(OOC) Promotions and How They Work

PROMOTIONS

It’s been long awaited and finally here, a definitive means of advancing in the ranks of Stormwind University! With this system, we hope to redouble our emphasis on the scholastic nature of our guild and create a series of personal goals for each of its members! So, how does it work?

Our old and largely unused method of promotion rewarded IC advancement in the guild based on OOC factors, i.e. activity and join date. This will no longer be the case! As of now, promotion and advancement along our tenure track will be achieved solely by IC means, and can be completed at any pace. Note, this is also optional. If you have no desire to be promoted, then you are under absolutely no obligation to use this system.

It works as simply as this:

1. Make some sort of contribution to your field and post it to your personal topic on THIS forum.This contribution can be anything: your notes from in-game class, the synopsis of a one-off event related to your field, a research paper, or maybe even a short story describing your character as they perform in their field—let your imagination soar! If you are unsure of whether or not your contribution will make you eligible for promotion, we welcome you to ask myself or any other officer! We’ll be sure to work with your idea and make sure it’s valid! For convenience, we ask that you head all posts containing your contributions with “Contribution to (Your Field)” in large, bold text.

2. Notify myself or any other officer about your contribution via in-game messages or forum PM and we will review it.

3. Pending our approval (which is almost guaranteed), your promotion will be made official! We will contact you and arrange a promotion ceremony, a small in-game event just for you in celebration of the work you’ve put into making Stormwind University so great.

Now, to keep this all organized, there are a couple of other guidelines and restrictions:

• You will NOT be eligible for another promotion within thirty days of your last promotion ceremony. This will be clearly noted with a post to your own personal topic. Any contribution made within those thirty days will not be valid in making you eligible for another promotion. This is to prevent members from progressing too quickly; while we greatly appreciate any work you put into our guild, this system is meant for the long term—something to work on for a very long time! Even so, you are encouraged to plan and prepare your next contribution during this time, and are more than welcome to post it as soon as you are eligible again!

• Any previously-made contributions to your field, that is, any kind of contribution made before this system was implemented, will NOT be valid in making you eligible for promotion. In this way, everyone is starting with a clean slate and on equal footing.

• Any events you make as a contribution to your field must be one-off and concluded in a single session. There should be no unreasonable cliffhangers or unresolved plotlines. This is not to say that all questions must be answered, but there should be a clear and definite conclusion. No event will be valid in making you eligible for promotion if they occur within thirty days of your last promotion ceremony. A short synopsis of your event should be posted to your personal topic on this forum to be reviewed.

• You are absolutely welcome to host public in-game classes as your contribution to your field. Every individual class is in itself valid in making you eligible for promotion, provided that it occurs more than thirty days after your last promotion ceremony and that you post comprehensive notes from your class to your personal topic on this forum.

• Promotions are considered to be advancements in your field, so while it is by no means required, it’s recommended that your contributions build off of one another, and that each succeeding delve further into your field. Interpret this however you like—again, it’s totally up to you!

And… that’s it! This topic will be left open and you’re more than welcome to post any questions or comments here!