I established a successful clan

I was previously in a clan where the leader had more ego than brains. I was 2nd in command and with the help of the other Co's tolerated the chaos of the Leader. Until I'd had enough of him not enforcing rules. Recruiting hoppers from global for war and not directing war attack sequences.

So i left, and started my own clan. The Co's followed, and a few other elders. This was no easy task to go from back to back wars to sitting in dead water. Through the forums i began recruiting. We've managed to find some great members, and the occasional douchebag (we all know the type).

Communication is the key! We are very active with eachother. We help eachother with upgrades and farming. We research strategies and share replays. In war we have been very successful by working as a team and enforcing scheduled attacks.
War is not mandatory in our clan. However when a member doesn't use their attacks they are penalized by being demoted and taken out of war.

We have pushed to LvL 4 in the last 3 months. Our members are happy and fun! We donate anything, anytime. (With the exception of noobs who join then request dragons or a th6 who needs a golem ). Ultimately i have found our success is directly linked to us treating eachother as people. Real people. We have respect for our clan and eachother!

I hope this helps anyone who has been in a crappy clan. Good luck!

Shazam!!!

Leader--Unseen Assassin #YYVPJYUL

Good to hear about your successes Kaysee! I have been through a similar process and it is encouraging in that we seem to be following in your steps and you have had positive results!! Looking forward to getting there ourselves!

I agree that communication is the key.

I have similar experience to you in that I took over a clan where the leader was more egotistic, and more interested in building a group of chatters than a group of clashers.

After taking over as leader, I made it clear that we are now a warring clan, and that if don't want to war, then you're expected to donate. A lot of people left. But over the months, I managed to build a solid core of clashers, and a rotating groups of noobs that war a couple times and leave.

But, like you said it's communication that makes it work. Many of my members simply want praise for a good attack, and I try to give that to them all the time.

This is the exact thing that happened to me!
I was formerly in a clan free elders and members not following simple rules. Even the Coleaders donated the wrong troops. At first I tried to ignore the wrong donations but when it happened several times, I decided to leave and start my own clan.

We are a level 5 clan now with 52 war wins. Currently on a 10 win streak. I agree, communication is key so we have all members on Kik. We help each other, share different strategies, give tips and just have a good time doing it.

Shams - Feast or Famine - #9CVGCLJC