I have the same question as Rooster. If the house forums will be closed to all but House Leaders, then how will we get new house members? Are they supposed to say which house they want to join when they sign up for the division? Because in that case, I could see a few more Free Agents. I wasn't sure which house I wanted to join until a few weeks in the clan. Or is this also meant to be an end to houses in the sense that whoever is in, is in, and that's it?
And personally I'm not exactly too sure how it's gonna bring the houses closer together. I mean, I can understand wanting to bring them closer, but I'm not sure how this will achieve that goal. In the end people will probably still talk with their house members more and play on their house maps more often than not.
If there are going to be more DoD events then that would be perfect and I can see it bringing the houses closer together. Currently, I've only seen roadtrips, and those are for eG and up. The e's become excluded and so those in the DoD division only feel like they aren't really part of a clan, just more like a loose community. I believe this is the reason why I see more e's who are only in the DoD division leave more often than those only in TF2 or those who are multi-division. I'm not going to be naive and say that's the only reason, I know some of them also leave because they just want the admin and haven't gotten it within like the first couple months, but I wouldn't rule out feeling excluded as another.
TF2 seems to be the vanguard of our clan. We have Monday Madness, Edgegamers hour, Late Night Fights, Class fights on Saturdays, Royal Rumbles, Roadtrips, etc. Not to mention our admins in TF2 are better trained, in my opinion. We have a mandatory admin class that covers all the material that is listed when you gain access to the DoD eG private forums, but there is more stuff that isn't covered. We also have established Division Leaders and advisors. I think DoD needs these as well.
I don't want to sound ungrateful. I'm not. I love the clan and I love feeling like I'm part of a larger community. But I'm not gonna lie and say that the DoD division is anywhere as good as the TF2 one. I joined the DoD division first, and I feel like it's deteriorated a little since I joined. Don't get me wrong, I still love playing DoD, but I also find myself playing on TF2 more and feeling more like part of the clan because of all the events and feeling of closeness.
tl;dr version:
-Are people still gonna be able to sign up for houses?
-How is this gonna bring the houses closer together?
-We need more DoD events.
-TF2 has better admin training and organization with advisors and division leaders.
-I feel closer to the TF2 division even though I joined the DoD one first.
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