All About Guilds! [Rules and Frequently Asked Questions]

Welcome to the Guilds!

This is a place where you can chat, find a Guild to join or even make your own!

UPDATES ARE IN TEAL

Base Guild Rules are as follows:

• All Guilds can have a Guild Fund which the designated leader is responsible for
• Active for guild membership is set at a baseline of posting in the guild at least every two weeks. Guilds may optionally remove members without warning if they become inactive.
• If a Guild is not active for the same amount of time, or has less than 5 members (including yourself) it may be removed
• Guild leaders can be impeached by popular vote
• You may only be in one guild at a time

FAQ:

Q: So what's a Guild anyway?
A guild is a group run by users just like you. It is a space to discuss, play games, post graphics etc with like minded people. It is a "safe space" for those to interact with other members and as such things that are guild/member related should be contained in that guild without negatively affecting outside users.

Q: Is there a membership limit?
A guild is 30 members plus a designated leader and two optional co-leaders. Guilds with sub-forums get additional 20 members (so up to 50) + extra goodies (included emblem + your own Guild moderators!). See the Guild Shop for more.

Q: What can my Guild be about?
Anything, within reason. We do not tolerate any form of hate speech, lewd behavior or glorification of toxicity, so your Guild cannot promote that and will be removed accordingly if it is found.

Q: Can I just "start" a Guild?
Gather 4 more supporters, a name, a guild manifesto and designation and you are off. Please send me a DM when your Guild has been set up . Supporters must post after your manifesto is complete. Only one thread per Guild unless the Guild has a sub-forum.

Q: What is a Guild manifesto?
It's your introduction post where you list out what your Guild is about, rules, leaders, members and more! Get creative with it.

Q: What about Guild Aesthetics?

Guilds have several add-ons available for purchase in the guild such as an emblem, custom username gradient and guild badges. They are pricey and that is covered in the following few Q&As. All of these things are only available to members and stay with the guild whether you are joining or leaving and regardless of any donations these purchases where made with.

Q: What's a Guild Fund?

Pooled akorns in short. The Guild Fund can be contributed to by anyone, and akorns will be transferred directly to the leader. The leader is responsible to the guild for this and the method of tracking the funds should be a community decision.

Q: Why do guilds need a Guild Fund?

Guilds have their own section in the Akorn Shop called the Guild Shop that only guild leaders can purchase from. Here there are extras like a guild emblem, sub-forum, a custom guild username gradient for all members of your guild as well as custom guild animated badges (up to 2). Items are meant to be community purchases for the benefit of the Guild and are priced as such. In short, guilds will need some pooled funds to afford these.

Q: How do I donate to the Guild Fund?

Transfer akorns directly to your designated leader. It's highly recommended to use "guild" as your reason. This will make it easier for your leader to track.

Q: What is a Guild designation?
Under your user avatar, you'll see a list of personal details. Once your membership has been communicated to tech staff, your Guild will be displayed here as a link that goes your Guild thread. Guild Leaders, please note guild designations must be a max of 18 characters. Please communicate any changes in designation to tech staff.

Q: What kind of rules can I make?
Beyond the base rules listed above, every guild has the right to make rules within reason, parameters for acceptance and removal.

Q: What can I post in the guild?

Guild posts follow all the rules of the forum plus whatever ones the guild may make. Guilds are a bit more "loose" than other spaces on AKP because guilds are meant to be fun and foster trust and cooperation. Guilds with sub-forum are even allowed their own moderators that will oversee most moderation duties (DM them). Please report any majorly inappropriate posts though through normal means.

REQUIRED READING: Guild Moderation and Rules

Any additional questions can be asked here and may be posted in the FAQ.

Rules are subject to change.

Have fun!

Quote from rainbowblink224

What if you're in a guild that someone made after this thread? Will they have to change their guild to follow these rules? Also, how much are guild sub-forums, and can anyone transfer Akorns to help pay for it? Also, will there be the ability to add aesthetic things related to the guild like a custom guild border, username color, emotes, etc. like there used to be?

Then you are still in that guild. I am about to post our first guild event where you will see that we are waiving the user length and post count for the first few weeks.

Are there too many members?

The guild shop will have all the prices but you can see the sub forum cost here: https://forum.allkpop.com/suite/jcoins-shop/

We do plan to have things like emblems! Stay tuned.

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Is the guild shop already up?

We will have items available in the akorn shop, and will make a separate guild shop thread to address some requirements and extras for purchase.

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So a Guild can really be about anything huh....interesting

you mentioned guild wars in your other thread but what are these rules of engagement?

(evil ideas forming )

LOL, it's just the most active that wins! There's nothing dastardly to be done unless you consider posting like a mad man to be evil...

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Hey Vestirse,

Thank you for the detailed posts! I have revised the Exotic's guild's manifesto and got some supporters for it. Can you check to see if its complete and meets the requirements for the guild to be official? :)

The manifesto was well done and funny! HAHAHA, ready to sign in blood. I was wondering why there wasn't an EXO guild prior to this. Hope your guys are getting ready for the guild wars!!!

I am not sure if any guild is full right now and the rules about being active are designed to help people that actively want to join versus others who are in the guild but not participating. Happens more frequently than you know!

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hi! does the guild shop exist yet? I couldn't find it

edit: I found it nvm!!

Your guild leader will be able to apply for the emblem once we get up and running!

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Ves

just for my own knowledge as well given that the rules state you can pretty much make a guild about anything

is there amything stopping someone (if they fulfil the min requirments about membership and akorns and what not) from making a second guild about the same group or whatever? ie like exo guild 2 so those waitlisted members could join

Nothing prohibits that! Some fandoms are more than big enough for more than one guild honestly.

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btw how is this rule counted for users that were on old AKP already?

I should really edit that post, my bad. In the guild wars announcement I clarified that this rule would not apply during the games because obviously, we're too new. Sorry for the confusion, but you can ignore that.

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btw, how do you keep track of that if later on if we have more guilds?

We will be keeping track of what guild you are in on the backend. We're working on it right now, and it will allow you to count for only one guild. You can post to your hearts content in other guilds though, but guild extras such as the guild emblem will only be seen on official members.

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ok!

will you make an announcement when guild wars starts? just because of different timezones

Good point!

Ha, I am listing them all out right now, just a moment!

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Do I just ask the guild leader themselves to join, or is there a separate thread for that?

Just ask the leader and they will communicate it to me.

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what can guild co-leaders do btw?

I've been updating these rules as we flesh out more, but my initial thought was that that the help the leader keep track of things like guild funds. In the future, we do plan to base activity on members as well, so they'd also help keep track of things like that.

PeachPig as always, any suggestions are welcome!

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PeachPig as always, any suggestions are welcome!

Oh, I also include them optionally on internal communication about the guild (basically the DM set up with staff)

See the icons that looks like two dialog bubbles at the end?

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You can also start a convo from the navbar up top

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Ves for the first rule, does it still apply since guild wars ended 2 months ago almost?

Thanks, I re-worded it!