Welcome Shan

[Shan an Daishar]

well didnt seem anyone else was gunna make one for me so i thought ide do it myself lol so.......

WELCOME SHAN!!!:D

 

[Mira]

Welcome to the Band Shan! Nothing wrong with welcoming your own self. I do it all the time when I drop in uninvited at parties.

 

*hands him a bottle of Bandy (Official Cavalry Drink and Official Band Welcoming Drink)*

[el Nynaeve]

Sorry about that Shan, a lot of Band members seem to be away or occupied at the moment. :-\

 

Anyway, welcome to the Band!!! I am the current Captain-General of the Archers and look forward to seeing you for your RR week with us. Corki  will stop by at some point with his official spiel, so I suggest having a seat and holding on to your chair. ;D Brid will also PM you at some point with all the details you'll need.

 

*slides Shan a line of flaming shots* Mind your eyebrows with those. :D

[Naeann]

Welcome to the Band, Shan!!

[dragonlover]

welcome to the band shan, im DL the LG of the archers and as nyn said we cant wait until we have u in the range for ur week oftorture training with us, but until then have one of my special flame throwers to drink (id watch my eyebrows with those if i were u ;))

[snin83]

Welcome Shan, I am Snin, the Banner-General of the Archers.  Sorry about the lack of the welcome, usually one of the Senior Staff members does that, but most of them are LOA for some sort of meet or festival thing and are hardly around for the week.  I see that Nyn and DL have welcomed you as well and gave you some great confidence about your training week with us.

 

Looking forward to seeing you around.

[Shan an Daishar]

well you archers seem to be the most on top of things i might not need a week of each section lol thanks for the welcome :D

[Guest Cairos]

Welcome Shan!!!! I'm Cairos and I'm from the Cavs. I'm RLO so you'll see me when you come to the Cavs.

 

*hands him a bandy*

[dragonlover]

yip us archers are great ones for spamming ;D

[Shan an Daishar]

you see it as spamming i see it as more organized and interested lol

[Corki]

Yeah! It's been EuroMeet and quite a few Banders have been there. Myself, I have been struggling with internet access. Anyway, without further a-do, here is the official spiel!

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome Shan! 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 Shan a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

[Shan an Daishar]

LOL no pm's and no email :(

[Taymist]

Welcome to the Band Shan, great to have another wolfie join us. I'm Corki's second in command, and as he mentioned, a few of us have been away at Euromeet (mostly the Infantry members lol) and we just got home tonight. So apologies for the delay.  ;)

 

Enjoy your Recruit weeks and have a brew meantime  :D

 

*hands a brew*

[Mystica]

*Elbows her way through the Archers, pass the MG, huggersnuggletackles the UC and grabs hold of this spanking new Recruit and drags him along to the table down yonder*

 

Hello there Shan!! Sorry I couldn't be here sooner, lad, I been occupied with this Euromeet business. Official stuff where I had to make sure several Banders got drunk and all brewed up IRL, ya' know ;)

 

Let's see....

 

I'm Myst, Blademaster and current Redarm of the Infantry and the Band's Editor in Chief. I'm also DM's most Evil One, which means I get to have the most fun! *winks* I see you still got ya' pants on after the Amazing Spiel, which is a good sign indeed. That 'flag' up there on that pole over there used to be someone's undergarments. Now they work as scarecrow. Though the birds don't seem too impressed.  :-\

 

*Gives the spankling Recruit a Guinny or 5* Here ya' go! Get that in ya' to get some hair on ya' chest and be carefull! Spilling brew in the Band is a big nono! Some nasty Redarm might come along and decide you need a spotfine. (whispers: they're really corrupt, them Redarms are *nods*)

 

I hope you'll find your time in the Band enjoyable, Shan and look forward to seeing you around the Infantry boards.

 

Welcome home, Recruit!

[Arrandion]

Hello and welcome to the band Shan!  ;D

 

See you at the barracks soon!  :)

[BridMorgan]

Welcome to the Band Shan!  Sorry about the delay.  I've been sick for the past week.  Seems everytime I get on a damn plane....anyways, you don't want to know about that.   :P  I'm Brid, XO of the Band and in charge of Raw Recruits.  Makes for a very interesting job.   ;)  I've sent you a PM on what happens next, so go check your inbox.  Now!   ;D

 

And don't forget to sign into Roll Call in the Campfires!

 

*hands a brew or two*  Now go have some fun!

[Corki]

I swear I sent that email. I will resend it anyway. Blame the rubbish internet at the library I have to use at the moment.

[Shan an Daishar]

ok well i finally got both the pm and the e-mail lol *downs all the drinks hes been givin without spilling  a one* stumlbes arround falls and sits *throws up at the mention of barracks*(finally dont live in one of those anymore) thanks all*hic* hope to get to know you all soon

[DeathDealer]

well, Shan, I haven't been at Euromeet, just lazy.  I'm Deathdealer, I'm also Footman, Grim, Mr. Pink, and Footy.  I'm a member of the Infantry, been around for a few years with the Band, so if you have any questions, you can ask me.  I'll most likely have the wrong answer, but I'll make it sound good, none-the-less!!

 

Enjoy the Band!  It's a fun group of folks.  Some of the best you could meet.

 

Oh, and when you get a chance, give the Org game a try, or the Quest in "Fighting with Jak O' the Shadows" (one of the Band's child boards here at DM).  Both are fun roll playing things we have around here, so give them a try!