Welcome to the Band Katharina27!!!

[Direwolf Jon]

Welcome to the Band Katharina!! It's great to be having you joining our ranks!  I'm DJ, the Executive Officer of the Band.  That basically means I'm in charge of helping our new members get into the swing of things around the Band and make sure you get settled in alright.  If you have any questions please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them.  *hands a barrel of triple brew* In the mean time, sit back and relax, the rest of the Band will be by shortly to welcome you and our esteemed MG, Corki, will be by to give you the official spiel!  It has been known to knock socks off of people!

 

Welcome once again and I hope that you enjoy your time with the Band!

[Kara_J]

Welcome Katharina!  ;D

 

I'm in the best regiment there is...the Infantry...and I will be looking forward to seeing you in the Barracks soon!  ;D

[Katharina27]

Danke! *Grabs the barrel of triple brew and starts drinking.*

 

Well, with any luck I won't upset the higher ups though I'll need Mat's luck for that. : :-\

 

Well, for more sheer randomness, do any of our soldiers here play Monster Hunter?

 

 

[Direwolf Jon]

LOL, have we added another trouble maker to our midst? Excellent if we have!  ;D

 

I can't say that I've played that before, but some others in the Band might have.

 

 

[BridMorgan]

Welcome to the Best Org Evah, Katharina!!  I'm Brid, the Under-Commander of the Band.  *hands a barrel of brew or two*  Now, I'm in charge of giving out points so I just want to let you know early in the game that I'm open to bribes.  Especially of the chocolate variety.  ;)

 

Now hang on to your knickers!  The official spiel is a coming!

[Corki]

Please tell me it was the phrase "bunch of raggamuffins" that sold it to you! ;)

[Katharina27]

Hm... Godiva or easy to find chocolate?  You like white chocolate, milk or dark and do you happen to take the form of a truffle?

 

I was actually looking at your boards before hand and it was your 100 reasons to join and your many threads for newcomers that screamed "We know how to recruit and we would like you among the living!"  ;D

 

The promise of pranks was also a plus!

[Terrapin]

Hey there katharina hope your finding everything to be up to the shear awesomeness of the Band! Anyway, welcome and hope you have a great RR time.

 

Corki.......raggamuffin....really?

[Imperium]

Welcome to the band Katharina.

 

What do you mean DJ, there are no trouble makers in the band... ::)

[Felicur]

Hi Katharina!  ;D

 

Welcome to the Band! I'm Felicur, BG of the Cavalry Regiment...look forward to seeing you around the Stables!  ;D

[Corki]

Ah, before I totally forget (and it has been known), here is the Official Spiel!

 

*official spiel*

 

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

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

[Blade]

see! see! pranks my friend are where it's out, now some of these other uncultured louts wouldn't know a good prank if it hit them on the head and danced around in its birthday suit. Now archers on the other hand...archers have refined the art of trouble making to both an art and a science...I know I said refined, you should have seen what a prank was like before if we could only get it down to two things! Anyhow, welcome, and if you wanna cause mischief and mayhem, talk to me (or any of the archers, but preferrably me :D I love being in on just about any prank) and have a blast here with the band! :D