Of Sound Mind stands alone as an alliance, insofar as we can. Doing things in highsec while we have an active war is not using your brain. Dying to an enemy gang that you have already been warned about is not using your brain. Dying repeatedly in an ineffective fit, even after discussions with alliancemates about it, is not using your brain. Your alliancemates are eager to help, but the responsibility for listening is yours. You are expected to read and understand documents and guides, and to learn from your own mistakes and the mistakes of your alliancemates. Using Your BrainĪs a member, you are expected to be learning and helping others learn, and you are expected to be thinking about what you are doing. This means calling fleets that have room for players of all SP levels whenever possible, but it also means that denigrating other players for being newer or lower-SP is frowned upon. In addition, it is important to be specifically inclusive of newer or lower-SP players. In particular, racist, homophobic, and sexist language is forbidden and the alliance directors and your peers police this rule very actively, although problems with it are rare. Making any member of the alliance feel unwelcome on any of these bases is uninclusive and unacceptable. We have a large and vibrant LGBTQ community within the alliance. Of Sound Mind tries very hard to foster an environment of inclusivity, which means that people of all ages, races, sexualities, gender identities, belief systems, and so on feel welcome and accepted in our community. Regardless of how you personally feel about these, you should avoid them in alliance voice and text chat, since they make some of your alliancemates uncomfortable. Nationalism/racism of either the 'USA #1!' or 'so-and-so ethnic group are all drunk' types.
Uses of 'rape' and related verbs/terms for any reason.Uses of 'bitch' and similar for any reason.Uses of 'jew' and similar as synonyms for 'carebear'.Uses of 'gay' and similar as synonyms for 'uncool'.Members uncomfortable and are to be avoided, even if you're being ironic: Please also respect that your alliancemates might not want to hear about it - and if someone asks you to take the discussion somewhere else, do so.Īlso note that some phrases, behaviors, and topics are already known to make How drunk or high you are is probably a lot less interesting to your corpmates While it’s (unlike in real life) fine to drink and fly or "fly high", pleaseīear in mind that you’re always expected to abide by the white paper, and that Note that we do sometimes swear like sailors on comms. Eve is ultimately a video game, and everyone you meet is another human being sitting behind a computer you should treat them accordingly. If another member asks you to tone down your behavior, you are expected to listen if you have a problem with another member's behavior, you may bring it up with them (in private conversation do not call out another member in a chat channel or on voice comms) or with a director. Raging, trash-talking, and vitriol are not mature behavior. This means talking problems out or bringing them up with directors, being polite to both our friends and our enemies, and behaving reasonably well on voice comms and in text chat.
Members are expected to behave in a mature fashion at all times. If any of these seems disagreeable to you, Of Sound Mind is not a good fit for you. PrinciplesĪll members are expected to agree with and adhere to these principles we take them quite seriously. Since then, we've lived in sov null as part of a couple of different coalitions, in NPC nullsec either as part of coalitions or on our own, in lowsec, in lowclass and highclass wormhole space, in faction warfare, and most recently in NPC nullsec again. Of Sound Mind was formed in mid-2011 out of dissatisfaction with what other alliances offer. This document lays out what we're all about, what we expect from you as a member or prospective member, and what you can expect from the alliance in return.