Hello Everyone! Let’s get right to it! Particularly since there is pre-Game of Thrones finale preparations to undergo!

Panda Praise

Recently, my close associate and Praetor Evant wholly earned his appointment to the Dark Council via Voice of the Brotherhood. Congratulations, Evant; the fictional future of this club is in solid hands.

I have a clear idea of what I want out of my Praetor and did not see myself electing anyone I have not already worked with. Thus, I offered the position to Howlader. Howie has served as P:MAA before and has been doing a bang up job in his ambiguous Special Magistrate role (a position I will not refill). He knows the office and knows no nonsense. Here’s to the future.

Steady…Steady…

There have not been any major announcements out of the Master at Arms office because things have been, by and large, running the course. Our turnaround remains stellar with a few notable exceptions being worked on. Kordath and Landon continue to perform excellently in their capacities as Magistrates. Here’s a short list of small accomplishments that add up:

• We worked with Shadow to update the Sith Lords Wiki pages (of which there were five) and collapse them into a single page. Another example is “Shadow Hand” excited as its own page but has been collapsed into the “Fictional Role” section of “Deputy Grand Master.”
• The hard coded list of names that bounce a new join (you can’t be named Skywalker) was updated and drastically reduced for simplicity. There use to be an old Wiki page with tons of examples never followed. We deleted that and are just watching for hard abuses.
• Crescents upgrade above ten participants, not at ten; the policy wording was updated to reflect this.
• The Clan Title Census is regularly checked for accuracy (such as the addition of Urr a few months back), but leaders are encouraged to take a look and let me know if anyone is missing.

As always, we love being emailed about requests beforehand and are happy to field questions and offer explanations. I try to keep discussions that yield interesting or thoughtful results in my inbox until I can summarize them here for the record. Let’s run through a few:

• Promotions will always be built around recent activity. If I work tirelessly for two years but go Rogue for one, I will not be granted an EQ2 promotion as soon as I return. It is a hard truth that people are sometimes overlooked for recognition, but it is not fair to justify failures in the past with standards set today. A promotion does not have to be entirely earned within the last six months, but when we check a member’s dossier and see nothing since April, we’re skeptical.
• Unit to unit transfer requests typically have a cool down applied, but this is primarily for rage quits. It will always be the member’s prerogative to go where they please. That said, we attempt to hold requests for at least six hours to make sure leaders on both sides are aware. In my opinion, most everything happening can wait six hours.
• On the subject of transfers, remember when changing paths you should first go Rogue, then change paths, then transfer to the appropriate unit. The transfer and path change forms include colorful tool tips with more details. These steps will change when the neutral-favor system is wholly implemented.
• I always link the MAA Wiki Category at the bottom of my reports, but here’s the link again. Check these pages. They receive regular tweaks as we adjust policies and fine tune wording. Many questions can be answered here.

The Good Book

I implemented a GM-style “recc of the month” competition at the beginning of this year to award crescents to recommendations we deem good examples. Each is meant to signify different things: a good Equite walkthrough, a to-the-point Dark Cross, so on. We will collect these on a Wiki page, but for now here is a list of what has been awarded thus far, excluding Halcyon's crescent in my previous report.

We highly encourage leaders to take a look, particularly if you are looking to award a similar medal or promotion, but remember these are examples, not templates. Guidelines, not rules.

• Marick Arcona: Golden Recommendation Award for a great Grand Cross of the Dark Side recommendation written for Invictus.
• Vivackus Kavon di Plagia: Golden Recommendation Award for a great Equite 3 promotion request written for Teylas Ramar.
• Farrin Xies: Golden Recommendation Award for a great Dark Cross recommendation written for Jalen Ramz.
  
• Kenath Zoron: Golden Recommendation Award for a great Dark Jedi Knight promotion request written for Bobecc Varga.

There remain a slew of policy and Wiki page updates currently in the works, but things progress smoothly. Contact me privately if desired or you can reach the entire staff at [Log in to view e-mail addresses] with questions, concerns, complaints, or suggestions.

In non-MAA news, I recently preordered Battlefront for Xbox One (though I will cancel should I purchase a PS4 before December). Message me if you’re looking for Xbox friends — gamer tag is Dexter Pax.

MAA Resources

• MAA Wiki Category
• Promotion Guidelines
• Medal Statistics
• Rank Statistics
• Leadership: Rewards SA Course
• Leadership: Competitions SA Course
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