What do you look for in a clan?

When you are looking for a clan to join, what do you look for?

Seeing as different people play CoC in different ways and with different strategies it seems to me that a wide range of people who join clans for different reasons.

I was in a clan for a while and I saw a huge number of clan hoppers, many of who were just after some free troops, but some just wanted to chat. As soon as the clan chat went quiet went quiet they would leave. Others where just after Eldership. They would join, start asking about being made elder and they moment it became clear to them that it was not going to happen instantly, they would leave.

It disheartened me after a while how many of our clan members were inactive. After the update came out I saw that as many as half had either not donated or had not said anything in the clan chat. Actually, out of all 45 or so clan members there were only about three who regularly donated and who would say anything (even a simple "Hi") in the clan chat.

Now I do appreciate that as your levels go up and it takes days, rather than hours, to upgrade anything, there will be many people who will "mother hen", that is to say sit tight, and "hatch" their upgrades, but surely they could just drop into the clan chat every few days and see if anyone needs a donation?

So eventually I left the clan and went searching for another. I must admit it put me off, going from one to another, looking on the forums, trying to find something not run by kids ( I do know many young as well as older adults play this game as well). There were clans that seemed to have lots of rules, more like a dictatorship than anything. I understand that for players who are into "serious fun" that some clans lots of rules are necessary, but ideally I wanted something that had a bit more of a democratic structure. Unfortunately it seems to me that a very small number of clans have either lots of rules and that most clans have, well, simply no rules at all. There are some fine clans out there who do have a really good rules and structure, but unfortunately for me, their requirements level and trophy wise are just too high. I guess that'ss why they have become successful clans, they have found a happy medium and have attracted good reliable players who stay with them.

So in the end I formed my own clan with what I thought was a happy medium (adult players only, only archer donations, 300 donations per week required). Still waiting on people to join. I want it to be a fun clan but also with a good structure so it becomes successful ( players active, lots of donations and no incessant elder begging or clan hoppers). So while I wait I thought I would ask the general community what they think about clans. Maybe I can get some good ideas from you.

So what works for you? What attracts you to a clan and makes you want to stay with it? What annoys you in a clan? What makes you leave a clan and look for another? What are some examples of great clan set ups you have seen?

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Originally Posted by Cavebears

When you are looking for a clan to join, what do you look for?

Seeing as different people play CoC in different ways and with different strategies it seems to me that a wide range of people who join clans for different reasons.

I was in a clan for a while and I saw a huge number of clan hoppers, many of who were just after some free troops, but some just wanted to chat. As soon as the clan chat went quiet went quiet they would leave. Others where just after Eldership. They would join, start asking about being made elder and they moment it became clear to them that it was not going to happen instantly, they would leave.

It disheartened me after a while how many of our clan members were inactive. After the update came out I saw that as many as half had either not donated or had not said anything in the clan chat. Actually, out of all 45 or so clan members there were only about three who regularly donated and who would say anything (even a simple "Hi") in the clan chat.

Now I do appreciate that as your levels go up and it takes days, rather than hours, to upgrade anything, there will be many people who will "mother hen", that is to say sit tight, and "hatch" their upgrades, but surely they could just drop into the clan chat every few days and see if anyone needs a donation?

So eventually I left the clan and went searching for another. I must admit it put me off, going from one to another, looking on the forums, trying to find something not run by kids ( I do know many young as well as older adults play this game as well). There were clans that seemed to have lots of rules, more like a dictatorship than anything. I understand that for players who are into "serious fun" that some clans lots of rules are necessary, but ideally I wanted something that had a bit more of a democratic structure. Unfortunately it seems to me that a very small number of clans have either lots of rules and that most clans have, well, simply no rules at all. There are some fine clans out there who do have a really good rules and structure, but unfortunately for me, their requirements level and trophy wise are just too high. I guess that'ss why they have become successful clans, they have found a happy medium and have attracted good reliable players who stay with them.

So in the end I formed my own clan with what I thought was a happy medium (adult players only, only archer donations, 300 donations per week required). Still waiting on people to join. I want it to be a fun clan but also with a good structure so it becomes successful ( players active, lots of donations and no incessant elder begging or clan hoppers). So while I wait I thought I would ask the general community what they think about clans. Maybe I can get some good ideas from you.

So what works for you? What attracts you to a clan and makes you want to stay with it? What annoys you in a clan? What makes you leave a clan and look for another? What are some examples of great clan set ups you have seen?

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I have been searching for a clan that doesn't talk nonsense, is mature likes having fun and looks after each other. By the way where are you from? I'm in Australia. If you think we are compatible please ask me to join you.😄

NZ

Yeah sure, drop in and have a look. You would be the first to join. I have a recruitment thread in clan talk at the moment if you want to read that first. Serch "Cavebears" either to find the thread or to join the clan. It open to anyone and without any trophy requirements.

What I look for is:
- High leveled troops
- Donates a lot
- Chats a lot
- Good amount of trophies

In the end I settled for 3/4 qualities from players, so I get no more high trophies players anymore in order to get a clan that donates and chats a lot.

I think that this thread sums it up perfectly for me. I have been in two clans. The first I was kicked out by someone who didn't last in the clan longer than other hour and the second clan I was assured that it would last but after logging on today, I found that I was the only member left.

i still do not know if it best to join a clan or "go it alone"

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Originally Posted by Cavebears

When you are looking for a clan to join, what do you look for?

Seeing as different people play CoC in different ways and with different strategies it seems to me that a wide range of people who join clans for different reasons.

I was in a clan for a while and I saw a huge number of clan hoppers, many of who were just after some free troops, but some just wanted to chat. As soon as the clan chat went quiet went quiet they would leave. Others where just after Eldership. They would join, start asking about being made elder and they moment it became clear to them that it was not going to happen instantly, they would leave.

It disheartened me after a while how many of our clan members were inactive. After the update came out I saw that as many as half had either not donated or had not said anything in the clan chat. Actually, out of all 45 or so clan members there were only about three who regularly donated and who would say anything (even a simple "Hi") in the clan chat.

Now I do appreciate that as your levels go up and it takes days, rather than hours, to upgrade anything, there will be many people who will "mother hen", that is to say sit tight, and "hatch" their upgrades, but surely they could just drop into the clan chat every few days and see if anyone needs a donation?

So eventually I left the clan and went searching for another. I must admit it put me off, going from one to another, looking on the forums, trying to find something not run by kids ( I do know many young as well as older adults play this game as well). There were clans that seemed to have lots of rules, more like a dictatorship than anything. I understand that for players who are into "serious fun" that some clans lots of rules are necessary, but ideally I wanted something that had a bit more of a democratic structure. Unfortunately it seems to me that a very small number of clans have either lots of rules and that most clans have, well, simply no rules at all. There are some fine clans out there who do have a really good rules and structure, but unfortunately for me, their requirements level and trophy wise are just too high. I guess that'ss why they have become successful clans, they have found a happy medium and have attracted good reliable players who stay with them.

So in the end I formed my own clan with what I thought was a happy medium (adult players only, only archer donations, 300 donations per week required). Still waiting on people to join. I want it to be a fun clan but also with a good structure so it becomes successful ( players active, lots of donations and no incessant elder begging or clan hoppers). So while I wait I thought I would ask the general community what they think about clans. Maybe I can get some good ideas from you.

So what works for you? What attracts you to a clan and makes you want to stay with it? What annoys you in a clan? What makes you leave a clan and look for another? What are some examples of great clan set ups you have seen?

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Dude, I have to say I agree 100% with everything you say, I wish my clan would implement some of the above guidelines. Ill check your clan out.

I offer my opinions here as i have been in the game for a long time and to date have only been in 3 clans (Not including our feeder clans). Im now LVL91 (Lvl glitch 103 :D)

First and foremost the characteristics of a good clan for me are:

1) Activity
2) Clan Chat
3) Player Maturity

Now to expand on these,
1) Activity - This is vital for a good clan and actually if the clan is active it generally means that regular and quick Donations are covered without it needing to be on the list.

2) Clan chat - This is also a critical requirement, as someone said as the game progress the time to upgrade increases and means players can become less active... It you have a good social and active clan chat it helps enormously with point 1

3) I do not mean age - we have a 12 year old in our clan and he is one of the most important players in the clan due to Point 1 and 2.. He does not troll and is always very respectful and often shows more maturity than some of our older players. :p

As long as a clan has these three things it for me can be considered a Great Clan..

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Originally Posted by Cavebears

So what works for you? What attracts you to a clan and makes you want to stay with it? What annoys you in a clan? What makes you leave a clan and look for another? What are some examples of great clan set ups you have seen?

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As someone who has lead guilds/clans for over two years, I'll be glad to share you my thoughts.

There are all sorts of people in this world and if all ages. When we look into any games, especially ones with kids, they tend to not understand what leadership actually is. Even more mature adults, especially those who prefer to seek "power" rather than lead. To me, you don't need great power to lead. You gain power from great leadership. Form friendships and people who will always look out for you no matter what. Cherish it and always keep a great bondage with your community. No matter the size.

I have also joined up other communities before I began leading - since 12 years old. Clans of all sorts form and from my own experience, my motto is this: To be a great leader, you need to go through all the sh*t from a regular member and work your ways up to a leader, then you will know what to expect and what qualities you need for your community.

As a leader, I look for people who can work together as a whole. Quality foremost over quantity. Why boast when you have a large community full of ♥♥♥♥? A group of 3 who can work together well as a team can beat a group of 6 who don't know how to work together.

Equality is important. No matter what position you are in, just because you are the leader, doesn't mean you should break the rules. You're a role model and its important. If the leader or officers don't care, why should the members?

Communication skills is key to success. Have a problem? Voice it. This tends to be a general issue with clan management when a member has an issue with something (whether it be game or towards someone), they don't voice it, in the end feel uncomfortable and either quit or leave the community. Stick it to one language. It's great to see people who can speak different languages, however not everyone can. So keep it to one core language.

One main thing that irritates me to the core are leaders who don't ever or barely interact with members unless need be. They only interact with their own circle and or their officers. It is important regardless what position your in to be able to communicate and interact with.

Drama. Please, what is there to gain in this over the Internet? Wel, your eepeen grows bigger yes - in all seriousness, keep the ♥♥♥♥ to real life. Have fun, enjoy yourself and play the game. It's not worth yelling to a screen, you don't gain anything in the end anyway.

People who overuse emotes need to chill out... I can't seem to comprehend why people do this. One other thing that bugs me, is a leader or an officer who vouches their significant other to lead with them or as an officer. This has happened numerous times throughout my gaming journey. The significant other or the leader tends to not have any qualities at all to lead. They ask the other for help, they play the favoritism game - even though they know its wrong.

Rules are important to have, I'm not a rule maker for all and each clan has their own standards.

One of the first and foremost important thing in a guild/clan is... THE COMMUNITY. That's what makes a clan... A clan! Without a strong community, it'll crumble apart slowly or disappear in a click. People who can get along, who are open to discuss, share ideas/thoughts and communicate with each other. I for one do not agree to feeder clans. Have a clan? Stick to one. Feeders and extra branches in one game tends to separate the community and create elitism/elitist jerks. Who cares how good you are. Got an attitude? A jerk? I won't have you in my clan I don't care how good you are.

I think that covers enough of what I've got to say.

Drama = Kick

looking for a clan to be top 3 clan to get free gemssssss

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Originally Posted by voice123

looking for a clan to be top 3 clan to get free gemssssss

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not gonna happen any time soon...unless you spend 1000's, or dont go offline and keep winning.

It's not just getting into a top 3 clan...it's being in the top 10 of said clans. which means lots of trophies.

So not gonna get free gems without already being there, which meant spending on non-free gems.

Activity
Leadership
Maturity
Team Players
Drive and will to progress
A sense of community

To me, these are most important. I have been fortunate enough to only have been in one clan in CoC. I joined them as soon as I was able to join a clan and found it to have most of the qualities above. Over time though several of things above started to fade. The Leader was on less and less and was "leading" less and less. We started to have a lot of dead weight. Several core members discussed leaving to start another clan but we let the founding members know first. In the end I ended up being made leader and have made it my focus to make sure all the qualities mentioned above are withheld in the clan.

I don't need to be in or have the Top Clan. Just a good solid clan that knows how to play, help each other and enjoy the game.

I first joined my high school's clan (they gave us all iPads to "learn" or something). I was made leader, and the one thing I can say is that you need to have a clear system of earning eldership. Seniors and freshman kept complaining to me about who was and wasn't an elder, and I did want anyone to be unhappy, but I eventually just gave up and disbanded the clan. A leader who doesn't spitefully demote everyone and make an inactive player leader before leaving is probably a good idea too.

I don't look for anything in a clan because I've only ever been in one clan (well it started as another but everyone moved to a new one). I've been in this clan for about 4 months now and after the leader left to set up a new clan I became leader! I love my clan and I'm really loyal to it so I will never leave it unless something terrible happens!

Firstly, thanks to all the people who have taken the time to post here. Your observations and comments are both informative and interesting.

I had a pm from a guy who was interested in joining asking me why I had set the requirements so low (open invitation, no trophies required)

That's an interesting question, especially since so many clans I see usually have a trophy requirement at least.

The way I look at it is this: less than a month ago I was a complete newbie (as in more of a newbie than I am now). First downloaded CoC and did some really stupid things. Wasted my free gems to hurry troops and early upgrades, attacked bases where I had no chance of any success, didn't upgrade my storages so that on the occasions that I did win a battle I couldn't absorb all the loot (so much wasted gold and elixir!), etc etc.

I realised I was going about things completely the wrong. so I did a bit of reading on these forums, checked out some wiki articles and started to think a bit more analytically about this game, its strategy and tactics. Much like a puzzle, how does it work, how can you get better, what do other people do, how can I improve on what I am doing? Those sorts of questions.

Now I guess that many people are like me and did similar things when they first started. As you climb up the upgrades you then realize that actually all those mistakes you made were really not significant, perhaps all you lost was a bit of time. You also realize that trophy counts really don't mean much unless you are obsessed by rankings or you are deliberately trying to reach a certain range in order to maximize your farming efficiency (or defense from farmers).

So having a trophy requirment is meaningless to me. In fact not having one means that I am more likey to attract those players who play the same way I do and dissuade those who are obsessed by rankings. The most silly thing I see, in my opinion, are clans who have a trophy requirement of 400. Its ridiculously easy to reach that level once you have got the hang of the ropes, so why bother having it? It prevents what could be otherwise excellent players who have just started, from joining you.

The open invitation with no level requirement is similiar. If I could go from start to level 37 in a few weeks why shouldnt anyone else? I would say there would be plenty who would do much faster than me. So all I have to do is wait a few weeks and those players just starting have the potential to at least be at the same level I am at now. So why exclude them joining? It just doesn't make sense. You dont have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that many non-gemmers rise in levels rapidly and then begin to slow down. The gap between us closes with every passing week. And here is a perfect opportunity to help those new players get the hang of how the game works, provide them with lots of decent donations so that they can progress faster than I did. Lets face it, donating is cheap. It costs me merely a bit of time and elixir to give donations. Most of the time I am happy to "transfer" my excess elixir into troops and give it away, I am most probably just going to lose that elixir when someone raids me anyway, so rather my clan members get it than some shark raiding my village.

Some people might say "Ah, but if you accept all those low level players into your clan then you are going to get low level donations". Well at my level and the way I use donation troops its not that important to me. On attack donation troops are a useful distraction and help absorb enemy fire, letting my troops get the real job done. On defense I have often seen donation troops absorb a lot of time from an attacking force, allowing my defense weapons more time to hammer them. So its all good as far as I can see.

Being clan leader is Haaaaard. I have a clan with quite a lot of kids/teens in it who are mostly pretty nice, but there is so much drama. It's really hard to strike a good balance between have a dictatorship and kicking people when they fart, and have everyone cussing and having no respect.

Everyone has already pretty much summed up what I want in a clan. But i'd like to add in on the cussing/swearing, as far as I believe it has no place in this game and hate to see it when I log in on clan chat when kids are arguing. I'm not talking about the ridiculous censored words on global, but the uncensored conversations held privately. It doesn't help that my clan used to have a very inactive leader and a lot of the kids got away with it.

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Originally Posted by Alticus

Being clan leader is Haaaaard. I have a clan with quite a lot of kids/teens in it who are mostly pretty nice, but there is so much drama. It's really hard to strike a good balance between have a dictatorship and kicking people when they fart, and have everyone cussing and having no respect.

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Very true, it certainly is hard being a clan leader ;)

girls... lots of girls...

I think respecting among clan members is extremely important. Swearing unnecessarily can deal a great impact on a clan and sometimes clan mates will start to mistrust each other. As leader, I make sure one is respectful, polite and friendly before sending him an invitation. If one voluntary joins our clan and starts cussing, I would kick him out. Better losing a few rankings rather than risking good relationships among clan mates.

Donations and active chat. The will to go higher in ranks is also fun, as it gives something to for the clan members to compete in with each other.

I've only been in 2 clans. First one was ok, but had zero leadership from Elders and all the Leader ever seemed to do was request troops.

Someone suggested leaving and starting another clan, so I left with them. That lasted a day before the others gave up, making me leader of a clan with no members.

I set a few basic rules, and they must have appealed, because I had 8 members in a week, and about 10 more each week for the next 3 weeks until it hit 50 within 5 weeks.

I learned from the errors in my first clan, and do the following:

- strictly no swearing or rudeness etc permitted.
- elders must be role models, lead and set an example.
- key decisions made & voted by Elders.
- promotions voted on by Elders only (not leader)

Donations and chat/atmosphere strongly encouraged.

In my clan, max level dragons, pekkas, healers etc are all donated freely and daily. There is a fantastic camaraderie.

We also probably have the most diverse range of members in any clan. 10 countries at last count, range of ages and a reasonable male/female mix. People are always respectful to each other. Anyone who wasn't has been kicked.

So I guess that type of setup works well.

I would rather be in a clan with 25 active, donators who are sociable and mature with all low trophies then 50 egotistic non donators who all have 2000 plus trophies! You can advise and teach someone with low trophies and they will grow, you cant teach someone with a rotten attitude or personality!

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Originally Posted by Jaggar

I would rather be in a clan with 25 active, donators who are sociable and mature with all low trophies then 50 egotistic non donators who all have 2000 plus trophies! You can advise and teach someone with low trophies and they will grow, you cant teach someone with a rotten attitude or personality!

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Completely Agree!!

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Originally Posted by Jaggar

I would rather be in a clan with 25 active, donators who are sociable and mature with all low trophies then 50 egotistic non donators who all have 2000 plus trophies! You can advise and teach someone with low trophies and they will grow, you cant teach someone with a rotten attitude or personality!

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I agree. In my old clan there were a three key players who were great, they were helpful, friendly, polite and always donated. We were all in the level range of 18 to 40. Then there were a few high level guys, like level 60 and 70 (well, that was high level to us anyway). They never said anything, you always saw their donation requests popping up. After the update came out I checked them out and saw that none of these guys had donated a thing. They were all elders too. Maybe they were taking advantage of the fact that the leader was completely inactive.

Now personally I dont care if people dont want to chat, that is fine. Currently I have one member in my clan who has so far only said "hi" and "bye". Cool, that' s all that is necessary, especially when you consider the huge number of international players from countries where English is a second language. But what astonished me about these silent "high" level players was their lack of donations. Honestly, what is it to a level 60 to donate some troops? Nothing. And yet they couldn't be bothered. How lazy and selfish.

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Originally Posted by Akali

I've only been in 2 clans. First one was ok, but had zero leadership from Elders and all the Leader ever seemed to do was request troops.

Someone suggested leaving and starting another clan, so I left with them. That lasted a day before the others gave up, making me leader of a clan with no members.

I set a few basic rules, and they must have appealed, because I had 8 members in a week, and about 10 more each week for the next 3 weeks until it hit 50 within 5 weeks.

I learned from the errors in my first clan, and do the following:

- strictly no swearing or rudeness etc permitted.
- elders must be role models, lead and set an example.
- key decisions made & voted by Elders.
- promotions voted on by Elders only (not leader)

Donations and chat/atmosphere strongly encouraged.

In my clan, max level dragons, pekkas, healers etc are all donated freely and daily. There is a fantastic camaraderie.

We also probably have the most diverse range of members in any clan. 10 countries at last count, range of ages and a reasonable male/female mix. People are always respectful to each other. Anyone who wasn't has been kicked.

So I guess that type of setup works well.

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Those strike me as excellent examples of rules. I will be sure to adopt at least some of them over time.

Activeness and donations,

When ur looking for a clan u will have to look if the members of the clan are active, donates and are friendly mostly

Hey guys, get behind Cavebears and join them. They're pretty awesome dudes. I've been here for about 10 minutes, and they recognize what is vital in a clan.

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Completely Agree!!

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We are just the clan you're looking for. It took me a long time to find the sort of clan that we are. We are all active social members. We help each other out with advice and troops. Come and join

im looking for a kids clan

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im looking for a kids clan

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You might be interested in joining Aardvarks, we are all ages and countries but are lead by a couple of kids from NZ. I sent you a PM.

My clan leader sucks. If not for some of the clan elders (buddies) I would have left. The problem I face with my clan is Great Clan Elders but Bad Clan leader. Imaging Donation from the clan leader was below 50 troops compare with top donor of 1500 +++ ( and thats from junior member).

Sucks!

What do I look in a clan? hmm..

1) experienced clan
2) mature members
3) good policy
4) high level troops donation
5) active


lovin' my clan at the moment..

it got all of the above :)

Exodias!

One of the biggest problems is that most clans accept ANYONE without even talking to them...
It took me four months to find the people in my clan, and I still have a couple of spots left.
Too many clans, not enough people.

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Originally Posted by Leech

My clan leader sucks. If not for some of the clan elders (buddies) I would have left. The problem I face with my clan is Great Clan Elders but Bad Clan leader. Imaging Donation from the clan leader was below 50 troops compare with top donor of 1500 +++ ( and thats from junior member).

Sucks!

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Leech that's not nice our leaders rotate and I find that they do a good job. Our clan is awesome !!!

hello,can someone tell me please do you have to keep buying lots of gems to be in a clan.is it better to go it alone? I have been playing for some weeks but am building my defence up which as you can imagine without gems is taking a long time.when I visit some of the top players to see their villages they must have spent a fortune to get to that stage.can someone please explain to me how it works.thanks

No gems needed to be in a clan.It's just for fun and helping each other.You should find one asap.
Good luck

Donations
Selective eldership
Potential
Farming oriented
Chatty
Sense of Humor
Stable

We look for members that have lvl 4 troops at least or plays consistently that way we know they will show progress in leveling up fast. Clan chat is important, I check very often to donate and chat. My donation as of this week alone is 3100. Other members are anywhere between 50- 1500+ donation. Normally my leader would be more but his iPad crash. So I am the new donation king, lol.

We also look for active an mature players so we do a little interview. Anyone younger than 18 will have to leave or be kick. Anyone that joins and ask for elders will be kick.

So if you like what u see drop on by and mention this post if you meet the requirements.