Hey guys and gals,

official announcement will be posted later, when everything's finalized both here and ingame

so just a quick overview, mostly for everyone who finds themselves with a different rank (and no access to staff forum)

Few things that are gonna happen today:


-Thresher rank will be removed, first on the forums (that'll happen soon, I'm doing it right now done) and later in-game

-All current threshers will be moved to Bull Sharks or Hammerheads (depending on their forum usage) or a new honorary rank in case of very old members/staff or members we deem worthy of this rank

-Bull Sharks that are not active on the forums will be moved to Hammerhead rank, so the amount of staff will be cut quite dramatically 
(forums WILL be mandatory for staff members from now on)
This announcement is mostly for you

-Some old members will get a special rank a bit later, it'll be a new honorary rank to appreciate our old members/staff
every member with this rank will be able to choose if they want to keep that rank OR be moved to Bull Shark (but they'll have to become active on the forums of course)
this rank will have some powers unlike gummy/tiger/hammer but won't be officially a part of staff, so no access to staff forum

-there'll be also a small change to rules and inactivity period for gummies, tigers and hammers (the higher the rank, the more time you'll be allowed for inactivity)

This is a HUGE change so it'll take a bit of time to finalize everything, we'll making changes step by step, so please be patient

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with love and many kisses
~Bal

EDIT: Any previous staff members who now find themselves with non-staff rank, but feel they should be staff and are willing to be a bit more involved on the forums (mostly in the staff section) can get their rank back

When I say "more involved", we don't want you to spam the forums, we have LC for that, but just checking at least the staff section regularly, voicing opinions in clan matters, stuff like that

Roger!

Oh Bal, you know just what to say to take my breath away.

Any definition on how active on the forums? Or am I just blind?

No definition, just checking the forum and at least a bit involved with clan affairs in the staff forum

Sounds interessting. But why do we need or better dont need the Thresher rank. I thought it was something like a high rank Staff but not Leaderrank. Or did i get it wrong?

It's not necessary, plus we have 3 staff forums so having 4 staff ranks was always weird

(this was already discussed in the staff forum Gleydar *frowns* )

I have been demoted from green to yellow to blue! I feel very very disliked and unwanted xD

hope that helps a bit

Seems interesting.

I'm guessing Whale Shark's the new rank for the older players.

you guessed right!

whale sharks will have recruit powers, use them wisely

I've had recuiting powers for the past year or so, so no big change. I was a bull shark, but I guess it's due to inactivity here that that's changed.

Pretty much, yes

but since you stuck with us for so long, you'll get a new, shiny, exclusive rank

if at any point you'd like to get more involved and get on staff again, just say the words
whale sharks will have the privilege to become staff or whale shark when they feel like it

I'll probably take you up on your offer once my burnout fades away, but until then, I'll stick at whale. Thanks for the answers

Now I can Kick and Ban people (EDIT) from clanchat.

Officer Rules and Responsibilities, FAQs, and Officer Ranks and List have been updated.

wait wait...

what was tresher? which shark i mean

From chat, not from the clan.  Only grownups have that power.

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It no longer matters

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Of course, I was referring to clanchat