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Our Next tournament!! -AvALON D`Kana- Dec 24 11:27am -19 comments- |
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Thats right folks. Thanks to your support and effort at the Thanksgiving Tournament, I have decided to continue this tradition with two more tournaments. The Second one will be given shortly for it is a BIG one and needs fine tuning.
The First will be held on New Years Day(Hopefully we will all be free). A One day only JAC/JAT/JAK tournament. Its basicly this, whoever shows up is in. If We dont have at least 8 then there is no Tournament. The Same rules apply as the last tourney and Audiences are Welcome. So Ill be there with my fellow mates, JJ will bring the Beer and I hope to see you all on the KS server New Years day 2PM EST. |
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News Briefs! -DJ Sith- Dec 24 04:25am -7 comments- |
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Howdy kids. We've got a few recent happenings in the 'ol Academy ya'll should know about:
Our Instructor Zero brings you all Christmas cheer with a cool map! This is quite a fancy little number, and I really dig the music and architecture. Shots from the map are here, here, here, and here. Excellent job, Zero! Everyone get this map! The server pack has been updated again. I dropped a bunch of skins and added some of the newer skins. The file size is now a slightly slimmer 151M (down from 186M). What's up with all these quality skin releases lately? Also my server now run's cHoSeN oNe's Academy Mod. Go to town with the new emotes! In other JumpinJedi news, our Scotsman mascot turns 20 today. Please give him spankings when you see him on the servers. |
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Concerning Hobbi... JumpinJedi -DJ Sith- Dec 23 05:10pm -10 comments- |
As we all know (or all the informed people that read the forums know  ) JumpinJedi tentered his JAT Resignation. Turns out he was acting spur of the moment and he's back in now. He wanted me to post this message for you guys and gals:
Hey guys, DJ was kind enough to let me do this, so kudos to him! First of all, I want to clarify my situation. Yes, I quit, and yes, I quit quitting. I was stressed, and made a rather hasty decision. I'm back now, and I’m going to give it 800%. Now see, I’ve been really inactive since October. I have a pretty damn good excuse. I don't actually have JKII. "How did he become a JAT?!" you ask. Well, I guess I just slept with the right people 
The story is simple: I moved into my own place with my fiancé, and I didn't have a computer which could handle JKII. But fear not - The computer which I have used for JKII since I bought (AKA downloaded) it will be mine, as a gift from my Dad for Christmas. So there you have it. Ok, now here's another thing. I know you guys are here to learn, and we need staff to do that. But guys, the JATs and JACs are only human. We do our best to help you guys out, but it's very stressful, especially when we have an angry mob of learners demanding journeyman trials. Go easy on us, guys. Please, remember, we're only human. Have a very merry Christmas, everyone! Take Care. Your favorite kilt wearing, long haired metalhead, -JumpinJedi Welcome back ya big galoot! |
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Don't give out server passwords! -doobie- Dec 22 09:23am -12 comments- |
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Just a reminder about the passwords for our servers... we make you log in to see them for a reason. they are meant only for members of the Academy, so you should NEVER give them out. Not in a forum post, not in a profile comment, not in the server itself, and not in IRC. thank you |
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For those that didn't see my earlier post.... -Silent Whisper- Dec 22 01:29am -4 comments- |
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Christmas is 3 days away! W00T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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PHP toys! -DJ Sith- Dec 21 02:26pm -10 comments- |
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Hey gang, one of our great PHP (and Java) goons JavaGuy has been working hard on his email server notify script thingamajigger. Check it out. This is perfect for you kids who are on the go and need to check up on our servers and is quite useful to boot!
Here's how it works: 1. Send an e-mail to notify-academy@sammckee.com. 2. If there is anyone playing on the KS, DJ or Gamecity server, you'll get a message back saying how many people are on each server. It doesn't check the classes-only server. 3. If there is no one playing, it will keep checking every sixty seconds for half an hour. If anyone else logs on during that time, you'll get an e-mail saying how many people are on each server. 4. If you send it another e-mail before the half hour is up, it just resets the timer to zero, and you get another half hour. 5. This is the really cool part, but I need more people to use it to find out if it has bugs or not: If nobody is on any of the Academy servers, but someone else is also in the notification queue, you'll get a message telling you that someone else is awaiting notification and wants to play, even though nobody is actually on. Try this with a cell phone that has text messaging. It's way cool to be able to go do something else while waiting to play and get paged when someone comes on. VERY cool, JavaGuy! |
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good comment of the day... -doobie- Dec 18 10:12pm -1 comment- |
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well my ego has finally taken over! i've started a thread in the forums that was inspired by the discussions in the "State of the Academy Part 2" post that I would like all of you to read (or try to read), since I feel it provides some insight into concerns a lot of you may be feeling. |
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7 Days till Christmas!!!! -Silent Whisper- Dec 18 09:23pm -11 comments- |
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I'd just like to say...W00T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Forums are up! -DJ Sith- Dec 18 02:42am -15 comments- |
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That's right, kids! the forums that have been so long in coming are finally finished! As with all major site changes my testing probably missed a bug or 5, so let me know if I missed something or if something looks odd.
My next big project is going to get user images handled by the site (so I don't have to along with a few classes and trials tweaks and such.
Oh yeah, I'm still on vacation technically.I won't be home for a few days yet, but I'm putting my free time to good use. |
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Good comment of the day... -doobie- Dec 16 11:52pm -16 comments- |
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Here's today's good comment of the day, posted by Huxley in the preceding "State of the Academy Address Part 2" (although my address was WAY longer... this is more like a "Get over it or get on with it" address). Oh, and if you're wondering my opinion on the matter... The Academy isn't perfect, the JACs aren't perfect, and you're not perfect. But we're all here to have fun, so lets start doing that instead of whining and moaning like a bunch of spoiled brats about ranks and stuff like that. If I have to I'll shut down the ranks and make this a dictatorship, but no one wants that. Anyway, onto Hux's post...
"Ok, well here's my take on the situation: All the "upper-management" works very hard to keep things in order and people happy at the Academy. The Council is outstanding, they have so much work that they do, preparing the trials, working on the website, maintaining order. Everyone needs to remember this and apprecaite it, before telling JATs and JACs that they "dont do anything" and "are lazy" when they are busy Trialling people all week long and want 1 night off on a weekend. I have fun doing trials, as do the other Instructors. But it really takes the fun out of it when students get deliberate and rude when they don't get a trial that second they ask for it. This game and its experiences should be played out like the movie (IMO). You should work hard to achieve your goals. Rather than just learning 3 combos for your Journeyman trial, try to make up new ones yourself and master them. CHALLENGE YOURSELF. That is what the Trials are for. When I started here only 3 months ago, I couldn't play the game at all. Now I'm a JAT, I teach classes, people want me to be their master. All because of my hard work and dedication. The Ranks are there for the added fun in the game. You must MASTER each level to move on to the next. Don't just treat each level as a homework assignment at school. The trials mean more to the Council and the Teachers than that, and it should mean more to the students too. For everyone's information, I failed my Learners trial bad when I first took it. And Didn't pass until I worked hard for another week SOLID. Then for my Journeyman trial, I wasn't warmed up and I got a dismissal until I was ready the next night because I was so un-prepared. So don't think the "uppper-management" is ANY different from the students. We are all students together, so no one should seperate themselves from that. We are ALL here to learn more and play the game better. So if a JAT says they cant trial you, because they are busy or tired or done 10 trials already, give them a break. Go work on your skills. Come back and ask another day. Just make sure you are still learning new things and "not what I need to pass" like in school. This academy is much different than a normal school. Feel happy and privledged to be here. Show respect to ALL members of the Academy. and May The Force Be With You. " |
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