1) Discussions, both with the DC and the AoC are proceeding well on a variety of subjects. The current talks are mostly about the various possessions of the Clans and how we will treat them in future competitions.
2) I've also been talking with the new MAA about a possible reform of the promotion requirements. The main goal of those reforms would be to prevent abuse and try to make it easier for members to be rewarded for their accomplishments.
3) The Order Leaders have been working on a small Christmas competition. I encourage everyone to participate. Some of the events seem particularly demented. :)
4) Over the coming weeks and months, the Dark Brotherhood will most likely go through many changes. I want to remind everyone that if you have ideas or suggestions, now is the time. If you stay silent, you run the risk of ending up with a DB you may not like. The more people speak out, the more likely it is that we'll get something we'll all be proud of.
Deputy Grand Master Announcements
1. The number of competitions being submitted isn't good enough. I'd like to see more submitted.
2. The Design a bad guy competition is still running. It closes on 1st January and details are available at
http://www.imperialacademy.org/comps/badguy/
3. Some new code has been done for the competitions section but I'm
rolling the code out first on the TIE Corps side to check for bugs. This week's TO report (or a future DGM report) will list the new features.
Master at Arms Announcements
1. The roster currently stands at 880 members. That is up from last week's count of 877.
2. The following appointments were made this past week:
JH Shadow (Obelisk)/M:OHC/QUA/Dinaari of Taldryan
JH DeMoSTHeNeS (Krath)/Archanis of Taldryan
SBM Lusankya (Sith)/QUA/Oriens Obscurum of Arcona
KAP Khobai (Obelisk)/AED/Primus Goluud of Naga Sadow
DJK Arso Slyth (Sith)/AED/Galthain of Satal Keto
KAP D'hak (Krath)/Qel-Droma of Arcona
SBM Reaper (Sith)/AED/Oriens Obscurum of Arcona
PRT Talon Draygo (Krath)/Gladius of Tarentum
3. The following noteworthy promotions that were made this past week:
SW CrimsonAngel (Sith)/Ludo Kressh of Naga Sadow
SW Den Darkhill (Sith)/Ludo Kressh of Naga Sadow
DJK Ahriman'sabaoth (Krath)/Ektrosis of Taldryan
Headmaster Announcements
1)SA graduates stands at 151 - WOO HOO for skipping the big 150 mark!
2)ASP Problems have been fixed and Crusader is ASPing the other exams as we speak. Hope to see those this weekend Cru..
3)I have a re-haul to do of the DB BASICS and editing of the Krath and
Obelisk CORE tests. Thsi will be done upon my return. Also SA BASICS
course notes to write.
4)My Praetor Betja Jun will be in charge during my LoA. Any problems
please mail/speak with him. Everything should be fully up to date by
Saturday night when I get home.
5)I have asked SCL Grail to upadte the DB site code for the SA to reflect the chnages in the training system. I'm hoping this will be done soon - if not - Sorry CoFo, just have to keep mailing you the old fashioned way. My thanks to Grail and CoFo for their extra work during this chnage over.
6)For those of you who graduated the old SA at ACO you can sit the SA
BASICS exam, copya nd paste it into an e-mail, fill in the answers and
then send it to your QUA. If they say you've passed they may recc. a promo for you and the MAA will deal wit it. This shoudl stop anyone from missisng out. My thanks to Kaiann for his input on this problem, also thanks for the updated Krath CORE test and the course notes he did.
7)My university term ended today (due to my break tomorrow in Belfast) and next week I'm hoping to really plough through a lot for the SA. I hoep that within the next announcements I'll be able to tell you that:
* - SA BASICS Course Notes Written and Online
* - DB BASICS Exam Updated and Online
* - Krath/Obelisk CORE Exam Updated and OPEN!
* - Krath Grammar and Run-On Coded, Uploaded and OPEN!
Herald Announcements
1. GoA's can finally be attached to profiles. I have already started
posting them.
2. All GoA's made before today are going through a renaming process,
making the filename a bit more logical. If yours disappears, don't panic. It will be back soon.
Seneschal Announcements
Work continues on the Holocron, and some enhancements to current
administration.
More news next week.
Sith High Warrior Announcements
Ahh, welcome back. This week on the random babble from your friendly neighbourhood SHW, we're going to discuss the upcoming guaranteed blockbuster, you guessed it, the release of "The Fellowship of the Ring" written as part of "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien.
Let's face it, every movie made these days from being written by a book is mangled, but I had such high hopes for these movies... don't get me wrong, I'm still going to go see them, obsess about them, and generally love every second of them... but Arwen Evenstar in a leading role? Ouch, JRR's doing some tossing and turning. Tom Bombadil cut? I mean come on, that guy kicks so much ass, he could eat Sauron and all his evil henchmen for lunch before going out to find Goldenberry some dinner.
Anyways, that's my non-DB related babble for the day. Remember folks... December 19th, Middle Earth Awakens!
1) Webpage: HEY! Guess what?! I SUCK! Unlike some lucky people in University and in some places throughout the world, my first semester is not coming to a close soon, in fact, it's just getting REALLY hectic with final projects due and stuff, so, the SHW site is, as of yet, NOT DONE. Scarily (I think that's a word) though, it's close to being posted somewhere... with limited options etc. I think I'm going to pull an all-nighter tonight with some other projects, and I'll finish up the preliminary stuff for the SHW site somewhere in the mix.
2) Holiday Competition: The order leaders are supposed to be running it, and somehow because I came up with an idiotic idea for it, I got put in charge. We'll be releasing it for the most part this weekend, after I talk with Mairin and Sharad. The competition will hold some classic Holiday comps, like the favourite MANGLE THE CHRISTMAS SONG! and the always amusing, and ever perverted... CAPTION CONTEST!
The other stuff though will be a bit more of a mystery, look forward to it. Yay!
3) Multiplayer Competition Update: Things on this front seem to be eating up quite nicely. While I recieved no results from Thursday Night Training hosted by the SSD Avenger, I did recieve the results from the Archanis Training Night, where OHC Sharad and I both competed, shoulda been there, it was rathed funny ;)
OHC Sharad and I have also been approached with yet another competition night to be started, and it's a decidedly Obelisk one, so while I'm lending my over abundance of wisdom to the proposal, Sharad will have to talk aboot it more with all of you. It looks like a fun one, anyways.
4) Fun DC/AoC discussions are going on, and for some reason, I can't nderstand why we're not doing more... because we're doing a whole lot. Lots of discussion, and in the AoC in the past week, we've had 2 votes presented. Very exciting times.
5) Preliminary work on a Sith Studies Course has been started. But it's not what you people will be expecting. Some of you have expressed dislike of the Sith Studies in the SA being linked to IWATS Courses... well, tough. Sorry guys, but I'm not going to endorse the DB to take classes which are already offered elsewhere. Sith Studies courses will be SPECIFICALLY tuned to the Dark Brotherhood, and it's needs. If you want information on basic things like mission building, piloting... go to IWATS, or yell at our ever friendly DGM (who happens to be IWATS dean) for not having courses like... XWA Tactics, etc ;)
If you have an idea for a SITH STUDIES course, please, feel free to mail me. I'm not against Sith Studies courses, I'm only against making classes which are already covered elsewhere. One such course idea which has been presented to me by some character named Doros, from Arcona looks very promising.
I will be awarding a Grand Cross of the Dark Side for every Sith tudies course idea given to me, which is accepted.
6) Dark Brotherhood Sith Ladder: This season has drawn to a close, and I would like to congratulate the following people.
XvT Ladder
Doros
Pellaeon
IronHawk
XWA Ladder
Rexal Qel
Crix Madine
Halcyon
I'll be discussing the awarding of LoCs and medals with GM Firefox as oon as I catch him online, or am inspired to email him ;)
7) Dark Brotherhood Custom Missions: I recieved a pleasant suprise this week, when ACO Eclipsse (I think he's since been promoted to PRT) of House Ludo Kressh emailed me a custom XWA Battle. I had not thought of such things before, and he has given me reason to do so. Therefore, I'll go over some things about DB missions and battles right now...
Awards
- Full Battle (5+ missions): SC
- Free Mission: DC
- Beta Testing (50 Missions): SC
- Beta Testing (25 Missions): WR
- Beta Testing (10 Missions): DC
There ya have it. If you wish to become a Beta Tester, please email my Praetor Jeff Loruss (rogue0101@rocketmail.com) and inform him of your interest. Tiger runs the Beta testing department.
8) Final Note: Just going to say it again, my door is ALWAYS open to you people. I don't much care about protocol, or being called by my rank or position. What I care about, is that the Sith Order works better than it ever has before. If you don't like something I've done. Tell me. If you really don't like something I've done, you can use whatever colourful words you want to describe why to me, just do it in an appropriate place (Private Message/Email). I want to know what everyone thinks about what I'm doing, if I don't know how much I suck, how can I stop sucking? If I don't know how much I rule, how can I gloat about it? :)
Basically, I want everyone to remember that I AM A MEMBER OF THIS CLUB. Don't think of me as your superior, think of me as your Equal, because I think of all of you as my equals. Keep it real with me, just let me know what you think, and I'll do what I can to listen to your opinions.
That's it, and, has anyone else read about how the Toronto Maple Leafs are the current favourites to win the Stanley Cup this year? Just thought you should know ;)
Krath High Priest Announcements
1: The Monthly Topic for December 2001 (that's this month) is "Beneath the Shadows"; submissions need to be in by 11.59pm EST on 30th December. You can get more details at the Krath website.
2: The Lower Decks Competition is also now running! Entries for this need to be sent to me (
Magistrate, JH Timeros (albert_blom@yahoo.com). This competition is open only to ranks JH and below, and your topic is "A student fears failure after being given a task by his/her master which is beyond his/her capabilities" - more details at the Krath website.
3: The Upper Decks Competition is also now running! Entries for this need to be sent to me (
Praetor, KAP Kaiann (crusher@k-town.de). This competition is open only to ranks DJK and above, and your topic is "A master has to deal with a troublesome apprentice" - more details at the Krath website.
4: Don't forget to drop by the Krath message board to take part in the
"Hunt for Karian" run-on. There are medals available for the three best posts in this runon. It looks good so far! http://mb.ehnet.org/mb.php action=view&forum_id=11&topic_id=51 &page=1&sort=ASC
5: Don't forget to drop by the Krath Message Board to chat and have fun!
6: The Krath website contains loads of really useful information for
Krath, along with the hottest news, gossip, polls and cool personal
accounts! Find it at http://sa.ehintel.org/Krath
7: You can sign up to the Krath mailing list at krath-subscribe@yahoogroups.com for news, chat, and help from fellow members. Be part of the
community!
8: As always, any comments or suggestions will be more than gratefully
received!
Obelisk High Commander Announcements
1. QUAs and AEDs, your house promotion outlines are due today and I
haven't gotten many of them. I'd also like to point out that for the house analyses I had to prod most of you into doing it. I'm going to say right now that I'm not going to hold your hand through your job. If you can't handle it, then you know what to do. Otherwise get all your stuff in on time.
2. Weekly Most Improved Award is still going on. Keep in mind you have to play my M:OHC, Shadow, at least weekly to be considered for the award. Also, note this only applies to raw JK settings: CO FF, JI O NF, FF BGJ, and NF BGJ. Alos, for the moment only Obelisks may participate in this. First award will be going out sometime this week I expect. Winner will be announced in next week's announcements.
3. In reguards to the recruiting deal going on right now I'd like to say that I'm hearing some good vibes from some of you. Note the following rules however. For recruits to be counted they MUST get through the current SA and must also play me or Shadow in JK 3 times BEFORE the deadline of January 9, 2001.
4. Well complications seem to love me with relation to web hosting for
now. Therefore, the Obelisk site might not be up for a while. Could be a couple of weeks. I'm not really sure at the moment, since I'll be changing hosts and that requires more money which I don't have.
5. Many of you have been asking me about competitions and such. I'd just like to say that I plan on having a big comp in January. I've already got the comp worked out, but I need a website and I'd like to make it coincide with competitions of the other Order Leaders as well. More info will be posted as it's available, so don't bug me.
6. I'm still taking apps for my remaining staff positions as I haven't
seen any fit for the job so far. As a note, if you want to know whether you should/can apply, then yes you can. If you don't want to then obviously don't.
That's it for me. Have a good Christmas break everyone. Also, don't forget to have lots of fun and stay cool.
Emissary Announcements
Quite the interesting week in the Assembly of Consuls. We have passed the proposal for possessions. As soon as the Dark Council signs off on it we will move into getting it added and setup to the DSC.
If you have any ideas please bring them to your Consul or Proconsul so the Assembly of Consuls can view them.
Knight Commander of the Brotherhood Announcements
Due to a family emergency, the KCB will be on leave for the next 3-4 weeks.