members and end up crashing on a grand scale. Contrary to popular belief, more members =/= stabler clan. You'll see what I mean when you change the op's thread subject to 'rip its over'.
Revoution's inception was a bit overly dramatic. And flei makes a good point here. All the clans in that list, with the exception of Rev (at least at the point of the merge), is 1 or 2 competent, knowledgeable leaders.
LINESPQR has tin and Kodiak
FF has PABH
HOMO has Morphman
Stormwind has Fleischgeruch
The Injectors have Jigsaw and Close
RoT has Reuben and Eldred (And Adolf)
And the Komrades have Korakoff
This is why there were so many misgivings with Rev, the clan was conceived from the collective failure of the leaders turned council members. I have to say that I'm pleasantly suprised that Rev has lasted as long as it has, as I was rather skeptical of its survivability. However, another thing these "top clans" have in common is lifetime.
Excluding Rev and the Injectors, all of these clans have been around for more than a year and a half, some two years, and some three. Revolution is still in it's 'Honeymoon phase', it's been less than a month and you would all do well to remember that. It's still the summer and everybody has all the time in the world to be active and do whatever, but do you guys survive when the school year rolls around, considering the average age of your members? How do you keep people together when you fall on rough times (which is inevitable)?
While you should consider it a success that you've made it this far, remember that you still haven't proven yourselves as leaders yet.
Oh, and I'd listen to Reuben more if I were you, he kinda knows what he's doing most of the time.