Dark Greetings Tarentum,
Well, this has been a rather nice week, ending on a pleasant note. . .that being, another promising idea to spur activity, morale, leadership opportunity. . .that will not be revealed until next week, but just you wait, it's gonna be great! Was that a rhyme? Oh horror of horrors.. anyway! Onward!
Last week a very belated idea occured to me. . .but it has since put into action, that being all Tarentum Summits (CON, PCON, QUA, AED, RMs) will 'meet' (via email) weekly to bring forth common problem we may be having clanwide, housewide, etc. The logic being that what one house may be struggling with.. another has already gone through. What does this mean to those of you who are not in the above leadership positions? Well, it means you get to inform these people of everything concerning your House/Clan thats on your mind. Constructive things, mind you. . .if you think that the Clan Summit needs to make more competitions from the Clan Level.. don't say.. "Ciara and Proton suck!" Say.. "I think Ciara and Proton should come up with some more competitions from the Clan Level, maybe something like. . ." and then go on to give some suggestions on what kinds of competitions you would enjoy competing in. This way all issues from the members up get brought up and we can hopefully put all of our collective heads together and come up with some good solutions to these problems so they do not go unsolved. =)
Dark Jedi Games Feud. . .this ends..at the very last minute of tonight, EST time, I assume. I hope all of you did the traditional Tarentum thing and submitted, or are submitting your last-minute brilliant entries.. I'm a little worried, but that's okay, I got my last minute entries a day early! Yesterday! Does that mean they weren't last minute.. ? Hrm.. yeah, anyway.
Reports.. just want to clarify as I've been getting some questions as of late. I have to send Clan Reports out on Sunday. . .this means I have to have House Reports before Sunday. Thus, I ask for them on Friday, though getting them on Saturday is usually acceptable. This means all people who submit reports to their Quaestors need to get them into them before Friday, preferably, so they can include them in their report. A safe range to send reports in is from Thur-Sat. This way they aren't late, you have options, and they are not so early that they do not cover enough of the week. Cheers? Hurrah.
Great Jedi War preperation! It seems we have a little over two weeks before this comes into affect (and hopefully a wee bit longer). But. . .as some of you may have already seen, or heard word of, House Summits are designing smaller sets of competitions around skills that your house is NOT so great in, this way we brush up on some skills that we otherwise may have not done so well, or chosen not to do in the upcoming GJW.. which would not be a good thing, we need as much practice as can squeeze in and I'm sure we'll do excellent. . .all three of our houses have strong, skilled members who I hope are more than ready to war on some other Clannies. >:P
Also, another reminder of the Jedi Trials that we currently use for promotions from GRD through SBM/OBM/KAP. The Trial Master will be the one to conduct these trials, and if the individual in question has a Master in the Master/Apprentice system, they may work in concordance with the Trial Master to personalize your trials and help set fair expectations. Any member of your Clan may reccomend you for a chance to take the trials. . .you can do this by mailing your Quaestor, Aedile, and the Trial Master, and they will discuss it and either approve or deny the request. So if you see a friend who is doing very well for the House and you think deserves a chance at the trials, mail those people and let them know, they may have been pondering it already and another members acknowledgement will aid in their decision.
And now.. finally.. The Christmas Competition Results! Not a whoooole lot of participation, but understandable during the holidays. I had fun reading all the submissions..especially the songs. Evil FF Claws! Bwhaha.. that was great, erm, yeah, anyway.. the results:
Results
Christmas Story:
1st. JH Rage (Gladius) - 15 points
2nd. KAP Telona (Gladius) - 10 points
3rd. DJK Talon Zetar (Cestus) - 5 points
Christmas Poem:
1st. GRD Siterath Goersase(Gladius) - 15 points
2nd. JH Rage (Gladius) - 10 points
3rd. None.
Christmas Song:
1st. JH Rage(Gladius) - 15 points
2nd. KAP Telona (Gladius) - 10 points
3rd. DJK Jason Hunter (Gladius) - 5 points
Christmas Theme:
1st. GRD Jeremy Leto Cleon Alexander Demerzel(Gladius) - 15 points
2nd. KAP Telona Murrage (Gladius) - 10 points
3rd. GRD Jeremy Leto Cleon Alexander Demerzel (Gladius) - 5 points
Christmas Graphics:
1st. DJK Jason Hunter (Gladius) - 15 points
2nd. JH Rage (Gladius) - 10 points
3rd. JH Rage (Gladius) - 5 points
Hurrah..Rage sure got a Christmas load of shinys! Thanks to everyone who participated and congrats to everyone who placed, hope it was fun. =) Medals are in the mail!
-Gladius-
Yay! First report of the year and it's going to be kinda long. Sit back, relax, and read away.
The past last year for Gladius
Well this past year has been interesting. A lot of you were not here for the whole year. Gladius had a new QUA, AED, and a new TET for the Mystics. Sounds kinda like the start of this year :) They say history tends to repeat itself. People came and went, some stayed and some went AWOL. There were a lot of medals and promotions given out for work on competitions. Most importantly, all you guys came! Gladius had been down member wise. I was Mystic TET and there were two other people besides me in the phyle. Now look at it! I think things are doing great right now and I want it to stay that way. My goal for this year is to help everyone do their very best so we can win the Great Jedi War. So what is everyone's goals for the year?
Promotions/Medals
Nothing to report on here. I have two people going through the Jedi Trials at the moment but they have not completed as of yet. Make sure you submit to competitions to be recongnized here!
Activity
Well, since no one sent me a report of their monthly activities I guess I'll just give mine. A few people on LoA at the moment. I would like everyone to tell me what they think about making a report monthly on your activity.
Here is what I have to report on what I've done during the month of December.
I was a bit active on IRC in channel #Tartentum on the Undernet.
I was active on email, sending out reports weekly and additional emails to welcome new members.
I am a little active with KCC battles.
I have posted many times this month on the Tarentum Message Board.
I submitted three things for the Christmas Competition.
I submitted a poem for the monthly Krath topic.
Winners of the House competition were chosen and medals awarded.
Others were rewarded for their activity and hard work.
I am currently working on a personal story and thinking up a new competition for the house.
Those are the things I'd like for everyone to include in your report. Of course you couldn't say you rewarded people but I think you get the idea. :P
Competitions
The Dark Jedi Games are on until the 5th. http://www22.brinkster.com/saitou/darkjedigames/
Make sure you participate!
DB News
Not really much going on at this time. With the holidays ending, everyone is sort of in a daze from eating and drinking too much. Just sort of waiting for everyone to wake back up.
Other News
If anyone has any issues they'd like to be brought to the attention to the summits (ie CON, PCON, other AEDs and QUAs of Tarentum) please feel free to let me know what's on your mind and I will bring it to everyone's attention. This is something we all plan to start doing each week to sort out problems and bring different opinions to the table. Like I said, feel free to send in what you think are problems or just suggestions if you'd like.
That's it for right now, look for a quick competition soon to prepare us for the Great Jedi War. We have to win! I know we will win because I know each and every one of you are great writers!
MD walks up to the cantina and finds a few members with saber trying to drain out the fat he injected in by making holes in the Door. As he approaches they turn and hiss at him to try and scare him off and of course it works. Fortunately For MD the group is sent off when a hole caused a fountain of rancid Fat launching a few of them a few feet down the hall and teh rest running away from the smell.
The Moral of the story is: When much of your house out ranks you, know what orders not to give:P
NEWS:
The Great Jedi War is on it's way and we need to get preped! The summit is in the process of setting up comps for us and hopefully all of you will participate. That is where we get the big points so let's get out and kick some other clan butt:P
The SSL is still around the Top priorities for SR, all of you that can please participate, a win there will show that we aren't a house to be messed with and bring up our points! Don't forget that having a high ranked squad is a good recruiting tool!
The Feud going on with 2 other clans ends in a day or 2 so get those entries in, again this is a big comp so a win here will really help us and the clan!
Since there are so many new ones lately I would like to make sure every one knows about our Master/Apprentice program. Any of you under the rank of DJK can get set up with a DJK+ to have some one to talk to, give you advice and help you to the rank of DJK. A Master can have more than one apprentice if needed. Once you have a partner(or are in need of one) contact the House summit.
Also for all you new ones if you aren't on the mail list, send an e-mail to: tridens subscribe
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COMPS!
As mentioned above, we have 2 major comps to work on and many other to come so get flying!
MD's Wise Words of the Week!: "There is no pain where strength lies.
What is done in secret has great strength.
Anger is a living thing, feed it and it will grow.
When all else fails, cover them in glue."
That is all I can think of for now, I will send out updates if I missed anything and probably a few on the comp and GJW situation so keep watching for them!
FM/MAJ Murkrow Defender/Pe 1-4/Wing V/SSSD Sovereign
ISMx3/MoI/IS-2BW-1BR-5SW-4SR/LoC-ISx10/CoB/OV [KNGT] {IWATS-AIM-ASP-CBX-FLA-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-LIN-M/1/2-RT-SM/2/3-TM-TT-VBS-XAM-XTM/1/2-XTT}
DJK " " "(Sith)/QUA/Tridens of Tarentum
{SE}/ {SC}/DC/Cr-2A-1E-1R/MoC-1SoC
{SA:Core-CH-S:ISET-S:ESET}
Dark Greetings,
Activity: Some people are active some are not. I have seen slight
improvement in activity lately, so I am pleased but keep up the increase! :)
Tommorow being the last day of the Dark Jedi Games, I hope to see you all
having a flurry of activity.
The Great Jedi War is coming up so prepare youself, I hope you will all be
able to take part.. a lot! :)
Battleteams: Eoth Kun SGT of Battalion of Fear has returned. I'm sure that
he will bring more activity to the Battleteam.
Blades of Malice and Armoured Fist are doing well, the lack of comps is
excusable as there are a lot of house and clan comps going on.
Competitions:
The Op Corona Mission Patch Comp is over, Rage Maki won first place and
Gelton Torr took second place.
Starting today and ending a week today House Cestus will be running a JK2
ladder. This is to encourge you lot to practice for the GJW. Details can
be found on the house website.
BT Reports:
Greetings Blades of Malice,
another week passed and this is my first BT report of the year. :)
so, let's look at it.
ROSTER
Again the same, we're on 8 Dark Jedi.
MEDALS & PROMOTIONS
No medals this time. No promotions as well, but I can smell in the
air that some will come soon. :)
ACTIVITY & STUFF
OK so I hope you all are already ok after the New Year's
celebrations, which could be extended until now since it's weekend
(same what I did, whoah, I'm still dehydrated a little :P) but now
we're back to the normal days. Which means, yes, I expect increase of
the activity level. I think it's fine and clear.
DJG will end tomorrow. If you still want to help our clan to at least
even the scores (yes, we didnt do well, mostly thanks to inactiveness
of most of Tarentum peeps... :P) go make last minute matches. I do
hope that we will do a lot better in GJW. I know that Cestus is able
to be good in that competition. But for that we will need EVERY last
one of you. We will need you ALL.
We will need to fill in a time between DJG and GJW with some
competition. There will probably be one, and it looks to be pretty
interesting one. So get ready for it. :)
OK, that's it, not much more to report this time, cuz there werent
many things happening. :P Oh of course, read DJB.org news, but you
should do that every week :P there are some important info, and it's
good to be up-to-date.
That's it.
DJK Sukuth (Obelisk)/M:CoG-SGT/Cestus of Tarentum [GMRG: GLD]
(SC)/(SE)/DC-KC/Cr-1E-2S-2A-10R-3D/CF-RF-GF
{SA: G:LS-O:CORE}
The Battalion of Fear in 2003
Well it has been some time since the BoF has received a BT report.
29/11/2002 to be precise. And that has been my fault entirely. When
Glorfindel left I was happy to take over the position of SGT for the BT. Had
some ideas on what I wanted and where we would go.
But then disaster struck and my own RL was shook up pretty bad. I had to
spend a lot of time on Uni which made me spend a lot less time in the DB.
But then I got news on the fact that there might be a chance of cancer in
the family, with increased risk for me and brothers and very high risk for
my sister.
Needless to say my head wasnt with DB at that time. In December I had some
tests, and Im glad to say all is well. After that where the Exams of
University and so again my time was needed elsewhere. But in all this time
the BoF was SGT-less. It has been more than 4 weeks and for that I am sorry.
And although some folks, like Reblet and Cypher, kept being active, it was
not by my doing in any way.
And a lot has happened within the BoF and its members while I was away. And
as this is my first BT Report in a month and the first of the New Year it
will be rather long. Still I dont think I will be able to report everything
that happened. I may have missed some promotions and I have certainly missed
the arrival and going of BoF members.
But I might as well begin and well see if I miss anything.
First: As many may have noticed the BoF website is very old. It hasnt been
updated since I became the SGT and thats bad. But I am happy to say that I
and Ziguarath have started to build a completely new Website for the BoF.
And in view of this there will be a comp, the very first comp of me and
2003, but more on that later. So as soon as that is up Ill let you know.
Then we now have a total of 8 members in the BoF. Funny enough in my last
report there were 8 members too. However a lot has changed. In the last
month 3 members have left the BoF. Aleckz, Blackhero and Zeth Ni have all
gone to the Rogues. However with their leaving we have gained some new
members, NOV Yukito and NOV Darchtra have joined our forces. A very warm
welcome to you, keep active and have fun thats what the BoF is all about.
If you have questions feel free to ask anyone, we of the BoF are blessed
with 2 very experienced people in the DB. Battlelord Michael Halcyon, who
joined in November and the 3rd one to join while I was away; Battlemaster
Ziguarath. A very welcome member to the BoF, and the one who introduced me
to House Cestus, so I guess I owe him a thanks for that one too.
So the roster of the Battalion of Fear in January 2003 is:
SGT Eoth Kun
TRP Darchtra
TRP Darkov
TRP Michael Halcyon
TRP Reb Crush
TRP Tygarin Cypher
TRP Yukito
TRP Ziguarath
Cypher has asked to be transferred to Rogues though, but has not yet been
transferred as of yet. It is hopefully temporary but still a lose, for how
long it takes.
I am glad to say, however, that there has been a promotion for one of our
Troopers. On the 11th of December NOV Reb Crush was promoted to the rank of
Acolyte. So although its been some time now, congrats on that too.
There are currently some competitions running for the DB, Obelisks and the
House Cestus. Most of them will end within this week. Like the Dark Jedi
Games, so remember that. For more info check our AED Talon Zetars site, who
runs many of the comps. Also you can look on:
http://www.minos.net/~mairin/index.php for all comps currently running.
Also every 2nd Sunday of the Month there are the Dark Jedi Duels. A very
cool Tournament hosted by me and Sukuth, SGT of the Blades of Malice.
So this will be januari the 12th, make sure you fight in it is cool and
different from normal tourneys. For the rules look at
http://sukuth.webzdarma.cz/djd/. Make sure you enter it. The fighting starts
at 21:00. But because of the pair system please get there early (20:30 at
latest) so everything is settled before 21:00. For questions about it you
can always ask me or Sukuth.
Now on to the first comp. for the BoF. As said earlier a new site is being
made. For this (and other stuff in the future) we need a Logo for the
Battalion of Fear. So thats the first competition well hold. Design the
logo for the Battalion of Fear. Make it something cool, dark, something that
says we are to be feared. Just make it worthy of the BoF.
The competition will start as soon as you read this and will end after a
little over 2 weeks. So thats januari 4th for a start and ending on 20th of
januari.
The best design will win its creator an Emerald Star, The runner up will
receive a Topaz Star and there will be a Quartz Star for third place. And of
course the Logo will be there to see for all who visit the site.
Then last but not least keep writing your Activity Reports and send them to
Zekk. There is a discussion on them at the moment whether we should continue
to make them, but as long as nothing is decided, keep writing them. They are
a good way of letting us know what youve been up to, and this will of
course result in promos and medals, and we all want those.
So thats about it. Hope to be there more often from now on. And remember
its all about being there and having fun. Thats all that counts
GRD Eoth Kun (Obelisk)/SGT/Cestus of Tarentum
"All who oppose the Battalion shall Fear us"
That is all.
DJK Talon Zetar (Obelisk)/AED/Cestus of Tarentum
(SC-SoA)/(SE)/DC/Cr-1R/CF
FM/LCM Talon Zetar/Talon 3-3/Wing XX/ISD Subjugator
PC/MoT-1gh/CoB/OV-3E [HUSS] {IWATS-M/1/2-SM/2-XAM
TRP/PTE Talon Zetar/Nova/Umbra/1/Carrida II =S, SN1, DT1, VS1, =
Darkness guide,
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C.i.a.r.a M.a.y.a T.e.a.r.n.a.n R.o.t.h.w.e.l.l
KE Ciara Tearnan (Krath)/M:KHP/CON/Tarentum,
GCx2/(SC-SoA)/(SE-QL)/DC-KC-O-CS/(GNB)/(BNG)(BN)/Cr-1S-2A-2R
.."Under the tongue root a fight most dread, and another raging, behind, in the head"..
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