This was annoying for many people but disasterous for the Honor Friend Sword clan - Transmission: Pg 269

In the world of online gaming groups of gamers often form a clan. The members of the clans will play together as allies and offer help to each other wherever possible. Often clans, also refered to as guilds, will have a set of requirements for membership. These requirement can be as simple as knowing the members and as complex as an audition and various tasks that need to be completed.

Like all sets of people clans will have rival clans and allied clans. Two clans will schedule a time and a server for a head to head. Clans in many online games are ranked.

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