Welcome to the Band Rellak!!!!

[Direwolf Jon]

Welcome to the Band Rellak!! This is the best Org on DM!  We're happy to see you here joining our ranks! I'm DJ, the Executive Officer, and I'm in charge of helping our new members (who we call Raw Recruits) get a foot in the door and get comfortable.  If you have any questions at all feel free to PM me about anything.  I hope you enjoy your time here with the Band and be ready as the rest of the Band will be showing up shortly to welcome you and our esteemed MG Corki will be by with his official spiel, which has been known to knock people's socks off!  ;D

[BridMorgan]

Welcome to the Ban Rellak!  I'm Brid, the Under-Commander (UC) of the Band.  I'm sure you're wondering what that means.  Of course you are.  That means I'm second in command and in charge of points (which is the part you care the most about.  ;) )  I have been known to accept a bribe or two for extra points.  I really like chocolate.  ;)

 

*hands the new RR a brew or two*

 

Now hold on to your knickers, the official Spiel is a coming!

[DeathDealer]

I'm Deathdealer.  You're Rellak.  I'm also Grim, and you are still Rellak.  Folks call me Footman as well, Rellak.  I've gone by the name Footy, Rellak.  So, Rellak, welcome to the Band.  From Foo Foo!

[Auld Manriva]

Yes.. He IS Grim Rellak. My Brother's Grim. :-\ Now why does that sound familiar? .. Grim as a Footzeee can be and if you'd ever seen a Footzeee you'd realize how fearfully Grim that truly is. I could show you a picture, but you're new here and I've been encouraged by higher powers (kick my shin again Bridness and I'll pluck a tail feather) not to frighten newly joined Banders. It's cruel and unusual I'm told. But then so is my brother. Footzee is too, cruel I mean... and unusual, did I mention unusual? Hey Demon!! Footy's unusual right? Yeah.. thought so..

 

Speaking of unusual.. our dearly departe...err beloved M-G..Corki-san should be right along with his unforgiv....err..unforgettable sssshhhhhhhpiel. A wonderful sssshpiel and not unusual at all. If you overlook it's tendency to blow the socks and occasionally the small clothes off the unwary, unwitting or overly casual observer... So be very formal in your observance. Imitation of a Gregorian Chanting Monk would go a long way towards the formality his ssssshpiel requires.

 

Welcome to the Home....errr Band. We're glad for you to see us ;D

[Corki]

Welcome to the Band, Rellak! I can't add you to the usergroup at the moment, as that function got disabled during an upgrade of SMF. Once I have that power back, either Brid, DJ or myself will add you. So until now, just hold on. I'll get the official speil up later as I need to get on with some work for my exam tomorrow.

[demonspawn]

So Corki...

 

You have told Rellak "So until now, just hold on"... what then? Still hang around for the offishull speel? If you had said hold on until "then", well that would have been OK, as would have Hold on "for" now. Did you mean hold on until then or was it your intention to make Rellak hold on until now only to be disappointed by the absence of the Spiel in the here and now.

 

Buuuut, if you manage to post the official spiel by the time rellak returns, then indeed you will have been proved correct in the assumtion that rellak did only have to hold on until now. Because as he read that misleading instruction the Spiel would have been lurking in wait just down the page.

 

Unless of course you just wanted to order a Chicken Kebab and got totally flummoxed.

 

Footzee is too, cruel I mean... and unusual, did I mention unusual? Hey Demon!! Footy's unusual right? Yeah.. thought so..

 

 

Yup! He's unusual left too. But he's not to be left alone to his own devices... Just look what he's got all us banders doing with the band-wide spot fine!

 

WELCOME RELLAK

 

I'm Demonspawn, or Oh, not Demon!! as everyone shouts when I arrive.

 

I'm Captain General of the Infantry Regiment and I will be seeing you around the Barracks during you week-long living hell.

 

Until then... Toodle-pip!

[Taymist]

lol welcome to the Band Rellak. As you can see, the people here are less than normal. If you're normal I'm afraid you must leave immediately.  :P  :D

 

If you are in fact already seriously insane, then as the Infantry Lieutenant-General, I look forward to seeing you at the Barracks for training. *hands a Guiny*  ;D

[Corki]

Whatever Demon!  :P

 

Time for the official spiel now!

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome Rellak! 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, Direwolf Jon, 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 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 Rellak a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

[Terrapin]

Hey there Rellak, welcome to the band. hope the spiel didn's scare you to much or cause temporary nudity. It blew everything but my socks off. Anyway, welcome to the band and hope to see you on the off board site

[Mystica]

did you all scare this recruit off???

 

*checks Footzee's TPLC* not in there.....

 

*checks Riva's flask* not in there either.....

 

*checks Demon's bleep* nope, not in there either.....

 

 

:-\

 

RELLAK!!!! where oh where art thou, Rellak?

 

Wherever you are, welcome to the land of insanity!!

 

*puts some nice, fresh, cold, foamy Guinnies on the table in front of her for the Recruit to enjoy after that Fantabulous Spiel*

[Corki]

I have asked for Rellak to be added to the Band's usergroup as I am still unable to do so.