Two different clans should not have the same name.

And what i mean by that is that, two different clans should not be able to use the same name.it makes it confusing when you are searching for a specific clan and it takes away the possibility of having a unique clan that no one can copy. This is even more beneficial to clans that are on the leaderboards since allot of people like to copy then names of stronger clans.

I completely agree, but there is an underlying problem that should be fixed before this would be implemented. I believe there should be a minimum number of players to sign a charter (maybe 5 or 10 players) before you can create a new clan. We have WAY too many people that, after playing CoC for all of 1 week, think they are going to start the next #1 clan and add to the problem. Then, they spam global chat constantly, begging people to join them. Seriously, the number of clans really needs to be reduced somehow. This would ultimately help existing, stable clans in recruitment.

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Originally Posted by shadow8041

I completely agree, but there is an underlying problem that should be fixed before this would be implemented. I believe there should be a minimum number of players to sign a charter (maybe 5 or 10 players) before you can create a new clan. We have WAY too many people that, after playing CoC for all of 1 week, think they are going to start the next #1 clan and add to the problem. Then, they spam global chat constantly, begging people to join them. Seriously, the number of clans really needs to be reduced somehow. This would ultimately help existing, stable clans in recruitment.

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Yes your right. And for your problem about there being way to many clans, i think there should be a time limit, that if you cant recruit a certain number of players in a set about of time your clan will be deleted.

Totally agree.

Clans have no unique name and it degrades the experience for members to belong to a specific clan (Especially if there are 20 other clans with the exact same name). Clan leaders are asking themselves, how can we recruit new members, how can we build loyalty and how can I differentiate myself from all the other clans with our name


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The answer is relatively simple i.e. enforce unique name for clans. Where it becomes tricky is how to retrospectively implement this. Couple of ideas:
option 1. A batch process is run assigning the first clan (i.e created date is the earliest ) and each subsequent clan thereafter gets an incremental suffix e.g. My Clan 1, My Clan 2 etc


Option 2. Supercell will like this option. A trading period is opened, clans (Leaders) can purchase their clan name with gems. (Maybe a bidding process if you really want to take it to the next level) then each subsequent clan get the prefix as mentioned in option 1). After the trading period the unique constraint is added to the database and people can no longer use the same clan name


Option 3. Start enforcing unique names from this point onwards. Might aswell start. The user experience should be something like; create clan, check for name, if its unique and test passes allow the person to registerthe new clan



as for data hygiene see this thread.
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...inactive-clans

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Originally Posted by Jlopean

Totally agree.

Clans have no unique name and it degrades the experience for members to belong to a specific clan (Especially if there are 20 other clans with the exact same name). Clan leaders are asking themselves, how can we recruit new members, how can we build loyalty and how can I differentiate myself from all the other clans with our name


Recommended Solutions:
The answer is relatively simple i.e. enforce unique name for clans. Where it becomes tricky is how to retrospectively implement this. Couple of ideas:
option 1. A batch process is run assigning the first clan (i.e created date is the earliest ) and each subsequent clan thereafter gets an incremental suffix e.g. My Clan 1, My Clan 2 etc


Option 2. Supercell will like this option. A trading period is opened, clans (Leaders) can purchase their clan name with gems. (Maybe a bidding process if you really want to take it to the next level) then each subsequent clan get the prefix as mentioned in option 1). After the trading period the unique constraint is added to the database and people can no longer use the same clan name


Option 3. Start enforcing unique names from this point onwards. Might aswell start. The user experience should be something like; create clan, check for name, if its unique and test passes allow the person to registerthe new clan



as for data hygiene see this thread.
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...inactive-clans

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I think option one would be the most effective idea. Although supercell would most likely use option 2 since its the only idea that allows the profit of gems.

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Originally Posted by Sirflirtsallot

I think option one would be the most effective idea. Although supercell would most likely use option 2 since its the only idea that allows the profit of gems.

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Agreed. However, I would run a data hygiene exercise first.

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Originally Posted by Sirflirtsallot

And what i mean by that is that, two different clans should not be able to use the same name.it makes it confusing when you are searching for a specific clan and it takes away the possibility of having a unique clan that no one can copy. This is even more beneficial to clans that are on the leaderboards since allot of people like to copy then names of stronger clans.

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.ok so what does everyone else think of this idea.?

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Originally Posted by Sirflirtsallot

Yes your right. And for your problem about there being way to many clans, i think there should be a time limit, that if you cant recruit a certain number of players in a set about of time your clan will be deleted.

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That is a bad idea because the low people who start clans dont get people to join them as easy as the people with high lvl people

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Originally Posted by Chrisoncoc

That is a bad idea because the low people who start clans dont get people to join them as easy as the people with high lvl people

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You have point, but there are too many new clans as it is. And limiting the number of clans will also help new clans since there will be fewer clans. And more members.

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Originally Posted by Sirflirtsallot

And what i mean by that is that, two different clans should not be able to use the same name.it makes it confusing when you are searching for a specific clan and it takes away the possibility of having a unique clan that no one can copy. This is even more beneficial to clans that are on the leaderboards since allot of people like to copy then names of stronger clans.

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Nice idea :)