Guild Charter

Introduction

"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." ~ Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Welcome, and thank you for taking an interest in Good Intentions. We, along with our sister-guild Bloody Intentions are located on the Undermine server.

Guild Structure

Guild Officers are as follows: 

Guild Leader
Phalblood / Phalazar
 
Second Fish
Plecostomus / Empidonax (Fish)
 
Bloody Intentions

Valsyn
Questin
Boxen
Yaganesti

Good Intentions


Tisophone
Urrthe

Additional Ranks:

  • Veteran - Members who are level 70 and raiding with the guild.

  • Member - A member guilded one month or more. 

  • Applicant - A member guilded less than one month, who is applying to the guild but is not yet a full member.

Please note that the actual names of these ranks may change at the guild leader's whim, but their meanings will remain consistent.

Rules of Conduct

Rules suck. But, members are expected to behave in an honorable manner, to treat one another with courtesy and respect, and to display good social etiquette at all times. Failure to adhere to the following rules may lead to suspension or removal from the guild.

  1. Harassment and discrimination of other players: We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. Please be aware that we have a very diverse membership, and that odds are the female character you're talking to actually is female. Measure your speech accordingly.
  2. Foul language: Guild members are expected to communicate in a courteous manner. However, as we are an adult guild, occasional expletives and foul language will be expected and generally overlooked. Please exercise this privilege in moderation, however, and be aware that Blizzard strictly forbids it in public channels.
  3. Adherance to EULA: Violation of Blizzard's policies will be grounds for immediate removal from the guild. 
  4. Drama: Good Intentions strives to promote a guild atmosphere of harmony and tolerance. Should an issue arise with another guild member, please do your best to resolve the issue privately between yourselves. If necessary, you may request that an officer intervene. Should you have a concern about guild policy, please feel welcome to confer with an officer at any time. Your feedback is always welcome and appreciated. Unresolved issues can be taken to the complaint stage as detailed in the revoking membership section of the charter. 
  5. Members may not have characters in other guilds on our server (currently Undermine).

Looting

We’re adults, and don’t think a loot system is needed to have fun. Loot is distributed following the old-fashioned need-before-greed system on all five man and ten man runs, with main characters getting priority over alts.  We’re not running 25-mans yet, so we’re not worried about that yet.  If you've got an odd talent build and need something atypical for your class, say so.  Loot whores will be publicly flogged.  Pretty simple.

Recruiting

Becoming a New Member:
1.       You must be level 60 to join us. We do focus on end-game content (when we’re not leveling alts) and we want you to be able to participate with us. This level limit does not apply to family members or close friends of current members.  This is also waived if you've been invited to join us by one of our members who found you exceptionally cool during a random pug group, run, etc...
2.       You must register on the website and submit an application before you will be guilded.
3.       If you have alts that you want to guild, please download and install the “Identity” mod that lets you tag your chat with your main character name. We don’t want to restrict play to your main character, and it will help us get to know you if we can sort your six alts out from those of the other six new folks…
4.       You must either be 18 years of age or you must have a parent in the guild to play here with us. This is an adult guild and there may be language or chat that is inappropriate for younger members. Members who are parents can supervise their own child and any minor children of members can be guilded as alternates of the parent member. 
5.       The new member period is three weeks to one month. During this time you will get to know us we will get to know you. You must visit the website at least once a week and we ask you to raid and group with us. We post our events on the calendar, and it is your job to keep track of when and where we are running. If there’s nothing there of interest, add something to the calendar. 
6.       Entrance to the guild will be decided by an officer vote. While you are a New Member all members have a chance to comment on your application if they see there are problems. One substantiated no vote by an officer and we will have to turn down your application. Examples of substantiated no votes include
o       Asshattery
o        Focusing more on loot than on the guild.
o        Participation in raids only to benefit one's self.
o        Remaining in a pick up group when the guild needs you for something else.
o        Abusing other guild members. Extreme personality conflicts (we need to be able to want to play with you).
o        Any ToS violations or any inappropriate chat in any general channel (this includes being caught swearing or being rude in yells/says or any open chat channel).
o        Lack of guild or forum participation. 
7.       We reserve the right to remove anyone within their month if they are not a good fit or they receive a substantiated no vote. 
8.       New recruits can roll on any items that drop in raids or runs. No restrictions.
9.       We are looking for people who want to do end-game content. We are not here to help you level, if you want to be a part of the guild we expect that you will do most of your leveling on your own and get groups your level for instances so you can learn how to play your character in raid situations. Sometimes this will be with other guild members sometimes not. If you want to do guild-only instance runs you will need to post it on the calendar and get others to go with you. 
10.   Above all - have fun and join us because your goals are our goals, when we win as a guild all the members also win.

Criteria for Denial of Membership:

1.       One "no" vote, justified by a guild member to the guild officers while you are in New Member status, or explanation posted on the voting thread. (N.B. - This needs to be a valid reason - "I don't like him" is not acceptable - since personality differences are inevitable!) 
2.       Non-participation in guild activities or the forum boards. 
3.       Not withstanding of voting your New Member status can be terminated immediately for the following: Poor representation of the guild in any public channel - not limited to but including, excessive swearing, threatening others, spamming, or violating any WoW public chat policy. 
4.       Any Violation of WoW Terms of Service (TOS).
Criteria for Revoking Membership:
  1. If the officers receive two or more irresolvable complaints (from different members) about your behavior you may be considered for withdraw of membership privileges. 
  2. Complaints received (by an officer only) are posted on the officer board for discussion and voting to either:
    • Counsel the member, with the right to put on probation if any further complaints are received.
    • Counsel the member and place them on one-month probation with warning. Any further incidents or complaints (by different members than those originally filing a complaint) in the month and you will asked to be leave.
    • Immediately remove the member if the issue violates any of the guild rules of conduct.
    • Officers are also allowed to remove people immediately with no warning for violation of the rules of conduct as stated in the charter. 
  3. The member is contacted and advised of the situation by an officer. 
  4. If the complaints appear to be invalid or the member in question has a good reason for actions/behavior, the situation will be resolved without warnings/probation or any other actions taken. This is to prevent simple misunderstandings, which can easily happen – we give everyone the benefit of the doubt in complaint situations and we will do everything to resolve all conflict diplomatically and peacefully. 
  5. These proceedings will be kept between the officers and the members involved to avoid drama and hurt feelings.

Basically, we are a  casual end-game guild. By that, we mean that we are people with family responsibilities, jobs, and lives outside the game, and we are more focused on having fun with our fellow guildies than just worrying about the “next raid,” the “next boss kill,” or who’s going to get the next uber-phat lewts. Don't get us wrong—we like raiding and we strive to continually try new content and achieve better gear, but raiding in itself is NOT our sole focus.  We are not now nor do we strive to be an "End Game" guild.  We are adults here to have fun together in a great game and help one another progress through the game and further us as a whole. We pride ourselves on helping one another; as a guild we can only be as strong as our weakest player. 

We try to balance fun with play: 

  •  We try to keep our raiding down to three nights a week or less.  Nobody has the time to raid more than that and our wives, husbands, and children wouldn’t let us if we did.
  • We also like to spend time in five-mans, heroics, and leveling alts. We like the variety of play. We are not a raid-only guild.
  • When we do raid, we expect players to know their shit, pay attention, come prepared, and be a good part of the group. Learning curves are okay—we’ve all be there and done that. Dual-boxing your other toon in AV and not paying attention is rude. Because our raiding time is limited, we want to make the most out of it that we can. 
  • That said, we enjoy raiding with beer. Sometimes JD. Especially on weekends. The game is supposed to be fun, and as adults, we like to have fun with booze.