Clan (gaming)
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In computer gaming, a clan is a group of players who regularly play together at a particular multiplayer game, generally as a team. Clans also act as social groups, with players often meeting up both on and offline.
The first clans were probably set up to play early first-person shooters such as Quake. Although these initially only offered "deathmatch" play, where everyone is playing against everyone else, the desire to form social groups led to the design of more complex modes such as capture the flag.