Members are expected to adhere to the official World Of Warcraft Game Policies. As <Goes To Eleven> is located on Earthen Ring EU, an RP realm, this specifically includes the Roleplaying Realms Policy. Members are expected to be able to communicate in reasonable English, both in game and on the forums. You don't have to be a native speaker. "Leetspeak" and swearing is strongly discouraged apart from jokes. Members are expected to keep in touch with the guild. Members who have neglected to do so for 8 weeks are considered inactive and will be removed. You can keep in touch through the following means:
  • posting on the forums.
  • private messaging an officer on the forums.
  • emailing the officers at officers@gt11.eu.
  • talking to the officers in-game.
The number of weeks is set in stone because it affects the amount of people able to amend the rules.
There will be one guild master with ultimate decisive powers in every decision but for changing these rules. But don't worry for he's a cuddly bear and we all love him very much ;-) The guild master can be changed by a vote on the forum, with at least 70% attendance of active members. There will be a number of officers, appointed by the guild master. These officers will all be assigned a task related to the management of the guild. The current officer tasks are:
  • recruitment, responsible for recruitment
  • character improvement, responsible for character performance
  • public relations, responsible for the website, news and advertising
  • tech support, responsible for day to day operations of the website and related affairs
Note that not each of these tasks have been assigned to a single officer, and that each officer can request the help of other officers or members as needed. Each officer will also monitor, to the best of their ability, the performance of characters during and after a raid. Each officer will also guide characters so as to increase their performance, if and when necessary. The monitoring will be done by using World of Logs, Recount and other such value added services. Guidance will be provided in the form of discussions about playstyle, connecting knowledgeable members, providing links to interesting discussions on internet forums such as elitistjerks.com, etc. Any and all disputes between members that can not be solved between those members themselves, will be brought to the attention of the guild leader and/or officers so that they can decide on the proper course of action; in case an officer is involved in a dispute, this officer is excluded from the discussion as necessary. If an officer is involved in the dispute as well, members are encouraged to contact other officers and/or the guild master. Other than the above additional duties, there are no differences between officers and members. Any change in these rules (but not in the rules of procedure) is to be proposed on the forum, to be voted on by all currently active members (see rule 1.3) with a single 'in favor' or 'against'. The window for voting on such a change needs to be at least 7 days. Rules will be accepted if at the end of the voting window more than 50% of all votes cast are in favor of the change. Rules accepted will be in effect immediately. Changes in the rules of procedure can be made by the guild master and the officers at their discretion. Members can object by contacting the guild master and officers.
Applicants are expected to write a serious application with motivation, reason for wanting to join, other interests besides our targets, and hopes for the future. Applicants will be interviewed by one or more officers. Applicants that fit the guild profile, as determined by those officers, will then be taken on as trial members. The interview is expected to take place within two weeks from the date the application was recieved. The purpose of the interview is to determine whether the applicant shares the same goals and values as <Goes To Eleven>. As an alternative, full members may act as a sponsor for a trialist eliminating the need for an interview When applicants are approved, they are allowed to join the guild with multiple characters of their choice. Note that people without a max-level character are allowed to apply, but they should be aware that the goals of <Goes To Eleven> are not about helping members to level their characters. Trial members are expected to behave like full members, and will need to prove themselves by joining in the regular activities of the guild. Trial members will be left as unrestricted as possible. Currently, there are no exceptions. Trial members will be evaluated after a set amount of time. A favorable evaluation will lead to a promotion to a permanent member. An unfavorable evaluation will lead to a discussion about the reasons, and/or removal from the guild. The trial period is four weeks. This period can be extended once, for another four weeks, for trial members that have not been active enough for evaluation. The trial member will be informed as soon as possible on the outcome of the evaluation. It is up to the evaluating members whether the trial members is rejected, or given another evaluation period to detemine a match between them and <Goes To Eleven>.
Membership is per account; alts are strongly encouraged to join the guild. Each individual character is however independently ranked and evaluated. In case of extended leave, members are expected to contact the officers with a reason for their absence. All characters of those members are then considered inactive, but will not be removed from the guild. Inactive members may be returned to active status by contacting an officer. Characters will not be subject to playtime requirements. Characters are expected to raid with <Goes To Eleven>. Characters that raid with other groups on a regular basis may be removed from the guild. Characters wanting to raid 25-mans should therefore seek another guild more suited to their playstyle. Characters will be expected to perform well at their class role, as monitored by the officers. Characters will be divided in ranks based on their gameplay performance. Ranks may be used as a requirement for signups to particular instances. Characters start out ranked as Dungeoneer. Characters may earn the Raider rank by proving their worth on an appropriate instance run. Officers may promote characters that have proven their worth in-game at any time, subject to the approval of a second officer. In case of subpar gameplay performance, as witnessed by officers, those officers and/or the guild master will engage in conversation with a character to find out what is going wrong. Performance can be measured in lots of different ways, for example by comparing to equivalently geared characters, or by analyzing combat log parses (Recount, WWS).
We expect that members will analyze their performance themselves, and in fact we encourage everyone to engage in discussion on the forum before it comes down to the officers having to step in. This rule is therefore intended to be the first warning that you really have to improve your playstyle. In case of continued subpar performance, a character will be given a deadline to improve; if, by this deadline, performance has not improved, a character will be demoted in rank. If a character is already of the lowest rank, he/she will be removed from the guild. This deadline will be the next 2 runs where this character is present. Removal from the guild will occur in extreme cases, where members simply do not show any signs of wanting to improve their character while insisting to come along.
Any member can plan a raid using the provided tools. Characters can sign up for a planned raid by using the provided tools. Alternate characters played by the same member can be signed up to the same raid, if clearly stated and an order of preference is given. All characters signing up need to meet the minimum requirements for the planned raid. Most notably, all characters must have the correct rank, as well as meeting all other requirements as listed in the rules of procedure. In particular, see the list of ranks below along with their target raid instances. Also listed is the required rating on the be.imba.hu website for a character in a certain role, as well as the achievements required.
  • Tier 7 - Rank: Raider - Naxxramas, The Obsidian Sanctum, The Eye of Eternity - Rating: no special rating - Achievements: none
  • Tier 8 - Rank: Ulduar Raider - Ulduar, Onyxia's Lair - Rating: 410 - Achievements: two wings of Naxxramas
  • Tier 9 - Rank: Coliseum Raider - The Argent Coliseum - Rating: 500 - Achievements: two sections of Ulduar
  • Tier 10 - Rank: Citadel Raider - Icecrown Citadel, Ruby Sanctum - Rating: 560 - Achievements: at least four of the following:
    • XT Hardmode
    • Assembly of Iron (semi) Hardmode
    • Thorim Hardmode
    • Hodir
    • Freya
    • Mimiron
    • General Vezax
    • Yogg-Saron
    • Algalon the Observer
    • Call of the Crusade
    • Call of the Grand Crusade
    • Onyxia's Lair
    • The Siege of Ulduar
    • The Antechamber of Ulduar
    • The Keepers of Ulduar
    • The Descent into Madness
 As an exception, characters with a rank lower than required may be taken along at the discretion of the raid leader, in order to attain the rank necessary for further signups. This exception only waives the rank requirement, not any other requirements. This rule is applicable to both characters with the Dungeoneer rank, as well as trial characters. Note that characters will still have to fulfill any other requirements! The character planning a specific raid is raid leader for that raid unless it is explicitly communicated to be otherwise. The raid leader is always right during a run; debates happen afterwards on the forum. This also means that the raid leader is the only one calling a wipe, or the end of the run. During a raid a DKP officer is designated who will handle the distribution of DKP and appropriate loot. During a raid a loot officer is also designated. The loot officer will handle picking up all loot that is not bid for. We will use Free For All loot. The designated loot officer is expected to pick up every item that is not bid for, and will make sure that useful items and all gold (including that for selling trash items) is put in the guild bank (see rule 6.10). One of the people signed up for the raid is designated as signup officer. The signup officer will note and replace characters that are late or not present before the designated time to pull. The raid leader is allowed to be signup officer as well, but it is possible to delegate this role. Characters are considered to be late if they are not present at least 15 minutes before the designated pull time. Spontaneous raids, that is raids that are not planned in advance, are allowed in certain circumstances detailed in the rules of procedure. While we want to encourage our members to plan raids in advance, we acknowledge that organizing a spontaneous raid is fun as well. Due to reset times of instances we ask our members to plan spontaneous raids only to instances that reset in two days or less, if there are no raids already planned to those instances. In that case it is also permitted to fill up the raid with friends and associates as needed (although of course online members should have priority).
Furthermore, it is allowed to organise a spontaneous raid to all Tier 7 instances (Naxxramas, The Obsidian Sanctum, and the Eye of Eternity) on any day of the week, as these instances hold little to no upgrade value to most of the main characters of our members.
Lastly, as a special exception, a spontaneous raid to the Vault of Archavon is always permitted because there is no way to be sure beforehand at what time it will be available. Spontaneous raids will NOT be using the DKP system. Raids with characters that are not part of <Goes To Eleven> (also known as PUG raids) are prohibited except in certain circumstances detailed in the rules of procedure. As detailed in the rule about spontaneous raids, organising or joining a PUG raid is allowed if the target instance resets in two days or less and there is no raid planned to go to that instance yet. PUGs are also allowed to instances that are already cleared by a planned guild run this reset. Furthermore, it is allowed to organise or join a PUG raid to all Tier 7-9 instances (Naxxramas, The Obsidian Sanctum, and The Eye of Eternity) on any day of the week. Note that this does not prohibit members to plan a run to such an instance as well.
Like spontaneous raids, PUG raids will NOT be using the DKP system. <Goes To Eleven> makes use of voice chat and expect everyone to be able to listen in during a raid. We use the Mumble voice chat client. Make sure you are able to listen using this. Let an officer know beforehand of any technical problems.
Loot for instances other than raids will be handled by using the ingame need/greed system. Members are expected to only roll on items that are actually an improvement for the character present. Any exceptions to this rule will need to be communicated with the characters present on the run. It goes without saying that ninjalooting items will lead to a swift departure from <Goes To Eleven>. Loot for raids will be handled using tier-specific DKP. The currently defined tiers are:
  • Tier 7: Naxxramas, The Obsidian Sanctum, The Eye of Eternity
  • Tier 8: Ulduar, Onyxia
  • Tier 9: Trial of the Crusader, Trial of the Grand Crusader
  • Tier 10: Icecrown Citadel, Ruby Sanctum
 DKP is strictly per character, not per member. DKP can be spend on any item in any instance in the same tier. The minimum bid for an item is 0. New characters will start with a set amount of DKP. All newly registered characters will start with 10 DKP. DKP will be awarded for appearing on time at the summon stone, fully repaired and fully prepared. This is 2 DKP. In case of disputes, the signup officer will decide on who is eligible in a particular instance. DKP will be awarded for every hour spent while learning how to kill a new boss. This is 2 DKP. DKP will be awarded for the first kill of a boss. This is 4 DKP. DKP will be awarded for every boss killed that has already been killed before, and is not yet declared 'on farm'. This is 2 DKP. The officers will decide upon and provide a list in RoP 6.11 of which bosses are declared 'on farm'. DKP will be awarded for every boss killed that has been declared 'on farm'. This is 1 DKP. The current list of bosses is:
  • All bosses in all tier 7-9 instances.
  • All bosses in the first wing of Icecrown Citadel (upto and including Saurfang
 Everyone is allowed to bid on every item, regardless of role. In the event that a character is felt to be bidding on everything regardless of usefulness to that character, this should be communicated to an officer. We expect everyone to consider their fellow members when deciding whether to overbid on a non-main spec item. Loot that is not desired by anyone will be vendored or disenchanted as appropriate; the results will go to the guildbank.
The guildbank will contain a Free For All area that can be accessed by all members of <Goes To Eleven> according to a preset policy. The guildbank policy is as follows:
  • There will be five Free For All tabs.
  • Trial members are able to withdraw 3 stacks per day from the Free For All tabs.
  • Members are able to withdraw 3 stacks per day from the Free For All tabs.
  • Officers will be able to access the whole guildbank.
 All profits from guild runs will be stored in a non-Free For All area to be used for guild activities as a whole. This includes such things as the expansion of the guild bank itself. The rest of the guildbank will be used for storage of valuable items that may be of interest to other members of the guild. These items will be auctioned off to the highest bidding member. Characters eligible for using such an item should bid on the item using the appropriate tier of DKP. A bid should be made on the forum in the Merchandise section. Other characters wanting to bid on the same item can do so on the same forum. The item goes to the highest bidder whose bid was unchallenged after 24 hours.
Note that characters that bid are expected to use the item themselves. Characters may not place bids for other characters. Enchanting materials will be provided for free from the guildbank, if available. Enchanting materials are intended to be used on raid quality items only (at the moment ilvl 187 and up blues and epics).