Deputy Owner - Rival
Rival had our 5 year anniversary in October. I joined about a week after it was founded, and never left. In March of the following year the founder conveniently decided to walk away, locked the fc, and made everyone a general, effectively putting a death sentence in place. We had 2 choices, let it die or move on. Moved us all to my fc and we continued on.
I was leader for 2 years before stepping down due to r/l taking up the time I devoted to clan leading. We have had our ups and downs, were fairly large and very active but with a combination of people leaving with EOC or going to OSRS we are now pretty much a little dysfunctional family who are happy to call Rival our home.
When we were large the hardest thing was making decisions based on what was best for the clan as a whole. If you have a large clan don't try to do everything yourself. For the 2 years I led I did everything, organized events, competitions, kept records, fixed issues, mediated disagreements, and when I stepped down realized that for 2 years I had barely made any progress in the game, which really didn't matter, it just showed how much time and effort it takes to be a leader.
I agree, losing members was always hard and it still makes me smile when some long gone, hasn't played in years member pops into cc just to say hi and see if we are still around
Rival had our 5 year anniversary in October. I joined about a week after it was founded, and never left. In March of the following year the founder conveniently decided to walk away, locked the fc, and made everyone a general, effectively putting a death sentence in place. We had 2 choices, let it die or move on. Moved us all to my fc and we continued on.
I was leader for 2 years before stepping down due to r/l taking up the time I devoted to clan leading. We have had our ups and downs, were fairly large and very active but with a combination of people leaving with EOC or going to OSRS we are now pretty much a little dysfunctional family who are happy to call Rival our home.
When we were large the hardest thing was making decisions based on what was best for the clan as a whole. If you have a large clan don't try to do everything yourself. For the 2 years I led I did everything, organized events, competitions, kept records, fixed issues, mediated disagreements, and when I stepped down realized that for 2 years I had barely made any progress in the game, which really didn't matter, it just showed how much time and effort it takes to be a leader.
I agree, losing members was always hard and it still makes me smile when some long gone, hasn't played in years member pops into cc just to say hi and see if we are still around
17-Dec-2014 21:15:27
