Clans and the TAP

A list of clans with pages can be found here.
Clans became a large part of SAMB culture after their original debut in the game. Each clan had a custom crest, name, and creed. Once in a clan, the clan name would be featured in the character description box. It didn't take long for the feature to take off on the SAMB. One clan, the Silver Forest Wolf Clan, sported hundreds of members at its peak. Other clans, like the Lion Clan, the Owl Clan, the Night Clan, the Doom Lords, and the Dragon Guard, also gained members rapidly.
Clans allowed users to bond inside and outside of the game. Some clans held meetings or had chat threads (like this Fox Clan one, for example), others RPed and gamed together. Two clans, Owl Clan and Lion Clan, were rivals and would hold RP battles against each other. Owl Clan also had an affiliate clan, Fox Clan. Fox Clan was not an official clan, but open to anyone who had a fox for their spirit animal.
== The TAP ==
The heads of three major clans — the Night Clan, the Doom Lords, and the Dragon Guard — decided to form the TAP: the Triumvirate Alliance of Power. The TAP lasted through the height of the clan craze. But beyond just a clan alliance, the TAP was also a symbol of the alliance-like friendship between the clan founders — Lotus, Plat, and Blizz, respectively — who were very influential SAMBers at the time. A mod once referred to the trio as "the pillars of the SAMB", shortly before the Blizz War. When the founder of Night Clan, Lotus, left the SAMB, leadership passed on to Cen. However, the Dragon Guard had no line of succession, so when Blizz was banned, the clan was rendered inactive. The leadership of the Doom Lords technically passed on to floatingvolleyball11 following Plat's parental banishment, but the succession never took full effect. The new leaders of Night Clan and the Doom Lords never interacted, and so the TAP was effectively dissolved.
== Later Years ==
By 2016, the popularity of clans had diminished. Several new clans were made and gained popularity, but they didn't serve much purpose anymore. Eventually, with the courtyard update, the ability to create and join clans was removed. Members in previously existing clans kept the name of their clan in their description, but clans soon became a thing of the past.
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"We are the fighters. We are the hunters. We fight for justice. We are the true kings and queens of night." (Night Clan Creed, 2014)"Flap your wings! Take to the Sky! We are owls and we can fly! The strong. The free. Owl Clan." (Owl Clan Creed, 2014)"Honor, Duty, Mercy, Hope, Justice, Valor those are things that matter! Never surrender, Quethnar!!!!!!!!" (Dragon Guard Creed, 2014)"We are the Masters of the Power of Doom. Don't underestimate us." (Doom Lords Creed, 2014)"A clan for everyone who has literally no idea what they are doing in life." (Wait what is going on Creed, 2016)------------------------------------------
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