Cavebears
so who are we?
Cavebears is part of the Bear Empire which currently includes our sister clans Riverbears skybears and IceBears. What are we about? We are fearless We are bloodthristy We love burning villages We drink from skull cups We swing axes and warhammers We are flexible when it comes to somebody elses property rights (especially regarding gold and elix, and Dark elix) In our town halls we sit on thrones made from the bones of our victims We make reference to Thor and Odin regularly. To Join you need to be: An active Adult player, the actual age is not important but being able to act like an adult is important. As for activity you are expected to donate a minimum of 200 troops per week so we are probably more suited to those that play most days.Your level and trophy count is not important, but your willingness to constantly donate and participate is important. On Joining please note the following: You are required to say Hi, if you fail to do so we will assume you have pressed the join button by mistake and will swiftly aid you on your way back into the wilderness. It is considered unBEARable to join the clan and request troops before donating to your fellow Bears. Saying 'Hi, give me some troops' is considered to be a kickable offense. (This is known as Tanys's Rule). Please only donate archers or barbarians. Nothing else. When asked what God we worship, you should answer "Thor". Thor is a mighty God and we rightfully fear that He may bring the sky crashing down upon our heads if we don't worship Him. If you don't give the right answer then we know you have not read our rules and you may be kicked, or burnt at the stake. Depends on what sort of mood we are in at the time. Please do not ask to be made into an Elder. Please don't even discuss it. Lastly, just a thing about privacy. I am sure that as adult we can all agree about the need to protect personal privacy. Please do not ask anyone for their exact location (such as town or city), their age, their job or school, their friends, their gender, etc. Asking what country they are from is fine, but let's leave it at that. So Still want to Join? Search Cavebears in clan search (white shield with purple lightning bolt) and request to join, (please don’t mistake us with the other cavebears, I fear you will die of loneliness). Donation Rules 1) The minimum donation requirement is 100. Anyone under 100 is automatically removed. 2) The safe minimum donation requirement is 200. Anyone reaching over 200 donations is safe from being removed (subject however to Guardian requests to move to a sister clan) 3) The lowest five donors are removed every week unless they have donated over 200. To give you an idea how this works, imagine the following examples occurring by the end of the week. Example (a) There are 8 members under 100. All of them will be removed. No other members will be removed. Example (b) There are no members under 100 but there are 8 members who are over 100 donations but under 200. The five lowest donors of these 8 members will be removed. Example (c) All members are over 200 donations. No members will be removed (subject to Guardian requests) All members may leave Cavebears and move to one of our sister clans if they think they can not meet these requirement. Any bear may apply to join Cavebears if they have been in the sister clans for at least a week and have donated at least 200 troops within the week, subject to there being enough room in Cavebears. All Cavebear members with a high donating record, who have informed us of irl circumstances affecting their ability to donate for a period, are automatically granted the right to return to Cavebears and to be restored to eldership if they were previously an elder in Cavebears All ex-Cavebear members who moved into sister clans for the purpose of promoting and moderating that clan are automatically granted the same rights as above. In addition they are granted the title of "Hero" and are have the right to drink straight from the beer barrel. If by some other means we become aware that a member of Cavebears has had some real life circumstances (unexpected personal circumstances) affect their ability to communicate with us and be active, then at the discretion of the Leader or the Guardian, that member shall not be removed. Guardian requests. Consistently low donors in Cavebears may be asked at the discretion of the leader or the Guardian to move into a sister clan in order to make room for returning Cavebears, should there be inadequate room in the Cavebear clan or to make room for consistently high donating members who wish to move to Cavebears.. This request will override the provisions of donation rule (2) above. Summary You can take this to mean that Cavebears and Riverbears will be for high donating people, while thunderbears, skybears and icebears will be for lower donating people. People who cannot donate enough and will not move to another clan, who cannot simply understand that communication is a really good idea, will be removed. Painfully. Primary Donor Rights That means if you are having trouble donating then get in the chat and say "Let me donate!" (or abbreviate this as "lmd"), other players should then hold off donating until you have. When you have donated to one person say "Finished" (or abbreviate this as "fin". You may do this as much as you like until you reach 200 donations for the week). To claim primary donation rights you must be active and monitoring the clan chat. 1) Type "lmd" which means LET ME DONATE! 2) Monitor the chat and donate to donation requests from other members. Remember to have first scrolled down the chat to make sure there aren't any donation requests still open down below. 3) When you see a donation request, donate a full compliment of archers or barbarians. Make sure you manage your barracks so that you always have these types of troops ready to donate. 4) When you have finished donating type "fin", this will let other members know you have donated and will mean that they then can fill the remaining donations spaces. 5) You can repeat this as much as you like over a period of time. 6) When you reach 200 troops donated you may no longer claim primary donations rights. Providing you follow our rules regarding behavior you are safe from being removed from our clan. Sunday Night Ceremonies Each week Donation counts take place on Sunday evenings at approximately 9pm (GMT) at this time all members donations are counted and those that fall short of the required amount as explained above face being offered up to Thor as sacrifice. Thor likes variety so the method of sacrifice changes (although the volcano and general throwing off the cliff without a pillow are some clan favourites) what does not change is that these offerings take place in a party atmosphere where mead is served in skull cups and hog roasts are devoured on the bone. The sacrificing ceremony takes place when the leader is able to do so, dependent on timezone this can be sometime after the count. Some other rules…. Please say "hi" and "bye" when you log in and out. This is important to monitoring activity, it lets us know who is around, and it encourages a positive social atmosphere. If you log in and out many times a day you do need to say "hi" or some other greeting each time. This is especially important for new members as they may be kicked by elders for chat inactivity, especially if they are constantly asking for donations without saying anything. Also, please thank players when you have received donations. Just a simple "ty" is enough. Please monitor chat activity. If you do not monitor chat activity then how can you see if anyone needs a donation? Pay attention to the chat on a regular basis. If an elder notices that you are not active in chat, yet you keep asking for donations, the elder may ask you to respond to them. If you do not respond you may be kicked for breaching this chat monitoring requirement of our clan. Again, this is especially important for new members. In other words, if you ask for a donation it would be a very good idea if you look at the chat immediately afterwards. It would be even better if you join in the chat and get to know people. We are friendly people, (as far as Vikings go.) If someone leaves our clan because they think they can find a better one then they are not welcome back.All elders and leader should instantly kick, without consultation, any member who: 1) Attempts to encourage other members to leave the clan for any reason whatsoever. 2) Any member who has rejoined after leaving the Cavebears clan unless: a)That member is an agent who has left our clan with permission granted solely by the clan leader. That includes everyone including myself. b) That member has left, with notification to the clan leader, to join our sister clan or other associated clans run by the Cavebears. In summary, if you leave our clan you are not welcome back and infiltrators will be immediatelykicked. However... If a member lets us know they want to leave, perhaps to visit a friend in another clan, then they are welcome to rejoin us later on. Just post in this forum to let us know what is going on. Our elders and members often read through this thread, so your post will be seen. Thats much better than just saying so in the clan chat where only a few people might read it. Remember that different elders are on at different times, and if they are unaware that you left for a good reason, then they will be less likely to let you rejoin. But wait, there's more! If a member wishes to hop between our clan, the Cavebears, and our sister clans, then that is not considered leaving our clan at all. Again, just let us know. I recommend if you want to move between our two clans that you do it on a sunday or a monday, just after the donation counter resets (the moment you leave a clan your donation counter automatically goes to zero, regardless of how many troops you have donated). If you are going to swap clans then please do so for a period of a week, this will help keep clan numbers stable and help us decide upon recruitment policies. |
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