Hello again to all you gamers out there! It’s that time of the month where I recap on things that have happened since my last month’s report, and share some insights on what’s been going on within the gaming side of the club.

At the last week of January Drac announced the Elder Scrolls Test that had ran until the 14th of February. There had been a lot of buzz inquiring ESO for months so Drac took upon himself to run this test himself. Unfortunately the test fell rather short. There were only 11 subscribers and out of the eleven only 6 actually submitted. To be granted support a platform needs at LEAST 20 people showing interest\activity. With that being said ESO was not granted support within the brotherhood.

The beginning of the month Drac released his 27th Report. It has been only one month to really get good numbers yet on the new system, but so far I’m liking the changes. The GMRG Leaderboard is already showing a big difference! There’s new names within the top ten. If your not quite rank X don’t get discouraged! Keep gaming and elevating yourself within the society. If you reach rank X before the quarter ends AND you participated and placed within the FIST GMRG Competitions, you can go from not being on the leaderboard to being top of the leaderboard! So, make sure you are giving your BEST shot at these competitions and participate.

This year will be the first FIST Invitational! I’m excited for this, are you? So far we are thinking the top contenders from the prior quarters GMRG Leaderboard will get an invitation and then couple additional others to represent each clan. Members will go head to head combat against each other on a bracket system. It is in the works and hope you all enjoy. More information will be announced as we progress!

Last thing to recap on is regarding Hearthstone. When we first started to support Hearthstone the default deck to use was “Classic”. It was brought to our attention that “Basic” is a better deck to utilize even for the newest of players. So moving forward if players can not agree on what to use for the match, Basic will be the default. The Hearthstone wiki has been updated to reflect as such. Please read it over and if you have any further questions please feel free do ask.

Stay tuned for next my next report, I'm going to revamp and try to bring more gaming news in general to you!

Gaming News and Updates:

During the Month of January things got shaken up a bit. The platform with the most activity for the month was Battlefront 2! Count Dooku has released as well as new modes released on Geonsis. Check out the Roadmap for more things to come!

Bumping back up to second for activity is Overwatch. At the beginning of January Ana’s Bastet Challenge had started that lasted til Jan 21st. On the 24th the Lunar New Year Event had started and is to end Feb 18th. Released on the PTR is the new map Paris! Check out this video on the sounds they created for the map. I personally haven’t been on the PTR, looking forward to its official release!

Coming up third again in activity was Star Wars: The Old Republic! In December Jedi Under Siege Trailer was released. Beginning of January there were new additions to the Cartel Market. For the month of February there will be New Events going on. Feb 19th - 26th will be DOUBLE Rewards, that’s double rewards, XP and more! So don’t miss out. Check out the SWTOR website for more information.

FIST Gaming Competitions:

• FIST GMRG Competitions - Q1 - Every three weeks there will be new competitions! Remember GMRG rank X and up placement counts towards the leaderboard!

• FIST Last Wish Club First - Form a fire team of six DB Members and take on the the newest and largest raid in Destiny to date! Check out the competition for more information on how to obtain this Pendant of Blood.

Member Created Competitions

Would you like to see a certain type of gaming competition? Feel free to create one, any questions or suggestions please feel free to contact a member of the FIST staff.

• Winter Puzzles Series - New puzzle each week! With bonus puzzle for two days! Will you complete them all?

• Darth Vader Winter Puzzle Series - Each week is a new 100 and 50 piece puzzle!.

Grand Master’s Royal Guard:

Gamers join the ranks of the GMRG! How do you join you ask? Read over the GMRG-History course and pass the exam within the Shadow Academy.

Why should I join? You may ask. Get an opportunity to gain exclusive items, compete on the leaderboard to choose a Dark Council member to protect! (Get their accessory!)

Congratulations to the following for elevating their GMRG rank in the month of December! Hilgrif has just been on FIRE! Last month and this month, watch out! Congrats to Alaris for reaching rank XII!

Elevated to II: Zanothi Nightblade

Elevated to III:

Elevated to IV: Dakor Terrio’k

Elevated to V: Dakor Terrio’k, Aldaric, Zujenia

Elevated to VI: Hilgrif, Dakor Terrio’k

Elevated to VII: Dakor Terrio’k, Hilgrif

Elevated to VIII: Calenhad Mobok’tel

Elevated to IX: Muz Ashen Keibatsu, Calenhad Mobok’tel

Elevated to X:

Elevated to XI: Jael Chi’ra

Elevated to XII: Alaris Jinn

Weekly and Saturday Pendant of Blood Awardees:

Congratulations to the following:

Weekly PoB’s

• 6 - 25 January 19: Furios

• 27 Jan - 1 Feb 19: No Matches Played.

• 3 - 8 February 19: Matches forwarded to following week. Not enough participation

• 3 - 15 February 19: Matches forwarded to following week. Not enough participation.

Saturday PoB’s

• 19 January 19: No Matches Played.

• 26 January 19: No Matches Played.

• 2 February 19: Hilgrif

• 9 February 19: No Matches Played.

• 16 February 19: No Matches Played.

Gaming Information

• Supported Games - List and information on games supported by the brotherhood.

• Rites of Combat - Rules to follow when gaming.

• Fist-O-Matic - Report PvP matches against other DJB members.

• Pendant of Blood - How to obtain six medals within the different gaming platforms.

• Cluster Values - List of the gaming platforms to view cluster values and modifiers.

• Discord - DJB voice server for gaming.

• Telegram - Chat program that is used within the DJB. Click Here to join the Gaming channel or one of your liking. Make sure you follow the rules at all times.

Links for Game Deals & Sales!

• Humble Bumble - Weekly and Monthly deals.

• Steam - Very popular with members, and always has sales.

• Good Old Games - Older Games for decent prices.

• IGN & Reddit - Also has a deals page.

Contact the FIST Staff

Any questions\concerns or ideas please reach out to us. We are here to help.

• Can find us within the DB Gaming group in Telegram listed above.

• [Log in to view e-mail addresses] - Email proposals or questions/concerns anytime.

Closing

That concludes my report for this month! Remember to give those monthly competitions your best shot. Special thank you and shout out to Scudi Ferria for reaching out to us on regards to Hearthstone. Remember we are here for you gamers. If you see something that maybe out of date or incorrect, reach out to us.

I see a lot of you out there trying out the Anthem Demo. Maybe it will keep up and once released have good reviews and keep people's interest.

Until next time! GAME ON!