Certified Combat Leader
‘Golden Era’
“Even the darkest of warriors have a heart of Gold."
[-Table of Contents-]
Sections:
[1.0] - Introduction
[2.0] - Celvestian Philosophy
[3.0] - What is CCL?
[4.0] - CCL’s History
[5.0] - How does CCL work?
[6.0] - The Steps to Verification
- [6.1] - The First Step
- [6.2] - The Second Step
- [6.3] - The Third Step
- [6.4] - The Fourth Step
- [6.5] - The Evaluation
- [6.6] - The Verification
[7.0] - CCL in Wars
- [7.1] - CCL War Terms
[8.0] - CCL Laws & Consequences
[9.0] - Additional Information
[10.0] - Conclusion
Note: Press Ctrl+F, this allows you to easily navigate through the sections and sub sections by entering the sections tag and name then clicking enter.
[1.0 | Introduction]
Greetings Celvestians and welcome to the CCL document. Here you’ll find almost everything you need to know about the verification process in CCL, a little bit of its history, and some of the extra stuff that comes along with it. I don’t recommend you try to read it all in one go as it’s quite a hefty document. When you’re taking the CCL program I highly advise you to take each step slowly and one at a time to give yourself enough leg room to adjust and prep for each step. With that being said, take your time when reading through this document and I hope it peaks your interest enough to apply for CCL verification.
[2.0 | Celvestian Philosophy]
“Even the darkest of warriors have a heart of gold.”
“We’re a family. We’re a game studio. We’re war enthusiasts. We’re a role play group. We’re a community. We’re a hangout. We’re everything. We’re Celvestia.”
[3.0 | What is CCL?]
The Certified Combat Leader program is basically a step-by-step process of proving someone being capable of leading a raid and/or defense, sometimes other military activities as well depending on the situation. In simple terms it’s a “glorified HR test”, however, over the years many different approaches have been taken for improving the HR test and evaluations. Section 4.0 will go over the history of CCL and where its journey reached its prime.
[4.0 | CCL’s History]
CCL dates back to early 2014 when the HR evaluations test was born and we had a massive wave of new HR’s rushed into our HICOM, boasting nearly 100+ actively running HR’s with 24/7 events running constantly. The program was a success for many reasons (including many rising stars), however, it had a lot of fatal flaws that allowed for the system to be quickly taken advantage of and therefore invite people into the HICOM that shouldn’t have been there in the first place. The HR applications back in 2014 allowed for almost anyone to apply and since we had 1 million in tickets running every single weekend we had tons of new people applying to join the group and therefore wanting to join the HICOM. For the most part it went pretty smoothly, however, there were times when some people would abuse their powers and take advantage of the admin given to them. Overtime we’ve corrected and learned from these mistakes and pushed forward with more improved applications, evaluations, and programs. The evaluations of 2014 were the oldest form of CCL before it was even dubbed as CCL. As time went on, CRL was born and this was created by Montrulio, a former Celvas of Celvestia. The Certified Raid Leader program seemed quite promising at the time and was mostly raid oriented. However, CCL is meant to cover raids and defenses with a few other exceptions depending on the experience of the CCL verified member. We want the program to include all types of combat oriented events.
With that all being said, CCL has had a 5-year long lifespan and it’s closely approaching 6. However, not all of those 6 years has it been in active use. A lot of the time it would be on and off usage and the process on how to be accepted into the HICOM has been changed up a considerable amount overtime. But now we’ve decided to completely separate the power to host defenses and raids from the rest of what an HR usually does. I’ve seen hundreds of people be able to host the most amazing training’s but are absolutely lost in hosting raids and defenses. I believe the CCL program will help correct that issue and bring forth a new wave of combat leaders.
[5.0 | How does CCL work?]
The Certified Combat Leader program is a fairly simple process that includes bits and pieces from older generation combat programs. The people who can apply have to be [M4] Gradastian or higher to become a CCL verified member. However, there may be some exceptions to that rule and these exceptions can only be superseded by the Venerius himself. To apply to the program you have to approach a H3+ or the Venerius himself and ask to begin your step by step process. If you fit the qualifications of starting the process then you’ll be given a “CCL S1” role on Discord (news flash you’ll need Discord to apply because most of your communication will be done over Discord during events). Once you have received the role you will be given a set of questions to answer and if you score higher than a 85% then you’ll be given the role “CCL S2”.
However, if you do not get above an 85% then all the questions you’ve gotten wrong will be told to you (but we will not give you the answers) and it will be up to you to correct them. You will be given 3 chances total (not including the initial test submission) to fix your incorrect answers. If you’ve used up all 3 chances then you will be set on a 1-2 week waiting period before you can apply again to CCL. 1 week if you got 75%-84% range and 2 weeks if you got anything below 74%.
Once you’ve passed the test you’ll be asked to review a video of a raid and of a defense that has been conducted by Celvestia. You’ll be asked write out everything the raid/defense leader was doing during the event and whether or not they should be doing anything else or if they were doing just enough. This won’t be scored. However, the Venerius and the H3+ will be reviewing everything you’ve said and whether or not we deem it accurate is entirely up to us. Take the videos as a template to work off of.
After you’ve reviewed the videos and you’ve been checked off for them, you’ll be given the role “CCL S3” and are now ready for the action portion of the test. You’ll be asked to schedule a time/date where you’ll be free for us to host your evaluations test part 1. The first part will be an open battlegrounds team death match with one of the team captains being a random group of Celvestians with an HR/M4 as their captain and the other team being spear headed by you, the Celvestian being tested. We will have either the H3+, Venerius, or HR’s monitor/record your performance as a captain. We will base your performance off of how well you keep your troops organized, the amount of accurate and proper commands you give (not just throwing commands when you don’t need to), and your overall cooperation and teamwork abilities. Basically, be the best possible team leader you can, but don’t try too hard where you become a nuisance. We don’t want an angry antsy person screaming at us during a chill TDM. Got it? Whether you win or lose the team death match doesn’t matter, we’ve passed people in the past even when their team lost during a TDM because their team captain was absolutely outstanding. As long as you do your job and try your best, we will be there to support you.
Now once the people who were reviewing your performance at the evaluations part 1 pass you, you will be given the “CCL S4” role and schedule a time to setup your final trials. You will be asked to host both a raid and a defense. They can’t be PR’s with our own members. They will have to act as real defenses/raids. You can do this with an ally, however, we recommend trying it with an actual enemy for maximum immersion and for the full experience. Once everything is scheduled and we find someone to set these events up with (you can recommend a group of your choice if you’d like but it has to be reasonable) we will prep up for that coming day. You will be expected to announce the raid/defense for the group both in the group shout on ROBLOX and in Discord in the #events channel. If you need a few more people to attend you may DM online members to come. Once we’re all good to go you may commence your events. Whether you win or lose the raid/defense will not matter as long as you do your best as the raid/defense leader. Remember, teamwork and communication is key to winning the events. When I, TheCelvestian, host events I capitalize off of teamwork and communication heavily and make sure everyones constantly doing callouts and we’re all working together to kill enemies. I refuse to let people 1v1 during raids/defenses and we will gang up on enemies to ensure that we lose no one when we’re defending the terminal. Every small step you take is crucial in the potential victory of the event. Keep all this in-mind when you’re doing your final trial. Once you’ve finished your Eval Part 2 Defense, you’ll be given the “CCL ED” role. If you completed the Eval Part 2 Raid first then you’ll be given the “CCL ER” role. Once you’ve completed both you will then be asked to do one last thing. You can do either one first.
Once you’ve passed your Eval Part 1 and 2, you’ll be asked to say the following words to a Celvestian H3+ and/or Venerius at Soreya, “Celvestia has entrusted me with their finest warriors to be led under my command and I, [name], am honored to take on the responsibilities of a CCL Verified Celvestian and will carry out my tasks to the best of my ability.” Once you’ve stated your oath and the H3+/Venerius is done recording/screenshotting you, they will then announce that you’re officially CCL Verified and you will be given the “CCL Verified” role on Discord. Once you’ve recieved the role you’re free to host raids/defenses whenever as long as you announce them in #battle_plans ahead of time to give everyone a heads up on when you want to schedule them and how many will attend.
[6.0 | The Steps to Verification]
There are currently four primary steps, two evaluations, and the final verification step. The following sections will go into detail on what each section expects you to do to advance into the next step. Section 5.0 went over the general process of how all six steps worked together to bring you CCL. Section 6.1 - 6.6 will go into more detail on each step as well as proper scoring, advice, tips, and other materials that will help the tester and the one being tested.
[6.1 | The First Step]
This one is the easiest step to follow as it only requires you to apply for CCL Verification by asking a H3+ and/or the Venerius himself if they see you fit enough (judging by past experiences and current skill set) to be accepted into the first step of CCL. All you gotta ask is “Am I, [name], fit enough to apply for the CCL program?”. If you’re not deemed worthy to be applied then you may request the H3+ to tell you what was their reasoning behind declining you. Otherwise, once you’re applied and the H3+ are deemed you worthy. You will be given the “CCL S1” role on Discord.
Here are some of the questions the H3+ will ask to make sure you’re ready to apply for CCL:
Are you able to voice chat whenever for raids/defenses since as a combat leader you’ll be expected to give out commands on the spot?
Do you have any previous experience with hosting raids/defenses? If so what were they?
Do you perform well under stressful situations?
If you genuinely believe that you’re ready for CCL and a H3+ declined you, you may ask to see if the other H3+ think differently. If the majority see you fit enough, then you’ll be brought in. So you’d need a 2/3 vote currently.
[6.2 | The Second Step]
This step determines how good you are with managing certain situations and how you would properly assess them. It is a single test with several scenario questions that are related to both defenses and raids. You are to receive a 85% or higher on the test in order to progress into step 3. If you receive the 85% or higher then you will be given the “CCL S2” role on Discord. However, if you do not get above an 85% then all the questions you’ve gotten wrong will be told to you (but we will not give you the answers) and it will be up to you to correct them. You will be given 3 chances total (not including the initial test submission) to fix your incorrect answers. If you’ve used up all 3 chances then you will be set on a 1-2 week waiting period before you can apply again to CCL. 1 week if you got 75%-84% range and 2 weeks if you got anything below 74%.
The test is on google forms and you’ll have to ask a H3+ if you can take it. This is to prevent clutter on this thread as well as to make the test more private so people aren’t pre-writing their answers or cheating off others. Once you submit your form it will tell you your score, however, it will not show you the correct answers as that part will be discussed with the H3+.
[6.3 | The Third Step]
Once you’ve gotten through the second step with an 85%+, you’ll be asked to review two videos of your choice from a list provided here. Each video will be of either a raid or a defense. Your task is to evaluate them and write out all the pros and cons of each video in-terms of what the raid/defense leader is attempting to do or what they could’ve done. Or if you noticed lack of teamwork at one point or anything that could’ve been better. You are reviewing them. This is our way of seeing how well you asses situations like these and if you have the knowledge of a combat leader. Anyone can watch a video of a raid/defense but not a lot of people can actually dissect one.
Here are the list you can choose from, you have to choose 1 defense and 1 raid, total of two videos. You will write out your review/notes and send them as text in a DM to the H3+ that’s reviewing you.
40 Minute Terminal - Nightfall Clan Raid
First War Raid on Veloxic Empire
Raid on Masqued Blood
Cobalt Nation & Avarian Confederation Defense
First War Defense against Veloxic Empire
Forsaken Winter DefenseI recommend a paragraph for each video you do.
After you’ve reviewed the videos and you’ve been checked off for them, you’ll be given the role “CCL S3”.
[6.4 | The Fourth Step]
This step is where you finally get to experience some action when it comes to being a combat leader. This is where you take on the role of a team captain in a Team Death Match that will take place at Celvestia’s Battlegrounds. How it’ll work is at the scheduled time and date for the TDM we will have two teams. One team will consist of random Celvestians/Allies with the team captain being either an M4 or H1+. The opposing team will be led by you. You will be assigned to a team of players and with that team you’ll be watched very closely both in VC and in-game on how you handle your teams organization, teamwork, and cooperation. Several HR’s and HC’s will be listening in onto your VC chat with your team as you’re giving out orders, grouping together, and attempting to take home the TDM win. However, even if you don’t take home the win you still have a chance of being passed. Many Celvestians have been passed where they did a phenomenal job as a combat leader by giving out all the right orders at the right time, made sure no one split up, had solid teamwork and communication, and so on, but they still lost. In the end it doesn’t matter if you win or lose as long as you did the best you could as a combat leader.
This step will help show all of us just how capable you are when facing a group of opponents, especially in a TDM-like setting.
The battleground can have up to 200 players so realistically speaking you could manage a 100 vs 100 battle or a 8 vs 8 battle. The number of players will be different every time so you must make sure you’re mentally prepared to handle any amount of people when you’re trying to communicate with them.
The battlegrounds has its own set of rules, however, for the sake of this TDM we will go by the following template:
- 3 rounds. 5 lives. The team with 2 round points wins. However, if by some chance both teams get out at the same time then a fourth round will be added.
To reiterate, winning/losing doesn’t matter here as long as you do a phenomenal job as a combat leader. If we as the HR’s/HC’s think you did the best you could with the team given to you then you will earn yourself the “CCL S4” role on Discord.
[6.5 | The Evaluation]
Th evaluation step will be the most intense and crucial part of your verification process. In this step you will have to host 1 defense and 1 raid with actual groups. They can’t be PR’s with our own members. However, they can be PR’s with our allies as we have done this many times before and are pretty close to the real deal events. Doing it with groups that aren’t allies give a much more unique experience because they’re foreign to us and their skills and territory are going to be fresh and new for us to face.
You’ll have to schedule the event with a H3+. Scheduling goes into both the spreadsheet and in the #battle_plans channel on Discord. We highly recommend you give everyone 3-7 days notice before an actual defense/raid to give every timezone and busy person a chance to see the scheduled event and determine if they can come.
Another thing you’d wanna to take into account is if you’d want to set the raid/defense up with an ally or with an actual group. If you want it with an actual group then you may recommend a group of your choice that’s reasonable.
On the day of the event, you will be expected to announce the raid/defense for the group both in the group shout on ROBLOX and in Discord in the #events channel. If you need a few more people to attend you may DM online members to come.
Now once you feel that you have enough people to commence a raid/defense (and just make sure you’ve read the rules for both our base and the enemies base) then you may place everyone to the raid/defense (make sure to announce you’ll be placing so people can ready up). From then on you will be expected to do everything you can to ensure your team wins the raid/defense. Take it as seriously as possible. If an HR/HC has to take over your event because you leadership was inadequate then you automatically fail the evaluation and have to wait a week before taking this step again. HR’s/HC’s are allowed to add in their own commands here and there and do call outs but you are the primary leader of the event and you are expected to keep everything together and organized.
Whether you win or lose the raid/defense will not matter as long as you do your best as the raid/defense leader. Remember, teamwork and communication is key to winning the events. When I, TheCelvestian, host events I capitalize off of teamwork and communication heavily and make sure everyone’s constantly doing call-outs and we’re all working together to kill enemies. I refuse to let people 1v1 during raids/defenses and we will gang up on enemies to ensure that we lose no one when we’re defending the terminal. Every small step you take is crucial in the potential victory of the event. Keep all of this in-mind.
Now let’s say you finish your defense and the reviewers and Celvestians all thought you did a phenomenal job as a combat leader, you will then receive your “CCL ED” role on Discord. But if you do a raid first then you will receive the “CCL ER” role. Upon finishing both the raid and defense you will be given both roles and immediately asked to go to Soreya where you will do your verification oath.
Here is an example of a successful evaluation test (these videos were done before Discord and before I did audio recording of voice chats so keep that in-mind). The raid you see below was a 3 server raid on HAU in which we won all 3 servers with amazing cooperation and teamwork using I believe was Skype/TS3:
Three Server Raid on HAU 1
Three Server Raid on HAU 2
[6.6 | The Verification]
Upon completing the evaluation, you’ll be asked to say the following words to a Celvestian H3+ and/or Venerius at Soreya, “Celvestia has entrusted me with their finest warriors to be led under my command and I, [name], am honored to take on the responsibilities of a CCL Verified Celvestian and will carry out my tasks to the best of my ability.” Once you’ve stated your verification oath and the H3+/Venerius is done recording/screenshotting you, they will then announce that you’re officially CCL Verified and you will be given the “CCL Verified” role on Discord. Once you’ve received the role you’re free to host raids/defenses whenever as long as you announce them in #battle_plans ahead of time to give everyone a heads up on when you want to schedule them and how many will attend.
However, when you do raids/defenses I highly advise you to do video walk-through’s of your enemies base beforehand. If you’re unable to do recordings with your own voice or a recording in general then you can at least screenshot important parts of the base like where the obstacle course is, where the terminal is, all the secret paths, potential camp/choke areas, and so on.
Here are some examples of well-thought out walk-through’s that helped us flawlessly win at the enemy base. Trust me, walk-through’s almost always guarantee an easy victory since it preps the Celvestians and shows them what we’re up against instead of just blindly going to the base. Just remember to keep them as short and as precise as possible. However, some bases might require a lot of time to do a walk-through for.
Zone Verona’s Base
Celvestia’s Resurgence
TNI:V’s BaseIf you’re doing a walk-through using screenshots then I highly recommend marking the screenshots with arrows and labels to show where everything exactly is. Here is an example of a picture showing where the spawns are at Resurgence.
Don’t be afraid to ask others for help. The Venerius himself has over 7+ years of combat leadership experience. He’ll be more than happy to give you pointers and advice as well as tips and approvals.
[7.0 | CCL in Wars]
Only CCL Verified Celvestians may host war/defense raids. Siderian & Venerian Grade members are not allowed to host raids/defenses against the war enemy as it is directly breaching the CCL program. The war-terms specifically state who will be hosting on Celvestia’s behalf that are CCL verified and have confirmed to have a schedule open to host. If the enemy tries to convince someone to host that isn’t CCL verified then we get a war point. Read the next section for more information on CCL related war terms.
[7.1 | CCL War Terms]
Our war terms template includes a war term that specifically states who from CCL will be hosting for Celvestia:
- Who can host defenses and raids for Celvestia? Every person that’s CCL (Certified Combat Leader) verified and have an open schedule: [list of names here]. You are not allowed to message anyone to defend/raid for TDW if they aren’t CCL verified. Forcing a Non-CCL verified HR to host will result in Celvestia getting a war point.
However, almost every single war the Venerius himself leads all the events. But if by chance the Venerius isn’t online then CCL verified members must definitely be ready on stand-by to host.
[8.0 | CCL Laws & Consequences]
NOTE: This is also a part of the Universal Decree.
CCL Laws
- Do not attempt to take over another CCL Verified members event unless you were instructed to by an H3+ with proper reasoning.
- Raiding blacklisted groups is not allowed. However, if you wish to defend from them then you must ask the Venerius himself. We have a google document with the list of groups that we are not going to raid.
- Everything in the UD still applies to CCL.
- If you’re CCL Verified and you choose to side with the enemy group during a defense/raid you will be at risk of losing your CCL Verification and possibly be demoted. You have to ask for permission first (although the answer will most likely be no, still you should ask, we might allow it on very unique occasions).
- Only CCL Verified Celvestians may host raids/defenses both during and outside of wars. However, anyone in the S&V Grade can host a PR with our own members.
- Do not give yourself all the CCL roles on Discord. Only the roles you need. This is to avoid confusion.
- Leaking any sort of test/correct answers from the verification process could most definitely void your verification status and result in a possible demotion.
- CCL Verification doesn’t apply to divisions. Divisions will have their own combat leaders chosen by their division leaders. However, if a division is lacking in combat leaders then they may use a CCL Verified Celvestian to help them.
CCL Consequences
Punishment Degrees:
First Degree - Warning Second Degree - Suspended from hosting raids/defense for a week. Third Degree - Suspended from hosting raids/defenses for 2 weeks plus a demotion. Fourth Degree - Suspended from hosting raids/defenses for a whole month plus 2 demotions. Fifth Degree - Verification status is revoked plus 3 demotions.
The laws and punishments may change at any time. Most of the time we will give a notice, however, CCL Verified members are expected to check once in a while to see if anything has been edited/added recently.
[9.0 | Additional Information]
Any questions and concerns you may have can be directed to the Venerius himself or a H3+. However, the best answer/response you’ll get is from the Venerius since he put this system together and knows how it’ll work. We recommend all our CCL Verified Celvestians to actively host raids/defenses, do walk-through’s and battle plans, and help other CCL trainees in becoming a verified member. If a CCL Verified member wishes to take a hiatus/break then they must announce it in #inactivity_notices, otherwise, after some time they might lose their verified status. However, if they announce it in #inactivity_notices then they will not lose their verified status. The majority of the information you’ll need for CCL can be found in this very document. But if you wish to seek out more ways to help better yourself or prep yourself then I highly recommend reviewing some old raid/defense footage like the ones I linked in section 6.3. But the best way to learn is through experience. You may feel nervous at first but don’t worry. It’ll become instinctual overtime and you’ll get the hang of it very quickly.
[10.0 | Conclusion]
This document is quite long but for good reason. I wanted to make sure almost everything was covered and that it was easy to follow. I don’t recommend going through it all in one go. It’s meant to be a step-by-step process so treat the reading the same way. Read the first step and once you finish the first step you move onto the next step to read and finish again. Repeat for about 6 times and you’re basically verified. It’s not a terribly hard program but it is tedious and requires some time set aside to really nail down who’s dedicated and experienced enough to host a defense/raid. With that being said, I appreciate the time you guys spent reading through and completing this process and I hope you all have a wonderful experience here in Celvestia. Remember to stay true to your Heart of Gold.
Signed by the Following:
- TheCelvestian, Venerius of Celvestia.
- AyyashCelvestian, Celvas of Celvestia.
- ElderCelvestian, Jakorious of Celvestia.
- RS_Hudson, Beston of Celvestia.
- CrimsonCelvestian, Beston of Celvestia.
- DemigodCelvestian, Beston of Celvestia.
- Agreed upon by the Celvestian community.
TRUE TO OUR HEART OF GOLD!
