I've been following this a bit. Here's my "official" two cents:
No, "old guys clubs" are NOT clans. A clan is something that has an OOC element to it. An "old guys club" running a realm might still be a problem, if they are excluding others. But they are not a clan by the definition I use. This is especially true for the "official" position on clans that basically says "it's not illegal to have friends or play with them, but please don't exclude others".
You basically said that you don't consider "old guys clubs" clans, and said that they might be a problem if they exclude others. Then you said that part of the of official rule on clans is "it's not illegal to have friends or play with them, but please don't exclude others." Wouldn't, by that definition, mean that any old guys club that excluded others also be a clan?
