Weekly Questor Reports

Aidan Kincaid

06-02-2005 00:44:02

This thread will hold any and all new QUA reports from yours truly. Now you can see them in email, on djb.com, dinaari site and tal site and now the MBs - yay. Of course, on the MBs you can reply to whatever you want with relative ease. We'll keep that thread for this - spam, randomness and annoyances will of course be deleted.

Aidan Kincaid

07-02-2005 01:22:14

--= House News =--

Well excellent news to start off with. Four out of five of our new Apprentices have already installed and checked out IRC. Nice work you guys. Don’t forget to complete your Character History and Sign up for an MB account. Details can be found on the Dark Jedi Trials. And, as you’ll see below, I plan on using these new message boards for a lot of information stuff. Any time I write something big and long and important in an email I’ll most likely add it to the House MB for archiving and to open it up for you guys to debate over things I’ve said, and offer comments and suggestions. The more feedback I get the better things will be.

The Dark Jedi Trials have been updated. Since I want to improve the quality of our membership I’ve taken out the steps from Protector to Jedi Hunter and changed the format and system for Novice and Acolyte promotions. This new system is geared towards getting new members ready for all aspects of the DB and will help to ensure their success a lot better then the by holding their hand through the first five ranks. If you’re an Apprentice or Novice check it out - http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/promo.php -

Battleteams have been changed. Starting today they will become a training ground for future leaders. Members of the rank of Jedi Hunter will be placed in charge of a 5-member team for the period of 3 months. They will have to fulfill the list of objectives as Sergeants/Commanders and upon successful completion they will earn the rank of Dark Jedi Knight and the use of their lightsaber. For all that information see below under Project Updates.

Early last week Kir sent the House summits the compiled results of that survey he wrote up a while back. For the most part things look good… for me anyways, but I decided to write a reply to all the points mentioned. I sent that a little while back so I hope you all read it. It had a lot of valuable information, especially for those of you who do not know me well or who are new to the House. - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...p?showtopic=249 -
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--= House Competitions =--

Seeing as the Krath RoS is slowly coming to a close, and since I’m sure everyone’s thoroughly sick of fiction for the time being, I’ll be starting a new (easy) competition in the next week or so. No pages and pages of confusing rules and storyline. It’ll be short, simple, and all about the MP. Sorry to all you non-Mpers, but we are still an MP House first and we did just pwn fiction for a month.

Other than that you can be expecting some cool Clan competition in the near future (at least I hope) I guess it’ll depend on the Independent Games, Sith War, and possible Obelisk RoS. There’s just too many DC run competitions.

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--= Other Competitions =--

Krath Rite of Supremacy – Chapter 3
Just 3 events this time around and it is the last chapter. There’s a fiction, a fiction/poem hybrid that’s worth double placing and participation points, and another graphic thing. Get to work everyone, more placings in that fiction/poem event the better. Chapter ends February 18th.

Krath Monthly Topics – Fiction: “It’s a hard life being a…” Poetry: “Coruscant Walkways”

ACC Capture and Deliver – Details: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=R:6867

Tuesday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 1v1 but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Thursday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 2v2+ but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Saturday ICTE – 4pm EST until whenever. Anything goes, sign up via bot and report scores on IRC.
Sunday Bi-Weekly Tournament – All day in #gmrg, you have to have played prior to this to be qualified. Anything goes. Report on djb.org

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--= Project Updates =--

Successfully pimped out my Taldryan Times article, just you wait it’s freaking awesome in my very modest opinion. Kir set the deadline for last Sunday so we should be seeing the release fairly soon. No long wait this time around.

I announced my battle team idea the other day. If you didn’t read my email about it you can also find it posted here - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...p?showtopic=248 -

Recently I’ve started gather all the information on Historical events involving House Dinaari. I’m not sure why exactly… I was just bored and was checking out old QUA reports. I may start a page on the website devoted to all major events in Dinaari. So far I’ve got stuff going back to mid-2003. And it’s all good. So you might see more about that later.

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--= News From Abroad =--

Holy hell there’s a lot of news here this week. Jac, as is his way, just released a buttload of stuff all at once. Let’s see… the latest edition of the Dark Voice has been released with numerous goodies. They’ve added a new weapon medal and added to all the existing general medals to compensate for how many of them get rewarded. The GMRG has been reworked into a new structure. Now instead of being a group of “crappy elite” people, each Council member gets to choose 4 guards for him or herself and earn points, medals, etc based on how their guard does in competitions. I won’t spell it all out here but I actually like the idea (shocking, no?) and I think it will be a really cool thing once other aspects of Rebirth start kicking in. Everyone should check out Jac’s report for full details - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=R:6878 -

Dark Voice - http://dv.darkjedibrotherhood.com/DarkVoice_Vol1_Iss4.html -


RoS has now entered the third and final chapter. Events for it end on the 18th of February. We need to keep up the activity everyone; we can’t have CNS slipping into first place. Just the thought of that could make a guy go limp.

Repeat: There’s now a second Battlefront patch for all those interested. BF has updated the server so you have to update to play. Download here - http://support.lucasarts.com/patches/Battlefront.htm -

Repeat: OMG! Finally, LucasArts releases a PC Demo for Republic Commando. It’s a 400MB download but holy crap is it worth it. That game is going to kick so much ass. If you don’t think your computer can run it – I suggest upgrading soon. Check here for links to d/l sites - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:2636 -

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--= Quaestor’s Corner =--

Nothing much here in this report because I’m pretty sure I exhausted you all with the rest of it. However, I would like to start running more mini-competitions here – if you got any ideas send them on down as I can’t think of anything at the moment. Hopefully I’ll have some kind of epiphany soon.

PS: I think this is my longest report ever.

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--= Important Links =--

DB Site: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/news.asp
Taldryan Website: http://www.taldryan.org/
Dinaari Website: http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/news.php
Dinaari MB: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...hp?showforum=38
Old Reports: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...?Unit=25&Pos=39

Aidan Kincaid

14-02-2005 16:27:57

--= House News =--

Kind of a slow week this time, the Krath RoS is quickly drawing to a close, the DC is doing it’s annual position changing (annual being weekly) and yours truly is thrusting along as always. Of course, the last few days I was disgustingly sick. Just so you know – I have vomiting. Anyways, back to the real report as it contains less vomit.

Well last report I announced I had updated toe Dinaari Promotion Outline and changed it to reflect only the Novice and Acolyte ranks. Well… I’m adding on to it (again) it will soon encompass all the ranks up to Dark Jedi Knight and after that your promotions are beyond me and the amount of time devoted to gaining rank mega-quadruples. Hopefully I’ll have the rest of the ranks outlined by next report.

Kir and Ben released the Taldryan Times late last week. It’s a pwnerific sequel to the first Tal Times and, in my opinion, is actually funnier this time around. My column, written under the name of I.R. Thrustworthy, the Smutbox features the first piece of my first erotic Star Wars novel entitled, “A New Grope”. Definitely check that out and hold on tight for the next part which will be released with the next Tal Times. The story just gets better, trust me. For my story and more - http://www.taldryan.org/taltimes/2/index.html - Check it out.
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--= House Competitions =--

Following the completion of the Krath RoS I will begin my multiplayer competition known to all as the SHAFT – Super Happy Annihilation Fun Time. It’s as simple as Kir and ten times as sexy. I’ll release the actual details soon. And sorry for all you fiction jockeys but the rest of us need some MP time.

To celebrate the very un-Dark Jedi holiday that is Valentine’s Day, I created my Anti-Valentine’s Day competition. You have until the 15th or tomorrow to submit to it.

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--= Other Competitions =--

Sith in Fiction – The SHW wants to complete the history of the Sith Lords. Apparently the first known Sith Lord is Marka Ragnos and he’s the 9th, which means there are 8 others that we know nothing about. Check out the details in his report here - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=R:6917 -

Krath Rite of Supremacy – Chapter 3
Just 3 events this time around and it is the last chapter. There’s a fiction, a fiction/poem hybrid that’s worth double placing and participation points, and another graphic thing. Get to work everyone, more placings in that fiction/poem event the better. Chapter ends February 18th.

Krath Monthly Topics – Fiction: “It’s a hard life being a…” Poetry: “Coruscant Walkways”

ACC Capture and Deliver – Details: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=R:6867

Tuesday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 1v1 but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Thursday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 2v2+ but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Saturday ICTE – 4pm EST until whenever. Anything goes, sign up via bot and report scores on IRC.
Sunday Bi-Weekly Tournament – All day in #gmrg, you have to have played prior to this to be qualified. Anything goes. Report on djb.org

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--= Project Updates =--

As soon as I can get Ben not busy I’m going to add a few pages to the Dinaari site about our history. So far I have uncovered every major House Dinaari event, and most if not all Quaestor and Aedile changes back as far as the Zoraan database destruction. So, early 2001 is how far back the history goes for now. I’ve also uncovered almost all my positions and promotions back to 2001 – it’s really interesting to see what I’ve done in the past 4 years.

Re-working the Dark Jedi Trials as I mentioned before. Expect the re-release sometime late this week as I’ll be pretty much working the next two weeks straight.

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--= News From Abroad =--

Jac finally announced the new Commander of the Guard during Saturday’s meeting. Congratulations out to Jedi Hunter Jasru. He’s been an ambitious lil bastard since he joined and reminds me a lot of myself 4 years ago when I first joined. I’m sure he’ll do a fine job as the new CoG and with the new Guard structure.

Spears has announced that Anshar will be the new Knight Commander of the Brotherhood. I personally have no idea what that means, but it is on the news page…

MAA Corran Force has stepped down from his position after 3+ years. He’s gone and had himself a kid and a real life so the best of luck to him. I believe applications for MAA are being sent to Jac and Mav.

Repeat: RoS has now entered the third and final chapter. Events for it end on the 18th of February. We need to keep up the activity everyone; we can’t have CNS slipping into first place. Just the thought of that could make a guy go limp.

Repeat: There’s now a second Battlefront patch for all those interested. BF has updated the server so you have to update to play. Download here - http://support.lucasarts.com/patches/Battlefront.htm -

Repeat: OMG! Finally, LucasArts releases a PC Demo for Republic Commando. It’s a 400MB download but holy crap is it worth it. That game is going to kick so much ass. If you don’t think your computer can run it – I suggest upgrading soon. Check here for links to d/l sites - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:2636 -

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--= Quaestor’s Corner =--

Go submit for my Anti-VD comp. Apply for MAA if you want. Send Tal Times submissions to the Kir. Check out the Republic Commando demo, and if you can’t run it then upgrade your computer. Submit to the Krath RoS Chapter 3 events before you get booted for being an inactive ho. Go post on the RoS Run-On. It’s dying and needs help.

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--= Important Links =--

DB Site: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/news.asp
Taldryan Website: http://www.taldryan.org/
Dinaari Website: http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/news.php
Dinaari MB: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...hp?showforum=38
Old Reports: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...?Unit=25&Pos=39

Aidan Kincaid

27-02-2005 04:01:22

--= House News =--

Surprise, surprise: We utterly destroyed all competition in the Krath Rite of Supremacy. We doubled, tripled and quadrupled a lot of clan’s total points, which is just amazing. Way to band together for a Krath purpose to keep the Taldryan tradition of ass kicking alive. Huge props to everyone who helped contribute. Medals should be rewarded soon so expect to see a lot of Novas and Seals coming our way. Once again, great work all.

Kir released his second State of the Clan address and it’s a really good read. Everyone should check it out because it has a lot of cool information about where Tal is heading and what we accomplished in this last year. http://www.taldryan.org/address.php You can even compare it to last years with the link for 2004 at the bottom of the page.

Dinaari is absolutely pimping the MP nights. Sunday tournament Taldryan had a total of 182 matches played… like 10 times what any other clan had played and we swept the placings easily. Last weeks ICTE – more uber pwnage as Duga and myself tied for ICTE All-Star. And this week, though the results aren’t out yet – Tal dominated again. I have a feeling Duga and I were once again in a tight race for All-Star.

Lately we’ve also been playing Capture the Flag in JO like crazy. So much fun. If you own the game and can MP you should get on IRC and join us. The best we manage is 3v3 and it’s a lot of fun. We’ll easily have the best CTF teams in any future CTF competitions (hopefully happening in the near future)
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--= House Competitions =--

The SHAFT arrived and people are already rocking out the activity to get the best reward possible. Basically this is an MP Free-For-All. You can play fun matches or matches for other competitions in the DB (yes they must be DB-related) and report your wins to me. Each win gets you a point. Rest of the details can be found here - http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/competitions.php#current5 -

The current standings are:

Chaosrain - 13
Kraval - 12
Duga - 6
Michael – 3

I know a lot of people haven’t reported yet as they’re saving up to report lots of wins at a time. Remember you can email me at any time (have Shaft in the email’s subject) and I’ll add the points to my tally. If you ever want to cash out for a medal let me know or save up until you can get the best.

Ziggy AKA Sithspawn pwned my Un-Valentines Day Competition with a very hilarious, grotesque, made me want to vomit fiction entry. It was awesome. Trazar got second with a funny poem and Locust hit up 3rd place with a freaky image. Congrats guys.

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--= Other Competitions =--

Sith in Fiction – The SHW wants to complete the history of the Sith Lords. Apparently the first known Sith Lord is Marka Ragnos and he’s the 9th, which means there are 8 others that we know nothing about. Check out the details in his report here - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=R:6917 -

CoG Jasru is looking to enhance some aspects of the fictional side of the new Royal Guard. To that end he’s started a competition to create a new Guard crest. Check out the info here - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:2684 -

Krath Monthly Topics – Fiction: “It’s a hard life being a…” Poetry: “Coruscant Walkways”

ACC Capture and Deliver – Details: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=R:6867

Tuesday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 1v1 but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Thursday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 2v2+ but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Saturday ICTE – 4pm EST until whenever. Anything goes, sign up via bot and report scores on IRC.
Sunday Bi-Weekly Tournament – All day in #gmrg, you have to have played prior to this to be qualified. Anything goes. Report on djb.org

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--= Project Updates =--

Sorta forgot about my plans to create some Dinaari history pages but I’ll remember to bug Ben about that when he has the time. We have an excellent heritage being a part of Dinaari and seeing it all outlined on one page is amazing. So look forward to that soon.

Well I said I was working on re-releasing the Dark Jedi Trials and then I got a few new ideas and changed the layout for the whole thing but it’s still the same structure. From now on the requirements for the ranks of Novice to Jedi Hunter can be found in the Promotion Guide page on the Dinaari site - http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/promo.php - That’s basically the same as what I had before except it currently goes to Guardian. I’m working on trying to get something down for Jedi Hunter and improve Guardian a little bit.

Now, as you all know I announced my changed to the battleteams a few weeks ago. Basically, I decided that for Dinaari members to earn the rank of Dark Jedi Knight they had to be given a shot in a leadership position. To me this is almost exactly like a Padawan’s Jedi Trial to earn the rank of Jedi Knight… this is their first mission on their own with real responsibilities. Because of that I’ve written a little fictional part about going from Jedi Hunter to Dark Jedi Knight, which will now be known as the Dark Jedi Trial. I also plan to incorporate a Trial Archive’s section to the site. Basically I want people who earn DJK to write a fictional piece about how they accomplished the feat and then we’ll post the stories up in the Trial’s Archives for future generations to see. And of course, older members who have already passed DJK can write a fiction about how they got it and get it added to the Trial’s Archive as well. I’ll have more info on this once I finish the Dark Jedi Trial page of the site.

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--= News From Abroad =--

Pyralis updated the requirements for Clan and Order powers which you guys can find here - http://gm.darkjedibrotherhood.com/policies/ - He made a lot of good changed with suggestions from Kir… who got a few suggestions from me :P So check that out and expect to see more of the clan/order powers in the future.

Jac needs help naming the DC’s new flagship – If you have any ideas post em on this MB thread - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...p?showtopic=225 -

The Shadow Academy is looking for two new instructors for the ICQ and Meditation courses. Not sure what happened to the old ones but this is copy/pasted from Spears’ news post:

The Shadow Academy is looking for 2 new Instructors, for the ICQ and Meditation exams.

No Rank requirement although you must have passed the exam you wish to Instruct with at least an 85 to be considered for the position. Applications will be taken thru email only so don't message me on IRC about it. Email all applications to SpearsTarentae@gmail.com and Anshar_randomviola@yahoo.com


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--= Quaestor’s Corner =--

I know I missed last weeks report but I completely forgot about it Sunday and then I was tired Monday and decided that I didn’t have enough to report about. In the last two weeks we’ve been dominating the MP, which I think the Krath RoS is partially responsible for. After 3 months of just fiction everyone was more than ready to get back to MP. I love seeing this kind of activity, especially from our newer members. It’s great to see these guys playing JO with us daily and hanging out on IRC.

I know a lot of you have CF’s coming but don’t freak out if you don’t get them right away. The SHW (the guy who rewards them for every MP night but ICTE) is on leave at the moment but he’ll catch up when he gets back. Good work again everyone. Pwning the MP, pwned the RoS, and I know we’ll pwn the next thing that comes along.

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--= Important Links =--

DB Site: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/news.asp
Taldryan Website: http://www.taldryan.org/
Dinaari Website: http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/news.php
Dinaari MB: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...hp?showforum=38
Old Reports: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...?Unit=25&Pos=39
Ektrosis Website: http://ektrosis.taldryan.org/news.php

Aidan Kincaid

07-03-2005 02:37:39

--= House News =--

Republic Commando was finally released earlier this week and man everyone should get it. I’ve owned it since Friday night I think and I already love it. I played through 2 missions or so of the SP before diving into the MP and it’s great. It’s got a bit of a Halo 2 feel, which is basically a good thing plus none of that [Expletive Deleted]ty controller crap holding you back. Can’t wait to see an RC DB server. It’s definitely a way better game than Battlefront. Go check it out!

The Clan rewards for placing in the Krath Rite of Supremacy have been released – as you all should know from the email I sent earlier this week. Aside from getting to choose two artifacts (the summit is in the process of doing this) we also got the following possessions: 3 x Imperial MPDSL + 5 x Tie Crawler See more details about these items here - http://www.krath.org/RoS/RoSAwards.html -

We’re still slaughtering the MP nights. Duga took last Saturdays ICTE All-Star and came out on top of this Sunday’s Tournament. Nice work guys, keep up the utter pwnage of all things MP.

Gotta love CTF. We’ve had a few more games in the last two weeks and some have been 4vs4 which was hell fun. Ben, Nex and myself also did a 5vs3 that was pretty sweet, though the other team needed to learn how to play cooperatively :P

If you got Nex’s email today you’ll see that him and Ben are working on getting a bigger Taldryan Allegiance team. They managed to suck me in today and we spent a few hours playing and learning the basics. It’s a fun game, and it’s free, AND it works well on even 56k connections. Everyone should check that out too… we already have a huge advantage with Ben as a Commander. I hope to be able to force them into writing a good step-by-step guide to getting into Allegiance soon. I know it would’ve helped me if they hadn’t been around.

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--= House Competitions =--

The SHAFT arrived and people are already rocking out the activity to get the best reward possible. Basically this is an MP Free-For-All. You can play fun matches or matches for other competitions in the DB (yes they must be DB-related) and report your wins to me. Each win gets you a point. Rest of the details can be found here - http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/competitions.php#current5 -

The current standings are:

Chaos - 25
Kraval - 45
Duga - 102
Michael - 9
Jive - 4
Kir - 28

As you can see Duga is going insane. He’s already earned himself a Steel Cross and is going for more. The rest are doing fairly well too. A reminder that Team and CTF matches net you more points. If it’s a 2vs2 you get 2 points, 3vs3 you get 3 and so on.

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--= Other Competitions =--

The Greatest Warrior – The SHW is running another fiction-based competition but this one is more on the lighter side. Basically he chooses the “greatest warrior” of each month and it’s our job to write about that persons goofish exploits. He explains it in better detail here - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:2715 - Sounds like fun and the warrior of the month chooses the top three for medals, and receives a DC for taking the jabs.

CoG Jasru is looking to enhance some aspects of the fictional side of the new Royal Guard. To that end he’s started a competition to create a new Guard crest. Check out the info here - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:2684 -

Krath Monthly Topics – Fiction: “A Jedi’s Journey” Submit to Vail ivanrad@beotel.yu in .txt or .doc format. Poetry: “Morning Has Broken” Submit to Alanna lady.alanna@btinternet.com And you may want to check out this for more info on the poetry. - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=R:7028 -

ACC Championship Ladder – Due to Dalthid’s connection issues he’s extending the date for signups to March 7th. If you’re a Seeker or higher in the ACC and want to compete email Dalthid: dalthid@darkjedicrypt.com

Tuesday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 1v1 but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Thursday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 2v2+ but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Saturday ICTE – 4pm EST until whenever. Anything goes, sign up via bot and report scores on IRC.
Sunday Bi-Weekly Tournament – All day in #gmrg, you have to have played prior to this to be qualified. Anything goes. Report on djb.org

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--= Project Updates =--

Still gotta bug Ben to add these new history pages. Will have to do that this week for sure.

Currently I’ve been working on revamping my character from the ground up starting with the fictional retelling of my Dark Jedi Trial – how I earned my lightsaber and Dark Jedi Knight. So far I’ve got a 3-page outline done and just need to start hammering out the details. Aside from that I re-did my ACC character sheet and have been writing down anything that comes to mind when I think about my character. Most thoughts, morals, beliefs are basically my own twisted to a Star Wars purpose. It’s just something to pass the time and has been a fun personal project.

Still coming up with ideas for the rank of Jedi Hunter and Guardian… it’s tough. I think I tapped out most of the forms of activities for the other ranks. Got ideas? Email them to me.

I’ve recently been named Magistrate to the Commander of the Guard, and though I hold little love to any DC position I’ve always liked being a Magistrate or a Praetor. We get the inside info without all the headaches and blame, so that’s pretty cool. Right now I’m working on some Guard comp ideas so those of you in the RG expect some cool things soon.

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--= News From Abroad =--

The position of EMS got canned, but not to worry… Tron got a nice parting gift… He was promoted to the rank of Dark Adept. So congratulations to him.

Jac is currently on a Leave of Absence due to a death in the family. Everyone give him your support, it’s never an easy thing to deal with.

Spears added some extra incentive to Shadow Academy course nuts. He has rewarded certain people with “degrees” in Dark Side lore. I’m not entirely sure how you earn such a degree but if you’re into the SA stuff you might want to ask him.

The SHW is planning on having an Allegiance tournament in the near future. He also plans on promoting it by offering up ships of some kind to the winning Clan. We need to pwn that up too so get into Allegiance.

Republic Commando mini-Vendetta starts next weekend. It’ll be run by OHC Korras this mini-Vendetta will be a tournament going on all the 12th and 13th. Winners will receive Novas. That’s fairly good motivation to get the game right there.

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--= Quaestor’s Corner =--

Been a good couple of weeks activity-wise. Keep up the great work in Mpin guys and go out and buy Republic Commando! It’s worth the money.

That’s all I can think of now… It’s 11:30pm because I just remembered to do a report as I was getting ready for bed. Bleh, work is going to suck tomorrow.

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--= Important Links =--

DB Site: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/news.asp
Taldryan Website: http://www.taldryan.org/
Dinaari Website: http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/news.php
Dinaari MB: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...hp?showforum=38
Old Reports: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...?Unit=25&Pos=39
Ektrosis Website: http://ektrosis.taldryan.org/news.php

Aidan Kincaid

14-03-2005 01:03:07

--= House News =--

Consul Kir got promoted to Dark Adept!! Congratulations to Kir, and a big thanks to everyone I asked to help write up the recommendation. Sorry if I didn’t ask you but I had to do this within a week so I picked the people I saw on IRC the most.

Speaking of Kir, he has announced that he is going to announce a new Proconsul in the next few weeks. Of course he’s making us all wait to find out who it is, so expect that in the next little while.

Still plugging Republic Commando… It’s so much fun. I can’t get enough of the ACP Array Gun (basically a shotgun). Nail a guy in the face at close range and it’s a one hit kill. The ACP Array, the DC-17M blaster and the DC-17M Anti-Armor kick ass and switching between any combo of the three works really well. When you get a certain amount of kills it says you’re a menace to the galaxy, after that it says “let you’re anger guide you” which is the longest killing spree I’ve had. Anyways – if you like guns, you like SW and you like MP – buy Republic Commando.

The Novae and Seals have been dished out for the Krath Rite of Supremacy, you shall hear no more about this from me now. Good work to everyone who helped out and earned themselves a Nova or Seal.

Nex and Ben are still working on creating a Taldryan Allegiance team. I know Ziggy wants a training lesson soon so we’ll probably do that sometime during the week. If you wanna come check it out be around on IRC. If you’re interested but don’t have a clue on how to get started email Benevolent.

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--= House Competitions =--

The SHAFT arrived and people are already rocking out the activity to get the best reward possible. Basically this is an MP Free-For-All. You can play fun matches or matches for other competitions in the DB (yes they must be DB-related) and report your wins to me. Each win gets you a point. Rest of the details can be found here - http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/competitions.php#current5 -

The current standings are:

Chaos - 28
Kraval - 60
Duga – 134 (Has been awarded a Crescent w/Topaz and Quartz star, has a SC coming)
Michael - 10
Jive - 4
Kir – 28
Locust - 3

A lot of participation from these guys. Duga seems to be after every medal I’m rewarding and Kraval is making his way towards that Steel Cross. Keep it up guys. Don’t forget to send me an email with your wins so I can add them to my little notepad file.

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--= Other Competitions =--

The Greatest Warrior – The SHW is running another fiction-based competition but this one is more on the lighter side. Basically he chooses the “greatest warrior” of each month and it’s our job to write about that persons goofish exploits. He explains it in better detail here - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:2715 - Sounds like fun and the warrior of the month chooses the top three for medals, and receives a DC for taking the jabs.

CoG Jasru is looking to enhance some aspects of the fictional side of the new Royal Guard. To that end he’s started a competition to create a new Guard crest. Check out the info here - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:2684 -

Krath Monthly Topics – Fiction: “A Jedi’s Journey” Submit to Vail ivanrad@beotel.yu in .txt or .doc format. Poetry: “Morning Has Broken” Submit to Alanna lady.alanna@btinternet.com And you may want to check out this for more info on the poetry. - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=R:7028 -

ACC Championship Ladder – First Ladder has started. If you signed up and are in this round remember you have a 72-hour posting limit or you’ll forfeit the match. Good luck to everyone who’s ACCing.

Tuesday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 1v1 but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Thursday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 2v2+ but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Saturday ICTE – 4pm EST until whenever. Anything goes, sign up via bot and report scores on IRC.
Sunday Bi-Weekly Tournament – All day in #gmrg, you have to have played prior to this to be qualified. Anything goes. Report on djb.org

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--= Project Updates =--

Completed the Promotion Guide to my satisfaction… finally. It took a long time, but we now have a very straight-forward outline of the ranks from Apprentice to Jedi Hunter, as well as the Dark Jedi Trial for those who wish to prove themselves and earn their lightsabers. Check out – Guide: http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/promo.php Trial: http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/djk_trials.php Any questions, suggestions or comments either email me or post on my MB thread regarding the guides. - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...hp?showtopic=12 -

Still working on a Royal Guard competition. I have the basics down and I think it could be pretty cool if we have some real activity/competitors. But alas, my downfall is usually expecting people to be active.

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--= News From Abroad =--

The Krath High Priestess, who’s going on 2 years in her position, has announced that she’ll be resigning in April due to real lifetime constraints. It’s sad to see Alanna leave the position since she’s done such a great job with it, but on the plus side she is coming back to active status in Taldryan! So, yay Lannie.

Interested in being the KHP? Probably not, but here’s a link to the application requirements anyways - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:2740 - Apps have to be in by March 16th so you may want to hurry.

In SWG news, not sure if anyone cares… but, the DBPA got attacked by some rebel guys, so they gathered a much larger force and went to destroy the rebels base. The people that helped all got Grand Crosses of the Dark Side.

The Jac is back and busy as hell. Though he did manage to mention that he also enjoys RC. He also mentioned the Episode 3 trailer that aired last Thursday night after the OC. It looks very promising and if you haven’t seen it yet, download it ASAP. The amount of amazing saber duels and space battles will make up for any lack of story or continuity in my opinion. It’s also dark as hell. Fits perfectly with the rise of the Sith. May 19, Episode 3 hits theaters.

The SHW is planning on having an Allegiance tournament in the near future. He also plans on promoting it by offering up ships of some kind to the winning Clan. We need to pwn that up too so get into Allegiance.

The Republic Commando Tournament has been pushed back a week due to a lack of server, or the ability to have real dedicated servers yet. They should be working on a patch to address some of the MP server-related issues.

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--= Quaestor’s Corner =--

Just a few reminders here: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...hp?showforum=38 - The Dinaari Message Board is a good place to post your ideas, suggestions and comments and it’s also another place where we can hang out and have conversations, albeit slightly slower ones, but it would still be nice to see some activity there. If you got any ideas on how to pick up the MB activity, email me. Maybe we can make it a competition or something.

http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/news.php - The Dinaari Website has a lot of useful role-playing and DB information. You should be checking it every once and a while to get the latest news, or to find out what competitions are going on, or to get information on promotions, IRC, etc.

http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/irc_guide.php - IRC is the best place to be active and get involved in the DB and Dinaari. Follow that easy step-by-step guide and you’ll be hanging out with us in #Taldryan and #db in no time. If you need help getting online, just let me know and I’ll try to help you.
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--= Important Links =--

DB Site: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/news.asp
Taldryan Website: http://www.taldryan.org/
Dinaari Website: http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/news.php
Dinaari MB: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...hp?showforum=38
Old Reports: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...?Unit=25&Pos=39
Ektrosis Website: http://ektrosis.taldryan.org/news.php

Aidan Kincaid

21-03-2005 05:01:42

--= House News =--

Actually not a lot happening House-wise that I can think of. We’re still dominating MP nights, Kraval and I have been playing RC MP, sometimes even against one another, and we have been collectively bitching on that random idiocy the rest of the DB seems to live by. So, yeah – same old story.

Kir is back from a semi-leave (translation: hellish week of real life) and Sharad seems to have resurfaced. He’s re-starting work on his Taldryan site overhaul and has teamed up with Ben to get it done faster or better or something. Either way it’s good to have them both back.

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--= House Competitions =--

Only 10 days left in the SHAFT. So far Duga has been dominating and now has earned himself a total of 5 medals. Kraval is working his way towards that SC and everyone else is plugging along. March 31 is the deadline everyone. Rest of the details can be found here - http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/competitions.php#current2 -

The current standings are:

Chaos - 28
Kraval - 99
Duga – 187 (Has been awarded a Crescent w/Topaz, Quartz and Sapphire star, has a SC coming and a SoA coming)
Michael - 10
Jive - 4
Kir – 28
Locust - 3

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--= Other Competitions =--

The Greatest Warrior – The SHW is running another fiction-based competition but this one is more on the lighter side. Basically he chooses the “greatest warrior” of each month and it’s our job to write about that persons goofish exploits. He explains it in better detail here - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:2715 - Sounds like fun and the warrior of the month chooses the top three for medals, and receives a DC for taking the jabs. This months warrior is none other than DGM Mav.

Krath Monthly Topics – Fiction: “A Jedi’s Journey” Submit to Vail ivanrad@beotel.yu in .txt or .doc format. Poetry: “Morning Has Broken” Submit to Alanna lady.alanna@btinternet.com And you may want to check out this for more info on the poetry. - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=R:7028 -

ACC Championship Ladder – First Ladder has started. If you signed up and are in this round remember you have a 72-hour posting limit or you’ll forfeit the match. Good luck to everyone who’s ACCing.

The SHW is holding a XWA/XvT Tournament next week. The top 3 placers will each get their own personal craft and the winner will also earn his/her clan a squad of Tie Defenders – some of the most powerful fighter craft in the SW universe. If anyone has the games you should sign up. Signups need to be in by the 25th.

Tuesday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 1v1 but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Thursday MP Night – All day in #gmrg, supposed to be 2v2+ but anything goes really. Report on djb.org
Saturday ICTE – 4pm EST until whenever. Anything goes, sign up via bot and report scores on IRC.
Sunday Bi-Weekly Tournament – All day in #gmrg, you have to have played prior to this to be qualified. Anything goes. Report on djb.org

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--= Project Updates =--

Well, one new project that I can think of. After having a few talks with the SHW I proposed an idea to him about getting a group of people together to develop some new styles of competition for the DB. Something aside from the regular ladders and brackets that get so boring. If you’re interested in helping me out email me!

Other than that I haven’t really been working on any new projects. Just been in a slump lately it seems. But not to worry, I’ve probably just hit my creative peak.

I submitted my rough outline of an RG competition but I’m getting a lot of resistance from a lot of different people. Suffice it to say, some people don’t want to try anything different and others don’t agree that the RG should be running that many inter-competitions anyways as the RG is supposed to be about rewarding active members for the work they already do – not making them do extra work for rewards. It’s annoying but I expect annoyance from the DC, I’ve based most of my career off that fact.

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--= News From Abroad =--

Some very loserish people in the DB that are the “big shots” of the DBPA seem to think anything done in-game entitles them to huge rewards in the DB. I figure they already get stuff in-game, we don’t need to be rewarding them twice – but hey, that’s probably just me.

The MAA returned from a week’s absence due to the flu. Kaek has been filling in so we didn’t notice much of a change.

Republic Commando tournament has been postponed indefinitely until Lucas Arts releases a patch. Some of you may be pissed off but I’m the one who demanded it be done. Without a patch we can’t even really have dedicated servers, the whole thing would have been one big suckfest and those few people who could connect to one another would have earned a bunch of novas.

The Dark Voice was released. Check it out - http://dv.darkjedibrotherhood.com/DarkVoice_Vol1_Iss5.html - I had to write the Clan Taldryan bit, which really sucked… damn Kir and being busy in real life.

Epilogue to the Krath Rite of Supremacy was recently released. www.krath.org/RoS/Epilogue.php - they seem to be setting up the next major competition. Personally, I’m sick of hearing about Trev and Aranias ego-trips, and making that the basis for the last GJW, RoS and whatever the hell is happening in the future is just [Expletive Deleted F-word]ing annoying.

-----------------------------

--= Quaestor’s Corner =--

Nothing new from the corner. Been bored so I’ve started playing KOTOR 2 again. I’ll re-post what I posted last week as I’d like to see everyone using these things more.

Just a few reminders here: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...hp?showforum=38 - The Dinaari Message Board is a good place to post your ideas, suggestions and comments and it’s also another place where we can hang out and have conversations, albeit slightly slower ones, but it would still be nice to see some activity there. If you got any ideas on how to pick up the MB activity, email me. Maybe we can make it a competition or something.

http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/news.php - The Dinaari Website has a lot of useful role-playing and DB information. You should be checking it every once and a while to get the latest news, or to find out what competitions are going on, or to get information on promotions, IRC, etc.

http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/irc_guide.php - IRC is the best place to be active and get involved in the DB and Dinaari. Follow that easy step-by-step guide and you’ll be hanging out with us in #Taldryan and #db in no time. If you need help getting online, just let me know and I’ll try to help you.
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--= Important Links =--

DB Site: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/news.asp
Taldryan Website: http://www.taldryan.org/
Dinaari Website: http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/news.php
Dinaari MB: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...hp?showforum=38
Old Reports: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/...?Unit=25&Pos=39
Ektrosis Website: http://ektrosis.taldryan.org/news.php

BenevolentWhiner

28-03-2005 00:54:41

Dinaari Quaestor Report
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So...look at this, I'm in charge now. I'm going to be making drastic changes around here. For example, I've decided to put limits on Shadow's "Naked Days ending in Y". There's a few of you the rest of us don't want to see nude...so, instead of participating in the usual activities you will spend time by yourself locked in a small, dark room. Trust me, it's better for us all. In other news, we're still dominating those Sunday tourney's, something I'm very happy to see. Speaking of...the rules were changed to encourage more team playing. That means all those pickup CTF matches we keep having (usually organized on IRC if you're interested, big matches are always fun) are worth extra points/medals. Always fun. The SHW is holding a XvT/XWA Bracket Tournament, and it looks like Demos is the only one from Tal. The RC thing is pushed back again, and I'm kinda beginning to lose hope there. There's talk of some non-SW mmorpg group (Games like that don't hold my interest for long enough, sorry) and there's random geekyness related to the upcoming SW movie on the DB page. Otherwise, I just have to say, after a week of coldness and snow, a nice warm start to spring break is always nice.

Competitions/Activity
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******
Competition Site:
http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php
******

SHAFT - Send your MP wins to Shad for shinys (You've got until the end of the month)

(Weekly Multiplayer Things)
1v1 Night - Tuesdays in #GMRG
Team (2v2 or more) Night - Thursday in #GMRG
"The ICTE" - Saturday in #outerrim
Bi-Weekly MP Tournament - Every second Sunday in #GMRG

Joins/Parts
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Jir left to Rogues
Pyralis joined

Awards, etc.
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Trazar - 2 CFs
Michael - Cr-Q, 6 CFs
Kraval - Cr-E, Cr-T, 55 CFs
Fire-Knight - 5 CFs
Duga - Cr-E, Cr-T, Cr-S, 72 CFs
Locust - 9 CFs
Pyralis - SB, 12 CFs

Closing
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2 days left for AED apps, and look forward to another Taldryan Times article soon. Hmm...maybe I should change the format around a little bit...

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OP Benevolent Taldrya Whiner (Obelisk)/QUA/Dinaari of Taldryan
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BenevolentWhiner

04-04-2005 00:16:32

Dinaari Quaestor Report
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Not much to say here...read news pages and stuff. Read the announcement below too :P

Importantish Announcement
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So I finally got through all the applications for AED. Then I sent in the request to get that person moved up. Of course, little did I know that needed to be approved by DC-types. Which means red tape and the like. All while this is happening, I completly forgot to tell the person he got it until yesterday when someone asked what was going on with that. I resigned myself to just announcing it in my report, approval or not, but then Kir comes by and pulls a Kir and get's it updated. I suspect he does a little more than the usual Praetor duties for Mav...anyway, long story short, congrats to Fire-Knight for beating out the other apps (and trust me, that was a feat. There was a *very* close second) and becoming the next wacky Dinaari AED. In his place, I placed Kraval as our next JH-SGT-promo guinea pig (http://dinaari.taldryan.org/djk_trials.php). Oh, and our beloved ex-PCON ex-AED ToBeAnnounced (TBA for short)? I don't really care about him , sorry.

Competitions/Activity
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******
Competition Site:
http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php
******

FK is hosting a Bi-Monthly Cr-E Comp
Send to him (CC: me) the results of any MP match (that you win) for points towards a Cr-E

(Weekly Multiplayer Things)
1v1 Night - Tuesdays in #GMRG
Team (2v2 or more) Night - Thursday in #GMRG
"The ICTE" - Saturday in #outerrim
Bi-Weekly MP Tournament - Every second Sunday in #GMRG

Joins/Parts
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Sharden Rhayze joined
Myishka joined
Drizzt joined

Awards, etc.
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Trazar - 1 CF
Michael - 7 CFs
Kraval - 51 CFs, Cr-T, StA, Promo to JH
Fire-Knight - 12 CFs
Duga - 39 CFs, Cr-E, CR-Q, SC, StA
Swipes - DC
Pyralis - 4 CFs, Cr-Q
Shar - 3 CFs

Closing
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Oh how I hate that "move your clocks ahead" thing...

BenevolentWhiner

16-04-2005 18:10:47

Dinaari QUA Report
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So I've decided to switch up the report style a little bit. I'll let the other people around here take care of medals and the like. Besides, it allows more room for "fun" rantings about nonsense.

News
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- The DB celebrated it's two year independence with a new Dark Voice with a "sexified Jac-type layout". The articles are nothing compaired to our own Tal Times, but I will concede that it is mildly "sexy" (http://dv.darkjedibrotherhood.com/). With the DV comes Seals of Loyalty for hard working people. Congrats to everyone who got them. As well, the dreaded Independence Games are starting up again, and this time we'll be competing against the RS. And stuff...

- If you care, Jac put up a third poll for the flagship name. As far as I can tell, Yacks demands everyone vote for "Illusion", but if we vote for Autarch the Sith command ship thing gets changed to the "H.M.S. Goat is Dumb". Tough choice...

- Kir announced in his report that awards and other "good" things will be given out in his 100th CON report. In other words, start sucking up now...

Competitions and Activity
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http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php

- FK's Weekly Cr-E : Best MPer every two weeks
- Duga's CTF Comp: Starts Tomorrow, email him the scores of any CTF match
- (Dark Fire) Battle Team Bash starts on the 18th

Various Things
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- A few people may have noticed the JO Server Status thingy that I was messing around with on the Dinaari site a while back doesn't really work anymore. I haven't really had time or the interest to play around with it again. So, what do you guys think? Should I try and fix it (and I'm not promising anything, I half suspect it's something funny with the server itself) or just nuke it? Your opinion matters!

- I'm still offering to help anyone wanting to get involved with Allegiance type things. Send me an email or catch me on IRC so we can set something up.

Offtopic Ending
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So I went with my Grandpa for breakfast today, and I forgot my glasses. This basically means I couldn't read without squinting and leaning up real close to the menu. Some lady walks by and gets angry at "my insolence. I should have more respect for the aged." I guess she didn't like the fact that both of us were up real close to the menu looking at the words.

BenevolentWhiner

16-05-2005 00:15:11

Dinaari QUA Report
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Sorry I haven't done a report in a while, I got busy with various school-related things. Namely those damn AP tests.

News
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- There's a bunch of stuff to read about Project: Rebirth (updated DB site + other RP things). http://gm.darkjedibrotherhood.com/awakening.html

- Episode III is apparently supposed to be better than the last two, there's info on the DB site about that.

- Go vote for the DB flagship name. A good name. Don't you dare vote for the crappy ones.

- Shar's taking over the Royal Guard, good luck to him with making it work.

- Kir and Shad are back being active again and emailing things out to everyone.


Competitions and Activity
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http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php

- Independence Games are coming up soon. It's a pretty non-serious competition, a good place point for you new people to try a large DB comp.

- Kir's got trivia in his report.

Various Things
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- Kir wants the next Tal Times out very soon...always an enjoyable read.

- Another wildly popular Paint report soon. Haven't decided yet.

End
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I feel somewhat dirty right now. Corrupted even. I've said many times that I don't enjoy mmorpgs, mostly because of the annoying zombie-like addicts and the monthly fees. In what was likely a moment of weakness I went and picked up Guild Wars. On the bright side, I can just stay out of towns and stuff and not ever have to deal with the other people. That and I won't have to pay monthly fees. So you can all mock me now.

BenevolentWhiner

06-06-2005 00:10:56

Dinaari QUA Report
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News
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- Korras is taking signups for the bracket tournaments for JO and JA until tomorrow (Monday the 6th)

- JA server had the JA+ mod put on it for duel reseting and stuff.

Competitions and Activity
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http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php

- What's Your Story Competition (A character history in the form of a biography. Winners get Crescents, and every entry could be used for future cool-ness) Submit to Ziggy, deadline extended to the 11th.

- The Emperor's New Clothes (Funny pictures of Palpatine) Submit to Dalthid by the 11th.

- The Independace Games are still going on (www.independancegames.net) until the 26th.

- And of course, the usual multiplayer nights...


Various Things
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- As much as I hate writing fiction myself, I would really recommend submitting to the "What's Your Story" comp. Mostly because it would be cool to have real fictional histories around.

- I suspect Kir is still accepting nominations for this year's Tally Awards. Go fill his mailbox with messages about them.

End
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I think the Detpack in JO has to be the funniest weapon to kill people with...

BenevolentWhiner

18-06-2005 23:23:25

Dinaari QUA Report
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News
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- Pending DC approval and all that junk, I've selected our next AED. You all know and love him...big congrats to Duga!

- Second round for the JO/JA Bracket Tourneys should be posted whenever Korras has the time to do that

- Massive DB-wide AWOL check going on, logon to the DB site (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/login.asp) if you want to stick around, otherwise, don't... (nice little copy/paste from IRC there)


Competitions and Activity
---------
http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php

- The Independance Games are still going on (www.independancegames.net) until the 26th.

- And of course, the usual multiplayer nights...


Various Things
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- If you haven't been able to come visit us on IRC, you should. Theres all kinds or interesting stories to be told. Kraval getting kicked out of Barnes and Noble, the proper method to "suck up", and boiling the ocean around Florida. And that's only roughly 15 minutes worth. (Disclaimer: Signing on for 10 minutes isn't enough. We can't always be funny. Be prepared to idle around for hours until something funny happens)


End
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Tests are done for me on Wednesday. Afterwards, I'll be enjoying life and stuff...ah, who am I kidding. I'll just be around here more.

BenevolentWhiner

02-07-2005 11:28:42

Dinaari QUA Report
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News
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Hmm, let's see here...All you JH and under people might be interested in the Run-On on the message boards (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1168">http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/foru ... topic=1168). The IGs are coming to a close, with most of the events scored. Anyone who participated in the IGs was supposed to email me telling me so. If you missed it, no big deal. You just look lazier than me. Voting for the (roughly annual...kinda) Tallys has started. Login to the Tal site (http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php

- Anyone interested in a team mulitplayer competition should email me (benevolentwhiner@shaw.ca), CCing Duga (JAlford3@nc.rr.com) with the platforms they are interested in playing (ACC/JO/JA).

- Duga's Bryar Madness (BM) competition: Take screenshots of bryar-only matches and send them to Duga

- And of course, the usual multiplayer nights...


Various Things
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I'm really hoping this team competition will go as planned. I think it could be really fun for all those involved.


End
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I wholeheartedly recommend making fun of random people who message you on IRC for no good reason. It's always fun to mess with the minds of the crazies.

BenevolentWhiner

17-07-2005 18:36:17

Dinaari QUA Report
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News
---------
So I've given up on the Linked Soul Tournament...there simply wasn't enough interest. Next up, the DB-wide AWOL has ended with 1706 JH and under members outright deleted, and 243 DJK and above members set invisible and inactive. Hurray for getting rid of people, especially people I don't know about. More Rebirth-esque stuff was talked about...namely the saber guide and preview of the new robe designs. The robes look cool, the lightsaber guide strikes me as more of an in-depth rpg type thing. I suppose it's part of my job as one of the local addicts to remind everyone about Allegiance. Links and all that are available on the main page and on the forums. To recap things said about it...free flight-sim/rts, works with joystick or mouse, and is playable on 56k (of course, the download may kill you). THere's slow development on a SW mod, but I don't think it'll be done real soon or anything. Lastly on my list of things I feel are important...the last round of the Tallys has begun. Login to the Tal site (do I really need to give you a link for that? --> http://www.taldryan.org) and vote if you haven't already.


Competitions and Activity
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http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php

- Kir's Quick and Easy Caption Competition: Think up the funniest caption for the picture on the message board post (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1288) and post it. Ends on the 20th

- The BM Comp (Bryar Madness): Play any DB member a good old fashioned bryars game? Send the scores to Duga for a chance to win fourth level crescents. Ends August 13th.


Various Things
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Gotta get my comic for the next Tal Times done. See anything utterly ridiculous around the DB? Fwd it on to me if you could. If it's good, I'll claim your ideas for myself and use the joke that is my MS Paint drawings to butcher it. Seeing as I have some more time in the summer, I may do another Paint report soon too.

I've been playing around with an idea for the Codex/Tal Site. No one knows what it is...in fact I don't even really know myself. The only thing I will say right now is that it'll likely involve some PHP work. (IE...I'll do multiple things wrong on the first try, and it'll crash and burn. But such is life)

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I'll be busy relaxing tomorrow. In fact, I've decided nothing is allowed to go wrong tomorrow. If any of you break anything tomorrow, I'll put the offender in with Shad for the day. I'm warning you, his office seems to always be "too warm", things might get out of hand.

BenevolentWhiner

01-08-2005 22:43:55

Dinaari QUA Report
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News
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First off, everyone should have recieved an email about the AWOL check, and I expect everyone to reply to it. I mean, it only takes two seconds to send me and Duga a quick "Hi, I'm still alive" note. For you "new" people who don't know what an AWOL check is...the basic idea is you reply or you go away. Nice and simple. Kir's going away for most of the week, so bug Shadow with your important problems. As for DB-wide news, Khobai gets CoG, Chi-Long quits and Jac posted a rebirth update with pictures and everything. People have put a ton of effort in getting this done on time, and what has been shown so far looks real nice.

Competitions and Activity
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http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php

- Kir's Quick and Easy Mad Lib: (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1396) Fill in the nouns, verbs, adjecitves, etc and once the actual mad lib is posted the funniest three win.

- The BM Comp (Bryar Madness): Play any DB member a good old fashioned bryars game? Send the scores to Duga for a chance to win fourth level crescents. Ends August 13th.


Various Things
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If you have had any passing interest in Allegiance whatsoever, I suggest you come around on Saturdays and join in one of the matches that DB members play almost all day. As a bonus, they'll help you prepare for that upcoming Allegiance tourney. The next Tal Times is coming up soon too. It's everyone's favourite local "trustworthy" news source!

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Once this whole Rebirth thing is done I'll be one step closer to a yacht with fuzzy dice and gold racing stripes...

BenevolentWhiner

29-08-2005 21:18:42

Dinaari QUA Report
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News
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Hmm...lets see here. There's been some shuffling around with leadership in other clans, but I don't really care what happens over there. Apparently there are "Elite" CFs now. Who else thinks somebody tried to name it "1337 CF" or something along those lines? On a more interesting note, there was a good showing of Dinaari people at the ICTE. Well done everyone who participated.

Competitions and Activity
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http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php

Clan Run On - http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/i...?showtopic=1529

Obelisk RoS starts on the Sept. 1st (hopefully). I want lots of effort put into this...

Jac's Theme Song: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/...s.asp?ID=N:3158 (Write Jac a theme song involving buffalo hunting)

Various Things
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If you read Shadow's report, he said I was working on a thingamabob to put character histories (not the ones on the dossiers...real "story" type things) on the site. The idea is similer to Kir's history on the main Tal site (http://www.taldryan.org/con_history.php">http://www.taldryan.org/con_history.php). The actual coding part is done (it actually didn't take very long), but it lacks the actual histories. All that's there right now is Kir's, plus some of the entries to that "What's Your Story" competition. So, go visit it (

BenevolentWhiner

13-11-2005 22:52:30

Dinaari QUA Report
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News
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Hmm...haven't done this in a while...

Welcome one and all to an old fashioned "Benny-report". Lots of things happened since my last report. I think...it's mostly a blur. Anyway, on to new business. There is (was) an Allegiance tourney this weekend with B-Wings and AT-STs for the clan up for grabs. If you're just hearing about it now, you basically missed out on playing. Battlefront 2 was recently released, and apparently it's better than the first one. I've only played the XBox demo from the Episode 3 DVD, but it seems interesting enough. Personally I think I'd like Empire at War better. In clan news Shad's looking for any of you fiction-y types interested in helping with the clan's "current fictional story".


Competitions and Activity
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http://dinaari.taldryan.org/competitions.php

The usual Tuesday/Thursday gaming nights are still on of course. Managed by our very own CMDR Jaysen, stop by on IRC and pick of a few clusters of fire for your efforts.

The ICTE allows you to earn medals for playing people from other clubs. It's a good chance to play people you normally wouldn't. There's even a match bot in case you don't really want to bother with the whole "taking to the other people" thing. #outerrim on Saturdays.

"In the Aftermath..." and "Dinaari in Action!" both close Tuesday. One is writing about what happens after the RoS, the other is a graphic of "Dinaarians in action". Crescents are up for grabs.

Various Things
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So I haven't been awarding the Dominus Sicarius thing in a while. It'll probably just be the most active member at the end of this month. Get to it people! A cool shiny bryar pistol with the Dinaari Logo is given to the winner. Details on the Dinaari site. (http://dinaari.taldryan.org/dominus.php)

I'm still accepting member history things for addition to the Taldryan Codex. There's only 5 so far (technically I have one started, but it's hidden from normal viewing pleasure). This is just something extra in case you want to do some more fiction-type things. (http://www.taldryan.org/tal_codex/member_history/history.php)

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That wasn't so hard...

Duga Taldrya Arkarso

12-12-2005 19:10:16

Dinaari Quaestor Report #1 - By Duga Arkarso


-|| House News & Beyond! ||-

Welcome to the first QUA report by me, Duga. =P That's right, I'm still here. I hope to be here for a long time. I want to work with everyone to make a great House so let me know about anything you want to see happen in Dinaari.

Departure
Jaysen has transferred out to House Satal Keto of Plagueis to take up the spot of Quaestor there. I'd like to thank him for all his work as BTL here in Dinaari and for being such a great member since he joined. From the very beginning, Jaysen showed a great deal of promise and within a short time he was one of us. Wherever you go in the Dark Brotherhood Jaysen, you can still find a home in Dinaari and Taldryan. Even though he left, I'm awarding Jaysen the honor of being Dominus Sicarius. He deserves it. Good luck in the building of Plagueis. (http://dinaari.taldryan.org/dominus.php)

Dark Fire Brigade
Michael Arkarso was recently promoted to Jedi Hunter. In accordance with our policies and Jaysen leaving, the BTL spot is open. Ideally it is for newly appointed JHs that are looking to advance and leading the battleteam gives them that plus a promotion for a job well done. Michael is willing to take the spot and so Kraval and I have decided to give it to him. Congrats on the new position! BT people, look for him to email you at some point soon. Taldryan may be changing policies on battleteams in the near future so we could even see another BTL spot eventually, just to give you guys a heads up on that.

Taldyran Histories
I want to see more members of Dinaari getting an actual history of their characters together. This applies to me as well, I will be working on that. Ben has a history section setup in the Taldryan Codex for this very thing so get one done and set that up. (http://www.taldryan.org/tal_codex/member_history/history.php)

New Competition
I'll start a new JO/JA competition in the next day or so. Sorry about the delay in that. I'll email everyone when that starts. It'll probably be open to the entire Clan just to bring more competition in and bring the Clan more unity in our gaming.

Clan Taldryan News --> http://www.taldryan.org
DB News --> http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/news.asp


-|| The Competitions! ||-

DB Wide Events:

The KHP's holiday bash!
Several events in one competition here that you can participate in. Check them out. A good way to possibly grab some third level crescents.
(http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1422)
Submit to DA Telona Murrage

Realities
(http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1303)
Submit to DJM Arania Lawakiro Palpatine

ACC
The Antei Combat Centre is always open to those that are members of the ACC and those that are looking to join. Check them out. Good luck in your battles!
(http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/acc/)

Make SURE to email submission for DB-wide events to myself, QUA Duga Arkarso, and AED Kraval Novir so we know what you have done and can give you credit for it. That goes for when you complete ACC Battles as well. Let us know!

Clan Events:

The Santa Slayer
This is a fun competition for the holidays that CON Shadow Taldrya is running. It involves writing, but it's fun writing! Check it out.
(http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1420)
Submit to CON Shadow Taldrya, QUA Duga Arkarso, and AED Kraval Novir

Tal Trivia
Kraval will be taking up the Trivia events for Taldryan now that Jaysen has transferred out. Look for information on that from him in his next report.
(http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1226)

House Events:

Quartz for Dinaari
One more left. Look in my reports this month for it!
(http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/competitions.php)
Submit to QUA Duga Arkarso

Ye old english
A report competition that Kraval started up and will appear in his AED reports. You can win Quatz for this as well so look for that in his reports!
(http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1419)
Submit to AED Kraval Novir

Weekly Multiplayer Events:

1v1 Night, but anything goes really - Tuesdays in #GMRG
Team Night, but anything goes really - Thursdays in #GMRG
Interclub Training Event (ICTE) - Saturdays in #outerrim
Bi-Weekly MP Tournament - Every other Sunday in #GMRG

ICTE Website: Check for Updates on who is hosting each Saturday and the times of the event. Rules and other information is up as well. (http://www.icte.starwarsalliance.com)

Sunday Tourney: Qualify by playing in at least one other gaming event listed above over the past two weeks before a Sunday Tournament. Play in the ICTE today to qualify if you didn't already.

Dinaari Competitions Page:
http://www.taldryan.org/dinaari/competitions.php
DB Competitions Page:
http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/competitions.asp


-|| Do we have a pulse?! ||-

Yes, this is the part where I see if we are active and what not. Right now I'd say we are decently active for this time of the year. Christmas is almost here, exams for those in school, more stressing work for those working, and stress for whoever else. I'm not going to get tough on activity this month. This is the time that we need to focus on real life more. We need to focus on helping others and do the best possible on what we have to do before the year ends. I'm glad to have many doing DB things. I look forward to greater activity to come.


-|| Quatz for Dinaari - FINAL ||-

The last Quartz for Dinaari is here. Three questions to answer this time. Email just me with the answers, DO NOT reply to the entired mailing list. First two to get them correct get the crescents.

1) Which Taldryan member likes to bend people over tables and has a bunny on his Warbanner?
2) What rank does a DB member need to be to have a lightsaber on their dossier?
3) Which of the six Star Wars movies is obviously the best ever? (Of course this is opinion, but I think I know where the majority stands on this one.. or where they should stand at least. =P)


-|| And in the End.. ||-

And that ends my first report as Quaestor of Dinaari. Hope it wasn't too bad for you. I'm going to try and give you all the critical information you need about the House and what you can do here and throughout the Dark Brotherhood. We are going to be working on the reporting system in Taldryan to give you the best information without overlapping too much.

I'm currently having some problems with my provider in trying to get to the Taldryan and Dinaari websites. I hope to have that fixed sooner rather than later. That shouldn't stop me from doing all I need to do though. I'll be at my brothers some this week so I'll update what needs to be updated when I'm there.

If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions just email me. If you have any competition ideas, let me know and we'll look into them. The House and Clan Summits are here to serve you.

Enjoy life. Stay Safe, Stay Alive.

~Obelisk Prelate Duga Arkarso
Quaestor: House Dinaari of Taldryan