I had recently opened the Position of Deputy Grand Master up for applications, in order to replace Paladin, who had not enough time to dedicate to the position any more. There were several great applications, and it took some time to sort through them all. I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to puttogether an application...you did not make it easy on me. In the end, there is a familiar face that is retrning to the office.

Grand Master Sarin will be returning to the position of Deputy Grand Master.

Sarin brings with him substantial experience, a heck of a work ethic, and a demonstrated ability to work with me. He has been continually advising me on my own projects and on several others that have been floating around on the DC level. Moving him from the role of unofficial advisor to official one is a real no-brainer. It is my opinion, and that of the Star Chamber, that he will be an exceptional re-addition to the Dark Council. Welcome him back, everyone.

Look for a report/news post from him shortly.

The following Competition Request has been approved.

Title: St. Herald's Day

Specifics:
My favorite holiday is St. Patrick's Day and in celebration of this
wonderous day, I have wondered... what would the Herald's Staff look like
if they celebrated this drunken holiday? Well, give me your interpretation
of this. Would Shikyo hold his own in a drinking contest with his Praetor,
or was he praising the Porcelin involuntarily? Design this image in
whatever graphic program you may have. Top 3 places will get 2nd level
crescents.

Start Date: 3/13/2010
End Date: 3/31/2010

Unit in Competition: Entire DJB
Other:

Platforms:
Graphics Programs (Any)

Awards:
2nd Level Crescents

Comments:
Must be humorous and please send to myself and Jeric. Good luck!

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The above says it all. The Herald's Office wants to know what we'd look like drunk. Good luck and enjoy!

The current DJBWiki competition has come to a close and the results are as follows:



1st, Fang Ao Tian with 11 clicks.



2nd, Howlader also with 11 clicks.



3rd, Jagen Phoenix with 12 clicks.



Congratulations and medals are in the mail.

EDITED – See: 1^st off-week results
Off-Week Gaming Results
As you know, Novae were promised to the top CF-hunter-gatherers, and here they are. Finally, right? May I ask you to accompany me as we congratulate the following people on their outstanding performance during the Rite of Supremacy clan-vs-clan-relaxation-period.

– 1^st off-week results–

1^st place: Jscumm – The lone Arconan, a great job with 106 Clusters of Fire.
2^nd place: Angelo Dante – A tremendous effort and not too far from the first place scorer with 98 Clusters of Fire.
3^rd place: Cado H'darr – A sound scorer for third place with 90 Clusters of Fire.
3^rd place: Solus Gar – Previously the fourth scorer, now third with 82 Clusters of Fire.

Note: During the first off-week, it was found that Cado had been playing without being present in #DBGaming, which, as I'm sure you know, is a direct violation of the Rites of Combat. Normally this would imply a mere warning, but in Vendetta time it also excludes the person in question from placing in that event.

The way the CoJ works from a match violation standpoint is we give a warning first, then take further action after that - which is what we did. However, in Vendettas, the warning typically excludes that person from placing in that particular event. ~ Kir

Very tough competition there, give them a congratulatory man-slap on the back if you happen to catch them on IRC. Let’s go take a look at the results of the second off-week, shall we?

– 2^nd off-week results–

1^st place: Cado H’Darr – The third place scorer from the first week returns to triumph over all others with 18. Ok so there was a little less participation. It’s still a triumph. Go look it up!
2^nd place: Angelo Dante – Keeping his place with 16 Clusters of Fire.
3^rd place: Fremoc Pepoi – Taking it with 9 Clusters of Fire.

Clan vs. Clan Gaming Results (Bonus)

Even though none of us are getting novae for it, some members asked me to make a commentary on the standings of individuals on these weeks as well. I’m only too happy to oblige. I ordered them by Clusters of Fire gathered, since that’s the system that Muz wanted to use for the off-weeks. If you guys wanted Win/Loss ratio.. well.. I’m running out of paper with all the little stick counts I’ve been doing for the RoS awards. Here we go:

– 1^st week standings (Taldryan vs. Scholae Palatinae) –

1^st place: Vardar Fen’Amar Taldrya (33 Clusters of Fire)
2^nd place: Andryan “Ace” Queldom (29 Clusters of Fire)
3^rd place: Cado H’darr (17 Clusters of Fire)

– 3^rd week standings (Scholae Palatinae vs. Plagueis vs. Tarentum) –

1^st place: Solus Gar (148 Clusters of Fire)
2^nd place: Kaira Rohana (119 Clusters of Fire)
3^rd place: Evix Jhredmo (83 Clusters of Fire)

I'd like to thank Shadow for his help in crunching the numbers for this. Couldn't have done it without your Excel magic. Have a thrust on me.

That's all for now, guys. Enjoy the shinies, you put in the effort and you deserve them.

~ Vardar Fen'Amar Taldrya