Give a warm Band-like welcome to dandrius!!!

[Corki]

Firstly, congratulations on joining the Band! Great choice, and we all hope you will have lots of fun and make many new friends!

 

Secondly, there is a lot of information about to come your way! Take your time to read it. No rush.

 

Finally, before the Official Spiel, I'll let some of the other Banders meet and greet you in the traditional Band way!

[dragonlover]

Welcome to the band dandrius!!!  im dragonlover or DL the archer BG, i cant wait until we have u in the range during ur RR week with us, but until then, have a line of the best drink in the whole band *slides dandrius a line of flaming shots (archer drink)*

[Lanthirrhos]

Howdy howdy howdy! ;D Prepare to give it all up for the official speil! ;D :D

 

Welcome to the band 8)

[Katiora]

Welcome to the Band!!! I'm Katiora, one of the Red Arms of the Band, so i'll be watching you to make sure you don't break any laws ;) I hope you have a great time with us and i look forward to getting to know you better during your week with the Cavalry *hands a couple bandys* Best drink in the band besides MG brew ;)

[Mystica]

Hiya Dandrius! Welcome to the world of insanity :)

 

I'm Myst, Infantry Blademaster and Editor in Chief of the Band's newspaper The Hornsounder. Put your feet up, relax and enjoy these 5 Guinnies on top of all the other brew you'll be getting and make sure to hold on to your socks and other clothing that might be blown away by a hurricane. For that is surely what you'll experience once Corki delivers the Amazing Spiel!

 

Looking forward to seeing you in the Barracks and getting to know you!

[Auld Manriva]

Hi I'm Manny an Aries from Mobile A. L. ... I LOVE computers! ...and Hot Tamales!!

 

 

As someone said.... Welcome to the InSaniTEE!!!  And if you think yer ready for the Spiel .. YOU AIN'T !! Buckle yer chinstrap bucko, it's a heckuva ride!

[Taymist]

*chuckles at bro*

 

Welcome Dandrius!! I'm Tay, the Under-Commander (UC) and  second-in-command. Look forward to seeing you at the offsites for your training.  :D

[Arrandion]

Hello and welcome to the Band Dandrius!

 

I'm Arrandion, one of the Infantry Regiment RLO's. Good luck and see you in the barracks!

[Samuraiflip05]

*Sigh*...Alas, you all WARN the recruits about the speil.....but, everyone knows new recruits don't always listen very well.  ::)

 

*Nails Dandrius to the floor*  8)

 

There that should hold you down for the spiel.  Hang in there and I'll see ya when you get to the Archer's Range.  I'm Samurai by the way.....Welcome.  ;)

[Corki]

*chuckles*

 

Looks like you are going nowhere! So it's time for the Official Spiel!

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome dandrius! An email explaining important information about the Band is currently sitting in your inbox! Take a read! Also check your PMs too! ;)

 

Basically, the Band of the Red Hand is the Travel and Music ORG at DM! By signing up for the Band, you have joined the successful Raw Recruit Scheme. By signing up for the off board site, you will be able to experience the whole process to the maximum! The Executive Officer, BridMorgan will assign you to one of the three Regiments (Archers, Cavalry, Infantry) for a week, where you will be given various tasks to perform, hoping that you will get a picture of what time in each Regiment is like. After a week with each Regiment, you will be asked to pick your final choice of a Regiment.

 

While being a Raw Recruit, there is nothing stopping you from earning points like any other Band member. Points lead to promotion within the Band. Below is a list of possible ways to earn points:

 

- writing reviews on places to visit/holidays you have been on

- writing reviews on music albums and gigs

- writing restaurant reviews, which is brand spanking new!

- replying to other people's reviews and asking questions

- composing Jak O' the Shadow verses

- getting articles published in our monthly newspaper, The Hornsounder

- posting in the monthly roll call in the Band's private boards here at DM

- any DM project we may have, which includes our Quote Project (speak to Amavia and Angyl)

- and much much more I cannot think of right now!

 

If you complete your time as a Raw Recruit within 3 to 4 weeks, you will get a special award (called the Raw Recruit Stripe) which you can add to your siggy as well!

 

While being a Raw Recruit, you get 3 free strikes. This enables you to break Band Law 3 times without being punished by the Redarms, the Band's very own police force. If they see any Law breaking, they will either drag you up for a trial or give you a fun spot fine to do (usually 100 lines of something witty). Channeling is a major no-no in the Band. As is spilling Battle Brew, our beloved drink! Once you have used up your 3 strikes, or join the Band's ranks officially, you will face the full force of Band Law like any other Bander does!

 

Of course, we are not all about working 24/7, as we do let our hair down now and then! We are famous for our bar brawls, which happen frequently!Keep an eye out for one! We also like jokes, tales, funny pictures - things that will make us laugh!

 

We also have many games - at DM, which can be found in the stickies, or the Lottery set up in our Dicing with Jak O' the Shadows board, which you will see once you have signed up for the private boards here at DM. There are also several games on the off board site as well! Also, take the lessons to learn our ORG Game, based on the luck of dice! You get the selected weapons of your Regiment, and can fight anyone in the Band! We'll give you a practise fight so you can get your bearing until you are ready to challenge a Bander. Also look out for our festivals of various games using the dice roller and ORG Game. There are many staff members for the Game who will be willing to help you out.

 

Once you have been added to the list for the private boards here, you will also be able to participate in our lottery game, which takes place in the Dicing With Jak O' the Shadows board. It is a lot of fun, and your winnings can buy you various goodies!

 

If you have a Facebook account, search for the group 'DM Band of the Red Hand'. Click to apply. Then PM/email Tay, Brid or I to say you've requested to join, and we'll accept it. I'm using Facebook as another way to communicate with Banders!

 

If I have left anything out (which I expect I have!), do not hesitate to ask questions! Someone will be able to answer them for you!

 

One last thing...

 

*hand dandrius a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

[dandrius]

Thanks all for the warm greating,

 

  As I sit and and pound down all the drinks you all gave me.I can see this is my kind of hang out.I will be happy to share all my travel tales with everyone,but I unfortunatly don't get out of New England to often  :((I work hard and play harder).

 

I will try and follow the law of the Band,but as my Granps used to say "what fun is that?" ;D

 

 

[DeathDealer]

Hey, Dandrius!  I'm Footman.  And while everybody else had all kinds of cool titles, i'd just like to say that I'm not really anybody important.  HOWEVER, we are all important in our own special way here at the Band!!  Dandy, you and me, we's special!!  Don't ever forget that!  Special.

 

Corki, gotta give you props for that Spiel.  It moved me in ways I haven't been moved since... the last time I read the Spiel!!

[Daetirion]

*wanders in too late for the spiel*

 

Ahhh dammit.

 

Anyways, im not going to give Dandrius a warm band-like welcome! Cheek of it! He'll get a full band welcome or nothing at all  ;)

 

And so Welcome to the Band, Dandrius! I'm Daetirion, infantryman and proud of it, and im sure ill be seeing you around the barracks soon enough

 

And untill you get there, have some Guinfantry to tide you over...

 

*slides several tankards full in the general direction of the recruit*