Welcome Winston!!

[Eve]

Welcome Winston!! Great to see a new face in the Band!!

 

Stick around for the fun!! Corki will be here after a while to give you all the juicy details!!

[Guest Froix]

Welcome to the Band of the Red Hand Winston!

 

*hands Winston a drink of Bandy*

 

Best drink in the Band!

[Katiora]

Welcome Winston!!! Have fun! *hands another bandy* Froix is right.. It is the best drink.. ;)

[woolhead]

Best drink in the Band!?! You liars! :P

 

Don't listen to them, they are just a bunch of lazy cavalry who get bored very easily.

 

By the way, Corki will probably explain a bunch of stuff to you, but if you have any questions just ask me and I'll be sure to point you in the opposite direction, sound good?

[Leane_Shariff]

:shock:

 

three posts before a Archer! I think it's a miracle lol.

 

BTW welcome Winston! I'm Leane, CG of Archers, and I'm glad that you've decided to join the band.

 

*hands him a flaming shot*

 

It's the only regiment drink worth trying :D

[Odette]

Whoa.. three Cavs... that is creepy!

 

Hi!.. Welcome Winston! ^_^

Leane's a smart cookie, follow her advice, and here have another flaming shot as well!

*hands another flaming shot over*

^_^

[Corki]

Ok! here I am with some further information for you!

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome Winston! An email explaining important information about the Band is currently sitting in your inbox! Take a read!

 

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 new Executive Officer, F Horn of Valere, or I, 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

- replying to other people's reviews and asking questions

- composing Jak O' the Shadow verses

- getting articles published in our monthly newsletter, The Hornsounder

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

- any DM project we may have (currently a Battle Project, so speak to Horn if interested)

- 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 which you can add to your siggy as well!

 

While being a Raw Recruit, you get 4 free strikes. This enables you to break Band Law 4 times without being punished my the Redarms, the Band's 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 4 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! Expect one soon! 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, and 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 division, and can fight anyone in the Band! It is currently being revised, but the ideas will all be the same!

 

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 Winston a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

 

*/official spiel*

[woolhead]

No!

 

*starts trying to hyptnotize him*

 

Don't listen to any of them...Even Corki, he's crazy too !

 

Listen to me....

Only me....

Now remember....join the infantry....

The rest are all crazy..

Join the Infantry...

 

8)

[F Horn of Valere]

lol wooly... you are more crazy than most everyone else!

[Guest Cadsuane]

Yay for official spiels! They are my favorite part of the day...

 

Welcome Winston! Glad to see you've made the good decision to join the best org at DM! We're a fun bunch, with drinking, brawling, and general entertaining banter! The Archers are the best of the lot, of course!

 

Try one of our frozen shots, the slushy, summertime alternative to the flaming shot! :D

 

*hands Winston a frozen shot*

[Lanthirrhos]

hmmm... crazy eh? what happened to all of my voices its crazy in here with out them....

 

*looks for his voices*

[Corki]

I'll answer some of your questions from the other thread.

 

I am really unfamiliar with the org.

Am I supposed to join a Regiment or will I be invited? If so, where do I join?

Firstly, as a new member of the ORG, you are a Raw Recruit. This means you spend a week with each Regiment in the Band to experience life there. The Executive Officer tells you where to go once you have enlisted as a Raw Recruit at the off board site (I have approved your account). Once your time with all 3 Regiments is up (after 3 weeks), you will be asked which one you want to join, and then you become a full member of this Regiment.

 

Is there a private forum for the band for me to post my reviews and participate in tavern brawls and get a drink to quenchmy thirst?

You have signed up for the off board site, so now you can start posting reviews. You can earn points as a Raw Recruit like any other Bander. Tavern brawls happen here at DM as well, so keep an open eye! ;)

 

Oh, as for the Band Law, how is it exactly enforced and where does it apply? Does it apply to this forum?

Band Law is enforced by 6 Redarms (2 from each Regiment), chosen by the Captain-Generals of the 3 Regiments. Any of them can give you a spot fine, or drag you up before the court. However, as a Raw Recruit, you get 4 strikes, allowing you to break the Law 4 times. Current Redarms are:

 

- North Star (aka Northie)

- Ozhammer

- Katiora

- Eve

- Masema (aka True Source)

- Daetirion

 

 

I hope that helps! :D

[Apollo277]

Hello! I'm Apollo, current Captain-General of the Infantry. Good to see you've joined the Band!

 

*Hands Winston a Guinfantry*

 

Official drink of the Infantry... it's good stuff. :D

[dragonlover]

welcome Winston!!! have a flaming shot on me *hands Winston a flaming shot*

[Lanthirrhos]

8) the archers burn their drink away before they dare drink it...

[Guest Cadsuane]

At least our drink is strong enough to burn, unlike Bandy or Latrine Water!! 8)

[Katiora]

Why would you want to light perfectly good bandy on fire... that would defeat the purpose.. it doesn't need anything else.. It's perfect like it is... *winks at Winston* take it from a insider, they light it on fire to burn off the toxic stuff... ;)

[Lanthirrhos]

I think latrine water burns just fine! :D you ever tried it?

 

besides, a bottle of cheap beer will burn... and when you burn all your 'strong drink' away does it really matter if it was strong? its gone! you burnt it all! :P

[winston]

Uh guys, I think I have a problem here.

 

I cannoth access the offboard website at http://botrh.proboards36.com/index.cgi.

I registered under Shadowkiller instead of winston and I think I cannot activate it even though I have received a mail informing me the deatails and confirmation of my account.

[Corki]

I am guessing you have activated the account using the numbers and letters that the email gives you??

 

Let me know about this, and then I will suggest your next course of action.

[winston]

Uh actually it is not like that. When I click on the hyperlink to bring me to the webpage to activate my account, it instead brings me to the webpage to log in which is unlike the webpage I was brought to when I registered for teh forum. Am I supposed to key in the activation code at the password or username section? Or is the link spoilt?

 

I have already registered again but I still get the same response when I click on the activation link.

 

Can you help me please Marshal-General?(I hope I didn't get your title wrong) :(

 

Thanks.:D

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[Corki]

You got my rank correct! And you spelt it correctly, which is a bonus, as most Banders can't!

 

Click on the link in the email. It will bring you to a sign in page. Sign in with the username and password you registered with. You will then come to a page which asks you to type in the activation key (if you follow the link in the email, the key is already added in, otherwise you have to type/paste it in). Click on "activate account". Then wait for an admin to approve your account. Once that has happened, you can post away. You will also receive an email saying your account has been approved. I hope this helps.

[Lanthirrhos]

:D well i can't spell Corki's rank so you're on up on me... :P

[goldeneyes05]

lol i prolly cant either 12th hmm marshallls genials nope that aint right

[Lanthirrhos]

yeah... i always put too many l's in marshal