For some, the comradery and enjoyment of the game is the priority. For others, it's winning.
We've had this discussion in various forms for many years because we have players with large differences in skillsets, and objective. Over those years we've found happy mediums at times on various servers where the usually really good guys usually win the map, but where, every now and then, they'll have an off day or they'll be drunk, and we can get a shot at it.
I can tell you that in the early days of XI at least one player I remember was banned because he simply was too good; he owned every map every time he played. The thinking was that the enjoyment of the clan members was paramount - their server after all - and that members who knew they didn't have a snowball's chance left when member X came in. Something had to be done.
That's still the case, to an extent. It takes fun out of the game for most of us when someone is beyond just being good, but so damned good that you just don't want to play against him. I know some folks make it a point to play at certain times of the day because of it.
So where are we with this?
Well, we're a clan - first and foremost. That means to me that having been accepted by a group of folks to walk among them, that you have a responsibility to them. You should always treat your fellow clansmen with respect of course and you should engage them and share a "how do" and "how's it going," and not just be a bump on a log in game.
But I'd suggest it also means that if you're one of the best of the best, that every now and then, you turn it back a notch or two for the good of the clan. Yah, winning's cool. But is winning every friggin map cool? It wouldn't be to me.
Just a suggestion here but if you're so competitive, so driven in the game that you just can't help but get every kill and kick every ass till it bleeds, then maybe you need to find some servers where that's the way everybody plays. I'm not saying don't play with us. And I'm not saying leave us.
What I'm saying is that when you feel like you need to be in beast mode, why not take it where others play like that and give yourself some good competition. And after it's out of your system, come back to us losers - maybe with one eye shut or one hand behind your back.