The Clan: like The Guild, but a lot less endearing [Update]

the ducking dude is a stand-up comedian... stephen... hmm...

Why even promote this garbage?

This is awful.

AGH!! It burns all of my senses at once!
KILL IT WITH FIRE!!

This is better than The Guild. I'd elaborate, but I don't want to.

ehh. Not bad, but I still want to choke myself with a headset for watching it.

i want to hate it, but it's not bad. I just wish it was more original. It's like the Saints Row 1 of Web Gaming Comedy Shows: It's no bad, but it is pretty obvious what it's trying to ape.

When I saw a video titled The Clan I thought it would be a trailer to the sequel to American History X, so needless to say I was disappointed

I'd reply with a sensible comment, but I'm too busy trying to find that chocolate milk that was stolen from me...

It's just not the same without Felicia!

I still think Warhammer is way better then WoW but the numbers do not seem to show it. I wonder if it is because Warhammer does not seem to be advertised as much as Warcraft.
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anyone who enjoys a second of this is a broken human being

Lmao ahhhh man thats great lol well i think it was alright , haven't really seen the guild , dont know if i should ...........how's the guild ......

It's pretty funny. It's not that bad. If you play any fps online there is always some guy who is either telling his kids not to do something or arguing with his wife. There's always that other guy who turns everything into a your mama joke or some sexual innuendo. And there's always someone who takes the game super serious. Hopefully the next few episodes will be more interesting.

"Oh and last, the guild might have Felicia Day, but the internet has porn."

Felicia Day is better than porn.

I really enjoy The Guild. It's got interesting characters getting into awkward situations, which any good sitcom style show should have.

I will say though, that The Clan made me laugh several times, and is at least worth a watch.

Well this is pretty horrid. The music is annoying and distracting, I can hardly make out what they're saying at times, and the running jokes (Your mom...) don't work. Besides, wasn't it pretty obvious what's going to happen by the 1/3 mark in?

I'll elaborate on why this is better than the Guild.

My major problem with The Guild is the predictability. I watched every episode from the first season and didn't laugh because I knew everything that was coming. The Guild reminds me of all those shit jokes people use when making fun of gamers in front of gamers. Like when Jamie Kennedy hosted the Activision E3 conference awhile back, he got a ton of shit for just ragging on the gaming culture. But Felicia Day has some dick talk about DPS, and mana for five minutes and its comedy gold? I'd say 80% of all The Guild jokes are simply using MMO vernacular in a real life situation. They don't even have punch lines ( like Dane Cook ).

Even though I don't think The Clan, is the second coming of 30 Rock, its better for one reason: most people who don't play the genre can actually empathize with a lot of the situations in The Clan. You don't have to have a level 80 Orc to laugh at the guy who's a sociopath making crappy "your mom" jokes while gorging himself on a Mountain Dew. Once again, its not incredible, but it wasn't : Use videogame reference... expect everyone to fall down laughing.

And to say that a flaw in The Clan is it's lack of differences within its cast doesn't have anything to do with the content. Last I checked the whole cast of Seinfeld was a bunch of New York Jews who were pretty funny together.

The guild is simply big with the fanboy crowd and has a hot writer/actor in Felicia Day. I will tell what the clan doesn't have and that is a real story which isn't bad because it is an internet series.

I have seen neither but the argument that the cast isn't as diverse strikes me as one of political correctness where there has to be one of everything in everything... Friends was great without blacks, The Cosby Show was great without white people, these shows probably wouldn't get a chance right now where there has to be at least one Oriental disabled lesbian heroïne addict in it on top of all the others. OK, I'm overdoing it but some of you will get my point.

Oh my god. Its a complete rip off of The Guild. Yes, it has funny moments but really how blatant can they be. The geeky but normal looking leader, check. The hardcore raging young gamer, check. The neglecting parent with screaming spouse and children in the background, check. Love starved character who mixes relationships with gaming, check. The only thing they are missing is a female character who makes fun of the rest of the group and a skinny guy who has no job but plays video games all day. Instead they use the overweight gamer who instead of saying "that what she says" cracks "your mom" jokes on the group and the n00b relative that is completely lost on what is going on.

Honestly, the production looks pretty good. Too good. I wonder if Google/Youtube has some kind of backing in this show since it lost The Guild (well at least airing new episodes) to MS.

I am just saying...

I don't know guys, I thought it was kinda funny.

I don't think one was funnier than the other because neither are funny.

But Felicia Day is adorable.

is there anyone here that thinks this is funny?

God, I found myself involuntarily digging my fingernails into my palms.

Also, "The Clan"? SERIOUSLY? They call their ripoff of The Guild "The CLAN"? I think I'm gonna create a new animated show called... uh.... North Park.

There is no comparison between the Guild and The Clan IMO, somewhat similar to a "white rapper" being automatically compared to Eminem which ridiculous since 99% of them sound nothing like him or have the same range of talent. Same thing applies for these 2 web vids.

Halo 3 or World of WarCraft which one is more fun?


Personally, what i find funny are the people defending this upchuck of gamer stereotype. I'm going to go out on a limb and say i won't expect a major following unless they reformat the script, direction and the constant background music(wtf was that about?).

Terrible acting with generic "controller handling" which annoys me to no end. If your going to mock gaming, then at least try to be more accurate, if one can relate to the actions on screen it might make The Clan more appealing...

Your mom is a p-plasma rifle = trash script and/or bad comedic actors..