Month (and a half) in Review

My last report announced the opening of the Shadow Academy Society and we've seen a good amount of activity since.

It's too early to tell if it has made a lasting difference, but we have seen a few "older" members start taking exams. I don't know if they are there for the Society ranks or no, but I'll claim that as a victory!

We had 239 exams submitted, which is not too shabby at all. It's only 50 away from there having been on submission for every member currently assigned to a unit.

ACC Exams

Two new exams are being run as part of the new qualification process for the Antei Combat Centre (Yes that IS how it spelt [that is also correct :P]). They are even in their own department so that all of the ACC judges are able to chip in and grade them

If you're interested in participating in the upcoming ACC Beta, make sure you check out the Department of Combat Writing and get yourself qualified.

Another new Department

You may also have noticed that there is now also a Department of Law. This is where you will now find the two Chamber of Justice courses.

Why the change? There are now two very knowledgeable men looking over them; Taig, the current Justicar and Yacks, and ex-Justicar.

P.S. If you haven't taken them yet, hurry up and do so, then apply for the position of Taig's Left Hand... if that's your thing.

Degrees

With lots of exams comes lots of degrees being awarded. Congrats to everyone that got one. You're all awesome!

Ask the HM

I asked for question on IRC, I suppose I better answer them or some such...

<`DD|Stil> Question: Why isn't there a non sentient species exam, or a Sith alchemy exam yet. Sith alchemy is dying out in the club, it needs to be brought to the lime light again! And we need more space animals =p

The problem with most exams about species and topics of that nature is that they are what have grown to be known as "Trivia Courses."

Basically their notes could just as easily be a wiki article, whether that be the DJB Wiki or Wookieepedia and the exams are generally little more than hunting through the notes till one finds a copy/pastable answers. Sometimes these courses are capped off with a "design your own plant/non-sentient species/planet/armor" but those questions can never really be "wrong" so don't really add anything other than making the exam appear harder.

Where we're focusing at the moment is more practical courses, for instance there will be a series of courses on Google Drive soon, something that anyone can make real use of during their time in the Brotherhood.

Also, you mean this Alchemy course? The word Sith was removed a while ago... possibly to not offend the Krath out there!

<`m> ICly, does Solari, the lightie pussy bastard, implant light side ideas into new arrivals?

I like to think that he keeps an eye out for potential light side recruits. I know a story regarding new recruits is currently in the works, and I'm very interested in seeing how the Light Side is catered for in it.

<Dante> are there going to be any new degrees released?

Yes, as we add more courses we're always looking at how to expand the Degree offerings. That's not to say that we'll throw them in willy-nilly, but over time there will be more.

<Howlader> The Giant Panda. Good bear or best bear?

The only bear.

<Gon_Doru> clarify: who is the HM?

Solari, the lightie pussy bastard

The End

That's it for this month. Expect a much longer report next months with bells and whistles and statistics and numbers.