General Guidelines-
||| Being In Amalgamations Entails Compliance of the Following Guidelines |||
Contents-
1.) The Amalgamation Family
2.) The Server
3.) Communications
4.) Miscellaneous
[1]- The Amalgamation Family-
1.1)-Respect all TA members (Sweet and Simple)
1.2)-Do your absolute best to prevent: Team Personal Fights and Dramas.
1.3)-If you have a personal impasse with a fellow team mate, seek intervention from your team's captain. If further issues are experienced, contact your division leader.
1.4)-In the event of a fight, quarrel or drama show, Do NOT present a leader with an ultimatum (I.E.-"I will quite if you don't kick him."). This will result in a negative impact for both parties. Remember it takes a diplomat and a soldier to win a war.
1.5)-Use logic while engaging in conversation with other members, were all here to have fun. We all pull together or we all pull apart.
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[2]- The Server-
2.1)-The server is a place of practice, recruitment, and fun. The server should be kept friendly and easy going.
2.2)-Guests on the server should be treated as guests, and their requests should be gratified, when and if possible. We're in an environment today where there are an abundance of public servers, and a limited amount of dedicated players. TA Administrative Members are to do everything they can to: keep the server professional, clean, and comfortable for all server guests.
2.3)-One of the many keys to a successful server, severs that keeps its users satisfied, is the ability to keep a public server that has constant volume. Due to this fact, we suggest members support the server as much as possible. Use logic and judgment when playing in foreign servers, and keep your tag on at all times. Members seen playing "excessively" on other servers will be warned, and if continued, further actions shall be taken.
2.4)-Never give private server passwords, ESPECIALLY RCON PASSWORDS, to anyone.
2.5)-Server technical problems may occur at anytime, by admin mishap or hardware flaw, if you experience or witness this, please E-Mail TA.Staff@Gmail.com A.S.A.P. (Attempt X-Firing the server's divisional leader before sending an E-Mail.)
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[3]-Communications-
3.1)-The forum is extremely important to our team's communications, decisions, and lastly friendly discussion. The forum should be checked on a daily basis by all members. Members should post regularly, and members who do not check/ support the forum often will be warned.
3.2)-X fire, all members must have X-fire and keep it on while using your PC. A list is available on our roster page of all our team members' X-fires, so everyone can have a x fire friends list worthy of boast.(Note-If you experience technical lag while X-Fire is on, you are more then welcome to turn it off while you are in-game.)
3.3-A)-Ventrilo, is a required tool to be in TA. If you want to scrim, you must have Ventrilo on and operational. If you are not capable of using Ventrilo, you may be replaced by a person that has Ventrilo running effectively. (Note-Even if microphone-less you must still be in vent while in a scrim.)
3.3-B)-All Team Members are required to stay in their designated Ventrilo Username during all TA Ventrilo usage and 3rd-Party Ventrilo usage. Failure to comply with this rule will subject the TA member to the same punishment procedure predicated on removing their In-Game TA tag.
3.4)-Website- Our website is updated often, and is a great catalyst for TA news and events. Please check it out daily when you visit our forum.
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[4]-Miscellaneous-
4.1)-When going on vacation please notify your divisional leader as soon as you are aware of your departure and return time, to minimize confusion.
4.2)-To join our team, or advice someone to try-out, direct them to our forum and have them register. After they register, please submit their registered forum user-name to your divisional leader for activation.
4.3)Life first, Games second-An Amalgamation golden rule, if you need a sabbatical from gaming due to real life requirements, let a leader know and they will work with you to overcome your shortcomings.
4.4)-Ringing/scriming with other teams is allowed. (Note-You still need to wear the TA tag)
Summary- Theses rules are a foundation to try to keep things running smoothly, always use your own logic and good judgment when delineating from them.
****Breaking the rules can cause u some of these things: warning then after that demotion, admin suspension or even removal from the clan. It can also cause u being banned from our vent/server/forum.****
Version 1.2 07/18/08 (Maybe Be Updated Without Warning)
Admin Guidelines-
||| Being An Amalgamation Admin Entails |||
1.1-Politness at all levels to prosper friendliness in the server.
1.2-Absolutly no admin abuse when the server is populated with patrons.
1.3-Do your best to reduce team drama or arguments.
1.4-When changing the map, always do a vote first.
1.5-Never change the map twice, or immediately after a previous change, it will cause severe server populous decay.
1.6-Never use the commands ma_cexec, or sv_gravity -1.
1.7-Senior-Member Administrators should never go undercover at any time, this can cause extreme confusion.
1.8-Never kick Amalgamation members out of spite or humor, unless you have a sufficient reason.(If you suspect them of hacking, spec them for a few rounds, then notify a clan leader.)
1.9)-Do not give free money to everyone just because u need money to buy a particular weapon. The purpose of giving money is to help the team which is losing almost every round.
1.10)-No permanent bans. Only ban person for 1-2 days and inform leader. U can permanent ban somebody if leader tells u to and u can also permanent-ban if its OBVIOUS that someone is hacking. Other permanent bans are made by a leader.
1.11)-Do not kick or ban, without giving a warning and explanation to the defendant first.
