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Changes to Veteran

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Hello everyone,

As of today we are rolling out a series of changes to the Veteran group to more accurately reflect the intentions for this group, and the way we want it to operate within the community in the future. The veteran group was created to give our long-term members who had retired or otherwise stepped back from the community recognition of their service. It constituted the privilege that they could and would be given priority for events if they did briefly return, or a fast-track member application system, all of which remain to this day.

When the veteran system rolled out, the eligible members leaped at the chance, and unfortunately, the veteran group became a self-enclosed pocket of the community, which was entirely unintentional. There are currently multiple veterans who have activity that exceeds that of members, and therefore should be members. The entire purpose of the veteran group is for absent ex-members. We'd like to remind everyone that membership requirements consist of activity on two of our trinity (teamspeak, forums and the servers). The eligibility of members for membership is based on this criteria, and from now on eligibility for veteran will also be checked against the absence of these criteria. There will be vastly less veterans, and more members.

Unintentionally, veterans were tacitly given some degree of protection whilst they were active on the server or forums. This was certainly unintentional and unfair to the member base. Whilst the veteran group is a sign of gratitude to those previous members, it is not a free-pass, and its abuse is a disappointing result of the group's formation. Veterans, as an umbrella group within Outbreak Community do still represent the core base of the community itself and thus are equally bound by our rules and regulations as anyone else. Their attitude and behaviour on the forum, teamspeak or servers will be met with the same standards expectations as anyone else in the community.

What happens now?

Veteran is intended for those members who are no longer active. Veterans currently active (This is

These changes are being made to create a more open and fair community. Outbreak prides itself on being an honest and transparent place to be. The veteran group changes reflect much needed desire to form a level and fair playing field that does not unfairly privilege equally active individuals in name. We understand these changes may be met with some contention, and the administration team are happy to explain their decision to anyone who fairly and politely discusses the matter in private with them. Wanton complaining or unnecessary spam as always will be removed.

As always, all the best,

Outbreak Community

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