Created an account just for this post. I had one but it got blocked a while back because I made fun of people who were not all that bright.
Anyways...
I am a leader of a level 50 clan built on the backs of 20 or so players who played together since World at War and MW2 and have since grew to over 70 since we picked up a clan who plays core mainly (because most of our founding members are Hardcore players). Admittingly, I do not know most of the core members nor have even played with them however I do know most of the HC players fairly well. We are all on 1st name basis, talk about families, jobs and the likes. Most of us are well over our mid 20s so like most have said, playing with like minded players works best.
Everyday, we get over 10 applications to join our clan on average. Despite us not recruiting, we keep it open in hopes of finding that one like-minded player. I think in the last month, we have accepted only 3 players, 2 are friends of members and one was a random who tried so hard to join us because she wants to win which is what our clan is about.
What's really odd is all these people who want to join a high level clan and not put the work in, they sure make themselves seem ignorant in the application menu. I have yet to read an application that is at least 80% grammatically correct or contains correct spelling. If that wasn't enough, because my clan's K/D ratio is 1.22, everyone who has a higher K/D ratio thinks it's a free ticket into the clan. Wouldn't a low clan K/D ratio tell everyone that this clan doesn't care about that?
Or my favorite: "Hi I want to do Clan Operations I make a lot of help. 2.34 KDR I play Dom and I am good quickscoper". This is from today. He has more games on Domination than he has captures and a 22% win. Plus, I look at his account and he isn't even premium. I know it doesn't matter once BO2 comes out but why would I want someone like this on my team?
One kid, who I wouldn't let join because he is 13 and it's just not right for a 13 year old to play with guys who are in their 30s, was extremely insistant. Before I knew his age, he kept messaging me on PSN about joining. I asked him to tell me a bit about himself, which I meant playstyle and the sorts and he took it as a chance to let me know he is 13, 5'6" and Asian. Like I care about his height...
What I finally realized was that is if people knew how to work as a team, gather wins instead of worrying about K/D ratio and played with like-minded players, they wouldn't be trying to join high level clans, they'd be already apart of it.
I really believe being a PS3 Clan is the way to go. There for playing different game title's together also makes for some good times, especially "Hannah Montana" ha ha 
PS3 Clans seem to be made up of friends, friends of friends and like minded peeps? No free loaders 
