Starting a clan isn't a small decision and shouldn't be taken lightly if you want long term success. To have a smooth running, fun, social clan here are 10 traits to make these aspects a reality.
1. If you want to start your own clan, you need patience.
When SighFye and I started our clan we literally
just had each other, we jumped into our empty Call of Duty Black Ops
server and waited for people to come to recruit them and to populate
the server. You also need to have patience with people. We all have
different personalities and we clash at times, during these times
patience is your friend. You will have times when you will have to
remind people of your clan's rules and resolve conflicts.
2. To keep the success of your clan going you need persistence.
SighFye and I ran a successful clan for
2 years, we kept things running smoothly by being persistent in our
efforts almost every day. In the beginning we really had to stick to
it, even if it meant sitting in an empty server for over an hour
waiting for people to come. 2 years later, although much quicker, we
were still populating servers and bringing everyone together to
play.
3. It takes confidence to run a clan.
You've got to have the confidence in yourself and your clan to be successful. Lacking confidence shows, even behind a computer screen, in the way you present yourself and your clan. Not only do you have to exude confidence but you have to be able to approach people to invite them to join your clan.4. Assertiveness is needed to keep your clan running the way you want it to and for conflict resolution.
When
you start a clan, I recommend setting rules or guidelines for people
to follow, you will need to be assertive to gain respect of you, your
clan and the rules which will better your chances
of people following the rules.
5. As a clan owner you are responsible.
You are responsible for making everything run
smoothly. You may need to resolve conflict between people, make sure
game servers are up and running, assign people admin roles to take a
load off of you and make sure people are following the rules.
6. You need adaptability.
Things
change and people change. You'll have people come and go, you'll
have games rise and fall and you'll need to be able to adapt to
this. You may find members of your clan demand something new or
different, or the members simply move on and you may need to move on
with them to a new style of play or even a new game. It's best to
stay 2 steps ahead and change things up a little to keep things
fresh and interesting.
7. You need to be thick skinned.
Don't
take what people do or say to heart. Everyone's different and people
do and say things that others don't understand and at times, this
causes conflict. The more people you have, the more likely it is that
you'll have some sort of conflict. You may, yourself have a fight
with someone or you may just have to step in when others are
conflicting. Either way, you need thick skin because people will try
and hurt you when they are hurt. Remember, what people do and say is
only a reflection on themselves, not on you.
8. To run a clan, you need people and to be a people person means to have compassion.
If you run your clan
based on having a great social environment for people to be a part
of and genuinely have the best interests for all involved, you will
have a successful clan.
9. Trustworthiness and integrity.
If you want your clan to be successful
in the long run, you need to be trustworthy and have integrity.
If you try to lie and cheat your way to success, you'll
fail. It's that simple.
10. Be Passionate
Lastly is the most important trait
you need to run a successful clan and that is passion. If you're
passionate about running your own clan, you'll make it. SighFye and
I didn't know a whole lot about running a gaming clan, we'd dabbled
in helping to run Guild's in World of Warcraft and clan's in Second
Life but this was a whole new cattle of fish. We simply dove in and
went for it, these ten traits we already had and passion was our
biggest. It motivated us to get the clan up and running, then kept
us going even when times got tough and rewarded us with many fun
nights filled with laughter on TeamSpeak as we gamed with our crew
and some memorable wins during our time of competitions.
Running our clan was awesome and we'd
do it all over again in a heartbeat. These 10 traits we figured out
ourselves as we went along and I hope this list can give you an
insight into what it takes to run a clan.
Have Fun!
Bellistik
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