Relic Roses Disbanded

Today, on June 24th 23:20 EST, I have disbanded the Relic Roses a mere 6 hours and 40 minutes before the Tibian authorities would have forcefully stripped us of our right to organize. It really is a cruel world we live in when even such basic rights are given conditions like this.

Two days before the guild's impending doom, I have searched for potential new members with every opportunity I got (using the script I've made available in the previous post, and by greeting a ton of strangers, despite my mother's warning about talking to strangers!), however my search was fruitless. I tried filling the two missing vice-leader positions, but the date was not pushed back and the guild was still missing vice-leaders, probably because the other two vice-leaders had lost their premium account status. No one is to blame for this, of course.

This incarnation of Relic Roses may be disbanded, but I and the spirit of this guild remain alive and well. Perhaps one day I'll be able to form another guild, more or less similar in name and appearance yet with an identical concept, in a time where I will be able to assemble more eligible people. In the meantime, the lack of a guild isn't going to kill me, I'm going to keep making runes and killing things, and bonds, however fragile, between members of the late Relic Roses - myself, Cookie Bandit, Splinted, Bunny Vero and Zexilam - remain mostly unaffected by this loss of our common flag.

Recruiting Contest!

In a last-ditch effort to save this alliance and give it a boost of vitality, as per Splinted's suggestion, I am officially launching a recruiting contest to which our current and future members can participate! Here is how the recruiting contest will work:

1. Prepare yourself to recruit members using your preferred method
2. Chat with a candidate you've selected and verify that they meet certain requirements
3. Once you think a candidate would be interesting and interested, refer them to me and send me a letter in Port Hope so I know who invited whom.
4. Two weeks from now, on July 7th, I will evaluate the result of the contest as a whole and by members, and the happy winner will be covered with a gift of 10k from myself and possibly other members of the alliance!

Preparing to recruit - some tools for the job

So you're ready to start competing in the recruiting contest, but there's one problem... We're an all-girls alliance, so naturally you have to find female characters! And travelling everywhere seems inefficient to find recruits... So what's the best way to find more potential candidates? Here's a script I wrote that will help you! You need the following:

You need to be using the Firefox browser,
You need to have the Greasemonkey Firefox extension installed,
And then just click here to install my Tibia Online List Enhancer script!
(It is hosted on an old website I made. Please disregard the wierd URL.)

When this is done, if you visit Amera's online list (or any server's online list) sorted by level, it will automatically color every male character in blue and every female character in pink. Furthermore, it'll make the names of premium characters bold and the names of free account characters in normal text. You might get some 403: Forbidden error for some time after doing this, but it will stop doing it after some time. Just don't do it too often, disable this script if necessary! Of course, using this script is not mandatory, but it helps finding female characters and premium ones.

Searching for candidates - a few things to keep in mind

We Relic Roses value correct language and friendliness. When you are talking with someone you are considering to invite to Relic Roses, make sure:

• VERY IMPORTANT: Check the forum thread that will be created for this purpose to see if your candidate hasn't been approached already!
  
• Her comprehension and use of the English language is at least as good as yours. Frown upon abbreviations and internet slang ("lol", "sup", "k", and so on), common grammar mistakes (confusing words like "you're" and "your", incorrect or missing capitalization, "dont", "wont", "should of", etc.) Do tolerate honest mistakes, minor, infrequent or difficult misspellings (like "litterate") and typos.
• Try not to disturb her, but do ensure that she is genuinely interested in the concept of our guild. Show her the Rules pages of this blog (see the menu on the right).
• Try not to recruit characters of a very low level (15 is about the limit, don't go too far below it), and verify that they are still interested in playing and logging in at least a few hours every couple of days.
• VERY IMPORTANT: Post in the forum thread that will be created for this purpose so that others can see who you've already invited or tried to!
  

If you find a candidate that matches this description, you're golden! Ask her to contact Azure Flash by PM or letter to Port Hope, and send me a letter to Port Hope saying you've recruited her.

Contest Mechanics - How the contest is run

• Duration: 2 weeks (ends July 7th)
• Prize: 10k from me and possible congratulatory gifts from others
• Winning condition: If the recruiting operation, from the growth that it ensued, is deemed a success due to a noticeable increase in members (5 new members will be considered a success), the person who will have attracted the most will be the winner.

More rules to be added as needed. Have fun and good recruiting!