Welcome!

My fellow Plagueians!

We stand here ready for war, together not just as a clan but as a family! Being this close to GJW XIV let’s dive right into things!

The Main Event

WAR!

We are currently on the eve of a Brotherhood wide battle for supremacy, Great Jedi War XIV!!

For those of you who have never participated in a GJW before or for those that just need a refresher, I am going to break things down a little bit for you. A GJW is a Brotherhood wide event that advances the club wide storyline while putting all of the clans into competition against each other as each clan vies for the title of First Clan.

How does one earn the title of First Clan I hear you ask? Well that’s a great question my fellow Plagueian! By helping your clan earn the most points, as for how to do that, there are two ways. First is participation in Bins, there will be seperate bins combining similar competitions across the different phases of the war as well as Event Long Bins that will run from the beginning to the end of the war. Participation in at least one competition in a Bin will earn you points, participating in at least one competition in ALL of the Bins will generally earn you bonus points! In addition, any members who achieve maximum participation will be written into the ending fiction.

The second way to earn points for your clan is through placement! While we don’t know the exact system for calculating points for this GJW just yet, putting the effort in and placing in a competition could very well be what separates the First Clan from the rest!

Worried about not placing? DON’T BE!

You may have noticed that a new chat has appeared on Telegram, recently the Plagueian summit met up and decided to create a few “teams”. These teams are meant to be a support structure during the GJW led by two summit members each. This is designed to be a space where you can get feedback, ask for proofing or find clarification on competitions. This is also a place where you can find and give encouragement to your fellow clan-mates as we all do our best to show the rest of the Brotherhood just what it means to be a member of the Ascendant Clan!

If you haven’t heard from you team leaders or seen the telegram chats, please let me know and I will make sure you are included in the conversation! The teams are as follows:

TUQRON - Led by Ronovi and TuQ’uan
Arden Karn di Plagia
Teebu Nyrrire
Furios Morega di Plagia
Azmodius Equesinfernum
Alaris Jinn
Fenrir
TigOlBitties
Lokast Falls
Zuser Whuloc

Taheistor - Led by Tahiri and Aleister
Brimstone
Sarai Andromeda
Taranae Rhode
Locrias
Obsidian
Kodais
Ranarr

TYR Team - Led by Kelly and Julius
Khryso Mallus
Andrelious J. Inahj-Mimosa
Zaraphima
Alexander 32
Silent
Cerk
Callus B’omarr
Blackhawk

Before you go off ready for war, I want to give a little piece of advice on how to approach a GJW. Once the competitions have gone live take a look at them, find one competition in each Bin that you feel confident in and go for it! In order to receive placement credit for a Bin you just need to participate in one of the competitions contained in the Bin, by picking one competition per Bin to focus on you can avoid stretching yourself too thin while increasing your chances of placement. Once you know what competition you want to participate in, prioritize them. I generally start with the fictions, by familiarizing myself with the competition requirements I can begin to piece together the skeletal structure of what my story will become. Generally competitions such as Fictions, Audiobooks or Battle Plans can be the most time consuming so getting an early start on them will allow you to put in the time to ensure that you are telling the story you want to tell and getting an entry in on time (nobody wants to miss the submission deadline)! Another important thing to do early on in the war is look at group based competitions that you are interested in participating in, this allows you to start forming teams for these competitions and allows everyone involved to become familiar with the requirements and to start brainstorming.

Once you have participation in each of the bins, then go crazy and submit to more competitions!!

One last piece of advice I have for everyone is to READ THE COMPETITION RULES CAREFULLY! You don’t want to get disqualified from a puzzle competition for not including the puzzle piece count/having the wrong number of pieces or gaming for not playing the right game mode.

In the end the most important part of a GJW as well as the club as a whole is to have fun! This is really important because it’s why we are here, it’s why we signed up and keep coming back to the Brotherhood.

Helpful Links For The War

• [GJW XIV] Timeline and Dark Council Announcements - The one where Mav breaks down the timeline for the phases of the upcoming GJW.

• Chamber of Justice - Great Jedi War XIV Edition - The one where Bubba breaks down some VERY IMPORTANT rules regarding the upcoming war, make sure to give this a read and familiarize yourself with these rules.

• Rites Of Combat - While this one isn’t a report, it is very important to familiarize yourself with the RoC is they will be strictly enforced during the GJW.

Conclusion

As always, if anyone would like to reach out for any reason, I can be found on [Telegram - Log in to view join link] (if you’re not on Telegram yet, I’d highly recommend it. It’s free and our primary form of communication) and by email with very little delay.

Now go forth my Plagueians and show the rest of the Brotherhood what we are made of!

• TuQ