Society Rules
1. Begging is not acceptable and will possibly be grounds from dismissal from our society. This means begging other society members AND non-society members. Members who are in desperate need of supplies or assistance can appeal to ranking officiers for help. However, any assistance provided by other society members is volunteered, not required and abuse of this assistance is grounds for termination from the society. If a society member is kind enough to provide you with equipment, this equipment is NOT to be sold. If you no longer need it or do not want it, then give it back or donate it to another society member. Although we are a supportive society, all members are expected to be self-sufficient.
2. Spamming or repeated messages of no value to the Society Chat window is also not allowed. Also, if you are having a long ongoing chat with only one other society member, please take it to private messaging to reduce clutter on the chat channel. When you are on a team, please keep team member chats to the Team channel or All channel.
3.
Only Colonels and above are “allowed” to promote members to new ranks in our society. Although people of Sergeant rank or higher have the power to promote, please do not do so without permission.
4. Hate language and personal slurs of other society members OR non-society members is grounds for immediate termination from the society. This includes language pertaining to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and anything else that we deem to be inappropriate. If in doubt that what you are about to say may be offensive, then just don't say it.
5.
Have fun. If you can’t find a teammate to hunt/mine/run with, there is nothing wrong with hunting yourself. Please do not repeatedly beg or whine for others to join you. Most our our members enjoy teaming with others, but sometimes people are busy with other tasks, in a distant location or otherwise simply not available.
6.
Please, please, make every attempt to act mature in the game. Yes, it’s a game, but we don’t have to show everyone else that we are not mature!
7. If you have a complaint against a member for violating any of the society rules, or for any other reason, please take this complaint in PRIVATE to The General or one of the other colonels via private chat in game or by private message or email through the forums. Do NOT post complaints against other players in the forum or on the chat channels.
These are not really tough rules to follow. Mostly common sense. We have a pretty great group of people in our society and hopefully it continues to grow and evolve.
Promotion Rules
Recruit to Private: ALL TP's on both continents. Please contact the General or one of the Colonels for a TP test.
Private to Sergeant: Level 15 in a profession. (Just over the level for graduating from mentorship)
Sergeant to Captain: Level 25 in a profession + a minimum of 60 days in the society.
Captain to Colonel: Level 35 in a profession, the approval of "majority" vote from the other colonels + a minimum of 120 days in the society. Must also be "active" on the forum as well.
The General or a colonel can promote you ONLY after they scan you to confirm the levels. No other member of SV is allowed to perform promotions or accept recruits into the society.
Demotions can/will occur for behavior, etc.
Scamming is an instant removal from the society.
It is YOUR responsibility to notify one of us if you believe you're due for an advancement in rank. We won't "hunt" you down to ask you.
