The Second Wave of LPC Clanning

[Ivp]

Introduction
 
Back in April, the first 'manufactured' scene of LPC clans arose in Zerg Unit/Supremacy/Trauma/Hate. The hypeball began rolling, and these clans were soon joined by clans such as Bloody Vikingz/Destruction/Leet Tactics/Zenith amongst others, to create a highly active and productive low level scene. 
 
Whilst its true many clans closed during the period between then and now, this was always to be expected; the stronger clans rose to the top of the pile and managed to succeed where others could not. The weaker or less focused clans were sacrificed to contribute to the growth of the stronger clans, something which has been repeating itself since the start of the pure community back in 2004. Current clans such as Sup/Zu/LT/BV, not to mention the recently closed DR, were all products of this LPC scene and have directly contributed to the growth of the pure community, doubling it in size.
 
Now, 8 months on from the last wave of LPC's comes another, fresh batch of low level clans, all eager and hungry to prove their worth and become the next success stories from an LPC scene.
 
Of course, last time wasn't without its fair share of problems, namely the amount of time it took these LPC's to "be ready" to join the rest of the pure community, progressively worse rule breaking in terms of combat caps and defense caps et cetera. That has been taken into consideration this time, and the entire approach to building a new generation of low level clans is completely different. 
 
The Approach
 
The goal of manufacturing an LPC scene is to promote competition across the board and giving all clans the equal chance to grow. This allows the LPC's to help each other in giving them better competition and rivalries, and also gives all clans a better chance at eventually becoming an MPC.
 
Back in April, Clan Wars didn't exist in the 07 version of the game, which meant that competition solely took place in the wilderness which is a knifes edge in terms of stability in regards to new clans trying to prosper. Now however, clan wars does exist, and it is the perfect place to enforce rules such as combat caps, defence caps, and fair fights which is the key to growth for new LPC clans.
 
Therefore, in order to have the guaranteed fights that makes building a clan so important, and in order to give an incentive to stay within combat and defence caps, the LPC clans will be taking part in the inaugural "Sharkbrew Open", a clan wars tournament with a very specific format. Here is the vague outline;

• The rules will be firm; 69 combat cap, 1-5 defense cap. 
• The tournament will be matched option fights, progressively growing larger and larger as the weeks progress. For example, Week 1 will be 10 vs 10. Week 2 will be 15 vs 15, Week 3 will be 20 vs 20. Week 4 will be 30 vs 30, eventually peaking at a sensible number. This incremental growth allows NEW clans with smaller memberbases the baby steps needed to recruit just 5 more people before the next week if need be, and over the course of a few months, will vastly improve the size of the memberlists in bite size, easy to achieve chunks for the entire scene. Not only this, but this will actually promote the invitation of people outside of the community INTO the community.
• Depending on the amount of clans entered, the tournament will run from between 1 to 2 months, giving plenty of time for new LPC clans to focus on short term goals with an ultimate long term achievement (winning the fights and hopefully, the tournament),whilst simultaneously building a core and a foundation for the future.
• Whilst we're still in the stage of discussing the terms and rules of the tournament, a league like system might be the initial stage with 3 points for a win and 1 point for a loss, promoting the idea of fighting the third round even if it is 2-0. The modern trend of leaving after the second loss is detrimental to the community as a whole, losing is a part of any competition and the quicker new clans learn that, the better there clan will be. 
• The intensity of the tournament will be ramped up week by week, especially in the league portion as the clans fight for points in order to win, which will result in some unforgettable fights and the drama that everyone seems to enjoy so much.
• So, by the conclusion of the tournament, we should be looking at a potential 5+ LPC clans that are all pulling in excess of 30 people, as they have gradually recruited 5 people a week throughout the entire tournament if needed. They will have a solid foundation after having something to focus on (the tournament) and will have had plenty of practice in fighting others with fair and uninterrupted results. With the big pulls they'll be having, it isn't outside the realms of possibility that by the tournaments conclusion these low level clans can change their requirements/caps and begin to contend with the MPC's far more regularly than at the beggining of the tournament. Not to mention, fun all around.

Now, let me be clear here. Of course Clan Wars isn't the only place where fighting will happen. Clan Wars is simply the perfect place for a new clan to find its bearings and have the fights they need to get a foothold in stability. The wilderness exists, and I think ALL LPC clans should be using it. 
 
However, the wilderness has proven itself to be a brutal and unforgiving place, which is why I am very concious of trying not to "hold the hand" of the LPC clans. Finding your own footing as a clan in the wilderness is important and I am of the opinion that clans shouldn't have their 'hand held', as its a detriment to them later down the line.
 
The State of Things Currently
 
Now, this isn't just mindless theorizing, the wheels are already in motion with several LPC's already open or very close to open, register on their forums/check out their IRC's and see whats going on with them. The ones that are in a state in which they have a website/irc/staff ready are as follows;
 

http://clan-conquer.com/community/

http://anthrax-rs.com/community/

http://olympus-rs.com/elites/

http://clan-trauma.net/forums/

 

 

Other clans such as Escape, Remedy, and Curse etc also likely to join these clans.

I wish all these clans good luck, they're already looking awesome. Lets hope that they do well and grow into respectable MPC clans in their own right somewhere down the line.

 

What can YOU do?
 
Alright, so this is where you guys come in. I'm inviting anybody and everybody who feels like its a good idea to get involved in this tournament to do so. The goal of this tournament is to build some viable LPC's that will go on to eventually fill out the community much the way Zu/Sup/BV/LT/etc have done, but the more competition for clans, the better, in any form. There will be clans that set out to be MPC's, but teams that exist solely for the tournament and will cease to exist AFTER it are also welcome and beneficial for the clans that DO want to be MPC's.
 
If you have no intention of creating a clan but think its a great idea and sounds fun, don't let that deter you. Simply gather a bunch of friends, a bunch of clan members, or a bunch of random people (remember, 69 combat cap) think of a cool name, make an IRC, and enter the tournament. You don't have to be an official clan and can simply be a team in the tournament. 
 
If you have been thinking about creating a clan over the last few months (or ever, for that matter), now is the PERFECT time to do so. You've seen the success that CAN occur with things like this in the form of the clans from the last LPC batch that were successful. There literally is no better time than now; if your ever gonna do it, do it NOW. This is an excellent oppotunity that doesn't come along very often. Make the most of it.
 
Conclusion
 
I know its long but theres alot of information here and alot to be said. The last time an LPC scene was manafactured from nothing resulted in older clans such as EOP/CP/FI etc having double the amount of competition, some awesome fights, and the rejuvenation of the pure world. Hopefully when all is said and done, the current clans have ANOTHER 5+ clans to fight. Give it a chance.
 
Thanks for reading

[Patrick]

The real problem I See is clans allowing 70, 71s etc. on trips just because its "Close" enough.. No it's not, If you break the combat cap you're defeating the entire purpose ;(

 

Please follow the rules everybody

[Nathan`]

lol

[Lord Ex]

Should be interesting to see the development of this second wave of LPC clanning. Keep your eyes open for a new clan in the near future 

[Desu]

The real problem I See is clans allowing 70, 71s etc. on trips just because its "Close" enough.. No it's not, If you break the combat cap you're defeating the entire purpose ;( Please follow the rules everybody

I don't think that's a problem for the clan wars fights. Everything is clear to see and you can get the other clan leader to use someone lower leveled. 

 

The wilderness shouldn't have any rules so it isn't a problem for trips either. 

[Jim]

It's gonna be interesting when the lpcs will turn into mpcs

[Misfits Public Relations]

Great topic IVP. Lookin' forward to it.

[Patrick]

I don't think that's a problem for the clan wars fights. Everything is clear to see and you can get the other clan leader to use someone lower leveled. 

 

The wilderness shouldn't have any rules so it isn't a problem for trips either. 

It should b a rule for the wilderness otherwise its just HPC pures going on trips @ a different time. A Combat cap should be taken just as serious as a Defence cap requirement tbh

[Sage]

Gl little guys

[`Fly]

The reason the last lpcs even made it (supremacy, zerg unit) was because they had pretty big memberbases that came back to rep their previous clan. The only reason trauma was able to compete was because it was a merge of the other non competing lpcs into one. Without these memberbases to back up what is going on it is hard to tell what will happen.

[Figment]

Good topic, can't wait to see the progression of the smaller clans!

[SP Ghetto]

None of these LPC's show any long term promise, would be good to see 2-3 real clans come out of this. Join Zerg Unit when you're big

[swg420]

the new lpc leaders are all tomatos

[0ldschooler]

Great topic IVP. Lookin' forward to it.

[Rijn]

yes

[Beyazid]

Good topic with a great idea but honestly it's the same ranks, same members, and same everything from a different clan but with a different name. The way I would predict who's on top:

1. Conquer has good callers with decent leadership.

2. Olympus has a good caller but terrible leadership.

3. Anthrax, to my knowledge, has no good leadership with below average callers. Not to mention their two man rank team by far.

[Leech]

only clan i see lasting is Conquer because of the ex-cv memberbase

[cassidy69]

Should be interesting to see the development of this second wave of LPC clanning. Keep your eyes open for a new clan in the near future 

viva la resistanceeeeeeee

 

Good topic with a great idea but honestly it's the same ranks, same members, and same everything from a different clan but with a different name. The way I would predict who's on top:

1. Conquer has good callers with decent leadership.

2. Olympus has a good caller but terrible leadership.

3. Anthrax, to my knowledge, has no good leadership with below average callers. Not to mention their two man rank team by far.

Good post beyazid

[Victory]

The reason the last lpcs even made it (supremacy, zerg unit) was because they had pretty big memberbases that came back to rep their previous clan. The only reason trauma was able to compete was because it was a merge of the other non competing lpcs into one. Without these memberbases to back up what is going on it is hard to tell what will happen.

are you dumb

zu hardly pulled 20 during this period

supremacy lasted because of its hi/ef core

trauma had 2 clans close into them but were successfull because of good members and a great rank team

[`Fly]

are you dumb

zu hardly pulled 20 during this period

supremacy lasted because of its hi/ef core

trauma had 2 clans close into them but were successfull because of good members and a great rank team

 

Zu and supremacy hardly pulled 20 at the start, trauma could only pull 15 max. You think the zu memberbase just came up out of the blue? They were loyal members from their previous clans just like hi/ef with supremacy.

 

You called me dumb and than pretty much said what I said, interesting.

[cassidy69]

Zu and supremacy hardly pulled 20 at the start, trauma could only pull 15 max. You think the zu memberbase just came up out of the blue? They were loyal members from their previous clans just like hi/ef with supremacy.

 

You called me dumb and than pretty much said what I said, interesting.

Hate pulled 28 first trip, Trauma pulled 47 the day we merged into them. You might wanna learn who beat you down every weekend and gwas'd all of you on trips.

[Nathan`]

Just checked out the ranks for each one, lol'd hard.

[Ivp]

Should be interesting to see the development of this second wave of LPC clanning. Keep your eyes open for a new clan in the near future 

Good luck : )

 

The reason the last lpcs even made it (supremacy, zerg unit) was because they had pretty big memberbases that came back to rep their previous clan. The only reason trauma was able to compete was because it was a merge of the other non competing lpcs into one. Without these memberbases to back up what is going on it is hard to tell what will happen.

It was certainly an advantage for those two clans in particular having a memberbase attached to the leadership, but i've taken that into account and the sole reason for starting the tournament at 10 vs 10 and then moving up weekly (ie, week 2 15 vs 15) is so the clans that might have a smaller memberbase can recruit their own unique memberbase in easy increments and go about building their own core, so they don't neccessarily have to rely on older guys coming back or whatever.

 

Good topic with a great idea but honestly it's the same ranks, same members, and same everything from a different clan but with a different name. The way I would predict who's on top:

1. Conquer has good callers with decent leadership.

2. Olympus has a good caller but terrible leadership.

3. Anthrax, to my knowledge, has no good leadership with below average callers. Not to mention their two man rank team by far.

 

These are the first three with websites et cetera that I included in the topic for the sake of getting the topic out with at least a starting point in sight, I've not included clans such as Curse/Escape/Remedy and a bunch of others that are in the formation stages so hopefully by the end of the year there will be in excess of 6/7 solid low level pure clans, not to mention the "less solid" low level pure clans.

 

the new lpc leaders are all tomatos

 

Why don't you open a clan and show these "tomatos" what a real leader looks like, swg420? 

[hippy]

are you dumb

zu hardly pulled 20 during this period

supremacy lasted because of its hi/ef core

trauma had 2 clans close into them but were successfull because of good members and a great rank team

 

Zu actually pulled 24 or so for there first trip and have a main core of Malice and MM hence there success ,just as fly stated.

[`Fly]

Hate pulled 28 first trip, Trauma pulled 47 the day we merged into them. You might wanna learn who beat you down every weekend and gwas'd all of you on trips.

 

haha, should you be reminded what happened when hpc invites stopped? I clearly remember hate, one of the worst ones.