It's probably worth noting (for about the 12,000th time) that it would probably seriously benefit you if you actually got to know the clan before joining.
The best way to go about this would be to get on IRC and hang out in our channel (#NO) and talk to us, blah blah, instead of outright applying and hope that we like you from your post alone.
Alternatively, you could attempt to hunt members of the clan down ingame, though for me that's nigh impossible. >_>