East or West?

What happened to the old days when clans encouraged people to join without much fuss....now its all duel me,run to act 5,jump though a hoop and the rest of that stuff then only if your lucky you get to join.
I know you cannt just accept anyone to a clan but come on when you post in a forum with people thats there all the time and they are insterested in joining im sure some rules could be bent slightly.