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Farewell Master Luke. May the force be with you Uncle. -JAcen LW Solo- Apr 12 07:15pm -37 comments- |
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It is with great grief that I anounce that Luke Skywalker decided to retire from his JAT position. The force as chosen a different path for one of our best JATs, no doubt that he shall be missed and remembered not only for his skill but also for his dedication to the JA. On a personal note I’d like to thank Luke for all the time and patience he always had for me. He won’t be leaving permanently though, he promised to drop by once in a while. Here’s the retirement speech he asked me to post here: "It's been a long time since I first set foot in this place. So much has changed, indeed. For the better you ask? Well, that depends on how you look at things. It's time for me to set aside my accomplishment and leave my position behind. There is no guarantee I'll come back for it, though. I got plans, and I wish to put the time into putting it into further motion.  I still may make some appearances down the road, but no longer wielding the JAT tag or stick... (not that I ever wore my tag or ever hit anyone with my stick  )I want to thank everyone who's helped me get to where I did, there's so many of you who I owe so much to! Like I said... never know if I'll come back for it... things can change at the blink of an eye... like the Jedi Academy. Please don't attack me about why I'm doing this. I know it's all of the sudden and half of you most likely did not see it coming. If you're going to question me, you're just pushing your luck in finding out." - Luke Skywalker |
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Aratan is a trainer! Have we made the worst mistake ever??? -doobie- Apr 12 06:13pm -25 comments- |
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You read that correctly, and yes it's too late for an April Fool's joke. Jacen Aratan, even though he's by far the most annoying person to exist on the face of the planet, has somehow conned the Council into promoting him to Jedi Academy Trainer! Seriously though, Aratan is one of the best we've got, no matter how much we tease him. Congrats you n00b n00b! By the way, Virty and I decided to have a little fun with Mr. Andersen. We couldn't just promote him and not give him a hard time, could we? Check out the hilarious con job we pulled on him here. |
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Happy Easter and Happy Passover -Buzz- Apr 11 05:35pm -25 comments- |
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Just wanted to wish to those members of our academy that celebrate these a Happy Easter and Passover. That is all. |
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I'm BAAAAAAACKK!!!!! -cHoSeN oNe- Apr 10 12:07am -46 comments- |
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*Hit his music!!! All of you knew it deep down, but I'm back and ready to be a team member again. I missed everyone so much and I'm glad to be with the JA once again. RL is all straightened out and better than ever. See you on the servers!!! |
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Coffeeboy madness! Welcome our newest Knight! -Aron- Apr 08 11:14am -45 comments- |
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That's right. Ash has passed his Knight Trials! Post a message on his profile, give him a nice feet massage, or just a "congrats" Also, he has something to say to you guys too! Read the comment. |
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State of the Academy Address!!! -doobie- Apr 03 05:22pm -51 comments- |
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Get comfortable, this could take a while... Yes, it's that time again, time for a state of the Academy address from yours truly. It has been a crazy couple months around here and there are some things that desperately need addressing, so let's get started: Respect. It's what this place is all about. If you read the rules, it states, "These rules all boil down to respect. If you don't have respect for your fellow players, you have no place in the Academy!" Lately there has been a HUGE amount of disrespect amongst everyone, students and staff alike (by staff I mean JAK, JAT and JA staff for the rest of this post). I'll start with the most disappointing source of disrespect, and that's the staff. We have gotten far too many complaints from students and fellow staff members about people who have been given ranked positions. Let me remind you, in no uncertain terms, THE RULES THAT APPLY TO STUDENTS ALSO APPLY TO YOU. We've talked to you about this before both in meetings and in your forums. You are not setting anywhere near a good example for the rest of the students to follow. You badmouth people, you treat your classes like party sessions, and you general disgust me with how you abuse your position. I understand that not all of you do this, and those of you who behave properly know who you are, and I commend you for it. But to the rest of you... Don't think that once you get your promotion that you can't be demoted or even kicked. We've already shown that if you violate the rules, even if you're at the very highest level of the Academy, we have no problems getting rid of you and replacing you with someone who deserves to be there. We hold you all to a higher standard, and as such, we will come down harsher on you should you break the rules. We don't WANT to ban or demote, in fact we hate it, but if it's something we have to do then it will be done. This is your final warning, for the whole Academy to see. Shape up or we'll ship you out. To the rest of you, what I just said also applies. We have rules, you must follow them. In fact, go read them again. Now. Ok, good. The rules aren't there for us to be dictators, they're there to make sure EVERYONE has a fun, enjoyable experience here. If you don't want to follow them, please leave and save us the trouble of getting rid of you ourselves. If you want to attend a class, attend it with the goal of learning, not of just having fun. Classes are fun, but they're also an education, so if you want to just screw around, don't waste your time or the time of the teacher and other students by going to class. In IRC, you must always remember that there are possibly young children. This means you need to keep the channel clean and family friendly. No inappropriate language, no sexual jokes OR HARASSMENT, no cruelly disrespecting someone (even Aratan), nothing that you wouldn't want your kids exposed to if you were a parent. The same rules apply for the servers and the forums. If you have any doubts about whether it's appropriate, either ask a ranked member or just keep it to yourself. Also, a big concern is password leaking. If you leak a password to a server and are caught, you will be banned. That may seem harsh, but it happens too frequently. Password leak = ban. It's that simple. Recently, the council has made some decisions regarding promotions, demotions, and bannings that some of you may have had a problem with. While we encourage debate about issues, we also ask that you remember that the Council doesn't do anything rashly. Anything major has to be approved by all 5 members of the Council after discussing the issues, and anything minor usually has at least 2 or 3 if not all of the Council members involved in the decision. In almost any case that I could imagine, the Council has more information than you do, even if you think you know everything about a particular issue. The decisions we make are intended to improve the Academy and keep it fun and civil for all of its members. Now, for a quick reminder of what exactly each rank can do. It's explained in detail here, but a quick summary: JAKs (Knights), can assist classes, take official padawans, kick people from servers and IRC (as well as ban on IRC), mediate arguments, and assist JATs and JACs in anyway. They cannot ban, they cannot vote on promotions, they cannot trial without a JAT or JAC present, and they cannot declare Academy policy. JATs (Trainers) do everything JAKS can plus teach alone, kick or ban on both IRC and servers, spawn NPCs FOR TRAINING PURPOSES ONLY on servers, trial JAKs and JATs, and vote on promotions. They also cannot declare Academy policy. Staff can do anything the Council gives them the power to do, and the Council can of course do anything it needs to do. I mention this because sometimes we all forget what each rank is allowed to do, and we've received some complaints from both students and staff about people abusing their power. This should serve as a reminder to the staff about what powers they have and don't have, and a reminder to the students about who to talk to about problems. Ok, now for the positives. First and foremost, I'd like to announce to those of you that didn't hear the news that Luke Skywalker, won the JAK+ tournament. He defeated orion in the finals 4-1 in the finals. The tournament was a rousing success, with the biggest shocks being the fact that I defeated two council members (DJ and JACen Solo) to make it to round three, where I was waxed by orion. But yeah, congrats to Luke, and good luck to everyone in Smily's April tournament! Second, I'd like to congratulate FaDed on his promotion to Lead Trainer and Exar Kun on his promotion to Lead Knight, along with congratulating again all of the recent promotions we've had to refill the Knight ranks. You guys are doing a great job so far, just don't forget why we picked you! Unfortunately, we've had some retirements recently (Eclipse, our oldest Jedi Master, Nightcrawler, and the not-really-so-retired Monty), but we've always got fresh talent coming up the ranks, so if you keep obeying the rules, setting a good example, and being a model student, maybe you one day will become a Knight as well! Finally, I personally feel that we have a great community, one of the best on the 'net. Outside of a few setbacks and mishaps, the Academy has been a success beyond the wildest dreams of DJ and I. I especially would like to thank everyone for the kind words that were expressed both immediately after Vladarion's death and in the article that was recently posted. As tragic as his death is, it has shown how strong our community bonds are and will always be. We never would have imagined that we would be approaching our second anniversary. Thank you all for making this place so incredible and for helping us to make it this long, with no end in sight. VIVA LA ACADEMIA!!!! |
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April Tournament Round 1 -Buzz- Apr 02 06:07am -4 comments- |
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Just a reminder to the members involved with this. SmilyKrazy's April Tournament is in Progress and Round 1 ends this Sunday. If you do not get your matches the winner will be decided by coin flip. There are still 30 some people who haven't dueled yet. Check your matches Here Don't miss out. |
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April fools!! -aDM1rAL sp0CK!!!!!!!!- Apr 01 11:20am -69 comments- |
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I hope you enjoyed our yearly romp. We now bring you back to our Jedi Academy currently in progress. |
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And yet another IRC virus -Aron- Mar 31 07:25pm -7 comments- |
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There has been a new IRC virus alerted today. It is spreading very fast, so I'd like to warn you for it. People that have clicked the link, get infected, and will automatically paste the link too, without knowing it. If you've opened this link; http://people.freenet.de/.../......jpg do the following: * In c:\windows\temp there are 3 files ( lol.bat,lol.lnk and mirc.exe). * Replace the windows32 folder notepad with the windows folder notepad. After this, you should be clean Thanks in advance, and remember: DONT CLICK RANDOM IMAGE LINKS IN IRC! |
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The Vladarion Article. -Virtue- Mar 31 06:02pm -9 comments- |
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Bail Hope of Belouve has put together a very heartwarming article in respect to our late Brother, Vladarion. It contains quotes from both JA Members and Vladarion himself. It also contains some insight to who Vladarion was and what he did for us all while he was at the Academy. If you'd like to see it, just stroll over to the 'Articles' section of the Website, or click here. Nice one Bail. |
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