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World of Warcraft

Clan system

A persistent player organization created or recognized by the game itself, with a stable membership, a life beyond one session, a shared identity, functions, and goals.

Assessed with methodology module 0.4. The dimensions are independent and do not produce a single score.

retail

Present

research draft · methodology 0.4 · September 2, 2026 · The cited official materials document the retail product line at their publication dates. Current applicability at the 2026-09-02 boundary was not inferred where a source is outside the freshness window.

Official evidence establishes the recorded persistent player-organization boundary for World of Warcraft and supports these component results: identity and communication 1, governance 1, shared assets and infrastructure 2. Unknown functions, adoption, and dependency were not inferred.

Who participates:
Unknown: the reviewed official material does not establish whether membership attaches to an account, character, server identity, or another unit.
Group structure:
The cited contour establishes persistent organizational and shared guild state; current collective-content aggregation remains unknown.

Assessment scope

Access cost:
Unknown
Product horizon:
Unknown

Independent dimensions

Depth:
at most 2 of 5 — Utility layer
What limits the result:
Collective goals and content: Level 2 is an upper bound because the cited evidence does not establish collective goals; a stronger level was not inferred.
Core experience relevance:
Unknown
Observed adoption:
Unknown— No compatible count of unique mechanic participants and active eligible players was found for the same observation window.
Structural expectation:
Unknown
Player dependency:
Unknown
Change direction:
Not assessed
Assessment type:
Unknown
Confidence:
Medium— The cited material supports the recorded present classification and each linked substantive claim. Unstated adoption, dependency, and functions remain unknown.

Component profile (0–4)

  • Identity and communication1 of 4 — The cited evidence supports score 1 for identity and communication; criteria not stated by the source were not inferred.
  • Governance and permissions1 of 4 — The cited evidence supports score 1 for governance; criteria not stated by the source were not inferred.
  • Shared progressionNot assessed — The targeted official-source review did not establish shared progression; source silence was not converted to score 0.
  • Shared assets and economy2 of 4 — The cited evidence supports score 2 for shared assets and infrastructure; criteria not stated by the source were not inferred.
  • Collective goals and contentNot assessed — The targeted official-source review did not establish collective goals; source silence was not converted to score 0.
  • Competition, territory, and politicsNot assessed — The targeted official-source review did not establish competition and territory; source silence was not converted to score 0.
  • Game integrationNot assessed — The targeted official-source review did not establish game integration; source silence was not converted to score 0.

Evidence

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retail, Organized raid progression

Unknown

research draft · methodology 0.4 · September 2, 2026 · The cited official materials document the retail product line at their publication dates. Current applicability at the 2026-09-02 boundary was not inferred where a source is outside the freshness window.

The cited material establishes Guild functions at product level but does not establish that Organized raid progression requires or structurally uses Guild membership. Segment-specific Presence remains Unknown.

Assessment scope

Access cost:
Unknown
Product horizon:
Unknown

Independent dimensions

Depth:
Unknown
Core experience relevance:
Unknown
Observed adoption:
Unknown— No adoption, relevance, structural-expectation, or dependency conclusion is derived while Presence remains Unknown for this exact boundary.
Structural expectation:
Unknown
Player dependency:
Unknown
Change direction:
Not assessed
Assessment type:
Unknown
Confidence:
Insufficient data— The cited material establishes Guild functions at product level but does not establish that Organized raid progression requires or structurally uses Guild membership. Segment-specific Presence remains Unknown. A game-level signal was not inherited into this segment as a factual observation.

Evidence

  • presence

    Qualifies · Catalog mechanics research · Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment · Published October 27, 2011 · Accessed September 2, 2026

    keep your guild structure intact, including the guild leader, guild bank, and guild name

    The cited material establishes Guild functions at product level but does not establish that Organized raid progression requires or structurally uses Guild membership. Segment-specific Presence remains Unknown. The excerpt is retained only as a qualifying product-level signal; it does not establish segment-specific Presence or Absence.

    https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/3710215/new-guild-services-now-available-updated

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