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Hello VoT! My name is Audible and I am the Chapter Leader for Tribe. We are very excited to be running for the first ever Vanarch elections in North Shara. I'd like to take a few seconds to give you some details on who we are and what we aim to achieve.

What is Tribe Gaming?

Tribe Gaming is a multi-game community that has been successful in a number of games for over 7 years. Tribe prides itself on being a community that transcends the game you play by having a very strong moral and ethical code, coupled with an extremely active forums. Members of Tribe are mothers, fathers, sons and daughters of all races, religions and sexual preferences. People choose to play with us because it is a safe internet home with a great degree of success as well. The leaders of Tribe are almost always accomplished leaders in their work, homes and communities as well.

About Promises

We are seeing a lot of promises here; a lot of promises that guilds have no intent or no ability to keep. I won't do that. This is the first example of Tribe's moral code in action. We won't ever promise something unless we are sure it can be planned and executed 100%. We won't promise you anti-gank squads, we won't promise you levelling companions, and we won't promise you zero taxes - we can't, no one can - we're just one of the only guilds who will say it. When we promise you something, you will know we have a plan, and structure and the 100% backing of Tribe to get it done. Here are the things I CAN Promise:

• Tribe will provide thoughtful leadership to their province
  
• Tribe will have an open-door policy, accepting ideas and thoughts to improve its rule
  
• Tribe will bring the experience of 7 years of exceptional MMO leadership and organization to the position of Vanarch
  

We will make every effort to find the reasonable balance between taxation and services. We have no desire to profit from the position of Vanarch. There is too many unknowns in this regard to make promises of no taxes or everything-on. We simply desire to provide the most possible services and NPC's without over-burdening the provinces population with taxation.

Tribe's officers will work extremely hard to mobilize their 200+ members to earn as many policy points as we can to support the needs of the province. There are a lot of unknowns when it comes to policy points, so I won't promise we will be firing on all cylinders right off the hop, but policy point generation will be VERY CLOSELY watched from day-one. We will do everything we can to make sure that adjustments to how and when we earn points are made so the province is well taken care of.

We have no desire to turn PVP off in North Shara. Some guilds will tell you they will never do it, and frankly, we might in other continents as we move forward. This is another promise guilds are making that is simply irresponsible to keep. We won't make the promise, but we think the players in North Shara provinces want PVP and we want it too.

Want To Know More!?

We would LOVE to answer your questions, and almost anyone in Tribe should be able to give you a good idea of what is going on but here are some people explicitly tasked with doing that:

Mutt
Lupichu
Warrior
Kerupt
Xaikul

We've built some pretty excellent websites for a reason: so you can go learn more about Tribe, our history and get a sense of why we will be fantastic Vanarchs. To learn more about Tribe, visit us at:

http://www.tribegaming.com and http://www.tribefortera.com

Awesome Audible, looking forward to winning this election and doing as much good as possible for the players out there!

I appreciate you trying to be honest about what your guild will be able to accomplish.

But from my perspective, I am going to vote for someone because they are going to do something I want. That's the promise they make to me, and thats why I vote for them. If they win, I can try and hold them accountable to that.

If you don't make any specific promises to us players, then we really have no way to hold you accountable if you end up doing nothing for us. I can imagine your guild getting busy with a war or something, and stop taking suggestions from the community for things to do. It would be easier for you to do because you wouldn't be specifically failing to do something. We could say, "you arent listening to our suggestion!" And you could say, "yes we are, we just don't think they will work." And what can we the players do? Whereas a guild that makes a promise, there's more pressure on them to get it done. If they don't get it done, it will be a big obstacle for them trying to run again.

I would prefer promises with an outline for a reasonable plan to accomplish them (which, I'll be honest, is lacking from my own guild's Vanarch post).

I think the point is there are too many unknowns to make promises right now. When we make a promise, and you can be sure they will get more specific as we move forward with more knowledge, it will be a promise we can actually follow through on and keep. I really appreciate your input and the opportunity it gave me to clarify my thoughts on it.

Edit - Also, I think my wording on that could be clearer and I think I will edit the op to clarify my thoughts on promises.

Second Edit - Quote:

I appreciate this comment, and look forward to the opportunity I have for you hold me to my promises, which honestly are the real promises you would want a leader to uphold: honesty, integrity, sound leadership and organization. If you don't want those promises upheld by your Vanarch, I don't want your vote.

Hi Philosonaught, thank you for your well thought out and constructive post!

As a Tribe officer and Audible's assistant for anything political id like to reply to your remarks.

Quote:

For some reason people in all democratic countries expect their candidates to be honest, yet they all accept it when the same candidate makes promises that he or she will never be able to keep. To us at Tribe this is simply unacceptable. That is also why we simply tried to bring our point of view and our character as a guild and Audible as a vanarch to the forefront, instead of a bunch of promises on a system none of us have ever actually used.

I can promise you some things though.

All Tribe member are expected to adhere to and behave according to the Tribe code of conduct: http://www.tribegaming.com/showthread.php?194-Tribe-Code-of-Conduct

TLDR: Be respectfull, strife for excellence.

And that is exactly what we will bring to a vanarchy in North Shara. We will do the very best we possibly can, while respecting the wishes of the player base in the area whenever possible.

To that end i can promise you the following:

- We WILL have as many services open as possible without it interfering with your cash flow.
- We WILL NOT turn off pvp during this 1st reign in North Shara
- Tribe's officers WILL ALWAYS help resolve any issues/questions concerning North Shara and the Vanarchy whenever possible.

Audible for Vanarch!

~Maaza a.k.a. Mutt

Edited

Some clarification on Martial Law:

I may be wrong here, but here is why I think that Martial Law is a good thing, and encourages fair PvP.

Martial law, from what I understand makes it so that guards will attack outlaws. I haven't heard otherwise, but I assume it to include both infamous and non-infamous people. It doesn't 'turn off' PvP in the region, but it discourages gankers, as well as people who like to flag near a 'safe area' and run into it if they encounter resistance.

I love engaging in PvP, but like most real PvPers, I don't have much respect or tolerance for guys whose only PvP experience includes killed players 10 levels lower than them, who have no chance of retaliation. So, I like the idea of turning on martial law. It allows you to police the people who would abuse the system, without completely eliminating legitimate PvP inside the province borders.

That is just my opinion. I will vote for anyone who promises martial law. I would like to at least see it in action once, but I think it will be a good thing, not a bad thing for the province.

Quote: PixelKnight on 05/22/2012, 08:26 AM - view

I think we agree on this, and I think players in N. Shara will feel the same way. It's a high level continent and there is, from what I am seeing in feedback, a lot of support for unfettered PVP in the high level provinces.

Pixel: I am an officer in Tribe's TERA chapter and also believe that you have the right attitude towards gankers. :) I really enjoy a fair fight or even a 2v1 fight with same levels but when its 10+ lv difference and there is no reward/pushback I find it hard to see the enjoyment past trolling.

Fantastic thread. I don't see much competition as far as my vote goes. Do you know who else is running against you?