All Leftovers raids are run within our charter system. Our charters are our sanctioned raid groups, which have been approved to run raids under the Leftovers banner by the Overall Leads.
Charters are authorized to use the Leftovers website, forums and calendar. In exchange, they must follow all Leftovers Policies and use our common points system. Any charter which does not follow the Leftovers Policies may be revoked at the sole discretion of the Overall Leads. Charters may also be revoked should they be seen to be having a negative impact on the community or its raiders.
Each charter has its own personality, and its own specific guidelines and culture. Raiders are expected to be familiar with the Charter’s Description (accessible from the Charter Groups List), which includes information on how to check in for raids, expectations the raid has of its raiders, and how they handle Charter Discretion loot.
Charters can be affiliated with a guild, but need not be. Charter may receive approval for 10-man only raiding, or 10 and 25-man raids. Charters may be Horde or Alliance, but may not span factions.
Any members of the Leftovers community may submit a Charter Application.
Within Leftovers, some raid instances have been designated as "Charter Raiding Instances". Raids to these instances within the Leftovers system (including the forums and in-game chat channel) can only be organized and run by approved Charters and Charter Leads.
These instances currently include:
All other instances (including pre-Lich King content, and all 10-man content) can be organized and run by any member of the community. This organization may occur in the in-game chat channel, or via the Unofficial Events Planning forum.
Use of the Charter General Discussion Forums and Raid Calendar are restricted to Leftovers' chartered raids.
Charters are not fixed raid teams; instead, charters are formed around a team of leads (the Charter Leads). Each Charter must have its own leadership: a minimum of two for 10-man raiding, and four for 25-man raiding.
Apart from the common policies described in the Leftovers Policies section of the website, Charter Leads are free to run their raids in whatever manner they find appropriate. In particular, all slotting decisions are left to the charter leads' discretion.
Charters and Charter Leads are the face of Leftovers. A raider's first experience with Leftovers is often through one of our many chartered raids, and it is up to every Charter Lead to ensure that the experience reflects well on the organization.
Charter Leads are responsible for ensuring the success of the raid, including making slotting decisions, distributing and recording loot in accordance with LOP, and organizing the raid itself. Every raid run by a charter must have at least one of their leads present. Every Charter Lead must also have a working knowledge of the Leftovers Points system, and stay up-to-date on any changes and updates.
If you are interested in forming a Charter within Leftovers, please familiarize yourself with all of our policies.
The prospective leads for a new Charter must submit a Charter Application. The application form includes details such as raid objectives, number of raiders, how often raids will be held, what days the raids will be, a list of Charter Leads, etc.
Please note that a 10-man charter application must have the support of at least two prospective Charter Leads; a 25-man charter application must have the support of at least four prospective Charter Leads. One of these leads must be available and present for each raid the charter runs.
Every prospective lead for a new Charter must indicate their full support of the charter application and an understanding of LOP 3.1 with a /signature in the application thread. Details of the /signature requirement can be found in the Charter Application.
Once the charter is submitted and all signatures are included, the Overall Leads will review the application. This process may take several days. In reviewing a charter application, the Overall Leads look at a number of factors, including (but not limited to):
The result of this review will be one of three actions:
The Charter Application is located in the forums.
Charters will be marked as inactive if they have not posted a raid in 6 weeks or more. If a charter wishes to take a break but know that they will be back, the charter leads should bring the matter to the attention of the Overall Leads.
If a charter has been moved to an inactive state, its leadership can request reactivation by posting a revision request in the Charter Proposals Forum, and have all of the leads sign off on it.