05. Packs, Alphas, and Bands

Ardent · (This post was last modified: 06-20-2017, 03:37 PM by Tealah.)

Alpha Activity Requirements

1. Single Alphas are required to make 5 posts with their Alpha Characters every OOC week, while Alpha Partners (two alphas) are required to make 10 posts with their Alpha Characters every OOC week. These 10 posts may be divided however you'd like, as long as they are completed. None of these posts can be in a thread solely with their own characters, but must instead be interacting with other player's characters for the whole of the thread for the posts to count.

2.. Please link to individual posts for the alpha check rather than entire threads to better facilitate checks. To do so, click the number on the top right hand bar. It will load the post and you can copy the site URL from there.

3. In addition to posts, Alphas are required to update their pack's event page which can be found here. This needs to be done every week, and you need to post the time and date you made the edit to the page in your activity check form, which can be found here. Pack pages are updated to reflect to number of members within the pack, as well as any events taking place (i.e. pack hunts, meetings, training etc).

4. Activity checks are done Mondays around 9:00 pm Ardent time (PST) however all alpha activity must be edited into the alpha activity thread by 6:00 pm Ardent time or will not be counted.

5. When on Absence, Alphas are excused from 1 OOC week of Alpha duties. This does not result in an automatic pass for the week, however - the previous week's status will be applied for the week of the absence, and the check will resume from there the next week. In the case of an alpha partnership, the absence of one alpha (one week only) will drop the requirements to those of a single alpha.

6. In the event of a primary alpha not contributing to activity for two alpha checks in a row (not including the one week they are allowed to be excused for an absence) the secondary alpha may take the primary alpha slot in order to make decisions for the pack.

7. When on Scarcity, Alphas are still required to meet their activity requirements.

8. The primary alpha may choose whether to give the secondary alpha position equal powers (ie, making edits, archiving pack threads, changing ranks) or not.

9. Alphas are required to keep five followers (not including the alpha or any characters played by the alpha's player) in their pack at all times to meet minimum standards. This checked at the same time as the alpha activity check.

10. In the event that a pack fails alpha check, the pack will go to the heir or another rank specified in the pack's pages. As a secondary alpha is responsible for making posts for the activity check, they are not eligible to inherit the pack if it fails.

Alpha Rules

1. Alphas use the Mod CP to change members ranks and pack status. This can be found on the top left of the top bar, below the WELCOME BACK usernamehere.

2. Alphas are also responsible for cleaning their own boards. This means that you, as an Alpha, are responsible for archiving any old threads within your pack lands.

3. Alphas are required to answer any and all challenges made to them. These challenges may be answered by either the Primary or Secondary alpha; it is up to the players.

5. Alpha duties do not include the following and using an alpha account to do them may result in losing the right to having one: gemstore purchases, character creation, maintenance, editing the guidebook anywhere other than alpha activity and pack descriptions, deleting IC posts, archiving threads outside the alpha's pack lands, archiving and/or deleting OOC posts and threads, and changing the information on any other pack's page or sections of alpha areas. Alpha accounts should also only be used to change the status of loners entering or wolves leaving their specific pack and no other packs.

Pack Events

1. Many packs hold different events for their members to participate in and make being part of a pack fun. We strongly encourage creativity here and you are welcome to try something unique.

2. Pack hunts are called so that the pack may participate together in a group hunt.

3. Battle training is another common meeting held by packs, and gives players a chance to improve upon their skills.

4. Healers are generally permitted to gather all the healers of the pack for training as well. It is a time when herbs are reviewed and different methods of healing are discussed.

5. Pack events are announced in the pack's page and can be updated with new deadlines or other pertinent information. As well, you can post the event in maintenance and it will be placed in the IC portion of the board index header.

How to Set Up Pack Pages

1. Pack pages are not really pages, but their own threads. The staff will start the thread for you, and all you have to do is edit in all of your information.

2. When changing character ranks on the pack roster, make sure that the coding looks like this :

Code:
<tr><td class=packrank> <a href=ACCOUNTLINKHERE>CHARACTER NAME</a> </TD><TD class=packrank> RANK</td></tr>

3. To make the pack header, you can either ask for it to be made by a staff member, or make one yourself and post it in maintenance for staff to input it. It must display the pack's color without texture on at least a portion of it (preferably the left side). The dimensions of the header should be 640x50.

An example can be found here.

To make it show up on pages once it has been added to the site, just enter this code :

Code:
<div class=PACKNAMEthead>PACK ROSTER</div>

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