Nate's Departure

On August 11, 2020, Nate, one of The Republic's longest tenured members left the clan. Upon disagreeing with certain Co-Leaders about whether or not he should remain in the war lineup directly after upgrading his Town Hall, Nate left the clan.

## Background

Nate was one of the most involved members of the clan when it came to wars. He was often quite vocal about attacks and who would be put into the war. Two weeks prior to his departure he began asking Co-Leaders to leave Uncle Sam out of the wars saying “*I don’t want to see Uncle Sam in any more wars*”. UncleSam was in favor of this as well as he had recently upgraded his Town Hall. Jake The Snake who began many of the wars at the time did not leave UncleSam out of the War League or the war directly after.

Sometime between August 8 and August 10, 2020, Nate upgraded his Town Hall from level 11 to level 12. Nate had upgraded all of his buildings to the max level before upgrading, but his heroes and walls remained non-maxed. He had left his walls a full level below the max, a project that would have cost nine-hundred-million gold.

## Departure

On August 11, 2020, Jake The Snake told Nate that he would have to be left out of war until he caught up. Saying, "*Nate I will have to take you out of the war for a while till you get caught up so the matching making is even*". Nate replied how he saw that as unfair and Chris joined in supporting Jake saying that a Town Hall 12 made the matchups much more difficult and that “*It’s the sacrifice that must be made for rushing.*” Nate didn’t believe his situation was considered rushing and began to criticize how the war members were being decided. mikeRob22 joined in saying that Nate should be in the wars and Captain Magma sided with Jake and Chris.

Nate began directing his argument towards The Constitution saying that the Co-Leaders had no explicit right to decide the members added to the war. This lead to the first unofficial interpretation of The Constitution by Leader, Joseph . Joseph argued that it was within the Council of Co-Leaders power to declare war and to declare war one had to pick the members. It seemed like this would be an implied power of the Council of Co-Leaders. No official ruling would be made though, as Nate first asked to be demoted and then left the clan soon after.

### Nate's leaving message

“*Thank you to the good people of the clan. I am forced to leave because of the unjust way in which Chris, Joseph, Captain magma, and Jake the snake have conducted the clan. Without any right to choose who is in the war, they purposely exclude people. I won’t tolerate the singling out and banishment from war of any member that wants to be in the war for any amount of time. It’s beyond unjust that these guys can form a group to just do whatever they want in regards to war and no one else has a say in it. Joseph even told me how mikerob22 wasn’t going to be banned from wars when he upgrades his town hall soon. I’m not going to be discriminated against in such a way as to where they can reject me from being in the war, but no other consistent war member receives the same treatment*”

- Nate in The Republic discord moments after he left the clan

## Impact

Upon his parting message in the discord chat, Nate further debated with Chris and Captain Magma about the situation. Captain Magma saying, “*Today we have lost an active member. I would like to point out that his departure was based on a pending decision and hearsay. A great thing about this clan is the discussions that can form over how it is run. Nate took close to no intuitive to discuss or work on the issue he had. Even more importantly he had yet to be excluded from any war. It is because of this I'd reason to think he was just looking for a "way out". A sad day. Hopefully he will be remembered for what he did for the clan in its early stages and not for how he departed.*” The debate would continue as Nate pointed out, “*You never made a provision saying recently upgraded town hall’s couldn’t be in a war. A complete failure of the co leadership to just do stuff without any rules in place dictating their actions, and to get it defensed by the leader is abhorrent.*”

Nate would eventually leave the discord as well. Further debate would begin about the workings of The Council of Co-Leaders.BigTony013 spoke out, "*I 100% disagree with Nate, and I’m not really in a position to comment about wars. However, I agree with his base frustration that the council of elders seem to continually be ignored. ‘He went too long without having his ideal amount of power’ It sound to me like he felt that the elders had been ignored, yet again. Again, he was wrong about his own part of the upcoming war, it is better for the clan for him to be left out. Perhaps the position of war master should be created. So we have a single person that is transparently responsible for war prep. Like Chris, you accepted the responsibility of running the discord, maybe someone else (a co-leader) can be warmaster. If someone has a complaint about war, they can take it up with that person directly.*"

## Aftermath

Nate would go on to form his own clan he dubbed “True Republic”. This seemed to solidify theories about him leaving in a desperate grab for power. He would set up his spurious republic in an attempt to model The Republic, but many believed his was an autocratic government. A few of Nate’s allies would leave The Republic for his new clan. Kodakblack, ben, and mikeRob22 would join him in defecting. Unpublic communications would continue between leaders of The Republic and Nate, each message more erratic than the last, until all communications were lost. The True Republic would see instant failures in early wars and Nate ruling with complete authority until a questionable constitution was formed.

## Return

On May 2nd 2022, over a year and a half after his departure, Nate returned to The Republic. His return coincided with the biggest Clash of clans update in years. He was welcomed back favorably and remains on the clan to this day.