Promotion Criteria

Here are the criteria for player promotions, written in more detail than in the FAQ. However, note that these criteria are not exhaustive and exemptions may be granted if agreed upon.

New (no rank)
Players joining the server start at this rank.

Regular
The general requirements are:
 * At least 7 days of intensive gameplay
 * Owning a house
 * Not being known as a griefer or doing any other kind of malicious activity

Ranger
Rangers shall be elite and experienced players who do not hesitate to help the newcomers. They should play roughly at least 5-6 months on the server, depending on their personality. Becoming a ranger requires having a good reputation of course.

Developer
Developer rank can be given to players who are active in mod development. Other than that, the conditions are mostly the same as for the ranger rank.

Moderator
Moderators are elected if the admins conclude that there are not enough moderators. In such a case, one of the best candidates are elected. Moderators must be extraordinary trustworthy and loyal to the admins. The privileges are decided based on their personal capabilities, as seen by the admins.

Admin
It was decided that the only admins shall be Hume2, CalebJ and Coram and no other admin should be ever elected. However, this rule was violated by the election of pseudonyme, who was elected additionally, who played on the server nearly since the beginning and had a very good reputation among admins. It should still hold that no other admin should be elected and if an exception shall be made, it should be well reasoned.

o_O
This rank shall be given to players whom we do not understand but it was experimentally proven that they are harmless. It was also given to some players as a punishment or just for fun.

O_O
The only player who ever had this rank was pseudonyme.

Architect
This rank was not given to anybody but it was certainly meant for something.

Guardian
This rank was proposed to be a rank between Ranger and Moderators. The main advantage was supposed to be voting for kicking naughty players. This was rejected later because it is unclear who should be responsible for kicking an innocent player and it was concluded that no further distinction of ordinary players is needed.

Clone Army
It is a rank proposed by Hume2, which should be given to all alternative accounts for better distinction. Siblings or friends playing on the same IP address shall not be given this rank, only accounts who are certainly owned by the same person.