Recruitment Blurb

For your reference...

HISTORY
The August Knights were founded in February of 1997. Originally, we were established as an Interstate '76 "Gang" with 2 original members. Several other members were added fairly early on, bringing us up to about 7 members for i76. After the Interstate began to become hacker-ridden, we, as an organization, sought other games to keep us entertained. Our journey has included Jane's WW2 Fighters, Homeworld, Tribes, EverQuest, Unreal Tournament, Allegiance, Crimson Skies, Counter Strike, Tribes2, Dark Age of Camelot, Neverwinter Nights and now Battlefield 1942. In short, we have evolved to become an online gaming organization with members that stick around over the course of years, not months or games.

BENEFITS
Currently, our active membership has grown to approximately 18 members and several recruits and "Squires". As has been the case in many previous online games, the August Knights are hosting a server for BF1942 in L337Hosting's data center located in the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately, due to bandwidth restrictions, the server is only open to pub play for a few hours per day. We have a website that is generally updated daily at http://www.augustknights.com. Resources include a vBulletin Forum, an iRC chat server, and free webmail accounts. We have no compulsory dues, though we generally send out a beg letter about once a year asking for $15-$20 to assist our COO in bagging more hardware and stuff to provide additional services for the organization.

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A KNIGHT
The August Knights is an organization composed of individuals who share unquestionable integrity, high ethical standards, similar interests, and generally outstanding characters. We are always on the lookout for people who share our interests, and, of course, demonstrate the traits of an August Knight. If you are interested in being knighted, we encourage you to get involved with our organization by gaming with us and bantering with us in our forums. This allows us to get to know you. More importantly, however, it allows you to get to know us! Also, make sure you agree with our rules.

The rules that the August Knights live by apply not only to our behavior in online games, but our behavior on the internet in general (and, it is hoped, in everyday life). As long as a Knight has the [AK] affixed to his name, he is expected to represent the organization in a way that will not tarnish its name, but rather bring honor and dignity to it. The rules are as follows:

An August Knight will not . . .

* hack or cheat in any way.
* attack others unless in defense of himself or the August Knights.
* impersonate others.
* spam, cyberbomb, or threaten others.
* repeatedly use obscene or offensive language.

An August Knight will . . .

* honor and respect others, particularly fellow Knights.
* defend the honor of the August Knight's name and its membership.
* exercise his right of free speech; no Knight should ever feel as though his opinion cannot or should not be expressed.
* remain ever vigilant against those who seek to subvert or otherwise destroy the organization.
* take it upon himself to improve the organization in any way he can.
* be at least 21 years of age.

So, as you can see, we are an organization with high standards, which, we feel, has enabled us to stand the test of time. Our age restriction gives us the ability to screen ourselves from the typical "l33t haXor" types so that we get people that are reliable, mature, and scrupulous. It is, however, not set in stone as we have admitted members that are somewhat younger based upon proven trustworthiness and maturity beyond years.

If you are looking for a no-BS organization that you can count on being around for years to come, through good games and bad, check us out. We'll be happy to have you. Thank you for your time.