So this guy pretttty much just guaranteed himself no promotion.
No, he didn't. Easy to say that kind of thing when you're barely a week away from being an e yourself, isn't it?
Welcome to eGO, ChonnyG. Here's the deal: the others mentioned some points, so I'll add a little more from the Day of Defeat: Source Division, which is still applicable to all the divisions in eGO:
FluffyTDestroyer said:
Here are things that we check when adding members to the promotion list:
1) MAUL verification (you have no idea how many potentials aren't verified)
2) Server Activity
3) MAUL history (demotions, Leadership notes)
4) Application date (as opposed to forum join date)
5) Forum Activity (2 posts in application thread = not active member)
6) Last visit to forum (Over a few weeks, and it's useless to promote)
7) In game name (Must match forum ID, no inappropriate changes)
8) Vent Activity. (If you're never in Ventrilo, we do notice)
Just hang out, be yourself, and have a good time. Trust me, Leadership notices what happens in server, and we look for basically all that Fluffy said in that quote. As an e though, don't worry; just play the games and get to know some people here. Admin comes when Leadership judges that somebody is ready for it; it is earned, never "given".
For the sake of completeness, I'll post Rules 1 and 2 anyway, since the massive influx of new members has brought up this question a lot recently:
Rule 1: You do not talk about promotions.
Rule 2: You DO NOT TALK about promotions.
Exception: Congratulating somebody on their promotion.
In order to prevent the usual "OMG DON'T TALK ABOUT PROMOTIONS" responses, I'm going to go ahead and close this now.
Either way; welcome to eGO, and enjoy your time here! I see that you're a CS:S guy, but stop over and visit us in DoD:S sometime!
