The ACC is going to undergo a little bit of ‘logistic shifting’ with consolidation of some of the halls. Combatants won’t lose various ‘themes’ of any of the halls, just the way they go about using them when some of the halls ‘close’. You’ll be making use of the ‘miscellaneous’ section of the battle challenge to request the options like ‘no sabres’ or the Rite of Exaltation and a few other things. A chapter has been added to the Compendium but it is still pass-worded for the staff right now so they can give me their input.

At any rate, the following halls will be closing: The Genesis Facility, Gambit Compound, Consortium and the Pilot’s Den (active battles will be moved to the Combat Centre) – all of whose options will still be available by addressing them in the battle challenges – no big deal. With the closing of those 4, two ‘new’ ones will be created, a Clan Hall (no fancy title yet :P) and a Brotherhood Hall (equally bereft of a fancy title :P).

The Clan Hall will be for Clan comps, House comps, BT comps, training and the like. It will subvert the need for you to have competitions “approved” by the ACC staff in lieu of just letting us know about things like ‘judging;’ criteria for your comp (if they’re different) - as always, you can judge your own competition battles "through" us, that is - sending us the comments and telling us who won so we can admin it. It will maintain no wins or losses for combatant’s records so you may award as you see fit without issue. It will allow you to train your members personally and avoid the pitfalls of 3, 4 and 5 training matches with the staff and all the hassle that comes with that. The training won’t be ‘legal’ but it will be a good tool for you to use to know your folks are ready – or to help them in the rough spots if that’s suggested by the staff – before sending them back for ‘official’ training or qualification. Things like what Clan it’s for and all of that will be addressed in the battle intros (but you should already know what Clan you're in :P). Yes, I know the hall will get ‘messy’ eventually, don’t worry about it – I’m on it :P

The Brotherhood Hall will be for GJW's and stuff like that and will 'revolve'. That means, after a comp is over, we will rename the hall appropriately and set it so the battles can be read in the future (like the current 'past' GJW halls) - then, create another "Brotherhood" hall that will be empty until the next go 'round.

this is your heads up with the hope that you won't 'freak out' when it happens, hehe. I'm shooting for the second week in April for completion but some closures will start as early as this weekend, at which time the chapter in the compendium will be opened - baring major changes.

Thanks for your time, sorry for running on...

~DD