Consul Report

2005/05/23, 10:00 PM, Consul - Clan Taldryan

Taldryan Consul Report 5-24-05Report # 100

Its finally happened, after two years as Consul Ive finally written 100 reports! Normally I write up some crap here for you to read, but Im sure youre all anxious to hear the announcements in this report about who got whatso go read!!

SPECIAL SECTION REPORT #100 ANNIVERSARY AWARDS!!

For my 100th report, I have chosen to do the same thing I do on nearly every other DB occasion I come up withreward all of you! So I have two award categories this time around, Clan Awards and DB awards. I have consulted with the clan leaders and we have come up with a list of members that deserve the following awards. The recommendations have been submitted and they should be approved very soonso congratulations to everyone!!

Clan Awards

_Crescent of Ektrosis _

Bubbles

Chaosrain

Tiberius

_Claw of Dinaari _

Duga

_Mark of Honor _

Nexusmage

Fire Knight

Kraval

_Scroll of the Arts _

Dalthid

Pyralis

Sharad

_Dagger of the Fallen _

Benevolent

_Warriors Gem _

Duga

_Alannas Wisdom _

Dark Sabre

_Sharads Valor _

Shadow

For descriptions and graphics of all the Clan Awards, go to the Taldryan website here (http://www.taldryan.org/awards.php). Also Id like to mention that we will be adding a page on the site where the members awarded these medals are listedits one of many things on our to-do list!

Brotherhood Awards

Duga promoted to Obelisk Templar!

Fire Knight promoted to Dark Jedi Knight!

Dark Sabre promoted to Krath Epis!

Nexusmage promoted to Krath Archpriest!

Fet'ai'narun promoted to Jedi Hunter!

Benevolent promoted to Obelisk Exarch!

Tiberius awarded a Steel Cross!

Vodo awarded a Dark Cross!

Kraval awarded a Steel Cross!

Chaos awarded a Steel Cross!

Ziggy awarded a Steel Cross!

Congratulations to everyone!!!!

Clan Taldryan News

-Chaosrain has officially been named the new Aedile of House Ektrosis, congratulations to him, we all know hell do a great job!

-Shadows AWOL check for members APP to ACO ended last week and we cleared out some inactives. Of course then Episode III came out and weve been flooded with new APPs, hopefully some of you will stick around and become good additions to the Clan! (if youre one of the new members, be sure to read the IRC section of my report towards the bottom)

-Im aiming to have a new issue of the Tal Times released next week sometime. I have articles from pretty much everyone, so I just need to finish some stuff up myself, get it HTMLized, and itll be ready for your viewing pleasure!

-You all should have received an email from me this week letting you know the Clan Values have finally been posted on the website. Just so you all know, they are: Building relationships, Respect, Integrity, Having Fun, Excellence, and Taking Care of our People. You can go here (http://www.taldryan.org/values.php) to see the cool graphic and read the explanations for all of them. I expect every member to be familiar with the Values and attempt to work them into their everyday activities in the DB.

-As of yesterday I officially caught up with all the medals I owe everyone from my period of inactivity. If I missed a medal you should have gotten for trivia or a clan comp, let me know.

-Sithspawn is running a Clan competition with me entitled, Whats your story? The basic idea is you write your characters history and submit it. The winners will be posted on the Taldryan website. See the Competitions section of the Tal site for the exact details.

-Shadow and I have gone head-on into Clan projects again, and youll be glad to hear that were more active and engaged than ever before! So yeahgo us!

-Well its time to announce two new members of the Cohors Praetoria for the next two weeks, and the lucky members are.Ziggy and Chaosrain!! Congratulations to you both!!

-There isnt any trivia in this weeks report. Im going to try and do IRC trivia this week if I can. Currently it looks like Id be doing it on Friday night, probably around 7 or 8pm EST. Ill keep everyone updated.

-Remember to check the Competitions section of the Taldryan website for things to keep you active (http://www.taldryan.org/competitions.php)

DB News

-Several of the DBs medals have been given new (and awesome) graphics, check them out here:

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/comments.asp?ID=N:2927

-Here is the last Grand Masters report, I suggest you all read these every week:

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/comments.asp?ID=R:7395

-The OHC has posted the Rites of Combat, which are basically the rules for MP gaming in the DB. Everyone NEEDS to read these:

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=903&st=0

-The Independence Games have started! You can go here to get going on them: http://www.independencegames.net/independence/ Taldryan views the IGs as just a fun competition for people to do if they want, so do what youd like with it!

-There is currently another poll for the new DB Flagships name, vote by logging in on djb.com and then going to the Dark Jedi polling center

-Episode III was releasedif you havent seen it yet DO IT NOW!!! Its really a great movie, especially for us Dark-Side fans.

-Be sure to visit http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/news.asp for all the news.

Medals, Promotions, and Transfers

Medals

Duga CFs, Dark Cross, Steel Cross, Legion of the Scholar, Amethyst, Emerald Crescent

Trazar Clusters of Fire

Kraval Clusters of Fire, Star of Antei(2), Amethyst(4), Sapphire Crescents, LS

Shadow Amethyst Kukri, Emerald Crescent, Clusters of Fire

Benevolent Topaz Crescent, Legion of the Scholar

Fire Knight Topaz Crescent

Chaosrain Topaz Crescent

Dark Sabre Clusters of Fire, Dark Cross, Legion of the Scholar, Emerald Crescent

Tiberius Emerald Crescent

Pyralis - Clusters of Fire

Jaymz - Clusters of Fire

Promotions

APP wrethen to NOV

Transfers

APP ajuta_paul to Dinaari

APP Davon to Dinaari

APP Crypto to Dinaari

APP Exilious to Dinaari

APP wrethen to Ektrosis

APP Jex to Dinaari

APP Klunckmonkey to Dinaari

APP batmanbmx to Dinaari

APP Dark Stone to Dinaari

APP Lazarus to Dinaari

Trivia!

IRC trivia in #taldryan this week!

READ THIS if you dont have IRC!!!

This new section of my report is dedicated to providing information about IRC (internet relay chat). If I had to name one thing that makes a successful Taldryan member, I would say IRC useage. It is required for all of the Clans leaders, and all of our most active members can be found there. I have found out that many members read my reports, and some of them dont use IRC, and I am hoping I can change this.

Here are some quick things about IRC:

-It is a free download (it says you have to register it within 30 days, but you never have to)

-Its VERY simple to use

-All the most active people are on it

-There are almost always people around

-Some competitions are only available on IRC

-You get to know people much better

-You get more of the Taldryan team feeling if you are on it

-Being active on IRC can be a reason to get medals/promotions

-Our clan channels get a little crazy sometimes, and its fun!

-You can message individuals like AIM, and talk in chatrooms (multiple rooms at the same time)

How can I get IRC? For Windows users the most popular IRC program is mIRC, which you install on your computer and use just as you would an instant messenger. mIRC is only a free trial, but you may use it as long as you want without penalty (other than a few annoying messages telling you to register). You can find mIRC here:

http://www.mirc.com

If you can't install stuff on your computer or you're constantly switching computers in a lab, you can also use the DB IRC, which is a java applet (to be used through your browser) allowing you to talk in only one channel or room at a time. DB IRC can be found here:

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/chat.html

IRC is very popular and therefore has many servers and channels. This makes it hard to find what you want unless you know what you're doing. Therefore make sure to use the following settings when starting up IRC:

Network: Undernet

Brotherhood Channel: #db

Clan Channel: #taldryan

Have IRC but confused on how to get things going? Well you are in luck, the Shadow Academy has several IRC courses, and the first one is very helpful and for new users. Just go to the SA (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/shadowacademy/sa/index.html) and then click on General Studies, and then the IRC Basics course. It will guide you through how to use IRC. If youre still having trouble or dont like how the SA course is laid out, you can read the IRC guide written by QUA Shadow (http://dinaari.taldryan.org/irc_guide.php). It has images of the menus and everything, and is very helpful!

I hope to see a lot of you on IRC!

Miscellaneous

-If you ever need to see an old Consul report, all of mine are up on djb.org!

Thats all for this week, as always if you have any questions/comments/just want to talk, feel free to email me at [Log in to view e-mail addresses] or just go onto IRC as Im logged on quite often as Kir! Or talk to me on AIM, my screen-name is ConsulKir!

Multiplayer Competitions-

Tuesday 1v1 Night

Multiplayer gaming night that will be held all day Tuesday in #gmrg. All DB-supported platforms will be used. Tuesdays are "solo" nights; meaning only 1 vs. 1 games will be played. Signup bots will not be used; you have to find matches by chatting in #gmrg or messaging people on IRC. Clusters of Fire will be awarded as usual, 1 for each win or three losses.

Thursday Team Night

Multiplayer gaming night that will be all day Thursday in #gmrg. All DB-supported platforms will be used. Thursdays are "team" nights, meaning matches can only be played with at least teams of 2 vs. 2. Signup bots will not be used; you have to find matches by chatting in #gmrg or messaging people on IRC. Clusters of Fire will be awarded as usual, 1 for each win or three losses.

Interclub Training Event

Multiplayer gaming night that will be held every Saturday evening in #outerrim. All DB-supported platforms will be used. Players come from DB and allied online gaming groups. Signup bots will be used, so use the !signup command on IRC to get matches in #outerrim. Clusters of Fire will be awarded as usual, 1 for each win or three losses.

Biweekly Sunday Tournament

Those people who participate in at least one match in the above listed weekly multiplayer competitions will be invited to play every other week in a Tournament on Sunday. There isnt any specific structure, you just play as many matches as you would like and the person with the most wins during the day wins the Tournament. Everyone gets points for wins that they can use to buy personal possessions, and the total of all the points Taldryan members earn the Clan also earns as a whole to buy cool Clan stuff!

_Important Links _

Dark Brotherhood http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/news.asp

Antei Combat Center http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/acc/

Message Boards - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php

Shadow Academy - http://sa.darkjedibrotherhood.com/

Dark Side Compendium - http://dsc.darkjedibrotherhood.com/

Clan Taldryan - http://www.taldryan.org

House Dinaari - http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/

House Ektrosis - http://www.taldryan.org/ektrosis/

Taldryan Codex - http://www.taldryan.org/tal_codex/

Competitions Page - http://www.taldryan.org/competitions.php

IRC Guide - http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/irc_guide.php