i think nbrid should have a clan......

[Trunks NB]

we sould have a clan part to the site and put the members that wanna war with the nbrid in it.i mean like klam can be leader and he can pick some co-leaders iam sure we will beable to find newblood to join.iam sick of ppl asking "is NBa clan"so what u think i mean new boards new site for the clan know what i mean?

[klamkilla]

well technically we have a "guild" basically we are an online ocmmunity so nexttime someone asks you if we are a clan copy and paste this as your response...

we are an online gaming community that uses NB in our nicks to recognise each other online.

if we were to go ahead and make a clan there wouldnt be the owner/leader/co leader/member set up that everyone is used to becaue i hate the whole clan politic bullshit that accompanies it
i believe everyone has equal power in a clan and there should be a vote on all major aspects like who joins, site changes, tournaments and the like.

if youre looking for a clan as of right now we cant really help you out. all i can say is stick with us untill PS2/XBOX/GameCube come online and then im sure something will happen.

[nbrid]

Hmm you worded that pretty well klam. I also hate those stupid co leader crap clans too. People just want to feel some sort of power. So if you (not YOU but gamers in general) want to feel the inflated sense of self esteem (barney) Id suggest joining SG or SD, the 2 best on the market.
So is the guild a clan? I cant really answer that because I dont know what the hell a clan is. Is it a group of online DC gamers (PC gamers laugh at the term clan) with a messed up political system? Or is a clan a pathetic attempt to "represent" a large group of people? Basically like klam said, we're a community and the tags are just for association purposes. We occasionally do tournaments and soon plan on letting members host a tournament and covering on the site. That is if they get enough involvement. We're associated with other lame clans because we once tried to be like that (shame) but that was for about a month.
So will you see anything that represents the status of most DC clans in the NBrid guild anytime soon? I'd say no but I dont think clans do anything but play games, have pointless meetings, and create member status that means jack @#%$. In that case, we are a clan only in the first sense. We play games.

[ConnDestn]

i agree, but certain people do need to have titles in order to keep the thing a bit more organized, and give some responsibility to the whole shindig, but I like Klam think everyone should get a say.

[BoneStormer]

clan (n): a group of gamers grouped in a hierarchy often similar to that found in an army. the centeral point of a clan is proving their superiority in online games. they recruit new members who have to prove themselves before allowed to join in order to keep the high skills of the clan intact. they practise and then challenge another clan (team) to a 'war'. I joined a Q3A clan called the Elite Fragmeisters who recently defeated the pathetic QuakeGods.

That is a clan, at least a PC clan (PC gamers laugh at the notion of a DC clan). Obviosuly NBrid is not a clan (yet again do I have to point out that players actually have to play ONLINE for this to be even possibly true? in particular I would think the leader would need to do so...)

I agree with Conn that some sort of leadership is required to maintain organization. People should have jobs/responsibilites or whatever. For one I suggest reducing the number of 'levels' in NBrid (hmm is this 'member status'??:) to three levels: Officials (a council at the top responsible for the organization of it all and running it, each with a 'job'), Active members (everyone who takes part in NB, they have an equal vote in anything), Lost Souls (people who have disapeared off the face of the earth, so obvisouly they have no say/vote). Keeps things simple (no seniors/normals) with no BS heierarchy yet keeps a sence of organization in tact...

While I dont think NB should incorporate some of the other characteristis of a clan (like warring, we can just have 'fun' tourneys... yes there is a BIG diff here), but it would be nice to try and someday do more online shizite.

klam also brings up an interesting point, having a say in everything from joins, site changes.... in particular joins. Maybe we should be just a LITTLE more particular in who joins? Not so much we disagree with someone so they're not in, but so we can kind of prevent those who fill it out on a whim and are never heard of again... Maybe have a requirement to join to stop in chat or at least post here... no one ever sees there ap right now except hy really...

[klamkilla]

i usually tell the people i get to join nbrid to post here (feartheclown, psydd, gamedevil, the list goes on and on, shadow for instance) and if they dont oh well.

well it seems that the online fever has once again hit nbrid what with the impending release of the PS2 network adapter and the new consoles so what say we give the ol' girl one more g oround at this online gaming business?

[SegaGodAndo]

I pondered why NB doesnt consider themselves a clan, which they are. So I entered #nbrid and asked the clan members themselves. The only one of of 4 who responded was DarkWadeX. And he said, exactly: 'We aren't a clan because we don't anally rape each other'

So if thats why you guys consider this clan something else, more power to ya

[SDRza]

Yay! Finaly someone else that knows Nbird is a Clan and Not a Gaming Community.

Damn, talk about the Owner/Leader/Co-Leader thing, yall got them in Nbrid too, they just don't go by them terms.

"Nbrid President" sounds like a rank to me, don't cha think?

SegaDevils Online Console Clan

[JuBe3]

Nbrid isnt a clan, just by visiting their site you should know that, if they were to become a clan they would be the most organized clan on DC and most likely future consoles.

Vistit the Jube3 art forums, Click Below

[nbrid]

Thanks Jube. It all depends on what you consider to be a clan. There are tons of online groups that play just pc games or JUST Diablo 2 and they are in no way a clan. Basically clans are dreamcast gaming communities (soon to branch off to other consoles) that focus on gaming and tournaments. They also tend to have ridiculous ownership systems with promotions that really mean nothing. NBrid doesnt have this kind of system. I am the president, BoneStorm is the head webmaster, and klam is our representative. I'm sure you've seen gamefaqs and IGN tags in online games but that doesnt make them a clan. Oh and using an "NB" tag online is optional but a lot of ppl like to use them in games so we know who is who.

[SDRza]

Ridiculous? nah, it shows others that that member has been a loyal member of that clan and that he/she has been in that clan for a long time and has proven his/her loyalty.

-Rza-

SegaDevils Online Console Clan

[SegaGodAndo]

I'm still yet to see a single thing that makes NB anything but a clan.

So you have a site that has more than clan info, such a members etc. Big deal. I've seen tons of clans do this. You're just a clan with a kick ass site.

You have no member ladder system. Again, lots of clans dont have leaders/owners. But theres no problem with having them anyways, it just helps keep things in order, unless you have fools acting like theyre better than others cause of rank, thats not cool. But I agree everyone in the clan should be in votes.

You don't make members wear the NB tag. Wait, NB tag? A tag is for clans. If you arent a clan you shouldnt even have a tag. But you are a clan, thats why you have the NB tag.

Again, I welcome anything that could show why you arent a clan. But having a well organized site, no member ladders and not forcing members to wear your clan tag just makes you a clan unlike most, but a clan nonetheless.

[BoneStormer]

Well not to agree with the 'guy' above me, but I can't agree with what Hybrid says. "Clans" are a Dreamcast thing? Is that what you're saying? Cause that's certainly not true. There were clans on PC well before DC. When people say "So-called DC Clans", the keyword is DC, not clan... (See my reply above for more on what a clan is:)

Also, using tags (like NB) does not make it a clan. Like Hy said, I see people who use 'CC' (CloudChaser) online, but they arn't a clan. That really is a online community.

In the end there is a FINE line between videogame communities and clans... and NBrid is smack dab on top of it! :)

Nintendo Gamecube - Born to Play!

Edited by: BoneStormer  at: 10/17/01 2:56:31 pm

[klamkilla]

i have a question for you guys? are any segadevils going to be representing you at E3? what about the segagods? awnser: NO!

now you see i on the other hand WILL be attending E3 on behalf of nbrid.net.

see E3 isnt a show for clans to play and try new games its a show for media people and people in the gaming community to play and try games. hell just yesterday i sent a letter to Melane Hodgson (head of public relations at Ubi-Soft) in regards to recieving reviewable ocpies of games since i work for a GAMING site! why would clans need to review games?

[nbrid]

Yeah I dont know much about the pc gaming community, just a few ppl i know that play pc games online mock the term "clan." I think its important to focus on the fact that when we play games online, its just for fun, not the main focus of NBrid. I wont restate what ive already said but I agree with bone in that we do fall on that thin line.