You knew this was coming...

Here are the rules for CooperPlay.  They're not hard, but it is expected that every Trooper understands and follows them.

1.  Your email address will not be used for any other purpose than to register you, send out an occasional announcement or for making announcements to the entire team.  We hate spam, so why would we impose that on anyone else?  Got it?  Okeedokee.  Moving on...

2.  Show respect to your fellow teammates during gameplay, on Teamspeak, on the message boards, and any other method of contact.  This is not a request.  This doesn't mean you can't disagree.  It means you have to do it without being a cantakerous bozo who most people probably hate in real life anyway.  Remember what Thumper's father said?  "If you can't say somthin' nice, don't say nothin' at all!"  Next item...

3.  Sign in to the log on the site's message board at least once a month so we know to keep your account active.  Accounts that have no activity for 60 days without prior notice are subject to deactivation.  Look, we know real life can get hectic.  Being a Cooper Trooper should be fun, not stressful.  We don't know about you, but we're up to our eyeballs in life and use the game to relax and let off a little steam.  However, we also like to see our teammates a little involved.  That way, we know the time we spend putting together service records and all the little fun and wiley things that go on the site is not wasted, whereas we could be using that time to , say, make a beer run.

4.  Ranks and awards are earned in the following ways:

Ranks - Ranks are earned according to the Ambostats award system.  As you earn your way through the game, so you earn your way as a Cooper Trooper.  Rank information in service records is updated once a month.  Or, troopers can update their own insignias in their profiles as they become available.  Don't be a schmuck and make yourself higher in rank than you really are.  That would be dishonest, which means you would suck.  There is no suckage allowed in the Cooper Troopers.

Awards - In addition to earning awards through Ambostats, additional awards can be earned via recognition from unit commanders.  These earned awards and commendations come as a result of teamwork and active participation, as decided by the Commendation Board.  Ribbon racks in service records are updated once a month.  You cannot update this.  Only the commanders can, which will ideally be every thirty days.  However, as we like to reiterate, real life can intervene and make things hectic.  So, be patient and give a polite nudge if your ribbon rack requires updating.  Or, just give it five minutes more and see if we get around to completing the update.

5.  School work comes before the team or the game.  We cannot stress this enough.  If you have homework (and we don't care what grade you're in), get it done first before even thinking of entering the server or site.  The game world can wait.  Your education cannot... unless you're a liberal arts major, in which case you are probably already doing what you'll be doing the rest of your life anyway, which is making fries at your local fast food restaurant.  If you are a LAM, game on, baby.

6.  Additional Terms of Service information is probably forthcoming.  We just can't think of any others at the moment.  Most of the time, we figure out after the fact that we should have made a rule about something.  We'll let you know.

7.  A Disciplinary Board will convene in the event there is a ruckus on the team.  The three-person panel will decide the nature of the circumstances regarding an incident and produce a result that is most beneficial for all involved.  The decision of the Disciplinary Board may be appealed to the Commandant.  After that time, the decision is finalized, and all involved are notified of the outcome.

Okay, so the TOS ended on kind of a sour little note there, but hey, it's needed.  Rule #5 is one we're really serious about... srsly.  Don't screw your future up for any video game.  Get smart so you can earn lots of money and buy rockin' game systems in a few years.  Then, remember those who gave you the advice to do so and reward them with equally rockin' game systems.

As you were, Trooper!