Clan Life and Gamer Friendships

So many people still think of gaming as a childish treat, and as a past time only the so called geeks spend hours on. Today, this is a false and wrong assumption. Today, we find gamers of all ages and social status, on all platforms available for exactly this which is now commonly known as Gaming.

Some gamers play casually, some play seriously, some play professionally and some, which is the kind of gamer I’m about to talk about, play for the comradery which you find in so many gaming clans around the world. The Clanner.

Myself have founded, and still run a very successful clan called Connect Gaming. This clan, above all else, value the sense of great friendship and comradery, rather than being the best and the biggest clan out there. The members of Connect Gaming are all of the same kind and even though they spend time away from gaming, or are active in other games the clan does not play, or for any other reason are not actively participating in the clan activities, they are still Connect Gaming members and never concidered anything else. That’s a big part of what I concider Clan Life.

Another big part of Clan Life, is the actual involement and caring for your friends and members personal lives and at times, being the one they come to with problems and real life issues they won’t share with anyone else. These things, are all a part of the bigger picture, which so many fail to understand and see. Even though we are gamers in a clan, from various places around the world, and many will never meet face-to-face, we are still real people and are still great friends as far and wide as the term “friend” reaches. No less.

I have here, an old rant written by David Campbell aka. PestControl of the IronKnights.
I recommend for both gamers and non-gamers to take the time to read it all.

“There is a fine line between a gamer and a clanner. These days, it seems like most would consider the terms interchangeable. They are as different as black and blue, yet their definitions underline one of the most important life lessons and concepts. Everything in this world revolves around attitude. It is a vent for our problems, concerns and emotions. Success in one’s life journey depends primarily on how one portrays oneself to all other people. A gamer is a hobbyist.. someone who plays games as a form of entertainment. A clanner is a gamer who lives for his close friends in their gaming community. Attitudes for both of these classifications are generally the same, but to be a great clanner, someone whose clan will value to the end of their days, requires a moral and ethical fibre that is rarer and rarer in today’s super-gaming world. It is the virtue of nobility in this industry that makes clan membership a rewarding enhancement to the game of your choice…” Continued Here

I will continue to be a gamer and a clanner…