Meeting summary

[Falesh Helithian]

We are making a return on the 1?th of July.

We don't plan to recruit much, at least to start with. Instead we want to grow slowly from a good core as this should allow us to have more fun with less admin and create a guild that is strong.

We want to continue with Hyperion but keep it small with just us and Lux.

We are going to be more open with people about what we are doing as a clan. This was more problematical in the run up to the Sun war since it had to be secret, but this hurt the clan.

Where do we want to live?


Misc

To keep things organized we plan to kick inactives with a view to getting them back in the guild when they come back.

We want to change the way loot is handled as the previous version was very hard work.

[Royko Sothenic]

1: All loot received from group combat will be named X and placed into a bag in the clan vault, this will be handed out once a week or when bank has reached max capacity.

2: Inactive players will be removed from the roster and must contact us upon their return if they wish to remain with WSX.

3: Trial members will now be placed with the rank of private rather than before when it was Leutenant.

4: Trial accounts will no longer be recruited

[Falesh Helithian]

It might be worth re-stating that the war is over too.

[Tarscanian Sothenic]

Ok Guys i will get onto posting our return message, do you want me to add in all the rules and ideas we have stated or leave it as a real RP post?

Tars

[Royko Sothenic]

Roleplay post id say, its got to be inspirational!
big up the return date so we get a big show, the more players that show the more fun we can have

[Falesh Helithian]

Yeah RP would be good. I would still include the first 4 points in the first post though, the ones before "Where do we want to live?" as they are very important.

[Tarscanian Sothenic]

REMEMBERANCE AND RETURN

I walk upon the borders of an unfamiliar land, snow falls in buffeted flurries hiding my fresh footfalls. I watched amazed at the powdery flakes as they whip and coalesce in a medley of patterns.

It surprises me as my past is played out within the dance of the snowflakes, and then I laugh at myself for being a sentimental old fool. One thing that I do contemplate with seriousness is the fading of my footfalls that I leave behind me. Is this to be so in all the places I have trod? Will my touch fade as quickly as a new sheen of snow?
I hope with all my heart that this is not the case, for although I have touched many a place, within my journey there has been much that as touched me with such deep resonance that I find my mind of late living in by gone days rather than the venture now and before me.

The cold is biting here in the wilderness, some would say on nights such as these a man only has his honour and spirit to warm him. I do agree but I feel I have an added blanket…….my memories. Melancholy is not a welcome companion but alas of late she is my only one. Friends associates and enemies, they all visit with me upon nights such as these, I have mused long and hard about my sanity and have scoffed at my incessant day dreaming. I concur that I have not succumb to madness just yet, but there is a nagging upon my mind and heart that will not reside dormant.


I shiver, so violently it jars my aging bones but not from the cold I will explain but from awash of emotions that have long festered untouched. The cold will not trouble me, my blood runs with Wessex and snow flakes melt into small rivulets of water as they touch my exposed flesh.

Here in my new charge my new station I serve with unfaltering duty, but I do not live it as I once did upon the shores of Agon. Damn I miss that place. My constant pace slows to a stand still. Overcome with conflicting emotions I steady myself. I look to the stars and even the heavens seem to have paused in undulating respect and compassion.

I know what must be done, and I still find myself stalling upon the idea.
I think to my honour and charge, but then bless me if I sin or accost any of those I serve but Wessex is more than a title, if I am so bold, it is more than a King.
With these words flowing through my head it is decided.

My cloak is drawn tight around me has I abound to the stables to retrieve my loyal war horse. I have all the possessions upon me that I need.

“whom goes there?”

“Tis I Sir Tarscanian, be still your sword son”

The guard responds hastily “ apologies my Lord, but the moon is covered by this damn snow”

“you do honour to Wessex with your vigilance, Have my horse brought to me”

There is a shuffle of steps then a pause.

“If I maybe so bold Sir, Where would you venture on a night such as this?” Nerves are evident within his voice.

I think for what seems an eternity before replying.

“Who am I?”

Confused the guard stammers “you are Sir Tarscanian Sothenic, my Lord I meant no offence”.

I laugh slightly “no offensive taken, let me rephrase the question for you. Who are you?”

The guard is completely baffled now and even within the darkness of the night I can see him eyeing me up and down to confirm I am whom I say I am.

“Err……I am Captain Derek Couldson………Sir”

I walk towards the nervous man, I place my hand on his right shoulder. He flinches at my touch expecting this bizarre event to escalate into violence.

“You are Wessex and I am Wessex, Never forget that!”

“No Sir……….I won’t”

He must think me under the influence of a soldier’s only real companion of a night here in the wilderness……..Whisky.

“And to answer your original question son, I am going Home”


Let me know what you think?
Then if we post this we can then post a more rules and idea oriented post.

Tars

[Falesh Helithian]

Looks good, I fixed a few typos. Maybe get a non-rp post ready and post that as the first reply.


I have touched many a place

You dirty old man!

[Royko Sothenic]

Good stuff, yes how about a non-rp post below this one, with rule changes ideas ect thats been posted above and of course the return date 18th?

[Tarscanian Sothenic]

typos?
how dare you they was for a genuine medieval feel

[Falesh Helithian]

typos?
how dare you they was for a genuine medieval feel

I dear because I am a bastion of english spelling and gramma!

[Royko Sothenic]

I dare because I am a bastion of english spelling and gramma! Fixed

[Falesh Helithian]

Fixed

You missed gramma. ;)

[Royko Sothenic]

Who needs gramma when you can spell.

[Royko Sothenic]

We getting this post up tonight then?

[Falesh Helithian]

As an aside you two should get a sig (http://duchyofwessex.org/forum/showthread.php?9910-Forum-Sigs) for that added rp feel on the forums.

[Royko Sothenic]

To much effort, and it is way to hot to be adding sigs :D

[Jaidyn Sothenic]

lol fixing typos when the header is spelt wrong :P

Summary

[Malachi Drake]

I noticed there were nine people on the old Dark Fall Hyperion mumble. Any reason you guys are not using the main Wessex mumble?

[Royko Sothenic]

9 people? thats not us, no one is even playing right now

[Falesh Helithian]

lol fixing typos when the header is spelt wrong :P

Summary

My spelling is done via spell checker and that doesn't work in the title field. ;) Besides the typos were "has" instead of "as" and vice versa, two words that through great efforts over the years I have managed to master!

[Jaidyn Sothenic]

lol yeah I am just messing mate.

Will fix it for you.

[Raize Sothenic]

typos?
how dare you they was for a genuine medieval feel

Well at least it wasn't me this time eh Tars?

I'm really pleased your doing this again. I got burnt out and i was really badly needed in EVE and my alliance near fell apart.

I'd love to join, at least i "think" i'd love to join and i'll put down my thoughts and see what you think.

Last time with limited Curia in game, it was quite a burden (especially the looming Hyperion stuff)
I'm terrible at pvp and get frustrated by being owned alot (i suspect my PC is bad as i havent upgraded yet)
I get bored with familiar surroundings (I still consider Aputan in RQ my most fun in game because it was different)

Where are you guys planning on living and have you got any plans to bring the Wessex that left for other Clans back, Do you want them back?

[Tarscanian Sothenic]

Hey Raven,

Good to hear from you, we have loads of ideas to counter alot of the negatives from the last visit, if you could spare a hour one evening I would like to go through some of our thoughts?

Tars

[Raize Sothenic]

Sure,

I'll pop on one evening this week if you want :)

[Tarscanian Sothenic]

cool

[Falesh Helithian]

We are making a return on the 10th of July!

We are going to be doing a number of things differently this time. First off we are not going to actively recruit much to start with and even after we establish ourselves we will take it easy. The reasoning behind this is that last time we had so much admin work dealing with the recruitment and also afterwards to get the new guys integrated into the clan. This workload was burning our leadership out and also taking up time that could have been spent doing fun stuff.

Growing slowly will also let us implement a better clan structure and groom more people to take on jobs so the burden of running the clan is better spread.

We will continue with Hyperion but we will also be keeping small, we don't want to make it a zerg.

Another lesson we have learned is how we communicate with our members. In the leadup to the Sun war we kept a lot of things secret through necessity. However this did hurt us even though we did it with the best intentions. We want our members to have a full say in the doings of the clan as this will help us stay healthy and fun for everyone.

We have thought of various other ways to make the clan more efficient. For instance we want to change how we distribute loot as the old way, while being very fair, was extremely time intensive. Our plan is also to kick inactives with the intention of bringing them back into the fold once they are able/interested in coming back

We are trying to buy a hamlet to base ourselves out of because we are not big enough to hold a city and we don't think that living in a chaos city would be wise due to the amount of griefing that occurs in them. The aim is to get one somewhere near the north half of the center of Agon as the islands are too zergy which would cut down on the PvP we could do.

So with all that said please feel free to ask any questions or make suggestions about what you want out of the guild and what you think we should do.

[Raize Sothenic]

cool

Tars,

I can't seem to find any Comms info to come see you guys.

I found a dead vent server and the normal Wessex Mumble thats it.

I reinstalled my PC recently and must have lost the DF comms info

[Tarscanian Sothenic]

Hi Mate,

I will be on the Wessex mumble all day today so if you get a chance jump on.
I have been restricted with internet access as i have just moved house, my new broadband will not be installed until the 25th but I have hijacked my neighbours atm :)

Tars

[Raize Sothenic]

Hi Mate,

I will be on the Wessex mumble all day today so if you get a chance jump on.
I have been restricted with internet access as i have just moved house, my new broadband will not be installed until the 25th but I have hijacked my neighbours atm :)

Tars

Ill jump on tonight.

Been playing APB since it went Closed Beta daily so i might actually be a better FPS'er nowdays ;)

[Rhygar apGwynn]

I will be there, Tarsc. I am very keen for you and Roy, Sarek, Falesh and whoever else tends to lead the DF contingent to come see what we have been brewing regarding the restructure. I would really value any questions, comments etc.

I sent most of you access to a Googledoc that has an overview of it. It probably requires a verbal walkthrough to put some of it into context and/or to explain the reasoning. If possible have a look at that during the day.

I should be there from about 20h00 GMT+1.

Malachi, if you are on Mumble during the day and you see these lads loitering ;) then perhaps have a chat with them about the restructure; the purpose, stages, implications etc.

[Tarscanian Sothenic]

Hi Guys,

Can`t guarantee what time I will be on but I will do my best to make it around 8pm.
unfortunately I have a decorating schedule and a slave driving boss :)

[Raize Sothenic]

Hi Guys,

Can`t guarantee what time I will be on but I will do my best to make it around 8pm.
unfortunately I have a decorating schedule and a slave driving boss :)

No rush ill idle playing apb anyway