As many of you may know, Tactical Gamer is a rather large community that encompasses far more than our guild, and far more than this one game. TG has over 3000 members, and boasts numerous resources that it makes available to its members: Multiple game servers, Teamspeak, forums, and development are just a few of the many awesome things that TG provides for us.

I would like for our guild to utilize more of these resources. For example, I would like to have an administration forum for guild officers to deal with promotion nominations and development ideas. There's a catch, though. Part of me worries about our community becoming the evil TG stepchild who only takes, and never gives.

Personally, that bothers me and tells me that I haven't done MY part as a representative of the greater TG community in communicating to you the significance of supporting memberships. If you have never heard of becoming a subscribing member, here is your chance to learn about it, and I apologize if this isn’t something I made you aware of previous to now.

Without our supporting members, Tactical Gamer would simply cease to exist. Our subscribing members, through a revolving monthly contribution of $8.95, keep our servers up to date, running, and allow us to develop new features for the community. Every resource we have is directly attributed to the generosity of our contributing members. I am always thankful for these generous folks, and often look to find ways to thank them that are tangible and cross all of our gaming communities.

In an effort to encourage our guild members to become contributors to the greater community, I would like to invite all of you to become supporting members of Tactical Gamer. This is by no means a requirement- sometimes, contributing financially isn’t a possibility, and I would never frown upon anyone unable to subscribe. Non-financial contributions, such as participating in the other forums and within our guild are priceless, and I am grateful for your contribution, no matter what form it takes. But, if it is an option for you to become a supporting member, I ask you to strongly consider it. I would like our guild to be known for supporting the greater community.

Our new ranking system is based on reward and recognition for contributions to the guild and the TG community as a whole. As such, I would like to recognize our contributing members within the guild itself, as well as to the greater community. Guild members who choose to subscribe to Tactical Gamer will be rewarded with a promotion to Staff Sergeant, the highest possible promotion within the enlisted ranks, and a rather prestigious position.

Rank can be obtained without becoming a subscribing member, so if you cannot subscribe, do not worry! Contributing within the guild by helping out your fellow guild members, leadership, and teamwork are very valuable and promotion-worthy. You will not be left out, if you contribute in other ways.

I would like our little WOW community to strive to represent the tenets of Tactical Gamer- teamwork, contribution, and community. This is what all of us are about, no matter what games we play.

Become a Subscribing TG Member