Registration Terms
The Pillars are the most fundamental rules of how our community operates. They've served us well for over two decades. Live by them and you'll thrive. Break them and you may be removed.
If you have questions about The Pillars, it is up to you to ask. We can't answer questions you've kept secret. Send a DM on Discord or catch one of your officers in-game or on Teamspeak.
Each individual game may have more specific rules and guidelines. Be sure to read and follow them.
Officers are held to a higher standard. The officers are the foundation upon which the pillars rest. If the foundation is flawed, the pillars will be crooked and the building will collapse. We cannot expect our members to do anything we aren't already doing. We must be examples of what the community should be. We must treat our members with respect, and earn their respect.
Life > Games. We will never require you to log in or participate in a particular event. If you'd rather be doing something else, go do that. If your mind is on finances, homework or some other game, go deal with that. If you're choosing between a night out with friends or playing, go have a drink and raise a glass for us. If your head isn't in the game you'll be a less effective player. You'll be annoyed with your performance and so will everyone else. You'll resent the game and us for keeping you from having some other kind of fun or dealing with your real life responsibilities. No one here will give you grief for putting other aspects of your life first. We’ll be here when you get back!
Since 2002, GOTR has maintained a stellar reputation in the games we play for remaining positive and demonstrating good sportsmanship. You have a responsibility to maintain our reputation whenever you represent the outfit, online or offline.
Because not everyone understands good sportsmanship, here are some explicit rules. Members who violate these rules in speech, writing or action are subject to disciplinary action, including suspension and removal from the outfit.
- GOTR welcomes and encourages participation by everyone. We are committed to being an inclusive community that everyone feels good about joining. We explicitly honour diversity in age, culture, ethnicity, genotype, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, neurotype, phenotype, political beliefs, profession, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, subculture and technical ability.
- We are a family-friendly outfit. Please keep to "PG-13" acceptable language. Occasional swearing is OK. Offensive, discriminatory, or sexually explicit content is not. If someone asks you to stop, stop. This extends to in-game character names.
- We act with respect to each other and outside the community. Trolling, baiting, harassing, threatening or sharing others' private information without consent is unacceptable.
- Respect the community leaders and officers. This means following orders during events, not disrupting gameplay, stopping talking when asked, and forming up for group events in a timely manner. If you have a problem with something an officer is asking you to do, try to resolve it privately, e.g. via /tell, whisper or private messages. Do not argue with officers in a combative tone or undermine their authority. If there is a persistent problem, take it to another officer, a moderator, or community leader.
- We do not hack, cheat or exploit, nor tolerate those who do. If you think something might be an exploit or hack, don't use it, and talk to an officer about it. Don't relay information from opponents.
- We do not tolerate illegal activity or its glorification. This includes, but is not limited to, discussing or promoting crimes relating to drugs, rape, solicitation of a minor, computer hacking and copyright violation.
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We do not advertise without written consent of GOTR leadership. This includes any gambling, tournaments, promotion of personal or commercial business, or unsolicited private/public spam messages.
Each game we play has a schedule for raids and other events. If you want to be considered part of the PlanetSide outfit, for instance, we expect you to attend our Thursday night raid. These events are the purpose of the outfit: to get together and kick ass. However, real life comes first. If you have signed up for a special event and can’t make it, please let someone know. We won’t kick you out for missing events or not being on all the time - we might kick you if it seems you aren't really a participating member of the community.
Please remember that from time to time we will remove inactive characters from in-game rosters in order to keep a "clean house", but this does not mean you've been banned. Simply ask for a reinvite when you return to activity and we'll reinstate your full permissions. "We remove characters for inactivity - not people".
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