I'm not going to give a TL;DR to this, because the only way for you to finalize my opinions and fully understand the way I feel, is if you read all of this.

Sure, we should all care about the clans image, activity, and diversity of Cube Engine games, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't thought about leaving this behind over the style of dictatorship that's been taken, to create my own "Gaming Community," where activity, representation, and orientation barely matter. The ideal image of a gaming community to me is a place I wake up, log into Mumble, play whatever the flying fuck I feel content with as long as I remain content with it, and staying on playing a multitude of games at my own pace of enjoyment.

At this point, [FD] is to me what the whole entire Sauerbraten Community used to be to me. It's become a home, rather then a clan. I feel as though someone walked into my house, and told me I am no longer aloud to use the toilet as a vomit disposal after a long party. (In theory, minecraft is like a relaxing game to play that cools my nerves, and allows me to blow off steam while conducting wars in the nether with my fellow crafter friends on Mumble. I tend to play this after a long session of public matches at PSL, or some clan wars)

While there is some meaning behind this new rules placement, it's heavily biased by the opinions of members who don't feel the need to conduct other games through our Mumble channel. For instance; I first foresaw this as the pot calling the kettle black, I could recall countless times that I've heard numerous [FD]'s conducting games I've never even heard of before, like Starcraft and Diablo. Of course, I never played these but when I asked people to get on sauerbraten they were often less ambitious towards our primary genre of game then they were prior to the secondary game they just finished playing.

Metaphorically speaking, I was under the impression that the clan was becoming self centered because members wanted to do what they wanted to do in there own time, but when playing Sauerbraten they would expect others to stop doing what they wanted to do. Almost hypocritical, the way I see it.

Perhaps if when I asked to play Sauerbraten and you guys were playing a secondary game, and you'd all dropped it immediately and left mid-game to come join the rest of us, I would be perfectly fine with this new rule. But of course, that's not the scenario. The stage we've reached is pure dictatorship, things go the way the dictator wants, when he wants.

Don't get me wrong, I'm actually quite in favor of you being the primary leader and decision maker of the clan, but when 2 Co-leaders see conflict with a rule, and you over rule and undermine my opinion, it feels as though I've been largely disrespected.

I'm writing this into chunks, to get multiple points across in hopes of not losing you 3 paragraphs ago. I don't mind the new rule that much, it's just that when my ideals aren't met, nothing is done about it even when acted upon by myself, but when your ideals are not met; they are immediately irreversible and in effect. This is another sign of my presence not being as valued as I feel it should. I've dedicated more then 2 solid years of my life to this game, playing non stop every day. If I were to go into hibernation for 4 months, I'd be damned if someone had a problem with it. I've done everything in my power to make this clan better, I've failed and succeeded, and learned a lot of things on the way. But just because we're using a (rather ridiculously) small amount of resources to meet our own needs and expectations, does not mean that our memberships to this clan should be dissipated the slightest.

I feel there is a lack of respect going around, mutual neglect of others opinions as well. I'm not going to leave the clan over not being able to conduct Minecraft wars on the Mumble channel, but I'm definitely feeling like my opinions aren't being heard, if not, stressed enough.

In this situation, what with all of the separation and disrespect I'm hearing thrown around in Mumble, the best thing to do would be completely re-evaluate everyone's stances, see who's carrying the most validity in there words, and if possible, modify the existing rules to exclude such minor things like Minecraft conduction, and chatting about Skyrim, and especially the part stating members would be verbally addressed on the matter and if they do not respond appropriately they will be banned. That's just like saying that our time is not valued, and we should be taking the axe to the forehead over because we like to play other games strategically in a group the same way we do on Sauerbraten.

At the end of the day, it's all just pixels on a screen. It almost feels like I'm expressing myself to an invisible person I've never met before, in a manor of respect and the mutual interest of bettering a clan that only exists in pixels. Maybe it's better if I don't give my opinion on the matter, and abide by the rules like a constantly back-glancing sheep.

I'm not going to do that, because sometimes it just takes one person to state his opinion to make things right again.

Let's break this down:

I, co-leader of [FD], say in Mumble "Let's move out to the nether, it's time to fight this war." Later, I say "He's up there on that mountain, he's got diamond armor!"

I am verbally addressed by another co-leader, and told that if I proceed conducting this activity through Mumble I will be banned from the Mumble channel of the clan I represent, and co-lead. Just for a petty activity that we do to have fun, and take a break from Cube Engine Games.

Another scenario.

You are highly at risk of losing members because of treating them like a bunch of uncanny barnicles that (if not complying with the rules) can just be scraped off and forgotten like we never really gave 1/2 a shit about them.

I hope these words have some impact. I'm still having trouble fully explaining my thoughts on this debacle, but I guess all I can hope for is a better discussion of such at the meeting.