Guild Wars 2

So why do people keep saying CLAN?

We aren’t trolls or orcs…

We aren’t playing Clan Wars…

We’re in guilds.

Who started this clan stuff? I wanna bonk them on the nose.

Bonk away!

Paul.4081:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmKq77iuooI

Bonk away!

fry face

Can’t tell if being cute or just trolling me….

The first time i heard the word “clan” being used was back in the late 90s, when i was playing FPS games, such as quake 2. Then i switched to MMOs, and people used “guilds”. /shrug

You might want to google meanings of bonk, since we’re looking at word usage here lol

Clan/guild can be used interchangeably. Players coming from a background of games that had clans, are more apt to use clan than guild. Likewise class/profession. In most RPGs the term used is class to denote what type of character abilities you have. But in GW2 profession is used. Either way both mean, or imply, the same thing. :P

Odd. I thought this was Grammar Wars 2.

Majic.4801:

Odd. I thought this was Grammar Wars 2.

No. Its TP wars 2. :P

I haven’t heard so many using “clan” for their guild, but why not? A “guild” connotes a group come together for commerce of various sorts. “Guild” is just the game’s term for the mechanic by which players form communication and perqs groups. ICly the characters might call themselves any sort of thing. What if they’re playing an extended family? My parents and my sibs aren’t my guild, they’re my family. Which could be a “clan.” I’d think Norns would be more likely to have clans than guilds, as well.

My own game guild is a group of entertaining adventurers originating from a set of traveling players. So for the most part we call ourselves a “troupe.”

I believe this is the first time I’ve heard anyone use the term “clan” for this game.