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Guild
Information
History of the Burrito Bandits:
 <Burrito Bandits> was founded in
mid-July, 2005 as
"Team America" by the then-GM Tacostand and his
lovely assistant Poj. The guild was founded in
the hopes of obtaining a dominant presence in
Warsong Gulch, back when Team America's officers
and members were all participating in the 21-30
instance (the lowest at the time). In those
days, "twinks" were few and far between, and
characters below level 30 with serious weapon
enchants were unheard of.
On
October 5th, 2005, Team America decided to change its
name on the grounds that the current guild name
might be deemed "political" in some respect, and
real-life politics shouldn't really take involvement
in a fantasy game. Yeah, it all sounds kinda
silly now. There was a vote, and "Burrito
Bandits" was the winner.
Tacostand lead the Burrito Bandits (appropriately)
for another few months, at which point there was a
leadership overhaul. Tacostand left to graze
greener pastures, and Poj was promoted to the
position of Supreme Taco. Eventually,
Tacostand decided that grass really isn't greener on
the other side of the fence, and came back.... but
Poj kept her title.
Interested in becoming a member?
We are
always looking for willing players who are
interested in what we have to offer.
You may apply using the
Guild Forum's online application.
Please check the note at the top of the application
to see what current positions are open. In
some cases, the application process may be
avoided in the event that you have arranged as such
with an officer, but these types of situations are
rare.
If
you wish to get in touch with an officer before you
apply, please be courteous. If that officer is
currently in an instance, be sure to wait until they
finish!
Rank Overview:
Here
are the guild's ranks, in the order of lowest to highest.
These are the guild's "main" ranks, excluding
bank/catchall/goofball ranks that are periodically
inserted in between. Keep
scrolling down if you wish to see Promotions,
Demotions, or Expulsions.
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Beans -
Lowest rank of the Burrito Bandits.
Newcomers will remain beans for about a
week. Once new members have proved
their dedication, they will be promoted
to Burrito.
Alturitto -
Place for alts in the Burrito Bandits.
Members are allowed as many ACTIVE alts
as desired.
Burrito -
Normal rank for members in good
standing.
Chalupa -
Junior officer rank for those who have
showed repetitive excellence and
dedication. There may only be 8
Chalupas at any given time.
Burrito Supreme -
Senior officer rank for those members
who have put outstanding effort into
building the guild.
Supreme Taco -
Poj! |
Promotions, Demotions, and
Expulsions:
Upon
initial acceptance, members are tagged as "Beans" or
whatever the lowest rank of the guild happens to be
at that time. Burrito promotions often happen
within the same day, while officer promotions must
be applied for.
Demotions may occur if a player is inactive, or in
the rare case that a behavioral issue arises.
Most often, attempts to solve behavioral issues will
be taken confidentially. If these issues
persist, the player in question may be asked to
leave the guild voluntarily or else be demoted.
As
of recently, I have changed our expulsion policy to
include players who are absent for more than 3
months (sometimes including alts). If you come
back after 3+ months to find yourself removed,
contact an officer and you will be added back in.
The general reason for inactive
member removal is to ensure that the guild
statistics properly reflect the guild's active
player balance.
Another reason you may be removed from the guild is
if you receive ample warnings and still continue a
certain pattern of disturbing behavior.
Guild Policies
Policy Overview:
Burrito Bandits pride ourselves on offering many fun
options to our members. We will never force a
player to change their spec, and we will never
prevent anyone from changing mains. To see more about
this, scroll down to "PvE Policy". We also
offer freedom from taxes or obligated fees.
Generally, most of our policies are in place simply
to back up the general policies already enforced by
Blizzard.
PvP Policies:
No
hacking.
Aside from that, try to be nice to people in
battlegrounds. If someone's bothering you, try
your best to ignore that person. Keep in mind
that you represent the guild as a whole in
battlegrounds, and your actions should make us
proud. Also, don't be a pansy.
PvE Policy:
In
5-man groups, you are expected to behave
reasonably. Pass on all BoP boss drops, greed
roll all green BoE stuff unless someone else needs
it. Same old.
As
far as raiding goes, we never force our members to
play a certain class or use a certain spec.
However, it should be noted that if you favor a
class that is heavily-played, there may be limited
room in raids and you may not be granted a spot.
Spots are first-come first-serve, with limited
switching available during the course of some raids.
Although BB is not a guild that raids with great
frequency, we do expect the following for all
sponsored raids:
General raid etiquette:
Punctuality
-
Please be on time to raids!
Tardy raiders may forfeit their
spots to more punctual ones.
Do not expect a summon if you come
in late.
Armor repairs
- Repair bots are expensive.
Please remember to fully repair your
gear before zoning into a raid.
Potions and supplies
- Do not rely on the raid to fully
supply you with potions, arrows, or
reagents. Please bring a full
stock of your normal supplies to
raids. Warriors and Rogues -
be sure to grab your own share of
arrows or bullets before a raid!
Talking over officers
- Unless specifically instructed,
always refrain from attempting to
talk over a raid leader or officer
during an explanation.
AFK breaks
- Please let somebody know if you
have to go AFK, unless it is an
emergency. Regular, official
breaks will always be taken.
Mods and Voice
- Please have the proper required
mods and voice chat client confirmed as working
properly before a raid's start.
If you are unable to run one or both
of these things during a raid,
please speak with the raid leader
and you may be granted an exception.
Alt Policy:
Upon
being accepted to Burrito Bandits, any alt you may
have is automatically accepted is well. You
will designate a character to be your "main"
character, and the rest will go in the "Alt" rank
section of the guild. Although it is
encouraged, you are not required to have all of your
characters in this guild. So long as you are
at least somewhat active with whatever character(s)
you choose to leave in the guild, I don't mind where
the rest of your characters are. So long as it
doesn't appear that you're using this as a dumper
guild for a bunch of alts you never play while your
main goes off and joins another guild, there
shouldn't be a problem.
Game Terms and
Conditions:
Please make sure you read Blizzard's policies on
harassment, as we basically enforce those same
rules (we're sort of obligated to).
In short, the guild will not tolerate the following
activities:
--Any verbal abuse dealt to another player
(guild member or otherwise)
in any public setting (public chat channels or
forums),
--Excessive boasts, brags, or "god complex" behavior
--Use of vulgar
language in public chats and forums (some is
permitted in guild chat, wink wink),
--Text spamming
in any channel, including /say, /yell, /tell,
--The repeated use of all capital letters,
--Derogatory or inappropriate racial/gender-based
put-downs,
--Excessively charged arguments. If you spark
a heated argument in guild chat, you may be asked to
take it to another venue.
Any member who
practices any of the above-listed activities may
receive warning, demotion, or expulsion from the
guild depending on repetition and/or severity of
the offense. You will be warned by an officer
if your behavior is threatening in any way. If
you feel that something another guild member has
said compromises your safety or security in any way,
do not hesitate to contact an officer. The
matter will be dealt with confidentially, if that is
the desire.
Burrito Bandits also frowns upon gold/character
selling and the use of third-party executable
"hacks", bots, and other executables deemed illegal
by Blizzard Entertainment. In our experience,
you do get caught. It isn't worth it.
No
Taxes:
We
are proud to offer our members freedom from dues and
taxes! Hooray! Although it is encouraged
that you donate time and possibly items to our guild
bank or directly to other guild members, no goods
may forcibly be taken by any player in the guild,
from any other player in the guild. This
includes officers. You will not, for instance,
be required to send all of your blacksmithing
supplies to a "guild blacksmith". Your
professions and your items are yours to do whatever
you want with. If you have an item another
guild member might want, you are encouraged but not
obligated to give the item away. If you wish
to sell an item you believe another guild member
might want, it is not prohibited to do so.
Speak
Freely
What
you say in guild chat is yours to say. We do
not censor or block guild chat from any user, and
all guild ranks are able to use guild chat at their
leisure, to say whatever they would like to say.
Of course, this doesn't mean you can be overly
vulgar, or express any type of harassment or
put-down toward any other guild member. If you do
happen to say anything overly vulgar in guild
chat, you will be asked to simply knock it off.
Hopefully this does not happen repeatedly. :)
Alternately, if anyone has an issue with something
that's being said in guild chat, please talk to Poj
or an officer and we will discreetly tell whoever it
is to knock it off.
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