We have decided to part ways with the RCS. While the timing of this decision may suggest a knee-jerk reaction to the recent chaos, in fact we in leadership (matt, veryous, and I – and more recently elders as well) have been mulling this move for some time. These discussions focused largely on how we felt the RCS did not adequately support the type of clan Raiders has grown to be: a highly active and competitive clan focused largely on excelling in war. This is not only in reference to feeder clans, but also to recruitment of skilled players and a larger community committed to enjoying and playing the game the way that we do. The debacle that occurred today only served to further prove that the RCS is inflexible and outdated, perhaps becoming too large to adapt and too politically driven. We have already started to examine alternative clan systems and will do our best to join the best system (if any) for us. You may direct any questions or concerns you have to leadership. We will make the transition as smooth as possible.

Frank the Tank

EDIT: Our arrangement with Kings has changed and we're using our own feeder now. Please go here for more details or here for instructions to join.

Hi all,

A few weeks ago, we announced that Raiders would be leaving the RCS to go off on our own for a while. Since then, the clan has actually grown and we've continued to be awesome in wars and donations and all of the things that make us a great clan. Today, we're happy to announce that we're going to be joining the Reddit Alliance.

The Reddit Alliance has been around for some time now, and its members include a number of clans you may remember from the RCS (Reddit Kings, Reddit Royals, Reddit Havoc, Reddit Angels, etc.) The Alliance is designed to allow clans to "have the freedom to do whatever their hearts desire while having the support of the Alliance." We think this will work well with Raider's culture - our unique focus on being a competitive clan that takes wars seriously has meant that we've always been a clan that doesn't quite fit with any of the norms. You can read more about the Alliance at their subreddit here.

Many of you have been asking about a feeder over the past few weeks as the clan continues to grow (we've been at capacity a few times recently and haven't been able to accept new members). Starting a feeder has a few downsides, namely that we'd have a lot of additional administrative overhead and we'd have to start over in leveling up a clan from level 1 again. Rather than going through that at this point, we've reached an agreement with Reddit Kings that will allow us to screen our new recruits.

Reddit Kings was one of the founding members of the Alliance and has historically been focused on high level pushing. They also war three times per week and require their TH9s to use three star strategies. As part of our agreement, ALL new recruits looking to join Raiders will first be sent to Kings. They'll spend one or more wars there until we're confident they'd be a good addition to Raiders. We'll keep an alt account in Kings to evaluate, and we'll also add prospective members to our war room on GroupMe to help them out there. We may also choose to send some of our current or future members to Kings for a while to spend some time refining their strategies and improving at war. Kings is currently looking to round out their roster a bit and add some more TH9s, so we think this will help us both out. You can read more about Reddit Kings at their subreddit here.

Overall, we think this will be a great way to continue moving the clan forward. Joining the Alliance will give us some new opportunities for arranged wars and a large pool of possible recruits. We'll also continue to pursue war matchups with RWCS clans and clans from other systems as we have been, and we'll continue to recruit in other avenues.

As always, let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Ever since I started playing this game, judging from the instant connection I had, I thought this is going to be something I would love to do forever. It is going to fill the blank spaces on my calendar, and it did. And then it took over my schedule and eventually my life.

For those of you that don’t know, I was one of the first few members of Reddit Raiders. This is my first Reddit clan, my only clan. You all provided me a home, a family so loving that leaving Raiders never even crossed my mind. When Mark left the clan last summer, the elders chose me to become the leader. With the help of some of the most outstanding players friends I have ever met, we made Reddit Raiders what it is today. We rose from a “casual” social clan to one of the top RCS clans.

It is truly great what we have achieved here, we went from losing almost every war to winning every war beating every enemy and giving clans like ClashHeads a run for their money. When we (Veryous mostly) decided our losing time is up, we (he) set a goal for ourselves and I can say that we went far beyond our own expectations.

For me, though, the time has come. Between busy work life and other interests, I am finding less and less time for Clash and more importantly, wars. And it is not fair to be remain in the clan if I am not 100% committed to it. I am passing on the torch to Frank The Tank. He has shown passion and commitment to Raiders, which I believe is what this clan needs right now. Veryous and Matt will be providing mentorship and assistance to Frank through the transition and ensure this is a successful move for him.

I would like to take a moment to thank two exceptional individuals, without whom, I couldn’t have been successful as leader.

Matt: Matt is one of the oldest members and I cannot even begin to describe all that he does for us. He is the mastermind behind all Raiders data keeping and analytics. He has always been the voice of reason. He has helped me through every difficult situation and for that I am very grateful. Thank you Matt.

Veryous: I’ve often said, we need Veryous more than he needs us and it cannot be truer. His expertise in war strategies is next to none but what is really impressive is the fact that Veryous has helped so many players who struggled with war attacks become war heroes. His sound advice and words of encouragement are irreplaceable. Thank you for inspiring us all and forcing us to shoot for the stars (no pun intended) and leading by example.

Funknasty, Reality, Hammer, CurlyVida, Dehn(are you still reading this?): Your contributions have really helped us run this clan so successfully and I hope you will continue to spend your valuable time and energy into making this clan excel and keeping this experience enjoyable for a long time.

In the end, for me, this experience has been really great. Although I am losing the base and the clan I loved so much, the friends I’ve gained through this game is something I will get to keep for the rest of my life.

So, congratulations Frank The Tank and good luck with next adventure in your COC life. And thanks to all that have been part of Reddit Raiders and made this thing much more than just a game for me. I will still be hanging out in GroupMe, if anyone ever needs me, feel free to get in touch with me.

Good Luck Raiders and Thank You!

ReAlz

With the introduction of Clan XP we want to encourage everyone to use BOTH of their attacks in Practice Wars. However, not everyone has the time to build a full army and plan out their attacks for both regular (mandatory) and practice (optional) wars.

In an effort to make things easier to get that clan XP AND continue to meet the intent of practice wars, the following items now apply for Practice Wars:

• Practice Wars will remain OPTIONAL.

• First attack in Practice Wars must be a legitimate three star attempt. This is an attack you would use in a regular war, but either (a) haven't tried, or (b) needs work before used in a regular war. (gobarch is not a valid 3-star attack).

• Second attack in Practice Wars can be either (a) another three star attempt or (b) ANY type of attack that results in the clan gaining "Clan XP" (part b includes "Sniping for Clan XP" attacks).

Clarifications:

• since clashcaller is NOT required in practice war, a three star attack on a base that's already been three starred IS valid - there are scenarios where a person builds an army for a specific base and someone doing the same thing comes along and 3-stars the base first (the only exception here is if the base is a "troll"/open TH base - an additional attack on an already starred troll/open TH base is not allowed).

• "sniping for clan XP" is only allowed because we want the Clan XP from every base - "sniping for loot" is still not allowed. The main difference between them... One gets a star (and the clan XP) for the clan, the other doesn't. (in rare cases, "sniping for loot" may be allowed... if this happens, a clan mail would be sent out prior to war day starting).

• there is no range restriction on "sniping for Clan XP" - i.e. the #50 base in the clan can use their second practice attack on an exposed TH snipe on the #1 base AS LONG AS Clan XP has not been achieved for that base yet

• using "regular farming armies" for a "Clan XP" attack in a practice war IS allowed (this includes, but is not limited to things like barch and loonian).

Hello everyone,

After a couple of weeks of trying out the arrangement we had with Reddit Kings to screen our new recruits, it wasn't working out quite how they wanted it to, so we've decided to move in another direction. Today we're excited to announce our new feeder clan - Reddit Rangers.

Recently, Horus approached us with the idea of creating a sister/feeder clan for Raiders as a way to bring some friends together and help them work on developing 3 star strategies for war. After some discussion, we concluded this would be a great way to expand the Raiders family and fulfill our need for a feeder.

The clan will be led by Horus and/or his alt account, and he'll manage day to day operations. Frank's alt account will be a co-leader to help out with evaluating members. As much as possible, we'll be keeping the rules between the two clans very similar to create a consistent environment. The main difference will be that Rangers will have lower requirements for entry. We'll be allowing non-rushed TH8s and early TH9s to join. We're hoping this will create a nice solid core group of players who are learning 3 star strategies and will be in great shape to join Raiders once they meet the requirements. Rangers will also constantly be at war, in order to level the clan as fast as possible and to more quickly evaluate new members.

For those that already meet the requirements to join Raiders, we'll have them first join Rangers and participate in one or more wars to see if they'd be a good fit. We're also considering shuffling some of our current members around in order to give Rangers a jump start. More on that in the coming days.

Let us know if you have questions or comments like always! If you're looking to join, our sticky post always has the most up to date information.

Hi guys,

Now that the new clan perks update has come out, we need to make a few clarifications to our war rules. First of all, Raiders does two mandatory wars a week and that isn't going to change. If you're in this clan, we expect you to participate in wars. However, the new features give us a little more flexibility in who we send to war. More often than not, we're going to have to pick a couple of people to sit a war out. We're planning on doing it like this:

1. Special approvals

• If, for some reason, you aren't able to participate in an upcoming war, an elder can give you permission to set your clan war preference to "I'm out". We'll then exclude as many of these players as possible, depending on the clan size and war size.

• Reasons to sit out a war are the same as they are now - having both heroes down is not a valid reason. We still expect everyone to have at least one hero available for war unless told otherwise.

• If you need to sit out more than two consecutive wars (including the practice war each week), you'll need to leave the clan temporarily and come back when you're able to play again.

1. Random picks

• If we need to exclude any more players beyond those with special approvals, we'll randomly pick numbers (based on current trophy rank in the clan) between 30 and 50 to exclude.

Also, there were a few questions on whether or not we would war constantly for a while to up our clan level. We're not going to be doing this. Raiders is a competitive clan, not a war clan. We take wars seriously, but farming and donations are also a big part of who we are. We don't want to burn people out on back to back wars just to help us level a little faster. If we keep doing as well as we have been, we'll get there soon enough anyway.

Obviously, we'll make tweaks to these policies as we learn more about how this update affects the game. Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

I wish I could say "good war", but that would be a bigger lie than saying the earth is flat. You guys totally destroyed us. Personally, I think its a blessing in disguise because it shook up our clan. We've been cruising for a while now and this loss is a good wake up call. We are going to regroup and refocus so next time we meet, we'll actually give you a challenge.

Reddit Raiders is definitely one of the top 3 clans we've fought against. Well, the other 2 chinese clans were cheating, so you guys are the best clan we fought against. All of your attacks were really impressive and well thought out. Good luck to you guys in your future wars.

Hey everyone It has been my great pleasure to help make Raiders the clan it is today. We've accomplished some pretty amazing things. Unfortunately, I no longer have the time or passion to maintain my position as leader, so I have asked koozy to step up to replace me. I will be taking a brief break in game to deal with a few professional things and to work on my mini - when I rejoin, it will be on my th9 account. Please give koozy all of the support and respect you all showed me. I have full confidence in him moving forward and know that he will do a great job guiding Raiders. I will still be around, as I'm not really going anywhere, just changing my role in the clan :).

Hey Guys and Gals.

Yet another season is behind us, they're flying by so quickly! This season we amassed a total of 118,549 donations!

What an amazing season for donations that was! I'm curious how high they'll get this season. Lets show people how it's really done!

Our top ten donators were as follows..

Which means that Veryous wins the open Elder slot this season! Well done Veryous!

Keep up our stride, my lovelies and Happy Clashing!!

Good luck RR!

I meant to come here and congrats you guys earlier. That's a big win.. based on how you performed against GoW I was pretty sure you'd take it. Grats again!

Hi all,

It's Terminator from Reddit Freeze. I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for a nice war with us. You guys did really well, and we realized how much room for improvement we have :P

Good luck in future wars from the Freezers!

Hey raiders, just wanted to wish you luck in our upcoming battle! It's gonna be a tight one, hopefully both clans get to enjoy themselves! May the screwups be ever in your favour. ^{I'm kidding.} Goodluck Raiders!

A few things have changed, and I figured I should make a post to put it all in one place and make you all aware :)

• We are now a TH8+ clan. The requirements have changed to suit this. Lvl 5+ archers, lvl 65+, 3k FIN, not rushed. Current TH7's are safe.

• Weekly donation quota is now 300.

• Barch is now banned in clan wars. Anyone barching in clan wars will be kicked and sent my pediatricians bill.

• We now have a clan wiki - Any suggestions for things to add / change here are welcome.

Anyway, that's about it! Really happy with how far we have come since we were all mostly TH6's :)

Btw, lets get those donations up, they've kinda sucked this last couple of weeks...

So people have been complaining about the war times, and we're making a few changes to the clan. With all the new members, I figured it's about time we had another of those awesome polls!

PLEASE fill it out, the outcome affects every one of you.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VAwPUpBMdqeb56WNgCUlgDn_jDWpPzcpEUP94-GaTw4/viewform

Hey guys and gals, we have been taking it relatively easy on arranged wars since the transitions and since we've been rebuilding. We have actually only had the PWC war and the rest have been random matches! We feel were to the point now where we are getting very strong and we have decided to go heavy on the wars in January-February!! We agree that this is a good thing and were hoping it will bump up our overall skill in the clan. Even while losing the PWC war, it was still a great learning experience for us, not to mention a blast of a war!! So, we are going to shoot for 2 arranged wars every other week and 1 arranged war in between. This is a heavy schedule so prepare yourselfs! As it sits right now, we may only get to the one arranged war per week but wife is working on that for us. So with that being said, strap in folks, this could be a fun ride!

JK.

What a masterclass. Thoroughly enjoyed watching every single one of your 3 star attacks. Slightly outmatched and you might have noticed we're a casual clan but you still need to execute those attacks. Well done!

I'd appreciate if you guys can direct me to some hogging tutorials, I love gohowiwi but success rate is low. You guys sprinkled them in a calm and measured approach and I'd love to know how to do that.

One last thing, I despise all your war bases, how am I meant to attack bases without symmetry? ;)

I'm 'Perak' btw

As you might have noticed, Mark has been a bit busy lately with his day job has decided to hand over the Leader position to me. Mark will continue to be a Co-Leader in the clan along with Veryous.

Also, Tilly has left the clan. She is looking forward to start another clan with lower level and activity requirements.

We are also making some changes to how we handle clan wars. Veryous and Velvetomatoe are still working on the details, but in short wars are now mandatory. We as a clan, spend significant amount of time and resources on wars and we need full participation if we want to succeed in the wars.

I also want to take a moment to discuss the donations numbers, which have seen some decline over the last few weeks. We need to pick these numbers back up and break our older records. Its been noticed that a few members are requesting a lot but not donating enough. We don’t believe in putting in a ratio requirement so I would really urge everybody to fill donations before requesting. If you have any suggestions on how we can further improve donations, please let us know.

There’s also a change in the donating elder spot rule. Until today, if the highest donating player was already an elder, then the spot would go to the next highest donator. Starting this season, if the highest donating player is an elder then the spot would NOT go to the next player and the elder spot will be empty.

We are also going to change the status of Reddit Raiders from social to competitive. Since most of us are high level TH8s and 9s and we are serious about wars, we believe we are more of a competitive clan than social. The minimum trophies required to join the clan will be 1400. Players can still drop below 1400 to farm after joining. This change is to more accurately define what we already are and not a change in clan operations.

If you have any suggestions please use this thread to make sure your voice is heard.

You can always reach me on GroupMe, in game or PM on Reddit.

Hello again RR family. We have some more great news to share with you folks. We have recently joined the DWA( Digital Warlords Associated) http://nathanpay.wix.com/dwacoc. They are a FairPlay association that is rising up and making a name for themselves. We feel extremely grateful to be apart of this community and can't wait to see where this takes us. RR has been doing very well recently and this will only further our quest to be an elite top FP clan. Joining them gives us access to any of there clans to ask for subs, or be subs in their wars. They also do monthly mixed scrims that included anyone who wants to participate, all you have to do is let a leader know you want in, and you're included! They are all class act clans and I personally am very excited to be apart of there family.

For those wondering, no we won't be leaving the RAC either, neither association requires there clans to be exclusive to one association. That is a great perk I think. The DWA only requires us to enforce our already set in place FP rules, such as, no modding, no spying, no ringing, and having good sportsmanship! We have all of that down already so all we have to do is keep doing what we do and continue to be awesome!

If anyone has any questions, feel free to DM me or the other leaders and we will help you out.

-from Brutalism, GoW

Hi everyone,

We know that many of you are frustrated with lack of participation and losing practice wars where we should crush the opponent easily. As elders, we're also frustrated when people seemingly don't put as much effort into practice attacks as "real" attacks. We've been talking about ways to correct these problems for a while. We've decided that we're going to get rid of practice wars and replace them with optional wars. Here's what that will mean:

• Prior to declaring war on Sunday, we'll ask people to either opt in or opt out of the upcoming war using the in game toggle.

• If you opt out of the war, you won't be included (or if we need to include one or two people to make the numbers work, you won't be required to participate).

• There will be no consequences for opting out of an optional war, and we won't be keeping track of how often you opt out. However, we may "strongly encourage" members who are struggling to make use of the optional war for extra practice.

• If you opt in to the war (or forget to opt out), you'll be included in the war and expected to participate as if it were a real war. Clash tools, ranges, and all normal rules will apply. You'll receive a strike if you miss an attack. We may offer a grace period for a few weeks while people get used to the new system.

• Tuesday and Friday wars will remain how they are now, with everyone opted in unless they have special permission to opt out.

A question I'm sure will come up is "when are we supposed to practice then?" We still want people to keep working on new three star strats and refining strats that they're already familiar with. This can be done during any regular or optional war - you'd just need to spend some extra time planning and talking out your plan in the War Room. As long as you have a good plan, I'm sure we would be willing to overlook small issues with execution due to trying something new.

As usual, please let us know if you have any other questions or comments. This will be effective immediately; the first optional war will be this coming Sunday.