Introduction

Greetings gamers! With the holiday season upon us there’s a bit of a reset going on in the Fist office. My goal is to bring some new staffers on board and focus the team on 2023. I hope to come out strong starting on new years with some exciting new content.

But first a bit of a clarification…

Guild and Server Policy

Once upon a time, membership in DJB-ran guilds was mandatory if you wanted clusters for SWTOR and you had to play on “official” Jedi Academy servers that were tightly regulated. Well, times have changed. Guild membership hasn’t been mandatory in years and after moving away from the old rules of member vs member pvp to a screenshot-based system there’s really no need to regulate gaming servers like we used to.

Some may feel disappointed that we don’t have “official” guilds or servers anymore but I think the Fist office sticking to a support and facilitation role reflects the more fluid nature of our gaming community. The recent surge of interest in Star Wars Galaxies and the bustling guild in that game happened organically thanks to a few dedicated volunteers. This is how I envision things working going forward.

I’ve updated the wiki with a new Gaming Guild and Server policy to reflect things as they exist now. If you notice any old policies or pages I missed on the wiki please let me know so I can either tag them obsolete or redirect them to the new policy.

• There are no “official” guilds at this time. All in-game guilds are volunteer ran and can register with the Fist staff so we can post them in Brotherhood channels for easy reference.
• There are no restrictions on hosting gaming servers for DB members to use. Well, so long as you aren’t spreading malware or doing something that would violate the Covenant or Rites of Combat
• If the Council determines a need for an “official” guild or server on a particular platform it will be so designated on the wiki documentation and other channels.
• Members can use the Dark Jedi Brotherhood or unit name in their server/guild with some minimal restrictions to ensure you aren’t tarnishing the club or subunit’s name. Basically don’t use your guild/server to do something that would break the Covenant.

The policy can be accessed here.

Now Hiring

With Uji stepping back and Nora reaching the end of her war-extended term on the 1st I have two magistrate positions to hire for. This time I want to try to look for a particular set of skills in each. There will still will be cross-training on the queue and other parts of the office but I wanted to focus hiring on what will be the staff priorities for the upcoming year. These positions will have six-month terms with options to renew. There are no rank requirements and current and former staff are encouraged to apply.

Please email brief applications with any relevant ideas or experience you have to myself and Bentre by 11:59PM EST on November 30th.

Community Events Magistrate

The ultimate goal of the Fist staff is to get more people gaming together and I believe community events are a major part of that. I would like to hire someone to focus on how we can improve our events, generate new types of events and ultimately to equip and encourage members across the club to host them. To be clear, I don’t expect this person to host everything themselves; both myself and the rest of the Fist staff will be behind you.

• Are you comfortable engaging with members from across the club both within our games and on our club channels?
• Are you willing to try new things and explore new games/activities that may be of interest to our members?
• Do you have ideas for community events we could be running or events we should run more?
• Do you have a positive attitude and a willingness to support and cheerlead members who want to try their hand at hosting events?

Multimedia Magistrate

This position is one I really need someone with a particular set of skills, but don’t let that intimidate you. I know we have lots of members with experience producing content streaming, creating video or hosting something like a podcast. If you have those skills or are interested in picking them up and want to help the club then we need you! You don’t have to be the person on the screen/mic but if you have the skills to help others do so then please apply.

The goal of this position is to help me get a framework in place for staff-made content but also to start featuring clips, interviews, etc of our gaming community in action.

• Do you have experience creating video content or streaming?
• Do you have experience hosting a podcast?
• Are you willing to learn the skills to create multimedia content for the Brotherhood?
• Do you have ideas on types of multimedia content that would be of interest to our members?

Closing

When in doubt, apply! We need you!

Until next time gamers!

Rajhin Cindertail aka Turel Fist of the Brotherhood