This is ridiculous. It is a clan posting a topic about its history. It is not like no other clan - including most clans here - have not done something similar.
I personally think that JJ2 is worthwhile. Who's to say that those other games are not taking away from JJ2 time? Clans can chose what games they play on, though. It is not the business of other clans.
This topic is not harming anyone else. I can see that the situation here between the various people involved is volatile. Otherwise, no one would be complaining about this topic. I say this as someone who honestly doesn't care about the content of the topic, but if it makes the clan participants feel a bit better, I'm all for it. Clans in your world may exclusively be about competition, but in the real world you cannot live exclusively by playing competitively (very few can, at least, and probably honestly no one here). It is a game. Games are for fun. The reason that people play competitively in games instead of competing in torture competitions is because gaming is more fun.
You can, as much as you like, yell at eachother. But you all are smart people. You know that there is no way you can solve your conflicts by igniting eachother. Yeah, this is an attempt to give the clan members a boost. So what? There are no extreme boasts or anything like "THIS CLAN IS THE BEST EVER SO BE QUIET OR DIE". It is statistics. It may not interest everyone, but it does interest some or it would not be posted. And now, the obligatory motivation quotations from some people whose statuses in regarding to living are uncertain:
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Originally Posted by Francis Maitland Balfour
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
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Originally Posted by Dave Barry
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
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The greatest complement to one is to have an enemy, because that means they are somehow a threat; there are two choices: Be an enemy and complement your enemy or have respect for them as other competitors and infuriate them. The latter, I promise you, is much more rewarding.
If you want to have a flame war, do it somewhere else. Somewhere people are not attempting to enjoy themselves. Somewhere in whatever competitive world you belong to; in the desolation and aloneness of self-deprecation. There you can punch and shove until you are red. Until no one is watching. And there, alone, you will finally realize that there is no victory. But there is certainy always defeat - the defeat that, by that point, no one is watching, because no one much cares anymore.
Please, in conclusion, just quit fighting. You have nothing to win from it. And there is no way you can win. If there was not conflict, there would be no game. But, if there was no opponent, there would also be no game. Tolerate - and perhaps even respect - your opponent for deserving your opposition. But an insult to your opponent is, in a way, an insult to yourself. Keep that in mind as you fling insults at eachother. And keep in mind that others are watching your fight, many guiltily enjoying it.
~ Traft