chumbucket and Associates [cA] - New Recruitment Page

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About chumbucket and Associates [cA]

chumbucket and Associates is a loosely organized group of thieves and troublemakers. We steal, we drop traps, we loot houses...I could go on. We do not LEETPVP. We do not hunt. We do not collect Trammel nonsense (except Downs). We are one of the oldest and most established guilds on UOSA. We accept only established players. We do not help you get started up on UOSA. We do not give you gold. We do not friend you to our houses. We do not accept players that act like children.


The Recruitment Process

chumbucket and Associate is always interested in recruiting new members, but recruitment is a process. You cannot simply send us an application. First, you need to make contact with a Senior Associate and express interest. Second, you must convince that Senior Associate to sponsor you. Third, you must complete an appliaction (see below) and have that member forward that application to the guildmaster (currently: chumbucket). Finally, if the guildmaster passes your application on to the guild, then you will discussed by the Associates and voted on by the Senior Associates. There is no promise you will make it through any of these steps. We reject members as often, maybe more often, than we accept them.

PLEASE NOTE: PMing us when we don't know you or anything about you will not get you sponsored. Show some activity in the forums and game, etc., then consider making contact with us. Probably the best route is to befriend us in game first.

New members are accepted on a provisional basis only. They are given the rank of Junior Associate. Junior Associates are expected to actively participate in guild activities.

After one month, Junior Associates must submit an application for promotion to rank of Associate. Whether or not the application is accepted will depend on the outcome of a secret vote by Senior Associates. It will help if Senior Associates know that you have been active in one or more departments. New Associates remain in the guild as long they remain active, but will need reapply if they wish to join the guild after a significant period of time away from the guild. Associates with a history of activity and contributing to the guild will attain the status of good standing and, thus, will no longer need to reapply to the guild if they go on an extended hiatus.

Senior Associates are by appointment from chumbucket. Do not ask to become a Senior Associate.


Guild Rules

There are very few rules, but they are taken very seriously.

1. No HAX of any kind. cA members are expected to follow all UOSA rules.

2. No epithets (e.g., 'nigger', 'fag', etc.) on the forums, in IRC, or in game.

3. Respect the guild and all guild members at all times.

4. Do not cause UOSA staff unnecessary problems.


Recruitment

We do not accept unsolicited applications. If you follow the above described procedure and make it to the portion where you fill out an application, then said application will consist of answers to each of the following questions. Send your answer to your sponsor, who will in turn send them to the guildmaster. As your application progresses, you will be updated though feel free to occasionally ask for updates if it seems progress has slowed.

1. How long have you played UO? UOSA?

2. Who are your other characters? What are their names, stats, and skills?

3. Do you have your own gold? How much? House? What kind? How many?

4. Do you agree to obey all guild rules?

5. Why do you want to join cA?

6. Please provide some documentation of you engaged in [cA]-like activities.


Two Notes from chumbucket

1. [cA] prefers quality over quantity. We want members who are both mature and capable. We, therefore, do NOT accept every applicant, nor do we automatically promote Junior Associates to permanent members. If you are rejected, please don't take it personally. We are far more likely to reject applications that do not include ALL of the required information, that are extremely poorly written (we're not grammar police but you should show some effort and note if English is not your native language) or if you do not have a fully developed character ready to immediately put on the stone.

2. We will not add you to the Department of Justice stone unless you are a longtime member of [cA]. Do not ask to join the Department of Justice.


"How Can I Get Asked to Apply?"

The answer is simple: Show us that you would be a good fit for [cA]. We want players that

(i) are capable UO players - You should know the ins and outs of Ultima Online and UOSA.

(ii) do what we do - You should steal, scam, lie, and probably make some funny posts about it on the forums! You should also ENJOY all of these things and not be so concerned about PHAT LOOTZ and RED POTS ONLY PvP. We don't want to keep you from doing those things, but fundamentally [cA] members don't care as much about those things as they do being thieves.

(iii) are mature - You don't have to be a certain age, but you have to show us that you aren't some online video game weirdo who constantly use racial epithets, freaks out over a video game, etc. We can't cope with that. If you are like that, you are probably being looked at as a target and not as a potential recruit.

If you meet all three of these criteria and you demonstrate that on the forums, in game, and on IRC, we will notice. And when we decide we need new members, we will probably contact you.

[Downs]

Also please note that if you are accepted and one of your friends is a victim of any type of cA shennanigans, this does not entitle them to get their loots back.

The good thing is that it's a 2 way street. If you end up stealing from my in-game BFF (Arsen), I don't expect you to return his goods.

[chumbucket]

Indeed, the friend of a cA member is just some person with loot to everyone else.

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Small update.

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