[Issue 20] [Guide] Choosing the Right Clan/Team

[SpreadLoveNotHate 374]

Choosing the Right Clan/Team

 

Joining a clan or a team can enhance a player's Tanki experience. Clans and teams allow a player to play with friends, and have a chance to enter tournaments and championships with their friends to win prizes. There are endless things to do when you're in a Clan or a Team, you can organize Parkour trials, games, and get help from friends in battles of troubles. 

 

Though joining a Clan or Team shouldn't be done blindly. There are factors that need to be considered about the team before joining. Let this help you find the right solution that works around your life!

 

Am I Suitable for a Clan/Team? 

 

That's the question you should be asking yourself before even considering which Clan or Team to join.

 

Being in a Clan or a Team is fun and all, but it requires a lot of attention and time, especially if you have a more important role in the team such as Co-leader or Trainer. Before joining one, reflect on your daily schedules, and see if you have any time to be in a Clan or Team. A lot of clans or teams want active members, so, you need to be very honest to yourself. If you cannot dedicate more than around two or three hours a week to the Clan or Team, it's probably not a good idea to join one. 

 

As well, joining a group as such can change the way you choose your battles, etc. A lot of Clans and Teams have strict friends and enemies. If you have a friend that's an enemy, you might be forced to join against him/her. 

 

Lastly, you should know that once you've joined a Clan or Team, you have to stay in it for a month before you may join another Clan or Team, since your are registered to the clan monthly, and Transfer Window only comes out once a month. Even though you can cut all connections and completely ignore them if such hatred may arise (it does happen sometimes), you still have to wait to join another Clan/Team. 

 

What should I look for when I choose my clan/team? 

 

Well, you have to first understand that joining a clan or a team is to allow for players to find similar skilled friends and to have battles against groups of around the same level in controlled, fair battles. This way, you'll be able to show off your skills without any limitations. 

Here's what you should be looking out for!

 

Friends! 

Nothing's as fun as playing a game with friends! Find a Clan/Team where you have a couple of friends to hang out with, so you're not alone! Of course meeting new friends is important, but having old ones by your side is always a pleasure. If you have friends scattered in different places, just find one where you would like to hang with the most. If anything, you can go to another clan/team after a month. (Even though jumping from one to another frequently is not recommended)

 

Look at the rank!!

Meeting minimum requirements to join a clan/team? Great! Before you jump right into the strongest one you can find that accepts you, look at the members inside the group. What rank are they? Would you be able to play with them often? There really isn't a point in joining a Clan/Team when all you get to do is stand by and do nothing. Find one where members are around the same rank as yours, and frequently, join their battles, participate in trainings, help them win drug wars (one of my favourite), enter tournaments, and just chat the day away.

 

How organized are they? 

Organization is key to a Cybersport group. If one is rather disorganized, you can predict that it's chances of closing are greater than ones that are more organized. To see if one is organized, just take a look at trainings, and wars. If they had a lot of wars and have quite a few planned in the future, then you know that it has an organized system. 

 

Avoid enemies!

As your Tanki career goes on, you're bound to have made enemies despite the many friends that you have also met along the way. Avoid these enemies that you may have, so that you won't have to be arguing with them. Of course, this can apply to all aspects of life, but in a Clan/Team, you might be seeing each other quite often in Skype chats, battles, and wars. If you really want to join the Clan/Team? Well, then you have to learn to love your enemies. You can't avoid the fact that you have to co-exist, so just learn to get along.

 

Ideals

BIG thing here. People with similar ideals become friends, easier than those with opposite ideals. (Another important life skill here, probably one of the things you should take away from this article)

 

Read through the posts that the team has made on the forum. Do they fit your concept of being a 'good' or 'ideal' Clan/Team? 

 

Of course, you cannot expect everyone in a group to be perfect. Just find one that has similar ideals to what you have, such as whether they would choose 'having fun' over 'winning a battle'. If you're not sure, just try it out for a month, and if it really doesn't work, then you have a valid reason to leave. 

 

Time Zones

Another important thing to consider when joining a team. If you're not in the same time zone as the rest of the team, or a similar one, then there really isn't a point of joining.

Time zones determine how:

- Active a Clan/Team is when you're available

- Often you are able to attend trainings/wars

- Often you can join battles with your friends in the Clan/Team

 

If you have a far off time zone, my advice is to stay away! 

 

Are you what they want? 

Last but not least, you want to be what they want. This way, they will value your existence  No one wants to be in something where they're not wanted. If you don't meet the requirements of the clan/team (which are often posted on the first page), then there really shouldn't be any bother in begging your way in. That way, they'll just think that you wanted to be in it, in which they won't treat you as well since they won't care for your existence. Harsh concept, but completely valuable to keep in mind!

 

Conclusion

 

Use these tips to find yourself the right Clan/Team. Sometimes, when you're lower rank, it's probably better off that you remain solo, as Clans and Teams both take up quite a bit of time. It might be simpler that you rank up before you join one, therefore, you can be an asset. Good luck in finding one, and do remember, if it's not right for you, don't force yourself to assimilate!

 

Edited January 31, 2014 by SpreadLoveNotHate

[canadarules 1,938]

Interesting. Me being a leader. i know how hard it is to be one as you have to organize everything contact all members higher or lower ranks for tourney's in game and stuff. Also having to follow rules in wars making sure your team doesn't have violations. In all most of my team is friends so no fighting which is great. Shows that we all friends :)

[flae88 948]

Being a leader isn't that hard ^...

And nice article

[canadarules 1,938]

Than do it flae you are in a forum active clan there is a difference mine is half forum active not all

Edited January 31, 2014 by canadarules

[doduobird 315]

Cool :)

[flae88 948]

Than do it flae you are in a forum active clan there is a difference mine is half forum active not all

?

[Remaine 4,687]

Than do it flae you are in a forum active clan there is a difference mine is half forum active not all

English isn't your mother tongue, is it?

[Atakhan 1,229]

nicely written.

[I-Iero 823]

Kewl

[JonathanBernatowicz 119]

?

I believe he means the following: you're co-leading an active Team while I'm leading a semi-half active Team.

[flae88 948]

I believe he means the following: you're co-leading an active Team while I'm leading a semi-half active Team.

thx

[canadarules 1,938]

I believe he means the following: you're co-leading an active Team while I'm leading a semi-half active Team.

Exactly

 

English isn't your mother tongue, is it?

Probably is not yours because no one in the English language says mother tongue that is so Russian

[Remaine 4,687]

Exactly

 

Probably is not yours because no one in the English language says mother tongue that is so Russian

Yeah, English isn't your mother tongue... And even if English wasn't my first language (which it is) you wouldn't notice it.

[canadarules 1,938]

Wow you really not know English than......maybe it is because Canada probably has a higher academic standard than where you are from. Also who uses the term mother tongue again that is something Semyon says which makes it Russian.........Also English doesn't seem to be your language if it isn't mine.....since you want to play opposite day here i can play it too on you

[Notchfan 616]

Wow you really not know English than......maybe it is because Canada probably has a higher academic standard than where you are from. Also who uses the term mother tongue again that is something Semyon says which makes it Russian.........Also English doesn't seem to be your language if it isn't mine.....since you want to play opposite day here i can play it too on you

Oh the irony...

[SpreadLoveNotHate 374]

Let's not have this argument here lol 

 

I fail at grammar when I listen to music :P Especially my Chinese music, screws up my whole mindset lol

[rokar123 11]

Nice.

[r_Tellurium1 9]

Wow you really not know English than......maybe it is because Canada probably has a higher academic standard than where you are from. Also who uses the term mother tongue again that is something Semyon says which makes it Russian.........Also English doesn't seem to be your language if it isn't mine.....since you want to play opposite day here i can play it too on you

lol

[noely01 149]

Ok I have been reading the argument between @canadarules and some other newspaper staff, I couldn't breathe for like 10 mins watching how silly that argument really was. Please just stop, just stop.

[Boeing_787 1,455]

Ok I have been reading the argument between @canadarules and some other newspaper staff, I couldn't breathe for like 10 mins watching how silly that argument really was. Please just stop, just stop.

Well, you can say that it serves as entertainment for other players :P