As members of [OgV], we strive to honor military veterans every day and promote behavior true to basic human courtesy. We respect and honor our ancestors, elders, our mothers and fathers, and each other.
Core Values
Honor - The quality that guides us to exemplify the ultimate in ethical and moral behavior; never to lie, cheat, or steal; to abide by an uncompromising code of integrity; to respect human dignity; to have respect and concern for each other. The quality of maturity, dedication, trust, and dependability that commits us to act responsibly; to be accountable for our actions.
Courage - The heart of our core values, courage is the mental, moral, and physical strength ingrained in us to carry us through the challenges of life and the mastery of fear; to do what is right; to adhere to a higher standard of personal conduct; to lead by example, and to make tough decisions under stress and pressure. It is the inner strength that enables us to take that extra step.
Commitment - The spirit of determination and dedication within members that leads to professional mastery in all our endeavors. It leads to the highest order of discipline for the group and self; it is the ingredient that enables 24-hour-a-day dedication; pride; concern for others; and an unrelenting determination to achieve a standard of excellence in every endeavor. Commitment is the value that establishes us as the warrior and citizen others strive to emulate.
General Philosophy
Team play, team spirit, and mutual respect for all players are paramount. The fundamental [OgV] ideology is to play, score, and participate with and for the group, not for the individual. Game-playing or group participation just for one's self is considered poor sportsmanship and therefore not honorable. In [OgV], good sportsmanship and mutual respect are mandatory. Whether you are participating on private [OgV] servers, [OgV] forums, or as an [OgV]-at-large in the world wide web, represent our community with a balanced dose of courtesy, tact and humor. What you do online in the public arena when you are not representing [OgV] is entirely your own business. What you do while in [OgV] uniform is ours.
[OgV] is a multicultural community. The [OgV] community represents numerous and varied personal philosophies, morals, cultural mores, political beliefs, religious beliefs, and more. Therefore it is incumbent upon all members to refrain from questionable actions. It's simply a matter of respect for the others. If you use a tag, signature, or spray, or make a religious, political, or sexual comment that any other member finds offensive or upsetting, you must respect their wishes to remove or retract it. Concern for the other persons well being is essential. By the same token, if you are overly sensitive or are too easily offended, the [OgV] may not be the organization for you.
Be advised – Sex, Religion, and Politics are the most controversial of issues and should generally not be discussed in public. With freedom of speech comes the freedom to be civil. Many people who argue for freedom of speech and become abusive and antagonistic in online forums and voice over IP (TeamSpeak/Ventrilo) are really saying: "I want to say whatever I choose, however destructive, uninformed, hostile, abusive, and manipulative it may be, and I don't want to be informed of any mistakes I may make in fact or logic. I've been everywhere and done everything so don't question me." That may be an exhibition of freedom of speech, but it's more representative of social irresponsibility and lack of respect for themselves or anyone else. Such behavior will not be tolerated in [OgV] or on our servers.
Specific Rules of Conduct
[OgV] members shall not:
- Use cheats or exploits in any way, shape, or form.
- Use inappropriate tags, signatures, sprays, or nicknames. While not all inclusive, here is a list of some thing in this category: Pictures or descriptions of graphic violence or nudity, sexual acts, discharges of any bodily matter (fluid or solid) from human or animal; political affiliations and/or partisan promotions; ethnic slurs or statements; religious affiliation, beliefs, or statements; illegal drugs or drug use; url’s or links to any of those items listed here; url’s or links pointing to sites containing cheats, hacks, illegal software, or viruses.
- Engage in arguments or personal attacks over communication channels (In-game text chat, voip, irc, forums).
- Use extreme profanity, sexually explicit, or abusive language over communication channels (In-game text chat, voip, irc, forums).
- Flood or spam communications channels; this includes repeated use of capitals in text based communications.
- Engage in intentional team killing or wounding. It is only acceptable to team kill if you are requested to help get someone “unstuck”. Should an accidental team killing or team wounding occur it should be followed by an apology.
- Sit idle on a game server, except in cases when you are trying to populate it. You should be ready to immediately begin game play should other people join the server.
- Impersonate any other player or an admin.
In addition to the gaming rules above, while in TeamSpeak/Ventrilo (or any other voip program), the following rules apply:
- The public game channel lobby is for general conversation only. Out of respect for all, if you are in-game (and using ventrilo to communicat e game comms), move to the appropriate channel.
- Avoid "hogging" the channels and filling them with irrelevant information and idle chat. Tactical channels are to be kept on an essential information only basis.
- Do not engage in conversation on Ventrilo if you are intoxicated.
At all times:
- It is expressly forbidden to utilize or disseminate any information about any members without their consent.
- Always endeavor to be forgiving of others’ mistakes
- Be considerate of others