Introductions:

Welcome to yet another of my wonderful bi-weekly reports. These past few weeks haven't been as busy as we were when we first started off, but we're getting back on track. We have one competition running right now and three coming, but you'll read about that later. I am glad to see that while we haven't had many competitions that past week you are all still staying active.

I have started spending a lot more time with the battle team this week, too, seeing how I gave Galaxies a rest. We are working on the war as we speak, and from the looks of it, it's going to be GREAT! Our member Galaphile also helped me with a competition for us to have in the near future, and I plan to put his ideas to the test.

What Recently Happened:

Again, we had many awards this week, and I hope you can all keep it up. Congratulations to Famosus for earning his lightsaber and receiving the most awards for this two-week period.

Famosus: CF x1 - (A) Crescent x1 - Promoted to DJK, Congrats! - AIM Passed - Dark Cross x1

Ashura: (E) Crescent x2 - Dark Cross x1

Wil: Dark Cross x1 - ICQ Passed

Scorpius: Krath Run-on Passed - Steel Cross x1

Current Projects:

~ Right now Thran, Gaidal, and I are working very hard on the BT War plot and events, and Ara is setting up the website right now. From the looks of it, this war is going to be big and great, and I cannot wait for it to start. By the way, it will probably start in early February after a few house events conclude. I expect a huge turnout for this because it’s going to be so fun, and don’t worry we’ll be handing out many awards throughout it.

~ Our second competition, Caption Contest, is also on right now, and I have extended it to Monday the 16th. This is a very easy competition where all you have to do is think of something funny to say for each picture, so take five minutes to give it a shot.

Competitions:

~ {Plagueis [BT ES]} Caption Contest

I have gathered eight star wars related "funny" pictures. I wish for you to write a caption for at least five of the pictures. You are welcome to create a caption for all eight, and if you do so, I will only take into consideration your five funniest ones. Therefore, you might as well go for all eight.

Details: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1483

Pictures: http://www.krath.org/arania/captions/Caption_Contest.html

Yes, this was supposed to end yesterday, the 13th, but I will allow it to run until Monday to give those who haven't submitted a chance. It's a very easy competition, so just give it a go.

Future Projects:

~ If you have looked at the competition page lately you'll see that our third competition is already there waiting to begin. This one is a fiction plot for you all to write about that have to be at least one page, but I am sure my group of great writers can do better then that.

Competition Details: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1490

~ As I've said before, Ara will be creating a battle team website for us, and on this site will be all of our information about Exar's Shadow. Therefore, you can expect competitions and rewards for those who help in detailing our wonderful team.

~ I haven't forgotten about the trivia we were suppose to have, and I plan on still having it after our battle team war. For now, let us focus on our two competitions, and then put all on focus on the war!

~ Many of you saw my email to you talking about how you should start emailing our leaders with what you do in the clan. To make this clear, you should tell us you submitted to a competition if you didn't place. You should tell us you helped write something if you weren't credited or awarded for it. The reason for all this is so that we know what you have all been doing (We're watching you... :P) so we can use this when awarding or promoting you. I myself have started keeping track of our progress as a battle team, and will start releasing progress reports every three or four months. So all I can say is keep doing what you're doing, because so far you're all doing great!

~ I have also combined Gala's idea with my own and come up with another run-on competition. This run-on will be written by eleven great writers, but it won't start until after the war. What I will tell you is that there will be stronger guidelines this time, and a challenge to you all to make it harder and more fun.

Conclusion:

That’s my report for these past two weeks, and remember that I’m always here if you need something. I’m also open to competition ideas, and would like to thank Gala for helping with the basic plot for a competition I plan on running in the future.

So long for now,

DJK Aabsdu Dupar al'Tor (Sith)/CMDR/Exar Kun of Plagueis