Prodigies does make some exceptions if you work really hard. I spent 7 weeks lvling my own team to lvl 120+ so Prodigies made an exception for me and let me in the guild early. But after the week of 2x my water made it to lvl 170 (from around lvl 140 o.o) so now I have I think 2 weeks to get to lvl 180 which should be fine since my water is lvl 175 or something like that. But I have to say that I like joining a guild with a lvl requirement. It's more competitive and everyone has to work hard to keep lvling. It's fun to have little rivalries in a guild to see who can lvl faster and pk each other to see who is better. It makes everyone try harder. But that's just me. It adds a reason to work hard to lvl up. Otherwise it would get boring and I might quit XD