Immovable Force 6-16-2012

42nd place in such a horrible gametype. Not bad, everypony. A big round of applause for anypony who endured this nonsense for a full 3 hours so that we could get gold again.

Your Friday Moment of Zen

Meet Your Clan Mate, Rapture Riot

On this week's Meet Your Clan Mate, Rapture Riot has decided to share some information about himself. Rapture is always a good teammate to have. Based on his loadouts and stats, he likes to diversify in different guns. He also plays a variety of games as well.

Rapture Riot's Xbox Live Avatar

If you want to be on the next Meet Your Clan Mate send a message to REALBAUS, not Wharrrrrrgarbl. Some of you guys have been sending it to the wrong person. Also do you guys like the weekly format or should I try to fit more interviews into each week? I might have to go around asking for interviews if there is a lack of participation. Check out the interview after the jump.

How to Dominate

Our Stickiest Pony, Punsy Charlatan, has put together a fairly detailed post about how he tops our Domination capture leaderboards. Check it out after the jump!

Meet the Competition, xLGx TheHammer1965

So I thought it might be nice to know a little more about the other top clans and tracked down xLGx TheHammer1965, leader of Lethal x Gaming! As winners of the past several KC ops, they certainly need no introduction, but there's a lot I didn't know about them. The full interview, only lightly edited for punctuation, is after the jump!

Future ClOps

So, I've been thinking a bit about the Domination and KC ops we'd like to compete in in the future, and it occurs to me that one crucial, foundational issue is teams and teamwork. For Domination, we will need very tight teamwork because the strategies are so much more involved than other gametypes, and for KC we'll need very tight teamwork because there is zero margin for error when it comes to attendance. Lethal x Gaming is regularly putting up 5000+ confirms, and if we are interested in ever having another champion badge, we'll need all of our collectors in full, six person teams the whole time.

This is why I think it's important that we lay down a more formal team structure ahead of time, rather than winging it for every op. Ideally, we'd have consistent teams of 8 who play with each other regularly and have committed the time to compete in clan ops; it's 8 rather than 6 so that there are some backup members for each team who already know the team members and can easily fit into their group flow. What might be more likely would be that we have several clan teams, including a float team whose job it is to disperse members to shore up other teams (and also play on their own as a team when that's not necessary).

There have been a lot of good ideas about what we can do for upcoming ops, but I think that consistent teamwork and professionalism are going to be the bedrock of any strategy. That means no absenteeism if you've committed to an op (yes, real life emergencies happen, but tell us! Don't just not show up). I know that there are some core groups of friends who already play together; mashing these together may be a good start for some teams. Let me know what you think in comments, but the official assignments later may look a little different: I'm sure o Apple Dash o, REALBAUS, Forsaken Genesis, Swiift v, JiaJohn, and MarsBringer would love to just stomp all over everything as a team, but we do want some semblance of team parity so we can maximize our clan's performance.

Finally, the bottom line is whether or not we're having fun, and the reason for all of this is that some of us have indicated that playing to win is a lot of fun. If it isn't for you, don't feel compelled to play with people or in a way that you don't like.

So if you are interested, let us know your team interests, gametype interests, role interests, and time availability below! I'll start:

Wharrrrrrgarbl
Prefers Kill Confirmed, reasonably competent at TDM, will play Domination under duress.
Have some experience as a tag collector, also interested in playing support killstreaks for backup.
At work from 6AM to 6PM most weekdays and works some weekends, but can give notice. Otherwise available for 1-2 ops per weekend, perhaps 1-2 practice sessions per week.
Have discussed team formation with o Apple Dash o. Left at the team altar by REALBAUS. :'(

Love and Tolerance

We've had some conduct issues recently. It really pains me that this needs to be said, but it's time to reiterate: there are some basic standards of human decency that we expect clan members to meet. Things that fall short of these standards include, but are not limited to:

• Constantly screaming about how people who are doing things that annoy you are fags, kikes, niggers, spics, chinks, immigrants, etc. This is sadly a pretty big problem in the clan right now.
• Getting so angry at fellow clan mates that you are calling them idiots, telling them to shut the fuck up, etc. We want to maintain a friendly and collegial atmosphere.
• Talking about how much you would like to have sex with ponies, or read clopfics, or whatever. We don't care what you do in the privacy of your own home, but this is not an appropriate topic to inflict on everypony else.

Again, I can't believe that  we have to put this on the front page of the blog. This is a really low bar. But there are currently some clan members who consistently do not meet it, and it is important for everyone to know that this is not behavior that we condone, and if it continues we will not continue to associate with you.

In happier news, another gold for the clan in tonight's op! We're getting close to 40! Check it out after the jump.