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Early History
When Age of Empires 3 was first released for Macintosh, the majority of the players on GameRanger (GR) had migrated from Age of Empires 2 or Age of Mythology. The demographics gradually shifted however, and soon the older players from AoE2 and AoM became a minority. The gameplay at this time on GR was proportionally poor compared to it's ESO (Ensemble Studios Online) counterpart. Most players were inexperienced, many of which had never played an online game, or real time strategy (RTS) game before. The quality of games on at this time were generally poor, with an estimated 40% of rooms never starting, and the best of games being messy, and unorganized. The crappy style of play on GR was not kewl generally slow and unaggressive, without much depth, or complexity. This resulted in the popular "No Rush" (NR) maps. Eventually, more than half of all games hosted were NR 35-45 minutes, and most of the players that regarded themselves as "expert" were, in fact, NR players. The few who did prefer a more aggressive strategy, almost exclusively used Russians and Ottomans. This new aggressive play style began the first stages of more competitive gameplay on GR. Though it was far beneath the level on ESO, it was a step in the right direction. There were a number of players who started going for a more competitive style of playing, among them long time GR veterans such as Panda (who at that time was the very best player), Mr Love, Lukas, Julian, Skyy, Archa, SQUID BUNTCAKES ARE TEH PWNAGE LULZ, and furthermore Xire, a very innovative player, who hasn't been playing for a while now. Three major clans where around at that time, namely Legendary, ØdØ, [ANB], and GM motor company, which was opened by The Alkemist.

The History of Clans
Legendary, cotf, and ØdØ were the top clans back in the day. Leg was very very small, around 6 players all very good. cotf was in its prime with members such as hastings and orbital and NKVD. ØdØ was of new school but very powerful. jk they sucked. The greats from that clan are afk forever like azaz and forrest. they deserved it though because they sucked. ØdØ took over while more and more members of leg became inactive, because they were lulcakes. A player named Oxxus (who was in ØdØ at the time) eventually left ØdØ for cotf creating a very very large shake in power. Galaxy who hated clans joined cotf and was called a hypocrite, which doesnt really matter cuz its on online game. Players like skittle and willin were in DR. WHAT A FUCKING FASCINATING SENTENCE. By this time ØdØ was down to about 4 player (active) minuteman 2112 forrest and minus. minuteman and 2112 did some stupid sneak attack and joined cotf to break it from the inside out. it didn't work. We then decided that ØdØ needed to go and that no one would bring it back to life...no one. DRAMATIC LULZLULZLULZ. 2112 joined cotf and minuteman became inactive. Remember Oxxus? Well he screwed cotf IN DA ASS and joined DR. DR was then considered the best clan on GR. Then along came ƒ (which is pretty much all the active leg members + a few) and galaxy took this chance to get out of a now dieing clan (cotf) and joined ƒ. people came and went new players joined clans and cotf was dieing and that baron tod still stuck with it. ƒ grew to about 10 members, some even played different games on GR. GAG had some great players like tribal rage and RSbrian, phoenix and most popular landers. So noww dieing clan (cotf) and joined ƒ. people came and went new players joined clans and cotf waosodioeing and that baron tod still stuck with it. ƒ grew to about 10 members, some even played different games on GR. GAG had some great players like tribal rage and RSbrian, phoenix and most popular landers. So now we have GAG, DR, ƒ and a dieing cotf. coft had great members but sadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØ. As TAD became more popular so did ESO. Many players from DR started going to Edieing clan (cotf) and joined ƒ. people came and went new players joined clans and cotf waosodioeing and that baron tod still stuck with it. ƒ grew to about 10 members, some even played different games on GR. GAG had some great players like tribal rage and RSbrian, phoenix and most popular landers. So noSO and also many ƒwe have GAG, DR, ƒ and a dieing cotf. coft had great members but sadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØ. As TAD became more popular so did ESO. Many players from DR started going to ESO and also many ƒ members went to it occastionaly. again players came and went. As Essemble studios announced its shut downow we have GAG, DR, ƒ and a dieing cotf. coft had great members but sadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØes many players from ESO came to GR like Kutuzov and Gabriel Gray who both joined GAG. Cotf began to get more members who could compete with other clans and eventually got back on its feetnow we have GAG, DR, ƒ and a dieing cotf. coft had great members but sadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØand became better than ever. The game of AOE has changed SOO much since its start. and im sure the best players from the past would be considered noobs now. but if you think about it we are really close knit friends and clans aren't what they used to be back in the day as rivals ØdØ and cotf wouldn't even playadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØes many players from ESO came to GR like Kutuzov and Gabriel Gray who both joined GAG. Cotf began to get more members who could competehe day as rivals ØdØ and cotf wouldn't even playadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØes many players from ESO came to GR like Kutuzov and Gabriel Gray who both joined GAG. Cotf began to get more members who could compete with other clans and eventon the same team. There was also a starting-clanith other clans and eventon the same team. There was also a starting-clan (for Noobs actuallyownow we have GAG, DR, ƒ and aieing cotf. coft had great members but sadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØand became better than ever. The game of AOE has changed SOO much since its start. and im sure the best players from the past would be considered noobs now. but if you think about it we are really c) witch was called [DGS] (German: Die guten Spieler = The good Players). The Clan was opened b(for Noobs actuallyownow we have GAG, DR, ƒ and aieing cotf. coft had great members but sadly they were inactive, simwith other clans and eventon the same team. There was also a starting-clan (for Noobs actuallyownow we have GAG, DR, ƒ and aieing cotf. coft had great members but sadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØand became better than ever. The game of AOE has changed SOO much since its start. and im sure the best players from the past would be considered noobs now. but if you think about it we are really c) witch was called [DGS] (German: Die guten Spieler = The good Players). The Clan was opened by Arane (inactive) and Lukas, aka Skyocaro today. It was made the same Time when [ANB] crashed. The Member limit was long time 20 - 25, but actually only Noobs.
The strongest Time was, when Julian came in the Clan, but hedieing cotf. coft had great members but sadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØes many players fre day as rivals ØdØ and cotf wouldn't even playadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØes many players from ESO came to GR like Kutuzov and Gabriel Gray who both joined GAG. Cotf began to get more members who could compete with other clans and eventon the same team. There was also a starting-clan (for Noom ESO came to GR like Kutuzov and Gabriel Gray who both joined GAG. Cotf began to get more members who could compete with other clans and eventually got back on its feetnow we have GAG, DR, ƒ and a dieing cotf. coft had great members but sadly they were inactive, similarly to ØdØand became better than ever. The game of AOE has changed SOO much since its start. and im sure the best players from the past would be considered noobs now. but if you think about it we are really c) witch was called [DGS] (German: Die guten Spieler = The good Players). The Clan was opened by Arane (inactive) and Lukas, aka Skyocaro today. It was made the same Time when [ANB] crashed. The Member limit was long time 20 - 25, but actually only Noobs.
The strongest Time was, when Julian came in the Clan, but he left - together with his Brother Lukas - the clan after one or two Weeks.

Migration to TWC/TAD Expansions and Fanpatch
As far as TWC went, there was pretty much Dr and CotF at the beginning. CotF was Baron Tod, Scorched Earth, and Oxxus, while Dr was started by Willin Faloo and Skittle (brothers). Since Dr was only a TWC clan, it seemed to attract the best new TWC players and was perhaps marginally better than the early CotF. That period of TWC didn't have many players and was dominated by Iroquois laming (Staley being far and away the worst lamer of all time). As more players Vanilla experts got TWC, many of them seemed to join CotF (such as Oxxus and Galaxy). CotF got pretty big at this point and in my opinion, was slightly deeper than Dr, but at the top, the two clans were fairly equal. Still, Dr wasn't founded to be a competitive clan, and while there definitely was a rivalry between CotF and Dr, there was no animosity. This seems to be a common trend on GR for TWC and TAD. Clans plays to win, but since players have switched around clans so frequently, everyone is basically friends. Later in TWC, there came a point where CotF became way too massive and it collapsed to some extent. A core group of players remained, but many left to join other clans, Dr being the most popular clan to join. Minus is correct that Oxxus joined Dr at this point, but he didn't change the balance of power in terms of clans. GAG also became a major players at this time. They had a large number of good players and were always known as a friendly clan. To some extent, GAG and Dr were aligned against the likes of CotF and ƒ. When the end of TWC came nearer, most clans did not adFUCKMONKEYSd many players as everyone was awaiting TAD. However, a fair bit of Dr did die out. Willin Faloo and Skittle stopped playing, leaving Staley as the leader. On the whole, fewer games were played at the end of TWC and some players left GR. TAD revitalized the GR community. GAG and ƒ grew larger, but Dr didn't really add anyone. Dr quietly dissolved. A new major clan had been created. Legion took many players from dying clans and grew to a similar size as GAG and ƒ. While all three of these clans have very good players and are fairly equal, ƒ was the most ambitious in its pursuit of the top players, and it could probably be said that it was the top and most competitive clan, with players such as Mr. Love, Hastings, Button, Julian, and Helsinki forming its core. Recently, Fred formed V to help newer players learn the game, but V grew larger and is now an increasingly respected clan. CotF still has some members, but only Baron Tod remains from its golden era. As far as gameplay in TAD has gone, it started with a ton of players laming Japan, and to a lesser extent, India. Japan laming is now not possible with the Fanpatch as their typical strengths (Isolation Consulate, Daimyo, Toshugo Export, Ashi Base Attack, Ashi Upgrade Card, Killed Yumi Range Upgrade, etc) are now extremely weakened. Players and top players are having much more difficulty playing Japan successfully and with ease. Iroquois are considered strong rushers by some while Brits are most often the choice of boomers. Perhaps the greatest change in GR has been the average level of players. Back in TWC, there were 10-15 players who were clearly better than anyone else, but today, the number of top-level players has grown considerably, and most importantly, the average players can now compete against the best in team games. It used to be almost impossible to find a good team game, but today, it is easier than ever. Although many top players and the famous clans of Vanilla are no longer visible on GR, the friendliness, level of play, and number of players currently found on GR has been grown quickly.

Clan Histories
|V| Virtue
Founded by |V| Fred 2009. This clan formed with emphasis on community aspects such as respect in-game.

and HAI FRED OHHAI BIGGUY LULZ
[Gag] Group of Advanced Gamers
Founded by landers, Phoenix & RSBrian in March 2008. Gameranger Aplha Gamma-Octagon Noob-Fighting Action Gamers or G.A.G.-O.N.-F.A.G for short, or just G.A.G. Totally Pwns all t3h 0t3hr nub5 h4rdc0r3.
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|ƒ| Faith
Founded February 2008 by Mr. Love, Button and Schadenfreude. (last 2 left/inactive)
currently, faith is very small. faith tries to maintain a very high level of competitive gameplay, particularly in 1v1s, with all of its members being in the upper tier of players, previously being the clan of the top 2 players, hastings and mr love. icourt and tkd both have eso as well as gr, keeping them a step ahead of everyone else, tkd also being known for his kick ass china. mag, on the other hand tries to focus on individual civs, playing them a shitload until theyre good. at the moment, he focuses on french; however, the civ that brought him to the top was dutch.
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borgies mates, help from button to keep the member list above 2 -____-
not taken too seriously as a clan, numbers wont grow too much from here. nice to keep a good standard of gameplay for new members though.
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•Dr•
Founded at the beginning of TWC by brothers Skittle and Willin Faloo, it was a good clan throughout much of TWC, yet it never focused solely on winning. It grew fairly large at one point which caused Skittle and Willin Faloo to leave. This left Staley in charge, and due to his lazy attitude toward just about everything, he didn't feel like maintaining the clan and it eventually vanished.

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