Thanks for sharing this article about guilds and brawl. Guilds were the one thing that helped me stay in this game when I was just learning it on my own.
Even I flee from time to time these days playing on my alt, since it doesn't have any little league archons. It happens.
Same here my first guild had a lot of active players that helped a lot, but with time they stopped and now I'm in an another guild, and luckly they are also very helpful and give amazing insights.
Same story here, I ended up sticking longer with my 2nd guild, @shield-of-glory when I started with @the420syndicate.
Most users maybe are at the 2nd guild.