Laughing Fool he/him Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) Where there is war, there are soldiers of fortune. Anyone unaffiliated with an existing clan/guild/faction is welcome to join the Mercenaries Guild. The Rules 1) The Mercenaries Guild is not a political faction, though individual Mercenaries may act politically. 2) Mercenaries accept private contracts solicited via private messages. Mercenaries will have only one active contract at a time. Contracts must be fulfilled exactly. A Mercenary who betrays his contract, takes multiple conflicting contracts, or who fails to faithfully complete a contract before accepting a new one will be exiled from the Guild. 3) Mercenaries work for "Awesome Points.". The amount of "Awesome Points" a Mercenary has acquired should be displayed in his or her signature and will be negotiated by the Mercenary and his or her employer prior to the Mercenary officially taking the contract. 4) Mercenaries will include their currently loyalty in their signature as well as a time and date that contract expires. 5) Mercenaries will not accept contracts to feign contracts with another faction. To remain apolitical, a Mercenaries current contracted loyalty will never be a secret. 6) Mercenaries will NOT accept contracts asking them to downvote another members posts, nor will they be contracted to upvote another members posts. Example Let's say I am currently unemployed. My signature would reflect this. Let's then say, for example, that a Wafflesworn would like to solicit my services. He or she would send me a private message with their request; say, "I want you to openly and adamantly support the Wafflesworn for five days time." I would reply, "I will accept this contract for a price of five "Awesome Points."" If the terms were acceptable to both parties, I would accept the contract and update my signature to, "Contracted by the Wafflesworn until 06:13 pm EST 06/17/2014. The possibilities are endless, so let's have some fun! I hope to see some of you join the Mercenaries Guild. If you do, please post in this topic so that people will know to message you with contracts. EDIT Mercenary's now work for "Awesome Points" and NOT reputation points. Please respect this rule above all others. One "Awesome Point" should be considered equal in value to one reputation point, but again, DO NOT use the reputation system as currency; use it as a reference for the value of "Awesome Points." Edited June 13, 2014 by Laughing Fool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left he/him Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Ahhh, a shady new guild. Shall we start making warbreaker mercenary jokes 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiok Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Admins said no "buying rep" I believe that this is considered buying rep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Fool he/him Posted June 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Admins said no "buying rep" I believe that this is considered buying rep Ah, if this is really a thing, I'll have to change it from rep to something like AUC's (Arbitrary Units of Currency) or something like "Awesome Points" that can just be collected in the signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Quitecontrary she/her Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Ah, if this is really a thing, I'll have to change it from rep to something like AUC's (Arbitrary Units of Currency) or something like "Awesome Points" that can just be collected in the signature. A rose by any other name? Admins can still crack down on you for this. Our Highprince of Sugar is right. As much as upvotes are desirable, buying them would diminish the pleasure of receiving them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailliw73 he/him Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 But using "Awesome points" would totally be reasonable, I think, as they are just a made up currency that can be used to show how successful the merc is without affecting other things on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiok Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 QuiteContrary with the double post! Awesomeness points or AUCs sound good. could other people get them? Or only Mercs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsworn Panda he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Hey, some originality with the name, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I am not okay with this sort of reputation abuse. The reputation system is not for game mechanics or forum mechanics, but to reflect the average quality of a post, as judged by the community. There can be a Mercenaries Guild (and my guild could totally be hiring ) but I am quashing using reputation for this immediately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiok Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Called it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Thou appear to have overlooked one crucial detail, Ashiok. As admin, no doubt Chaos can procure the points for services rendered in...other ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Hey, I take the rep system seriously. After all if people report rep abuse, I'm the guy who investigates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsworn Panda he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 So even the Lord Ruler has to investigate some minor economical instability... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Mostly because others generally get confused by the database and the Lord Ruler doesn't mind database hunting. I'm that good at burning bronze. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsworn Panda he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) "Others" being? And 17th Shard had a major database? Edited July 3, 2014 by Rubix Picture removed due to language in picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Uh, you know, everything with dynamic content on the internet has some sort of way the information is stored. These are databases. It is nothing special about this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiok Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 That's a good point. That seems like a difficult job though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 That's a good point. That seems like a difficult job though... The way reputation is stored is (like many things with this board's software) needlessly complex, though I understand why they made it the way they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Fool he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Mmmkay, sounds good! Reputation changed to Awesome Points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Fool he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 QuiteContrary with the double post! Awesomeness points or AUCs sound good. could other people get them? Or only Mercs? Hm, an interesting idea...but I don't think it matters much since "Awesome Points" are proofed into creation arbitrarily as payment. Anyone who is not an offical agent of another faction may accept contracts as a member of the Mercenaries Guild...so yes, any memebr may earn them. I actually envision members spending time in the Merc Guild earning points while they're between factions. Or you could attempt to take contracts while in another faction, though that would slightly diminish the RP factor. Use your best judgement and just have fun with it. Sorry for the double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiok Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 but what can we GET with them? Sick stuff to put in our sigs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsworn Panda he/him Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) It's a bit hard to have a mercenary guild, especially in a forum. How about the Mercenary Guild gets favors for doing favors for others? Like, for example, the Observer's Guild hires the Mercenary Guild (Mind blown) and as a result, has to do something for the Mercenary Guild? (I'm not hiring, though) Edited June 13, 2014 by Lightsworn Panda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailliw73 he/him Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Are there any other Mercenaries besides LF? ANd Fool, when does your contract expire? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Fool he/him Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 As far as I know, there are no other members yet. My contract expires at 15 insults. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailliw73 he/him Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Okay, I have a contract proposal when that expires. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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