Sup bitches. It's Monday, and we have a few housekeeping items to take care of. Read like your life depends on it. [b]Fire Team Whiskey[/b] Punk has joined us. Punk has his own fire team. Z will be joining us soon. Z will be in Punk's fire team. Why are we still going with the Fire Team format? Because it will help in coordination, once we really need it (and if there aren't bullshit mechanics like Atheon's random teleport to -blam!- that up---Imagine, we could have just assigned FTO to advance/attack and FTW---lololol FTW---to stand back and portal hop. Or vice versa. We saw how coordination destroyed IB teams. More on that later.) and it's best that we just stay in that mindset as it is. Also. Teams are balanced both for the familiarity of the players and their skillsets. So while for now you'll pretty much get thrown with who you come in with, [i]that is very likely to change in the future[/i] as we all learn to play together. I shuffle people around with considerations like their frequency of play, their skillset, and things they tend to whine about. So if you bitch about shotguns in PvP and wonder why you got someone who's good with them shuffled into your team, stop wondering. If you get dicked by Praetorians and wind up standing next to me on FTO, you know why. If you're curious as to my appraisal of your skillset, feel free to ask me any time. I will tell you. Or ask Fox, because she'll probably be able to tell you while preserving a few of your feels. (A few, not all. She's mean.) [b]Democracy, Democracy...[/b] Advance to new content or keep plugging away at the Vault until we're finished with Hard mode? It's up to you. Unless you don't vote. Then it's up to me. DEMOCRACY. Poll's up top. [b]Ahead of the curve.[/b] K. Clue to what was in the Vault and how to beat it (and the ongoing fact that no one has discovered all there is to discover in there) were in the Grimoire cards. Yes the system is clunky and stupid, but if we're ever to be a group that isn't lagging behind it would probably help to get an idea of wtf is going on. Anyone who's seen anything relevant/interesting/probably foreshadowing in the cards, let me know. Understand that by letting me know, you're volunteering yourself to keep letting me know things like that. Which is volunteering yourself to read. I am aware that a good portion of our personnel is largely allergic to text. You need not apply. [b]That's progress![/b] [i]Most of you[/i] have completed the Nightfall this week. I want to make something very clear. Punk, I was -blam!-ing with you. I don't care [u]how[/u] we complete things like the Nightfall, just that we do it. It's good for the group. I realized that continuing to -blam!- with people about a cozy spot in a backpack would encourage the mentality that doing difficult content solo is the only way to do it. And getting credit for things appeals to some people---while I am not one of those people, it is a reality that some people are powered by pats on the back and sparkly golden star stickers. So here's the challenge: You will receive +1 points for style---YES, STYLE POINTS ARE BEING GIVEN OUT---for every Nightfall, Weekly Strike one 28, or high level daily you complete [i]with two other members of the clan[/i]. 10,000 style points can be turned in for a People Card. That's right. You too could be a people some day. [b]And on that note...[/b] I'm serious. I'm going to make a little tally for people earning style points. You can, however, lose points for style. How? [i]Fusion Rifles are so OP... -1[/i] [i]OMG SHOTGUNS OMG... -1[/i] [i]We lost against Atheon. I'm going to be sad that we couldn't instantly beat the hardest content in the game. :(... -1[/i] [i]"I FUKING HATE SNIPERS/BLADE DANCERS!!!111!1!!1!" - Ricochet... -5[/i] [i]"I don't care." - As an automatic defense for anything cared about... -1[/i] [i]"Tryhards." - As a reaction to anyone in PvP who's kicking our asses... -1[/i] *THIS EXCLUDES ALL SENTIENT TOILETS What I'm doing here is attempting to encourage a more positive environment. Because it'll -blam!-ing help, scrubs. Anyone who reaches -50 style points owes me a glass of lemonade. If I reach -50, I will swear off lemonade for a week. A WEEK. #Shaxxlaugh ~Ricochet