How long before you kick the broke mute?

I'm not talking exclusively about those that don't immediately donate, nor am I talking exclusively about those that don't immediately speak. Instead, I'm talking about those that join, say not a word, and donate nothing. How many seconds do you give them before you let your elders kick them? We've toyed with the idea of giving them between 5 and 15 minutes, but we are a more rough clan now with less tolerance for silent and cheap seat warmers. Once you're in and show your stuff, you're in and with a safe seat, but we get a lot of folks that drop in and leave. That's fine, since it's a 45 members max clan that gives room for it to go over and back down, but when it goes up over 45, someone's gotta go, and those that can't bother to address a warm welcome from several members or make a sitting green bar move a notch isn't going to get much time to enjoy our awesomeness, so (I ask), how many seconds do you think we should give them?

By the way, if we're at 43 or 44, I usually give them a couple hours or so to get their act together, but when we're teetering around 46 or 47, things are a bit different.

We've had the same thing happen where I've let them in and they say almost nothing and if they respond at all, its with one or two words with long pauses, then they leave. My suspicion is that they're joining only to check out where the hidden defenses are in someone's village before a revenge. Now when I let someone in, I try to talk to them and if they don't respond or are not social, I immediately kick them. Our clan has zero tolerance for members or would be members spying or leaching without giving and who are anti-social.

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Originally Posted by babblefish

We've had the same thing happen where I've let them in and they say almost nothing and if they respond at all, its with one or two words with long pauses, then they leave. My suspicion is that they're joining only to check out where the hidden defenses are in someone's village before a revenge. Now when I let someone in, I try to talk to them and if they don't respond or are not social, I immediately kick them. Our clan has zero tolerance for members or would be members spying or leaching without giving and who are anti-social.

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Hidden defenses huh. That sounds like a lot of wasted work.

I think my clan gives them a day or two and if they don't chat or donate, we would usually kick.

Whenever someone joins our clan.. We say hello...

if within a minute if us saying hellos they don't have the decency to repy they are "outta there"

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Originally Posted by Zero

I think my clan gives them a day or two and if they don't chat or donate, we would usually kick.

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The other elders in my clan will do this, but I'm not as tolerant.:)

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Originally Posted by billwinkiesbear

Whenever someone joins our clan.. We say hello...

if within a minute if us saying hellos they don't have the decency to repy they are "outta there"

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(1:01 minutes later): Hey guys, thanks for inviting me to your clan. I've been looking forward to this day as I've seen how cool and laid back you guys seem in the forums. I was away from the ipad for a minute, sorry about that, my wife called asking me what I wanted her to make me for dinner and I was helping my son with his math homework.

Guys???

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Originally Posted by hb808

(1:01 minutes later): Hey guys, thanks for inviting me to your clan. I've been looking forward to this day as I've seen how cool and laid back you guys seem in the forums. I was away from the ipad for a minute, sorry about that, my wife called asking me what I wanted her to make me for dinner and I was helping my son with his math homework.

Guys???

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This. Haha, something similar has happened to me in the past. I would say it's okay to give new members a few minutes before kicking them for not talking. Perhaps 10 minutes.

- Mustache

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Originally Posted by hb808

(1:01 minutes later): Hey guys, thanks for inviting me to your clan. I've been looking forward to this day as I've seen how cool and laid back you guys seem in the forums. I was away from the ipad for a minute, sorry about that, my wife called asking me what I wanted her to make me for dinner and I was helping my son with his math homework.

Guys???

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I can play this game:

Welcome back. Sorry for kicking so soon, but given the recent barrage of those that have come in, said nothing and donated just as much, we (as a group) decided to solve the problem by quickly nipping it in the bud. We don't normally miss out on good players doing this, but we are glad you decided to give us another shot. The main reason we are a 45 max clan is to prevent stagnation, but as you've witnessed yourself, I keep this clan open, as such, and to all, and in doing so, it leaves room for those that venture out on their own an opportunity to come back to what is (as you can see) a very active clan. For the most part, we are friendly, and always, we are respectful. Please, check out the clan description (to see if you think this may be the right clan for you), and browse to see that we ALL donate very well. If you ever need anything, let me know.

There are a few other (and less stringent) guidelines, but very few have voiced much concern over them. They are learned over time and (I think) serve to set us apart from many (many) other clans.