Getting To Know Each OtherAn important part of a clan is that you guys are always around each other, or at least should be. It's important to build good relationships with your fellow clan members. Whenever you're online, try partying with them as much as you can, you'll find that once you can learn and adapt to your clan's playing styles, you'll play much better. When you get the to point where you know what they're thinking and where they're going, everything just flows together much more smoothly. Also, try to make it a requirement to have mics. Communication is the key to any, and every, relationship. How could you effectively take control of another node, if you can't even talk to your teammates? Also, make it a habit to shout out "grenade!", "behind you, LordYod!", "watch out, Hanh!". I'd steer away from standard comments such as "behind you!" and such, because that'll just cause everybody to turn around.
Clan PracticesAlthough this isn't necessary, clan practices help the "bonding" go much more smoothly. Once again, it helps to know how to play effectively with your teammates. Also, this gives you time to set up and practice strategies. You'll find out that certain maps pertain certain areas that have advantages. Whether it be a geographical advantage, better weapon spawns, whatever, every map has one, and you should take advantage of it. It's hard to coordinate practices to everyone's schedule because I'm sure that you'll have members from different time zones and such, but, hey, you can't please everyone, right? I would just suggest making it a reasonable time, most likely at night, that would fit time zones anywhere from HST (Hawaii Standard Time) to EST (Eastern Standard Time). Setting up parties and going into ranked games works fine, but if you would like more control over what you'll be "practicing" unranked matches work wonders. All you have to do is create a party, invite all your members, press [] (square), I believe, and "Create a Custom Game". Make sure to set your game to "private", unless you want random players jumping in with you.
Also, be sure to incorporate squad usage in practices. It really helps a lot, especially the function that allows you to spawn with your squad. Here's a small little squad guide, put together by borkl:
LinkGet Your Clan on GB (GameBattles.com)GB (GameBattles.com) is a great site to organize clan battles. On GB you can decide what maps, whether you want the LAARK on or off, friendly fire, everything. Bio-Shock wrote a great guide on how to get your clan up and running, I'll provide the link below. Anyways, be sure that all, or most, of your clans members are registered on GB. To invite members to your clan, go to your clans page, click Manage Account>Manage>Roster and input their GB username and their R:FoM username. When you're inputing their R:FoM username, be sure that it is exactly as it appears online in-game. If you ever battle a "low" clan, they may be able to cheat you out of a win by saying that you have a ringer and that someone played in the game that isn't on your GB roster. If you ever have any doubts about another clan that you'll be warring, try to get a referee in the game, or make sure someone on your team has a camera to take pictures for evidence. The pictures can later be submitted to GB staff through a ticket, which you can learn more about in Bio-Shock's guide.
Guide to GameBattles:
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-GodShin