Conduct /Base Guidelines We do encourage willingness to help others to better yourself and help RKS and SW grow in membership and foster a spirit of community and family among our members, but we also respect the rights and needs of the individual. 2. If there is a dispute between you and another member, take it to one of the Squad Commander or General to help resolve the situation if not resolvable on your own. Please do not argue in the organization chat. 3. Keep in mind that a lot of our organization members are young-adults. Keep mature content and cursing to as minimum as possible in the organization channel. 3a. If you are a guest of a member in org chat, or potential new recruit in guest chat, please keep in mind that chat guidelines apply to you as well. 3b. Chat Guidelines: * No excessive use of foul language, a good number of our org members are under the age of 18 and we need to set a good example. No arguments or belittling of an org mate will be tolerated in org chat, if you can not handle a disagreement in a tell like adults, please take it to a SC or General to mediate. * Use of derogatory, discriminating and the like (racial, overtly sexual and rude comments) are not tolerated. While we encourage everyone to enjoy the game, there is no reason to offend, insult or belittle org members in org chat, even inadvertantly through racial slurs or hateful remarks. This is a very firm and enforced rule and applies to not only the org(s) but guests in the channel as well as potential new recruits. * Use of scripts and spamming org chat is not allowed, colors as well. If you must practice a script or use colors, please do it in a private chat/vicinity or team chat. Org chat is difficult to follow at times without those distractions and can cause people to become confused and result in the death of their character. * No spamming OOC or the Shopping channels, or excessive use of foul language. Do not give RKS or SW a bad name, it will result in a warning, 2nd time demotion, and 3rd time you will be kicked from RKS. Rudeness and uncalled for obscene/crude or cruel behavior/discussions in public channels will absolutely not be tolerated. 4. We are as peaceful an org (both RKS & SW) as we can be, and do not condone uncalled for PvP (ganking) or attacks on towers unless the tower attack was not in a malicious intent.. or to start a personal war. Keep in mind that when passing a 'hot field' (one that is of omni-tek/clan, and even neutral towers in some instances) if you are in the range of level that those towers can attack you, mind your reflects, your pets /pet follow and make sure your auto-attack monster/person is off.. tower flags are no fun especially when you didn't intend for it to happen, which sadly is what happens a lot of the time. No personal attacks upon anothers field, purposely, will be tolerated unless it is in coordination with the Generals/President of the guild. Please read #12, Tower & PvP if you are interested in Towers. 5. Recruiting Guidelines and Evaluation Period: When recruiting new members, think about whether this person made a good team-mate or were helpful to you. RK ShadowS does not need trouble-makers or those who think they are better then others (elitists), and certainly does not need someone who has poor sportsmanship! When a new member is recruited there is an 'applicant evaluation period' in which the new member is asked to help show that while we are there to help them, they can also help us. Working together is the only way we will continue to hold a strong bond. Promotions will be based on the amount of time a member has spent showing they are dedicated to the org, in whatever form possible, from helping another org mate out in a dungeon, to offering to hold some org supplies.. anything and every little bit helps. Promotions from applicant to Unit Member will be done only during the weekly meeting held every *other* Sunday [always check guild news for time/date changes due to holidays and such, which may be achieved by typing !news]. 5a. New Recruits: While we offer a family type atmosphere, we will not offer a *free ride*. Begging and soliciting and or using the org to level up and utilize us, then leaving us for either a side, or another org (unless there is a disagreement that truly in the end can not be worked out) is severely frowned upon.. while we are here to help you, we also want to make sure you will be there to help in return. There is a large truth to the saying, give a man a fish and he will not starve that night.. but teach this man to fish and he'll never starve again. There are many resources within the org, and our forums, our bot, our long-time members, where you can gain knowledge to better yourself, your toon, and in the end achieve your goals, in hopes that you will stick with us through the thick and thin. It is why we have an 'applicant stage'.. to make sure you feel comfortable with us, and vice versa. If you don't plan to stay with us, make it known from the beginning, accepting the promotion to Unit Member means that you understand, agree to the conduct guidelines and plan to stick with us for the long run. 6. Meetings: Sunday meetings are not mandatory unless you are a Squad Commander or General. There are exceptions to this rule though, time zones, real life emergencies and the like. I ask that you be there on time if you are to be there and remain there the duration. Those that are not of either of those ranks are encouraged to attend because this is the time for discussing help with quests, ideas, issues and promotions. *Revised* We are now trying to work it so we only hold meetings every other Sunday, and try to do an org raid/activity on the other Sundays. 7. Inactive Members: Members who are a Unit member or above and remain inactive for a 3 month period without prior notice are to be kicked from the org - their main and their alts. Members of Applicant rank that are inactive for 1 month, will be kicked from the org. It is therefore in your best interest to register your alt characters with our organization bot, Zenecanbot. If you are going to be absent from the game for a prolonged period of time, please notify a leader of RKS or SW as soon as possible to avoid your characters getting kicked from the org. Every so often I will reset the org governing form so that all members will be applicant again, and if still active in the org, will be promoted to their current and proper rank, as so to weed out the inactives instead of a mass /org kick day. 8. We do not discriminate against sex, creed, origin, sexual orientation, religion or race. No acts of sexual harassment will be allowed, stalking, or uncalled for advances. That type of behavior will most likely result in immediate removal from the org. 9. Org Bank & Tax: [This one applies to RK ShadowS members only] Org tax currently is 0% [zero%]. City shop tax is [1%] at the moment. So long as org bank does not go under a certain ammount or we have issues paying city upkeep, it will remain as it's set. Donations are ALWAYS appreciated, but not required. To donate you can give to a General, the President or if you are a unit member or above do /org bank add [/org bank add 1000000 - will add the sum of 1m credits from your personal credits to the org banks]. Unit Members and above may view org bank by typing /org bank. The funds in org bank go towards helping newer org members, maintaining towers, city upkeep and sometimes Raiding. It is also sometimes used to help org mates with armor/Ncu/weapons, permitting the funds balance at the moment. Sometimes raffles are held for the org as well for unique/rare/special items just for fun and enjoyment, credits also. If you would like to host a raffle, let a SC/General or the President know. 10. Raiding: Both RKS and SW are welcome to host an AI Raid whenever, so long as enough CRU is provided before and after each raid. * Raid leaders have the right to set the loot for their team however [Raid leader is provider of the CRU] * You need to ask a SC or higher to drop cloak for you if you are not one yourself. * The 'No selling of Lead Bots' rule has since been changed. I'd like to ask that (in RKS case) if you have raided and come upon bots you have no use for.. consider offering perhaps in org for trade or perhaps a discounted price. Not mandatory but a thoughtful idea none the less. * While you may host a raid for hopes of bots... constant *bot farming* shouldn't be a reason to raid.. we are not a *farming org*. * Controller Tower is never to go below 20% or it will disable city advantages [type /org city to view city advantages], and never over 50% unless raiding or we will have random alien attacks that can cause some serious problems. * If you host a raid, make sure that it is announced in org chat 5 minutes prior to cloak drop to give org members enough time to vacate the city since the number of org members and levels of them will determine amount of aliens and alien Hacker levels. While it is okay to AFK in HQ or city shop, NEVER is it okay to AFK or logout outside HQ or shop in the city boundaries since it can destroy someone's raid. * After raiding, whether it is a ground raid or full raid [ship included] make sure to raise the cloak when finished. 11. Personal and Org Only shop Guidelines: Every org member is entitled to a shop, but if you have an excessive amount of alternative characters, please do not claim 7 shops to yourself. *ORG ONLY SHOPS - org only shops must have the box checked 'org only' and must be placed along the back wall in the 2nd room. If you purchase from an org only shop, please be considerate and don't take something you have no use for, especially taking to resell for a personal gain. 12. Tower & PvP/Ganking Guidelines: Each active Unit member is permitted to place a tower in our tower field. If you are going to place towers, you are asked to make a character to defend if we are ever under attack. It does not need to be a super uber twink, just be prepared to defend your tower as well as others if the time arises. Do not attack another organizations tower without the permission of a General or the President. Attacking someone's tower on purpose opens up our towers to an attack for 2hours. If you are a PvP'r for fun, and enjoy BS (Battlestation) it's encouraged (though not required, just a smart idea if you want to help defend our field(s)), that you acquire an Orbital Air-strike Marker from the LE Shop in Borealis. They cost 1k VP and can sometimes be the actual end to having to defend our field, for once it is placed and set off.. it destroys anything within its radius, including mechs/turrets/avts and the like. Ganking is not tolerated under any circumstances and grounds for immediate dismissal. 13. Ninja looting and intentional Kill Stealing is highly frowned upon.. don't tarnish the orgs' good name and think of how you would feel if someone came and did the same to you before you act upon an impulse such as that. 14. Last but most definitely NOT least, enjoy yourselves. :)
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