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This is the official wiki page for the ''Spiral Knights'' guild Lancer Knightz. Lancer Knightz is a fairly old guild, dating from sometime in April 2011. (''Spiral Knights'' itself launched on April 4, 2011.)
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This is the official wiki page for the ''Spiral Knights'' guild '''Lancer Knightz'''. Our guild is much like other casual guilds in the game, but with these distinguishing characteristics:
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* We're one of the oldest living guilds. We formed in April 2011, shortly after ''Spiral Knights'' launched.
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Our guild members are diverse in their interests (PvE, PvP, crafting, chatting, etc.) and experience (2-star, 5-star, etc.). If you are a pleasant, active player, then we'd love to have you.
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* We run a long-lived [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Data|project to collect data on weapons, missions, etc.]].
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<!--* Our members seem to be more mature than those of many other guilds. For example, many of our officers are married with children.-->
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* While some of our members like PvP, we're not into PvP as a guild. If you're looking for an elite PvP guild, then you might not be satisfied here.
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There are no official requirements for entry to Lancer Knightz. If you are a pleasant, active player, then we'd love to have you.
  
 
==Rules==
 
==Rules==
  
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Our guild is casual. Rules and procedures certainly aren't our thing. But there are two common values, on which we agree. Guild members who violate these principles may be removed from the guild.
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Our guild is casual. We have very few rules, most of which are obvious.
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* Be pleasant. If you want crowns, then don't beg; sell something or go into the Clockworks. If you have no energy, then don't beg; wait for tomorrow. If you invite someone to join your party, and they won't come, then don't beg; get over it. If you want to be promoted, then don't beg; fulfill the stated requirements below. Don't use any racial, sexual, or other slurs. Don't scam people or steal from them. Let's develop a reputation, of which we can be proud.
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# Be pleasant. Don't beg, scam, or use any insulting language or slurs.
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* Be active. Everyone goes on trips or is otherwise busy in real life sometimes. It's okay if you don't log on every day, or even every week. But if you stop playing ''Spiral Knights'' entirely, or if you find yourself missing weeks frequently, then please remove yourself from the guild, so that we can bring in more active members.
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# Our guild members sometimes place items in Member Storage. It is intended to help new knights. Take what you personally need, but don't take stuff just to sell or trade away.
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#Although the guild has to pay weekly fees to maintain its guild hall, we do not force every member to contribute weekly. Contributions are voluntary. Suggested weekly contributions are 1,000 per Veteran and 2,000 per Officer, for example.
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In Lancer Knightz, rank is based not on gear or skill, but rather on being mature, responsible, and helpful.
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#When you first join our guild, you are a '''Recruit'''. Your new guildmates welcome you into the guild. They may offer to go into the Clockworks with you or join you on a PvP team.
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#You get promoted to '''Member''' as soon as it's clear that you are going to be an active player. If we invite you one day, and on the next day we see that you're back, then that may be good enough. Traditionally, most people in Lancer Knightz are Members.
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#A '''Veteran''' is a member who has demonstrated that he is active, experienced, and responsible. Promotion to Veteran requires at least one month in the guild.
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#An '''Officer''' is a highly experienced, active, trusted member of the guild. Officers recruit new Recruits and promote new Members and Veterans in accordance with the guild rules. They do not promote Officers or remove any guild members. They do make make expensive guild hall purchases. To be promoted to Officer, you must demonstrate maturity, enthusiasm for the guild, and a willingness to recruit. Apply to the Guild Masters.
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#The '''Guild Masters''' manage the membership of the guild, by removing inactive or disruptive members and promoting new Officers. Occasionally they alter guild policy and start new projects. Promotion to Guild Master happens very rarely, and there is no guideline for who deserves it.
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==History==
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[[User:DarkKnight17|Whitelancer]] created Lancer Knightz in mid-April 2011, with Pula and Shakugan. (''Spiral Knights'' itself launched on April 4, 2011.) After a couple of months, however, Whitelancer left the guild to start [[Valkyrie Knights (Guild)|Valkyrie Knights]], Pula followed him, and Shakugan went dormant.
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[[User:Vroom|Donkeyhaute]] was invited into Lancer Knightz by Pula in mid-April 2011, and was the eighth or ninth member of the guild. Around the time that Whitelancer and Pula left, he was abruptly promoted from Recruit to Guild Master over a 10-day period. As the ''de facto'' leader, Donkeyhaute created our various rank systems, our defunct recipe-sharing scheme, our food-sharing scheme, our ongoing data collection project, and this wiki page.
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By the summer of 2011, most of the guild's members had become inactive, as Spiral Knights often do after a few months. Representatives of [[The Ascendicate (Guild)|The Ascendicate]] approached Lancer Knightz, suggesting that the guilds be merged. Sooch, who was then an Officer, convinced Donkeyhaute that they should try to revive the moribund Lancer Knightz, rather than abandon it. Sooch was promoted to Guild Master and helped rebuild the guild to a high level of activity.
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By the autumn of 2011, the guild had become a bit dormant again. Norpo, who was arguably the social hub of the guild, was promoted to Guild Master. He spearheaded the recruitment of numerous highly active knights. The guild became more prosperous than ever before.
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In September 2012, the Ascendicate merged with [[Delicious Bacon (Guild)|Delicious Bacon]] to form [[Coalesce (Guild)|Coalesce]].
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On 9 November 2012, Epoxee replaced Norpo as Guild Master, after Norpo had grown dormant. Epoxee was our first Guild Master, other than the founders, to live outside North America.
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By March 2013, we were no longer in contact with Coalesce or Valkyrie Knights, as our contacts left those guilds or moved to the Asian servers.
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In April 2013, Fafaprince replaced Donkeyhaute and [[User:Zverolka|Zverolka]] replaced Sooch. (Donkeyhaute and Sooch had led the guild for over a year and a half, and felt that others should get a chance.) Zverolka organized a slimeball tournament.
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In October 2013, Fafaprince resigned as Guild Master, giving the guild a special gift of 300,000 crowns. He is still an Officer in the guild.
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Sooch left the guild in early 2014. In spring of 2015 Zverolka went dormant, Donkeyhaute was re-promoted, and Epoxee demoted himself to Officer.
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Donkeyhaute revised this wiki page in August 2018, loosening the promotion criteria. He is the active Guild Master. Shakugan is technically still the head of Lancer Knightz. Sooch quit the game on March 5, 2019.
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{|style="background:#224466"  style="background:#E2E2EA"
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|[[File:Zverolka1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6| <b>Zverolka</b>]]
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|[[File:Donkeyhauted.png|thumb|upright=0.6|<b>Donkeyhaute</b>]]
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|[[File:Shakugan.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|<b>Shakugan</b>]]
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|[[File:Sooch2.png|thumb|upright=0.6|<b>Sooch</b>]]
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|[[File:Norpo.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|<b>Norpo</b>]]
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|[[File:Fafaprince.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6| <b>Fafaprince</b>]]
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|[[File:Epoxee.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6| <b>Epoxee</b>]]
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|}
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For more images, check out our [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Photogallery|guild photogallery]].
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==Activities==
  
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==Sharing==
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Guild members are encouraged to organize projects, events, and activities, to enrich our lives in the guild and to serve the wider Spiral Knights community.
  
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To the extent that it's practical, let's share recipes. How? Well, most low-star items can be crafted without equipping them. For example, let's say you want a [[Glacius]]. Find a guildmate to craft a [[Brandish]] for you. Then, before you equip it, find another guildmate to craft that Brandish into an [[Iceburst Brandish]]. Now you have the 3-star version, and the rest is up to you. Depending on energy prices, this may or may not save you money over buying the Brandish or Iceburst Brandish on the Auction House.
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=== Boss Furniture ===
  
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Interested in using your guildmates' recipes, or offering your recipes to your guildmates? Check out our [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Recipes|list of recipes]].
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We have completed our big Snarbolax, Royal Jelly and big Roarmulus statue :).
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We're also about 1/4 done with our big Vanaduke statue - would be nice to get some help on it :D.
  
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==Rank==
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=== Data Collection Project ===
  
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Many of our guild members do not care about rank. For those who do, let's lay out the guidelines. If you have fulfilled the requirements for a certain rank, but have not been promoted, then please gently explain to an Officer or Guild Master why you deserve promotion.
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Donkeyhaute runs our long-standing [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Data|project]] to collect data on various aspects of the game. Your data and ideas are welcome.
  
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===Recruit===
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=== PvP ===
  
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When you first join our guild, you are a Recruit. Your guildmates may welcome you into the guild, and offer to go into the Clockworks with you or join you on a PvP team.
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We are always looking for enthusiastic members who are interested in promoting PvP within Lancer Knightz &mdash; either for guild-vs-guild or individual play. Let Donkeyhaute know, if you're really into PvP and want to get more of our members into it.
  
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===Member===
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==Old Activities==
  
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You get promoted to Member as soon as it's clear that you are going to be an active player. If we invite you one day, and on the next day we see that you're back, then that may be good enough. Most people in Lancer Knightz are Members.
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We used to have many such projects. Our [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Recipes|recipe sharing project]] was made obsolete by the mission system. Our [http://lancerknightz.proboards.com/ forum], [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/lancerknightz Steam group], contests, lotteries, and organized PvP are largely defunct. You are welcome to revive them!
  
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===Veteran===
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=== Slimeball Championship ===
  
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A Veteran is a member who has distinguished himself or herself somehow.
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[[File:Monster-Lichen.png|thumb]]
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* The most common way to get promoted from Member to Veteran is to recruit one active guild member. (A Member cannot invite people into the guild, but he can ask an Officer or Guild Master to invite for him.) Note well that inviting a knight is not enough; the knight must join to become Recruit, and then must return to become Member. Only then is the Member who recruited the knight promoted to Veteran.
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* Sometimes a knight who has simply played in the guild for a long time is promoted to Veteran.
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* Sometimes a knight whom we recruit from another guild, who held a high rank in that guild, is granted Veteran status early. A knight who wishes to benefit from this custom should do so as he is being recruited &mdash; before he becomes Member.
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===Officer===
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Once we had a guild event we called '''Slimeball'''. It's a shield-bumping game that could be played with a little lichen. Anyone from the guild can join, there is no entry fee, and anyone could win. You just need to be quick with a shield. It was quite fun :D thought we had some problems arranging games cause of different playing schedule of players.
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Possible we would give it one more try later.
  
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In ''Spiral Knights'', guild Officers have actual power. In Lancer Knightz, that power comes with responsibility. An Officer plays often &mdash; certainly multiple times per week. An Officer knows the policies of the guild. He recruits new guild members and promotes them to Member and Veteran as appropriate. Whenever an Officer recruits a new guild member, he sends the recruit an in-game mail message (not a /tell) explaining how to find this wiki page. An Officer who does not fulfill these responsibilities may be demoted to Veteran.
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Here you can take a look at the example of the field and the game:
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http://youtu.be/kFQYsJL5Oz8
  
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Although Officers are technically able to promote Veterans to Officers, and to remove people from the guild, Officers are discouraged from performing either of these actions.
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Procedure: Someone finds a field to play. It must be a map with slimes. You need to find a field with 2 gates - at the right and at the left. Don't kill all cause you need a ball! For a ball you need to find a lichen. Better to take one-nucleus. Bump it to the field. Then you call your opponent, a referee and the game begins! For the referee you can take any Officer or GM. You can play without a one but in this case if you want for the results to be accepted you need to take a video of the match.  
  
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If you are a Veteran and want to be an Officer, you can prove it by recruiting two (more) active guild members.
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A good map was found on rank mission 3-1 Alien Ooze on 2nd level.
  
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===Guild Master===
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Rule (tentative):
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# You can bump the lichen with a shield. It's forbidden to attack the ball :). After 1-st attack you get a yellow card. After 2 attacks you lose.
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# After each goal the time stops, the referee returns the ball to the center, then he shouts "START" and the game continues.   
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# The game has 2 rounds, after the 1-st the gates switch. Each round is held for 5 minutes (maybe will be set a little more). If no goal is scored you get additional time - 5 minutes. If still no goal then as usually - a penalty time comes from the spot the referee shows - until someone misses.
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# You can heal any time before the game. But if you die during the game - sorry, you lose.
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# The game is played in the olympic system. For the semifinales, finale and the match for the 3-rd place a GM has to be the referee. 
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# When your opponent is announced, you have 4 days to arrange your match. 
  
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A Guild Master has the responsibilities of an Officer (playing often, recruiting new members) and several other responsibilities related to the long-term health of the guild. He or she promotes and demotes Officers to improve the flow of new members. He or she occasionally takes on the task of cataloguing and carefully removing inactive members. He or she designs and implements projects for improving the guild.
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It will also be great if someone would record videos of the last four matches.
  
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Promotion to Guild Master happens very rarely, and there is no guideline for who deserves it. Even if you are the most active member of the guild, you may never proceed past Officer. Here is a brief history of our Guild Masters.
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=== Food Sharing ===
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* Whitelancer started Lancer Knightz with Pula and Shakugan. Our dormant Guild Master Shockgun is a remnant from this era of the guild.
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* Donkeyhaute was invited into Lancer Knightz by Pula in April 2011, a few days after he started playing. He was the eighth or ninth member of the guild. He spent the next two months or so as a Recruit. One day, an Officer noticed him and promoted him to Member. Ten days later, for reasons that are still not clear, he was Guild Master.
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* Sooch became Guild Master sometime during Summer 2011. Representatives of [[The Ascendicate (Guild)|The Ascendicate]] approached Lancer Knightz, suggesting that the guilds be merged. Sooch, who was then an Officer, convinced Donkeyhaute that they should try to revive the moribund Lancer Knightz, rather than abandon it. Sooch was promoted to Guild Master and has been a central figure in the guild ever since.
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* Norpo was promoted to Guild Master in late September 2011.
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==Cleaning House==
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Donkeyhaute has launched a new [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Food|scheme]] for sharing sprite food, to avoid the mineral bottleneck. Your participation is greatly appreciated.
  
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A guild can have at most 100 members. Because most players stop playing ''Spiral Knights'' eventually, any guild clogs up with inactive players. Here is a possible procedure for cleaning out these players. It is recommended that a single Guild Master perform the entire procedure, to avoid mistakes of communication; we don't want an active player accidentally removed! Because the procedure is laborious, it is recommended that Guild Masters take turns.
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=== Steam Group ===
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* The Guild Master sends an in-game mail message to every member of the guild who seems to be inactive &mdash; for example, the Guild Master has not seen the member logged on in a month. The message explains that the guild is removing inactive members, and asks the member to respond within three (or four) weeks, or be removed from the guild.
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* The Guild Master carefully keeps track of which members were mailed, and which have responded.
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* When the three (or four) weeks have elapsed, the Guild Master removes each member who was mailed and did not respond. Just before the member is removed, the Guild Master sends a second mail message, explaining again why the member faces removal, and apologizing for any mistakes.
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A final important detail: While the Guild Master is removing members, other members who are logged in will see their guild mates being removed, and may panic. So, while the Guild Master is carrying out the removals, he or she should periodically post a short explanation to guild chat, for anyone just logging in.
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==Lottery==
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[[User:GulliverBFG|GulliverBFG]] has started a Steam group for us. As a forum, the Steam group is somewhat more polished than the ''Spiral Knights'' forums. All guild members are encouraged to participate. Here is the process for signing up:
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# If you don't already have a Steam ID, then make one [https://store.steampowered.com/join/ here]. You don't need to play ''Spiral Knights'' through Steam, and you don't have to buy any games.
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# Edit your Steam profile to mention ''Spiral Knights'', Lancer Knightz, and maybe your in-game knight name. A few details like these make you much easier for us to find.
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# Find GulliverBFG or Donkeyhaute on Steam, and add him as a friend. Or, in ''Spiral Knights'', send a mail message to GulliverBFG or Donkeyhaute with your Steam ID. As soon as he can find you on Steam, he will invite you into the Lancer Knightz Steam group.
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# Check your Steam profile for your invitation. Accept it, and you're ready to go.
  
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A lottery will be held every week at Friday 6:00 PM, or Saturday 4:00 PM (Game Time). Any guild member online at the time can join! The lottery prize will default as 200 crowns up to 1000 crowns. Donations will be accepted, and be used as prizes in the lottery. Every few weeks, there may be a larger prize then usual as much as 5000 crowns or 80 crystal energy!! To enter you must join the guild hall at one of those times. The procedure afterwards is depended upon how many participants there are. The participants shall call separate numbers based on how many people have entered the lottery, and shall line up accordingly to their numbers. Then the banker shall roll a dice. Whoever has their number rolled shall win the prize!! (Note: This should not take more then 5 minutes)
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=== Lottery ===
  
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News flash: This Friday (October 7), the lottery winner will receive a bonus prize from the guild masters &mdash; but only if at least 12 members are logged on to play!
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Shuraka held a lottery on the night of Halloween 2012, to give out a variety of Hallow items donated by the guild. Here are some of the prizes awarded: Akiroar got Raiment and Plate Mail. Bionicfusion got Cloak and Hood. Boomkid got Scale Helm, Sallet, and Round Helm. Dhalgren got Cuirass, Crescent Helm, Maid Headband. Donkeyhaute got Sallet and Tailed Helm. Squamph got Crescent Helm and Hood. Swolenator got Mecha Wings and Com Unit. Tsiddique got Toupee and some armors. Dhalgren also got a trinket slot upgrade.

Latest revision as of 18:43, 6 March 2019

Lancer Knightz
GuildLogo-Lancer Knightz.png

A selection of Lancer Knightz members.

Guild Founder: Whitelancer, Shakugan, Pula
Approx. Population: 85
Guild Master(s):

Zverolka, Donkeyhaute, Shakugan


Website: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/lancerknightz

This is the official wiki page for the Spiral Knights guild Lancer Knightz. Our guild is much like other casual guilds in the game, but with these distinguishing characteristics:

  • We're one of the oldest living guilds. We formed in April 2011, shortly after Spiral Knights launched.
  • We run a long-lived project to collect data on weapons, missions, etc..
  • While some of our members like PvP, we're not into PvP as a guild. If you're looking for an elite PvP guild, then you might not be satisfied here.

There are no official requirements for entry to Lancer Knightz. If you are a pleasant, active player, then we'd love to have you.

Rules

Our guild is casual. We have very few rules, most of which are obvious.

  1. Be pleasant. Don't beg, scam, or use any insulting language or slurs.
  2. Our guild members sometimes place items in Member Storage. It is intended to help new knights. Take what you personally need, but don't take stuff just to sell or trade away.
  3. Although the guild has to pay weekly fees to maintain its guild hall, we do not force every member to contribute weekly. Contributions are voluntary. Suggested weekly contributions are 1,000 per Veteran and 2,000 per Officer, for example.

In Lancer Knightz, rank is based not on gear or skill, but rather on being mature, responsible, and helpful.

  1. When you first join our guild, you are a Recruit. Your new guildmates welcome you into the guild. They may offer to go into the Clockworks with you or join you on a PvP team.
  1. You get promoted to Member as soon as it's clear that you are going to be an active player. If we invite you one day, and on the next day we see that you're back, then that may be good enough. Traditionally, most people in Lancer Knightz are Members.
  1. A Veteran is a member who has demonstrated that he is active, experienced, and responsible. Promotion to Veteran requires at least one month in the guild.
  1. An Officer is a highly experienced, active, trusted member of the guild. Officers recruit new Recruits and promote new Members and Veterans in accordance with the guild rules. They do not promote Officers or remove any guild members. They do make make expensive guild hall purchases. To be promoted to Officer, you must demonstrate maturity, enthusiasm for the guild, and a willingness to recruit. Apply to the Guild Masters.
  1. The Guild Masters manage the membership of the guild, by removing inactive or disruptive members and promoting new Officers. Occasionally they alter guild policy and start new projects. Promotion to Guild Master happens very rarely, and there is no guideline for who deserves it.

History

Whitelancer created Lancer Knightz in mid-April 2011, with Pula and Shakugan. (Spiral Knights itself launched on April 4, 2011.) After a couple of months, however, Whitelancer left the guild to start Valkyrie Knights, Pula followed him, and Shakugan went dormant.

Donkeyhaute was invited into Lancer Knightz by Pula in mid-April 2011, and was the eighth or ninth member of the guild. Around the time that Whitelancer and Pula left, he was abruptly promoted from Recruit to Guild Master over a 10-day period. As the de facto leader, Donkeyhaute created our various rank systems, our defunct recipe-sharing scheme, our food-sharing scheme, our ongoing data collection project, and this wiki page.

By the summer of 2011, most of the guild's members had become inactive, as Spiral Knights often do after a few months. Representatives of The Ascendicate approached Lancer Knightz, suggesting that the guilds be merged. Sooch, who was then an Officer, convinced Donkeyhaute that they should try to revive the moribund Lancer Knightz, rather than abandon it. Sooch was promoted to Guild Master and helped rebuild the guild to a high level of activity.

By the autumn of 2011, the guild had become a bit dormant again. Norpo, who was arguably the social hub of the guild, was promoted to Guild Master. He spearheaded the recruitment of numerous highly active knights. The guild became more prosperous than ever before.

In September 2012, the Ascendicate merged with Delicious Bacon to form Coalesce.

On 9 November 2012, Epoxee replaced Norpo as Guild Master, after Norpo had grown dormant. Epoxee was our first Guild Master, other than the founders, to live outside North America.

By March 2013, we were no longer in contact with Coalesce or Valkyrie Knights, as our contacts left those guilds or moved to the Asian servers.

In April 2013, Fafaprince replaced Donkeyhaute and Zverolka replaced Sooch. (Donkeyhaute and Sooch had led the guild for over a year and a half, and felt that others should get a chance.) Zverolka organized a slimeball tournament.

In October 2013, Fafaprince resigned as Guild Master, giving the guild a special gift of 300,000 crowns. He is still an Officer in the guild.

Sooch left the guild in early 2014. In spring of 2015 Zverolka went dormant, Donkeyhaute was re-promoted, and Epoxee demoted himself to Officer.

Donkeyhaute revised this wiki page in August 2018, loosening the promotion criteria. He is the active Guild Master. Shakugan is technically still the head of Lancer Knightz. Sooch quit the game on March 5, 2019.

Zverolka
Donkeyhaute
Shakugan
Sooch
Norpo
Fafaprince
Epoxee

For more images, check out our guild photogallery.

Activities

Guild members are encouraged to organize projects, events, and activities, to enrich our lives in the guild and to serve the wider Spiral Knights community.

Boss Furniture

We have completed our big Snarbolax, Royal Jelly and big Roarmulus statue :). We're also about 1/4 done with our big Vanaduke statue - would be nice to get some help on it :D.

Data Collection Project

Donkeyhaute runs our long-standing project to collect data on various aspects of the game. Your data and ideas are welcome.

PvP

We are always looking for enthusiastic members who are interested in promoting PvP within Lancer Knightz — either for guild-vs-guild or individual play. Let Donkeyhaute know, if you're really into PvP and want to get more of our members into it.

Old Activities

We used to have many such projects. Our recipe sharing project was made obsolete by the mission system. Our forum, Steam group, contests, lotteries, and organized PvP are largely defunct. You are welcome to revive them!

Slimeball Championship

Monster-Lichen.png

Once we had a guild event we called Slimeball. It's a shield-bumping game that could be played with a little lichen. Anyone from the guild can join, there is no entry fee, and anyone could win. You just need to be quick with a shield. It was quite fun :D thought we had some problems arranging games cause of different playing schedule of players. Possible we would give it one more try later.

Here you can take a look at the example of the field and the game: http://youtu.be/kFQYsJL5Oz8

Procedure: Someone finds a field to play. It must be a map with slimes. You need to find a field with 2 gates - at the right and at the left. Don't kill all cause you need a ball! For a ball you need to find a lichen. Better to take one-nucleus. Bump it to the field. Then you call your opponent, a referee and the game begins! For the referee you can take any Officer or GM. You can play without a one but in this case if you want for the results to be accepted you need to take a video of the match.

A good map was found on rank mission 3-1 Alien Ooze on 2nd level.

Rule (tentative):

  1. You can bump the lichen with a shield. It's forbidden to attack the ball :). After 1-st attack you get a yellow card. After 2 attacks you lose.
  2. After each goal the time stops, the referee returns the ball to the center, then he shouts "START" and the game continues.
  3. The game has 2 rounds, after the 1-st the gates switch. Each round is held for 5 minutes (maybe will be set a little more). If no goal is scored you get additional time - 5 minutes. If still no goal then as usually - a penalty time comes from the spot the referee shows - until someone misses.
  4. You can heal any time before the game. But if you die during the game - sorry, you lose.
  5. The game is played in the olympic system. For the semifinales, finale and the match for the 3-rd place a GM has to be the referee.
  6. When your opponent is announced, you have 4 days to arrange your match.

It will also be great if someone would record videos of the last four matches.

Food Sharing

Donkeyhaute has launched a new scheme for sharing sprite food, to avoid the mineral bottleneck. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

Steam Group

GulliverBFG has started a Steam group for us. As a forum, the Steam group is somewhat more polished than the Spiral Knights forums. All guild members are encouraged to participate. Here is the process for signing up:

  1. If you don't already have a Steam ID, then make one here. You don't need to play Spiral Knights through Steam, and you don't have to buy any games.
  2. Edit your Steam profile to mention Spiral Knights, Lancer Knightz, and maybe your in-game knight name. A few details like these make you much easier for us to find.
  3. Find GulliverBFG or Donkeyhaute on Steam, and add him as a friend. Or, in Spiral Knights, send a mail message to GulliverBFG or Donkeyhaute with your Steam ID. As soon as he can find you on Steam, he will invite you into the Lancer Knightz Steam group.
  4. Check your Steam profile for your invitation. Accept it, and you're ready to go.

Lottery

Shuraka held a lottery on the night of Halloween 2012, to give out a variety of Hallow items donated by the guild. Here are some of the prizes awarded: Akiroar got Raiment and Plate Mail. Bionicfusion got Cloak and Hood. Boomkid got Scale Helm, Sallet, and Round Helm. Dhalgren got Cuirass, Crescent Helm, Maid Headband. Donkeyhaute got Sallet and Tailed Helm. Squamph got Crescent Helm and Hood. Swolenator got Mecha Wings and Com Unit. Tsiddique got Toupee and some armors. Dhalgren also got a trinket slot upgrade.

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