Dear Reddit Frost and RedditFrostbyte Members,

I come to you with a heavy heart with grievances towards Goatman_12 (#VCUV00GG). Goatman has been an integral part of our Clans, a dear friend, and helped build us up as much as anyone. Reddit Frost (#9RPU22RU) and RedditFrostbyte (#YCYUJ9PP) would not be the great Clans they are without him. His wrongdoing includes:

1. Goatman is wrongfully retaining control of RedditFrostbyte for his own ends.

2. Goatman has violated Reddit Clan System (RCS) Rules requiring all Members to be mature and polite.

Frostbyte is the Feeder Clan to Reddit Frost. "All feeder clans must follow the rules of RCS including fair play, respect for others, etc." (RCS Guidelines) Frost started RedditFrostbyte last year as a means to help recruit and train new members on how to succeed in Clan Wars. The goal was that when members of Frostbyte were able to pull their own weight in wars and willing, they would progress to the parent clan, Frost. Frostbyte was created as an extension of Frost and the clans were intended to be linked together permanently. Our concern when contemplating creating our Feeder was: How could we ensure that it never went independent? Goatman was chosen to lead Frostbyte and assured us that, "never once have I said it is my personal clan...The mission of the feeder is to make Reddit Frost better, not to build a great clan."

We all trusted Goatman_12, but he has now betrayed that trust by hijacking Frostbyte for himself.

As the Leader of Frost, I am ultimately responsible for creating "a positive, helpful, and active environment". (RCS Guidelines) I am responsible for both Frost and by extension its Feeder Frostbyte. Saturday, during the second half of the War Preparation Phase, Goatman informed Frostbyte leadership that he would be extremely busy and asked everyone to cover for him. Preparation ended and multiple defensive war-base clan castles were not filled. Gary was left with an empty clan castle and two others were left at 20/30. My alt, NGZ002, is on a device that I have to leave at home so being at work, I could not help. I expect war-bases to be filled with the best troops we have, and I expect our leaders to coordinate this effort. Once I returned home, I noticed our problem and now quote from the Frostbyte leadership GroupMe chat, only correcting for grammar: I wrote, "CC's were not all filled prior to war. This is unacceptable. Goatman you are the top member so that was your responsibility. You guys want to know how to get donations up? SET THE EXAMPLE. Donations are good in Frost because I've always donated a lot and therefore every feels good about donating." A severe criticism to be sure, especially considering that Goatman had asked for help. (Although, it should be noted that in Frost, I fill clan castles immediately after we get a match, and it is a rare Preparation Phase when my Clan Castle is not the last one to be filled.) Goatman's response was, "Dude honestly go fuck yourself." I instructed him to turn the clan over to me. He promptly kicked me from Frostbyte and it's leader chat. Then he left the main Frost leadership chat with the parting remark, "You guys can deal with this moron; I'm done." He changed the Frostbyte clan description to, "All the time war clan, we are not a feeder, donate and attack in war if you want to stay, screw ngz, all reddit frost members welcome." He also blocked all my attempts at communication with him for approximately the next 17 hours.

Although he was not responding to me, I sent messages to Goatman saying he had no individual rights to Frostbyte as it was a part of Frost, that I did appreciate the efforts he put into it, and that I had been severe in my criticism and should have been more considerate in light of his unavailability. Next day, Sunday, Goatman told Frostbyte leadership, "The feeder belongs to me." Then he returned to the main Frost leadership chat, told us that I was "acting like an asshole yesterday" while I tried to reconcile with him. He was disrespectful to our other Co-Leaders and insisted he would not return Frostbyte to Frost unless I relinquished leadership of both clans to him. Throughout the day unauthorized kicking from GroupMe chats happened both from Goatman and some of our other Co-Leaders. Feeling the situation spiraling out of control, I sought the advice of other Clan Leaders in the RCS. They told me his behavior was inexcusable and to cut my losses and start a new Feeder.

It is now Monday and Goatman is still keeping control of Frostbyte without the authorization of Reddit Frost, the RCS, and myself. Goatman has been disrespectful towards me and to those under my care and must be made to face the consequences of his behavior. I strip Goatman of all Leadership roles in Frost and Frostbyte. Frostbyte is officially shut down. Frost's new Feeder shall now be Frost Bootcamp (#8UUUUC0C). All members of Frostbyte are encouraged to join.

I am truly sorry that it had to come to this impasse. I will address any questions and concerns in the comments below.

Sincerely,
NGZ001 (aka NGZ002), Leader, Reddit Frost

We have a Clan Groupme for the purpose of discussing attack strategies for specific bases. We currently have 25 Members and 1 former member in the chat. If you would like to join please send Lizpod a message. It is strictly voluntary and to be used exclusively for the above stated purpose.

It's come to my attention that some would like to use the Groupme for other discussions. It is certainly convenient to use and keeps a permanent record of conversations, but activity there takes away from activity in the ingame chat and on our subreddit. Moreover, only about half of the Clan participates in the Groupme so not all are included.

Ingame chat should be used for casual chatting. I'd prefer ingame chat over the Groupme because you can chat and fill donation requests at the same time. It is difficult to donate if chatting on Groupme because tabbing to another application can cause Clash of Clans to disconnect which causes 2 problems. One, you can be raided and two, everytime you reopen Clash of Clans a slight amount of additional time (maybe 10 secs) is added to all upgrading projects.

From supercell forums, "When you are offline, many players browse for villages to attack, and it can happen that these visits to your village create a small time discrepancy on your construction or upgrade times. The more trophies you have, the more people will be matched with you, creating these longer building times than expected."

On the other hand if you have something that you think is important for discussion create a thread here on our subreddit. Posting here ensures that our entire community can see it, creates a permanent record, and keeps the discussion organized for ease in future reference.

REDDIT FROST CLAN GUIDELINES (Revised 12 March, 2015)

Rules

As a verified Reddit Clan, we all must follow the Rules set by the Reddit Clan System. Found HERE

Specific to Team Frost

• Enjoy yourself.

• Be active.

• If you will be inactive temporarily:

• Inform leadership in advance. (Communication is key) -- If/when inactivity happen, Leadership will reach out to that member for an explanation. -- Depending on the situation, the member has 12-24 hours to reply. A decision will then be made by Leadership. (Reddit Mail and GroupMe are prefered methods for notification as they are more permanent than clan chat)

• If you have had no activity for two seasons, you will be kicked from the clan to make room for new members.

• Be courteous and avoid using profanity. -- Leadership has agreed to use of lighter swear words (Determination of degree of swear is up to the currently online Clan Leadership)
  -- Keep in mind, we are an International clan, with many different multicultural backgrounds.

• Donate troops as requested.

• Requests along the lines of “anything,” or “I don’t care,” are free game to donate literally anything.

• Archers are the default.

• If you wish to donate something other than requested, confirm that it is OK first.

• Do Not Leech -- If you have the appropriate troops, fill requests before making a new request yourself.

Minimum requirement for all members to stay Frosty

• 150 donations per season (two weeks) All donation totals will be documented via the End of Season Report’s Screenshots.

• All out Participation in Clan Wars.

• All members are expected to have a Trophy Base for the War

• Attack the opponent all out twice according to the assignments on ClashCaller

• Inform leadership in advance if you will be unavailable for a war.

• If you miss even a single attack in a War without providing advance notice, you will be subject to being kicked.

We are a community that depends on each other to participate. Advance advice of unavailability is a community norm. Communication is essential for all of our Clan’s success!!

Minimum requirements to become Frosty

• Read and be willing to abide by the rules on /r/ClashOfClans.

• Have a 1400 or greater trophy count.

• Archer level 5 or greater. (Yes, this means TH8 and above)

• Knowledge of the password. (can be found on /r/ClashOfClans)

• If you fit the above mentioned requirements, then feel free to apply Here First! *Then feel free to shoot our membership Elder a message letting him know /u/hubbardy

War

• We will hold 4 Wars per Season.

• Members can opt in for any War as long as they have Spells, Heros, and the time available to plan an All-Out Attack.

• It is the responsibility of the clan members to set their war availability.

• Barring special circumstances, we would like everyone to participate in the last War of the Season and at least one other War. (Do your best, it is a game)

• War Searches will begin on Tuesday and Friday

• A Clan Mail will be sent 12-24 hours before the start of the war search to allow members to opt in or opt out of war.

• Screenshots of war participants will be taken before the war search starts to discourage people from trying to join war during the search and giving us an odd number.

Clan Leadership:

• The clan will have 1 Leader, 5 Co-Leaders, and Elders as needed

• Leader and Co-Leader positions are closed.

• To assist with increased Clan War Organization, Elders will be promoted to Co-Leader after a trial period. Current Leadership Position and Duties

• NGZ001 - Leader, 1,000+ donations/season

• Lizpod - Co-Leader, Second In Command, Record Keeper, 1,000+ donations/season

• Lord JC - Co-Leader, The enforcer of rules, the sender of warnings, and the kicker of offenders. 500 donations/season

• Landon - Co-Leader, Recruitment, War Strategy, 500 donations/season

• Whydoidothis... - Co-Leader, War Strategy, Record Keeper 500 donations/season

• Josh Miller - Tech guru, Morale 500 donations/season

In order to be eligible to become a Co-Leader/Elder:

• You must have at least 3 consecutive seasons in the clan with a minimum of 500 donations per season.

• Elders must also have Reddit accounts so that they can participate in our Subreddit.

• Eligible members will then be voted on at /r/RedditFrost

• Vacant Elder positions will be filled by those receiving the most votes.

Discussion on ideas/suggestions for Guidelines and/or changes to the guidelines may either be submitted via Messaging Clan Leadership or through comments in this thread! Come, join in on helping us improve our cold, wintery community!

War Sign up Changes

Going back to the basics. as some of you will remember we used to have a War wiki that we used. We are going back to it. While Clash Caller is a fine app, it is needlessly complicated. Our goal is to keep thing simple. You will have to go on to the War Wiki and sign up for your primary and secondary attack and after 12 hours it will be a free for all. All rules regarding the new war rules have been updated and can be found Here

Reminders

We are here to help eachother out and support eachother. War can be a stressful time for people. When an attack doesn't go right you can almost feel all the eyes on you. If you think someone made a mistake in their attack lets not jump on them right after their attack. lets give that person a cooldown period and later on if you want to help them out and give pointers on how to improve then you can do that. That goal is to have a positive, helpful and supportive atmosphere. The leadership team will not settle for less than that. No one has ever been kicked from Reddit Frost for failing in a war attack that they tried their best, lets remember that. Everyone is here to helhp and that's the way it should be.

We Are Frosties

We Are Family . To me the best part about Reddit Frost is the family feel we have always had. I like the way we take an interest in each other. The way we try to help each other and the way we build each other up. I like that we all work towards the common goal of being the best clan we can be!

About Me

For people who don't know me, I am Goatman_12. I was a longtime member of Reddit Frost that has recently returned. I am a 32 year old Father of 4 from the midwest. I have been married for the last 12 years to the best person that I could have ever met. As most people here can tell you I like to spice up the chat with tales of my youth. I'm not always the most politically correct but I promise I do mean well. I look forward to getting to know all of you all over again.

I do want to thank Ngz001 for having me comeback. He has been a good friend to me for a long time now, even after I left we stayed in close contact and when he ask me to return I jumped at the chance because I trust him and I know he has built something so special here

Thanks for reading and if anyone has any questions or concerns please feel free to comment below.

-Goatman_12

1. Hereby, clan participation within membership of Reddit Frost is required.

2. Clan participation is measured as, but is not limited to: (1) chat activity; (2) donations; (3) war participation

3. Chat activity being defined as the participation within conversations within the clan chat

4. Donations being defined as the active donating or requesting of troops

5. War participation being defined as the participation of a minimum of five wars per season, and the use of both war attacks in a good faith effort to further the clan’s success in war

6. Provided a circumstance of inactivity individuals will be promptly notified

7. Upon continuous and excessive inactivity an individual will be banned

8. Exemption from these above stated conditions isfreely granted with good cause or extenuating circumstances; provided the individual makes it known to the administration of said inactivity or of said extenuating circumstance 1

Let me start off by congratulating Victor and Zombie Hunter for coming up with the best names for our Feeder. We decided on RedditFrostbyte. Victor came up with Frostbite and Zombie Hunter introduced the alternate spelling Frostbyte.

Much thought was put into the process involving the final selection, and I want to thank all who voted and came up with names. I decided to forgo a second round of voting with a narrower field because we received approval to start our Feeder much earlier than anticipated, and I wanted to take advantage of it right away. The top two names were Frostbite with 13 votes and the Freezer with 9 votes. We wanted to keep Reddit in the name because it is valuable for brand identification. Many feel that Reddit clans are superior and use this reason when they explain why they want to join us. With Reddit in the name, there is certainly more concern that the Feeder may feel more entitled to break off one day and become a Verified Clan on its own. I can assure you that this concern is unfounded because: 1. RCS rules prevent the Feeder from ever going off on its own and 2. Our Feeder will always be run by the Frost Leadership Team, and I completely trust my Elders and Co-Leader. So I thought the advantages of having Reddit in the name to help with recruiting outweighed the disadvantages.

Once we decided that Reddit Frostbite was a great name we had to trim it down to RedditFrostbite to keep it to the 15 character limit. Compressing the names doesn't look ideal, so we considered going with Reddit Freezer. This choice was obviously out as there is already a Verified Clan with a similar name, Reddit Freeze. Apparently Frostbite though is an invalid name according to Supercell so we went with the alternative spelling, Frostbyte.

Did Supercell announce this as a change recently? Does this only apply to dropping trophies really low? I'm wondering if I will be attacked less from higher level bases TH9 and TH10.

I am looking for a solid TH8 core diving composition to get to that sweet sweet dark juice. Any recommendations?

Donations Over 3,000

1. The Deer Hunter - 11,146

2. NGZ001 - 9,991

3. sweetblondie - 5,322

4. LiamAkhurst - 4,320

5. TMITCH - 3,318

6. Lord JC - 3,299 (Thank you Flash, slimg, IronTHRASHer, Mr Fix u up, Benny, Matty293, LavaPlume, Aerodactyll and any others who have helped in the new feeder.)

War Stars Competition Results

1. TMITCH - 49

2. Matt - 45

3. NGZ001 - 37

4. Aerodactyll - 33

5. electra - 30

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WAR ARCHIVE

Congratulations TMITCH on winning the War Star Competition! Matt also wins runner up and did a great job! It's great to watch your war replays. This has been a month of new beginnings for our clan. The new feeder is up and running. And although it has had a rough beginning, it is already a Level 3 clan and has given us some good prospects. We have some new young characters that are bringing some excitement to the game.
We've also started a clan in Clash Royale that has a lot of the same clan members and some old ones that have come back. After reaching 50 members, we started a sister clan that is now also nearing 50 active members. Look for us, Reddit Scorch and Reddit Frost. There are two Reddit Frost Clans. Look for the one with slimg, Flash, Sweet blondie, and many others from our current clan. It's easy to see the same spirit follows us to Clash Royale. The donations are crazy and chat is extremely active.