Features/Changes:

Items/Droids with custom images can now be repackaged into crates and keep their images.

Recalculating cybernetic surgery to favor morale instead of crime. (Equation is flipped. Your surgery centers may need to move!)

Faulty cybernetic removal is now possible

LISP function additions: get-droid, get-planet, get-current-planet, spawn-bandits, get-pilot, get-commander, changeHull/shields/ionic, get-owner is more generic.

Bugs:

City inventory via web services fixed.

Split crate input boxes resized to match

Room selection in room travel cleaned up.

Rules Pages:

Astromech pilot rules updates for clarity

As promised a bit ago we have updated our Project Development listing and will do our best to keep it up to date from now on. 

You can find it here it is also available under the technical menu called Development Projects. It will get updated as more things finalize with the various projects. This will contain the major things we are working on, so check it out often.

Since the last update we have gotten more people to the Quests team and in the process of restructuring the team to make it more efficient. So hopefully before too long more quests will be rolled out and not just our events like Science Fued and Galaxy Fest. Some of the comments from Galaxy Fest are already filtering into the designs of these new things as they are in the planning phases. Some scripts for NPC types, creatures and the like might get scripts added to them first as well so check those often.

Also the recycling merge seems to have gone successfully so far and we might plan for more when we are able to do them. Some of you have also noticed that Mining factions can now produce the ship and vehicle that are used for recycling as well, this was an added benefit for the merge.

There are 3 new faction privileges added. Faction leaders will need to assign these new privileges to faction members as appropriate:

• Can Abort Production
• Can Abort Facility/Station Construction
• Can Revoke Assigned Datacards

This weekend sometime we will be converting all existing recycling factions to be mining factions. This will be done in several stages over the next couple days until this weekend.

• Stage 1 - Completed
  • Ugly Datacards will be granted to Mining Factions
  • Mining Factions will be granted the ability to produce said uglies.
  • Grant the specific datacards granted to all Recycling factions to grant them to Mining factions
  • Allow mining factions to recycle
• Stage 2 - Completed
  • Convert all existing recycling factions to mining factions
  • Disable the creation of new recycling factions
• Stage 3 - Pending
  • Update the rules pages to correctly show mining factions rather than recycling wherever they are located.

We wanted to give you all a few days heads up so you can plan accordingly and not be completely and totally shocked by this. This will be updated as the various stages and processes are done so everyone is kept in the loop. This has been a long ongoing effort to consolidate faction types, more such efforts might happen in the future when we are able to do it. At the end of stage 1 all existing mining factions should have the abilities of recycling factions, while stage 2 is cleanup efforts.

Edit: Stage 1 is completed.

Edit 2: The prospecting vehicles can now also be produced by mining factions as well. Also we have decided if you are part of a group that already have a mining faction and thus will dissolve your current recycling faction. Reach out to Baugrems to get a rembursement of the initial startup cost for the recycling faction.

Edit 3: Stage 2 Completed and moved rules to Stage 3

Taking care of some minor items on my todo list. 

• 3PO Droid Loses its Infantry Command Skill...who in their right mind would trust him heading out into battle.
• The Glaive weapon has been renamed to Chakram since well that is what the picture is, and a glaive is a polearm not a thrown weapon
• Updated Batch Size of some droids as well from 1 to 2. Mostly the Astromechs that weren't already 2, Protocol Droids and Labor Droids
• Updated Batch Size of Battle Droids from 2 to 4 

In other news now that Galaxy Fest is over, would like to thank everyone that participated and both galaxy fest itself and the survey we did afterwords. This information should help us improve future galaxy scale quests and events. Those interested in helping out with those events and quests  or the smaller scale quests, can apply to the Quest team by working up a script in LISP using a custom NPC or a Protocol Droid and showing us what you can do. Submit applications to Baugrems and if accepted you will get the chance to help work on that stuff and more.

On a final note, since it was asked a bit lately. I'll see about getting our development roadmap updated and posted or fixing our projects page eventually so we can show it there.This one is slgihtly outdated was made early this year but for the most part this is what we are marching towards.

Dual wielding weapons changes: You can now dual wield without using both primary and secondary slots. When equipping a dual wieldable weapon, a separate dual wield slot will allow you to equip a second weapon to the same slot. You can do this in both the primary and secondary slots. Additionally, installed cybernetics will show up in your item fitout.

This is the first major change completed by Vesh. Well done!

- Deep Space Asteroid Fields have randomized names now and act like permanently hidden systems. This is to allow the use of inventory filters on assets in asteroid fields. The rules pages for these asteroid fields only show if present within the system.
- Fixed an issue with hidden cities at 0,0 showing up on rules pages.

As the title suggests I do like big storage or just any storage of all kinds. So the theme for this release of stuff is storage, and weapons. The weapons are good at killing things which you can then dispose of the evidence in the storage. Without further ramblings from a bunny onto the goodies. Cargo Containers went generic, we also offer a generic grenade launcher and a generic sniper rifle and a generic storage item as well.

The cargo containers had their stats redone to better fit their needs as well.

Ships:

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Cargo_Containers

Weapons:

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Projectile&ID=411

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Heavy_Projectile&ID=413

Item:

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Storage&ID=412

Edit: Cargo container stats were adjusted slightly mostly on the I, J, and E.

Edit2: Cargo containers may now be tractored and/or docked into any entity with a Hangar Bay or Docking Bay. They will prefer the Docking Bay for access purposes, but if there is no Docking Bay they will appear in the Hangar Bay (and you can board/unboard them from that room). See updated/corrected Docking rules. DM Baugrems with all questions.

Our first melee ion weapon has now been released the Electrostaff. Enjoy and Have fun motivating those droids.

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Non-Projectile&ID=409

A new ship, not tied to any canon entities, has joined our game. The Colossal-class Heavy Carrier is essentially a smaller version of the popular MTC. This is a generic ship that we have been working on for a while now and glad to bring it to the game! 

The Generic Datacard for this ship is a massive 4.5 slots so be careful with the new automated Datacard checker that you don't lose it.

Check it out at the link below!

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Capital_Ships&ID=253

Faction Generic Datacards
- There is now a daily job that runs and will enforce generic datacard membership requirements.

Changes:
- You can now duel wield any duel wieldable weapons (previously you could only duel wield the same type of weapon)
- You can now cancel a bacta tank healing action (if you are in the tank and conscious). Doing so will not heal you and you will lose the bacta in the process.
- Cybernetics now shows you a preview of the success chances.
- Sector rules page now shows mini galaxy map preview.

Bugs:
- Asteroid Mining Depleting Deposit crash fixed.
- Asteroid Prospecting from non-squad leader now works better.
- GPS no longer operates when in hyperspace (it didn't previously work in hyperspace, it just acted like it did)
- Asteroid prospecting events are now sent to more people.
- Fixes to facility construction not moving certain things out of the way.
- HP and XP transaction sheets are now more detailed, and Force XP sheet is split from XP and shown on its own page (for new events only).
- Fix Crash when protecting/transferring stocks.
- Faction Stock now costs a flat 100,000 credits to protect/unprotect (Previously cost nothing).
- There's been some changes to how infantry squads are stored in the database, expect future bugs with this change.
- Workaround for a crash when sharing scanners with NPCs who were holding items with corrupt locations.
- Fix Force Speed ability
- Force page now more mobile friendly
- Show stats page now shows location and has travel planner destination button.
- Fix bacta tank parties occuring.
- Fix IFF page multiple entry.
- Fix an infinite XP exploit (Thanks to the unrelatedly swoll Jic)
- Income no longer shown on galaxy map pages and other pages (The value previously shown was the meaningless tax income value, and was removed many years ago and entirely unrelated to any FI income)
- Red/Green/Blue Flash messages no longer occlude buttons behind.
- Some missing Station IFF images were added.

Rules updates:
- Asteroid field damage rules are more detailed.
- Jetpack rules
- Datacard rules

The GPS item can now be used to tell you how many deposits (revealed and unrevealed) exist within an asteroid field. Simply interact with the item while in a field to get the answer.

Year 21 Day 293, 6:26 Noctis banned player Xinnu Thax providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Dav Koor, Kam Spider, Dak Kahn remake.

Permanent ban is still permanent.

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Year 21 Day 284, 16:34

Bane Senatu has been revived by Baugrems.

The dead live again! Due to some poor form cheating the death has been reversed. If you notice some assets missing from your inventory it is because all were returned to him. If there was a sale involved, let me know, but I think I saw all of them.

RELATED BAN:

 259

Year 21 Day 279, 20:33

Baugrems banned player Ahmus Wright providing the following reason: Spying/Multi

 260

Year 21 Day 279, 20:33

Baugrems banned player Cheko Uketakth providing the following reason: Spying/Multi

Don't expect these guys to be back.

UNRELATED BAN!

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Year 21 Day 281, 22:50

Baugrems banned player Bret Checkway providing the following reason: Spying - Trying to sell info from old character on a new character. 2 week ban.

Kind of explains itself. Short warning ban.

Year 21 Day 273, 17:59 Noctis banned player Jin Croth providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Creating multiple accounts to get around the death timer.

Year 21 Day 273, 17:59 Noctis banned player Rilee Willy providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Creating multiple accounts to get around the death timer.

Permanent ban.

Year 21 Day 269, 11:14 Evan banned player Zembuel Miraz providing the following reason: Asset laundering to get around death timer

Year 21 Day 269, 11:14 Evan banned player Erwin Vri providing the following reason: Asset laundering to get around death timer

Accounts are banned and the laundered assets have been sent to the market. Submit a support ticket in 3 weeks to have the unbanning of the accounts considered.

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Friendly reminder that when your character dies and you go through the process to create a new one, the new character should be separate and distinct from your previous character(s) - we do strive to be a roleplaying game afterall. This includes assets previously held be former characters; they should be re-purchased at current market price if you wish to regain possession. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

1 Year 21 Day 267, 12:56 Noctis banned player Tomas Haalux providing the following reason: Multi Ban - multiple accounts, one player.

2 Year 21 Day 267, 12:56 Noctis banned player Bol Farrimando providing the following reason: Multi Ban - multiple accounts, one player.

3 Year 21 Day 267, 12:56 Noctis banned player Morghanna Fey providing the following reason: Multi Ban - multiple accounts, one player.

Oldest account can request an unban after 3 weeks.

Reminder, registering as a multi does not mean you get to have multiple accounts for yourself.

*DCs available until Y21 D266.

Jaden Ashby is now known as Jaden Praetorian.  

Year 21 Day 234, 19:35 Noctis banned player Amale Damanic providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Year 21 Day 234, 19:35 Noctis banned player Raa`hse Nahk providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Permanent ban.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:33 Noctis banned player Urkh Malal providing the following reason: Multi Ban - accounts coming under control of a single player.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:33 Noctis banned player Raghie Faub providing the following reason: Multi Ban - accounts coming under control of a single player.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:33 Noctis banned player Erwina Kammerer providing the following reason: Multi Ban - accounts coming under control of a single player.

Can submit a help ticket in 3 weeks for the oldest acocunt to be unbanned.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:32 Noctis banned player Tara Ta`sa providing the following reason: Multi Ban- accounts coming under control of a single player.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:32 Noctis banned player Kara Ta`sa providing the following reason: Multi Ban- accounts coming under control of a single player.

Can submit a help ticket in 3 weeks for the oldest acocunt to be unbanned.

Reminder, even registering as a multi does not mean you can access someone else's account.

Questions and concerns can be directed to 

Year 21 Day 227, 18:03 Noctis banned player Damon Wren providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Nero Wren remake.

Ban is still ban.  

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Year 21 Day 218, 15:51

Baugrems banned player Azul Bumpas providing the following reason: Multi Ban

 2

Year 21 Day 218, 15:51

Baugrems banned player Palo Halostepper providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Banned for a month for making an account to get around death timer. Then attempting a third account named Soloman Lear a bit later.

1	Year 20 Day 201, 18:44	Evan banned player Sofia Meadow providing the following reason: Multi Ban
2	Year 20 Day 201, 18:44	Evan banned player Cara Moris providing the following reason: Multi Ban
3	Year 20 Day 201, 18:43	Evan banned player Arkhan von Nehek providing the following reason: Multi Ban
4	Year 20 Day 201, 18:43	Evan banned player Renee Ann Burgundy providing the following reason: Multi Ban
5	Year 20 Day 201, 18:42	Evan banned player Anika Grimoire providing the following reason: Multi Ban
6	Year 20 Day 201, 18:42	Evan banned player Mercer Gray providing the following reason: Multi Ban
7	Year 20 Day 201, 18:42	Evan banned player Sonya Innovna providing the following reason: Multi Ban
8	Year 20 Day 201, 18:42	Evan banned player Emily Gray providing the following reason: Multi Ban
9	Year 20 Day 201, 18:41	Evan banned player Iris Annabella providing the following reason: Multi Ban
10	Year 20 Day 201, 18:41	Evan banned player Dain Vel Iblis providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Second multi-ban for Dain makes this one permanent.

Edit:

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Year 21 Day 182, 18:20

Baugrems banned player Diana Brennan providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Still permanent. Appeals will be harder now.

1 Year 21 Day 149, 21:13 Noctis banned player Tim Morrison providing the following reason: Hacking

PSA: Hacking is bad, don't do it.

Player can request an unban in 5 months, 29 days, 4 hours, and 15 minutes.    Never

Edit: Perma

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Year 21 Day 145, 22:43

Baugrems banned player Wesley OyKi providing the following reason: Multi Ban + Impersonation

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Year 21 Day 145, 22:43

Baugrems banned player Angeline Rheagar providing the following reason: Multi Ban + Impersonation

Banned for second offense of multi account abuse. Also impersonation of another player.

3 Month ban. 6 month ban. Wesley can return at that point and won't be allowed multis of any kind following. Support.swcombine.com to make a ticket as always.

For other questions or concerns, please message Noctis directly.

EDIT: Permanent ban.

The NPC and Quest Team is open for more members. Ever since Galaxy Fest, I have been drowning in questions about the team, how to work in swc-lisp, and how someone can help. This team is in charge of things like Galaxy Fest, generic NPC/Droid/Creature scripts, and everything in between where it involves a conversation tree or quest.

How do I join?

Message Baugrems or Noctis expressing your interest. We will be expecting you to have written some custom NPC/Protocol Droid scripts to show. It does not need to be complex but it should show that you know how to use it.

What projects can I work on?

We have a huge list of available jobs and potential for new projects. NPCs, Droids, and Creatures are still missing a lot of generic scripts. Galaxy Fest style events need worked on/planned. Newbie Quests need help. Random quests (like Purrgil) need help. If you have a plan that doesn't fit, let us know and it might be possible.

What's in it for me?

Besides monthly CP pay ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 there are bonuses for work done and you get first look at upcoming quests. Plus you can help influence what comes next.

GO CLICK ALL THE THINGS!

Deathmatch

GRUDGE MATCHES!

Here is the Top 10 for the Galaxy Fest ticket counts. Top 5 got grand prizes. The top 3 chose moons in Bright Jewel. The next two took Starspeeder 3000s!

handle,tickets

"Con Semper",3816

"Simkin Dragoneel",3814

"Legend Myre",3799

"Kara DuMonte",3796

"Eliana Nicabre",3749

Syn,3744

"Owyn Darklighter",3686

"Sevk Ill`er",3672

"Thomas Decoy",3656

"Lev Bolden",3647

Tickets can still be redeemed for one more week on the surface of Ord Mantell in the Galaxy Fest city. The shield is down for landing.

Now that Galaxy Fest has ended, there will be a lot of people returning to life as normal and some poor penguin will be forced to clean up all the trash. But the planet is still open for swap meets, hang outs, and more. In the next couple months it will also have a regular carnival appear with lesser prizes.

A quest has appeared in the Bright Jewel System in orbit of the gas giant, Wynkahthu. The station, Tansarii Point, has a mining foreman who will be needing a lot of assistance. It sounds like he will always need at least a little help so there is no time limit to get there!

It seems Purrgils have been spotted on the planet below and are disrupting his operations. The pay will be good, but it won't be in credits. Bring along your hunting crews and discover the quest!

3/4ths done with Galaxy Fest! The big event ends on Day 270 at 23:59 combine time.

Prize claiming will be open for an extra week but the games will close. Ever NPC including blueprint vendor, critter vendor, bartenders, etc. Will all be gone at close. Shuttles to the grounds will close and the prize ticket handler will move to the station in orbit.

Getting a ride home: A team of valets will be available at the Jubilee Wheel. They will confirm your desired teleport is a prize entity, that it is yours, and that your destination is valid. You may stuff as much stuff into your prizes as you want before teleport. Including characters such as yourself. Kidnapping with this method will result in heavy punishment. Don't do it. You will have a choice to teleport the prize without you, or with you onboard. It will cost 10 tickets per ride so make sure you save for it if you have many needs. These Valets will work for 2 weeks following the close of Galaxy Fest.

Credits spent so far at Galaxy Fest is at 150 billion. A majority coming from the blueprint vendor.

Leaderboard update: The top 30 are all still in the running to easily take first by the end. These amounts and the names will be released at the end. Top prizes will be selected by winners in descending order. Don't give up with this last push!

A few random games might still pop up as well. Keep your eyes peeled for bawoons, lost children, and other surprises from current personalities.

As always, please use the help channel on our discord server to report issues you find. Private messages to staff can get lost easily, so tag us in the channel so we can confirm we're around to field them before resorting to it. Quest Team can also answer most questions.

Rumor has it that there may be more action in the Bright Jewel system sooner than most think. Think twice before running home right away.

EDIT:  There's a balloon on the loose.  Pop it!

Day 257 at 00:00:00 the galaxy fest will be open!

The Jubilee Wheel in orbit of Ord Mantell of the Bright Jewel system is your entry point. It is free to enter. Speak to the greeter in the entry room to gain access.

For the galaxy fest discord server, click here. It will contain more detailed info and announcements.

Edit: By popular demand, Kyle was gracious enough to reduce the game timers to 12 hours instead of 24.  Enjoy and good luck getting tickets.  

Also send him a DM telling him "Thank you for the bawoons."

Development has continued well with Galaxy Fest and we are ready for next month's big opening!

That said, there needs to be an update to how tickets are handled. A lot of backroom discussions with admins and quest team for exact details has been going for a while now. It seems like the trade, even throttled, rose a lot of concerns of the big prizes simply being about who can buy others out or bring the most people into their group. With that in mind, some modifications have been made.

Tickets can not longer be traded in any form. Groups/Factions cannot pool tickets together.

Large prizes such as the moons will be handled differently as well. Instead of being purchased with a large pile of tickets, they will be set aside for the highest total earned over the 2 week event. You can feel free to spend tickets and not worry about missing out on the grand prizes. At the end, the top earners will get their pick of prizes in order of highest to lowest until they are gone.

This is an effort to make the event as fair as possible for every individual. While we do enjoy group play for many events, this isn't the type for it to work fairly. The prize list will be adjusted slightly to reflect this soon. Exepect some changes to but for most of it to remain about the same.

How's it do, all!

As of our last sync, we've introduced a new team to Combine: Art Queue Team.

We've decided to add this team for 2 reasons: to improve how quickly art is approved and to allow the Art Team to focus more on art and the creation or modification of rules rather than the enforcement of art rules. The Art Team will still have the final say on any approvals or denials as the Art Queue Team only deals with enforcement of the rules, so if you believe an image that was acceptable has been denied, you'll still need to bring it up with the current Art Team Director. If you have questions on how to fix the image or why the image was denied, however, you may also now contact the current Art Queue Team Director (me)!

We have 10 Art Queue Team members that have been picked due to their track record with following the art rules. Worry not, however! We may expand the art queue team in the future!

At this time, we won't be announcing who is on the Art Queue Team, though they may choose to do so themselves if they want to.

Feel free to send me a DM if you have any questions about the Art Queue Team or how it functions.

Thanks for your time!

Galaxy Fest is starting soon around Day 257! This translates to around August 10th.

A recent GNS post revealed some rumors about the upcoming event. This Sim News should hopefully answer things clearly for everyone. Now that the date is fast approaching some more information is available.

How long? Where is it?

Planet Ord Mantell in the Bright Jewel Sector will be revealed this month. You will have over a month from its reveal to reach the fairgrounds. The festival itself will last 14 days. Afterwards, the planet will remain open as a theme park to visit, but will have worse prizes and less vendors.

Can I trade or pool tickets?

Yes. You will be able to work as a group to gather tickets, and a form of trade will be available (but fairly limited). Don't expect to buy everyone's tickets but people can feel free to make credits off of the event if they would rather do it that way. It will be worth your effort to use the tickets instead of selling them.

Can we land on the planet?

Nope! Transport to the planet will be done via Quest Shuttles that can be boarded from a station in orbit. Only individuals will be allowed to enter Galaxy Fest. The nearby moons are shielded and prepared for prizes, so you will be unable to land. A nearby Gas Giant will be the only place to land or hunt. The space station will not be dockable but it will be open for anyone to enter. After the opening event ends (14 days after opening), landing will be possible at the fairgrounds themselves.

What do we do at Galaxy Fest?

NPCs will be spread throughout the fairgrounds that offer a variety of games to play. These games will be based on skills, luck, and some wit. If you lack in one or all of those areas, you will still gain tickets from playing. You will be allowed to play each game once per day and they will be open for the entire festival. You will always gain at least one ticket per play, but a rare jackpot can really boost your tickets.

The rest of the festival grounds will be filled with vendors selling Physical Datacards (potentially rare), collectable items (like plushes and t-shirts), food and drinks, and more. Many things will be out there for you to discover beyond getting tickets or souveniers. 

What should I bring?

Nothing is required at all!

Optional Things to consider bringing:

• Hunting Squad (Can't enter, but other things in system might call for them)
• Medical Equipment (Same as above)
• Rare Stuff to show off (Or sell?)

I have more questions!

The Quest Team is happy to answer questions. A forum thread can be found here in general talk.

Coming to the Bright Jewel Sector on August 10th!

Listed from Highest Ticket Cost to Lowest Ticket Cost

Some prizes have custom images themed to the Galaxy Fest
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3x3 Rock/Crater Moon 
3x3 Glacier Moon 
3x3 Lava/Rock Moon 
Rancor 
Rathtar
DP-20b Gunship 
Colossal Carrier
Foray Corvette 
Sphyrna Corvette 
GalaxyFest Diner
Clone Trooper Set
Heavy Battle Armor Set
Gonzanti Physical DC 1 use
ETA-2 Physical DC 1 use
T3 Astromech
WA-7 Protocol Droid
PK Droid
KX Droid
Porg
X-45
Jetpack
A280 Rifle
Green Milk
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Prizes will spawn in escape pods above the planet, ships just spawning in orbit of course.
Delivery to selected location is available at addition ticket cost.
Moons are shielded. Individual Ownership possible. Located Adjacent to Galaxy Fest Planet.

List is subject to change. Date is subject to change.

Edit: Moons cannot be delivered. Must stay where they are.

Edit2: Tickets are earned by playing mini-games. Like tickets at an arcade. Not directly purchaseable. Must play to win.

In honor of Star Wars day we are giving a special teaser announcement of an upcoming event.

GalaxyFest is going to be a large swap-meet-like-event that takes place at a fairly central location. Plenty of fair warning will be given before it actually begins. Expect in a few months to get a more detailed announcement.

Event will include arcade games and special prizes that you won't want to miss. Come alone or bring the entire faction. 

No Questions will be answered beyond what was posted here.

Good afternoon Combine!

Administration is looking for a new Descriptions Director.  The Director is responsible for uploading/updating descriptions, working well alongside description team members, and paying the team.  If you would like to be considered, please DM one of the following; Baugrems, Kyle, or Evan.  Also include your responses to the following questions.

1) When did you join the Combine.

2) Experience with descriptions.

3) Your activity level/frequency.

4) An example of descriptions you have written/submitted.

5) Is a hotdog a sandwich. (AND A HOTDOG IS A SANDWICH - Noctis) 

Please submit your responses no later than Y21 D87. 

EDIT:

Paul Luz is now the Descriptions Director. Thanks for the applications. I hope everyone still tries to join the team even if they didn't become director!