you didn't have to be part of a clan to have "played tribes".. that's just what scrawny nerds want to believe
I played Tribes since around release, but goddamn even though I was like 12 or 14 and pretty nerdy at the time I still didn't have the abysmal amount of time you nerds spent committing to hard competition and practices
I was happier than shit playing pubs and mods, but fuck if I was going to sign up for some nerd crew to practice twice weekly and get into competitions. that was for the REAL nerds. I still had real life friends