Ughhhh. I just spent so much time typing up a response and it disappeared. Okay, round two.

First off, I’m glad we are in agreement that the current activity system needs a rework. I just think it doesn’t accurately show how active a clan is and I feel like clans are unfairly killed/removed from official status. So first, I’ll address your proposed changes. I agree with the first 0-24 tier. 25 points isn’t hard to manage and if a clan truly is inactive it’s going to get killed. However, I strongly disagree with the every two months, if failing 2 in 6 months you get killed. I think it should be once a month and if you fail 2 in a row then it’s done for your clan. It’s not that hard to maintain and if you do happen to fail it isn’t a challenge to get your activity up. For the 25-30 area I don’t really think it’s necessary for you to let them know they are in danger of failing, I’m sure that they can check themselves via the activity check feature. Unless you can set up an automated system to do it for you, I just think it’s unnecessary.

Next, I wholeheartedly disagree with 5 games a month being the determinant number for whether or not a player is active. I’d like to see it raised to at least 10, even better if it could be made into 15. 5 is doable in about 20 minutes or less of playing. Definitely not justifiable to say that 20 minutes ingame makes you active imo. Not that 10 games is any better, but it’s just more realistic. I think event integration is great, and I think you should get not only activity points for participating and winning, but earn your clan some perk points as well.

Side note: I think that you should not have a limit on the amount of points that can be earned. At the end of the month, or whatever interval you set, the clan with the most points wins a prize for each member that is currently active in the clan. Nothing too huge, just small prizes or maybe a free customization for the clan. Something simple like that.

I do personally have an issue with integrating single player into the activity standpoint. I don’t think you should earn clan activity points by playing alone and making replays. The clans dynamic is meant so you can outreach with the community and your fellow clan members and play some wars and aim for number one. Sure, I’m sure that there are single player clans out there that will disagree but I certainly think that it shouldn’t be something we take into account for a few reasons. First of all it would be time consuming to sift through the replays submitted to the board and would require a lot of manpower to check and see if people are trying to cheat the system. Not that there are a lack of volunteers, but still it’s a lot to have to do. Before even considering adding it, what would the basis be? Amount of replays submitted for points? Quality of replays? How would you judge whether or not a replay deserves points? Etc. There is just so much more we’d need to know before even taking it into consideration. The same thing goes for art. You’d need specific Lmods to check the art for quality and I guess time spent I don’t even know where I’d begin in that one. Would be interesting to see some more comments in the coming days regarding this.

I see no purpose in inactive ranks.

As for official servers I’m neutral. I just think it’s pointless clutter to the already cluttered room list. You can just as easily create your own room and play on there. What if the dreaded 0 glitch occurs and now you room is just permanently broke? Just the first thought that crosses my mind tbh. It’s a great concept and idea but I feel like the same exact thing can be accomplished manually. However it would be a great tc sink for the community soooo I’m just bent on whether or not we really need it at this point.

Recruitment banners are an awesome idea and I wish we could have seen more of it when toribash has hit its peak. It’s a fantastic way for recruiting new members but personally I think it could interfere with event banners and other important banners though too. Imagine how many people would purchase a spot. The only way I could see this is if you put a limit on the amount of banners you can have up at a single time.

An appeal system would be nice, but it would just be abused. Every single clan regardless of its actual activity would appeal and would just waste time. But it’s a great idea for clans who truly wish to dispute their clan deofficialization/death.

Also, one last thing. Most clans use discord and I would LOVE to see a way to include discord activity into a point system.

Okay well that about covers it for now. I’ll make a few edits here and there when I feel it’s necessary. If anyone has questions or sees issues with my logic feel free to reply and I’ll get to you when I can. Overall great thread, great ideas. Keep it up CS!