skill difference

[Zarjio]

I think the gap between "elites" and "noobs" is made wider by no mid-skill clans existing really. From what i've seen, new clans show up, get battered about by more established ones, some members leave, the clan dies.

^^^definitely this

I don't entirely agree with this. There are certainly very few mid-skill clans, but there are some. I would even possibly say that B} is one of them.

The problem is that mid-level clans either A) get better and become "elite", or B) quit (as Waffles pointed out).

I think this just gets back to what I was saying earlier: most people don't play a single game for years and years. Noob and mid-level clans don't usually last because the people who are in them don't care enough about the game to continue playing it. Those who do will eventually get better and join better clans. It's a "cycle of clans", really.