Hey Tyrants,

Welcome to the latest house Tyranus Report, it’s been a while since my last report and a lot has happened including the entirety of Pro Bowl VII, and coming up soon we have GJW XVI! There is a LOT to cover this month, so let’s get started!

Table of Contents

1. Tyranus News
2. Activity Report
3. Brotherhood News
4. Competitions
5. Final Thoughts

News

House Tyranus News

Last month we participated in the seventh annual Pro Bowl and this year was bigger than EVER before with the entire Brotherhood taking part. Over the course of the 4 week event and 33 total competitions a grand total of 1050 entries were submitted. You can check out the Pro Bowl Results here with a more in depth breakdown of the general results and points for the top 10 overall placements. I am not going to get too far into what’s been covered there but I will say this, the top three placements all came from Plagueis with two of them hailing from right here in Tyranus, I want to give a HUGE shoutout to Alaris for their third place overall placement!

I am really proud of the effort put out by the house for this event, as usually you have blown away my expectations. There were 12 unique participants in house Tyranus meaning that 75% of the house participated in at least one competition during the event. Overall we submitted a whopping 165 total competition entries with an average of 13.75 entries per participant (which is higher than the overall event average!). There were 33 possible competitions to enter and 7 members submitted to 10 or more and 4 members who entered 20 or more competitions. But it wasn’t just quantity over quality, the members of Tyranus combined for an incredible 28 top 3 placements!

These are all a bunch of numbers and stats that boil down into one important fact, y’all KILLED it. Now, this is something that I have come to expect from the members of the house since I returned to leadership but you have shown the entire Brotherhood what it means to be a Tyrant, and that is something each and every one of you should be proud of.

This great way to segue into the next part of my report…

Activity Report:

SHINNIES!!!

Tyrinaria

• Joined Clan Plagueis
• Promoted to Novitiate 3
• 1x Shadow Academy Course Passed

Knight Hevan Slavis

• 2x Shadow Academy Courses Passed
• 3x Crescent with Amethyst Star
• 1x Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 1x Crescent with Topaz Star
• 15x Cluster of Ice
• 107x Cluster of Earth
• 1 Grand Cross Awarded

Livia Mariquita Daffel

• 1x Crescent with Amethyst Star

Seer Eiko

• 1x Crescent with Diamond Star
• 1x Crescent with Amethyst Star
• 1x Crescent with Emerald Star
• 2x Cluster of Ice
• 49x Cluster of Earth

Warlord Khryso Mallus

• 1x Crescent with Diamond Star
• 1x Ruby Scepter

Reaver TuQ’uan Varick di Plagia

• 1x Ruby Scepter
• 6x Crescent with Diamond Star
• 11x Crescent with Ruby Star
• 8x Crescent with Amethyst Star
• 8x Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 8x Crescent with Emerald Star
• 2x Crescent with Topaz Star
• 2x Crescent with Quartz Star
• 313x Cluster of Earth
• 19x Cluster of Ice
• 9x Cluster of Graphite

Warlord Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae

• 1x Crescent with Diamond Star
• 4x Crescent with Ruby Star
• 6x Crescent with Amethyst Star
• 11x Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 4x Crescent with Emerald Star
• 5x Crescent with Topaz Star
• 2x Crescent with Quartz Star
• 10x Cluster of Ice
• 425x Cluster of Earth

Adept Alaris Jinn di Plagia

• 6x Crescent with Diamond Star
• 4x Crescent with Ruby Star
• 2x Crescent with Amethyst Star
• 4x Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 2x Crescent with Topaz Star
• 4x Cluster of Ice
• 141x Cluster of Fire
• 75x Cluster of Earth
• 6x Cluster of Graphite

Brotherhood News

Now, normally this section of the report is just filled with links to reports from across the Brotherhood that I think you should read, and yes you are going to be getting this in a moment, but first I want to talk about what is on the horizon…

WAR!!

That’s right, we are just a few weeks away from Great Jedi War XVI! For those of you who have never participated in a GJW before or for those that just need a refresher, I am going to break things down a little bit for you. A GJW is a Brotherhood wide event that advances the club wide storyline while putting all of the clans into competition against each other as each clan vies for the title of First Clan.

What is the First Clan? That, my friends, is the clan who has earned the most points over the course of the war. How do we become the First Clan? Well we can only do that with your help. There are two ways of earning points during the war, the first is simply participating in competitions. Competitions during the war are broken down into separate bins that contain similar competitions with multiple bins during each phase of the war as well as Event Long Bins that run the entire length of the War. Participation in a bin will earn you points towards victory, to get participation in a bin you simply need to submit a valid entry to one of the comps within it. Participating in all of the bins will generally earn you bonus points!

The second way to earn points for your clan is through placement! Placements will always earn both you and the clan even more points towards victory. Placement is weighted much heavier than it is in an event like the Pro Bowl, that means putting the effort in and placing in a competition could very well be what separates the First Clan from the rest!

The schedule for GJW XVI is currently set for Phase 1 running from August 26th to September 10th followed by a rest week from September 11th to September 15th and Phase 2 beginning on September 16th and the whole thing ending on October 1st .

Before you go off ready for war, I want to give a little piece of advice on how to approach a GJW. Once the competitions have gone live take a look at them, find one competition in each Bin that you feel confident in and go for it! In order to receive placement credit for a Bin you just need to participate in one of the competitions contained in the Bin, by picking one competition per Bin to focus on you can avoid stretching yourself too thin while increasing your chances of placement. Once you know what competitions you want to participate in, prioritize them.

I generally start with the fictions, by familiarizing myself with the competition requirements I can begin to piece together the skeletal structure of what my story will become. Generally competitions such as Fictions, Audiobooks or Battle Plans can be the most time consuming so getting an early start on them will allow you to put in the time to ensure that you are telling the story you want to tell and getting an entry in on time (nobody wants to miss the submission deadline)! Another important thing to do early on in the war is look at group based competitions that you are interested in participating in, this allows you to start forming teams for these competitions and allows everyone involved to become familiar with the requirements and to start brainstorming. Once you have participation in each of the bins, then go crazy and submit to more competitions!!

One last piece of advice I have for everyone is to READ THE COMPETITION RULES CAREFULLY! You don’t want to get disqualified from a puzzle competition for not including the puzzle piece count/having the wrong number of pieces or gaming for not playing the right game mode.

And of course, the most important thing to remember…HAVE FUN! That is why we are all here isn’t it?

• Communications Report #1 - The one where Nora introduces herself as the communications tribune and reveals an ambitious plan that requires your help!
• Upcoming Great Jedi War - Transfer Ban - The one where Howie announces the transfer ban for the upcoming GJW.
• Dark Brotherhood: Customizable Card Game - LAUNCH! - The one where Kamjin announces the launch of a DJB variant of the Star Wars CCG.
• Voice Report #15 - The One Where Preferred Forms Abound - The one where Idris announces some changes to some character sheet skills.
• Exarch Report 08: An Exarch is Never Late - The one where Wally lists some new functions for making it easier to find joinable RPs.

DJB-wide Competitions

• [FIST] Casual Queue Cluster Race - Ends 8/25/23 - Grab a friend, boot up your favourite unsupported game and earn yourself some clusters!
• 4 Weeks Of Random Art - Ends 8/29/23 - Follow the randomly generated prompt and create some art.
• August SWTOR Conquest Series - Ends 8/29/23 - Fire up The Old Republic and be the one to earn the most Conquest Points.
• Don't I Know You? - Return of the Knowening - Ends 8/13/23 - Write an encounter between your character and another member’s character whether it's a chance encounter, deliberate or forced.
• College Football Pick'em - Ends 12/14/23 - Who’s going to win it all? Make your picks for the college football season.
• DJB Fantasy Football League 2023 - Ends 1/4/24 - Can you lead your team to victory? Join us for the 2023 Fantasy Football league!
• 2023 DJB F1 Fantasy - Ends 11/27/23 - Build your team and race across the finish line in the 2023 F1 Fantasy League!

As always, this is just a sample of the competitions available to you right now, you can find more here

Final Thoughts

That was a LOT to cover! TL;DR: Tyranus did a great job during the Pro Bowl and I can’t wait to see y’all keep that momentum rolling right into the GJW!

As always, I have an open door, so if you have any questions or want to chat, feel free to hit me up by email ([Log in to view e-mail addresses]) or on Discord.

Until next time,

TuQ