Policies

Recruitment Policy

Please note that any member of the public may apply to become a GM recruit.

When applying to join GM, all three of the following must be met:

  • 1. Dedication

    You must show your support of GM by wearing the |GM| tag for at least one week.

    You must show your dedication to GM by visiting our community forum daily, and contributing to it (by posting) regularly.

    You must play for at least 10 hours on our servers (includes our non-TF2 servers).

  • 2. Skill

    You must meet at least 2 of these basic skill requirements:

    • A K/D Ratio according to our TF2 HLStatsX of at least 1.0 (we may make allowances for medics).
    • Have a working microphone configured for use with TF2 and Ventrilo, and be able to communicate in-game clearly.
    • At least 10 hours played as any one class, according to your Steam account.

  • 3. Leader Acceptance

    A GM Leader or Deputy Leader will evaluate your application and decide on its acceptance.



After you are accepted as a GM recruit:

You will wear the [GM-R] tag for one week. During that week, you must maintain the same level of dedication and skill that was required when you applied. At the end of the week there will be a clan-wide vote (open for 3 days) to decide whether or not to grant you full GM membership.



Membership Removal

Any GM member who is inactive — i.e. does not log onto the forum or the servers — for one month will be removed from the clan. Depending on the circumstances causing the inactivity, the former member may be reinstated at a later date upon request.



Also, please note that the leaders have imposed a strict limit of 100 members to be in the clan at any one time. We will conduct applications on a first-come, first-serve basis; i.e. the first successful applicants will be the ones that get to join GM.

Match Team Recruitment Policy

  • GM match teams are allowed to recruit players ("ringers") from outside GM to play for their team while participating in highly competitive leagues such as ETF2L.org, etc.
  • "Ringers" shall not have access to the private clan-only forums - only their respective team forum.
  • In most circumstances, a "ringer" is regarded as a GM Community member and not a full GM clan member.
  • If a "ringer" wishes to become a full GM member, they must go through the normal recruitment process, although they can skip the "wear the |GM| tag for one week" requirement.

Privacy Statement

  • 1. Visitors and members consent

    All visitors of GamingMasters are free to provide or not provide their personal information such as email address, but if they do not provide such information they will not be entitled to the services such as creating a new topic and replying to the forums, as these services require registration. However, even without registration visitors can read the forums.

  • 2. The Information collected by GamingMasters

    GamingMasters collects information for providing a bond between the site and it's users. Information regarding IP address, browser and Operating System are collected. From time to time, leaders may monitor correspondence via the forum and the servers. Our forum software may also plant a (completely safe) unique session "cookie" on your computer which will allow us to keep you logged in even when you close your browser and to generally provide a better user experience. Through the necessary client software, you may block any of the aforementioned from occuring.

  • 3. Security

    GamingMasters protects the information provided by you. All personal details such as your email address are kept secure and your password is encrypted in our database. Your data will not misused, redistributed or altered.

  • 4. Distribution of personal information

    GamingMasters does not knowingly distribute personal information to any third parties. Should this change, GamingMasters will not knowingly distribute any information without your prior consent. Please be aware that it may be possible, depending on your use of various features on GamingMasters, that some of your personal information is available on publicly accessible web pages. One example would be using the GamingMasters forums. If you are a GM clan member, some personal information is displayed on the main website. Consent to expose some of your personal information in these cases is implied by the use of these features.

  • 5. Alterations of personal information

    You can edit your personal information at any time in your control panel. You have complete control of your name, date of birth, location, interest and all other information in your profile which was recorded by you during your registration. GamingMasters does not take any responsibility regarding information which is under your complete control.

  • 6. COPPA

    GamingMasters allows the children between the age of 13 to 18 to participate in the forums, post and distribute their personal information without the consent of their parents. If you are below the age of 13 then you must seek the prior consent of your parents for becoming the member on GamingMasters and posting information on GamingMasters forums.

  • 7. Alteration of Policy

    GamingMasters reserves the right to alter the above noted policy document at any time without any prior notice to anyone concerned or unconcerned. However, GamingMasters will try to inform you about the major changes in this policy document as and when they take place.

  • Liability Information

    GamingMasters will not be held liable for the result of the usage of any information provided in the forums, and disclaim all liability resulting in the use of the posted information.

    We take no responsibility for the content of any of the messages posted in the forums and do not guarantee the authenticity of its authors. All opinions and views expressed in the forums are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of the staff or its representatives.

Warnings System

To help promote a friendly and fun atmosphere in GM we have decided to implement a warning system.

  • If a leader or deputy witnesses foul behaviour on the servers or forum towards a fellow GM clan member or another person you will be given a warning.
  • Each star denotes 1 warning.
  • 1 warning is automatically removed at the start of every month if good behaviour has been maintained.
  • 5 warnings and you will be kicked out of the clan. Whether this is permanent or temporary is dependent on a leader's judgement and will be discussed beforehand.