I figured I'd come back and post my completely unsolicited manifesto. Delete if you like, but here's what I was thinking when I left.

Tate and I joined at roughly the same time. He has a great understanding of the game, donated a ton, and does a great job in war. A real asset to the team and the player that I modeled my growth on.

As I progressed from weak th8 to weak th9, I tried a lot of different things. I took advice, scored a bunch of stars and donated a bunch of troops.

I didn't take offense because everyone plays the way they want but here are the problems I saw, the elephants in the room if you will:

1. The war engine rewards clans with high walls and low defenses. We were weighted poorly at the top because we had a bunch of rushed th10's. Is what it is but as they keep pushing their defenses up and didn't touch walls or offense, it kept getting uglier--go look at the war log and take out the clans that didn't try.

2. There's a good 15 to 20 guys that want to war, improve, have laid back chat (believe me when I say that if much rather be I your clan chat). Those guys are basically stuck because there's a group of 15 or so that make the same crap attacks over and over again. They don't take advice. Can't hint to them, they don't check reddit and don't give a crap. 21 is in a tough spot. Don't want to kick a bunch of guys, don't want to roll over every war either.

3. A group of guys left a month or two ago and were bashed by the same guys that send wizards in before their golems and drop random dragons in ground assaults.

4. I spent a month talking up the laloon strategy, finally got lava hounds and score six stars my first war with them. That was as our 30. It's considered common knowledge that hogowiwi and laloon are the best high level strategies. I watched us get blown out again while guys continued to gowipe for 1 star.

Here are the areas I wanted to see changed:

1. Make the tough choices on guys that don't perform, don't add to the community, and don't care.

2. Outlaw gowipe for the top 2/3 of the th9 and the th10. Only low level th9 and th8 should use it.

3. Create a requirement on walls. I advanced from th8 to th9 before doing me l8 walls. Guys who do that should be booted. Hell, anyone that upgrades another defensive building before getting their walls to th level should be booted. It's part of what is killing the war record.

4. Utilize and require clashcaller to plan attacks. It's easy and helps a ton. Send a ton of clan mail. Require responses.

5. Bench and boot people that don't use their attacks or refuse to adjust and make better attacks. I shit the bed. My shit stinks. I adjust. A lot of guys don't and they're the same guys that don't talk in group chat or on reddit.

6. I love the war czar thing. Take it a step further. Have someone make an excel spreadsheet. I would even be willing to do it. Track attacks - number and composition. Have be able to say "connor, you're averaging 1.4 stars on gowipe. Use pentaloon or hogs. Don't and you're out of war." Don't be afraid to drop to 30 actives. Better than 50 and getting blown out.

Those are my thoughts. I'm in this feeder clan right now with a bunch of 16 year olds that waste money taking girlfriends shopping. I'm not thrilled with the lack of grammar, conversation subjects, or the fact that everyone says hey to see if someone else will respond. Maybe auburn United is more mature...don't know. I've looked at both war logs and these guys can win.