As all of you know, we have a pretty large guild for being so new. We will reach our two-month mark tomorrow. Yay for us! We have 50 members signed up on the website. In order to be promoted past the rank of Seeker, you MUST be a registered member of the website. Tell your friends!
But there is something else. Because we have so many members, I cannot be held responsible for tracking down each and every one of you to make sure you are being Tested for your rank. If you want to be promoted, you HAVE to e-mail me or another Hero ON THE WEBSITE, not in-game.
At first, I was grabbing people and Testing them (every three days or so), just to create awareness of the Testing going on, but that will no longer happen. From now on, your promotions will be up to you. Don't expect us to contact you every month and say, "Oh, by the way, it's time for your Rank Test!" You may certainly ask us when you may Test again, the Heroes have a very detailed list that is updated every time someone takes a Test. But whether you get those Tests or not is now up to you. I will continue to issue reminders in-game, but I won't be contacting you one-on-one. The people who are being promoted at this time have been contacting us on the website. They aren't "favorites" or anything, they are just following the rules.
One more thing: Don't even THINK about taking your Test unless you have read and understood the first Forum of the website entitled "All Members Must Read These Posts." The questions for the Tests are taken directly from those posts (and they also tell you more about your new rank!), so you can expect to pass with no problems if you take time to study those. I understand that it is a lot to read. Guess what? It took me much longer to write it than it will take you to read it. The reason that you must read them is so that we can be sure that everyone who progresses in rank in our guild has a very clear understanding of our guild policy, and what we are all about.
To find out more about the Rank Tests..... you guessed it! Read the posts. If you have any questions that are NOT detailed in the posts, you may e-mail me. I've had too many people whispering me asking me questions about the Tests. All the answers are in those posts. I took a lot of time to write them, so please don't whisper me and expect me to re-write them to you while I'm playing. I'll always tell you the same thing: Go read the posts.
Thank you all for listening to my schpeel. Let's see those E-mails come flooding in!
~Tulu