Some updates:
The Knights of the Silver Order Have Updated Our Code
Now that the GMs have returned, we will continue assisting the server with bot hunting and other activities. We hope to educate our membership and other players on how to file reports to the GMs should they run into problems with the rules, bots or other problem that we can't overcome ourselves.
Here is our revised ethical code:
To transcend darkness, there are the few that search for light. Where chaos reigns, there are the few that offer order. Knights of the Silver Order are a guild within the MMORPG "The Mana World". Silver Knights aim to offer truth and guidance and aim to combat the forces of despair. The order seeks to offer integrity to world, help player's settle disputes, give suggestions to our creators and report transgressions against the rules of The Mana World to the Game Masters.
Our Code:
- We seek to exemplify to our peers the highest of integrity. The rules of the world must be followed by those that would join our order.
- We can not tolerate charlatans in our midst. None from our order shall mislead others, be they fellow world travelers, Game Masters or the creators of our world.
- We desire to help maintain order in the world. Those that breech the rules must be reported.
- We will not stand idly by while rules are broken. Suggestions will be given to our peers and our creators to settle problems. All solutions that our order can overcome will be attempted.
Interested in joining? Email
thesilverorder@yahoo.com, post your character name in the forums or contact "Wombat" (or other Silver Knight) in game about joining.
Silver Knights Now Has Over 70 members
We thank everyone that has helped make the Silver Knights grow. While a great deal of the membership is from transforming the old guild "Los Viscerales" into the order, giving it a new name and purpose, over the past couple weeks we've grown our old numbers to over 70 members.
Silver Knights are Seeking Event Organizers
We enjoy seeing our community grow and we see events as an essential aspect to keeping interest in the game. Players sometimes get tired of grinding, so it is nice to take an occasional break from the norm. We would like to see members and non-members organize events. If you are interested in organizing an event, but don't know how, here are some basic tips:
1.) Come up with an event concept. Here are some common events: Organized raid, player versus player, trivia, drop party, tic tac toe, hide and seek, theater, synchronized dancing, fashion show and date night.
2.) Get a few people together to flesh out the concept. If you don't know enough people that are familiar with how to make an event, concept me in game ("Wombat"), email
thesilverorder@yahoo.com, drop a line in our
guild forums or on this thread.
3.) If a prize is needed, seek a wealthy character or a guild to sponsor your event. The Silver Knights have a small bank of items that were donated just for this purpose and we are more than willing to help with prizes for organized events.
4.) Once the event is fleshed out, find a location, make a time (always UTC is best), date and announce it on the forums. Giving a week is sufficient time, though don't count on forums to generate the bulk of interest in the event. Shorter announced times can also work, but it helps to make sure some players can plan to show, especially your sponsor, who might wait until after the event is held to donate the prize award (Silver Knights do).
5.) About fifteen minutes to a half hour before the event, be sure to be at the meet up spot for the event. This will ensure interest is kept by early comers. While waiting for the time to tick by, use whisper to contact friends, guild members and regular event attendees. Swing by IRC to make a brief announcement at #themanaworld. Also request an announcement for your event from the GMs or event organizers by using the command "@wgm".
6.) If there is no announcement and numbers seem sparse, speak with those that have shown up to make sure they will wait and then run around to common gathering spots to seek if you can generate interest to drum your numbers up.
7.) All events should remember KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid), if the event is too complex, people can get confused. A raid that moves around the game world too much, a player versus player tournament with too many protocols on how combat should occur, trivia with too many difficult questions and so on can turn players off from the event and may complain or continue to ask for how the event works to be repeated.
8.) If there is a trouble player participating, attempt to overcome the problem by finding a solution with them first, but don't put too much time into it if they seem to just want to start an incident. Request the player be silent and/or leave the game should they persist. If this doesn't seem to work, announce that the person is being placed on ignore and move forward with the event.
9.) If there is a prize, ensure your sponsor shows up with the prize they promised to grant to the event. If they don't show up, let the winners know they will be granted a prize.
10.) Be sure to take a photo of the event by using "p". If you aren't familiar with uploading pictures, speak with me other other players that might know for assistance.
11.) Once it is finished, write a short report on the event (usually a few sentences is good) and post a picture of the event. Post your report on the forum. This can drum up credibility and support for future events as well as add ideas for others who may also want to do events.
12.) Listen to feedback, but don't let criticism get you down. Constructive criticism matters most while forum trolling rarely is helpful, so keep that in mind.
Hopefully some of that can help interested event organizers. Sorry about the length.