Respect and Human Basics
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: sock it to me! Respect the guild. Respect other players. Respect yourself (note: different from "respec"; we only wish we could apply 5 more talent points to Self-Actualization). This includes treating others as you’d like to be treated, and being a responsible, accountable member of both our little community and the WoW community as a whole.

Human Basics. We firmly believe the rules of human behavior still apply in this game. You wouldn’t stand outside a Walmart with a megaphone and following people around demanding money: don’t do it in game. Harassment, slurs, fraud, hacks… all the prohibited things spelled out in the Blizzard Terms of Service and End User License Agreement are not allowed, and will result in disciplinary action or a kick.

Guild Representation in Public Forums

When you run around Azeroth, you’ve got our nametag above your head. That means what you do publicly reflects on everyone else in the guild. This becomes extremely important as we all gain levels, because the higher you get the more people you need to play with in groups and raids. If you give us a bad name, disciplinary action will result (see above Walmart example).

Please refrain from posting in a public forum (e.g. the WoW Cenarius forum or the Trade channel) to complain about others. Standard procedure is to find out who a player’s Guild Master is, and make a complaint directly to them, or to a Game Master if the complaint is serious (i.e, they are in violation of the Blizzard TOS).

If you’d like to defend the guild itself in the forums, please run your post by an officer first. In our experience these kinds of posts usually create greater animosity, never solve anything, and are usually instigated by those who are trying to troll. We can’t exactly enforce this, but please be aware that you are publicly speaking for the entire guild when posting.

Ninjas are our mortal enemy, or the Art of Saying Gno

We believe in having a strong sense of community in our guild, and look for what's best for that community as a whole. We love getting gear upgrades, but we also expect our members to think about upgrades for others in addition to themselves. For example, if an epic piece will give your current epic piece a small upgrade, but will replace that blue piece of crap the other guy has been wearing to all the raids for a couple of months now... do you really think you should be rolling on it? We think, no. We will give a warning or kick if a player exhibits an overall pattern of greedy ninja-like behavior, though we do understand the occasional brainfart-ohfrack,ishouldn'thaverolled-incident. Know when to say no, or if you are extra cool you will even gnow when to say gno.

Community At Large

Though our guild community is important, we also exist in the larger Cenarius community. As such, we don't like griefing, corpse camping, or otherwise interfering in others’ gameplay… we consider these to fall under harassment, as stated above. Since we are on a PvE server, there are those (including Horde) who are here simply to do questing—respect them as a fellow player even if you can’t talk to them, and please do not kill their gryphon masters, quest givers, etc.

Slurs and Insults vs. Language
We don't mind a bit of swearing or joking, ye old bilge rat. However, we consider the following extremely unacceptable: sexual, racial, political, or religious slurs or insults. These will result in a warning or a kick.

Begging, Buying Gold, and other Asshat Activities
These will result in a kick. Do your own work, ya worthless slob.

Raid Rules: are we raiding or partying?

Screwing around elsewhere is fine, but raids are for serious time. People schedule raids into their lives, and we want to respect that time. In addition to these, you can also review our raid leader's guidelines to being a good raider.

1. Sign-up.

Signing up is important because we will know for sure if we have enough warm bodies to fill out a raid, and what sort of class distribution to manage. This avoids wasting folks' time so please sign-up or mention you can't make it.

2. Be on Time

Being on time means the raid is ready to do its first pull at raid start time. If you plan to log in at 6:55 for a 7:00 raid, this means you need to have prepared in advance and logged out in front of the instance, as well as let someone know ahead of time that you plan to attend the raid (see Signup, above). Otherwise you need to log in earlier and allow for time to prepare.

• Calling in vs. Flaking out. This goes for both the start of the raid, as well as a disconnect. It takes 30 seconds to send an email, make a phone call, send an AIM tell, or otherwise to let someone know you will be late, and when/if you expect to be there. We will hold your spot as long as we can, if you call in ahead of time. Otherwise, we will fill or pug your spot, or simply cancel the raid if pugs don't work out. You don't wanna be THAT person, do you? 'Course not. :)

3. Preparation: Research, Reagents and Consumables

• Research is key. Read about boss fights ahead of time, or at the very least watch videos on YouTube. We don't want to repeat every strategy for each boss, for every raid, because it consumes a lot of time. Asking for clarification or specific reminder is fine, but we fully expect you to have some knowledge of fights in advance.
• Stuff To Bring. Basic expectations include being able to function in full capacity for your class, including spells requiring reagents.
  Think of it as your regular shopping list before you leave Shattrath for a raid. Remember to bring: reagents for all your spells, ammunition, water/food if no mage, potions, bandages, buff food, and weapon buffs. For extra credit, also remember: scrolls if they help, smoke flares, elune stones, and repair bots. We generally flask or elixir for boss fights we're currently working on beating, though it's not required unless your specific character is having trouble.

4. This is not a democracy: Raid Leader is Emperor/Queen/etc!

Outside of raid, our guild leader is happy to listen to what you've got to say, and make decisions to the benefit of everyone's overall happiness in life. However. In raid, our raid leader has ultimate say over things. Never question the raid leader in public chat, especially on tactics, as this has caused enough confusion as to wipe raids in the past. Send tells with questions or concerns over strategy. And above all, if the Raid Leader tells you to jump, then [spacebar]!

Mithril Rule

Do not spill your drink while playing. It will damage your keyboard, and potentially cause your character to do erratic movements and spells. Hysteric laughter is not an excuse! We will punish severely those who break this rule.

Addendum to the Mithril Rule. Guard your keyboard against cats, kids, or other uncontrolled entities. We're serious, dude. Cats and kids have wiped our raids in the past. And it was funny the first time... and the second... and the third... maybe even the fourth... but any more starts to get annoying, k?

Fun
You are required to have fun. If you think the above rules make it impossible for you to have fun, you should probably rethink guilds. The fun rule also applies to real life — having your actual life fall to pieces over a game isn’t fun either (playing with some moderation is healthier!) Unfortunately, this rule isn’t enforceable by anyone but you… Blizzard hasn’t put in the ratio-of-fun-to-time meters we’ve been requesting, so you need to police yourself carefully.

Guild Legal System, Disciplinary Action, etc.

Please see the About Us page for legal system.