Welcome Cassetti

[Direwolf Jon]

Welcome to the band Cassetti! I hope you enjoy your time here with us. We are the best org on DM. *hands a few bandies* The official drink of the cavalry. Enjoy the brew, come share music and fun with the rest of us. Our leader, Corki, should be along in a little bit to give you the Official Spiel. I look forward to seeing you at the offsite boards and getting to know you.

[Cassetti]

Thank you, thank you ! I think I will be able to have a great time with you :)

[MsDanya]

welcome! :D

[Taymist]

Welcome to the Band Cassetti :)

 

I'm Tay, Lieutenant General of the Infantry, look forward to seeing you during your RR weeks.

 

*passes over a Brew*

[Cassetti]

Thank you Ms. Danya and Lt. General Taymist for your warm welcomes. It sure helps recruits like me fitting in!

[Taymist]

You'll find that everyone is very friendly hun. In case you haven't already found it, you can register HERE for the offsite boards where you'll do your RR training. :D

[Cassetti]

Very nice! It must have slipped past my notice. Now the account only needs an administrative approval now :)

[Vorkia]

Welcome to the Band Cassetti. I'm Vorkia, the Under Commander of the Band, (psst, that means I'm second in command). Corki is on LOA for about another week and won't be here with the official speil untill then unless he feels the urge to fight his dial up. Then you might get lucky and get it before his official return.

 

It looks as if everyone has already directed you to the offboard site and I just approved your account for the DM private board. Once you check in at the Offboard site, there is a thread at the top of the page for Recruits. Just go there and follow the steps in the posts. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me, or anyone for that matter, or just post your questions and everyone will be standing in line to answer them.

 

Have fun and try not to get too drunk.

 

*Hands you a coveted MG Brew* Shhh just don't tell COrki I Filched it from him ;)

[Cassetti]

Thank you Vorkia. I have already signed up for the offboards, only need someone to approve the account now.

 

One question though, what is this Official Spiel you are all talking about :oops: :)

[Vorkia]

Ok if you look in your e mail addy you provided when you registered there should be an access key. If you don't see it in your main box look in your junk mail folder, sometiems it likes to go there. Once you have that access Key just enter it (its easier to copy and paste it) in the box provided for it and then you should be able to enter the offsite board. if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

 

as for the official Speil, words can't even begin to describe the impact it has on people so I won't even begin to try ;)

 

pssst if you want to see it, try looking at another welcome thread, i'm sure he has posted it in there some where, just look for the long post :D

[Cassetti]

Currently your account is waiting for approval from a staff member. Once an administrator has approved your account you will get access to this forum.

 

That is the message I get when i try to log in on the forums :S I have validated the account with the access key I got in the mail.

 

I saw the official spiel on another welcome post, but I will read it when it gets posted here (or when I die of curiosity:P)

[Vorkia]

Try it now, hopefully it should work.

[Mystica]

Welcome to the Band!

 

I'm Mystica from the Infantry. Hope you'll enjoy you're time with us!!

 

*hands over 10 brews and chuckles at the 'Lt. Tay' business*

 

*throws Tay in the pool and stroles away whistling innocentlylike*

 

Welcome home Cassetti!

[Corki]

And you are lucky since I am fighting my dial up! Anyway, find something to hold on to as this official spiel is one heck of a trip!

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome Cassetti! 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, 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, 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 4 free strikes. This enables you to break Band Law 4 times without being punished by 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, or the new Lottery set up on our new Dicing with Jak O' the Shadows board, which you will see once you sign up for the private boards here at DM. There are also several 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! There are many staff members for the Game who will be willing to help you out.

 

Once you have signed up for the private boards, 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 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 Cassetti a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

[Cassetti]

Nice one! :D I read the PM and the email.

 

Since not so many are from Iceland I could write (and maybe record) something about my pretty country :)

 

*Recives Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew and studies it for a moment before draining the mug*

 

I will definetly enjoy my time here Mystica.

 

*Pushes Mystica into the pool and grins widely*

[Mystica]

:shock: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

 

RED ARMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

 

*points at the Recruit*

 

she.... she....... she....... *sees all RA's holding their bellies laughing their eyeballs out*....... .... oh heck, nevermind!

 

*grabs Cassetti and janks her (him?) in the pool and dunks for good measure on top of it*

 

POOLFIGHT!!!!!

[Cassetti]

*Politely cleans HIS throat*

 

*Continues to dunk Mystica in the pool*

[Lanthirrhos]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

 

Howdy Cassetti! Don't pick on Myst too much...

 

 

BAH! nevermind! :P *dunks myst back into the pool and goes to find Danya* :D

[Taymist]

*surfaces and splutters*

 

*dies laughing as Cass throws Myst in too*

 

I think you're the ONLY member we have from Iceland Cass :D look forward to hearing all about it

[Corki]

I think you can add all of DM to that as well! I can't remember any other Icelandic members!

[Cassetti]

I will try not to pick too much on her :roll:

 

I'll find something interesting to write about :P

 

Anyway, signed up one the RR form, along with 2 other recruits :)

 

*starts to wait patiently*

[MsDanya]

welcome! :D you picked a good time to join!!

 

*pokes 12th*

 

Im right here :P

[Lanthirrhos]

Yep! just in time to join the infantry!

 

 

Oh! Hey Miss! :P

[MsDanya]

I'd say he picked a good time to join the Archers :P

 

Hello Toy

[Lanthirrhos]

:P Why? So he could hide behind the infantry? :D