Gaia Guilds Network (GGN)

General Guidelines

Everything inside the GGN must comply with Gaia's TOS.
Things such as cyber, abuse, racial slurs, hentai, porn, etc.. that are disallowed by Gaia's TOS are not allowed in the GGN just as they're not allowed in the rest of Gaia's forums.


Report things to Guild Crew and Captains first
In the GGN, the guild Captain and their crew are charged with keeping order in their guild. Most violations should be reported to and dealt with by them. Moderators are usually only needed in the case of Captains or Crew not acting to keep guild members in line or being the ones who are breaking the rules themselves.

Bare Basics of the GGN

What a GGN Guild is
A GGN guild is rather like a privately run forum. In Gaia's main forums, the administrators and moderators set the rules for the individual forums and enforce these. In a GGN guild, while everything must still comply with Gaia's TOS, the guild Captain sets the rules on what can be posted and the Captain and Crew of each GGN guild enforce their own rules. They get the ability to do things such as make announcements and stickies which only moderators can do in the main Gaia forums, as well as decide who is allowed into their guild and who isn't.


How do I get one?
To get your own GGN guild, you need 20,000 gold. That's 20k. Then you wander over to The Barton Town map, go into the Guilds building, and on the left there's a shield that says, "Create Guild". Just click there and follow the instructions to create your own GGN guild.


Entry Fees/Guild Gold?
Whether or not to charge an entry fee is up to the sole discretion of the guild Captain. Entry fees charged on joining a guild are added to the Guild's gold fund. Captain, Crew, and other GGN members can also donate gold to the guild. Everyone should be aware that there is absolutely no way to access the guild funds to remove them, or refund them. At the moment, subforums for the guild can be purchased for 2500 gold (that's 2.5k) from guild funds. There will be other uses for guild funds in the future.


The Three Guild Types

Public
Public guilds forums can be seen and posted in by anyone. Only members can be banned from a guild, so it's not possible to keep a user out of a public guild if they are not a member of the guild.

Private
Private Guilds forums can be seen by the public, but only members can post in the guild forum.

Hidden
Hidden Guilds have their forums invisible to all but those who are members of the guild. Please note though, that this doesn't make it okay to break Gaia's TOS inside a hidden guild.