The Keep:Pirate Cove/FAQ

=What is the Pirate Cove, and what do they do?= From our main Wiki page,

Doing things the pirate way... Enter if you dare!

Our guild wasn't created by us - it was boarded, taken over, robbed of its gems, and renamed by our pirate crew. You can still see the wreck of one of its old challenges inside. Yarrrrrrr!

It all started with being greedy, robbing pirates. By Davy Jones's wriggly beard, we never intended to be useful! We were (and are) just living the pirate life - we boarded not just this guild, but many others, robbed their gems, and then either sank them or held them for ransom (so people who wanted an own guild but didn't have the necessary gems could claim them) or made them part of our own fleet. Soon it turned out that by doing so, we were contributing to keeping the Habitican seas free from old abandoned guilds drifting there aimlessly and cluttering up the shipping lanes. The Habitican Admiralty noticed that, too, and started helping us - much like in the olden days with letters of marque and privateering. So nowadays we actually fulfill a function (removing inactive guilds that are no longer useful from the list of public guilds) - but we also still make a good profit from looting all those guild banks! And we don't forget to have lots of pirate fun and adventures, too. We've also fought the first Habitican guild-vs.-guild battle we know of, and might fight more in the future. And we're currently the only Habitican guild with more than four gems in our treasure chest!

=Who runs the Pirate Cove?= Day-to-day operations are currently handled by Captain @cTheDragons, but leader changes and Guild deletions are handled by Admirals @Alys and @Dewines

=How do I apply for the Guild?= Simply post in the Guild that you are interested, and what plans you have for the Guild.

What the leaders look for
While the Cove's leaders will consider everyone, there are some things that we have found that helps indicate a user's success.

Activity in Guild
Successful new leaders are often already part of the chat, which helps that user to know what the Guild is like and how it works.

Detailing Plans
The most common method of showing willingness to keep the Guild active is through Challenges — either describing them or actually creating them.

=What happens when a new leader is assigned?= When a new leader is assigned, the old leader will have the gems in the Guild Bank transferred back to them, and will be notified of the change.