> The New System II, The rough Outline

This is a Rough Draft After taking in input from leaders. This shall seem more straight forward because this is a draft for the new system itself, rather than offering up suggestions.

I ask that you read this whole thing, as some parts, such as the promotion part,seem unfair until you complete reading the whole thing.



Basic Outline
When a New member is Recruited into NTN he is given a "recruit" rank. For a Few days he will be a "trial" member, where he will be watched to make sure he displays a good attitude about the clan. After a couple days, if he is accepted, He will join one of Three Divisions. In the Division he can take place in division wars, Division activities, and all such actions. He will move up the Division ranks by being promoted by His Division Leader or Clan Leaders. Once he has achieved Captain rank, and his division leader thinks he is ready, His D-leader Or Clan Leaders will approach him. He can then Leave the Division, or stay in it. If he leaves, he can either Join a Squad, or Stay solo and eventually Create his own Squad if he gets approval. Squads are different than divisions in that they are much smaller, Have a their own ranking system, if they have one at all, and take place in Separate Squad wars.


Of Divisions/Squads

Divisions

The Three divisions shall be that of Strength, Honor, and Courage. Three.
They shall be run by a Division leader, who has control over it. He can decide If he wants to have his own division channel, and if so, what it is. These are Broad Divisions, Every member who joins must join a division. The Goals of these Divisions is to help the New Member become accustomed to the Clan, and that he feels like he fits in. Also, the promotions come from the Division leader, as to help alleviate the burden of promotions on the Clan Leaders.


Squads

Squads are Completely different than Divisions. Squad leaders shall have complete control over their Squad, Their own ranks, if they even have it, their own meaning, their own system of control. It shall be completely autonomous. Squads are much smaller, efficient, and tighter-knit than a Division. Because a Squad is much smaller and can be much more secretive, Leaving a Squad is much harder, requiring Permission from their Squad Leader. Leaders cannot give permission, it must be obtained from the Squad Leader.
A member cannot be in 2 Squads at a time, just like a Division.

Squad/Division Wars!

Having weekly wars between the Division/Squad will make Clan interaction a ton of fun. One week would be Squad wars, the Next could be Division, then back to squad or a week off. Rotate on a 2-3 week Rotation. This will be Set up by Division leaders for division wars, and Squad Leaders for Squad wars, so the Clan leaders won't get swamped. Replacing the Old Tournament style play will be Ladder play. The D-Leader will assign who is their #1 player, their #2, their #3, and etc. Then the top of one squad will play the top of the other squad, #2 play #2, #3 play #3, etc. He can adjust this for each map and type before the tourney, so if a money map and scenario is chosen he can adjust it and order his men in according to money-map skill. Whichever squad/Division has more wins in the ladder wins the whole thing. This way the entirety of the squad/Division is important.

Also the Type of game played will be different as well. Leaders will meet beforehand to decide on something new and exciting for each week.
Of course, the Staple will be 1;1 @ Lt(At least 1/2 of all tourneys should be this), but it will be swapped out sometimes. One week would be 2v2 @ BGH, the tourney after a 4v4@ Fastest or Prim Islands. And for the Team games, Sometimes Random Pairing, Sometimes they pick their partners.

The winners could receive a bunch of things, Perhaps Promos to certain people that did well or under a certain rank, or CD-key or keys that the Division/Squad could use, medals, etc..
Also, a "Hall of fame" thead shall be recreated where Division leaders and Clan leaders can write up how the division battle went, post the results, and who won. This record, i think, would be fun to look at weeks, months later down the road. Also, it lets the new recruit see a past has existed, and that they're joining in the middle of a long tradition that they can participate in.

Ranks

NTN Will have Seperate Ranks, in-Division and Post Division Ranks.
In-Division will be:
Private>Ensign>Soldier>Corporal>Sergeant>Captain

Post-Division Will be:
Lieutenant>Colonel>Commander>Marshal>General>Admiral>Leader

Division Leaders will have their Own rank, somewhere between General and Admiral.

Promotions
Promotions should be based on multiple factors, but still follow a basic outline.
Recruiting is the heart and soul of the Guild, it keeps us growing, keeps us alive, breathing, and therefore should be the " BASIC guideline" of Promotions. (Before you post and say how this is unfair, read the rest of this post.) But, it is not the only Factor. A Rough Scale should exist, as in # of recruits per Promotion, but this can be GREATLY influenced by factors such as Activity in the Clan, Great Attitude, Making Clan Maps, Performing well in Division/Squad wars, etc. The First few ranks themselves shall be completely based on activity and interaction within the clan based on judgment by the d-leader and clan leaders.

The rough Scale should be
Ensign-n/a
Soldier-n/a
Corporal-2
Sergeant-5
Captain-10
Note, that this is a ROUGH guide for division leaders, as a member who is active every day, who interacts with members and is a great asset for the Clan could be promoted to Captain with say...3 recruits. Whereas a member who only logs on once a week, and doesn't do much would be Promoted to Captain with 50 recruits.
Activity should be a Major factor, as well as interaction. Someone who is on everyday, and has fun with the clan but doesn't recruit should be promoted quickly within the clan hierarchy, and someone who recruits often as well as interacts daily, faster still.

"Graduating" the Division

Once someone has been a Captain rank for 1 week-1 month, and the D-leader thinks he's ready the leaders shall approach and he shall be given the choice To stay in the division or Not. Note that If he chooses to stay, he should be able to leave The Division later if he chooses, in case he wants to join a squad, or to Perhaps Create his own squad when he reaches General, or is sick of going solo.
If he leaves, He May return if Clan Leaders AND his Division leader OK's it, and he is not in a Squad.
If he chooses to leave the Division, then he would be able to enter a Squad, or simply remain Solo if he hopes to Create his Own squad upon reaching General Rank. Only Leaders can promote him at this point.
If he chooses to stay, then he can continue to compete in Division wars, but he will not be able to enter into a Squad until he leaves his Division.

Clan thread
To help with the Ranks and joining the clan, NTN shall establish a thread containing each member and their rank. (I volunteer to set this up if krazy feels it is a lot of work). Upon joining the clan, a member can PM me or krazy or anyone to add their name to the list. Upon promotions, a member can PM us to increase their rank on that forum. It shall be split up between divisions, squads, solos, and ranks.

Joining the Clan
Upon being Recruited into the Clan, the member shall a few posts on these forums. The First shall be his introduction, where he was from, where he lives, age, interests, etc, So we get to know him and he feels welcome to the Clan.
He PM's Krazy (or myself or Jacker) to add his name to the "Clan Thread" List.
The Second post shall be his "recruitment" post, where he posts Who recruited him and When. He can also ask to be in a Certain division, or if does not care, ask to be placed. D-leaders and Clan leaders can then Place him in a Division based on this input.
This serves two purposes, it not only acts as a "Check" on the recruit number that people do, thereby eliminating fake recruits, and it also lets people get to know them.
When the member is recruited into a Division his Recruiter gets a "recruit" point, and that much closer to a possible promotion.

Member Tracking

We should open up several channels of communication to keep the clan unified and tight knit as we grow larger. First off, a Forum to Introduce yourself, which has already been made. Secondly, Have a Forum for each Division/Squad where Someone can post which division/squad they are in, and if they choose it, why.
Thirdly, We need to keep the Clan Active and interacting, The Clan/division wars should help immensely with this. Keep the clan talking, give them new things to discuss, as stagnation means boredom, and eventually, death.


This is the Rough Draft. After some more input i will make changes and then I will Devise the Final Copy. It will then be voted on and hopefully put into Effect. Once Again, I stress the need that this be finished ASAP. This NEEDS to get done soon.

I love the ideas of Ladder play, it really shows who is actually better in each division, but we also need Clan Tournaments, with everyone vs everyone, so we can have a tourny designed to put Divisions and Squads aside and duke it out for a total clan victory.

We had one once, dident work out too well.

The div leader can pm me instead to keep it more organized

I really like the idea entirely, it sounds like a lot of fun with the divion/squad wars and all of that but it would be a lot of work to run efficiently so i think that if we do do that the leaders must be prepared and willing