Member Ranks and Groups

So you're curious what member groups and ranks are, and which ones you can be? You've heard us refer to a rank you haven't heard of? Well, you've found the right thread! We'll give you an idea of all the ranks and a little bit of a description of what they all do.

001 Member ranks are available and given to all members from the moment they sign in for the very first time. It is up to the member to raise their rank by increasing their post count. A list of all the member ranks, the amount of posts needed to reach each rank, and their identifying star count.

002 | Staff groups are the members who work hard to make this site run as effectively as possible. Staff members come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and ranks, and each are listed below. Staff members are promoted only when a rank becomes available, and are given to only the most deserving member.

003 | Inactive members are a group of members who have fallen inactive without any explanation. Members are moved to this group when they have gone at least a month without any activity, and without giving any staff members warning that they will be away - either short term or long-term. Inactive members have to fill out a form to retrieve their account. Are you an inactive member trying to get your account back? Please fill out this form.

004 | Site Accounts are accounts that have been made as a sort of placeholder, meant to help the site flow properly and fill in a gap with certain plots on the site. These accounts are run by the staff and are generally used to make tracing posts somewhat easier.

001 | When all new members begin on the site, starting off with 0 posts, they start at the rank "Kit". They have 1 star listed below their member rank.

002 | After a member has reached 100 posts, they are automatically bumped up to the "Apprentice" rank. Apprentices have 2 stars listed below their member rank.

003 | Apprentices automatically promoted to the "New Warrior" rank after they reach 500 posts. New Warriors have 3 stars listed below their member rank.

004 | When a member hits 1000 posts, they automatically become a "Warrior". Warriors have 4 stars listed below their member rank.

006 | After a member hits 5000 posts, they become a "Senior Warrior". Senior Warriors have 5 stars listed below their member rank.

01 | The highest ranking staff position is "Leader", or our Admins. Our Admins are the ones responsible for running the site and making all major decisions, as well as keeping up with both day-to-day and long-term operations around the site. Currently, our Admin account is shared by all administrators and used only for official site purposes, or powers not available to any other account, and administrators use their own, personal accounts in order to RP.

02 | "Deputy" is what we call our Global Mods. Our Global Mods effectively work as the heads of the Mods, as well as the right-hand-man for the Admins. Global Mods play a large part in making sure the site runs smoothly, and are often the ones put in charge when the Admin is away. Global Mods are generally trusted to make smaller decisions themselves, in order to answer member questions or suggestions as swiftly as possible. 

03 | In addition to our staff positions, we have a group that is and isn't a staff: "Programmer". The more apt name for these members would be coders, and are usually responsible for coding site-specific formats, skins, and similar areas. They are not responsible for checking bios, archiving threads, or any similar responsibilities. However, if you find a glitch or an error in a code, you may ask a programmer for help.

04 | Another group that is related to staff, but not staff themselves are the "Bio Checkers", who's job is pretty straight forward. Members with this role are responsible for checking bios, accepting them, giving them feedback if they're pending, and moving them into accepted boards. In short, they have powers similar to a regular Moderator. These members are not staff, as this position may be held by any member. 

001 | When a member becomes inactive long-term (going at least a month without logging in, or going several months without posting, for example), they are moved to our archived members group. Archived members are given a limited function of the site, until they apply to have their account return, and all their characters and threads are immediately archived. All characters are removed from Clan trackers, and if a member has a high ranking character, they will be removed from the position. While the account is returnable, the high ranking position is not. If you want to avoid your account being archived, you must PM a staff member or leave a going away message.

002 | Archived members, once logged into their accounts, have limited site capabilities, and need to fill out an account retrieval form before they can post. However, they can still view a small number of boards, such as the guidebook, and may still PM other members or speak on the discord without restrictions.

003 | Are you an archived member who's looking to get their account back? Please fill out this easy form.

001 | "Site Account" is less of a position given to a member as much as it is a categorization of a certain type of account. Some accounts, such as Plot , are used simply as a means to use a character that no member officially plays, often in terms of progressing a plot or similar themes. Site accounts are made and managed by staff when needed. Current site accounts include: Plot to fill in site-plots; NPC Characters , to link to a character who is officially played by no user; StarClan, Prophecies, & Omens , to be the official voice of StarClan; and Guest Coder , which is a programming account invited guests may use to help some programming or coding errors.