1.1 Interface Add-ons
 There are a million and one different add-ons and tools available for use on WoW to help improve your game-play and interaction with others. We do not specify any in particular neither do we intend to enforce rules in this area. However, it is advisable that you at least download Group Calendar. This tool is very useful for organising and joining a variety of guild instances, raids, quest parties, battlegrounds etc. If you wish to be kept informed and know what guild events are planned, then please install this tool (GC). The only thing we ask is that whatever tools you use and are comfortable with enable you to do your job efficiently when participating in guild events.

1.2 WoW Forum's
 We will not censor your freedom of speech, but unless you are explicitly authorized to speak on behalf of the guild, you must never phrase things in a way that will reflect the guild as a whole in a bad light. Do not criticize other guilds or players without stating you are speaking for yourself. If you are making unjustified, rude or harmful comments you can expect to be called on it, so act respectfully.

1.3 Recruitment
 It is important that you are an ambassador for our guild, there are lot's of good players out there and we want them playing for us. We all flailed about in the beginning, looking for the right guild, finding people we could trust. It's important that you get out there and help people in need and make friends outside the guild. When you find people you like, have quested with them for some time, believe they would be suited to our guild, and they meet our current requirements, then please direct them to our website to complete an application form.

1.4 Guild Chat
  This is a crazy place where people often feel free to express themselves. This is encouraged, don't pick on people or insult them. If someone is an idiot they will make that clear by themselves, no need to help them. There are often young players logged in, so try to maintain some propriety. It doesn't have to be Sesame Street, but Innuendo is better than explicit when it comes to adult topics. Please use whisper chat if you feel the need to draw a pretty picture with your prose. Likewise if you are having a conversation with a single individual, seeking their guidance, agreeing a trade, or just generally chatting, please use whisper chat to do so. We want good signal to noise ratio so that the guild chat remains useful.
Unnecessary and excessive swearing, abuse or racism will NOT be tolerated. If caught or reported with evidence (screen shots), you will receive a verbal warning, followed by a written (game mail) warning upon your second offence accompanied by a fine of 10gold payable to the Bhcobank within 3days. If you repeat this offence for the third time or do not pay your fine, you will be instantly excluded from the guild without exception or return. Yes we can have a laugh within the guild and this behaviour is accepted to some degree if you know the members well, however, at the end of the day we are all here to have fun and enjoy the game & guild interaction.

1.5 General, Public, Party, LFG, Whisper and Trade Chat
 You must follow WoW's terms of service. Keep it clean, don't insult or attack people via whisper. Don't spam the Trade Channel repeatedly. If someone is rude to you do not retaliate, use /ignore. If you are looking for a group, spamming up the message every 5seconds will not help, and will only irritate the masses making it more difficult to get a group next time. Always check with the guildies online first to see if they would be interested, otherwise just be patient.

1.6 Voice Server Facility (Teamspeak2)

1.6.1 Usage
 We do have a voice server available to all our guildies, connection details can be found on our guild information window in-game. When setting up your profile please use your main character name, this avoids any confusion. Teamspeak is an essential tool for group questing, raids, pvp, and instances, as it makes the communications easier, quicker, and more effective. When using TS you are required to switch off any external speakers to avoid feedback and irritation to other members. You must also adjust your microphone sensitivity to prevent any unnecessary background noise which may interfere with other's gaming enjoyment. We do encourage members to have a laugh and joke and enjoy the freedom of TS, but you must respect the fact that no one wants to hear you burp, fart or swear. Please keep the language clean and be polite to fellow members. Specific group channels have been created for your use, please use these when doing any group activity, this will make it easier for you to specifically address your group and won't irritate others who are not with you.

1.6.2 Microphone Volume Setting
You need to ensure the input volume is set high on the microphone to ensure the recorded sound is loud. You’re probably familiar with the volume control panel, load this up (start/programs/accessories/entertainment/volume control), the initial screen shown here will give you your output volumes, called master volume. Select options then properties, and you should have a drop down box next to “mixer device”. This will list all your audio sockets. Look for one which says audio input or something similar, select it and make sure in the window below you select the microphone control, and click ok. You should now get a volume control box up which has your recording levels listed. Tick the microphone and boost it up to the max, also select the advanced tab under the microphone bar, and when you get the pop-up, make sure the microphone boost box is ticked. Save/close etc and that should be done.
Note: performance may vary so please play with varying the levels of the settings above to get your microphone right to suit your setup.

1.6.3 Microphone Sensitivity
You need to adjust your sensitivity level in the TS options to get this right. Open TS and goto settings, then sound input/output settings, and adjust the voice activation level further towards the right (shout). As a guide mine is probably 60/40 towards shout. You can activate the local test mode if you want to try to get it right for you. This will then prevent any of your background and speaker noise from being transmitted.