Originally Posted by iHang

Anyone have any advice for requirements before going official?

There are two things you need to worry about. Post quality and activity. If you've got those two things, then you will be sitting pretty.. very pretty.

You can't use your clan as a place to spam. It may look cool seeing all the official clans spamming, but they can spam because they've already passed the official test - you haven't. You should be having conversations with your members, developing lifelong bonds, forming a community. You want to make your clan feel comfortable for everyone. There are plenty of topics for conversation; toribash, IRL shit, sports/movies/games/tv, relationships, clan wars, cowmeat... whatever you want to. But don't be stupid about it. Recruit funny and smart people. People you'd want to hang out with. People that can hold a conversation (and pls proper grammar).

To make your clan active you need to be super active yourself. Monkey see, monkey do. You will model good activity. If you and your co-leaders or fellow founders are always there to carry a conversation forward, or start a new one, then your clan will always be active. The clan lives and dies on your activity. Until you've set up a strong foundation and house, with a comfy armchair that you can retire into, you have to man up, stay super-active and just do it.

The more people that post in your DSC, the more active your DSC will be. Stop being such an introvert and make friends with people. Be friendly with other clans and post in their boards. You scratch their back, they scatch yours - everybody's active! It also expands your little community into a much bigger community, and isn't that really what it's all about?