"Without rules, where would we be??? France, and with to many rules where would we be??? Germany!!!"... AL Murray (PubLandlord).

At avalanche we pride ourselves on being team players, making friends before enemies. The reason is simple, there will always be dicks to defeat and crush... but a lot of good people running good clans to make powerful alliances with.
In other mmorpgs we see that philosophy work time and time again.
Usually you will find after a certain time, three or four large alliances will rule the roost in harmony (unless a spanner gets thrown in the works). They never need attack one another. Why? Because the dicks they destroyed are replaced by new dicks who start new arsehole alliances/clans. And the business of ruling the roost begins again.

So the following rules are to make sure we are the Good guys and never the dicks. But if you decide to act like a dick, then you will be cut off (((ouch)). But we know your cool, otherwise we wouldn't have approached you in the first place

RULES:
ACTIVITY
Members must be active at least once a week. TW allows account sitting, so if your away for any reason and cannot access your account, post in the vacation thread to let us know. Someone will sit your account (see thread for info).
If you are inactive for 7 days and no reply is recieved from our pm within 48hrs of day 8, your memebership may be cancelled and a new invite mailed ready for your reply.

NAPS
We have a thread to tell members who our Non Aggression Policies (NAPs) are with. Read it and do not jeapordize the alliance by breaking them. If you are reported as doing so by the attacked NAP ally, you will be expected to apologize in PM to them and send back any looted resources.
If you ignore this condition, expulsion from alliance will be immediate and your non-membership reported to the invaded tribe.
Be assured they will give you a good beating, if your actions cause avalanche to be attacked or 'black listed' with that tribe, we will also attack following expulsion.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:
TW is based on a points system for increase to strength. Those points are earned both by attacking and defending. We accept that unlike other mmorpgs, attacking other villages is vital to increase those points.
There is one golden rule and an ideal attack policy.
Heres the golden rule: DO NOT ATTACK NAPs OR ALLIANCE VILLAGES WITH MORE THAN OUR OWN MEMBERSHIP TOTAL.
If they have the same but with same or lower points/rank...think twice and clear it with us at the war room on the in game tribal forum (this is a hidden thread which most have access to as members).
The ideal policy would be that you attack ONLY un-allied villages, and only when your resources are low and production slow/delayed.
Armies morale fairs best when put up against similairly point scored villages, when attacking lower and very low pointers morale is depleted.

MULTI ALLIANCE Memebership:
Now in TW, it seems possible to be a member of more than one alliance/clan.
Most clans do not really accept/invite existing members of others.
Thats common sense. But some do.
Avalanche will accept you as an 'affiliate' if you belong to another alliance. However if you belong to more that one tribe, you will not be able to access or participate in certain features/events. Such as WAR ROOM and ELECTIONS.
IF you are a senior member of another tribe the you can apply for an invite here (see applications). We would accept such players as 'Diplomats' and allow your tribe to open an EMBASSY here at the forum. Again certain features would be locked to you.
Avalanchers...If you join another tribe after being accepted into avalanche, then also expect those features to be removed from your priveleges.
This is purely a precautionary step and guideline.

More rules to be added 28/08/2008 10pm GMT(London/cardiff)

If you think there a rule which should be included, or any other suggestions for the governing of avalanche please feel free to post in SUGGESTION BOX.