Tied the Leader

Tied the Leader is a private gaming community with an uncompromising commitment to sportsmanship and goodwill. In a virtual competitive landscape defined by hostility, we have strived to respect our opponents and foster friendship among our teammates. The members of our official clan, the TTL Gunslingers, have embodied these ideals since 2005. To this day, we continue to search for a good game together, on any platform where it can be found.

Our namesake points to a verbal cue from the game where we found our origins. A tied game is a rare moment of balance and equality - when every player has a shot at victory and glory. The Gunslingers are a fictional metaphor for heroes who jump from one world to the next in search of their Tower.

The experience that surrounds Tied the Leader has always been about fun more than rules. We've just found that upholding the rules helps to protect the fun. Everyone in our community is expected to exhibit the highest standards for maturity and honor. These are the expectations we have for the people we play with:

These ideas are not absolute. They require good judgment on the part of each individual. That, above all else, is what we look for in the company we chose to keep.

The process for welcoming new people to join Tied the Leader has always been democratic. Clan invites can be sporadic, depending mostly on the need to fill open seats in our pre-game lobbies. Our community serves various levels of engagement and responsibility. People are assigned one of the following ranks:

Guest: Unaffiliated players who are looking for a few new teammates in a game. New Guests are approved when they introduce themselves to our community.

Ally: A member of a clan that has affiliated with Tied the Leader. New Allies can be sponsored by Gunslingers or fellow members from their clan who are in good standing in our community.

Gunslinger: An active member of the official clan of Tied the Leader. New Gunslingers are invited to join when a majority of clan leadership votes for their induction after logging some good interactions in game and online.

Leadership: These Gunslingers work together to define our shared culture, moderate the online conversation, lead the way in game, and seek out new recruits. Similar to all decision making at Tied the Leader, the promotion of new Leadership is ratified by majority rule.

You can find Tied the Leader on Discord.

Our private server is home to a lively discussion about the games we play and the friendships that have grown out of them over the years. To begin a conversation with us about who you are and what you seek, you're invited to introduce yourself. Please use the same name that you'll use to play a game with us. The Gunslingers have always prided themselves on issuing a warm welcome to new faces.

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We are the TTL Gunslingers.

We are one from many.

We deal in lead.