The first question I would ask (and you should ask it yourself) is - why do you want to be official?
Contrary to popular belief, the supposed power of official factions is much smaller than what people usually think (saying this as former leader and still a member of official faction), but have some responsibilities. Especially if you will be one of -three- factions for the same ID, the power you will get will be even smaller and the cooperation with other factions will be mandatory in some issues.
To sum up my point shortly - at the end you may find that you invested huge amount of time and effort to achieve officialdom for little gain.
