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-> <- <p> So, I spent the last few days looking for stuff that i could 'declassify' enough to show you cats in this report. I've got a few good shineys to show off for you. <p> Now, first off, we'll look at the stuff that is the furthest out. Right now (with the advent of the Wiki getting quite popular helping this out), People have resorted to one of two things to get character images for their character... 1) they bug the heck out of the few gfx people we have in the club, or 2) steal some stuff from online. now, in general, our graphics people are backed up something fierce...there's only so many and they're sorely outnumbered by the rest of the club... and on the other hand, we get really tired of seeing how half the club looks like Dante from Devil May Cry, like Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7, the dude from the Prince of Persia games, etc.

So the solution in mind is a huge selector, broad in scope and in options for people to generate a headshot of what they think their character should look like. It's a pretty big project, and we're moving along at a pretty good clip. Here's a sample to get you an idea of how it'll look.

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-> <- <p> A fair bit closer on the horizon are some of the order perks... Launching with the new character sheets (hopefully soon), members will be able to specialize within their own orders and get specific perks special to each specialization within the order. This will unlock more sabers and robes for people to choose from, and from the feedback i've gotten so far, people are pretty excited about it. I don't want to spoil the surprise and show off all the cool stuff right now, but here's one of the sabers to sneak a peek at:

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-> <- <p> Also, I want to publically apologize to Drodik. The dude won the last 'custom robes' comp i ran, back right before i became DGM. I had honestly forgotten about the poor dude's prize for quite a long while, between all the other stuff I'd been working on, and he's been bloody patient with me. But, here's his stuff:

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-> <- <p> And now, it's time for a little rant action. Many of the members in the club express that they 'wouldn't want to be' a leader in the club... they wouldn't want to be in Sarin or my shoes... And there's a lot of reason why someone wouldn't want to... There's a lot of political garbage going on. People trying to undercut each other, sniping at each other with snarky remarks, and generally fouling up what could be a much more fun experience for most of us in this club. And that kind of thing often escalates to Sarin and myself.

This takes away from the time we have to spend with working to improve the club. Every ten minutes that i spend telling someone to quit being a jackhole is ten minutes that I'm not making something cool for everyone in the club to enjoy. And that's kind of expected of the position... but it does get waaaay out of hand, especially when it comes down to a failure to communicate, or just a bad attitude towards someone else.

I hear the term 'hated' or 'enemy' an awful lot in this club... and I just laugh. It's the bloody internet. You don't have enough experience with anyone here to truly hate anyone. You've never met them in person, and they didn't blow up your family and rape your sister. They're not your enemy. They're just another dude on the internet. If you don't like them, don't deal with them....it's really as simple as that.

If you can't help but have to deal with them, then you tell us...and if there's some sort of real problem (be it a real case of bias or discrimination or whatever), we'll take care of it. But if you're just going out of your way to encourage drama, you're just stealing from the club. Stealing time, energy, and fun from the members, and that's just garbage, and you're going to get told to cut it out.

BTW, this isn't directed at anyone in particular, but rather everyone. If you think it applies to you specifically...well then, you probably should look at what you're doing even more.

And that's my rant. :P

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Kinda hard to find a job when all of your skills involve missing targets at short range...</p><p>
Sometimes, prophylactics just don't seem to be enough protection.</p><p>
steampunk still owns</p><p>
This truck has a saber rack and an r2 unit. wtf.</p><p>
This is not exactly star wars, and the TV show is already over, but jesus... this kicks ass.</p><p>
Yet another pic of the chick that must have buckteeth... hence the helmet. :P Between this and River Tam as a killer robot, i think that satisfies the Scifi chick portion of this report. </p><p> </p> <-

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-> <- <p> Congrats and thanks go to: Duga on becoming an Elder. Long overdue, bud.

Shadow on getting named a Master. Well done.

Sarin on his DS.

Kaek on his trium-pantsless return to MAA.

Korvyn on getting his saber

Robin Hawk (of Kyataru) also was Knighted.

Natth on another GC for his collection

Jac Cotelin on his constantly growing box of SCs

Malidir on continuing to deny people Pendants of Blood by taking them for himself

Everyone who thought highly enough of me to put me up for the Silver Sash

and...My student Zaroth, on starting his Knighthood Trials.

<p> And that's all for this time. If you guys have any questions, or need any help, shoot me an email, or PM me on IRC. Have fun!

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