We are a community and not a clan

Clans, guilds, and other types of gaming organization that generally classify themselves in that way are focused more on competition and require more of a commitment in time. We classify ourselves opposite to that objective as a community with our focus being on making friends and having a good time in what free time we have to play games. Our focus is solely on a mature, pleasant demeanor and a willingness to work as a team and play fair as well as contribute positively to the community in general by having a friendly, easy-going, fun-loving attitude and putting the feelings and needs of others ahead of your own.

We are a private club and not a democratic entity.

As much as we labor to be as democratic as possible in making many decisions to attempt to make things more agreeable to the majority, we are not a democracy. Those who take the lead here are not elected by the general body of members, and not all topics are open for debate or decided upon by the general body of members. In this way, we are more like a private club. The primary objective here is to play games more and deliberate as little as possible. The framework of organization has been developed out of necessity only for what amounts to nothing more than a hobby. If you are looking for an experiment in government or something grander than a hobby, this is not what we are about. If you are looking for a place to meet new friends with a similar interest in gaming while relaxing and having fun away from the worries of life, this is the place for you.

Requirements for Applicants

• Age: We require that members be age 18 or older.
  
  
• Language: We require that members be able to understand, read, and speak English fluently. We are an English-speaking community.
  
  
• Other Gaming Affiliations: We require that as an applicant you do not associate yourself with or make any reference to any other gaming groups which you may already be a member of while using our resources whether it be our forums, Discord server, or game servers (including wearing other tags on our game servers). What you do outside of our resources is your own prerogative, but as an applicant, just as if you become a full-fledged member, you will have to leave the other associations at the door here. Make sure that you are using only the nickname that you apply with when playing games with us so that we recognize who you are.

If you meet and agree with these requirements, please continue to the membership tutorial. If you are under the age of 18, do not speak English fluently, and/or can not disconnect yourself from another groups while using our resources, please feel free to continue to play with us on our game servers and community nights and frequent our website and forums as much as you like as even though we have requirements for our own members we do still enjoy more diversity and good company on our game servers.

Membership Tutorial

APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO DO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING IN THIS EXACT ORDER:

If you do not follow directions and do not complete each of the steps in the exact order listed below, you will not be considered until you follow through with it on your own. You must be at least 18 years of age and speak English fluently for your application to be valid. All applicants must:

• READ our charter and agree to abide by it as well as perusing the history, server rules, and FAQ pages.
  
  
• REGISTER on our forums here if you have not already done so. Please only use characters that are available from the basic keyboard keys or with the shift key. Special ascii characters are problematic for various reasons and are not allowed.
  
  IMPORTANT: You should add the osfhome.com domain to your trusted email (safe sender) and browser list - not doing so may cause emails from our domain to be treated as junk mail. Missed emails are the responsibility of the applicant - not the community.
  
  
• FILL out completely the membership application found HERE. You must read the entire page and accept the terms by clicking the button at the bottom of the page. You will not be considered for membership until you complete this step in addition to posting a testimonial as instructed below!
  
  
• POST a personal testimonial on our membership archery range forum as to what type of person you are in terms of playing games and in terms of real life. Read this testimonial guide to give you an idea of what we are looking for. NOTE: You will not be able to post in the Membership Archery Range forum until you fill out and submit the application above and are moved to the Applicant group on the forums. This is to protect applicants from missing that necessary step.
  
  IMPORTANT:We do not require posting on our forums or Discord server, but it is in your best interest to participate as you find time so that other members to get to know you. Otherwise, your consideration may be handicapped by the fact that members simply do not know you and have enough experience with you.
  
  
• PLAY with us, particularly on community nights and as many other times as possible such as at WAN/LAN events to get exposure to our members for them to get to know you. You are also encouraged to join us on our Discord server for live chat. If you do not do this, you risk not being voted as a member simply because you didn't make enough of an impression. Make sure that you are using the nickname you that apply with when you playing so we know who you are.
  
  
• ANSWER questions via an online form. You will be contacted by the welcome committee by email six weeks after you post your testimonial with instructions on completing this online Q&A. This Q&A will be submitted to us and used by our members in your consideration. It gives us more insight into your reasons for joining us and who you are in terms of playing games and living life.
  
  IMPORTANT: Remember to add the osfhome.com domain to your trusted email (safe sender) and browser list as mentioned above - not doing so may cause emails from our domain including this Q&A to be treated as junk mail. Missed emails are the responsibility of the applicant - not the community.

Note that there is a six-week waiting period between posting a testimonial and being sent the instructions for the Q&A. This affords an applicant ample opportunity to get to know us and the same opportunity for us to get to know him or her. Take advantage of this time and participate as much as you are able to! The only exception to this is if enough members already know you well enough if you have invested time participating with us already. In that case, you may be fast-tracked and could receive the Q&A much earlier. Do not wear our tag until you are officially accepted as a member! If you should be declined the first time you apply, you will be sent a note with constructive criticism on why you were declined, and you may apply one more time at three months past the date of being declined. We take the consideration of new members very seriously and will not rush the process. We do not require any commitment to be a member outside of a maintained interest of some sort and an agreement to abide by our charter and philosophies. For further questions about the membership process, please contact the welcome committee.

Current Active Members

Total Members = 108
(Active = 15, Inactive = 93)

Nickname	Member Since	Country
5by5	January 2005	United States
6pk	March 1999	United States
brokennapkins	July 2010	United States
Fighter	January 2004	United States
kevinkitten	March 2006	United Kingdom
Killi_Vanilli	April 2005	United States
Kramerika	March 1999	United States
Leania	March 2004	United States
MadFF	March 2007	United States
powerdemon	September 2004	United States
Rogue_Danar	April 2012	United States
Swine	December 2006	United States
Valora	September 2015	United States
VariXx	December 2006	United States
ViperX1	January 2006	United States

Dearly Departed
We Will Never Forget

Nickname	Period of Membership	Memories
Grandpa_Bob	Dec 2003 - Jan 2007	Grandpa Bob loved his family and friends and enjoyed new challenges, including flying apache helicopters upside down!
UberDave	Oct 2004 - Oct 2006	UberDave was lost defending his country. We can not possibly thank him enough for his sacrifice in protecting our freedoms and security.

Please be certain to keep your email address up to date in your forum profile to continue to receive community correspondence. For members not listed as active above, you most likely missed the quarterly community surveys and have been set to inactive status until you click the link in the quarterly survey email or respond here with a request to be made active again. For members wishing to resign their membership, please see the charter for the policy.