Hey all,

Happy Mardi Gras to everyone. Laissez les bons temps roulez, as we like to say down here in Louisiana. I don't know if everyone has the week off school like we do, but nonetheless, I hope you're enjoying yourselves.

It's been an ok week with activity. We've seen good activity rewarded, and the final round of the Clan Competition has come to a close. I think we members of Tridens really put out a decent showing, and I'm sure it will all be awarded accordingly very soon. So, let's get down to business.

Competitions

The Yridian Revolt Clan Competition has come to a close. I'd like to personally thank everyone in the house who participated in any way before Anshar releases the results. Anyone who participated or submitted anything is doing great in my book. This goes for competitions in the future as well.

Speaking of competitions in the future, there is a new competition out for you members of the Prophets Circle. Sephiroth created it for you, and all the information can be found here: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1604 . It involves a bit of research and is a little lengthier at a 2 page minimum, but the plus is that it awards higher than normal awards than most BT-level competitions at 4th level Crescents. I highly urge each member of Prophets to participate in this one. It is a great opportunity to get a nice Crescent. I've seen great things come from this circle in my time here, and I don't expect to be let down with this competition. If you need help judging, Seph, let me know.

That goes for anything with any member of the house, as well. I'm here for a reason. If you need help with anything, DB or not, just shoot me a line. My e-mail response time is usually under 12 hours max.

Dark Education

You all know how much I like to stress involvement with the Shadow Academy. More members are completing their advancement survey and earning their training saber. I'd love to see more tests get taken and even more sabers earned. If anyone has any questions about how to do this or needs guidance with anything, let me know.

Miniath passed the training saber test. Congrats!

Sephiroth passed the AIM exam. Good stuff.

Elric completed the advancement survey and passed the training saber test. Good job!

Szordryn passed the Meditation exam and the Test of Wisdom. Great initiative!

Completing and being constant in SA exams is something that is expected here in Tridens, and it will not go unrewarded when I see it.

Promotions

Congratulations to Szordryn who was promoted to the rank of Acolyte this week. Keep it up! I like the iniative.

Awards

Szordryn was awarded a Cluster of Fire for participating in a gaming night. I love seeing the gaming activity. Keep it up.

Sephiroth was awarded a Dark Cross by the head honcho himself for consistant activity and finding problems with the website to follow through and report them.

JKast was awarded 18 Clusters of Fire.

IRC

One of the things the advancement survey has helped with is seeing things that work with keeping members active and having fun. The most outstanding thing stated has been activity on IRC. I personally love being on there with the...well...interesting people we have in Tarentum and all the great people in the DB. If you have any questions on how to use or obtain IRC, there is a guide here: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/irc_guide.asp . If that doesn't help, feel free to email me and I will try to straighten out everything. It's a great place to be and will get you recognized and active in the community.

Conclusion

Activity is not overlooked by any level of the hierarchy. If someone doesn't see it, someone else will for sure. I get notices for just about any kind of activity you complete and I enter it onto a spreadsheet. If you'd like to let me know about submissions you make for anything, feel free to CC me on the entry. If any of you prophets members need me to review or check over your entry for Seph's competition, I'll be more than happy to offer whatever I can.

Hope everyone has a great week.

DJK JKast (Sith)/AED/Tridens of Tarentum

StA / DC-KC / (BN) / Cr-3A-2S-2E / CF-BlF-RF-GF / LSAg  

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