To each their own when it comes to commanding a guild, there are benefits - or at least used to be (when guilds were being crashed left and right) - for guild masters to promote all of their members to officers as to avoid guild crashes, though it is poor leading. It isn't necessarily fair to those who join the guild, unless they don't mind, that the guild should be provided with a stable and solid leadership or at least some type of organization. If you promote your members to avoid paranoia, then dissolve that by just promoting a select few with whom you trust; it's the same concept really except there is a more stable environment and will prove more beneficial in the long run. Keep in mind that not everyone is out to get you or looking to crash you. If your guild is represented well, you will receive the same results as to the amount of effort you put into it... i.e. your guild mates are respectful, kind, helpful, etc.

Well, our guild isn't untamed or what ever. we have a co gm (me) and third gm system, and everyone in our guild respects me and the third gm. that's how we work, and its been very effective. but where only one guild, and this probably would not work with other guilds.

Hey, if the system is working for you, use it. Some guilds are not as fortunate as maintaining a few hundred officers and keeping order. By order, I'm not really talking about everyone being polite or whatever, order by implying that it becomes difficult when you are really trying to define what goes in their place. Meaning to say, who's really in charge when the GM is offline or on leave, Co-GMs may work, but they're set at the Officer ranking along with every other member, get my drift? As long as the chain of command is properly functioning, basically any system of leadership could work.

Some may disagree with what I do with veterans. Basically, if you have been in the guild for two weeks, and I have seen you being a good member, being polite, helping out, being social, etc. I make you a veteran. It helps boost morale in my guild, as people like being higher ranks for some reason. Also, it allows more people to come into the guild.

Again, some may disagree with this philosophy, but it works well for my guild, so I do it.

and whats even better is that we have 490-500 people, but not a lot of people are on at once, but a nice amount, easy to control, but big enough to do fleets and invasions. we are also very friendly, and fighting is not tolerated.

guys there is a new thing called LYING

Davy_, I have no clue what your getting at, but whatever it is, lying is never a good thing.

m, i'm not lying.

Was I in that long? :P