Hyrule Castle has different member positions which are designed to reward active forumers and good role-players, without making them too overpowered compared to new members: Anyone who joins the board is automatically a Newbie. They have three PWC points to distribute on each of their characters, each of their characters can obtain one major treasure, and they have access to only the standard races. After being on the site for at least a month, and being a decent, moderately-active, and respectable role-player, a Newbie can be nominated to become a Regular. To be nominated, a Regular must make a new promotion thread in the Regulars subforum (which is hidden to guests and Newbies), including the Newbie's username. A poll will be held for one week; if at least six have voted and there is a 2/3 majority, the Newbie is promoted. Alternatively, an Admin can immediately turn anyone into a Regular (done sparingly). All staffers are automatically promoted to Regulars--but they must be promoted to Veterans in the same way as a regular member. Regulars have access to the Regulars' hidden forum, have four PWC points to distribute on each of their characters, can obtain up to two major treasures per character, and have access to all the standard races, including the two Regular-exclusive origins for races: Business Scrubs and River Zora. At any point, a Regular can be nominated to become a Veteran. Whereas a Regular is 'decent,' a Veteran should be the cream of the crop. When you look at a Veteran's role-playing post, you should think without hesitation, "This fellow's a damn good role-player." Like with the previous promotion, a Veteran or Staffer must make a new promotion thread in the Veterans subforum (which is hidden to all but Veterans and Staff), including the Regular's username. A poll will be held for two weeks; if at least three Veterans or Staffers have voted and there is a 2/3 majority, the Regular is promoted. Veterans have access to the Regulars' and Veterans' hidden forums, their vote counts as 1.5 of a vote in Newbie promotion polls, and they have five PWC points to distribute on each of their characters, can obtain three major treasures per character, and in addition to all the races available to Regulars, may make characters of the Veteran races: Subrosian, Tokay, Skull Kid, and Picori. The number needed to finish a promotion poll will, of course, scale up if HC gets significantly more active members. In the future, there may be developed additional bonuses to being a Regular or Veteran.
