Woot! Welcome to the Band! Now BT is my only org that we are not both a part of !

Tiren, welcome to the Band...at last!

 

Anyway, you can wait a tad longer for the official spiel! ;)

YAY!!! *huggersnuggles Tiren*

Welcome Tiren! I haven't met you yet, but have a brew. *hands Tiren a brew*

I hope you have a lot of fun here in the band. The Raw Recruit time is awesome.

awwww yall are SOO cute!! hehehehe - yea Horn, I can't decide if I'm following you around DM, or if you're following me!! LOL - not that it matters ;)! I'm just glad to see everyone is as excited about me being here as I am!! *smiles and nods*

 

hehe.. I'll wait a bit longer Corki ;), seems I'm gonna have to - I am VERYYY curious though :lol: .

 

*TACKLEhuggls Mystica* ;) I might hold you personally responsible for this Band thing I'm doing, lol - not that I mind really.. I've been interested in it for a while, I just now got back from LoA though where I actually have time to join. I know lil secrets about this group ;) ;), like how they love to spam hehe..

 

*Gives Direwolf a kiss on the cheek* Thanks for the brew hun - that is very nice! :) *takes a deep drink* yes, I can tell I'm gonna LOVE it here - and I look forward to joining you in RR Week ;) *dances a jig*!! Very nice to meet you as well.

Welcome to the Band!!! *hugs and hands a bandy* I\'m Kati, and I\'m one of the Cavalry RLOs I look forward to your time with us :D Anyone that is a friend of Horn\'s is a friend of mine ;)

YAY!!! Ty! *huggles*

 

I knew you couldn't stay away forever :D

I have made you wait long enough...so hopefully you are drooling with anticipation! ;)

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome Tiren! 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 (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 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 Tiren a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

*Grins @ Tiren*

 

Oh, you can hold me responsible, alright. I have no doubt you'll love it with us ;)

Thanks Kat *hugs*! yea I've known Horn for a good while now - he's awesome ;); so I look forward to getting to know everyone here.

 

Lol Leane.. of course not ;) I just had to figure out a way to break it gently and let everyone know I'm coming. So of course - a Hunt was the best way to come crash a party! *hugs*

 

Awww Corki - Cheers to the Band!! *hugs, lifts the mug up in a toast, and downs the MG's Battle Brew in one long drink* That is some great brew, hun. I look forward to a lot more of that.

 

*winks at Myst* I am defintally excited about it. This should be very interesting! *bounces*

oh my! We've got another bouncer!

*winks at Horn*

 

Where do ya think Twiny got that from! *smirks*

Welcome to the band!!!!!

 

*throws a brew to you*

welcome to the band Tiren have a flaming shot (archer drink) on me! :D

aww.. *kisses Pyro softly* Thanks hun! Great ta be here! *chugs the brew*

 

*smiles and kisses dragonlover on the cheek* WHOOT! another flamin shot - always good! *downs the shot* yup, I've decided.. very tasty :)! Thanks hun!!

Oh my goodness, I'm soo late! Sorry!.

(I even missed the official Spiel!)

 

Welcome to the Band! ^_^

I'm Odette, one of the Archer RLO's.

I'm sure you'll have lots of fun, you already seem aquainted with quite a few people so I'm sure you won't have any trouble having friends to post with, still the rest of us that you don't know are eager to meet you. ^_^

 

Anyway! Here, have another flaming shot. You can't have too many!. ^_^

 

*hands over another flaming shot*

awww ..Odetta hun - that is very much ok! Thanks so much for the welcome and the shot *raises it in a glass to the Archers and down it smoothly* AHHH - very lovely! *hugs tightly*

 

I am coming soon to the Archers near you ;) lol, look forward to seeing you and everyone in the Archers when I arrive.. I'm very excited to meet everyone *grins huge and nods*!

*peeks in* erm...am I late?

I think we'll leave Tiren to answer that one...