Tarentum CON Report - 6/10/2010 - Dark Jedi Brotherhood

Tarentum CON Report - 6/10/2010

2010/06/09, 10:00 PM, -

Hello, and welcome to an early release of this week's Consul report. Yes, since I have a lot of important stuff to report on, I am releasing this a day earlier than usual. Rejoice, my gleeful little Tarenti! Now on to the report - complete with more html-coding because I'm actually figuring more of this stuff out.

Theocracy of the Unwilling

Status

Chapter 5 is currently in the works, with Ji, Dralin, and me all contributing one or more pieces of it. Ji will be releasing a report shortly with his section of the chapter, as well as explanations for the happenings of the story in case you're a bit confused or behind. Instead of pasting more fiction into this report and making it obscenely lengthy, I will be e-mailing my piece to Dralin so he can release the chapter in full in his RM:F report and you won't just get fragments of it. And also because I haven't quite started on my part of the chapter, let alone finished it...heh.

In the meantime, Dralin is busy with updating the Clan Tarentum Prospectus so that it is formatted to describe and detail the Yridian Kratocracy. This is our new system of government. For a long time, Tarentum has co-existed with a Yridian-run government mainly because when it started in that manner, it was small and not very powerful. Now that we are a full-blown clan, however, we figured it's time to get a bit darker. You know how in George Orwell's 1984, there were posters of Big Brother everywhere with the slogan "Big Brother is Watching You"? Well, imagine posters everywhere with the Sith King Khyron's symbol on it with the slogan "The King is Yridia - Yridia is King." Not only will the Sith King be more prominent, but the idea of a Kratocracy - which by definition is a tyranny created through force and cunning - will prevail over the system.

As for system expansion as mentioned in the last chapter - that's sort of accurate, but not quite. Tarentum may be becoming more brutal, but it is still a reclusive clan. Ji, Dralin, and I have been outlining a concept involving a more nationalistic approach - meaning, if it's not Yridian, we're not conquering it. But that doesn't mean we can't rampage outside systems and take the goods. Nothing stopping us there, right?

Overall Plans

Chapter 5 is the third-to-last chapter of the Theocracy chronicles. Next will be Chapter 6, then Chapter 7. After that...run-on time. So get pumped. And speaking of run-ons...

Limited ROs and Unofficial ROs

With the recent activity drop in both houses, I feel that perhaps I'm being a bit too stingy with only allowing one official run-on each year. I know run-ons take a lot of work, but the fact of the matter is, Tarenti love run-ons. Hell, people have come to Tarentum because of our run-ons. After some discussion with house and BT leaders, I have decided to allow official limited run-ons within the houses and teams. Limited run-ons are run-ons that take a small number of volunteers who contribute to the story. These volunteers would then earn medals for their efforts. This way, those interested in run-ons can take part and entire units won't become mentally exhausted after the conclusion.

Unofficial run-ons, such as training exercises or personal run-ons, can still be run. In fact, I do have ideas for certain unofficial run-ons in houses. For example, when it comes to the Reckoners' duties, I could possibly assign them a new target every other week, and they'd then write a run-on involving taking down that target. The reason that this would be more of an unofficial run-on idea is because it'd be tricky to ask Korras to hand out shinies every other week. But maybe I can figure something out.

I want to talk to all house leaders and BTLs concerning ideas for house and team assignments. If we can get the clan summit working more intimately with the houses, rather than just ordering them around, we could get some great concepts going. I know that a few people have been exchanging e-mails with me involving the same sort of feedback, so let's start an open forum.

And now it's time for...

Tidbits

Those who have not submitted their OCS battleplans, please do so or you will flunk the OCS. E-mail them to new Fleet Admiral Sith Bloodfyre (congratulations, buddy) and/or High General Sato Tarentae, Ji, me, and your house leaders ASAP.
Arion Aquillarium Sunrider was appointed the new Seneschal of the Brotherhood after Orv Dessrx d'Tana resigned. As a result, applications for the Praetor and Magistrate to the Seneschal are now open. If you think you have what it takes to manage site codings and what-not, e-mail an application to Arion. More information can be found in his latest report on the main website.
Likewise, Voice Halcyon Taldrya is looking for a new Praetor and Magistrate. Submit your applications to him soon. More information can be found in his latest report on the main website.
And likewise Headmaster Taigikori Aybara Dupar is looking for someone to become a Professor of Clan Histories, a new hall in the Shadow Academy. In order to apply, you must be able to grade exams in a timely manner, and you must have passed every clan history exam. Taig wants as unbiased of a professor as possible, so e-mail all applications to him soon. More information can be found in his latest report on the main website.
The following competitions are being run DB-wide and clan-wide:

And that concludes this week's edition of Tidbits.

Biweekly Awesomeness

Greg Pattillo

Sure, flutists are cool, but how about beatboxing flutists? Greg Pattillo is a jazz-influenced flutist who has performed with various musicians from San Francisco and beyond. His token style: Beatboxing on the flute. I'm dead serious, and it is dead awesome. Below are two links to Youtube videos in which Pattillo performs two pieces - the Inspector Gadget theme song and a Super Mario Bros. medley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0 - Inspector Gadget
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfrKqFp0Zg - Super Mario Bros.

Not only are his songs addicting to listen to, but they're also pretty darn impressive. I can't even make a noise on a flute, let alone play it, and this guy can freaking beatbox on it. Now, there is a scattered number of flutists with the same technique, so the style isn't exactly unique; however, out of all those flutists, it's still Greg Pattillo who really stands out for me. If you want to hear more of his music, click on the link below to go to his myspace page. But be sure to go down to his profile posts and mute the salsa tracks some people slapped on his page; that gets really annoying:

http://www.myspace.com/pattillostyle

And that was your medicinal dose of Biweekly Awesomeness.

TL;DR

Chapter Five (third-to-last chapter before run-on) of "Theocracy of the Unwilling" to be released soon; Ji releasing a report with fiction; Dralin to release chapter in full in RM:F report
Clan Tarentum Prospectus being edited; Yridian Kratocracy to be grounded in Tarentum lore
Limited run-ons permitted; unofficial run-ons encouraged; ideas for house and BT assignments pending
Tidbits: Submit OCS battleplans; apply for Professor of Clan Histories; apply for P:SCL and/or M:SCL; apply for P:Voice and/or M:Voice; participate in DB-wide and clan-wide competitions
Biweekly Awesomeness: Greg Pattillo

By the time I write my next Consul report, I will be twenty-one years old. Until then, Tarenti, keep on rockin'.

Dralin Fortea, 10 Jun, 2010 8:10 PM

FIRST.

Also, it's "flautists," not "flutist." :P

General Ronovi Tavisaen, 10 Jun, 2010 10:12 PM

"The choice of "flautist" (from the Italian flautista, from flauto, and adopted due to eighteenth century Italian influence) versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument. "Flutist" is the earlier term in the English language, dating from at least 1603 (the earliest quote cited by the Oxford English Dictionary), while "flautist" is not recorded before 1860, when it was used by Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Marble Faun."

So it's up for debate. My sister plays flute, and she along with others prefer "flutist." :P

Dralin Fortea, 10 Jun, 2010 10:13 PM

Your sister spells it wrong too.

General Ronovi Tavisaen, 10 Jun, 2010 10:15 PM

You just totally ignored the first paragraph, didn't you?

Dralin Fortea, 10 Jun, 2010 10:16 PM

No, I'm merely sticking to my guns. :P

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