The Commonwealth

Join us coz we arent crazy

you forgot to tell them about the cookies.

My bad

We are not crazy AND we have cookies

i'd say thats a winning combination if i ever saw one

Figured i should get around to posting this - it contains the rights of those in TC, and those who have dealings with TC. Any problems - contact eithier myself (kilo) or admiral ackbar.

Thanks

The Commonwealth Code of Conduct and Principles

- All commonwealth players are expected to not threaten, terrorize or repeatedly farm active* players. Any player found to be doing so within the commonwealth will face punishment, and possibly dismissal. Any player doing so to a commonwealth player will be contacted, and if a reasonable excuse is not given, will be destroyed.

- If a commonwealth player is asked politely to refrain from attacking someone who is active*, they are expected to do so within reason. If anyone should have an issue with an active* commonwealth player, it is recommended you contact the leader of the alliance which that person is in. If a commonwealth player asks you politely to refrain from attacking them, you are expected to do so within reason.

- All incidents of rudeness from a commonwealth player should be reported to a supreme high command member. Any member being rude to a commonwealth member will generally be contacted, however depending on the contents of the message/ rudeness, the player may be retaliated against.

- Any issue/ personal vendetta should be reported to the Supreme High Command immediately. If a player chooses to take action into their own hands without first consulting the SHC, then if that person is a commonwealth member, they will suffer the consequences unsupported. If the aggressor is outside of the commonwealth, and have failed to contact the SHC, then the commonwealth may get involved.

Farming Policy

The commonwealth accepts and acknowledges that farming and raiding is part of AW.

As such in regard to kuwal farming, the commonwealth defines reasonable farming, (both against commonwealth players, and by commonwealth players) to be roughly 3 attacks per active* target/ player per week. Anymore than this and the commonwealth regards it as repeated farming.

In the event you are being repeatedly farmed by a commonwealth member, you are advised to contact the alliance leader immediately, and depending on the scale of the farming you will be issued compensation, and the member will be restricted on their attacks on you - this is subject to the above code of conduct.

In the event you repeatedly farm active* commonwealth members, a warning will be issued, afterwhich failure to comply will result in appropriate action being taken.

Raiding

In regard to raiding, The Commonwealth operates by a "profitability" principle - that is to say, there is no limit to the amount of times a player can potentially be raided, so long as generally the raiding is reasonably profitable and the target raided has more than 48 turns worth of U.P out.

*Active: For the purposes of a definition of active, while each event/ circumstance will be taken subjectively, generally a number of methods can be applied to give a guideline as to a players activity. Several guidelines/ methods are illustrated below:

1.) If a players defence weapons are below 80% in power they are deemed inactive
2.) If a player has a disproportionate amount of kuwal/ UU out compared to their turn income/ U.P i.e. generally more than 48 turns worth of U.P, and 36 turns of income and that player is deemed no longer active, in which case the above policy does not apply to them.

Our Principles regarding farming policies

Furthermore, as part of both our farming policy, and as a matter of principle/ belief, the commonwealth rejects all "no farming" policies or close to "no farming" policies implemented by other alliances/ individuals/ empires. In the event a commonwealth player is attacked in response to their breaching a "no farming" policy, then provided they did not repeatedly farm anyone, and subject to any violation of the code of conduct, then the full force of the commonwealth will be as of right brought against the individual/ alliance responsible for the attack.

In addittion to this, the commonwealth believes relations with other alliances / individuals are based on principles shared between the 2 parties. As such given the core belief of the commonwealth that "no farming" policies are unfair, and injust, any alliance/ individual who chooses to pursue a "no farming" policy will be deemed to no longer share similar principles, and will as such have automatically dissolved any previous relations/ agreements with the commonwealth.

Furthermore, any freinds/ allies, of the commonwealth who are subjected to an injustice as a result of a "no farming" policy are strongly encouraged to contact the commonwealth immediately, where financial support may be given, and possibly full military support subject to an official diplomatic agreement, or a majority democratic vote by The Commonwealth public.

The commonwealth's key belief is justice and fairness, and we believe "no farming" policies to be a complete contradiction of this - as such our doors are always open to players who share the same principles as us, and we will do our best to help players who suffer at the hands of such policies/ injustice.

Alliance Rules (in addittion to the Code of Conduct):

1. If you are attacked, post on the forum. This way we know whats going on and can help you.

2. Don't be abusive to anyone on either the Aderan Wars forum or the Commonwealth forum. If you are insulted, don't reply.

3. Respect the authority of the Commonwealth leadership. Only they can make decisions on behalf of the alliance, and only after discussion between them and consultation with the rest of you.

4. Do not implicate the Commonwealth if you are threatened. You do not have the authority to say "If you attack me my entire alliance will mass your account". If you do, you will be severely reprimanded

5. Do not threaten, terrorize or repeatedly farm "active" players without the permission of the Commonwealth SHC.

6. Only members of the Commonwealth Leadership (Grand Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and S.H.C) can make official statements on behalf of the alliance - this applies both on the Aderan Wars forum and in any other matter.

7. All Commonwealth members are required to follow the orders of the S.H.C, H.C and chosen Commonwealth representatives.

8. Adhere to alliance non-aggression pacts and treaties. Do not attack any members of alliances with which we have a peace treaty. You are ill-advised to attack their officers, even if they are not specifically included in the NAP.

9. If you are asked politely to refrain from attacking someone, do so immediately and report it on the Commonwealth forum - only resume your attacks if given permission to do so by the Commonwealth S.H.C.

10. Activity on the TC forum on a weekly basis is essential - failure to comply will result in a caution/ dismissal, also failure to respond to important announcements when asked for details will also result in a caution/ dismissal.

11. Attacks on fellow Commonwealth members is strictly prohibited and will be severely reprimanded, and if repeated, will result in instant dismissal.

And thats why Ian is a law student

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