This is the general administrative classification.

• As a whole The War Council and Specialized War Council will vote on clan wide issues in an equal status.
• Will be assigned 1-4 specific games to solely or cooperatively oversee. Games can be from more than one category (i.e. FPS, RTS, RPG, MMOG, Console) or it is possible to have more than one or overlap assigning of a game. Members designated within a category may divide up responsibility among themselves to accommodate their needs.
• Number for each determined by number of games within a game category.

1. Alliances

1.1 Game Alliance : Handled exclusively by Game Leaders and applicable Diplomats. )
(All previous alliances must be RE-ESTABLISHED in order to maintain their status.) Inactive clans will not be tolerated for allies. The requirements for Game Alliances are as follows:

• Must be approved by game leader and applicable diplomat.
• Must operate by similar rules as Aop

1.2 Global Alliance: Handled exclusively by the Chief Diplomat , and support by Diplomats. Disrespect towards any Global Alliance will result in immediate punishment by the Chief Diplomat .

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2. Diplomats

2.1 Diplomats no longer have a primary game (name will be listed on a central diplomat roster) but playing multiple games actively is a MUST in order to fill the job. Assist in any Alliance matters within their supported sections (from 2-3.) Report directly to Chief Diplomat and the game leaders of those games in which they oversee. When overseeing any alliance situations of sections, diplomats are expected to maintain efficient communication with those particular game leaders to provide a smooth process for alliances - on both section and global scale. Diplomats shall be an equivalent rank to HG/Captain. And be responsible for the following:

• Search out and initiate Alliance proceedings with qualified clans
• Forum communication on both Allies and Aop's
• Voting in approving new Global Alliances
• Coordinate with game leaders for Game Alliances
• Representing Aop in any matters regarding their applicable sections towards other clans (friendly or hostile.)

2.2 Diplomat numbers shall be determined by quantity of games in each section (RPG, RTS,FPS, and MMOG) ! Diplomat shall be assigned for every 3 games,( a minimum of 2 per section) and each shall be responsible to maintain relationships for the main games they are assigned to as well as the overall diplomacy of Aop. (example: if a division has 4 games, they get 2 Diplomats, a third added upon addition of the 7th game)

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3. Permissions

3.1 Alliance members receive regular, non tagged account with a custom user title of "Alliance - clan tag - game allied for."

3.2 Global Alliance members receive tagged, regular accounts with the standard "Global Alliance" tag..

3.3 Diplomats gain moderator privileges to the Diplomacy Forum as well as access to Tactical Operations Centre. Standard "Diplomat" tag and war room access granted immediately.

United Alliance Member

Leaders from other clans that have joined Aop in alliance.
 

Justice Department

An important note about the JD - The JD will only be involved in extreme cases. For the day-to-day punishments, it will be the Game Leader's discretion as to what gets punished, etc. The JC has the authority to step in if need be, and can also regulate our upper ranks, however we must give out GAME LEADERS & ADMINS leeway to handle business on their own if possible, and only come to JD as last resort

Justice department will consist of Chief Justice and a Justice Council. Justice council will be composed of 5 members. in addition to forming the "jury", the justice council will also be admin support for up to 4 games.

The only time the justice department will be used will be:
Extreme issues for regular members that the GM feels he cannot handle properly
An issue with a GM, mod, captain, or anyone else above field rank ASSUMING the GM of that section can not handle the issue himself
An issue with a WC member or another member of parliament

The way the justice council will work will be:
*ANYONE* can initiate a trial. If people initiate trials over stupid things, then they themselves will be reprimanded. This is only to be used as a last line to stop problems.
A post is made by the person initiating with a standard topic, IE/ "WNxLoCo should be put on trial for the following reasons:" Then the post would be a detailed account of what happened with any logs, proof, etc.
A reverse argument is made by the accused stating why this happened, his own proof, etc.
the justice council & the chief justice all vote whether guilty or not
In the event of a tie, a royal commander will cast the tie breaking vote
If the accused is found GUILTY then the chief justice deals out an appropriate punishment. CHIEF JUSTICE WILL DECIDE PUNISHMENTS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, unless VOTED by 2 or more members of the Royal Commanders!!
Note that the council is only to be used in extreme circumstances.. if its being used alot, then this means that the game leaders are failing in their positions

*NOTE that unless an official trial is initiated, that the chief justice has NO SAY over punishment or who is guilty, innocent, etc. - the punishment and dealing with problems falls upon the GAME LEADERS of the section..

 

Royal Guard department primary function is FORUM UPKEEP. They will keep their forums looking clean and organized. Also may oversee general forums and keep them organized.

Chief Royal Guard is in charge of keeping all the mods in line and keeping tabs on them, making sure the forums are up to par, etc.
Mod status will be given out of necessity, IE/ WNxGuy is posting alot of strats and is active and been in the clan, and the Game Leader thinks he should have mod ability to help keep the forums clean and be able to stic/unstick posts, etc. then he should get it.
ELITE Royal Guards will be in charge of keeping general forums up to par and regulating any offensive content or misplaced posts. Also will assist the Chief Moderator in anything.
NOTE THAT ROYAL GUARDS ARE NOT JUSTICE COUNCIL!!! if a big issue arises and punishment needs dealt, they report it to a JC MEMBER or GAME LEADER!!!

Primary purpose of the Parliament is too help the founders make decisions and to bring up issues that may effect the clan. This will give us EQUAL REPRESENTATION across the Aop network and the different departments.

A note.. EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE Parliament needs to play at the very least ONE GAME!!! At least one member of the Parliament will be involved with every single game that we support.

Our job as the Parliament is to the EVERY DAY MEMBERS. be their friends, help them out, help the game leaders if need be. Most importantly, GET YOUR DEPARTMENTS RUNNING TO THEIR BEST ABILITY.

only dedicated and enthusiastic and hardworking people will have these positions.

And if they are not on the same page as the rest of us, then they are not built for the council and we will not put so much faith and work into their hands.

Game Development - game champions, game reviews, etc.

Chief of Game Development would oversee the Development Council
Basically CoGD would be the final decisions maker, and the Dev Council would do what the CoGD tells them to do
1 Crusader member in charge of GAME CHAMPS within the one game.
Game champs start new sections when the time comes..
Dev Council do their duties and special projects assigned by the CoGD, along with their other daily activities, and game champs would focus on starting sections and helping other starting sections

• In charge of leading newly released game
• In charge of creating new game reviews and/or encouraging others to do so.

Authority:

They police the new game until a Game Leader is chosen, they are the leads over the Game Champions who are all competing to become the Game Leader.

Duties and Procedure:

• Review new games to decide if they are worthy of Aop. If not, they are out the door, move on to next game.
• When a game is introduced, a Development Council member will take upon themselves the responsibility of supervising.
• 1-2 Development Council members are placed, then they choose the Game Champions.
• They are responsible for up keeping the member roster where the Game champions do not.
• Once a Game Leader is chosen, the Development Council members are pulled out and the new Game Leader takes over. Only after a Game Leader is chosen can a War Council member take on that game to Mentor as Admin Support and not before. War Council members may assist in game play, help out, but the Development Council members are the game keepers in its initial development stage.
• So when the Development Council members are pulled out after a Game Leader is chosen the Development Council go back to game reviews.

Game Champion


• A Game Champion is chosen by the Development Council to support the building efforts of those new games. This is a sub rank to the Development Council and is only a temporary position that must coexist with the Development Council overseeing that specific game.
• There can be 2-7 selected and all are competing for the rank of a game leader rank.
• There will be no backstabbing, down talking or gossiping bad rumours of any participant or you will be disqualified.

RECONS

Chief Recon Responsibilities

Selects the Recon team.

Oversees all games being run by Recon in coop with the supporting parliament admin if one exists prior to entry.
Will decide how many recons are required for a supporting game.
Determines how many games will be seized at once.

Purpose

Recon will come into a game when it’s in dire need of help. They work with supporting parliament member overseeing the game and decide if Recon will take over operations to help the section. If agreed and approved, the Supporting Parliament Admin will demote all members to the second lowest rank prior to the introduction of the Recon team.

Targeted games must be approved or requested by Supporting Parliament Admin and Royal Commanders Approval.

Objective and Responsibilities

They will play the game as primary and highest leading rank. Will establish incentives for recruiting, being active in game and in forum. They will recruit members, and have the primary members recruit, until the game has 20 primary members who are active and willing to stay in the game. When this is achieved, the Recon Chief and supporting parliament admin will choose a qualified GM/Major. Once established, Recon will leave, except for one member who will stay for one month to ensure the game continues in a good direction.
They will have a choice in how many games they wish to work on at once, limited at 3, subject to Chief Recons discretion.
Reports all monthly or bi-weekly progress to the Chief Recon in the Recon forum.

Recon Requirements

Shown good leadership within his/her current section, and have shown adequate recruiting skills.
Play a wide variety of games, such as FPS, RTS, RPG, MMORPG.
Have a computer that will support upcoming new generation games
Have a great deal of time to play and help on the forums.

Major


Captain

Field Ranks

Sergeant Major
Master Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Sergeant
Corporal
Private

Grand Master


Honor Guard

Field Ranks

Paladin
Templar Knight
Dark Knight
Teutonic Knight
Knight
Squire

Division Lead Rank to oversee operations
• Appointed only by an overseeing Parliament member.
• Appoints 2nd in command.
• Member tracking, roster updates.
• Moderator Access in their game forum
• May put a member on official probation (Must immediately be reported to an Administrator/ by PM or a Central Command Centre post with full supporting details so proper probation can be placed into effect).
• May ban a member, (Must immediately be reported to an Administrator by PM or a Central Command Centre post with full supporting details prior to public announcement, subject to review, then it goes into effect).
• Appoint one moderator (may appoint additional, subject to approval by the General Commander).
• Staff account on the Aop Ladder, user level setting of “Manage Staff” within their designated primary game, division or realm only. This allows them to create, modify and delete Staff accounts used as their Tournament Coordinators.

Minimum Requirements

• At least 3 months of membership (Exceptions - Game Champion for a new game approved by Parliament).
• Not on probation in last 6 months.
 

Second in Command within Game

• May promote or demote within the field ranks only. This privilege is determined by the game leader in charge and may be further restricting.
• Member tracking, roster updates.
• Moderator Access in their game forum

Case by Case determined by the War Council

• May put a member on official probation (Must immediately be reported to an Administrator/ by PM or a Central Command Centre post with full supporting details so proper probation can be placed into effect).
• May ban a member, (Must immediately be reported to an Administrator by PM or a Central Command Centre post with full supporting details prior to public announcement, subject to review, then it goes into effect).
• Appoint one moderator (subject to approval by the Game Leader).
• Appoint Tournament Coordinators only if needed (subject to approval by the Game Leader).

Minimum Requirements

• At least 2 months of membership (Exceptions - Game Champion for a new game approved by a Parliament member).
• Not on probation in last 3 months.

The Sergeant Major/Paladin rank is the highest of the field ranks. They have shown complete loyalty toward the clan. They have shown experience within game play and are always willing to provide tips and demonstrate for the clan. They carry the law within their soul and always remind the ones in need , they carry the word of the clan and spread it throughout the world. Their main objective is to train the lower ranks for future battle, to be a mentor to all lower ranks and help them achieve higher skill.
 

The Master Sergeant/Templar Knight will defend all high ranks with the strength of the Clan. There is no limit to how many can be in this rank. They have strong loyalty, have shown remarkable abilities in hand to hand combat, weaponry, and have acquired great knowledge across the land and will kill at the command of any high rank. Master Sergeants/Templar Knights can make limited decisions in clan battles and direction, however Game Leaders will have final approval. They cannot however promote or expel a member. Choose members that are online during the times that they are whenever possible. There prime objective is to use them to protect the foundation of Aop.

The Staff Sergeant/Dark Knight has shown to be even more powerful in offensive and defensive measures. There is no limit to how many can be in this rank. They are not only are successful in battle but have shown great loyalty among the clan. They are successful in leading small teams and coordinating strategic plans.

Promoted to this rank based on performance, activity, teamwork, and contribution, subject to the terms the Game Leader in charge puts forth.

• Eligible to be a Moderator.(subject to Justice Council approval)
• Eligible to coordinate tournaments (subject to Game Leader approval)

The Sergeant/Teutonic Knight shows greater strength and participation in the clan. There is no limit to how many can be in this rank. They search out battles, successfully defeat other opponents, come to the need of other members. They can also suggest members with the approval of the game leaders. They bring new strategies and are in constant communication with the members.

They engage in battle and work with the teams as much as possible. They are the strength on the field in numbers and in marksmanship. They have proven they can take orders and follow through. They are strong in many various weapons.

The grunts of the clan. New members will start their membership in this class. They are on a trial period, therefore have no clan privileges and may not recruit new members until they have completed their trial period. They are not allowed to recruit new members without the specific approval of the members in charge.