Guild:Sleeper Cartel (Perenolde US)
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Overview
Sleeper Cartel is a family-friendly guild on the US Perenolde Server. It is an Alliance guild, and strives to provide a safe, fun environment for World of Warcraft players of all ages. Sleeper Cartel formed on March 3, 2005 and officially became a guild on March 11, 2005.
Mission Statement
Sleeper Cartel is a guild of fun, family-friendly, supportive, respectful and enthusiastic players who actively seek to achieve individual, group and guild goals. Sleeper Cartel explores and experiences all aspects of the game, including raiding, PvPing, questing, tradeskilling, exploring and everything else in between. Sleeper Cartel caters to a wide-range of playstyles and does not require its members to change how or when they play. Sleeper Cartel is visible and active in the larger WoW community by its participation in Blizzard's Guild Relations Program, the Perenolde Server Small Guild Alliance and by hosting server-wide parties and events. Sleeper Cartel is active in the real world by its sponsorship of various charities, such as Autism Speaks, Toys for Tots and the Down Syndrome Buddy Walk.
Core Values
1. RL > WoW: Sleepers value commitments to family, friends, work, and other real life activities above commitments to WoW and the guild.
2. Community: Sleeper Cartel is a community of friends and family. Sleepers keep the community healthy and strong by actively participating in and contributing to events and activities within the guild (i.e. questing or running instances together, attending in-game events and guild nights, participating in guild chat and being active on the Sleeper Cartel forums).
3. Trust: A community without trust cannot thrive. Sleepers trust Leadership to guide the guild in all decisions in accordance with the guild's goals and with the guild's best interests in mind. Leadership trusts all Sleepers to actively participate in and contribute to the community and to uphold Sleeper values in every area of their WoW life. Sleepers trust each other to be friendly, supportive and respectful in their interactions with each other.
4. Responsibility and Accountability: Sleepers are responsible for their own actions, both positive and (in rare cases) negative. Sleepers wear their guild tag proudly and seek to act in a Sleeperly manner at all times.
5. Compassion and Respect: Sleepers keep in mind that there are real people behind the screen and treat each other with compassion and respect.
6. Support: Sleepers support each other's goals and seek to help each other in whatever ways they are able to achieve them. Whether it be in game or out, Sleepers celebrate each other's victories and mourn each other's losses.
7. Open Communication and Active Listening: Sleepers are open to constructive criticism, tangible and practical suggestions, alternate perspectives and positive and productive ideas.
Goals
It is the responsibility of all guild members to strive toward achieving Sleeper Cartel's Goals.
1. Nurture a friendly, supportive environment where every member from the oldest to the most recently guilded knows that they are a unique and appreciated part of the community.
2. Be open to the constant evolution of needs in the community by the free exchange of construtive feedback and tangible suggestions of how to improve, strengthen and move the community into the future.
3. Enable and encourage all members to take an active role in contributing to the community, by providing the support and means to carry out ideas for guild events (guild nights, special events, tradeskill nights, farming nights, questing nights, etc.), guild services or other endeavors that seek to enhance the community of Sleeper Cartel.
4. Assist guild members in achieving individual goals by offering a diverse range of guild services, accepting and supporting the wide-range of playstyles among members, and enhancing the gaming experience.
5. Assist guild raid teams and PvP teams in achieving their group goals by offering resources (raiding forum, TeamSpeak, WoWWebStats, etc.), support, encouragment and congratulations in achievements.
6. Hold (at least) one server-wide event per year to maintain good relations with the Perenolde Server and to provide an opportunity for the Perenolde community to enjoy the game together.
7. Hold three guild-wide special events per year to celebrate being Sleepers and to partake in good ole' fashioned WoW fun as only Sleepers know how.
8. Hold regular guild nights on Saturday evenings as a means to regularly come together as a community and enjoy the more "off the beaten path" parts of WoW.
9. Maintain a wide-range of materials and resources for guild members and for server-wide and guild events via the guild vault.
10. Set a positive example in word and deed for the larger WoW community by being positive figures in Blizzard's Guild Relations Program, Perenolde Server Small Guild Alliance and in interactions with other players in-game and on WoW-related websites and forums.
Guild Communication Guidelines
Sleeper Cartel is a family-friendly guild. We try to be laid-back and generally easy-going. However, since we are a moderately large guild and have members of all ages and walks of life, we have guild guidelines to keep things running smoothly
These guidelines are applicable to any publicly viewable forum we participate in, including but not limited to, guild chat, party chat, raid chat, /yell, /say, in-game voice and text channels (General, Trade, etc.), TeamSpeak, Sleeper Cartel forums, Small Guild Alliance forums, SuperPuG forums, and Blizzard's official WoW forums.
1) Treat guildies and non-guildies with respect.
Be courteous and friendly and be mindful that what you think is non-offensive, others may think is offensive. If there is any doubt in your mind whether or not you should say something, chances are you probably shouldn't. Derogatory or generally disrespectful comments made toward others is not appropriate at any time.
2) Language.
All language in public channels should be clean (G-rated), civil and non-disruptive. The use of ALL CAPS and l33t sp33k (or other similar "languages") can be considered disruptive and is discouraged. In addition, while it is appropriate to link loot drops in guild chat (which Sleepers will congratulate you on), excessive or repetitive linking of items could be considered disruptive and is also discouraged.
Blizzard's Policies
Due to our involvement in Blizzard's Guild Relations Program and our own guild Core Values, it is important to Sleeper Cartel to set a positive example within he World of Warcraft community. Therefore, Sleeper Cartel has adopted Blizzard's policies and extended them to all Sleeper Cartel members.
History
World of Warcraft is a lot of things to a lot of different people. For some, it’s a chance to take out the daily aggression that life in the real world dishes out to us. For others, it’s a chance to become someone else for a little while, to become a fantasy creature that can work magic or run through a major city wielding a sword. For other groups of people, games like World of Warcraft offer a chance to meet people and forge new friendships that span not only miles, but also cultural, political and other boundaries that are forced upon us as we move through the real world.
It was in the interest of these friendships that Sleeper Cartel was formed. “I’m not sure everyone had a plan right from the start what the guild’s goals would be,” Karin, founding member, says. “As far as my intentions behind creating Sleeper Cartel, I told myself I can definitely do better than what I’ve seen and heard, and that people deserve to have a stable guild that vastly improves their game experience rather than complicates it.”
Sleeper Cartel has gone far above and beyond that, becoming a community of family and friends spannnig the globe who band together to play a game they enjoy.
Events
Sleeper Cartel is known for its server-wide parties and events, a tradition starting from their first footrace in April of 2005. Since then, the parties have only grown in their prestige and magnitude:
- Halloween Party 2005 - October 29, 2005
- Shamrock Shindig - March 18, 2006
- Summer Party 2006 - August 26, 2006
- Halloween Party 2006 - October 21, 2006
- Sleeper Supremacy - March 24, 2007
- Summer Party 2007: Pirates of Perenolde - August 18, 2007
- Halloween Party 2007: Caer Darrow Carnivale - October 27, 2007
- Summer Party 2008: Sleeper Summer Showdown - July 26, 2008
In addition to these events, the guild also hosts regular Guild Nights on Saturday evenings, which is a chance for the members of Sleeper Cartel to gather together, dance a little, laugh a lot, and have a legendary amounts of fun.
Affiliations / Associations
Throughout its existence as a guild, Sleeper Cartel has formed many affiliations and associations within the World of Warcraft community. Listed below are the current, active associations Sleeper Cartel is involved in:
World of Warcraft Guild Relations Program:
- Sleeper Cartel is honored to have been named among the five guilds that Blizzard has recognized in its launch of the Guild Relations Program. By exhibiting exemplary service to guild members and the World of Warcraft community both in-game and on the World of Warcraft's message boards, Sleeper Cartel was invited to participate in this program. Many perks for guild members come with this association, but guild members are also expected to function under the highest standards of behavior and citizenship. For more information on the Guild Relations Program, please follow the link above.
- "Roundtable is a cross-server, cross-faction guild that allows past, present, and future guild leaders/officers get together and discuss any issues that they may be experiencing and see how other guilds deal with it. Everything from guild involvement and events to instaces and loot is discussed. This is more a "Chamber of Commerce" type situation where we exist to proivde information and discussion. How you apply that to your guild, is completely up to you." -Roundtable website
Small Guild Alliance (SGA) of Perenolde:
- The Perenolde Small Guild Alliance (SGA) is an organization formed in early 2005 that provides a large community for participation in end-game raiding content. In a guild, members are individual people; in the SGA, members are guilds, and the Sleeper Cartel is one such member. At the time of this writing there are 38 member guilds in the SGA, and nearly 1900 registered users on the SGA's website. Dungeons like Karazhan, Gruul's Lair, SSC, TK and Sunwell are raided many times each week! They also form the basis of a responsible set of guilds that you can use to find groups at any time. Sleeper Cartel has been a member guild of the SGA since December 2005.
Officers
Darias - The Don
Guild Leader. Known far and wide for his deadly level one footraces.
Avallach, Erudi, Halard, Ladythunder, Lettice, Pojocatdog, Roxylock, Seiche and Yeshe - Emissaries
Guild Officers. Provide assistance to The Don in leading the Sleeper Cartel community.
- For a full guild roster, please see this page.
