A few things this week.

First off, may I reiterate the Grand Master's words from his report. The behaviour that has gone on during this GJW has been unacceptable, and we will start sending verified cases to the HCI. Have a little thought and care for others, and you'll all get on a lot better, I think.

Secondly, a quick reminder about the War that people seem unsure of. You may not refuse to fight someone for the Wargame. If you do, you forfeit the match automatically to the challenger. I think it's better to take on someone thinking you may lose, rather than turn it down knowing you will have a loss recorded against you anyway.

Third, I have some point corrections to make owing to (a) an oversight of my own, and (b) a ruling of the Grand Master regarding the DC earning more than participation points for their Clans.

As a result of (a) 6 points are added to Taldryan's score. This is to account for the creation and playtesting of missions, for which both Shadow and David earn points.

As a result of (b) the 5 points which were earned for Arcona by CyberGuy's 3rd place in the Poetry event are hereby removed. The placement of 3rd position remains unchanged, although CG cannot take the Bronze Nova for that event; it will therefore remain unawarded.

I'm afraid I must apologise on both counts. On the first, the fact that David and Shadow were due the points had totally slipped my mind; on the second, I misinterpreted the ruling of the Grand Master regarding DC members earning points for their Clans. For that, both Arcona and Taldryan have my sincere apologies.

Fourthly, having checked the results of the poll, it seems that the prevalent wish is for points to be awarded per turn. However, some good suggestions were made on awarding fractions of points, which I think I'm going to take up, so as not to give too much weight to the Wargame overall - there are still other sections of the Competition to think about too! Therefore, per turn, a participant in the Wargame will receive 0.1 points. The number of points earnable in this way will be capped at 5 points, so no member may earn more than 5 points on participation (but this still gives leeway for 50 turns!)

Fifthly, I've been talking over some future projects with Firefox, which we'll be starting work on after the War. I'll be discussing these with the Dark Council as soon as FF gives me clearance to do so.

And Sixthly! For their massive help and assistance so far in the War, with planning, creation of missions, and the enormous task of marking, I've promoted both SBL Hades and KE Davaak Cantor to the ranks of Sith Warlord and Krath Pontifex respectively. About time you guys had your minimum ranks, hmm? :)