Quote Originally Posted by kekvitirae
I think of it in terms of running a retail store. You wouldnt want a new trainee to close the store all by himself, would you? Just think of all the crazy and illegal things he will or will not do. This is why you give them a trial period to see how trustworthy they are, and eventually they will move up in the ranks.

Same thing for here. We dont want every spammer, troll, or idiot running amok in the Backroom, Colosseum, Mead Hall, and elsewhere, so we give them a trial period in the Entrance Hall. Dont think of being a Junior Member as being a "lesser" member. I posted quite a lot as a Junior Member, and continued posting in the Entrance Hall even after getting promoted (mostly because I was already known in the EH, and that I wanted a place to advertise my mod that would be seen by other new players).

Elitest? Not really. Quality? Definately.
And sometimes, idiots like me get promoted to member, and run amuck. It's shameful, really. O the humanity! And it only took me a week after that to get a friendly moderator warning. It seems to only take a few posts and a few days. Now, I don't speak for the treasured moderators, owners, or any other member. But a majority of the of the voices in my head voted and decided that demonstrating the ability to use a spellchecker seems to count for extra weight, as is use of good grammar and sentence structure. You can bet that split infinitives will result in an extra 45 days added to your sentence of being a Junior Member, so stay far, far away from them if you know what they are. If you don't know what they are, never mind. You may not spit on the floor or call the cat a bastard.

Wit, however, may be penalized. Making fun of safe things like J-Lo, Katie and Tom's test tube baby, or the pope's latest blog post about his polyps in German is A-OK. We get that it's a joke. Making jokes about Ludens' anything is NOT OK, and will result in you seeing the door.