Originally Posted by
DrHax
You either help or hurt Toribash when you make a decision like this. The question becomes do, as a community, we feel that some clans are too important to destroy no matter the inactivity. We are not Clan Mods, we do not actually have a say, but we do have an opinion and I think it's worth sharing it on this subject.
I don't know where the line is. I can say I'm very comfortable with [bncy] getting deleted because despite me associating that clan with the likes of Ishi and War_Hero, they aren't impacting the community anymore. They aren't entering events, they aren't logging onto Toribash, they aren't using the forums, they aren't using their board.
But then look at the extreme contrast from [bncy] to [RAWR]. RAWR does enter events, they are in Clan League every year. RAWR does have active forum members, I can't go a day without reading something written by BenDover. RAWR does still impact the community, people actually play Toribash explicitly because of work Nuthug's done. To me, all of that, combined with the amount of hours the members of RAWR have put in at one point or another making Toribash a better place whether it be as role models or as staff members is enough to not touch the clan. It's the reason a clan like MAD exists.
The juice has to be worth the squeeze. I don't think the "juice" here being we get to free up an official clan spot (which are limitless from what I can tell) is worth the "squeeze" of disbanding clans with friendships that have lasted longer than most people's time here in Toribash.
Well said.
As I see it, removing clans as old as these serves no purpose.
If it was me in an 6-8 year old clan getting closed, I wouldn't just pick it up from the beginning again and go join some other clan with people I don't know.
There's no reason to. I'd just be done with Toribash. The argument that there needs to be room made for newer clans just doesn't hold it at all.
I think the few extremely old clans, such as RAWR and MAD are important as they are. It's what motivated me when I was new, I told myself I'd work my way up to that legendary clan. I'm very sure that I'm not alone in having felt this way, and just that the clan motivates people to play more by simply existing and taking part in events when possible is a good reason for why it should stay.
Compare it to any other clan and there's a pretty clear difference.
Perhaps there's a need for a Legendary status among clans, just as they did for individual people?
In other words, forgive them a bit for their inactivity on their own board, since they have done and still do so much for the community.
I'd also like to point out that the clan-board of the
"clan butcherer" seems to be just as inactive as RAWR's clan-board, yet nothing is said. Perhaps it will be removed shortly as well, no?
Last edited by Hattersin; Apr 19, 2015 at 09:41 PM.