It's time.

Say hello to the Vanguard (VG).

You must formally agree to all the following rules before gaining membership to Vanguard. Agreement to these rules must be documented as a reply to this post. You become a member of Vanguard immediately upon agreeing to these rules. Membership may be relinquished or revoked at any time.

As a member you must:

Defend Vanguard vaults, bunkers, and other members (play-time and ability allowing).

As a member of Vanguard you may not:

• Disclose any confidential information regarding Vanguard to non-members. This includes bunker locations, snitch coordinates, long-term goals, and short-term plans. This list is not exclusive and is subject to change.

• Engage in any conflict (representing Vanguard) without Vanguard approval. If you act in a way that discredits Vanguard in anyway, you may be removed.

• Pearl innocents or individuals without documented evidence of wrong-doing. There must be a preponderance of the evidence. You must be able to prove that it was more likely than not that the crime was committed.

• Grief cities (griefing does not include placing snitches) - Vanguard interventions should be focused on pearling specific players we have reasonable evidence against, or destroying specific infrastructure supporting those players or groups

• Use racist terms, or offensive language. Any member consistently using racist or homophobic language or building racist or homophobic structures will be removed from Vanguard.

As a member of Vanguard you are entitled to:

• Use and access bunkers, bastions, and defenses located around the Vanguard vault, and various other locations around the map. You will be granted membership permissions to these groups. Access to bunkers and the vault room is strictly limited to Vanguard members.

• Any combat gear or materials deemed necessary to carry out your obligations as a member of Vanguard. This includes (but is not limited to) the provision of Prot4, weapons, potions, and XP free of charge.

If you break the rules or act in a way unbecoming of a Vanguard member:

• You will lose membership and all membership rights.

• You will be held liable for any resulting damages and pursued for reperations or end time.

Thoughts on the rules and conduct. Let me know what you think should be added/removed. This is just the draft post. I'll let you know once we have it ironed out and see who would actually like to join.

But Shaded! Why would we make an actual group, we're not a group!!111!!

We're already considered a group. The server considers us to be one. By making an official roster and putting public rules and information out there we can dictate what our reputation looks like. It will make my life easier and allow us to actually do some PR moves.