who are the largest clan.

[dessa14]

just curious
thanks,dessa

[Postino]

the clan IN MY PANTS http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[LRossaLordJimi]

We have 18 members,but i think celtiberos are largest.
Ave

[alioven]

Well, you know, a spanish pub is not exactly "silent" hehehe

Cannot give an exact number (hard to count all), but we have more than 20... 30... 40... 50... The last time I checked it, we had more than 45 members, with a 75% of active/semi-active players. The others are just new fathers :) or bored of MTW and waiting for Rome ;)

Taiwan Cavaliers also have a large number of players in their ranks.

Dunno how many members had the extinct SPQR Clan...

[Scipio]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif What clan are you apart of alioven?? That must be at least 20% of the online community http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[CeltiberoMordred]

Celtiberos have actually 52 members, 38 of us are active or semi-active.

[Scipio]

that would make your clans combined about 40% of the online comunity. Are you sure you are counting correctly? Are you talking about a different game here? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[BomilkarDate]

The community is bigger than one might think it is. Often one sees 170+ or even up to 200 peeps on in European nights. That means the community is much larger than that. I think that around 500 people do really play MTW online. By the way, celtiberos surely are the largest clan.

That much

Bom

[dessa14]

i told you scipio

approx 50 members is the upperlimit for a TW clan

for games such as HL & ET it is far larger
thanks, dessa

[Scipio]

M8, I still disagree that it is good for a clan to stretch a clan that far out It is needless and we become less of a family and more of a group of strangers to each other. I just don't see the need to have a HUGE clan I would rather keep it personel.

BTW the peeps talked about it are pretty reliable and have been around the community pretty much since the start http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[alioven]

Sorry, Scipio, I thought my signature was updated here with my clan info. I made this account before joining the MP community and it has not clan info in the name. Now I've updated my signature, you will find my clan is the same as Mordred: Celtiberos.

It exists since september 2000 and I can assure you we are large because we can. We don't have all the spanish players out there in our clan, but we have most of them. And if you go look at the last year history (and awards list here and in other sites), you will find our size has not impeded us being a decent sucessful clan.

We are a community inside the TW community, with our own language, culture, website (which offer services for well over a hundred spanish-talking visitors), chaos, love and hate past histories and all those things every Clan has :D And all that while being one of the most known clans of the TW scene, although that could be because we spam too much in spanish http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

You will find several clans out there which have more than 15-20 members too, and they also run fine. It's true a large clan becomes hard to maintain, and even harder to keep competitive, but our nature is not being competitive, but being comrades (although we also play good sometimes http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif ).

If you wish to take a look at it, in our own non-understandable language ;), go to http://www.celtiberos.com

Well, as other sucessful german Clan member would say after this auto-pat in the shoulder http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-embarassed.gif : enough words lost http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[LittleGrizzly]

i would have to say having your clan too large only brings bad things id call it a rule personally but theres an exception to every rule and for this one the exception is celtibero's

they always play well and i never see them causing trouble in the room (unless they secretly swearing at me in spanish) they never seem to be anything but friendly

[LadyAnn]

The Marechaux have a pretty long list. I think the language-based clans may attrack very large followers.

Annie

[ElmarkOFear]

I think in Fearful Ways heyday we were at around 40+ members playing very actively. We had over 2500+ competitive team games in STW and hard telling how many non-competitive and 1v1 games. It is not a problem to manage a large clan as long as there are not strict rules, regulations, tryouts, initiation periods, tests etc. If you are a simple, laid back group, you can have a great many number of members and all be friendly and know about each other. Its when you try to become organized and have a great many requirements for being a member that burnout happens and you lose members.

As far as groups go, I would say that the Ugli's are the largest group by numbers in the community. Many players are Ugli's and have not told anyone. You would be surprised who is Ugli in the active community today hehe ;)

A lot of us are not as active as we used to be, but that is one reason why most joined Ugli to begin with. No pressure and no requirements for membership. We just have fun playing whatever game we feel like playing at the moment. I think our membership is around 80+ over the lifetime of the group. People drift in and out as time, family, and interests take over, but I keep in touch with most of the original group of Ugli's and try to keep in touch with the newest members thru our new website.

[Tempiic]

Large clans are indeed a good possibility. But at such a time they have grown beyond a clan and resemble more a distinct community within the community of the game... but a clan can even grow beyond that. Becoming a virtual gaming community in its own right, where individual members do know each other eventhough they have never played in the same game... if they even have both the same game... FF has evolved into my last example over the course of the years and recently we are discovering we can evolve even further.

To be honest, I do not know how many FF'rs are around. But when including semi-active and temporarily inactives, 120 is a carefull estimation. On the moment around 15% are known VI players.

[ElmarkOFear]

FF is very similar to the Ugli's Tempiic. A Multi-game community. We have played Ghost Recon, MechWarrior, Homeworld, and many other games as they popup and then fall off. Got lots of Combat Mission Berlin to Barbarossa games going on now. Great game and good fun.

There is also another group similar to ours. It is called OMO Old Men Online. Another big group, who play many different games. A nice bunch of players, like the FFs.

The most different thing about Ugli is that we have never recruited players. They ask to join. We have never turned anyone down since we started though. That would defeat the purpose of the group. :) We are together just for the fun of it. I really don't have an actual count of all the players who are Ugli My estimate was just a wild guess). I am lazy and have not kept a master list of everyone who has been with us. hehe Obake might have though, I will ask him to get a better estimate. LOL Some players joined, but rarely participated in the forums or games, while others come for a time, then go back to their clans for a bit. It's nice to have a place you can call home, when you want to get away from the pressures of competition, or to try a new game online, knowing you have a bunch of friends who can help you learn.

I am glad to see clans growing into more than just a one-game wonder. There are too many good MP experiences out there to limit yourself to just one game. Besides I enjoy the socializing aspect of the online experience more so than the games, (which I find very enjoyable).

I have met a great bunch of people in MTW/VI and all of its forums as well as from other games. Interesting how you can consider someone you have never met face-to-face as a close friend.

[Pitt_Slayer]

thinking about MTW\VI only i would say at this moment in time it would be the Celtibero, 8 or 9 months ago before they fell apart, it was SPQR (very active membership)

[Tempiic]

I cant agree more Elmo... and I am proud to have some ugli's amongst the FF ranks :)

Main difference between our groups is that we also embrace competition on a clan level, without loosing sight of the enjoyment and camaderie factors. As such participation in clan battles is completely volunturily, though some minimum requirements have to be met. For that we have a more restrictive and intentionally delaying recruiting policy I guess...

Hehehe its my impression that every player is lazy, and playing games and socializing remains the top priorities... As such our master list is seriously in need of updating being at least 2 years old ;)

It is very nice indeed to be part of a multi-game community, no matter what game you may want to try out you'll find always others there you already know... Also, what are really great fun are what we call FF world parties... Basically we try to assemble as many FF'rs as possible and jump from game to game all day :)

[Hashishin]

Celtis are really a big spanish bunch. The largest Clan.
Good Players with good atitude.
The next clan with many members are maybe TW (at least active ones).

Also remember clans recruiting and getting older, so automatically an older clan will get more members in time.
But it also depends on "Recruitment politics".

[TW_GenghisKhan]

Quote[/b] (WarlordAssassin @ April 11 2004,18:38)]Celtis are really a big spanish bunch. The largest Clan.
Good Players with good atitude.
The next clan with many members are maybe TW (at least active ones).

Also remember clans recruiting and getting older, so automatically an older clan will get more members in time.
But it also depends on "Recruitment politics".
yeah, we are quite new to the Total War world, and we become quite large in number. Althought, I and several others found Taiwan Cavaliers, I have no intention to guide the direction of TW clan, I just want clan mates come to forum, chitchat, relax, and meet new friends.
I ain't gonna foresee the destiny of Taiwan Cavaliers, but I believe any community as long as they share same interest, with minimum management, itself will grow and prosper.
So the number doesn't really matter that much

[7Bear7Bottom]

The Bear clan has 42 members so far, but we go the democratic route with our clan which ideas and suggestions are open to all. We vote on topics to respect our members ideas.

I disagree with the comment a large clan can not feel like a family, we keep in touch with each other and activities threw our ez board and messengers.

Because of our size and people, the clan has members from all over the world and not all of us are on-line at the same time. But with our network we have set up, I can always get a hold on some one when needed.

Good times, friends, respect, honor and fun is why we have endured over the years like most good large clans.

A good way of really getting to know your clan members better is using team speak or roger wilco while playing games. This will add a human quality to the person your playing with when you can hear their voice. This with posting pictures of yourself in your clan forum is another way, though my picture might scare some away. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

"my 2 cents"

[scooter_the_shooter]

hay we arent the largest but we need members we will take anyone good or bad please here is the site evey one join we dont have a forum but please if you join and you want one talk to the leader it has a spot for recommendations to the site

http://www.freewebs.com/sircataphract/index.htm

[octavian]

Quote[/b] (7Bear7Bottom @ April 20 2004,09:54)]Because of our size and people, the clan has members from all over the world and not all of us are on-line at the same time.
hehe, u dont need a huge clan for that, {LORE} has something like 16 members, England, SWitzerland,Australia, USA, and (insert hero music here) http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-guitarist.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-drummer.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-singer.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-guitarist.gif CANADA we are all over http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Chimpyang]

But we still manage to have quite a few games every week too

[dessa14]

yes we play at least every weekend.
thanks, dessa