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The PancakesAlliance Handbook

How our alliance actually runs — the rules, the ranks, and the etiquette. Any alliance is welcome to copy these; they're the difference between a random roster and a real team.

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The Code

House Rules

The standard we hold each other to, and the habits that get us there. We're a competitive alliance now — these keep us safe, growing, and worth being part of. Read them, and ask an R4 if anything isn't clear.

The Standard

Show Up · Score · Contribute

We're building an alliance of active players. Three things are now expected of every member — everything after that is how you deliver on them.

  1. Hit the points bar. 2 million VS points a day. 6 million a week. Miss the daily and you move to R1; miss the weekly and you may be removed.
  2. Stay active. Two days offline drops you to R1; five days and your seat may go to someone else. Life happens — tell an R4 and we'll hold your spot.
  3. Contribute to Alliance Tech when you log on, and again before you log off. Every time. It's free and it lifts everyone.
Not personal — structural. We have 100 seats and a server to compete on. Rank follows contribution, and the bar is very reachable if you follow the Weekly Duel discipline.
The Discipline

How We Play Together

  1. Time your spending. Coordinate Full Preparedness with the VS/Duel challenge to score in both — that's how you clear the bar without playing more hours.
  2. Turn up for alliance events: Tyrant, Enemy Buster, State Ruler, Canyon Clash, Zombie Siege, Glory War. Participation is the clearest signal of who's in.
  3. Don't compromise group events — no Boomers, Treasures, or side quests when the team is committed, including the first two hours of Enemy Buster Day. Follow the event etiquette.
  4. Never farm our own server. Trucks, Bounties and Mines come from other servers only.
  5. Save one 24h shield a week for Enemy Buster Day. Loot to your daily limit, then shield — enemies want your points, and rebuilding troops costs far more than a shield.
  6. Four enemy-server Trucks daily. The enemy changes weekly — tap State Ruler to see who (2 weeks on / 2 off); if none, hit the VS enemy's trucks.
  7. Claim your free rewards — the weekly gift codes and website check-in are free growth. No excuse to skip them.
  8. Keep it clean in World Chat. Don't start trouble that the whole alliance has to finish.
Culture

Growth & Teamwork

Alliance Tech: hold the donate button every login and logout — contribute to the item with the thumbs-up. Max your free contribution multiple times a day; only spend diamonds (up to 10×/day) if you have them to spare.

Alliance Help: tap the handshake icon by the Alliance button whenever it appears — helping teammates build, research and heal is free and instant.

Ask, don't guess. Read every Notice, answer every Poll, and ask an R4 when you're unsure. Most players who miss the points bar aren't playing less — they're spending off-theme. That's fixable in one conversation.

The most important rule: enjoy it. Engage in alliance chat, ask questions, make jokes, be yourself. The Pancakes is a safe space that welcomes all.
Who Sits Where

R1 – R4 Ranking Guidelines

Rank follows contribution. It isn't personal — it's how we keep a hundred slots filled with players who show up.

The Ladder

How Rank Is Set

RankWho
R3Level 27 and higher.
R2Every other active player.
R1Inactive 2 days — or scoring under 2M VS points a day.
Removal: inactive 5 days may be removed from the alliance. Scoring under 6M VS points in a week may also mean removal.
The Bar

What You Need to Hit

2 million VS points per day. 6 million per week. That's the line — and it's very reachable if you follow the Weekly Duel discipline: hoard your materials and spend them only on the day that scores them.

If you're struggling to hit it, you're almost certainly spending off-theme. Read the Weekly Duel guide — timing your existing resources to the right day is worth more than playing more hours.

Always welcome back once you're active again. If life gets busy, tell an R4 — we'd rather hold your spot than lose you.

Don't Blow It For The Team

Event Etiquette

Small coordination habits that decide whether the whole alliance cashes in — or half of us miss out.

Helicopter Treasure

How We Do the Helicopter

Approach the helicopter — but do NOT enter until everyone is there. Once the group has gathered, flash a thumbs-up emoji, then enter together. The sound of all those emojis going off is what alerts anyone who isn't staring at their phone.

  • Someone running late? You can exit the helicopter to give them time to arrive — but not if the timer is nearly up. Don't gamble the whole run.
  • Enter before the 30-second mark. Entering at the last second blocks everyone else from tapping the helicopter.
Why it matters: the helicopter rewards the group that moves together. One person entering early — or too late — costs everyone.

Vault Schedule

Who holds which vault, by event day. Alliance-only — ask in Discord for the key.