New Games

• In order for any game to be introduced into WN, it must first be approved by Development
  • Exception: Merges with existing sections may be allowed only upon agreement of the Development and Special Forces Genre Admins
• It is required to obtain 10 primary members through official signups to become a section. Sections which have failed before may require more.
• Once the section has been approved, it then has a number of months to increase membership numbers to approximately 20.
• Once membership, activity and recruitment is considered strong, the Development Department will then decide when the section will be released as a fully supported section and who the initial game leader will be.
• Control then passes to the Major/GM of the section with Admin Support.

Existing Games

• Games supported by WN are required to hold a minimum of 15 primary members with an unlimited maximum.
• Any game that falls below 20 primary members will be watched by the Recon Department. They will determine the appropriate action on a case-by-case basis
• Any game that falls below 15 primary members is placed on probation. They will remain on probation for 30-60 days.
• They are expected to raise membership to 15 or more primary members. If they fail to increase to 15 primary members by the deadline set forth, they risk being discontinued as a game by WN. These numbers are determined by rollcall.
  

All games will be appointed an Admin Support contact for any and all assistance. They also have the authority to appoint game leaders within their supported sections

WN has several ways that game servers are provided. Either directly by WN financial support or by a member solely managing the server. All members are expected to treat all members and guests on public servers with respect. No member shall flame or tease unknown members because of their skill. Keep in mind all guests are potential new recruits. - All members are required to wear their WNx tag while playing in all private and/or public WN Game Servers.

- No one with admin authority shall abuse the rights they have by banning or kicking without just cause (this includes kicking or banning as a joke). A member who hosts or pays for a dedicated server on their own is not excluded from these rules if the server is used as a WN supported server.

1) Keep any chitchat, music or other distracting sounds out of channel unless it is admitted by all members in said channel. If a member has an issue with another member's activity on TS, they can contact an SA or PM an administrator if none are on TS at the time. A recording of the problem is also helpful as evidence.

2) All WN members on TS MUST bear their WNx name. No short forms or odd nicks will be allowed. Members that are not in WN may use an untagged or their clan associated tag nick.

3) Every supported game will have a channel. Some non-game channels are also available at an admin's discrepancy. Excessive channels on TS are not allowed. If the unsupported channel lies dormant for a pre specified period of time it shall be deleted.

4) The giving and removing of voice rights, channel commander and any other such thing shall be regulated. Any excessive overuse will be dealt with through a warning then additional discipline if continued.

5) When whispering you need to identify yourself so the person on the receiving end will know who to respond to. Most are in games and may not be looking at the TS panel.

6) Access

Administrators are given Server Admin Access
Game leaders are given Channel admin for the game they support.
Non-game channels hold no Channel admin's.

7) Moving Members

Members may be moved by an admin to another channel. They are required to obtain permission first. Permission is not required if a member is moved for disruptions.

Allied Clans are treated with the same respect that members of Warrior Nation™ are treated. Members of allied clans are invited to play all games that each clan supports. Allied clans will support each other in times of war and also in friendly clan vs. clan games. During clan vs. clan matches, if one clan needs members to fill their roster, members from the allied clan may participate as substitutes. Allied members are free to participate in any WNx section, game, or event that WNx supports. Allied clans will be listed on the Diplomacy page and their individual accounts can be found in section rosters.

Neutral Clans are treated with the same respect that members of Warrior Nation™ are treated. Members of neutral clans are invited to play all games that each clan supports. This is highly encouraged because the better each clan gets to know each other, the more reason to forge an alliance.

Enemy Clans happen over the course of time, Warrior Nation™ has made allies and enemies. Clans can only be added to the enemies list by majority vote of the Military Council. Official enemy clans have been found to have no honor and have directly negatively effected WNx and it's members. Any member found joining a Enemy clan will receive a DD. Members can not participate on any enemy funded server or VOIP, the only exception is a competitive league or ladder where match play requires the use of a enemy server.

WNx members must remember their conduct can still fall under WNx laws even against enemies. They are free to treat them as hostile if they encounter them on a public server and can use any game resources to defeat them. However under no circumstances are actions to result in illegal hacking of an enemy's sites, servers or channels. Large scale actions may take place, but can only be sanctioned by Wakko personally and he will state the rules of engagement at that time.

- X-WN Created or X-WN dominated clans must obtain a 5 Star Generals authorization to be in alliance with Warrior Nation™

Custom Signature help and standards

You have 4 options for Signatures.

1. Four Lines of text, no image, no flash.

2. Two Lines of text and one static image such as a gif or jpg not to exceed 400 width, 85 height or smaller and (28k or 28672 bytes) file size or smaller.
• Lines of text are based upon 1280x1024 resolution settings.

To add a graphic within your signature, just encase the URL of the graphic image as shown in the following example.

[img ]http://warriornation.net/imagetype.gif[/img]
Or if you are using the WN Image Hosting,
[wnimage]imagetype.gif[/wnimage]


3. One Flash image .swf that will autosize to 400x75 by default. Maximum filesize allowed is 30k or 30,000 bytes or smaller. Absolutely no sound allowed in flash files. You may have 2 lines of text.

To add a flash swf file within your signature, just encase the URL of the flash image as shown in the following example.

[swf ]http://warriornation.net/imagetype.swf[/swf]
Or if you are using the WN Image Hosting,
[swf ]imagetype.swf[/swf]

4. Pre-generated statistical or dynamic signatures from games on the approval list below can be used. Approved external sites are subject to 5 Star General approval are require the address to be added to the permissions of allowed sites.

Currently Approved External Sites

danasoft.com
xfire.com
shatterock.com
konptracker.com
customsigs.free.fr
bf2player.com
sig.die-ohne-clan.de
mista-forum.de
mygamercard.net
xpt-clan.com

• Avatars sizes and dimensions are pre-defined in the settings within a member profile.

• Signatures will not display unless they are hosted on the WN servers with the exception of those on the "Currently Approved" list. You may use the WN Image Hoster which allows up to 25 images stored per person.

Under no circumstances is a member allowed to use an official rank tag in their avatar or signature unless they hold that rank. Signatures and Avatars should also not contain offensive material.

Guest accounts are selectively granted based on rank and time.

The purpose of a guest account is for those members who wish to resign from WN but remain able to post and communicate.

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ Years - Any Member
• 4+ Years - Any Admin, Major/GM, Captain/HG, Engineer, Creative Head, Marshal
• 3+ Years - Any Admin, Major/GM, Engineer, Creative Head, Marshal
• 2+ Years - Any Admin, Major/GM
• 1+ Years - Any Admin

• Minimum 6 months consecutive in specifically set ranks.
• Never have been on probation, banned or forced to resign.
• Must be holding the required rank upon resignation.
• Has 30 days from resignation to request a guest account.
• Not a member of any other clan/guild.

• Approval only by a majority vote of the Generals and the members Admin Support.
• Guest accounts are still required to be active to avoid deletion.

Any section may chose to create a web site supporting their section and have the ability to host it on the WN server as a sub domain. Sub domains appear as such, i.e. battlefield2.warriornation.net or diablo.warriornation.net.

In order to qualify, your support web site must be at least 90% completed. It will be assumed you already know how to make a web site without any teachings. You also will need to upload your site to any other source for verification, i.e. a free hosting place, your own ISP host, or anywhere you can upload it for review. Quality of content will be measured higher than quality of design in approvals.

You must contact WNxWakko for review and approval.

Once your site has been approved, you will be provided with login details in order to upload your support site to a WN Sub domain. Once it is verified as uploaded, a link will be added to the WN home page so it will be easily accessible.

Personal sites unrelated to WN are not allowed on the WN servers.

Spam is a post/thread that contains irrelevant or useless information or is off-topic from the original post/forum.

Common Examples of Spam:

• Anything that apparently is designed to increase post count only.
• A post that is off-topic from the starter of the thread.
• A thread that is off-topic from the forum. (Note that a thread that is off-topic to a particular forum may not be spam, some sections allow topics that really don't pertain to the game, this is somewhat accepted. If there is a thread started that is so off-topic that it just shouldn't be there, either move it, close it, or both and report it).
• Testing things out on the forums (sigs/avas/forum features, etc) is spam, unless done in Tilly's Cantina.
• Double posting.
• Reviving an old, dead thread unless the response adds value and relevancy to the issue.
• Every 1000 posts, members are allowed to post about their post counts in Tilly's. Otherwise it's spam.
• Cross-posting (posting identical content to multiple threads).

Swearing in WN threads:

1 - Swearing in thread titles is not allowed.
2 - Swearing in posts is okay as long as:

• It isn't directed at another member, guest or ally of Warrior Nation.
• There isn't a section policy against it.
• It isn't excessive.

User profiles, Social Groups & Blogs

1 - User profiles, social groups and blogs are maintained by the user and are not a violation under standard policy unless reported by the owner or group members.
2 - If reported, follow same policy for forum spam.

Other bad content

Not allowed under any circumstance.

• Pornographic images or links to pornographic sites.
• A verbal or graphical assault directed at another member, guest or ally of Warrior Nation.
• Discussing or linking to illegal and malicious software, tutorials or websites.
• Racial and prejudice slurs directed at a member, ally or guest of Warrior Nation, regardless of their parentage.

WN Blogs may only contain information related to Warrior Nation and Gaming.

Examples include: game strategies, game primers, game tactics, planning or announcing game activities, game events, happenings in the gaming world either within WN or gaming outside of WN, your personal history or experience as it relates to gaming or the ranks or achievements in WN or past clans.

It may also be used for happenings in WN departments. Examples include: announcements to historical tracking, plan developments, department changes, activities or events, upgrades to any aspect of WN.

Bottom line, Blogs are to be WN or gaming related only.