Official Status: Guidelines & Requirements [28/JUN/2013]

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Official Status: Guidelines & Requirements [28/JUN/2013]

Post by Aline » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:37 am

Official Status: Guidelines & Requirements

03/APR/2013. Please send all of the faction notification and or update starting from this date to Pitchounette.

Since many people are wondering what it takes or what is required for a faction to become official or have been worried about not being noticed enough, this thread is being created to hopefully sort these problems. If you'd like to know about something that isn't covered by this thread (or isn't explained well enough), feel free to forum PM our current Head of Factions and I'll try to answer as soon as I have time.

As a faction leader you are expected to have read everything written in this thread before showing that you are interested in reaching official with your faction by forwarding the notification format found all the way down. If you don't, you will probably miss vital information on requirements and the PM will be ignored.
Requirements/Guidelines

Leadership: The leadership of a faction plays a big role in whether the faction in question eventually reaches official or not. The leadership needs to be dedicated, reasonable and make sure that its faction's members stay active and don't violate any rules or otherwise mess up. A strong and steady leadership is a key requirement and without this, a faction just can't and won't reach official. It's not only important before reaching official, but also after reaching official.

Length of Existence: The length of time a faction has existed before reaching official status is important because we need to be sure that it won't just dismantle after a few days or weeks. Factions often shut down shortly after they were created because its leaders lost motivation or didn't expect the amount of time that is required to lead a faction. Due to that, a faction needs to run steadily (see other requirements) for at least 2 months before its name can be brought up as possible candidate for official.

Activity: A faction needs to be active and to be able to stay active over the time. The faction leadership is expected to be active and dedicated, and the faction itself should have at least 8-10 active members. If a faction doesn't have more than a few active members then there is not much of a reason for it to switch from unofficial to official, simply because these factions should have enough to offer for more players of the community.

Creating Role-Play: Official factions of LS-RP must actively create enjoyable/proper role-play not only for its members but also players outside the faction in one way or another. A faction that either doesn't create much role-play (whether for its members or non-members) or only creates role-play for itself doesn't have much to offer to players of LS-RP as a whole.

Offered Role-Play: Factions don't necessarily need 'realistic' counterparts (i.e. role-playing a faction based on existing real life organizations/gangs/etc), but the role-play provided by the faction should be at least feasable, realistic and otherwise understandable from an IC point of view. You can create unique factions that do things that no known group really does in real life, but these things should make sense and should stay realistic for the obvious reasons.

Faction Type: If the other requirements are fulfilled, a faction doesn't really need a specific type to reach official. That means it can also be unique or use a rare role-play type (e.g. a racing group) as long as it's going strong, has a good leadership with active members and offers proper role-play to the IC world of LS-RP. However, a faction may have better chance to be considered for official status if it has not been done before, or are considerably different than others.

Faction Slot: There are no limit of official faction slot, there are only a limited amount of restricted properties (Weapon Factory & Drugstore). In some cases, a faction may become official without either one of the two, however, it will be compensated with something else depending on how the faction has been operating.
Notification/Monthly Updates

If the leadership of a faction thinks that their faction is ready to become official after reading through this thread, it has to fill out and forum PM the format found below to the Head of Factions (Pitchounette) so that the factions management knows there is interest. Doing this does in no way guarantee that the faction will become official! All it does is inform the factions management that the faction believes it's ready for official and would like to be considered the status.

Henceforth, the forwarded notification will only receive a response that tells the leadership that the notification was forwarded or not forwarded. In case you did NOT receive a reply, the leadership of the faction has to forward an update to the Head of Factions (Pitchounette) every month so that we have an up to date roster and know what else happened that could be of relevance. If no update is forwarded, we will assume the faction have no interest of official status.

Remember: The notification/monthly updates have to be forum PMed to the Head of Factions. Only the leader of a faction may forward the notification format. Only the leader of a faction or if the leader is inactive/unavailable whoever the leader assigned as acting leader may forward the update format when necessary.

Notification format: Do NOT add any spoilers

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    [divbox=#ffffff][center][size=120]Faction name here[/size][/center]

    [b]Faction type:[/b]
    [b]Faction thread:[/b]

    [b]When was the faction created and has it been running actively/continuously since? If not, why?:[/b]

    [b]List all current leaders (in-game and forum names) and how long they have been in their position:[/b]

    [b]If applicable, list all past leaders (in-game and forum names) and explain why they are no longer in their position:[/b]

    [b]List day-to-day role-play activities of the faction and explain them briefly if necessary:[/b]

    [b]List all official faction members (insiders, not outsiders!) with their name (in-game and forum), type of rank (low/middle/high) and their current activity status (active/inactive):[/b]

    [b]How well do you know and how much/why do you trust your faction insiders and fellow leaders (not only within the faction but also with their behaviour/role-play on LS-RP)?:[/b]

    [b]Why does this faction deserve becoming official? And why is it ready for the desired status?:[/b]
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Monthly update format: Do NOT add any spoilers

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[divbox=#ffffff][center][size=120]Faction name, DD/MMM/YYYY[/size][/center]
[b]List all official faction members (insiders, not outsiders!) with their name (in-game and forum), type of rank (low/middle/high) and their current activity status (active/inactive):[/b]

[b]Noteable faction changes during the past month:[/b][/divbox]

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Re: Official Status: Guidelines & Requirements [03/APR/2013]

Post by Pitchounette » Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:17 am

UPDATE: Please send all of the faction notification and or update starting from this date to Pitchounette.
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