Guild Rules

General Guild Rules

1. Have a Decent Computer / Network: All members are expected to have a

broadband Internet connection and a computer capable of playing the game well.
If your FPS is too low in certain encounters, or you are having severe latency
issues, we reserve the right to direct you to step out so we may substitute another
player.
2. Respect the Officers: The officers of DoMiNioN spend immense amounts of
time working to make our guild the best it can be. Countless hours are spent
behind the scenes managing raids, DKP, rules, discipline, etc. with little to no
reward. The officers are people just like you with lives, families, work, etc.
please don’t be a douche bag and make in game life harder on them than it already
is. The officers are not perfect, we all make mistakes so if an issue comes up that
you feel is unjust or you have trouble with please approach the GM or Co-GM for
resolution.
3. Respect Senior Veterans: There are people in DoMiNioN that have been here
for many years. These are the people that make DoMiNioN what it is and are to
be respected as such. Priority will be given to these people for invites and loot
because we know that these are the people that will be here and will be working to
make DoMiNioN better. We do not want to hear QQ about playing favorites
when it comes to the long time veterans. Yea, these people are invited to every
raid because they earned it. If you’ve been in guild 2-3 months you will not get
priority over someone that has been here for 2-3 years as a regular raider.
4. Be Responsible for Your Actions: If you make a mistake or break one of the
rules don’t try to bullshit us about it. Your odds of forgiveness are much higher if
we feel you are sincerely sorry for the incident than if we know you’re lying
about the situation. You are responsible for your character, if you allow a friend
to play your toon you are responsible for the actions of the friend. If you get
kicked for a friend’s action it will be treated as if it was you.
5. Be Humane: All members are expected to treat each other with common
courtesy, respect, dignity, and human decency.
o We will discuss with you and try to resolve any first complaint we've
received.
o Upon receiving a second complaint about your behavior, it will result in
demotion to Probie.
o Receiving a 3rd complaint will result in removal from the guild.
6. Participate and Communicate:
o All active raiding members who are in rotation are expected to attend
regularly, to be on-time, and to come prepared with consumables,
knowledge of the strategy, etc. Members who fail to appear for a
significant number of raids during a one month period will be demoted to
Probie.
 o All members are expected to regularly read/participate in the guild forums.
Strategies, videos, ideas, rule changes, etc. are posted on the guild website
regularly. The leadership often asks for input or opinions on topics. If
you do not participate and a change takes place that you do not like we
don’t want to hear your QQ. You are provided a forum to be an active
part of DoMiNioN and if you don’t use it, it’s not our fault.
o Members (and ALTs) who are inactive (i.e., have not logged on) for 1
month or more may be removed from the guild.
7. Perform at Your Best: DoMiNioN uses a performance review system and has
policies in place to ensure raid member performance is at an acceptable level. See
the Performance Policy below for more information.
8. Don't Be Greedy: DoMiNioN uses an open roll system for gear distribution in 10
mans. While we don't restrict individuals from rolling on multiple items, please be
courteous to your fellow raiders if you have received something during the current
raid.
9. Be Fun But Focused: All members are encouraged to keep the environment
light-hearted and fun while still remaining focused on guild / raid objectives. This
is a game and we should all be able to enjoy it and each other. Behave as you
would if you were standing next to the person in real life, but don't take things so
seriously that you stress everyone out.
10. Promotions: Guild rank promotions are subject to a closed vote on the part of
Guild Leadership and are subject to the member in question being in good
standing with the guild and its members. "Good standing" is defined as fulfilling
the rights & responsibilities of their current rank and living up to the ideals of
DoMiNioN
11. Extended Leave of Absence: An extended leave of absence is defined as being
unavailable to raid for 3 or more weeks. Members who will be away from the
game for a period of time must post on our forums to notify us of their extended
absence, and must remain in communication with Leadership regarding their
status.
12. Getting Hacked: Members who realize their accounts have been hacked must
post immediately to notify us of the situation so that we may take immediate
action in temporarily demoting you to Alts/Friends to prevent any guild bank
withdrawals.
13. Reasons to be Immediately Kicked:
o Insubordination will not be tolerated. If you are asked by an officer to
stop doing something or to correct an issue and you refuse and get shitty
you will be kicked.
o Disrespecting others will not be tolerated. If you intentionally show an
overall lack of standards, class, are a generally rude and disrespectful, or
have an inability to function in a social environment, you will be kicked.
o Ninja looting will not be tolerated. We don’t care if it’s only a PuG or if
everyone else in the group was a dumb ass. If you ninja loot you will be
kicked.
 o Trade trolling will not be tolerated. When you have a DoMiNioN tag over
your head you represent the guild in everything you do. If you are
incapable of not being a douche in trade chat you will be kicked.
o General douchbaggery will not be tolerated. You are to conduct yourself
in an adult manner at all times. You will show respect and consideration
to all guild members, officers and all alliance players regardless of if
you’re in or out of a raiding environment.
14. Leaving the Guild: Members who are thinking of leaving the guild:
o We request that you notify an Officer or the GM before you plan to apply
to another guild or leave DoMiNioN. This is just common courtesy and
basic human decency / respect (see Rule #2). It allows one last chance at
opening up a dialogue between you and Guild Leadership to address any
concerns that may be the motivation behind your desire to leave, and also
allows us to plan for a roster adjustment should your mind be made up
about leaving.
o May be re-extended a guild invite subject to GM approval only, depending
on the circumstances surrounding your departure and your reason for
leaving in the first place. We will not be a revolving door.

General Raid Rules

1. 24 other people are possibly waiting on you to get your shit together. Be
respectful to your guild mates’ time and show up on time and ready.
2. For every raid you are scheduled to go to that you communicate in advance that
you cannot attend, you will not be punished, but you will not be rewarded either.
3. For every raid that you will be late to by < 10 minutes, we may hold your slot
open provided you’ve let us know in advance that you’re running late. If you
wind up being more than 10 minutes late, you may have lost that spot in the raid
group for that night. If you don't post at all or otherwise communicate with Guild
Leadership and aren't on by start time, you will lose your spot in the raid group
for that night.
4. While participating in a raid you will be responsible for making sure you are
repaired beforehand, you have all reagents, potions, flasks, food etc. This means
that if you have a toon that is ranked as a “raider” or above you need to have the
appropriate flasks/food/reagents on you and ready to go at all times in quantities
enough to last for a complete regular four hour raid. Notice food was included in
the list, always have at least 1 stack of appropriate food for your class/spec.
5. You will not do anything to jeopardize the raid and cause a wipe.
6. You will be responsible for getting your toon to the zone being raided. We will
not be summoning ¾ of the raid party.
7. You will follow raid instructions given by raid leader.
8. No goofing off, etc - you will pay attention.
9. No going AFK during a raid without telling raid leader.
 10. No whining, begging, bitching about buffs, you will get them, when they are
available.
11. No bitching about loot dispersion - it will always be done fairly and to appropriate
classes.
12. Raids are scheduled at certain times and dates. Be on time and ready to go. Don’t
get into raid, if you can’t stay for the duration.
13. Do not raid outside guild and get yourself saved to an instance.
1. First offense: You will not be allowed any loot for 2 weeks
2. Second Offense: You will be removed from guild.
14. WE ARE NOT A PVP GUILD - We are a PVE raiding guild. Please PVP in your
off time. If you leave a raid for a battleground at anytime - you will be removed
from guild.
15. Guild officers are not to reprimand or handle matters of discipline on an open
channel, such as raid chat, guild chat, over Ventrilo, etc. Please take it to a
private channel.
16. The raid calendar is a tool to gauge attendance and assist with planning. A
calendar invite is not a guaranteed seat in a raid. However if you do sign up you
will have priority over those that didn't. But, please keep in mind that we will do
the best to insure a favorable outcome of a raid rather than inviting in the order of
signups

Performance Policy
DoMiNioN has a performance policy in place to ensure raid and player performance is at
an acceptable level that furthers guild raid progression.

1. Mistakes*: Can be lethal and lead to a wipe, so we can't afford to repeat the same
mistakes over and over. The officers/raid leaders use various monitoring tools and
can see the timeline of what happened to you; trying to bullshit the officers is
probably not the wisest idea. Raiders new to an encounter will be given a little
more leeway in this regard, but veterans of an encounter (especially one on Farm
Status) are expected to know better and not make noob mistakes (see below for
some examples of what qualifies as "noob mistakes"). As such, the following will
apply across the board for "farmed content" but may be implemented for Learning
Encounters as well if the mistakes are excessive and repetitive:
o 1st mistake: Public inquiry on Vent or in raid chat to determine exactly
what happened; may be followed up by a whisper. Will be respectful and
calm, not "ZOMG, WTF!?!?" Issue will be noted in Officer forums for
tracking purposes. Reasons:
 Private whispers take longer, tend to lead to a confrontational and
argumentative tone (or are met with no response), and have
generally proven to be ineffective -- the issue isn't up for
discussion or debate.
 We're trying to discover what led to the mistake, and if it was
indeed your mistake, we're alerting you calmly and politely where
you've failed and expect you to address the problem responsibly
and maturely.
  Other raiders see the performance issue(s) and need to know with
100% certainty that the issue is being addressed; otherwise they
lose faith that leadership is actually leading and morale suffers.
o 2nd mistake: Raid Leader whispers the player in an attempt to discover
what the continuing problem is. Public inquiry may or may not happen.
o 3rd mistake: Player is whispered by an Officer and benched for the rest of
the night and a backup is brought in if necessary / available.
 NOTE: If the same player makes the same mistake the next raid
week the player is present for, that player will be told to step out
and placed on backup status.
2. Redemption for Mistakes
o If you've been placed on backup status due to making 3 mistakes and want
to redeem yourself:
 You must remain online and available for a minimum of 2 raids
each week for the 2 weeks following your benching.
 If you meet that, we may then bring you back into the raid for the
3rd week. Generally, you will need to be flawless in your
performance.
3. Performance Issues:
o Your Class Leader (or an Officer) will make a note in the Class Leader
forums: "Spoke with Player X on Date Y about issue Z". After you have
been notified of a performance defect (e.g., failure to maintain DoTs,
failure to decurse on par with your peers, etc.), you have 1-2 weeks
(depending on severity and roster rotations) to demonstrate improvement.
o At the end of that period, the CL and an Officer will have a 2nd discussion
with you regarding the issue. If you've satisfactorily resolved the issue,
you're in no danger. If you have not, you will be given one last chance to
fix it.
o 1-2 weeks after that 2nd discussion, if there is still no discernible
improvement, you will be placed on backup status, demoted to probie
and/or removed from the guild.
4. Redemption for Performance Issues
o If you've been placed on backup status due to ongoing class performance
issues, you will be benched for between two weeks and one month.
 During that time, you are expected to research, read, discuss with
peers, and learn the ins and outs of your class and how to play in a
raid setting.
 At the end of the prescribed time period, you will be placed back
into raid schedule and given 2 consecutive weeks of raiding to
demonstrate you have improved.
 If the issue has not been resolved by that time, you will be benched
and/or removed from the guild.

*Intentionally making mistakes to try to "game the system" so that you can get a
free period of time off from raiding will result in removal from the guild. We'll
determine this based on your past performance history. If you've always been a stand-up
"A-Game All the Time" player and are suddenly making mistake after mistake for no
legitimate reason, something is obviously up.

Some Examples of "Noob" Mistakes:

• To be established
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Loot Rules
DoMiNioN uses a Need vs. Greed or /roll system (depending on the raid leaders
preference) for all 10-person raid groups / instances.

Members may on occasion ask a class member to pass on an item for them. However,
these situations should occur with great irregularity, and harassment will not be tolerated.
If you ask, and the person says, "No," then do not ask them again. Repeated violations of
this rule will result in removal from the guild.

Members are expected to exercise good judgment and common sense when an item
drops, using the following suggestions for guidance:

1. Don't be greedy; you should know whether the item will be a bigger upgrade for
you or for someone else expressing an interest in the item. If it's a bigger upgrade
for them, then you should probably pass.

However, there will be difficult decisions in the cases of new members who have
not spent as long as you have hoping for that damn item to drop; in cases like that,
should you decide to, it is acceptable to roll without having the GM view you as
being a greedy selfish ass. (Guild seniority has its privileges, and this is one of
them; those with a longer tenure in the guild have paid their dues and should be
entitled to at least have a chance at obtaining the item in this situation.)

2. If you've already obtained one or more items recently, you should strongly
consider passing.
3. Defensive gear needs to be passed on for those whose primary role is a tank.
4. DPS plate gear needs to be passed on for DPS warriors / paladins / death knights
5. All classes, especially rogues, need to pass on weapons that they are not primarily
spec'd for (e.g., a primarily dagger-spec'd rogue needs to pass on a sword for a
sword-spec'd rogue). You do not need to have every weapon ever invented.

Extended Leave of Absence

Once on leave the member will be demoted to Member to prevent their ability to
withdraw items from the guild bank. This demotion may be temporary (until their return)
or permanent (depending on their status).
While we will generally try to be understanding and accommodating when members must
step back from the game for an extended period of time, we make no guarantee that your
raid spot will be available to you when you return.

The following should provide general guidance as to how DoMiNioN shall handle these
extended leaves of absence, though implementation of these rules and how sternly we
treat you are subject to various factors (such as past player performance, tenure with the
guild, attitude, behavior, etc):

• 1st Extended Absence: Upon your return, if your spot in the rotation remains
available, you will be prohibited from rolling on any drops for a period of 3 active
(non-backup) raiding weeks. You may only obtain gear during this period if it
would otherwise be disenchanted.
• Repeated Extended Leaves: Will result in demotion to Alt/Friends and you will be
last in line for raiding.

Requesting Materials from the Guild Bank

• To be determined

If there’s an item in the bank that you need, don’t hesitate to take it – in moderation. Note
that the Guild Master and Officers monitor the guild bank deposit / withdrawal logs
regularly and excessive withdrawals without a similar number of deposits may merit
disciplinary action.

If you are taking something from the guild bank that is of relatively high value, a deposit
of gold or similarly-priced item(s) is appreciated.

Applications policy

Age limit