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Those of you who have been out there since the early days of Europa will know that ClanUk were heavily involved in getting European shards for the many non-US players. Alas, people come and go, as do games, and for one reason or another the guild diminished and has more or less been confined to the annals of history and legend.
As an old [smile] member of the guild on Catskills and Europa, I have managed to get the original ClanUk guildstone and a decent guildhall and am thinking about the possibility of getting this guild up from the ashes.

This is a quick rundown on what ClanUK is for those that might be interested in joining.

ClanUK was formed in 1997 and we have been in just about every game going although we tend to specialise in MMORPGs. We want to have fun in whatever games we play and be surrounded by like minded people.

We are anti-cheat and anti-grief. While consensual PvP is great we don't PK people in those games that allow non consensual PvP, of course we're always happy to defend ourselves

ClanUK has an excellent reputation in the games we play and we expect members to uphold this reputation. Someone once said "If you meet a ClanUK player you will know them . . . they are polite, honest, and totally trustworthy.", this should give you an idea of what we expect.

A ClanUK member is expected to treat other members with the proper respect both ingame and on the forums, to treat people as they would want to be treated themselves.

To Join ClanUK in whatever game you play will require you to complete a trial period which is usually a month. At this stage, this would be impossible so recommendations or gaming with those known to the small number of current members would have to suffice.

After the trial there will be a vote by those that have gamed with you and if you pass you will be a full member. Full members of ClanUK can join the guild in any game without needing to retrial.

If anyone is interested, please either PM me anubis NDC @ Stratics or ICQ 10288042, or visit the web site
www.clanuk.co.uk

More info - from an old (and now dated) Stratics report


"If you meet a ClanUK player you will know them . . . they are polite, honest, and totally trustworthy."
The statement above pretty much sums up ClanUK members. Although I could be called biased as I am a member, before I joined and only knew of the guild slightly, I knew it was safe to ask them to hold something for me. In a way, this is probably because of the clan's strict rules and regulations which involve not disgracing the ClanUK name, but it is just as well as the other members of ClanUK are much more friendly and pleasent than I thought they would be. If anyone feels the same way, but wants to join, just ask someone and get to know the members as the ones I know are a pleasure to talk to. I had my own ideas about the members even before I met them and long ago I saw the Clan name somewhee and thought I would never go anywhere near it as being an Irish person in the North of Ireland, I'm wasn't too fond of the British. I was indeed proven wrong by the members of the Clan, and indeed the many British players out there who I communicate with on a regular basis. If anyone else has any worries similair to my old ones about joining, you soon find out they are a very enjoyable group of people to be with.

Members of ClanUK started a petition for the new servers in 1997. OSI said they would need at least 1000 names before they would consider anything. ClanUK produced 6000 and so OSI had to do something.

ClanUK was formed sometime around June 1997, but only played Diablo, and since has grown to have a very large number of members. The Clan, of course, was playing other things until October when UO went live and the guild started up on Chesepeake. Due to the lag that European players had to deal with, a large protest was organised, where Chesepeake was completetly blocked by the protestors. This was run the guild itself, with the help of a few other large guilds, and some 400 people marched about the streets of Britain demanding a European server. I posted a feature on Europa's history a week ago so read it for more info. The entire UO playing portion of the guild would be 75 approx, out of the some 150 members of the entire Clan. This collection of members are a very pleasent collection of people, which isn't normally the case when guild's numbers get so high. These players all came together on Europa as soon as it went live and formed a Clan village. The village consists of the guild tower (with a tavern upstairs) and a guild shop, along with a few player owned homes. Before Europa, the guild existed on Catskills also. There was about 20-30 members on Cats and some 60 on Chese. The guild finally became one when Europa went live. The UO part of the Clan was divided into four different baronies (groups), all of whom do their on things. For anyone who is interested the four baronies were: Kindred Souls, Blades Of Fate, BlackWatch, and the Knights of Darkmoor.

Unlike most guilds, getting into the Clan is no easy task. Each member undergoes a month trial period and at the end are sponsored by other members so they can finally get in. I don't want to go into guild policy to much here, so I will direct interested readers towards the Clan homepage. The webpage itself is very well organized with plenty of BBS boards for the players to communicate on, as well as a section for each game the Clan members play. Anyone can take up a position of an Op or webauthor in the Clan (after voting of course). The voting system ensures that everyone has a chance to have their voice heard and no-ones opinions are ignored or supressed. The trial period keeps troublesome players out of the Clan, so things like cheating rarely (if ever) happen in the Clan.

If there are any players out there who are looking for a guild which is against PKing and cheats, I suggest you check out www.clanuk.com for more info.