Originally Posted by
Exeter350
Yeah, I don't see many SC2Maf members playing either apart from a few of us. Possibly, it's because we hit our limit a long time ago but never culled the inactive members, so that as the community changed, we failed to change with it.
The average number of Skwirl players that I see around seems to be the same as the number of SC2Maf players 3-4 months back. (I don't really see CHOOO much around, tbh) I believe that unless deliberate action is taken to remove inactive players and replace them with new active players, all clans will follow the same pattern.
I think Skwirl is run very well, with an effective communication medium, Discord, that facilitates participation due to ease of use, numerous features (cookies, music, etc), popularity of platform, and allows players to engage with the community outside of the game.
The last point is exceptionally important since, currently, the only way to engage with the SC2Maf clan is to have the SC2 client open. However, most of us have real-life commitments that prevents us from being in the game that much (nor, I'm sure, does anyone want to play Mafia 24/7, fun as it is).
Skwirl also has a logo/symbol/mascot (the squirrel), well-established rules that are more or less in line with the moderation team's rules, and a strong leader who very actively made the effort to grow the Discord chat at its inception (Distorted).
I think the chat has since grown to become a SC2 Mafia community-wide chat, instead of a Skwirl CLAN chat despite its name, and maybe that's what's really important here. Not any particular clans, but the community as a whole.
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But to answer the thread title: cull old inactive members and replace them with new active and rule-abiding players.
The problem is, how do we remove the old members in a fair manner? Imagine coming back to SC2 Mafia after a couple of months' hiatus and find that you were suddenly kicked out of the clan without prior notice.