News from the Luminiferous Aether

[Higurashi]

Greetings, Team! I'll be using this topic to announce news and what needs to be done during different phases of the War. I've mostly copied this topic from War 3 to make it easy.

I. Attitude

I come from a military background, and I will be demanding sportsmanship from every member of my team. Show humbleness at your own discretion, but there will be no back-talk from my team. We will honour ourselves by honouring our opponents, and that's final.

Keep in mind, however, that this does not mean we can't show pride in our team and our victories. Just don't antagonize anyone. If you know someone and want to indulge in friendly verbal scuffling, keep it mild so as not to offend their team members, but do have fun. The ultimate purpose of War is to have fun, after all. It's a game within a game.

I've chosen each of you with outmost care, keeping in mind your skills, devotion to the element and maturity to ensure this will be a fun experience for all involved. With that in mind, this section probably wasn't needed, but I think it's good you know where I stand.

II. Nicknames

No, I won't be handing out code names, but to strengthen team spirit and ease communication, we need some nicks for each other. As some of you know, I have about 50 of them, myself.

Higurashi - Higs, Higgy, Higu, Hugs, Higru, Higsalot, Huggles, Hugglepuff (don't ask), etc.

EvaRia - Eva, Ria (duh)

UTAlan - UTA, Alan

mrpaper - paper

hainkarga - karga

Odii Odsen - Odii

markilleruk - mark

Shaliyah - Shaya, Shali

Lemme know if you have any preferences or nicks of your own everyone calls you.

III. Propaganda

Time's up!
Eva made a banner last War that I will be using for this War. If anyone wants to add in the names of the Team Members into it, feel free to give it a shot. If it's good enough, I'll use it. Background here: http://i.imgur.com/ADm19.jpg
That leaves War Song and Speech. My first consideration is to choose from some Warhammer 40k songs, since they have the right epic feel to them. See last War for a good example. I haven't decided what angle to take with the Speech, apart from revolving around the universe feeling like a change is in order. If anyone has any jokes that pertain to Aether (space, Pylons, Eldar, Zeus, whatever), do share.

IV. Member Roles

I'll be deciding on this after Propaganda, and for clarity's sake I would like you to list your preferences in this thread.

V. Chat

Our Team Chat will be #aether at irc.chatspike.net
If you don't have an IRC client, you can use http://www.chatspike.net/webchat/ to log in. Just choose a nickname, change the channel to #aether and click Chat Now.
The Chat is very important for Vault planning and strategy discussions once the Rounds begin. Participating is compulsory.

VI. Vault Building

Vault Planning Thread (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,32002)
Has passed!

VII. Round 1

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,32223
Main Topic will be started in which we discuss strategies and deckbuilding.

[hainkarga]

Better call me karga than hain, for "karga" means crow and "hain" means betrayer : )

[markilleruk]

Better call me karga than hain, for "karga" means crow and "hain" means betrayer : )

So you would literally be Betrayer Crow? O.o

[Odii Odsen]

Jap, call me Odii.
I have no preference, but I think Soldier would be okay for me.
I look forward to working with you.

[Shaliyah]

Ok well you can call me Shaya (my IGN is Queen Shaya) but I like Shali too.

[UTAlan]

I will take any position you see fit, Higs.

[Higurashi]

Created the Vault Planning Thread. Alan will be our Strategist since he won't explode spreadsheets by looking at them, so who wants to be Lieutenant and Duel Organizer?

Considering Eva's experience and track record (hurr, Bane of Entropy), she would be a good Lieutenant. The Duel Organizer's role and everyone else's are explained here: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,32003.0.html
They need to be active and not be completely clueless as to what's going on in the Team.

The rest of you will be Soldiers and fill in any duty that needs to be done at the time. You will talk to me or the Lieutenant if something that requires access needs to be done.
Also, I have a start for the speech and will likely finish it tomorrow. It'll start with me playing chess with the Phase Dragon Matriarch, and she'll tell me it's time for War. As I step out to talk to my army, I'd appreciate if someone could think of a couple jokes we could possibly use in it. Time's up!

Alan is taking care of the banner, and then we just have to chose a song from grooveshark.com
Think epic, like our song from War 3. Metal, electronica and classical are all influences that often work this angle, but it can't be too much of either style. Protoss and Eldar songs are often on the right track, but it can't be too much 40k or Starcraft either. Eva had a song we can use if we don't find anything more grand. Dragon Cave or something.

[mrpaper]

I'd be thrilled to be the lieutenant if the team wants me to be, since I already have lots of upgrades expecially in aether (and can buy any I don't have and need for any given deck) and experience in the 2 previous wars (1 in aether 1 in darkness).  I think I am good playing my cards wisely.  I am heavily involved to submit ideas and help the team... but then again, if you think Evaria is the better choice, I will be glad jsut to be alongside team aether as a soldier.

[UTAlan]

My first pass at putting names on Eva's banner. Feel free to let me know if you don't like it, this only took 10 minutes or so. I can play around with other fonts or arrangements if anyone thinks it would look better differently.

[hainkarga]

I will take any position you see fit, Higs.

[mrpaper]

Looks good to me, but maybe have the word aether somehow bigger or more visible?

[Higurashi]

Very well, I'll go with the Team's wishes. mrpaper is Lieutenant, Eva is Strategist and I put karga as Duel Organizer since he's diligent.
UTAlan is the backup Strategist (Soldier). Even with the automated vault system, Strategist has a bit more work to do than the rest.
Everyone else are Soldiers and will assist anyone when needed.