Damn, that's one long post.

Np. Good luck!

To go into a bit more detail on the first point:

There are two stages to figuring out what your clan has to offer.

1. Differentiate. Decide what exactly it is that you want your clan to stand out for. For example, since you've got a lot of players who play the game for the sake of enjoyment, you could decide to cater to such players and build similarly enjoyable games.

2. Outdo. But it's not enough to simply make enjoyable games. No, if you really want to play games that you'll enjoy, you can chase the goal of making the most enjoyable games.

And then you'd have it- you're suddenly the clan that becomes known for having the most enjoyable games (using some metric of enjoyability- you probably want to decide what that is, since different players find different things enjoyable). Or you could even go for a broader approach- try to be the clan that makes all sorts of games as enjoyable as possible for its members. This would be a neverending goal that would totally define your clan and require you to build and channel a massive resource base but you'd be able to confidently say, "No matter what you play, The Gentlemen's Clan is probably the place where you can have the most fun playing it."

Btw Knyte, MasterMind is obviously an alt of Apollo :P

I know. I just wasn't sure whether that was public knowledge or whether he'd be cool with more people knowing. Sometimes the advantages of an alt include a bit more peace and quiet- for example, galacta knyte gets barely any mail and I like logging into that account when I have a bunch of messages on this one, to live in a bit of bliss for a while and contemplate abandoning this main so I'll never have to go back to those mails.

Then again, I've gone to some extreme lengths to avoid communication in the past, so perhaps this advantage is something only I really care about.

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And then you'd have it- you're suddenly the clan that becomes known for having the most enjoyable games (using some metric of enjoyability- you probably want to decide what that is, since different players find different things enjoyable). Or you could even go for a broader approach- try to be the clan that makes all sorts of games as enjoyable as possible for its members. This would be a neverending goal that would totally define your clan and require you to build and channel a massive resource base but you'd be able to confidently say, "No matter what you play, The Gentlemen's Clan is probably the place where you can have the most fun playing it."

It would be incredible to have that, and of course I'm working hard to try to kickstart it's creation. Basically turning that $15 into enjoyment for many people in the game would be great. :)

I dont use Apollo for the forum any more, I'm trying to leave the game. I need to finish a map which I may as well finish and trying to sort this 101st thing out...

Btw all older accounts know im Apollo...most new accounts don't know either.

Edited 8/29/2015 15:50:01