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i am about to start a new clan. does anyone have any ideas about what it should be called?

  • 05.15.2006 12:16 PM PDT
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Classifieds.

  • 05.15.2006 12:38 PM PDT
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how about [SMU] for Stealth Marine Unit or [SOMU] for Special Operative Marine Unit

  • 05.15.2006 1:56 PM PDT
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[SOMU] seems obnoxiously large, especially if I were to join. Then people like me would only be able to fit 2 letters of their actual name on there.

Start thinking about what you like a lot (other than Halo). Then start brainstorming ideas from there. Usually nice clan names are brief, but have a sort of snappy ring to it when you pronounce the meaning of the clan tag.

  • 05.15.2006 2:07 PM PDT
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pwcs, p3oPl3 wh0 c@nt speel.

  • 05.15.2006 2:41 PM PDT
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I always thought the name Bullets for B-blam!-es would be a nice name for a clan....

EDIT: Doesn't that sound like a name for some indie emo band? lol....

[Edited on 5/15/2006]

  • 05.15.2006 3:17 PM PDT
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A few tips for starting up your own clan...

Firstoff, you should start a clan when you've got a few people to start a hardcore base. That way you've got a few dependable people to fall back on until your clan picks up speed and members.

Secondly, you should make sure you have a direction to your clan. It's not as easy as "let's make a clan...done..." Ask anyone who's had a hand in the making of a clan and they'll tell you the same. You've gotta set up a "home base" such as a forum or website or even a B.net group, recruit members, retain their interest, etc etc. It's not just a "cool name" and a "cool tag" or even a "cool website" that makes a clan sucessful, it's the members and their enthusiasm in the clan.

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  • 05.15.2006 3:22 PM PDT
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think of something original for theme of your clan or your tags, or just something so stupid no one has used it yet.

for instance, i used to have a mac only halo clan (w/ 3 members! w00t) but i did a merger with another clan so my old tags are abandoned. anyway, it was [LG], for Lollypop Guild. (ya know, that group of munchkins from the wizard of oz? with the song? don't make me sing it...)

someone started to make fun of it after i had pwnd him 3 times in a row, and said it stood for "Little Girls."

i told him he was wrong. it actually stood for "Lollypop Guild." he shut up for the rest of the game.

and to organize your clan, if you have bunch of long distance clan members, start up a site. if its you and a bunch of school friends, don't bother to make a site unless you're sure you'll have a lot of members.

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  • 05.15.2006 5:17 PM PDT
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heres a good tip to a successful clan (this is what i do for my clan):

train them like they are in school. give classes/lessons, tests, quizzes, and of course GRADES. this will make all your members at their tip top shape, and it will teach them not to slouch around, and etc.

this is my way of interacting with my clan members, but you can always make your own way. ;)

  • 05.15.2006 6:26 PM PDT
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Heh. My clan uses 5 mods to regulate the forums and will take in anyone interested, regardless of skill.

In fact, I'd like to play some of the other clans floating around the forums...anyone wanna organize a skirmish?

  • 05.15.2006 7:11 PM PDT
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Meh, train your members with drills. Yes, drills. If you want my sniper drills, I can list 'em all.

  • 05.16.2006 11:51 AM PDT
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Ok me15ter. I'd be ghad to face HMC2.

  • 05.16.2006 12:12 PM PDT

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Don't let HMC2 talk you into a sniper match; especially if Leoht's going to be there.

  • 05.16.2006 12:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: K121 Widowmaker
Ok me15ter. I'd be ghad to face HMC2.


Teh Sweetness. You're welcome to post in The Embassy thread in my forum,[/url] it's been specifically unlocked to allow people (even without memberships) to post there, so feel free to come in and give us the details about the skirmish.

Looking forward to teh battle...

  • 05.16.2006 12:51 PM PDT
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I fear no sniper, for I got one of my own.....hehehehe

  • 05.16.2006 1:04 PM PDT
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HMC2 vs. TUI.

Sign me up! Now! This should be interesting...

  • 05.16.2006 5:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: MuSkets
I always thought the name Bullets for B-blam!-es would be a nice name for a clan....

EDIT: Doesn't that sound like a name for some indie emo band? lol....


Indie emo band? Is that an insult directed at Indians? It better not be...

  • 05.16.2006 6:26 PM PDT
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hey, chill out grim mouser. im sure he didnt mean to insult them...

oh and whens the battle between HMC2 and TUI? if its at least like under 16 players in the clan war server, can i join, just to spectate you guys? i myself have a clan, and watching a clan battle from the birds eye view might give me good tips on my upcoming clan war with SDC (i might also d/l fraps, so maybe i could run around the map with a big ass video recorder instead of a pistol, lol).

  • 05.16.2006 6:40 PM PDT
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A peice of advice you can only get good members in your clan if you are good yourself... Get only good not people who want in.. I would say when u turn pro skill if ever no offense then make a clan.. if your thinking of a competitive clan.

  • 05.16.2006 7:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: HaloPooper
A peice of advice you can only get good members in your clan if you are good yourself... Get only good not people who want in.. I would say when u turn pro skill if ever no offense then make a clan.. if your thinking of a competitive clan.


"NO OFFENSE" but you must be those types of people, that recruit members by if they killed at least 50 times or so. because a clan is not only about having the best members, its about interacting with the members you recruited in fun and equal ways. and in a clan, when youre not having clan wars, you TRAIN your members. whats the point of even having a clan, if youre not going to train them, due to their pro skills they have already. i have recruited many new and weak players into my clan, but i train them on a daily basis, so they can get better. so "NO OFFENSE", but dont give bull-blam!- advices to EigthSky.

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I always thought the name Bullets for B-blam!-es would be a nice name for a clan....

EDIT: Doesn't that sound like a name for some indie emo band? lol....


Indie emo band? Is that an insult directed at Indians? It better not be...


Indie is a music genre. It may be short for Industrial, a type of Techno, but I'm not positive.

  • 05.16.2006 7:30 PM PDT
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It means independant. Unsigned bands and -blam!-.

Oops, forgot about the word filter, sorry Mods.

  • 05.17.2006 9:06 AM PDT
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Indie emo band? Is that an insult directed at Indians? It better not be...

Nope, lgg's right, it's a genre of music.

And we're not giving bs advice, why would we do that?

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  • 05.17.2006 11:42 AM PDT
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I disagree, Halopooper. Founding a clan and accepting members based solely upon skill isn't the best approach.

Take my clan, for example. My clan's made up ENTIRELY of people who joined out of free will, not because of their skill first and foremost. In other words, HMC2's accepted everyone from the seasoned, war-hardened vets to the newbies who've just began playing. We're not the best clan in the world as far as skill, I'll admit, but we've kept our members within the clan for longer than most other clans have. HMC2 has outlasted the expected lifespan of a clan, and it only seems to be getting better as it goes, which is, I think, more than most can say about their clans.

We've got a low turnover rate, meaning that those who come are almost always those who stay. Our clan members are happy and proud to wear the tag, and they, most importantly, have fun working together as a team.

Long speech over, my point is this, your clan shouldn't be about pwning more than everyone else on the battlefield, nor should it be about winning each and every match they enter into. Clans should be about having fun and fostering a community for people to belong to.

  • 05.17.2006 12:55 PM PDT