It's not unknown that each clan ever created has one purpose: to be #1. Each founder comes up with an idea that either makes or breaks his clan, whether it be to allow 30+ def or to be ignorant and run his or her clan as a total dictatorship. He or she believes that they're always right, and that anything which comes out of their mouth is law.
True, some of these clans can survive, but most cannot. I've never been in many clans before, in fact, I've only ever been in one clan: Fatality. I have never experienced different styles of leadership whether it be to leading or organizing their clan. You could say that my opinion is flawed or in fact totally incorrect, but once again, it's an opinion.
Let's say Person A creates Pure Clan A. He's been in clans all of his life, and he knows how to run one. His ego sometimes gets in the way of his leading abilities, and he finds himself making irrational decisions without the advisement of his rank team. He decides to promote mains on his pk trip, mass recruits from other clans, allow his members to flame, and ultimately, does whatever the hell he wants. He has caused his clan's reputation to go down the toilet.
Now, Pure Clan B is the total opposite, but they are still just as good. They compete with Pure Clan A every weekend with both clans winning and losing. Each is in a tight race, and anything can happen to decide their fates.
Pure Clan A decides to do something horrible. They hack the leader, thinking that they can beat them by doing that. But Pure Clan C, an upcoming pure clan, feels sorry for Pure Clan B and steps in to help defeat Pure Clan A. Others come to the aide of Pure Clan B A, all having a reason for doing so, and all of a sudden, it's World War III.
So, my point is, can competition lead to hatred, ultimately leading into the downfall of the pure community? Obviously clans are going to hate each other, but can too much hatred be bad? Or, on the other hand, can it be good? Does the pure community need hatred to survive and keep things interesting?
I believe that hatred has scarred the pure community to the point where it will be hard to heal. The ddosing/phishing/hacking has gone out of control. All of this, one way or another, was sparked by some insignificant incident that caused one clan to hate another. It could also be the fact that many of us are young adult or teenage boys who have a drive to win. Winning, to us, is more important than anything in this world. We would lose $1000 gambling if the person we were gambling against a person whom we truly hated.
I may have rambled a bit, but I hope you get my point. Some of you may post immature responses, and I expect that, but I've been thinking about this for awhile, and after someone created the "Top 3 Rivals" topic, I thought I'd share my thoughts.