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The Old School guild was formed more than two years ago by Wookieluv, an intrepid MMO gamer. He brought to WoW a heritage rich in interactive gaming traditions having first formed a similar guild of the same name during the great days of Star War Galaxies. With him came a group of other enthusiasts from SWG and other games, and together, they were the first members of The Old School guild on WoW.

It was Wookieluv, as guild master, who set the standards by which we game together in The Old School guild. Determined to make our guild a place where all people of all ages could join together enthusiastically, Wookieluv developed a code of gamesmanship which we still find in today's rules for the guild.

At the beginning of 2007, Wookieluv could not continue as guild master because of other forces at work in his life. His love for the guild led him to appoint others to serve in his place because he did not want to see that spirit of fun-loving, fair gamesmanship die out.

Santha, a loyal member of The Old School was asked in February 2007, to take over the position of Guild Master until Wookieluv would once again be able to resume his duties. At that time, membership in the guild had dwindled to 67 members, many of whom were not active in the guild.

Over the next few months, with the aid of new members, The Old School grew vigorously. When the guild had grown to 376 members, from 250 active accounts, the leaders of the guild felt that it was time to reevaluate the needs of the members for challenging growth potential. The officers met with Wookieluv who had returned to the guild and together formulated an exciting plan: a new guild would grow out of The Old School and serve the needs of lower level players to be able to maximize growth in skills and levels, and it would be known as The Old School Academy. The Old School would continue to hone the skills of members who were 60+ levels.

On August 12, 2007, a "Birthing Ceremony" was held in the Cathedral at Storm Wind City. In presenting him the Mace of Guild Authority, Santha restored Wookieluv to Guild Master of The Old School Guild. Wookieluv then proclaimed Santha to be Guild Master of a new guild, The Old School Academy, and pledged assistance to and protection of the new guild.

Thus, a new era has begun in the life of The Old School guild and The Old School Academy guild, a heritage that few others can lay claim to in the history of WoW.

In November 2008, with the advent of the Death Knight, The Old School Academy reached over 500 guildies. In order to make room, a new guild was formed for Twinks only - The Old Twink School. Alara, a Santha alt, left TOSA to make a new home for twinks.

Rank Progression

Cadet

All new members, except Twinks, come into the guild as a Cadet. To be in good standing a Cadet will do the following:

Read the rules and submit name in agreement of and compliance with the rules within the first week.

Download guild addons from Events page.

Criteria for Promotion: Player follows guild rules demonstrating an understanding of what is expected.

Corporal

To earn promotion to Corporal, the Cadet will:

Be in good standing with the guild for two weeks

Successfully complete one instance run with a Warrant Officer or above present.

Criteria for Promotion: Player follows guild rules and begins to shows the ability to work within a group.

Sarge

To earn promotion to Sarge, the Corporal will:

Be in good standing with the guild for one month

Successfully complete two instance runs with 2 Warrant Officers or above present.

Criteria for Promotion: Player follows guild rules, shows the ability to work within a group, and begins to show leadership skills.

Warrant Officer

The Senior Warrant Officers of the Guild will select candidates from Sarge rank for Warrant Officer and present names to the Guild Master and the Chiefs of Staff.

Duties:

A Warrant Officer agrees to do at least one planned instance run a month. "Planned" means the date and time of the run will be posted on the guild calendar at least 3 days in advance. Whether the run is for promotion or for "growth" will be up to the Warrant Officer. Warrant Officers who plan at least 3 instance runs in a month will receive a guild award.

To earn promotion to Warrant Officer, the Sarge will:

Be in good standing with the guild for two months

Successfully complete at least two separate instance runs with a Senior Warrant Officer or above present

(should be different officers at each run).

Criteria for Promotion: ·A majority of Senior Warrant Officers ( Chiefs of Staff and Guild Master may be included) will make dates with prospects to do instances. During the run, they will ask the candidate to evaluate the run and players at different stages and observe how the candidate handles group situations that may occur.

Following a week of evaluation, the Senior Warrant Officers will determine if the Sarge is ready to become a Warrant Officer. At that time, the recommendation will be made to the Chiefs of Staff and the Guild Master.

Senior Warrant Officer

The Chiefs of Staff and Guild Master will invite a Warrant Officer to become a Senior Warrant Officer as consistent strength of leadership grows and commitment to excellence for all players evidences over a period of time.

Duties: Supervise and assist the Warrant Officers in offering promotion instances and fun "growth" instances for specific levels. Guide Warrant Officers in developing good people skills. Offer raids and other special instance runs at 60+ levels to prepare for Kara and other end-game runs.

Adj. General

The Chiefs of Staff and the Guild Master will invite a member who has shown outstanding leadership abilities and loyalty to the health of the guild during rank progression for this promotion.

Duties: All AGs will agree to make themselves available at least once a week to help guildies with quests, one-on-one skill lessons, and leveling issues, etc. They will provide gear inspection and make recommendations when requested. The WO in charge of the Twink Corp and Arena Team Captains may ask for assistance. Additionally, AG’s will be assigned special tasks and events as deemed necessary by the CoS and GM.

Chief of Staff

By invitation of the Guild Master, a member of exceptional character and trustworthiness, who is able to provide the Guild Master with counsel and support.

Duties: Act as "General Managers"…solve problems, help put groups together, assist AG's as needed with guild bank and roster, make themselves available once a week to help all guildies with runs/quests, intra-guild/liasons/ messengers…generally just help things run along smoothly.

Raw Recruit

All members are expected to participate fully in the life of the guild. If a guildie breaks the rules of the guild by behaving in groups or guild chat in a manner that is destructive to the purpose and harmony of the guild, after reminders from other guildies, an officer may take the extreme measure of demoting that guildie to Raw Recruit. A Raw Recruit will not be able to speak in guild chat, withdraw items from the guild bank, or go on scheduled activities of the guild until the issues have been resolved. Hopefully no guildie will ever be a Raw Recruit!