I never intended to join a clan because I felt like it would make the game less about having fun and more serious ...
People have so many different conceptions about clans. Personally i have never toke so many fun than playing with my team (for example, i m not taking fun anymore on public servers). Maybe it make me less independent but maybe i want it

. I m glad to depend of my team because i like to support them and i love all the fun they give me back.
Imo, in a kind of game like tremulous, the top five players have to be in a clan (or having all what i ll say), the bests players is not the one who will make xxxfrags/mins but the one who will make win his team by his teamplay, decisive action.
The best games i did was ended before anybody got 10 frags. And many time, the "men of the match" is not the one who made the most of frag but the one who permits to win the game by one or many awesome actions.
A builder could be the men of the match too, imagine, you re attacking in human s2. Alien defense is very good you have to retreat. You re retreating with few life, no ammo, and you 2 teammate are in the same case, when suddenly around a corner you meet 2 turret, e repeater and 1 medi (far away from you main base), all the dretches are down by turret, you re safe, you can rearm/regen and attack again without letting the time to alien for reorganize them or rebuild ... Victory is close, Builder won the game !