** Recruitment Policy ** - not recruiting.

[Deucebag]

You forgot Neil Patrick Harris in your member list. I really hope you alleviate this gross oversight soon :C

[mikuli]

Okay, it's about time someone gave a good official run-through of how you can become a part of this team.

Playing skills are only secondary to how we see you as a person. We need a good amount of members who know who you are, and how you act in the community. If a single person in the whole team says no, you have no chance at all. Expressing interest in becoming a part of the team will definitely get you noticed, but we'll just probably keep an eye on you for a couple of months before even coming forward with the possibility to invite you. We'll definitely be discussing you, at least briefly. Talent can speak of experience with this, we first contacted him about three months prior to his official invitation to the team. We're only taking in people, who WE think would fit the group. There are no conflicts between the members that at least I'm aware of (except that most probably hate me) - and we plan on keeping it that way. And since the team is quite high-profile, the members have to be very trustworthy and very well behaved - both in-game and in the community. In the end, if we think you wont fit in, you probably will not get invited.

I hope this clears up some things about becoming a part of this little elitist circle-jerk. I'm hoping to get some additional thoughts by the other guys in this, as well.

[TheGrandmaster]

I've moved some posts out that belong in an application thread, so check the other threads in this sub-forum.

And yeah, mikuli has got it pretty spot on. We mainly go by how we see you as a person, what you are like - your attitudes, humour, how you contribute to the game, general behaviour etc. With many people we look up their history with the game, whether they've been involved in any incidences with others or with the staff, that kind of thing.

Second to this, we enjoy having others around of similar skill levels to ourselves. We'd consider ourselves being at least medium-high quality players, so to have others we can play with that are at our level, is fun. These days, given that we have ~20 members, you'd have to be of high quality to get in.

[GamingFTW]

To get into your clan is like my ultimate goal in AoS! Thanks for Clearing it up Mikuli

[PXYC]

So, just to get this straight, if you aren't exactly 'pro' at Ace of Spades, there is no way you'll get invited? I think i'm a decent player and well behaved, but I don't know if i'm <@> level of skill ;)

[TheGrandmaster]

@GamingFTW/PXYC:
Please don't consider it a goal. We're a team with high levels, but we shouldn't be considered an objective.
This is partially why we invite rather than recruit.

[NestoFlo]

@PXYC: You took my sig. :o

@tGM: Doesn't <@f1avour> look good.

[PXYC]

tGM: I wasn't saying at all that I considered it a goal, just asking what you guys invite for ;)

[Kalin]

I just wanted to say something, <@> isn't just about kicking everybody's ass in-game because "we are the best!", they are about being engaged with the community and overall helping with the management of ace of spades, there's a reason why a good deal of them are site admin's and even game developers(like mat^2). So yeah, it's not just about skill, you can be as good as Talent and never be invited, it's just how it is. If you have value, and they think you'll add something more to their group, they'll invite you, if not, then you should try someone else. There's no reason to keep saying you want to join <@> 'cause that just won't happen (probably) if you're just another guy.

And that's coming from someone completely unrelated with them.

[Elsweyr]

Hi everyone =D
I was getting information about every clan's structure (i want to form my own clan and need info - without stealing others' ideas) and, even without the kind of rules another clans does have, this <@> clan really is a very structured clan.. of course, this is THE clan xD
what i have to say here is just "really, really congratulations to anyone who join this clan", because its a serious clan, doesn't have people joining just to count one more member, everyone here seems to battle a true war!
Its sad i never saw any of this clan online on the battlefield, i hope to see some day =/
And i want to be on this clan someday too.. just want to be xD it doesn't mean i WILL be u-u' but i do my best to be well-known and to help on the forums (at least on my actual clan forums - [MI] **EDIT - and now [BBC] and {OCU} too**)..
Anyway, great, great clan, really ;D
(sorry about my english, i'm from Brazil)

[Fleischgeruch]

Just wondering, does <@> have a leader? Or is it a 'democratic' kind of clan?

[USABxBOOYO]

TheGrandmaster and mikuli usually organize <@>'s events, but they don't have a "leader" per se.

Although, if you wanted to get technical, you could consider bcoolface its leader, albeit a very inactive one.

[mikuli]

bcoolface does not have any more of a say about what <@> does as a clan than what any other member does. We are democratic, although tGM is the guy who makes things happen. Without tGM, we cant really function, but no leader has ever been named internally. He is a de facto leader.

When we're talking about forum staff hierarchy, bcoolface is the big cheese, the cherry on top, the head honcho, the man, the boss. I wish people would stop using <@> as a synonym for forum staff - while all the admins may be members of <@>, not all the members are forum admins.

[Platinum]

Would <@> like to be allies with Elite Fighters [EF]. Its a small clan. But active.

[Enari]

Sorry, i don't really see the point of allies...