Please Read! *Guild Rules~
The Rules of Good Ghosting: How to be the best Ghost you can be
(The Ghosts of Azshara Official Guild Rules)
-Greetings, welcome, and I hope you weren’t followed! The Ghosts are a relaxed and opened minded guild, but you are expected to follow SOME rules! We get it if you don’t want to spend time reading this novel but if that’s the case please observe the bolded text and each section has it’s important takeaway in red for those inclined to skim-
~General Conduct and OOC~
-These apply to guildees and non-guildees. We want to foster a comfy guild environment, Â a respectable guild image, and a healthy community. So help us out and take a look!-
No Elitism: There are roughly 7 billion people on this planet. Everyone sees everything differently. We aren’t here to decide who is right or wrong about anything, we’re here to pretend we’re elves for a little bit together. Whether it’s roleplay or PvP prowess, this guild is an open forum where differing opinions and ways of enjoying the game are respected. Have your opinion, don’t expect everyone else to do it your way.
No Bigotry: A videogame can be a poor forum for weighty topics such as who is evil, despicable or generally “doin’ it wrong” in the world. People play games for recreation, so let’s keep the atmosphere fun. We wouldn’t presume to tell you what to believe about the world, but keep it to yourself in all public guild dealings. Bigotry of all sorts (race, sexuality, politics, favorite color) isn’t tolerated in guild chats, raids, or Teamspeak. If you wanna send your buddy a tell about how much you hate Periwinkle Blue, have at it. We don’t wanna see it.
Follow the ToS: We’re playing Blizzard’s game, so I’d follow their rules. If you’re ever curious if something you’ve done might be breaking the ToS, ask an officer or check the offical WoW website. If you wanna glitch through a wall to have an adventure in Metzen’s secret muffin vault, we don’t care, but botting, hacking, and exploiting in ways that interfere with other players aren’t tolerated.
Generally Respect People: Vague I know, but some people have a problem with being hailed by “HEY @#$%HEAD” or being informed that they’re “@#$%IN STOOPID LOL”. We all agreed to be here. I know everyone has different standards, but maintain a general level of respect you think would enable you to interact with most other humans…productively.
-There will be a seperate RP write up detailing the guild’s theme and history, character profiles, stories, and arty goodness! If you EVER need help with RP in general or how your character fits in with the Ghosts, let us know!-
Keep OOC and IC Seperate: Some people are more immersed than others in their RP. They may play a toon that exemplifies themselves, or RP how they’re feeling that moment. Some play a toon nothing like themselves and use RP to express things generally considered fantastical IRL (gyrating goblin escort robots launching champagne missiles at your rude Forsaken) Please seperate OOC and IC, their character being dramatic isn’t an attack on YOU personally.
No Godmodding or Metagaming: To make roleplay easier for everyone, there is a common ground we all meet on…that is cannon lore and mutual respect of eachother’s RP. If there are two Warchief’s of the Horde walking around, people will get confused real fast! Also, nobody wants someone else playing their toon for them. Ask permission before deciding to do something that would dramatically change their RP! No one would make it out of the inn if anyone who wanted to could just instantly kill them.
Keep Erotic Roleplay Private: We aren’t going to pretend ERP doesn’t exist, and we aren’t going to call it “taboo”. But realize some of it may break the ToS (game is rated TEEN not XXX), it’s SEVERELY (publicly..) frowned upon by this server’s RP community, and I guarentee people will find you and watch. They will take screenshots and attempt to humiliate you and the guild, so keep it safe and private and HEY-how did you get naked in the time it took me to write that? What a champion.
Sort of Follow Lore (there was no Dragon Aspect of Twerking): Look, this game’s story is huge and complex. Cannon can often be confused and some previous lore is broken or shoddy for in game mechanics. We aren’t RP elitists, we know people enjoy RP different ways and for different reasons and we want you to wow us with interesting and creative stories.  But people can be lore sticklers, so for yours and the guilds sake, ground your RP in lore and do some research. You can always ask the guild for help too!
A special note: Don’t ruin other peoples fun! This technically falls under “Elitism” and “Respect” but I feel the need to reiterate. This guild wants RPers of all walks of life to find a home. If you don’t like someone else’s RP, you don’t have to RP with them! Walk away! Rediculous blacklisting, exclusion, and derision of other’s RP is FROWNED UPON SEVERELY. Let them have their fun, they pay the same $15 a month as you.
-PvP is a topic we plan to tackle in a specific way and perhaps too complex for a simple rule list. There will be a seperate write up on the Ghost’s PvP philosophy including guidelines and tips! As always if you need any help please contact an officer-
Don’t zerg EVER…unless there is a specific IC reason or you are defending yourself from a player(s) attacking your larger group: This server has garnered a reputation for mindless, lackluster zerg WPvP. It’s the Ghost’s opinion that skill isn’t demonstrated by how many people you can stack into a raid…we aren’t that kind of guild. Try your best keep numbers even unless there is an RP reason or you’re defending yourself, people will respect you for it. WE KNOW many guilds won’t give us the same courtesy, but let’s not be part of the problem!
PvP is not everyone’s forte, so keep it fair to make it fun for everyone: People exhibit varying levels of interest in PvP, some even generally avoid it when they can. Remember…no elitism. If we’re facing an enemy who isn’t experienced, isn’t confident, or even reluctant…respect that and give them a chance. We will have no one left to fight if no one has fun fighting us. Similarly, if you aren’t happy with a guildees performance, try helping them out instead of reminding them they aren’t as good as you think you are.
Excessive spamming and “Pwning” will make you look like a griefer or zerg guildee…so don’t go overboard: Swaglording on your opponent with a quick flurry of well placed /spits and teabagging is a time honored PvP tradition, but on an RP realm it’s going to make us look like griefers. Some people come to this realm just to WPvP and ignore the RP, so to make sure people know we aren’t like that, keep spammming, teabagging, and camping to a tasteful and classy minimum. Or prefferably don’t do it at all.
The guild tends to be mature (18+) in content but please don’t scare people off: The officership loves a good human anatomy joke, but your newly recruited guildy may blush. Please keep the craziness under wraps until other people seem to feel comfortable, we want all types of people to find enjoyment here.
Sillyness is ok, griefing is not: Donning booty shorts, sandals and a water gun then dowsing a group of dour blood elves is funny. Becoming a giant yak and sauntering slowly along the pier to Flemmish throat singing is also funny. But if you do it too much and too often people will feel griefed, so keep it to a healthy and respectful level please.
Roleplay at your own pace, but make sure you do it, we’re on a roleplay AND PvP realm: Some preffer PvP, some preffer RP…but this is an RP-PvP guild on an RP-PvP server. If you want to RP casually that’s fine, but you are expected to do it. There are plenty of PvP only guilds to enjoy on ED.
A note on Political Correctness: As stated, this guild is open minded and relaxed…some people may blow your mind with their edginess. Alternatively, you may find your controversial jokes make a bad first impression on some people who will then hate you forever. PCness isn’t mandatory, but be smart about it guys. Everyone has their own “line” so respect that.
Respect the Officership: I guess this counts as general respect, but just a note: tweaking an owner of the guild is a bad idea…ICly or OOCly. Hell, even in any other game or real life. If you don’t preffer a certain officer, then work with a different one. We’re chill, but it shouldn’t shock you if refusing to obey or insulting and officer gets you in trouble.
One time I saw a ghost: I saw a ghost one time.
– Thanks for taking the time to go through these. And if you didn’t and you’re being pointed here because of a mistake…that’s ok! We believe in leniency and forgiveness. This guild is the iteration of the officers attempts to find a compelling guild we want to call home, we crafted it this way for a reason. So thanks again and let’s make something amazing together!-
Creator of the rules: Beezly
