Rules and Problems

These are the rules that have to be followed while in the GGN, if a guild breaks any of the rules they will loose their guild with no chance of getting it back. You do not get warnings, you break the rules the first time and you loose your guild.
The guild system is a part of Gaia and as such it falls under the TOS, which means that anything that is in the TOS is applied to the guild system. So, if it is a violation of the TOS in the forums then it is a violation of the TOS in the guild system.


Rules [read 'em]

NO PG-13 VIOLATIONS Posting images or links to porn, hentai or other images and sites that violate the PG=13 limit is not allowed. Nor is requesting, soliciting or cybering witin the guild. Any guild found with such inappropriate content will be removed, no exceptions.

No hate guilds
Hate, or anti guilds that are directed at a Gaia user, as well as guilds that are racist/defamatory are not allowed. However if there was a "We hate Harry Potter" or Anti-Coke guild, those are allowed as they are directed at a real life idea, or object.

About spam
Some guilds are created for the sole reason to spam, so if you want to post spam then do it there. The captain and crew retain the right to delete any spam within their guild.

About bumping
Bumping serves no purpose in the guild forum. Bumping will not bring your guild to the top of the forum; it will not make your guild more visible. If you wish to bump threads within a specific GGN then it would have to be under the rules of that GGN.

When to report something to a mod
The only reason you should report a guild to a mod is when:
-The guild violates the TOS and the captain and crew do nothing about it or are the instigators
-The captain and crew are abusing their powers, but you have to provide proof of this.
-The guild has some other major violation of the TOS within it (ie tips to hack or botting)
-If a guild has copied another's layout, posts or role playing ideas. This is plagarism and its not allowed. Please link to the original and the copied guild.


The GGN and the Guild forum.
Advertising (either by recruitment threads or outposts) is not allowed in the Guild Forum. Any threads that have to do about the GGN will be deleted and the user warned. Advertising for the GGN is only allowed in user's sigs or in the Chatterbox.
Selling of guilds should be done within the Exchange, questing for them should be done within the Charity/Quest subforum.
The GGN guilds and guilds within the Guild forum are free to forum alliences or rivalries between themselves, but have to keep all posting to the GGN threads or the guild's own thread.

Additional Notes
The guild donation system and account logging is a feature that is reserved for future use. You can donate at any time, and if you have an entry fee that gold will also go into the guild account. At this time THERE IS NO WAY TO ACCESS GUILD GOLD. Do not ask moderators to use this gold. This will be used in the future for guild only features. If you donate gold to your guild, you will not have access to it at this time!

Many guilds will want to move their guild threads into the GGN. At this time, this is not possible. The guild system is completely independent of the original phpbb forums. Because of this, it is extremely innefficient to move threads. In addition, the benefits of the guild system will be such that maintaining your old thread would defeat the purpose of having all the cool new features. You now have an entire forum to use! Including this feature is a strong consideration for the future. Please hold off on requesting this feature at this time. We understand completely that there is a high demand.

Problems
Make sure that you have thoroughly read the FAQ; most questions can be answered from there. If you are still having problems then PM an online moderator. If you are a captain, then please post your questions in the Captain Guild, don't PM Kokoryta.

I can't find my guild (guild deactivated)!
All the guilds that a user is a member of are listed under the My Guilds banner, so a user cannot loose the link. If a guild is not listed then you have either not been accepted as a member, you have been banned (check your PMs) or it has been deactivated.
A guild can be deactivated for many reasons, one of them being that it is under investigation by the moderators because of a TOS infraction. Another reason could be that it violated the TOS and a moderator has permanently closed it.



Someone is breaking the rules!
If someone if breaking the rules then it should be up to the Captain and crew to take care of it. If they don't, please report the problem to a moderator making sure that you include a link to the thread where you saw them breaking the rules, as well please include the name and a brief explanation of what they were doing.