Scheduled Maintenance - March 16, 2010 - Complete

Greetings WonderKing Fans!

Our server shall have its routine maintenance today at 9:00 A.M. Please logoff to avoid conflicts on your accounts. Please wait for further announcements regarding the uptime of our server.

Thank you for your consideration
WonderKing Management

Bounty System Enforced

We believe that our world is in trouble again, and this time, the enemy is within the community itself. We have been alerted by the new outbreak of hacks inside WonderKing PH and we are now on the move in preventing these cheaters from further ruining our game. These programs are illegal, and everybody should be aware of the circumstances once caught. We shall do our best to prevent this issue to grow and be the cause of our game's downfall. We now ask our players to be vigilant, and help WonderKing Online in its time of need.

We have already reported this matter to the developers for reviewing the situation and the recommendations and / or the fixes they could apply asap. We cannot assure how long will it take for our devs to fix the issue, but with the problem growing by the minute, we cannot just sit down and wait for it to arrive. Instead, we shall make things from bad to good but we shall require all loyal players' participation.

Effective immediately, all players who use third party programs shall have a bounty on their heads. All players may report these cheaters in our forums and must provide at least two or more screenshots to get the bounty.

Rules:

1. The screenshots should not be edited.
2. The screenshot should include the hacker himself visible in the picture (for invisible hackers, just wait them out, they will eventually appear in your screen)
3. Also please type in the Hacker's name, the map where the hacker has been located, the time of hacking, and his mode of hacking
4. Players who caught a hacker and posted it in the forums must also get two (2) confirmations from other players. This way, the community could confirm that the player is indeed using third party software.

We shall investigate the said offender immediately, and will be brought to justice. Once proven, and the hacker has been banned, the player who posted the evidence shall attain a +20% experience bonus ticket which he / she may use for 7 days.

You may receive more than one of these Experience tickets. The more hackers you have seen, the more experience tickets you may receive. The experience ticket's duration shall only run after removing it to your gift box, so you may stack your tickets and gain more by just helping the game get rid of cheaters.

Example:
You caught 5 hackers = You get 5 pcs. +20% items

You may post all of your screenshots in Luke's Deadlist inside our forums. Cheating in this system could lead to banning of accounts.

The aim of this project is to let the community be aware of such programs and let the management and the community work hand-in-hand in the fight against these programs.

WonderKing Management

Statement regarding Experience Bug

The +50% level up bonus experienced by everyone yesterday has brought our attention. Our development team has investigated this issue last night and was stopped at around 10:00 PM. The management has discovered that the bonus everyone encountered last night was a system flaw, and was due to the irregularities between experience and level of the player. The calculations for experience points were irregular and treated as a bug. The developers already fixed the issue and the game is now back to normal.

We would like to inform everyone that there will be no rollbacks. Since this is a bug encountered by our system, we shall instead treat this incident as a free bonus experience to all players. We would like to reach out our sincere apologies and we shall conduct an additional 150% Drop Rate bonus to our server today from 2:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. Thank you for your kind consideration.

WonderKing Management

Player Blacklist - March 11, 2010

We have confirmed one player who turned positive in using third party programs.

SilverStrife

The player was caught cheating in the Mission Ranking in Abeldras Temple. His account is now blacklisted and we are still under careful watch in case this player comes back.

As we have told everyone, we shall not tolerate any form of third party software. This is considered cheating and we shall apply necessary action to offenders.

We shall continue posting the names of these kind of players here, in Facebook, and in our Official Blog as a form of shame to these players.

A Handful of Events this March!

Guild Site Contest

Now is the time to show off your guild’s pride! We are looking for guilds (and soon to be guilds) to create their own guild site / forums! Every member of your guild can be a part of it and you can all reap the rewards!
Rules:
1. You should have at least 10 members in your guild.
2. Your guild site’s design should be unique, original, and has a WKPH theme on it.
3. Your members should be active enough in your guild’s forums.
4. The guild site should be always updated and in synch with WK news and events.
5. The guild site should also have sufficient links directing to WonderKing’s site, blog, and our facebook page!

We shall judge the guild’s page depending on the following criteria:
Design – 70%
Links – 10%
Updates – 10%

We appreciate the effort that you will put into this event, so our winners shall have these prizes*:
1st prize: 1,000 e-cash for your guild (10 x 100 e-cash)
2,000,000 zed
20 wonderstones

2nd prize: 500 e-cash (10 x 50 e-cash)
2 million zed
10 wonderstones

3rd prize: 300 e-cash (6 x 50 e-cash)
2 million zed
5 wonderstones

Don’t have a guild yet? Do not worry! As long as your guild participates in this event, and you have 10 members, we shall provide you with a Guild union stone to start off your guild in-game!

This event shall run for one whole month, so you have all the time you need to form your guild and plan on you guild’s site!


*Prizes will be handed to the guild master. Distribution of the prizes among the guild members shall be the Guild master’s responsibility.



Blog Event

Want to have it all? Then show off your personal pride in WonderKing! We are also looking for individuals to create a blog about WKPH! Show off your design skills and creative writing as we are looking for the best of the best!

Rules:
1. You blog should be unique, original, and has a WK feel in the design.
2. Your blog should also provide sufficient links to WKPH
3. We are also looking for the best content, so fill up your blog with widgets and articles! You could also add WKPH’s official blog in your blogroll!
4. The blog should also have an article, review, or any other content about WKPH (using your own words of course!)

We shall have the following criteria for judging your blog:
Design: 50%
Articles: 40%
Other content: 10%

Since this is an individual event, we shall raise the stakes!
1st prize: 1000 e-cash
2nd prize: 500 e-cash
3rd prize: 200 e-cash

With those prizes, you won’t need to top-up for a very long time!
As an additional bonus, all players who will join this event shall have 5 wonderstones as consolation prizes! Instant winnings just by joining this event!


Comic Strip Event Extended!

Due to unexpected technical reasons, the Comic Strip event was put on hold. Now, we shall re-launch the Comic Strip Event! The comic strip event is a screenshot event with an additional twist, in which, players must include a story (just like a page from a magazine) in their screenshots. We have 5 entries so far, and we are still craving for more! The comic event is extended for two weeks! And you have all the time you have to complete this task!

3 Winners shall have:
1 Shabel mount
1 Dark Rimmed Glasses
20 Server Megaphones


Vinchy’s Request

Months have passed since the maintenance of the guardian stones all around Esiore was done. Vinchy, as one of the smartest citizens of Francis, took some time to research about the durability of the Guardian Stones. Terrible news arrived as Vinchy told [GM] that the Guardian Stones are already in a critical condition and must be repaired as soon as possible. Vinchy has handed the list of materials needed in fixing all guardian stones to the [GM]s in order to start the repair. Due to the number of materials needed, it may take time for the [GM]s to gather the needed items. It is now up to the players to help them gather these items to hasten up the process of fixing the stones or terrible things might happen in the world of Esiore.

The WK [GM]s shall give a notification of the start of Vinchy’s Request in-game. There will be 30 materials needed by the [GM]s and they shall require those materials within 2 hours. Players are free to choose just one type of item they want to bring to the [GM]s. They must bring the right number of materials chosen to the right [GM]. The event is on a first come, first serve basis. Once the item has already been submitted, other players may not submit the same item again.
This is all about luck and speed. So all you guys should be ready when the surprise event comes!


Special surprise gifts!

As we start on distributing e-cash to all corners of the country, we shall give you a free taste of our item mall by having three hats which you can use for up to seven days! You get these three hats once you log inside our game! Change your hats anytime as you get to have all three! Get to try out these cool item mall items for a limited time! Hurry! Stocks will last until Friday only!


Mini events!


Find the GM, Vendalokohan, and Tambay Sessions will be done regularly starting today! You now have more chances of seeing your [GM]s in-game! Interact with us! Enjoy the game! And be totally heard with your suggestions and comments so we can improve WonderKing!


-Summary-
Event durations:
Guild Event: March 10, 2010 – April 10, 2010
Blog Event: March 10, 2010 – April 10, 2010
Comic Strip Event: Extended until March 24, 2010
Vinchy’s Request: Unknown (I’ts a surprise!)
Special Surprise gifts: Acquisition until March 12, 2010. Items are useable until time of item expires (7days).
Mini events: Weekly

A handful of events given to all WonderKing Fans! We’ll see everyone inside WonderKing! Feel the Wonder!