Well, I'm going to be up front with you guys, and say, I'm sad to see this happen to A. If there was a clan VO was connected to, I'd almost believe it was you guys.
When I'm recruiting people, I normally have no idea who they are, but I recognize every single name up there, and this is a bit awkward for me.
I'd like to say that, A knew Veneratio better than any other clan out there, if I had to admit to it. So what I'm about to tell you should come as no surprise, but I'll try to cover everything you guys want to hear.
The first points I'd actually like to make are ones you said you guys want to hear.
Veneratio was designed as a clan to be built where community was the foundation. Ever since the beginning of Veneratio we have brought this to the table, and we continue to have it be our foundation. However, we've learned to adapt through our history. It was about February-March when Veneratio found their glory. We always mini'd clans, but we were 50-50 at it, until we started to kick it into high gear. At this time period, we also started to do more and more, and continue to average multiple wars a way. Over those 2 months and following, we've been relentless is mini's, preps, and matched option wars. As far as F2P trips go, clans who we should be competing with pull about 30. 2 weeks ago, we pulled 25, and last week, we pulled 22. We're just the next step away from pulling what we need to break through in trips. Lastly, our boards/IRC has been as active as they ever have been IMO, the last couple days. I believe this is because we have been hitting our marks on wars, with over the past couple days almost going undefeated in all wars.
Ok, now onto what I like to talk about. :D
I want to say you guys said nothing about full out wars up there when talking about trips, etc. Veneratio has done the most full out wars out of all pure clans, with 5. We've maintained a record 4-1. We realize that no clan has reached success with loses. Another thing people don't realize is that we were the underdogs in 2-3 of our wins, which I think only made us stronger.
Something that went unannounced to the public was we recently had stat requirement changes. Veneratio is officially only accept people with 75+ stats only now. This is a big step for us, as we continue to progress. We started out as a 60+ stat clan. It was just back in February when we relied on numbers because we didn't have stats to beat the clans that we face today matched options...and win. We've climbed the stats hill, and we continue to move at steady paste. This is something that is often over looked.
Another note, that doesn't really have anything to do with clanning, but is something you guys might look into, is that 4/6 of you guys have 50+ Runecrafting. Veneratio has the highest runecrafting average among all pure clans, so if you are looking for someone to go to GOP with you, there will most likely be someone willing to go.
I know some of you guys have some friends in Veneratio, and I just hope you guys consider us just like everyone else who is posting on both sites where this is posted. Information is in my signature. ;)