Okay, I'll stick to the topic
Personally, I've no problem with clans whatsoever. I do feel they belong in the RP forum unless the clan's involved in multiplayer gaming, in which case they should go to the appropriate forum. I'd love to, but dial-up's a pain when it comes to that.
But, as one of the RP forum regulars, I can say with some certainty that the forum is all but abandoned right now. Not only is clan activity at an all-time low, but non-clan related RPing has come to a near complete standstill as well. Death's fine threads don't even get replies anymore. The conclusion being that appearantly people have better things to do or are preoccupied with different things, which is fine.
However, even before the decreasaed activity manifesting roughly two weeks ago, but starting a bit earlier still, there wasn't much clan activity (although Lennon did dust off the order of merlin thread, and did I see the holy temple pop up again? Not a clan per say but still...).
So, what we'd need is to breathe new life into the clans, but that won't work until there's something interesting happening (I recall a modding mage causing quite the stir a while back). Perhaps a grand campaign calling upon all the clans and their members? I fear I'm still gathering armies to test a combat system on a larger scale (one done, three in development, about eight controlled by me but then that won't test the system to its limits). But, if you think it's manageable, we could set something up