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Is there such a thing as a clan that is not designed like a traditional military?
It’s just a simple request…
There’s us, Midland Base .
At present we use Halo Reach rank insignia in our forums, but that’s only to denote how long folks have been in our group and how active they are, and to set the group leaders apart from the group members.
And that’s something you’re going to have in any community - leaders and members.
We used Reach rank because when we moved from our original home on Bungie to our new home, Reach was the newest Halo. We haven’t changed from Reach rank because for some odd reason Halo 4 tossed military rank out the window even though it’s still the UNSC.
However; we recently became a Destiny / Halo group; which means as more information becomes available on Destiny we will switch to either mixed ranks, or game neutral ranks.
But what’s most important about us is our mission and purpose:
> Winning is good, getting better at the game is better, and earning achievements is awesome.
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> But there is no kill count, no skill level, and no achievement worth treating another player badly.
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> The intent of this group, its sole purpose for existing, is to serve as a meeting place for mature, respectful, honest, and polite people who like to play Halo - regardless of their playing ability - in order to get together and play without the typical vulgarity, rudeness, cheating, and other tomfoolery encountered when playing with randoms.
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> We all want to get better, we all want to win, and we all want to earn achievements. However, the common thread we all should have as members of Midland Base is the belief that the pursuit of those goals should not come at the expense of our civility to one another or our honesty and integrity in playing the game.
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> If you cannot find it in yourself to put honesty, integrity, and civility ahead of your personal goals and ambitions you should not be a member of Midland Base.
Of course when Destiny is released, that will read Destiny & Halo.
So, we don’t operate like the clans that run like a military and require you to go through “boot camp” or “conditioning”.
We don’t bark orders to you in-game.
We’re a friendly group that gladly accepts anyone and geographical location doesn’t matter either.
Since we are a group; and not a clan, we don’t make folks change their armor permutation, colors, emblem, gamer tag, or call out.
We don’t have try outs, don’t care if you’re in other groups / clans, and don’t care how good or bad you are or whether you’re male or female.
We focus on playing for fun and enjoying the camaraderie of fun playing and don’t worry about going negative, K/D, or “who carried who”.
We’re always open to new members, and anyone wanting to join a group and see how a group is different from a clan - where no one cares how good or bad you are - where you can play for fun regardless of your skill - can fill out our membership application here.