Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:49 pm MOB Charter -- We Rise Together
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Thank you for choosing the MMC Mob as your dynasty!
As a member, you will see your dragons thrive, your cities grow, and your gangsters strike fear into the hearts of honest citizens everywhere.
There's a catch, though.
The MMC Mob slogan is "we rise together", and that does require a certain amount of cooperation from us all.
We are a competitive dynasty -- in addition to wanting our individual games to do well, we also want to maintain our standing among the other top dynasties. (After all, if the MMC Mob weren't one of the top dynasties, would you have applied to join us?) So, the rules:
*** THE RULES ***
0. Obey the general Yarolds' rules. No multis. No shill accounts. Follow the rules for your shortnotes. ** If we catch you cheating with a multi we'll kick both accounts out. ** Our emperor is a Yarolds' admin, and will ban you if you cheat.
1. Show at least one link in the Dynasty at all times.
Why? It's not fair to your dynasty-mates (and allies) if you're not showing a link for them to click when they log in.
2. Don't show your links in Main. ** We won't let you join if you have your link showing in Main. **
Why? You will click links in the dynasty, then people not in our alliance will click your link in Main, and there will be a net loss of credits from our alliance. We want to keep the credits circulating internally. Additionally, unless you have thousands of credits, you won't be able to stay positive. (We realize that, for some games, you sometimes need to get more people clicking a link to get clicks from unique IP addresses. It's OK to put a link in Main with a very low click limit, or for a very short time, but that should be the exception, not the rule.)
3. Try to keep positive credits. (Yes, we know it's hard when you're a newbie.)
Why? Again, it's not fair to others in the dynasty if your link is unavailable much of the time.
How? Well, there are usually around 400 members in the alliance. Figure each of them will click your link. That's 400 clicks a day you have to do to stay positive. If you have your links visible in History (and until you earn VIP status, you can't block that), then everyone you click gets to click you back. If you have one link, and you click someone out of Main with one link, and they click you back, that's even. (Well, mostly. Not all links count for the same amount.) If you have two links, then if you click someone with one link in Main, they get to click both of yours. ** It is almost impossible to stay positive with 2 links without VIP status ** (After you have clicked a certain number of links, currently 60,000, you will be given VIP status permanently; you also get temporary VIP status if you buy credits, or if someone buys them for you.)
5. Log in to click every single day.
Why? It helps to keep your credits positive, and it helps to keep the dynasty at a good spot in the rankings. (Yes, we know sometimes Real.Life gets in the way. Tell us in your shortnote or email if you are going to be away.)
How? Even if you don't have time to do the followthroughs on your clicks, if you just do "open all" at the bottom of the dynasty page, that will open all of the links that don't require followthrough to count.
Of course, we expect that most days, you will log in at least once or twice, and click every single link available to you, in Main, in both sides of History, and in Dynasty.
6. Follow through on the clicks. Click "doorgaan", or "mai departe", or the matching number, or an egg/hatchling, or play with a pet... there are a lot of games, and it's not always obvious what you need to do to make your click count for the recipient. Ask in the forum if you're not sure.
Why? Because it's sleazy to do otherwise.
7. Keep a good CARE percentage. When you come across the Human Awareness Test, or the Cave With Big Dragon, or the Fantasy Fortune room, type something in the box.
Why? This proves that you are paying attention to the windows that you open. If your CARE percentage gets too low, the system will stop displaying links that need follow through to you, and the number of clicks you get a day will go WAY down.
How? There's an excellent FAQ in the forum at [url][/url]
By the way, don't worry if your percentage is low because you didn't understand when you were new. The number is calculated only from the last 80 days... and it doesn't show at all until you have been given 10 human awareness challenges.
OK, those are the rules. Now, here are a few hints that might make your time with the MMC Mob more enjoyable:
8. If you can, participate in one or more of the Happy Hours or Happy Times -- 00:00, 06:00, 06:30, 12:00, 18:00, and 20:00 server time (highlight the text block at the bottom of every page to make it more visible.)
Why? Many people, both dynasty mates and allies, show extra links during happy times, though often only for a few minutes. You can get a lot of clicks very quickly during Happy Hour.
9. Visit our forum and our IRC channel (#mmc on irc.magicite.net -- there are instructions in the forum ** need to add URL ** if you don't know how to use IRC)
Why? Because we like you as a person, not just as a clicker.
10. Use Firefox as your web browser, with these recommended extensions:
Adblock Plus
FlashBlock
Snaplinks
Why? These let you open links MUCH faster, without crashing your web browser.
Some people also like
ReloadEvery
NoScript
Tab Kit -or- Group/Sort Tabs
11. When you want to click a lot of links quickly, and will be reloading the dynasty page a lot, use the Customize button to remove images from people's shortnotes, or even block the notes entirely. (For the speediest page loads of all, uncheck everything but the Links themselves.)
Similarly, you can customize the History and Main pages to show only the fields that you want.
12. Do the Quiz every day. (If you don't know the answer, and can't find it in a web search, you don't lose anything by not answering -- you only lose credits if you answer it wrong.)
13. If you have any questions, feel free to ask your Emperor, Kampaku, or your friendly neighborhood loudmouthed dynasty helpers.
Have fun, and happy clicking!
[ Added: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:42 pm ]
Mail I just sent to someone trying to join:
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If you look in your profile, you will see a section showing your CARE percentage. You have a zero, which means that you have never (in the last 80 days) fulfilled one of the "human awareness test" challenges. This implies that you aren't doing the follow-through actions on other links, either. Because of this, many links (anything that requires an action from you to be counted) are hidden from you, and you won't be able to click high numbers.
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