27 May 11, 09:32PM
(27 May 11, 08:21PM)Hellspell Wrote: And if i do want to acquaint my self a clan I can always sign up on their website just like their clan members and get to know them from there. I dont have to join them.
Right, but if there were no clans, you wouldn't be able to do this. Clans provide important "sub-communities", if you will, within the larger community, which make it easier to get to know people. Yes, they may not be necessary, but this does not make them pointless.