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Guild Charter and Code of Conduct
| Guild Structure - Rankings |
- Our guild masters are Dorthar and Harpo - Da King and Da Queen. They are ultimately responsible for the management of the guild as a whole. That includes the election of Guild Officers, the contents of the Guild Charter and Codes, plotting the overall course of the guild, and final executive decision.
- High Counselor: This is the rank given to Guild Officers. They assist the Guild Masters in all things pertaining to the running of the Guild. This includes enforcing the Guild Charter and Codes. They are also responsible for decisions that need to be made while the guild masters are away. Also, they're in charge of Recruiting and management of all the guild raids.
- Counselor: This is a rank given to Class Mentors.
- Knight: These are trusted members of Past Tense.
- Squire: This rank is given to all members of good standing in Past Tense.
- Officer Alt: The alts of the Guild Masters and High Counselors.
- Alt: The alts - Each member can have one level 80 alt and another leveling alt.
- Trainee: The social members.
- Page: These are our newest members. Please see Trial Period for further explanation.
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| Guild Charter |
- Our Purpose: Past Tense was founded to create a fun and rewarding gaming community for World of Warcraft. We are dedicated to the gamer who likes to have fun, has a sense of community, direction, and is planning on sticking with us for the long run. We expect our members to be mature and work for the benefit of the guild as a whole, and not for their personal gain. We are a PvE guild and our main goal is to explore the end content of WotLK. Therefore we strive to excel in raiding.
- Membership: Everyone who wishes to become a member of Past Tense must submit an application through the guild forum. The application will be reviewed and commented by the Guild Masters, High Counselors and Class Mentors. You will receive feedback within 24 hours of you having posted your application to the forum.
- We prefer applicants to be at least 18 years old and to have a good knowledge of written and spoken English. We also expect you to have or to be willing to install and use our list of required addons. Also it is crucial that you are able to raid from 23:00 server time for at least 2 hours.
- Trial Period: After you have been accepted to Past Tense, you enter a 2 week trial period status. During this time, you will be listed as Page and your performance and attitude will be evaluated. Page members who are level 80 will be allowed to participate in raids. Please be aware that we use a DKP system.
After a successful Trial Period, Page members will be promoted to become full members of Past Tense (Squire).
- Re-Admission: If a member should leave or be removed from the guild, they can reapply to become a guild member again, assuming that they had a previous good standing in our community. However, all ranks and privileges that member had will be removed and they will start at the initial Page rank. Members that either quit or were removed for breaking the Guild Charter or Code of Conduct are not eligible for re-admission. All re-admissions will be determined by the Guild Masters and the High Counselors.
- Member Responsibilities: Members of the guild are responsible for remaining active in-game and on the guild forum. Inactivity of longer than 4 weeks without explanation will result in removal of the character from the guild. They are also responsible for helping fellow guild members to the best of their ability and answering questions if the answer is known to them. When using the guild channel, please be polite and show respect to others. We won't tolerate sexist or racial remarks, either on the forum or in the guild channel. Please read and take to heart our Code of Conduct.
- Applying to other guilds: We are aware that we can not please all of our members all of the time. PAST TENSE is a tight knit community and we wish to have members that identify themselves with our guild, our goals, our rules and our schedules. If for some reason you think you can't continue with us, that's ok. But before you apply to other guilds, please inform us that you're doing so. We find it polite and it keeps you in a good standing with us.
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| Code of Conduct |
- The Code of Conduct is pretty simple to adhere to. Respect each other as well as the community in general. Use common sense and treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself. Remember that you have your guild name above your head. We don't want to get a bad reputation because some of our members couldn't behave. This means within the guild, as well as outside of it.
- When raiding, we expect our members to have done their homework on the encounter. We also expect our members to listen to and respect the instructions of the Raid Leader. If you have an issue, please whisper the person in charge. We will not tolerate the "too many chiefs" syndrome. This is non-negotiable.
- If you have problems or concerns, Guild Masters, High Counselors and Class Mentors are all appropriate channels to go through. A long whinge on guild chat is not. This is a mature guild and we expect every member to act accordingly.
- The Guild Charter and Code of Conduct are evolving as we progress through the game. Changes will be made as seen fit by Guild Leadership. Please check back often.
- Remember the Guild and its Charter are here for your benefit, in order to provide you with a fun, stable and rewarding gaming community.
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| Raid Times |
- Raids will start at 23:05, server time. Invites will start at 22:45. All raids will have a minimum duration of 2 hours. You are expected to be online at max 23:00. After this time, you run the risk of being replaced.
- The raiding teams will be announced on the forum 24 hours before the raiding time. Signups that take place after the 24 hour cut-off will be considered as possible replacements or if a group needs filling. They will however always be last in priority.
- After the team is announced, if something changes and you can't make it, post on the raid topic or message/whisper an officer saying so, to make sure we can find a replacement before the raid time.
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| Raid preparation |
- Every member willing to participate in a raid must apply via the forum raid calendar no later than 23:00 of the previous day.
- Every member must be aware that they're responsible for getting their consumables ready before a scheduled raid. Our Guild Bank has some of these consumables, but do not consider it your main source.
- Every member must be fully repaired before the start of the raid.
- Every member must read and understand the strategies for the scheduled encounters of that raid.
- Guild Tabard is mandatory during raids. This means you must EQUIP it.
- Make sure that before the raid starts you have logged on to Ventrilo.
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| Behaviour |
- You're expected to listen to/read the explanation that is given by the Raid Leader, without interrupting. After that, you will have time to ask questions if necessary. Suggestions should be given via /w.
- You're expected to perform the best you can in your class and don't improvise. Improvisation usually results in death and chaos.
- After a boss is dead, it is Loot Time. When the Master Looter announces the loot, you're expected to say just NEED, GREED or PASS on the raid chat. Please respect your fellow members and refrain from flooding chat with chatter, gratz messages, "I've got better", and the like. Save all that for AFTER the loot is distributed.
- Breaks are done when the Raid Leader decides to. If you need to take a break, please whisper the Raid Leader to see if it's possible.
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| Picking the team |
- The teams will always be defined by the Officers.
- Alts are not allowed in official raids.
- If you're a new member of the guild (Page), you have a raiding trial period of 2 weeks (minimum 3 raids). During this time, you will be assigned dkp like a regular member, but you'll be last on the priority list to get a drop until after your raiding trial period has ended.
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| Loot |
- Distribution of BoP items will be made using the 0 Sum dkp system + need or greed.
- Equipment for secondary roles will have their cost reduced.No one can need roll on an item for a secondary role. (Examples of secondary role: A holy paladin rolling for dps gear. This is a greed roll.)
- Green BoE items will always be sent to the Guild Bank. They will be disenchanted. The materials from disenchanted items will be used to help members enchant their gear, or level their enchanting profession. Note: Help means exactly that. Do not consider the Guild Bank your main source!! If the Guild Bank is starting to be full of those materials, they will be sold at the Auction House.
- Blue BoE items will always be sent to the Guild bank. They will be given to lower level players or sold at the Auction House.
- Epic BoE items that may drop will be distributed as the BoP ones. Although, if no one wants them, they'll have the same treatment as Blue BoE items.
- Loot in FREE RAIDS will be rolled for on a need/greed system. There will be no dkps spent or earned there.
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| Raiding in free content |
- High Counselors, Counselors and Knights may schedule these raids on the Free raids section of our forum calendar.
- They are free to schedule those raids at any day/time, as long as it doesn't compromise any of the official raids. Should the schedules happen to overlap, the official raid team will be picked first. And there is no space for negotiation here.
- On these raids, the need/greed system will be used, and no dkps will be spent or given. Items that no one wants will be disenchanted and the materials sent to Guild Bank, like in any other PAST TENSE raid. We trust the ones that are leading the raid to make a fair distribution of the loot.
- We encourage these free raids within the guild, but if it's not possible, then find a group outside the guild to do it.
- As far as WotLK is concerned, the only free raids for now will be the pre-TBC and the TBC ones.
- Alts are not allowed to raid official content outside the guild.
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| Penalties |
- Failure to comply with any of these rules may result in a penalty.
- enalties will be decided by the High Counselors and they can be diverse. For example, being unable to raid for a period of time, a time-off from the guild, or a ban from Past Tense.
- If you raid in a group other than the one defined in Past Tense (i.e. in PUG groups or with other guilds), the situation will be reviewed by the High Counselors, but will always have a severe penalty. The only exception made is stated above in free raids.
- You will be informed of the penalty applied to you at the end of the raid, or as soon as you come online.
- Any special circumstances that aren't in these rules will be analyzed by the High Counselors and different penalties may be applied.
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If you have any doubts regarding the rules, please ask the High Counselors for clarification.
NOTE: These rules will be updated as we progress to other WotLK content.
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Last Update: November 27th, 2008
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