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ISD Challenge Report #2
RA Daniel Bonini
10/23/2006

ISD Challenge Weekly Report #2

ISD Challenge Weekly Report #2 – 23rd of October 2006

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Introduction

Greetings,

Darklord has issued his first report today...check it out in your inbox :)

I’ll try now to make my reports look good when I upload them, by doing it with Frontpage....let’s see how it goes....but in the mailing list it might as well look the same, since I don’t use Outlook and have to copy/paste my reports to the webmail...

I actually joined #Wing_X on IRC this week....it’s been quite a while, but it seems that it’s working....yey me!!!

Greatest news this week was the recovery of the Challenge website. It still needs a lot of work, but we’ll get there. If you have anything that might be interesting to upload there, like an image or fiction, send it to me and Darklord :) And check out our progress at http://isdchallenge.tcbg.net

Saddest news this week was that the ISD Challenge veteran LC Chris McCollum was expelled from the TIE Corps. This is a shame...

Well...today I start a new kind of report, on which there will be less mention to internal wing affairs, which was passed on to Darklord, and I’ll focus more on external things. Of course, we are still learning how to work like this, and I’ll need some time to adjust, but it’ll be ok...so from now on, I’ll still choose a Dark Lord of the Week and a Ewok of the Week, but Darklord will decide the Wing X Pilot of the Week and make the award ;)

Well....let’s see....first external issue I’d like to address is the TCBG Escort Squadron and Flagship comp. I’m not happy at all with our performance so far, since Red Squadron has the lead of the competition. People, fly your battles....we cannot afford to loose this competition. Your pilot’s battle is MANDATORY. The others are bonuses, but should be flown as much as you can. This is very important. I am myself flying all the battles. ALL OF THEM!!! Get to work...

The second is the coming FO Flagship competition. It will start in November, and we will have the chance to get back at the Sovereign...stay tuned ;)

These were competitions we will face as a group. But if you’re looking for individual Challenge’s as well, join Master’s TIE Golf competition. You have two days to join...

As you heard, Freeworlds is back. HA Frodo is giving out IS-BWs to anyone who kills him in FW :) His nick is “Frothy”. Go hunt, but don’t get HCI’d for it :D

I guess Darklord didn’t put in his report because he wasn’t WC yet when it happened, but the last MWE recommendation was awarded this week: congratulations to CM Kal J’qan for being awarded a Bronze Star of the Empire. This is a tough award to get, and Kal deserves it a lot....congrats!!!!

And also congrats to everyone who have completed the TIE Corps Summer Patrol. RA Daniel Bonini, CM Gward, CPT Murleen and CPT Great Griffin. Congrats to all of us, for we deserved our IS-GWs :)

 

News

* COL Darklord was promoted to Wing X Commander. Congrats!!

* Coranel should be back tomorrow...

* Congrats to RA Moagim Daar for being promoted to Sovereign Commodore....poor man :D

* Several comps running and on the way ;)

* Applications for Vanguard Commodore are being accepted

* Science Officer Applications are being accepted

* Logistics Officer Applications are also being accepted at this time

* COL Mosh was recruited by Praetorian Squadron and has left our ranks...good luck!!!

* Dalk is stepping down as Inferno CMDR....bad, bad Dalk!!!

* Freeworlds is back...check http://freeworlds.emperorshammer.net/

 

T/D Astra Fighter’s Flight Status

- TIE-TC 219 – 6 missions flown with 2 new mission highscores!!
- TIE-TC 214 – 6 missions flown with 3 new mission highscores!!
- TIE-TC 202 – 6 missions flown with 6 new mission highscores and new battle highscore!!

The TIE Defender “Astra Fighter” is my personal Starfighter, so, as Darklord is reporting on all ship’s flights besides mine, I decided to report my own battles flown in this section.

 

Fleet News

http://www.ehtiecorps.org/news.asp
http://www.emperorshammer.org/news.htm

 

Competitions


* Name the Flagship Competition

Find a name for the new TCCOM competition that will determine the Flagship of the TIE Corps! Win an IS-SR for simple thinking! The competition that needs to be named is going to be in the form of a supremacy competition, and similar to the ASF SC and TCBG ECR competitions of old! Deadline is October 30th.

* Kill the TCCOM!
Every time Frothy is dueled and killed in Freeworlds, the pilot who did so wins an IS-BW! This is only for the emperorshammer's Freeworld server! http://freeworlds.emperorshammer.net/. Deadline is December 15th. You get an IS-BW for killing “Frothy”.

* TCCOM Flagship Competition (until the “Name the Flagship Competition” ends with the actual comp name)
1. The "____________" competition will involve all ships in the TIE Corps in an all out supremacy competition up against each other. Each ship runs the chance of being the Flagship of the TIE Corps. In order to be the best, the ships will be attempting to gain points, the ship with the most points wins.
2. Points can be gained in two ways:
A) Pilot/Squadron activity
AND
B) Bonus point competitions
3. Pilot activity points will be awarded on the basis of:
I. Single Player Flying Activity= 1 point per mission
II. Mission high score= An additional point per mission high score
III. Battle high score= An additional point per mission in the battle (not cumulative with II.)
IV. Multiplayer win (XWA or XvT)= 10 points
V. Multiplayer loss (XWA or XvT)= 5 points
VI. Freeworlds mission passed= 5 points
VII. Freeworlds duel win= 10 points
VIII. Freewrolds duel loss= 5 points
IX. Graphics submissionfiltered= 1 to 10 points
X. Fiction submission= 1 to 10 points
XI. Mission Created= 1 to 10 points each
XII. IWATS passed= 3 points, 5 if 100%
XIII. FCHG rank increase= 50 points
4. Squadron activity points will be awarded on the basis of:
I. Citations earned*= 10 points each
*Citations that are gained upon the joining of a pilot will not count towards points*
5. Bonus point competitions
In order to reflect a more quality over quantity side, several specific competitions will take part during the month of November. These competitions will be worth astoundingly large amounts of bonus points, hence, making them ever so worthwhile. This will insure fairness amongst ships of different sizes, and put less emphasis on power activity.
I. First bonus competition (first week): Large Scale Fiction Comp = 1000 points to the winning pilot's ship.*
II. Second bonus competition (second week): Single Player Competition = 1500 points to the winning pilot's ship.
III. Third bonus competition (third week): Large scale MP comp (XvT, XWA) = 1500 points to the winning pilot's ship
IV. Fourth bonus competition (fourth week): Large Freeworlds competition = 2000 points to the winning ship.**
*All competitions will have an IS-GW/GR awarded to the winner, in addition to the points he/she would have earned with that activity. The bonus points are only on Ship level. Second place receives an IS-SW/SR, but no bonus.
**The Freeworlds competition will likely be in teams, therefore no individual winners will be available.
7. Judging
All judgement that calls upon an opinion (Fiction, mission creation, graphics) will be judged by the JAG, VA Conker. All submissions of said categories should be sent to the FO and JAG, in addition to your regular chain of command. All Fiction and graphics submissions shall also be sent to the EH newsletter.
8. Transfers
Transfers are discouraged during the competitions in order to keep things as fair as possible. They will ultimately be at the FO's discretion.

* TCBG Escort Squadron Competition
The scoring rules are simple or complicated depending on how you want to view it. Each squadron chooses a battle that a majority of his squadron can fly and is betting that his squadron will defeat all the other squadrons in the battle group. If the squadron has an even split of platforms, chose the one that the commander can also fly. That is the first phase of the competition (choosing the battle). Once all the battles are chosen, they are released to the battle group and you have 1 month to complete your squadron's battle and as many of the other battles as you can. Only your squadron's battle is mandatory for the competition. Wing Commanders and Commodores are encouraged to fly these but are not required. When submitting the score, send it to your CMDR who will BSF your pilot file and have in the notes area written "For the Escort Squadron Competition" as well as any other notes required for processing by the Flight Office. I will be looking for this note to record the Battle Score. Once the scores are collected, I will add up the entire Squadron's Score for that battle and divide it by the number of people in the squadron that can fly the given battle. This average battle score will be added to all the others for a final top squadron score. Each battle will be listed separately as well as having the over all scores. Squadrons that host will add 100 points for every squadron they defeat in their battle chosen. For example: Squadron "A" chose TIE-TC001 as their battle. They have 5 of the 8 members of the squadron that can fly TIE. I received 4 submissions. Their total score for the battle is 144,357. I divide this by 5 to get 28,871.400. I then check to see how many other squadrons have played this battle and their standings. For every squadron that squadron "A" has a higher score for the host battle in, I add 100 points. No points are added for those that have defeated this squadron. This is then added to the other battles flown and calculated in the same manner. The scores are compared and the winning squadron is the one with the most points at the end of October. Each week, I will release the current standings for each squadron. Individual standing is not being tracked. This is a squadron level competition and the more in the squadron that participates, the better your chances are that you will win.
Place    Medal    Notes
1st       IS-GW    Named BGCOM's Escort Squadron 2006/11/01 to 2007/10/31
2nd      IS-SW
3rd      IS-BW
The ship with the highest percentage of participants will be named the 2007 Flagship of the Battle Group. ^_^!!!
Battle Listings:
ISD Challenge
Cyclone: XvT-TC70
Typhoon: XWA-TC39
Thunder: TIE-TC104
Omicron: TIE-TC10
Tornado: TIE-TC19
Inferno: TIE-TC223
ISD Vanguard
Scorpion: XWA-TC 27
Odin: TIE-TC 81
Python: none
ISD Subjugator
Fury: XWA-TC 06
Flayer: XvT-TC 117
Slayer: XvT-TC 89
Viper: XvT-TC 100
MC80B Redemption
Red: XvT-TC 106
Green: XvT-TC 03

* RA Pellaeon’s new uniform
This is Master’s TIE Golf comp....you have to subscribe until October 25th to participate. Check it out here: http://tac.emperorshammer.net/TIEGolf/

* Master's Monthly Map Mayhem
Start Date: 10/1/2006
Parties Involved: EH-wide
Medals: IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR (or subgroup equivalent) each month.
According to the System Manual (
http://sysman.emperorshammer.net/) the EH is in control of ten systems.
Each month Master is going to pick a planet from one of the EH Controlled Systems* from the manual. Those interested will then have the remainder of the month to create a Empire at War or SW Galactic Battlegrounds or Jedi Academy map based on that planet.

*Master may throw in the odd other planet from SW from time to time with more bonuses.
Designers are free to do as they like with the map provided basics stay true to the System Manual information.
Maps will be judged on: Technical realization (use wat u got), general plotline & general enjoyment.
All maps should be submitted ala standard TACcy Rules and via the Custom BSF (
http://tac.emperorshammer.net/tacdb/batsubmit.asp)
All maps will be judged by TAC.

* Halloween Banner Prank Competition 2006
Starts: 10/1/2006
Ends: 10/31/2006
Shiny Bobbles: IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR (or subgroup equivalent)
Much like a cool looking phoenix rising from ashes of old so is this ripper of a competition that prob most of you weren't even here for the first two times round and was subsequently lost to the ages. Created by the infamous HA Keiran Idanian waaaaay back in the day this comp was created basically to make fun of your rivals (and friends) and have a laugh doing so. Not only that but it’s so easy, even an idiot with paint (like me) can win a medal. Take either the splash banner or standard banner from your rival squadron, wing, ships, battlegroup, clan, house, company etc etc & put a prank on it! This could go from simply changing some text to 'better suit the picture' or changing a graphic to 'better suit the text' You can submit as many submissions as you like (but u can only win one medal). Any overly insulting submissions will be deleted. All submission must be emailed to TAC no later than the 31st of October.

* Ace of the Tie Corps
Starting this month, we now have a new monthly competition series - Ace of the TIE Corps. The concept is simple - the pilot with the most flown missions at the end of each month will recieve an Iron Star with Gold Wings and the title "Ace of the Month". You will be able to see the progress of pilots over time by checking the Pilot Kill Board. At the end of the year, the pilot with the most missions flown will recieve an Iron Star with Platinum Wings and the title of "Ace of the TIE Corps".
The competition is open to all members of the TIE Corps and the counts are based on missions. Thus a battle will earn you more points than a free mission. The June 2006 division of the competition will end on 30th June, so get flying. Good luck!

* Imperial Alliance Propoganda Festival
Submit content to help promote Imperial Alliance. This can include banners, slogans, etc. The best entry each week will get an IS-GR. The best entry overall will be selected when Imperial Alliance is released and will be awarded an IS-PR. Email entries to propoganda@ehtiecorps.org. Competition will run through January 30th, 2007.

* Quote of the Week competition
Got some funny IRC quotes? Send them in! Top 3 submissions per week earn an IS-BR; top 3 submissions per month earn an IS-SR; IS-PR to the yearly winner, IS-GR to second best yearly submission, and a IS-SR to the third best yearly submissions. Email the quotes to FA Joe (Noon001@aol.com). Only rules are they must have been said within the last 2 weeks (no old, archived quotes) and you can't send in quotes of things that you have said. Must be amusing things others have said. Competition will run through January 21st, 2007.

* Wing X Pilot of the Week/Month 2
Each week the Wing X Commander will choose a pilot he believes has performed better then any other pilot on the ship that week. At the end of the month, Challenge Commodore will look at the overall performance of every Pilot of the Week for that month, and will choose one of them to become the Pilot of the Month. Each Pilot of the Week will be awarded an IS-BR and each Pilot of the Month will be awarded an IS-SR. The Wing X Pilot of the week will always be chosen in the Wing Commander’s report.

 

Dark Lord of the Week

The highly prestigious title of Dark Lord of the Week is only given to the person who has most advanced the success of the Wing, amused the Wing Commander, or slipped me the most $5 notes in a brown paper bag. The Dark Lord of the Week is also the ISD Challenge’s Pilot of the Week, and so gets an IS-BR. This week's winner is:

COL Darklord, for being the new Wing X Commander!!!

 

Ewok of the Week

Yub Yub!

Every story has a hero, every journey has a first step, every Fleet has a pilot who's about as much use as an ashtray on a speeder bike. This weeks's Prize Ewok is none other than:

 

Dalk, for stepping down from Inferno CMDR...

 

Quote of the Week

Darklord: “*bashes Dalk with an Ewok* - you're not supposed to make me work :P”

 

Ship Statistics

Commodore: RA Daniel Bonini
FCHG Points: 1240 (Tesserarius)

Wing Commander: COL Darklord
FCHG points: 787 (Decurion)

Thunder Squadron
Pilots: 8
FCHG points combined: 2273
Average: 284,125 (Knight)

Typhoon Squadron
Pilots: 7
FCHG points combined: 3531
Average: 504,429 (Aquilifer)

Inferno Squadron
Pilots: 9
FCHG points combined: 4405
Average: 489,444 (Legionnaire)

Cyclone Squadron
Pilots: 9
FCHG points combined: 11989
Average: 1332,111 (Tesserarius)

Tornado Squadron
Pilots: 7
FCHG points combined: 1944
Average: 277,714 (Knight)

Omicron Squadron
Pilots: 7
FCHG points combined: 4547
Average: 649,571 (Aquilifer)

Wing X Overall (Commodore not included)
Wing Commander: 1
Pilots: 47
Total FCHG points: 29476
Ship Average: 614,083 (Aquilifer)

 

Conclusion

It took me too long to put this report together. I guess I have to get used to my new activities, and then it will work out fine. Well, everything seems to be in place...new WC is ok, website is ok, Squadron CMDRs are o....DAMMIT DALK!!! Well...what I’m not ok with is our current standings in the TCBG Escort Squadron competition. Go fly those battles before the week ends...and have a nice week everyone ;)

 

Links

TC Site: http://www.ehtiecorps.org/news.asp
ISD Challenge:
http://isdchallenge.tcbg.net/
MB's:
http://mb.emperorshammer.net/
mIRC:
http://www.mirc.com/
ChalRadio: www.chalradio.com

If you get mIRC, join an undernet server and join #wing_x.

 

Respectfully submitted


COM/RA Daniel Bonini/ISD Challenge
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