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Ever since I first played Xbox Live I have been pretty much in or around the pro gaming scene in one form or another, though last couple years I haven't and probably for good reason. Read on young adventurer...

I hate the term "Clan" at least in the gaming scene. Every time I hear it, I get the urge to teabag a noob who thinks MLG is the greatest thing ever. Yet when I hear the word clan in any other context (bar of course the KKK obviously) I have a warm feeling in my heart. Maybe it's my Scottish routes that gives me some sort of satisfaction when hearing it I don't know but it doesn't have any negative feelings for me, yet when I hear someone say "Do you want to be in my clan?" I feel like wanting to punch them in the nose.


Competitive gaming in general like MLG and what Xleague was about annoyed me, not because of teams facing each other off but because of the petty immaturity that was and still is around with teams bad mouthing each other, spreading lies and rumours left right and centre. Every "Clan" wants to prove they are the best, but to prove you are the best you have to be gracious in defeat, crying and pleading against a loss makes you look terrible and you become forgotten in a heartbeat. Granted there are "clans" out there which play for fun and just enjoy hanging around each other but I never regard them as a clan, more of a community. Even some types of games having clans is outer pointless and sounds really stupid as well...


"Hey dude you wanna join my super awesome Blur Clan?" *facepalm* or "Wanna join my smackdown clan" There are no clans in wrestling, only stables, so please have your definitions right! Clans want to win at any cost. Back on Rainbow Six 3 on the original Xbox, I was in XMCC Bravo, we had some fun times but ultimately it stopped because very few people find clan matches fun. Clans are fads, just like Tamagotchis or Digimon's, they have their cycles. Xleague brought the clan scene back, albeit very briefly in the UK, and it may have lasted longer if it wasn't for their POOR and I mean POOR website which was a hash of the old team compete website. There will always be Clans and I bet if research was actually made into video gaming clans, I have a guesstimate that about 85% barely last a year before becoming something else. Why? Because clans are a full time thing, unless you're mega rich or really unemployed you won't be playing.

That doesn't mean competitive gaming will ever stop, in fact it will get bigger and better over time with advancements in technology, just I will never get accustomed to saying Clan in a friendly manner in a video game scenario, expect a lashing at anyone who is in one... I should know... I'm in one.