What we do differently

The research behind this site audited what a well-run guild has that a typical friends guild forgets. Forty-two items. Most are small. Each is cheap to do once and expensive to discover the hard way. We turned the audit into a commitments list: what we promise, where it lives on this site or in Discord, and the smallest thing that counts as done. Status is updated at the monthly meeting.

Status key

Done means it exists and someone owns it. Before launch means it is due by November 4. Before first raid means due by the raid unlock. Year one means it is on the ladder but not urgent.

Leadership and succession

#	Commitment	Why	Done when	Lives on	Status
1	Backup GM named in writing, `/gleader` rehearsed once	Retail’s 90-day inactive-leader rule may not exist in Forever	Name in the officer roster, one rehearsal logged	Officer handbook	Before launch
10	Burnout policy: declared breaks, raid leads rotate every tier, GM takes a week off a quarter	Leadership is unpaid work with the game’s reward loop attached	Written and in effect	Officer handbook	Done
14	Monthly state-of-the-guild post plus a voice reading	Codified procedure makes members happier	First post after the first full month	Officer handbook	Year one
28	Officer job descriptions and deputies	So no one person is the guild	One paragraph each, deputy named	Officer handbook	Before launch
29	Officer log: one line per decision, private	Memory for the next officer	A private thread exists and is used	Officer chat	Before launch
30	Charter change log and version number	Nobody can claim the rules changed silently	Table at the bottom of the charter	Charter	Done
42	Welfare habit: an officer DMs anyone silent for three weeks, to ask if they are okay	The practice long-lived guilds share and rarely write down	It happens, unlogged	Officer handbook	Done

Raiding

#	Commitment	Why	Done when	Lives on	Status
2	Bench rotation policy with attendance credit for bench	Surprise benching is the top loot-adjacent drama source	Published before the tier	Raid leading	Done
5	Absence channel or Raid-Helper status, with the 2-hour and 24-hour rules written	Absence as a status, never a DM	Channel exists when the raid category opens	Raid leading	Before first raid
6	Loot history transparency: every award posted with the top two scores	Councils fail when decisions look arbitrary	Loot-history channel exists, first award posted	Loot rules	Before first raid
8	Raid consumables bank for progression nights only	Supplying everything burns out crafters; supplying nothing bleeds casuals	Mandatory list stocked for one night	Guild bank	Before first raid
18	Written loot rubric before the first raid, never changed mid-tier	The most cited guild-breakup cause	Rubric published	Loot rules	Done
25	Kill wall with screenshots and a paragraph	Memory Lane; the cheapest high-value page a guild site has	First kill posted	Kill-wall channel, then the site	Before first raid
26	Raid diary, five lines per night, written by the raid leader	Becomes the lore document for free	First entry	Raid leading	Before first raid
27	Logs review thread within 24 hours	One thing that went well, one thing to fix	Once Warcraft Logs supports Forever	Raid leading	Blocked, see unknowns
36	Voice etiquette pin	Push-to-talk, no backseat calling, end on time	Pinned in the raid channel	Raid leading	Before first raid
37	Wipe protocol pin	Ten seconds of silence, one answer, one change per pull	Pinned	Raid leading	Before first raid

People

#	Commitment	Why	Done when	Lives on	Status
3	Launch-night pods with a named lead and a thread, plus a week-2 merge plan	Half of launch pods stall	Leveling pods thread populated	Launch night, Rituals	Before launch
7	New-player mentors: every trial and returning player gets a named coach or buddy	Cliques are the newcomer’s top complaint	Buddy assigned within 24 hours of joining	Recruitment and trials	Done
9	Real-life schedule respect: raids end on time, kids and work first, no guilt for posted absence, “sustainable nights” on the form	Obligation is what turns a game into a job	In the charter and the application	Charter	Done
15	Feedback form on the site, summarized monthly	Feedback that changes nothing is worse than none	Form live, first summary posted	Site, Officer handbook	Year one
16	Anonymous suggestion box via a bot modal to officer chat	People say things anonymously they will not say in voice	Modal live	Officer handbook	Year one
19	Trial scorecard shared with the trial	Fair evaluation, and practice for the loot rubric	Template exists	Recruitment and trials	Done
20	Two trial tracks so social members are never raid-trialed	Grandparents do not raid-trial	In the recruitment page	Recruitment and trials	Done
21	Rejection SLA (72 hours) and a human sentence in every reply	Silence is the worst rejection	Written	Recruitment and trials	Done
22	Conflict ladder with the recusal rule	Drama in public is how cliques leave together	Written	Officer handbook	Done
23	Kick policy with the instant-removal list and the inactivity courtesy DM	Never silent removal	Written	Charter	Done
24	Alumni page, so leaving is not a door slamming	Returning is the Returning Hero title, not a walk of shame	Page exists	Site	Year one
38	Guest-host rota for social events	The cheapest engagement tool there is	Rota thread with three names	Contests and events	Year one

Economy

#	Commitment	Why	Done when	Lives on	Status
4	Profession supply chain: crafter directory, a bank alt per category, farming night every two weeks	Nine skinners and no alchemist is the default outcome	Roster shows no coverage gaps	Professions, Guild bank	Before first raid
31	Public, append-only bank ledger with a monthly balance	The game keeps no transaction log; trust is everything	Ledger pinned, first balance posted	Guild bank	Before launch
32	Account-sharing prohibition in the charter, tied to the EULA	Bank alts are where guilds break this rule	In the charter	Charter	Done

Identity

#	Commitment	Why	Done when	Lives on	Status
11	Guild anthem and playlist, member-picked, linked not hosted	Identity, and a legal way to have music	Playlist link pinned	Tavern	Year one
12	Guild lore document: founding story, name origin, in-joke glossary, first-kill stories	Lore is how a group becomes a guild	First version after Founding Day	Site	Year one
13	Goals ladder: three-month, six-month, one-year goals, reviewed monthly	People stay for a story that is going somewhere	In the first state-of-the-guild post	Officer handbook	Year one
17	Off-season plan: what we do between tiers	Guilds die in the gap, not in the tier	Drought calendar on the events page	Contests and events	Done
39	Server Tag once available, and a tabard design vote in game	Both are free identity	Tabard vote after the name vote	Name vote	After the name vote
41	A “what we are not” paragraph in the charter	Prevents the wrong recruits and reassures the family members	In the charter	Charter	Done

Discord

#	Commitment	Why	Done when	Lives on	Status
33	AutoMod rules for gold sellers, GDKP and boosting adverts	Blizzard is watching gold flow; so should we	Keyword rule plus member-profile rule, alerts to bot-log	Discord guide	Before launch
35	Name reservation night with a posted invite list, and a name-collisions fallback list	Three characters per account and two-part names will collide	Names reserved thread populated	Road to launch	Oct 27
40	Onboarding test with a fresh account before launch week	The only way to see what a newcomer sees	One test logged	Discord guide	Before launch

Rules

#	Commitment	Why	Done when	Lives on	Status
34	Ruleset decision rationale published	Cross-ruleset grouping is not supported; this cannot be undone without rerolling	Poll result and reasoning pinned in launch-plan	Road to launch	After the poll closes

Unknown as of 2026-09-24

Item 27 is blocked on Warcraft Logs supporting Forever. No announcement found.
Item 39 depends on Server Tags being available to the parent server, which the 2026 feature guides describe but which was not verified against Discord’s own documentation.
Item 33’s AutoMod AI layer is described in third-party guides only; the keyword rules are the floor regardless.