Table of Contents:

Introduction
Naming your clan chat, and adding/ranking members
Using a Clan Chat
Ranks and Permissions
Keeping your clan chat under control
The Ranking System
F.A.Q.'s
Outro

Introduction:

On August 6th 2007, there was a new tab added to the game, which changed the face of in-game communication greatly. Clan chat.

Through the use of clan chat, you can bring together 100 users in one channel, whether they be your friends, or people you don't know.

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Naming your clan chat, and adding/ranking members:

When you open your Clan Chat Setup window, by pressing this button.



You will see a page like this.

Using this page, you can name your clan chat, set your chat's permissions and give ranks to people who are on your friend's list. To name your clan chat, simply click the top button, and enter the name you wish. In order to add a member to your clan, simply add them to your friend's list. If you want to rank the people in your clan, use the right-hand portion of the screen. Simply find the person's name in the list, right click it, and select the rank you wish to give them.

Note: for a full sized clan, it may be best to create an extra account solely for the use of cataloging members of the clan. Because clan members must be on your friends list, using your main account can get confusing, especially since all of your friends are automatically ranked as a friend in your chat (unless otherwise assigned a position).

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Using a Clan Chat:

Start by clicking the double smiley face tab in the bottom middle of the inventory screen.



Click the "Join Clan" button, and type in the name of the account running the clan chat.



And you will see a screen like this.



In order to talk with people in the chat, simply type a / before your message. It will appear as normal (without the /) in the chat window. However, the messaged will be pre-fixed with "[*clan name*] *your name*:" Instead of just your name. The text of the message will also appear in red.

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Ranks and Permissions:

You may have noticed that back in step one, there were a few extra buttons for permissions.



These permissions affect who can join your chat, and who can talk in it. If you have these permissions set to anyone, anyone that knows your name can enter chat, and talk in it. If, you have who can enter set to anyone, but who can talk set to friends, anyone can join the chat and view what is being said, but only people on your friends list can speak.

There is also a permission called "Who can kick". This determines who can forcibly remove people from your clan chat.

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Keeping your clan chat under control:

There are always those people who like to bend, stretch, tear, or break the rules. Thankfully, the clan chat systems allows you some control over this. The simplest, but harshest way to do this is to use the permissions discussed above. These will make it impossible for certain players to join or talk in your clan chat, effectively stopping the problem before it starts. The less harsh, but still effective (assuming you have trustworthy people who use your chat) method is to give certain users kicking power. You can set which ranks have kicking powers using the permissions disucssed above. After you do so, anyone with that rank, or above, can kick users from the chat. to kick a user, simply right-click their name and select "Kick user *name*" Kicking a user will remove them from the chat and ban them from returning for one hour, or until the chat becomes completely empty.

Note:You cannot kick someone that is equal to or above you in rank, even if you normally have kicking powers.

The final way of controlling your clan chat is through the Ignore List. Any users added to your Ignore List cannot enter your clan chat. This is a permanent (or at least until you un-Ignore them) way to keep people out of your clan chat while still allowing others in.

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The Ranking System:

The Clan Chat system allow you to give users many different ranks, below is the list of them.

Priority Level is used when your clan chat is full. If a user that attempts to join a full clan chat, any user that has a lower rank than that user is kicked from the chat, and the higher ranked user given their place.

Note: There is also a rank called "Moderator" reserved for Jagex mods. They have full power over everyone in the clan chat.

Rank Image	Rank Name	Level Priority	Information
	Moderator	Level 8	Jagex Moderators can kick or ban anyone
	Leader	Level 7	The creator of the clan chat, can kick or ban anyone (other than Jagex moderators)
	General	Level 6	The highest rank any clan member can recieve, can be given kicking permissions by clan owner
	Captain	Level 5	Can be given kicking permissions by clan owner
	Lieutenant	Level 4	Can be given kicking permissions by clan owner
	Sergeant	Level 3	Can be given kicking permissions by clan owner
	Corporal	Level 2	Can be given kicking permissions by clan owner
	Recruit	Level 1	Lowest ranking available, can be given kicking permissions by clan owner
	Friends	Level 0	People who are not ranked, but on your friends list
N/A	Anyone Else	Level 0	People who have joined your clan chat, but aren't on your friends list

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F.A.Q.'s:

• Do I have to let people into my clan chat, or can I just not use it?
  
  If you don't want your clan chat to be used, simply right click the box that lets you set the name for your chat, and select the disable option. Your clan chat is now unusable by anyone until you manually re-enable it.
  
  
• Can I be reported for things said in a clan chat?
  
  Yes, speaking in a clan chat is just like speaking publicly, so if you break one of the rules, you an still be reported, and punished for the offence.
  
  
• What is this Lootshare option?
  
  Lootshare allows a group of people in the same clan chat to share drops from monsters. All people who are in the clan chat and have lootshare activated have a chance of reciving the item from a monster when it is dropped. When they recieve an item, the become less likely to recieve an item next time, so each person lootsharing will get some drops.
  
  
• What is Coinshare?
  
  Coinshare is an addition to Lootshare. When Coinshare is activated, high level Lootshared drops will be converted into gold, and sent to the Grand Exchange. Each player who is within the radius to have a chance to recieve the drop will get an even split of the money. The amount of GP that is dropped is based on the items minimum Grand Exchange price. High level drops include dragon items, godsword shards/hilts and more.
  
  

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Outro:

The clan chat system is great for organizing during large events such as Castle Wars, Clan Wars, and monster hunting, but another, possibly greater use exists. Clan chats can be a great way for a bunch of friends who know each other to communicate from wherever they are, and not have to worry about hold a multitude of 2 person, private message conversations.

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