=====How to run a guild=====
Guilds serve as a way for players to group together to complete a common goal. Some reasons to create a guild are to provide a place for old friends to talk (all guilds get their own chat function), or to unite people to work towards someting together.
====Creation====
To start a guild you need to have 10 people total ingame at the same time willing to join the guild. The person who initiates the guild will become the Commander of that guild. The other people who join while the guild is still "unofficial" will become council members. To start the guild the Commander must first create the guild. Once this is done the Commander must invite the 9 people needed to make the guild official. The people being invited to a guild can join, or decline. Once there are 10 members total the guild becomes official and any members who join after that will be only a simple member with no guild powers. The Commander also has the power to appoint Lieutenants who can invite members to join the guild and also expel (Commanders also has this power). Only 2 Lieutenants can be appointed at first.
====Management====
The Commander has the ability to post a message of the day (MOTD) by typing the MOTD command. This can be useful for sending out a message to your entire guild without calling a special meeting. Commanders and Lieutenants can both invite and expel members at any time. The Council has the ability to remove someone from office or appoint them to a new position. This is done by using the vote command. A majority vote from the Council will change the persons rank immediately.
====Dying guilds====
A guild can be disbanded if basic membership is not kept. The minimal requirements for a guild is to have 5 council members active. If this is not kept the guild will be disbanded.
====Positions and powers====
*Commander- A Commander has the ability to create the guild, invite members, expel members, post a motd, appoint a Lieutenant, resign from the guild or position as commander, and view the active guild members list.
*Council- A Council member has the ability to vote a person in or out of office, resign from the guild or position, and view the active guild members list.
*Member- A Member has the ability to resign from the guild, and view the active guild members list.
====Commands====
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|- bgcolor! align="#cccccccenter"| Command! classalign="leftalign" bgcolor="aec6d6center" | <small>DescriptionType! classalign="leftalign" bgcolor="aec6d6center" | <small>CommandDescription
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>Ingame list of commands/guild| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>/guildM| align="left" | Ingame list of commands
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>Create a /guildcreate “acronym†“full nameâ€| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>/-| align="left" | Create a guild create “acronym†“full nameâ€
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>'''{M}''' Invite someone into a /guildinvite “nameâ€| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>Cmdr/Lt| align="left" | Invite someone into a guild invite “nameâ€
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>Accept an invitation to a /guildjoin “name of inviterâ€| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>/-| align="left" | Accept an invitation to a guild join “name of inviterâ€
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>Decline an invitation to a /guilddecline “name of inviterâ€| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>/-| align="left" | Decline an invitation to a guild decline “name of inviterâ€
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>'''{M}''' Expel a /guild memberexpel “nameâ€| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>Cmdr/Lt| align="left" | Expel a guild expel “nameâ€member
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>'''{C}''' Appoint a lieutenant/guild appoint “nameâ€| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>/guild appoint “nameâ€Cmdr| align="left" | Appoint a lieutenant
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| classalign="leftalignright" | /guild resign| align="center" | M| align="left" | <small>Resign from a position or from the guild| class="leftalign" | <small>/guild resign
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>'''{B}''' Vote on an issue/guild vote| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>/guild voteCM| align="left" | Vote on an issue
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>List online guildmembers/guild list| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>/guild listM| align="left" | List online guildmembers
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>'''{C}''' Set a Message of the Day/guild motd “messageâ€| classalign="leftaligncenter" | <small>/guild motd “messageâ€Cmdr| align="left" | Set a Message of the Day
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| classalign="leftalignright" | <small>Chat with guild members| class="leftalign" | <small>/say_guild (G key default)| align="center" | M| align="left" | Chat with guild members
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'''{C}Cmdr''' = Commander only<br>'''{M}Cmdr/Lt''' = Commander and Lieutenant(s) only<br>'''{B}CM''' = Council Members only<br>'''M''' = Standard Member<br>
Here's an example situation:
/guild resign "commander" <--- You are no longer the commander. Oh no! There is no commander!
====What guilds are active now?====
A full list of guilds can be found at the Vendetta-Online [http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/guildinfo guild page]