The whole story
A week ago I neither believed nor wished that I would or could close the guild that has been running open since June 2020. But now exactly this decision is taken, and for the time being as long as the guild store is free to enter for new members, or some better idea emerges. Let them go somewhere else to buy gladiators, or let them contribute something to the guild to be able to take something.
We will remain an open guild, as we have been all these years with a spirit of experimentation, but not technically: there will always be an open slot for newcomers to join and challenge the existing players in our internal table. The spots are scarce, after all. But by now prospects must request to join, and not the usual way. I come to that in a second.
The need for this change only occurred to me with the perspective of one day having bloodstones available in the store. The mutual investment to do that is huge. And already now our open spots have become revolving doors, presumably just to visit the Store. All the recent Member Management Reports speak volumes. Will all guilds be closed soon?
The penny dropped, however, because of another challenge. Many newcomers unfortunately can't read - or don't want to. As a result, week after week I'm busy explaining what has already been explained at length. So I came up with the idea to start again where I was already pondering nearly six months ago: In order to join the guild, it will first be required to develop the skills to make use of one's Hive account, meaning being able to use the Hive blockchain, for being accepted to our Guild. So let's try this:
All requests directly into the guild will be ignored. To be accepted, a request must be made via comment on-chain. Since the guild has always been open, I don't know the functions for accepting members when set to "On Request" or "Closed" yet. But I will get to know them and report about it.
However, the revolving door won't be open, at least for now, and maybe my proposal will be accepted or fulfilled one day, to make the guild store a place that can't be looted over and over again instantly.
For those who are already in, nothing changes. Good luck!
And perhaps another procedure will be found in the next few weeks. We will see. I'll update all procedure texts within due time. Let me know what you think of all this.
Index
- Timetable
- Internal Player Score Table
- If you are new to this
- What we expect from any member, in a nutshell
- Link to addendum
Timetable
04/?? 02:00 PM CEST - top-up auction ending, one account will be removed (if all spots are filled)
04/02 11:33 PM CEST - 
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04/02 ??:?? ?? CEST - 
04/02 09:41 PM CEST - 
[previous timetable]
Internal Player Score Table
Actively contributing accounts within the recent blawl and its position by score:
| Spot | Account | Calculated on | Score | DEC | Scrolls | Times brawled | favorite Tier 1 | favorite Tier 2 | reachable via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 04/02/23 | 4,950,792 | 39,292 | 126 | 135 | 8/9 | 10 | DBH- |
| 2 |  | 04/02/23 | 2,280,720 | 13,260 | 172 | 81 | 5/6 | 3/4 | --H- |
| 3 |  | 04/02/23 | 1,929,165 | 18,373 | 106 | 136 | 10 | 15 | ---F |
| 4 |  | 04/02/23 | 949,866 | 17,922 | 53 | 116 | 8/9 | 7/8 | ---F |
| 5 |  | 04/02/23 | 98,412 | 1,668 | 59 | 52 | 4 | 6 | ---F |
| 6 |  | 04/02/23 | 88,536 | 22,134 | 4 | (5) + 10 | - | 10 | --HF |
| 7 |  | 04/02/23 | 68,850 | 1,350 | 51 | 13 | - | - | --H- |
| 8 |  | 04/02/23 | 50,400 | 4200 | 12 | 6 | 5/6 | 3/4 | ---- |
| 9 |  | 04/02/23 | 37,740 | 510 | 74 | 35 | - | 14 | DBH- |
| 10 |  | 04/02/23 | 18,961 | 283 | 67 | 37 | 1/2 | 1 | D--- |
| 11 |  | 04/02/23 | 12,144 | 132 | 92 | 44 | 7 | 5 | ---- |
| 12 |  | 04/02/23 | 11,616 | 528 | 22 | 43 | - | 9 | ---- |
| 13 |  | 04/02/23 | 10,899 | 173 | 63 | 20 | - | - | ---- |
| 14 |  | 04/02/23 | 7,542 | 419 | 18 | 19 | - | - | ---- |
| 16 |  | 04/02/23 | 4,576 | 104 | 44 | 23 | - | 2 | D--- |
| 17 |  | 04/02/23 | 1,040 | 520 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ---- |
| 18 |  | 04/02/23 | 780 | 130 | 6 | - | - | - | ---- |
| 19 |  | 04/02/23 | 166 | 166 | 1 | - | - | - | ---- |
| - | | 04/01/23 | 100 | 100 | 0 | - | - | - | ---- |
| 20 | @ OPEN | 04/02/23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | ---- |
| 21 | @ OPEN | 04/02/23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | ---- |
@ no one scheduled for removal, if no passive account is going to be removed.
Yellow card: Passive accounts with no DEC or Scroll contribution within the recent blawl (more then 5 days), position by scrolls:
-- none
Second yellow card: Passive accounts with no DEC or Scroll contribution within a second blawl, position by scrolls:
| Spot | Account | Calculated on | Score | DEC | Scrolls | Times brawled | Days ago | Tier 1 favorite | Tier 2 fav | reachable via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 |  | 04/02/23 | 4,842 | 4,842 | 0 | 2 | 17 | - | - | ---- |
Red card: Passive accounts with no DEC or Scroll contribution for more then two blawls, and therefore scheduled for removal, position by scrolls:
-- none
@ no one scheduled for removal for being passive, if there is no open spot.
For more recent notes an unofficial draft is at https://hackmd.io/@anjanida
If you are new to this
Become familiar with the member management, please. Because the guild spots are precious, the last in our list will be removed regularly. That is part of our procedure as noted in the addendum linked at the bottom. And if you don't acknowledge all this within the first 2 hours after you joined, you may be removed without notice right away. How can we know? Well, you'll see! And any questions are welcome anytime!
Please understand, it is not on me to show comprehension. I'll do the best I can! Though this guild is somewhat managed like a DAO. That is Decentral Autonomous Organisation. So I simply follow the procedures that have evolved here by now. And for when you become passive and no one can reach out to you in time, ugly things can happen. As documented in past notes. See e.g. @anjanida/member-management-notes-defc067f6e74f
If you want to join and stay, we can make that happen even with presently no open spot available. We may schedule it for that you can be there the moment our weakest contributor is removed. Sounds familiar somehow? Like with a mob abandoning their weakest offspring to survive a predator attack. Your contribution needs to be enough for not being the weakest. Everyone who got removed is welcome any time again. It's just that contributions from earlier are at zero any time an account re-joines.
What we expect from any enduring member, in a nutshell:
Priority A: Some contribution within the last 3 brawls. Without at least 1 DEC even a quest scroll will make this, if the Lodge is not maxed out for the rest of a season.
Priority B: Be not the weakest contributor in our mob the moment an auction ends. This moment is when a new brawl starts. The second to last score in the list is bold highlighted. That is the tide you need to take in DEC without scrolls added to the lodge yet for outpacing that account. Just keep in mind that this is going to be a live auction, so whatever other accounts put into it within the last seconds is summed up to be the final result, no matter what this published report showed some minutes or sometimes days before. Only the result is published again afterwards.
Link to addendum
For our recent Member Management Notes Addendum with general guidelines and procedures see
@anjanida/member-management-addendum-ee6c5f54ab442