Promotion Standards

[admin]

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Below is the list of requirements needed to be promoted to each rank within the society:

General

• Gick

Colonel****

• Positive attitude
• Proven leadership ability
• Good communication skills
• Minimum of 30,000 total skills*

Captain

• Minimum 20,000 total skills*
• Must meet all requirements of lower ranks
• Minimum of 2 months membership with MMC
• Promotion to this rank must be approved by at least 2 Colonels

Sergeant

• Discovery of all Teleporter locations on both continents
• Graduation from discipleship or equivalent skill level
• Must have a registered account on this forum**

Private

• Discovery of all Teleporter locations on Eudoria
• Minimum level 5 in one skilled profession

Recruit

• Desire to join
• Willingness to learn and ask questions as needed
• Your sexy tattered Orange Jumpsuit***

*Non-skilled professionals (such as traders, pilots, etc.) must be an active member of the society for a minimum of 6 months to be promoted to the rank of Captain. For a promotion to the rank of Colonel, non-skilled professionals must be an active member of the society for a minimum of one year, plus meet all of the other requirements for that rank.

**Do not use your Entropia Universe login password when registering for this forum

***Not an absolute requrement, but it sounds good, doesn't it? 

****Colonels duties include: answering newbie questions, recruiting new members & regularly checking for new applications, outpost rescue missions, encouraging members to be active within the society chat, informing new members of the rules & our forum, organizing team hunts, and other such activities. You are not expected to devote 100% of your Entropian time to these activities, but please be sure to help out as needed and give enough encouragement, advice, and information to give our newest members the advantage they need to succeed in Entropia.

When you have met the requirements to be promoted up to the next rank, you may post here to inform a ranking member, or send a PM to Silver Ice Rayne or to Gick. Please be aware that you may be required to provide proof that you have met the requirements prior to being promoted, and that there may be a waiting period before recieving a promotion to a high-ranking position if you are relatively new to the society.

Once you have reached 50,000 total skills (or in the case of non-skilled professions: proof of 2 years of active EU experience or a minimum of 1.5 years with the Cadets society) you may join the Michigan Militia society if you desire and feel you are ready to do so. Please notify a Michigan Militia member and a ranking official within the Cadets society before you submit your application.

[gick]

3rd rank min. requirements: Must have all TPs on both continents and have minimum skills to have graduated from a skilled profession (whether the person was ever a disciple or not -- just the skill level to have graduated is what's needed.) Also must have an account on our forum to be promoted to 3rd rank.

btw, some MM members don't even have all Amethera TPs

[admin]

lol yes i was just recently made aware of that  we'll have to fix that

[admin]

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Updated with an easier-to-read-and-understand format.  Thanks goes to Gumbi for the idea and design of the new format. 

[Gum]

good editing ice, final looks great 

[RMConnors]

I was looking at the promotional requirements and gave it a lot of thought.  I will have been playing 2 months on the 4th of January and in that time I have already acrued 22k skills.  With all of my accomplishments in that short time I would, strictly by the rules, qualify for Captain.  However, I don't believe I deserve that rank yet since I have only been with the society for a short time.  I was thinking that an additional few requirement should be added to the Captain requirements, a minimum of 2 months service, and a possible nomination by someone else.  This would limit Captain rank to someone who has helped others, because if someone is only out for themselves and isn't helping other society members then they wouldn't get the nomination of other members.   Just my two cents worth (with inflation that ain't worth much anymore now is it?)

[admin]

lol I like your signature.


There are actually some unwritten requirements for Captain that I should perhaps make note of on the list...to qualify for Captain you must also meet all of the requirements of the ranks below it as well. Which means forum account here & all TPs discovered. But yes, I think you are right in stating that there should be a time requirement for that rank, especially since Captains have certain abilities at the society terminal that could perhaps cause us some trouble if the wrong person is promoted to that rank.

Since we are able to view the join date of each member from the society terminal, I will change the requirements for the Captain rank to include a minimum service time of 2 months, plus approval of the promotion by at least 2 of the Colonels.

This would limit Captain rank to someone who has helped others, because if someone is only out for themselves and isn't helping other society members then they wouldn't get the nomination of other members.

I don't want to lean too incredibly heavily on this statement though, simply because there are leaders, and there are people who are not leaders & do not wish to be leaders, but are still an excellent addition to the society. In MMC, we do need people who enjoy helping others by answering noob questions & rescuing people from outposts or doing TP runs, but in the Michigan Militia society, things are a tad bit different. All of the members in that branch of the society are pretty well established, and there isn't much ermm "helping" going on, though we do get together for team hunts/activities at times, and ofc all like to poke at each other in the soc chat    Some people are going to want to only use MMC as somewhat of a stepping stone into the main society.

Excellent thinking there RMConnors 

[admin]

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Please post to let us know if you qualify for a promotion 

[Chrome]

BUMP for this thread!

Please post to let us know if you qualify for a promotion 

Just talked to Szek in game today...
I'm currantly Private...

Just finished collecting all Amethera TP's last night, which would qualify me for Sergeant.

Also, I have been in MMC for just over 2 months, and have skilled a total of over 25K points in that time which would qualify me for Captain.


Szek said I should let Gick know as she should be aware of the promotion request, which I understand.  I thought I would at least post the accomplishment here as I haven't seen Gick ingame for a couple days.


Regardless of the title (Cannon Fodder?   ), I look forward to helping out newer MMC recruits in this great soc! - Chrome

[admin]

Gratz Chrome!  You're moving up fast