Welcome to the Band Barmacral!

[el Nynaeve]

Hey Barm, welcome to the Band!! Glad to have you with us. *hands the recruit a line of flaming shots*

 

Brid will probably PM you soon with all the info you'll need and Corki will stop by with his official Spiel, so I suggest taking a load off and getting comfortable. ;D

 

I am currently the Archer's Captain-General, so looking forward to seeing you for your week in the Range. I promise we won't make you dig in the latrines like the Infantry do. :D

[Naeann]

Hey now.. no knocking the infantry. 

 

At any rate... Welcome aboard Barm.

[Barmacral]

Hey... what? I'm in the Band? Damn recruiters, I thought you said voluntary!

 

Don't worry, I'll try to not make you all suffer too much. ;D

[el Nynaeve]

I don't suffer your insanity, I enjoy every minute of it. ;D

[Arrandion]

Welcome to the Band Barmacral!  :)

 

*hands him a guinny*

 

See you at the barracks :D

[Taymist]

Welcome to the Band Barmy lol... have fun in your Recruit weeks.  ;)

 

*hands a brew* No spilling now... and get yourself tied down before the Official Spiel arrives!!

[Mira]

Welcome to the Band Barmacal!

 

No such thing as voluntary here. They tell you what to do, give you what to wear, give you what to eat and tell you what to say.

 

Now drink this and say The Cavalry is the best!

 

*hands Barmacal a glass of Bandy*

[Samuraiflip05]

And when you are done drinking that swill....you can wash the taste out with a few Flaming Shots.  Welcome to the Band Barm.  I will see you when you head into the Archery Range for your RR week.

[Kara_J]

Welcome to the Band Barm.....I think you'll be needing some more Guinny to get rid of the taste of those other drinks!  :D *hands over a pint or three*

 

I'm currently the CG of the Infantry so I'll be looking forward to seeing you in the Barracks *rubs hands eagerly*

[Corki]

mmm...an interesting turn of events! lol! I see everyone is bombarding you with free drinks. Get used to it! And I hope you have followed Tay's advice and tied yourself down...you are going to need it with the Official Spiel on the way!

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome Barmacral! 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!

- 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...

 

*hands Barmacral a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

[BridMorgan]

Barmy!  *faints*  *wakes up*  *sees Barmy and faints again*  *wakes up again*  ;)

 

Welcome to the Best Org Ever Barmy!!!  If you check your in box, you'll find a PM from me telling you what to do next.  I'm Brid, the XO of the Band and that means I'm in charge of Raw Recruits, which is you.  Did you know I love my job?  I get to find all kinds of ways to torture, no that's not it, terrorize, nope wrong word again.  I mean mentor tutor...yeah that's it, new members of the band?  ;)  Now grab a brew or two and get ready for the most fun you'll ever have*.

 

 

*The statements by the XO above have not been proven to show efficacy by the FDA, USDA or the LMNOP.

 

[Barmacral]

*gets blasted backwards by the spiel, manages to save the drink, he's too intoxicated to remember which, without spilling a drop*

 

*chugs said drink, stumbles and falls into Brid, whom seems to have appeared out of nowhere, with it seems less balance than he has*

 

...hic!

[Auld Manriva]

Nice start laddy buck! .. Stumbled and nary a bit spilled. Handy talent to have around these parts..

 

Welcome ta th'Band .. I'm Riva .. least thats what it says on the back of me belt... I think .. well it used to anyway. Was right there in all its hand tooled leathery flowery finery...

[Mystica]

well well well...... What do we have here..... a BarmRecruit? How very interesting.

 

*Slaps him hard on the back* Welcome to the Band, Recruit!!

 

You know me, by name if nothing else at least, but here I am a Blademaster of the Infantry and the Editor in Chief of the Band's newspaper, the Hornsounder. Currently I'm also one of the Infantry's Redarms, so make sure that none of that brew they are all so generously shoving on to you isn't spilled. Though I've noticed you got that part down already. A shame..... Really, a shame. There's nothing that goes above a nice good healthy spotfine in the morning while waiting for your coffee or tea. *nods*

 

And don't you listen to that silly Archer CG. Latrine digging is an age long honored tradition and a service the Infantry ànd the Band can't do without. Unlike 'some' others, who either foul their horses stables or just go wherever they feel like, wé care about our Bander's health and our hygiene. *nods* This will become clear to you once you've met my bonded, Footman.

 

So welcome to the band, Barma. It's a pitty im not an RLO this term *weg*  ;D

[Barmacral]

Y'know, I get this funny feeling that Myst might just have it out for me. And for the life of me, I can't imagine why...