I've updated the competition submission form in order to prevent confusion with dates. I think it's simple enough to use!

Also, I've updated some of the emails so that they should all (I hope) work, and some will be more useful than before. Please report any errors to me as usual.

The EH Executive Officer has resigned. His message to the Fleet is posted here. The loss of such a fine officer will be felt throughout the EH. The best of luck to you, Dan.

I will be taking a very short (i.e. two or three day) leave of absence as I visit family for the Thanksgiving holidays. There should be no interruption in Shadow Academy course grading, as I can take care of those from my mobile. For any other HM-related questions... bug either Keth or Czul.

...arms chamber :P
Yes, the Master-at-Arms is back from his leave and beginning to perform his duties again. Also, some more ideas for DIE have been found while lying on the beach, I will see about getting the re-vamped DIE manual (version 1.1 then) out the coming week.

Dark Greetings,
MAA Death

ID Lines, as well as the full list of medals on Personnel Profiles have, have been updated. I spent about 2 hours today making Crescents and Clusters of Fire display properly (i.e, Crescents now look like: Cr-2A-5Q, and CFs look like: CF-Gx2-R).

If you encounter any errors, please contact me at db.czul@gmail.com with the subject "DB Site: Profile Errors".

The Sith Phase II has been reactivated in the Shadow Academy with edited course notes and a brand-new exam. If you have previously taken the exam, just like with the Obelisk Phase II, please send me either a screen cap of your old profile or forward me something containing your old ID line (or, ideally, the test notification).

The Krath Phase II is back online as well. For more details, read the news post before this one, and replace every instance of "Sith" with "Krath." =)

...rejoice!
Your 'beloved' Master-at-Arms is going on a real leave starting tomorrow afternoon, ending the coming week on the 22nd. During this time, it is highly unlikely to find him online...so pester your Consuls, the DGM and GM to annoy you as much as he does ;)
Anyways, all work usually done by me should be re-directed to DGM and GM during the coming days, unless they can wait for my return.

After the leave, the Dueling Institute of Eos will be re-started again, the Manual enhanced to Version 1.1, incorporating the knowledge won during the test-phase (thanks to all participants again).
Volunteers to program an .ASP or .PHP based page using mySQL and other neat things can check in, since a document with the exact (or halfway exact) requirements will be written after my leave.

And now, enjoy the party, Blade will pay for all drinks!

MAA/KPN Death

• Si vis pacem, para bellum -

Just as a reminder, copying and pasting answers directly from the notes to an exam in the SA will get you no credit for that question.

In these times, the DB faces difficulty on all fronts. After consideration, I've determined that several factors contribute to this: (A) the Clans - in several instances - requiring almost daily attention from the DC, (B) lack of project coordination in the Dark Council (i.e., there's very little discussion and a lot of "I don't knows") and (C) the Grand Master player a large role in the day-to-day functioning of the DB to the extent that he cannot fulfill his duties as project manager and coordinator.

After discussion and consideration of the matter over several weeks, Grand Master Emeritus Nocturnus (a.k.a. Gelton Torr) has been hired as Deputy Grand Master. There will some changes in the coming weeks, but the membership should not be affected greatly by this change. The DC and CONs, on the other hand, will have a new mini-boss-man to deal with. ;) In the long run, Gelton will probably be more involved in day-to-day matters while I work on the bigger picture