Q: What is a guild, gaming or trivia clan or E-sports team?

A: In computer and video gaming, a clan or a guild is a group of players that play online games together. They may play against other clans via matches or challenges, also known as scrims (scrimmages) and wars. A clan's objective can vary from having fun in a competitive environment or participating in more serious tournaments and clan wars.

There are usually different ranks and positions within any clan. A small clan usually has a single leader, but a bigger group will have two or sometimes more. There may also be co-leaders, who are usually the main leader's closest friends or trusted members. The rest of the players are simply the regular members. Some very large clans have a council of leaders, usually composed of the clan's founders and other members who have served for an extended period of time. If a leader decides to leave the clan, doesn't feel like being leader anymore, or if the other players simply express a desire to replace a leader, another member will take their place. Most clan leaders usually have the ability to delete players from the clan, although this is not always the case.

E-sports clans are organizations created solely for competition. They are often small in size but their size is also usually determined by how many players they need to meet numbers for competing regularly. Social interaction and friendship is often a requirement for the stability of these teams but it is not the main purpose for the organization. This means that many of these teams are short lived but those who do not fall apart due to social conflicts tend to last for a long time and stay together should they change to a newer game. E-sports teams also often have a tendency to form larger multi-game groups.