Player Wizzing
General
Candidate players for wizardhood must be at least level 30, with the required number of quest points (type 'required' in the level advancement room of your guild). Players of level 50 and above do NOT need to meet quest point requirements. Candidates should also have a clean record. A history of rule breaking and poor behaviour will not stand you in good stead. After completing the quest point and level requirements to become a wizard of 3scapes, a player may type 'wizmenow' within their guild hall. An NPC named 'Marsden' is available to administer an interview for the player. Roughly one to two weeks after submitting the interview, a titled wizard will approach the player and conduct a secondary interview. After the interview, the petition to wiz will be posted by the interviewer to the rest of the titled wizards. The titled wizards of 3S will then discuss the possibilities of the player joining the ranks of wizhood. Usually within a week a decision will be reached and the player will either be allowed to advance to level 500 or will continue playing. Some of the reasons for a player not becoming a wizard are the following: * A record of quest cheating * A record of botting * A record of harassment * A record of bug abuse * A record of any infraction deemed illegal (see help rules) * A record of being a jackass * Too many other people are in the queue already The titled wizards of 3scapes reserve the right to deny wizhood to any player requesting wizhood at any time for any reason. While you are in a holding pattern after your interview, review the following. Once you advance 500, you will be able to read the man files and learn about just how much work is involved in being a coding wizard on 3S. After one week of reading them, you then have to make a choice. You either bail at that point, returning to your previous player status, or you commit yourself to wizardship. You will not necessarily be raised to level 510 (true wizard) at that point, but you will never be able to return to your previous player status. Once you commit, you will be responsible for completion of reasonable wizard work within one month. If you fail to do so within that time, you will be removed. The definition of "reasonable wizard work" can be loosely defined as a collage addition or at least one non-trivial project along with plans for advancing yourself within the wizard ranks beyond the project. If, at any time before the one month timeframe is complete, you are determined to have abandoned your wizard duties without just cause, your character will be removed. Determination of this will be done primarily by the Archon, with other titled wizard input. Bottom line, wizzing is a wonderful thing that allows you to actually contribute to making 3S a permanently better place. However, you should not do it unless you are willing and able to put in the work to make it worthwhile. Above all, don't wiz because you view it as some sort of "retirement" from playing, which it most certainly is not.