by Felycitie, 144 days agoAfter considerable deliberation, the council as a whole has decided to make some much needed changes to the ranking system as well as changes to how the guild works overall. We want everyone to know that the reason for the changes to the guild bank in particular are because of long time guild members stealing large amounts of fairly expensive items from the guild bank. This has happened several times over the last few months and in each case it's been done by people who have been in the guild for 6 months or longer. Due to this fact, only your main character will have the ability to withdraw items from the guild bank. If your alts need something you will have to make the withdrawl using your main or you will have to ask an officer.
(As a side note: Everyone in the guild received the in game email that sent you here. This includes all of your alts as well. You only have to sign up on the forums once. We would prefer you do so under the name of your main character but this is not mandatory and you may sign up with whatever name you choose....as long as it's not vulgar)
1. We really want people to use the website/forums. The Council is getting ready to put a lot of effort into making the forums a wealth of information for everyone in the guild. We GREATLY appreciate you taking the time to register and read these posts. We know your time is valuable but we do not believe that five minutes out of your day is too much to ask for this. Neither is asking that you check the forums and post at least once or twice a month. It’s a great place to keep up to date on day to day stuff.
2. There is a new ranking system and it is being implemented this week. We are hoping to have the rank system fully in place before March 1st but we will begin the changes on February 13th. (Ohhh, freaky!) To read about the new ranking system, please read the
Ranking Information thread.
3. We have typed up some basic rules and guidelines that we'd like all of you to follow. Most of it is general common sense stuff that we all do on a day to day basis anyway but we wanted to list them out anyway. You can find the
General Rules & Guidelines here.
4. After you read the
Ranking Information and the
General Rules & Guidelines you must go to the
Guild Chatter forum and make a post
"HERE" to let us know you have read and understand the ranking system and the rules and guidelines. If you do NOT understand or you have questions, PLEASE POST THEM!
5. If you find someone who would like to be invited to our guild, please direct them to the website.
www.ourtranquility.com There is a recruitment forum (You're in the recruitement forum now.) which will explain the inner workings of our guild, let them know what we’re all about, things we will or won’t tolerate, etc. This will make it much easier for the officers to invite people. It gets to be very time consuming if we have to spend 30 minutes typing out a big long “introduction” for every new member we invite before we invite them.
We REALLY want to thank you guys for taking the time to read all of this information. One last little bit of info here.... We have now passworded Vent. The password is on the main page of the website as well as in the guild info in game. Please do not give this password out to non guildies unless they are involved in a guild run. We will be changing the password once a month to prevent "spammers". Also, in order to make a post on the forums stating that you have read and understand the ranking system and the rules and guidelines, you must sign up on the forums. It may take up to 24 hours for us to approve you once you register. If you still have not been approved after 24 hours PLEASE send Denise or Gina a tell in game so we can approve you.
LAST THING, I PROMISE!!! Once you are registered and approved, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go into the
Guild Roster and claim your characters. This will help us keep up with whose alts belong to who.
Thank you and /huggles to all
The Council
Jekada, Dalani, Felycitie, Everhart, Sinari, Aeockius, Trajon, and Polka
by dalani, 144 days agoGeneral Rules:
1. No excessive cussing & no cussing in general before
9pm server
2. Be courteous to your fellow guildies
3. Don't be a jerk while you're out and about in the world.
4. When in doubt, follow the Golden Rule.
Inactivity Time Frames:
Alts inactive for
6 months will be removed. However, they can be re-invited should you start playing them again.
Mains can be inactive up to
4 months before being removed unless military or other valid reason has been given to officers in the guild.
Accepted Posts for the monthly minimum post:
1. Anything that is work safe is usually fine.
2. Say hello.
3. Go to the tradeskills forum and post updated info on your max skills and/or the cool new stuff you can make.
4. Post a joke.
5. Post a picture (keep it clean though).
6. You get the idea from above suggestions...
Accepted Raids for the Tranquil Raid Requirement:
1. Anything that's a raid. It can be Holiday Event related or any Classic, Outland, or Wrath raids. We're pretty easy going about it, but typically a raid is a group of 10 or more people working towards a common goal.
This could even include doing Wintergrasp assuming enough guildies were going in the same raid. To accept a Wintergrasp raid, it will need to be posted on the Group Calendar and will need to have at least 10 guild members going. If there is a raid that you would like to see ran, please get with Jekada or Everhart to discuss.
Accepted Events for the Participation Requirement:
Please note that for the officers to track these, you need to post them on the GroupCalendar/Blizzard Calendar. If there was a better way, we would totally use it!
1. Join in on getting an achievement
2. Join in on a guild run
3. Join in a raid
4. Help run a lowbie instance
5. You get the idea... The options are open, limited only by what you want to do.
After you have read Rank Info & General Rules (see other thread in the Recruitment Section), please go to Guild Chatter & post in the "I have read the rules and ranking information" thread.
by dalani, 144 days agoHere's how the ranking system works. If you want to be promoted to the next rank, you must achieve all of the requirements listed under your current rank.
Rank 1 - Initiates
1. Characters will spend a minimum of 2 weeks in the initiate rank.
2. All characters must sign up on the website and read the rules and guidelines. You must post and let us know that you have read and understand the rules and guidelines. Failure to follow the rules and guidelines will result in guild removal.
3. Post on the forums once per calendar month.
4. Please note that at this rank you are not allowed to see or use the guild bank.
5. Characters must achieve level 20 before being promoted into the Enlightened rank. If you are new to the guild and/or you are past level 20, you must gain at least one level before being promoted. This rule of course does not apply to characters who are level 80. (This is to prevent promotion of inactive players.)
Rank 2 - Enlightened
1. Characters will spend a minimum of 2 weeks in the Enlightened rank.
2. Must group with an officer on at least one run.
3. Post on the forums once per calendar month.
4. Please note that at this rank you are not allowed to withdraw from the bank but you are allowed to see the contents of the first four tabs.
5. Characters must achieve level 30 before being promoted into the Serene rank. If you are new to the guild and/or you are past level 30, you must gain at least one level before being promoted. This rule of course does not apply to characters who are level 80. (This is to prevent promotion of inactive players.)
Rank 3 - Serene
1. Characters will spend a minimum of 1 month in the Serene rank.
2. Must sign up & participate in three events per calendar month.
3. Post on the forums once per calendar month.
4. Please note that at this rank you are allowed to see the contents on all tabs but will only be allowed to withdraw one stack per day from the first four tabs.
5. Characters must achieve level 50 before being promoted into the Zen rank. If you are new to the guild and/or you are past level 50, you must gain at least one level before being promoted. This rule of course does not apply to characters who are level 80. (This is to prevent promotion of inactive players.)
Rank 4 - Zen
1. Characters will spend a minimum of 1 month at the Zen rank.
2. Must sign up & participate in four events per calendar month.
3. Post on the forums once per calendar month.
4. Please note that at this rank you are allowed to see the contents on all tabs but will only be allowed to withdraw two stacks per day from the first four tabs.
5. Characters must achieve level 70 before being promoted into the Tranquil rank. If you are new to the guild and/or you are past level 70, you must gain at least one level before being promoted. This rule of course does not apply to characters who are level 80. (This is to prevent promotion of inactive players.)
Rank 5 - Tranquil
1. Must sign up & participate in two events per calendar month.
2. Must post & run one event per calendar month.
3. Must sign up & participate in one raid per calendar month.
4. Post on the forums once per calendar month.
5. Please note that at this rank you are allowed to see the contents on all tabs but will only be allowed to withdraw three stacks per day from the first four tabs.
After you have read Rank Info & General Rules (see other thread in the Recruitment Section), please go to Guild Chatter & post in the "I have read the rules and ranking information" thread.
By posting that you have read these rules, you agree that you will be demoted if you do not maintain the requirements for a rank you are in.
If you can not agree with the new ranking system, you are welcome to stay in the guild at the Enlightened rank, as it is not our wish to boot people from the guild, simply to encourage a closer knit & more active guild.
