Thirty First Meeting of the Yew Council
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- Thrawn says ok, let's begin
- Thrawn says thank you all for coming
- Thrawn says obviously, this is an important meeting, as a lot of things have changed recently
- Thrawn says most notably.. some high ranking people resigning
- Thrawn says Pyros, SunWolf, and Kail have all decided to move on
Krythan: *cough*
- Thrawn says now, I hear a lot of whispering and what not
- Thrawn says people saying Yew is falling apart
- Thrawn says and the such
- Thrawn says heck, someone was saying just that as I was walking in here today
- Thrawn says so let me make a few things clear
- Thrawn says for starters, the resignations of those people were not related to one another
- Thrawn says I know Sun had been thinking of leaving for some time, and tried to resign
- Thrawn says a few times before
- Thrawn says Pyros is starting back with his studies and has grown tired of the world
- Thrawn says and Kail.. well, seems his time has become limited as well
- Thrawn says so there is not some big nasty underlying thing driving people away
- Thrawn says and no, Yew is not falling apart at the seams
- Thrawn says it is just undergoing some change
- Thrawn says sometimes change might frighten people, but it happens
- Thrawn says it has happened before in the past, and will happen in the future
- Thrawn says there are lulls in action, lulls in activity, lulls in interest
- Thrawn says but those who remain persist, those who leave are replaced, and the work continues
- Thrawn says and what I hope to get out of these departures is a new sense of the citizens
- Thrawn says a new sense that it is up to THEM to make things happen
- Thrawn says everything should not be left to 3 or 4 people to always organize and run
- Thrawn says that is where the burnout comes from.. trying to do too much alone
- Thrawn says now, with that said, I'd like to open up a discussion of how people feel about
- Thrawn says what has gone on recently.. any concerns or fears.. and any ideas for moving on...
- Thrawn says as always, please raise your hand if you wish to speak
- Thrawn says nobody?
- LaLady says raises hand
- Thrawn says LaLady
- LaLady says does this mean the Yew area will become more active in RP. they got very lazy.
- Anna says *frowns*
- SunWolf says they were always active in rp
- Thrawn says how do you define "lazy" ? not running around chasing Seers?
- William Smit IV says Lazy?!
- SunWolf says not in pvp rp or whateve ryou wish to call it
- Vargen says *hand*
- LaLady says no. seer quests is what i mean. they never try to make there own RP things
- Thrawn says we had a rather large and successful week-long event about a month ago
- Vargen says I think this would be a good time for my announcement then...
- William Smit IV says Hate to interrupt, but I think she's referring to those ol' orc battles, etc.
- LaLady says my Lord tryed to get everyone into a month or so long RP thing. but you nver even
- LaLady says not the orc battles. something that involvs more than just killing others
- Thrawn says what do you mean by "RP thing" that's rather a vague term?
- Rabulkian says anything outside of just killing things
- Rabulkian says i think thats what it means
- SunWolf says lalady we are working one somethign big
- LaLady says we where trying to get a large scale RP war with more than just fighting in it
- SunWolf says which will last for several months
- Thrawn says and this was initiated how?
- LaLady says oh. now you tell us. you could have told us that when you refused our sevral month of
- Thrawn says I'm curious how we were "lazy" about something I never even heard of
- LaLady says we had it all ready too
- LaLady says Pyros never told you?
- SunWolf says lalady
- Thrawn says nope
- LaLady says figures
- SunWolf says everytime i was told aobu tanything
- SunWolf says was war the stones
- SunWolf says we can't do that execpt at given notice
- Thrawn says you mentioned it to Pyros, so that means we were lazy because nobody addressed it?
- SunWolf says ahead of time
- LaLady says Pyros said he told yall. im sorry if i missjudged it.
- Thrawn says perhaps "your Lord" should find the proper channels and ways to get these messages
- Thrawn says the attention they deserve
- SunWolf says i already spoke to him
- LaLady says well. that idea was scraped a week ago
- Thrawn says if it is not suitable for a public message board, I am quite accessible in private
- Vargen says *cough cough* Thrawn if may say a few words?
- Thrawn says Vargen, yes go ahead
- Vargen says first of all, I'd like to announce that at the next millitia meeting...
- Vargen says there will be a ceremony for the induction of new members, and for promotions
- Vargen says everyone is invited
- Vargen says secondly...
- Vargen says the state of warfare here in Trammel is quite different under the Hand of Virtue...
- Vargen says than it was before in the old world.
- Vargen says rather than argue about what's gone wrong...
- Vargen says we should focus on ways to deal with the new situation
- Vargen says I've got some ideas
- Rabulkian says I think so
- Vargen says but arguing about our current state of affairs is not productive
- Vargen says that is all, unless you want my report on the faction wars now...
- Dunedain says raises hand
- Thrawn says hrmm, hold off on that for a moment please
Vargen: *nods*
- Thrawn says thank you for the comments though, I agree, let's move on
- Anna says *raises hand*
- Thrawn says Dune?
- Dunedain says in addition to what Vargen said
- Dunedain says as soon as we can reorgainize the leadership
- Dunedain says we have discussed plans for another rp war with the orcs
- Dunedain says i have already contacted them about the possibility
- Dunedain says we DO plan to heat things up around here again
- Dunedain says please bear with uis as we work thru the reorganization
- Dunedain says thanks
- Thrawn says thank you, well said
- Thrawn says Anna?
- Anna says This is to Vargen. Would you like BTF to proivde some refreshemnst for your mee
- Anna says We would be happy to.
- Vargen says I would greatly appreciate it. I meant to speak with you afterwards....
- Vargen says as our stone is currently in your castle
- Anna says Consider it done then.
- Thrawn says anybody else wish to comment on the current situation? or can we all agree...
- LaLady says raises hand
- Thrawn says that we will move ahead, learning from the past, and with enthusiasm for the future
- Thrawn says yes LaLady?
- LaLady says i would like to apologize if i made some rather rash comments
- LaLady says i didnt know that you didnt know
- Thrawn says apology accepted... I think you should make fewer assumptions however
- SunWolf says . he si very active and very bored
- SunWolf says sorry
- LaLady says and does anyone know who is running the 16th caavan?
- LaLady says err. caravan
- Thrawn says I know Gwen here does a lot of the organization for that
- Gwendolyn says aye :)
- LaLady says can i talk to you after the meeting Gwen?
- Gwendolyn says sure, or I can answer your questions now if you like
- SunWolf says . how many others showed up with dedication
- LaLady says after the meeting is perferable
- Gwendolyn says ok
- LaLady says thats all i hav to say.
- Thrawn says okay
- Thrawn says next
- Thrawn says let me address some of the issues resulting from those who left
- Thrawn says the Militia is in the process of electing a new Captain
- Thrawn says and hope to have that done within the next week
- Thrawn says for Militia members, if you haven't heard or read about the voting process
- Thrawn says either speak to myself or Vargen, or visit the Militia messageboard forum
- Thrawn says also, as Vargen indicated, promotions will be made within the Militia this week
- Thrawn says I am currently keeping an eye open for a new Vice Mayor as well
- Thrawn says and last but not least, we have a new Town Historian
- Thrawn says Jander has accepted the position, and has already made some nice progress
- SunWolf says anna where is you buddy
- SunWolf says oh ok
- SunWolf says jander rocks
- Thrawn says we hope to have something posted this week showing some progress in
- Anna says *smiles*
Tasarion: *hand*
- Thrawn says his documenting of the Council's history
- Thrawn says yes Tasarion?
- Tasarion says whit the factions comming what faction will Yew support?
- Thrawn says funny you should ask that
- Vargen says that is to be decided
- Thrawn says we will address that in a moment
- Thrawn says please stand by
- Tasarion says ok thank you
- William Smit IV says *Raises hand*
- Thrawn says one more thing on the positions available
- Thrawn says we are still looking for a full time Event Coordinator
- Thrawn says so if you're interested, let me know
- Thrawn says yes Will?
- William Smit IV says Never mind, I'll address it later.
- Thrawn says okay
- Thrawn says now, earlier this week, several members of Yew
- Thrawn says ventured onto the shard where factions already exist
- Thrawn says and I pass the floor to Vargen, who will sum up what we found there
- Thrawn says go ahead Vargen
- Vargen says for starters I would like to stress...
- Vargen says that the shard in question has a history of being nothing but a bloodbath anyway
Tasarion: *hehe*
- Vargen says so judging the final situation is not quite possible...
- Vargen says but I did seem to get a good feel for the mechanics of warfare
- Vargen says the fighting was fairly straightforward...
- Vargen says the True Britannians faction was fairly disorganized...
- Vargen says so it was pretty much chaos
- Vargen says but the other options outside of the straight combat were most interesting...
- Vargen says Tinkers had made several booby traps and placed them about the town...
- Vargen says though I didn't get to see any in action
- Vargen says what I did fool around with was the creation of faction items
William Smit IV: *Raises hand once more*
- Vargen says by using silver, the faction currency...
- Vargen says you can craft some nice colored armor and weapons
- Vargen says which are blessed, I believe for 3 weeks
- Vargen says comes in quite handy both in the war and against monsters
- Vargen says these items can only be crafted in the NPC shops of the appropriate type...
- Vargen says which means Yew will be a less-valuable target, having no forge
- Vargen says and hopefully easier to hold onto
- Vargen says Will?
- William Smit IV says Yes, well, that all sounds fun and exciting to me, but isn't it all going to be in Fel?
- Vargen says yes, your point?
- William Smit IV says Every right-minded role-player considers Trammel their home...Not much sense in going
- LaLady says *hand*
- William Smit IV says to Fel all the time fighting in Factions, when your home is Tram.
- Vargen says are you saying there's something wrong with my mind?
- William Smit IV says But there are exceptions, of course.
Thrawn: *chuckles*
- William Smit IV says Yes.
- Vargen says at any rate, there is more to that line of thinking
- Vargen says you see, the faction wars are all that is keeping Minax busy...
- Vargen says too busy to breach the Hand of Virtue and invade this world
- Vargen says in order to protect this one, we must make an effort to keep her busy
- William Smit IV says Hand of Virtue?
- Vargen says the force that prevents hostile action here
- William Smit IV says ... Why not Foot?
- Vargen says (that's what they call it in the UO2 fiction, so I'm using it here)
- William Smit IV says Well, I understand what it is at least.
- William Smit IV says Okay, I'm done...
- Thrawn says LaLady?
- LaLady says the one thing I have noticed while doing factions
- LaLady says was that Most PvP was well, with factions
- LaLady says I rarely saw reds
- LaLady says when I did
- LaLady says they were being hunted
- Tasarion says wathat is because reds can now murder and plunder while being blue
- LaLady says not by a few people
- LaLady says but by many members of factions
- Vargen says they are not murderers, they are soldiers. there's a difference
- LaLady says and the sstanze that the BlackWinds are looking into
- LaLady says is that they plan to be a part of the ShadowLords
- Thrawn says also, one thing to consider I think
- Thrawn says with the "test" shard....
- Thrawn says that contains players from ALL other shards combined
- LaLady says true
- Thrawn says so the numbers there might (and associated exponential chaos) is inflated
- LaLady says more confussion there
Vargen: *nods*
- Thrawn says we really won't know how much interest there is here until we see it in action
- Vargen says you don't have the big guilds like LOA and LLTS on the test shard...
- Vargen says which makes a big difference
- LaLady says also, anyone know when they will have the faction stones working again?
- LaLady says I have tried to join for the past few days
- LaLady says and no luck
- Vargen says my guess is early this week
- Vargen says the current situation has been lengthened by the weekend
Thrawn: *nods*
- Thrawn says anything else Vargen?
- Vargen says not at this time...
- Thrawn says okay, thank you for the report
- Vargen says though I would caution people against...
- Vargen says joining Lord British on test
- Vargen says it seems that every random joe joins up with them...
- Vargen says and they're less organized than the others
- Vargen says that is all
- Thrawn says thank you
- Thrawn says anybody else have anything to add about anything?
- Gwendolyn says *raises hand*
- Thrawn says Gwen
- Gwendolyn says I'd just like to give a reminder about the Trade Caravan which will be taking
- Gwendolyn says place next Saturday, 9/16.
- Gwendolyn says Groups from Yew, Minoc, and Britain will be travelling separately to the
- Gwendolyn says Shrine of Compassion.
- Gwendolyn says Everyone is to meet there at 5:30 pm eastern time.
- Darkrider says where?
- Gwendolyn says the Shrine of Compassion
- Vargen says the shrine in the deasert
: Gwendolyn says aye
: William Smit IV says Desert?!
: SunWolf says yew will have to have
: SunWolf says some warriors
: SunWolf says it is a hard journey there at times
: Gwendolyn says *nods*
: Darkrider says i will try to find it
: SunWolf says dark you will be i a group
: SunWolf says aroudn 4:30
: SunWolf says in abbey
: Thrawn says anybody else?
: Anna says *raises hand*
: Thrawn says Anna?
: Anna says There seem to be a band of Pirates who have moved in next door to the school.
: William Smit IV says Aye!
: Anna says William had a run in with them yesterday.
: Thrawn says oh really? hrmm
: Anna says *looks at William*
: William Smit IV says *Kisses his bruises*
: LaLady says heheh
: Thrawn says what were their names?
: William Smit IV says Foul pirates!
: William Smit IV says Oh, they're not hard to recognize....
: William Smit IV says Their guild abbreviations are PoP.
: William Smit IV says And they look like...Pirates...!
: Thrawn says hrmmm
: William Smit IV says Watch out for them! They're scoundrels!
: Thrawn says okay, well thank you for the warning.. we'll keep an eye out for them
: Anna says I herd one of them yesterday,,,,, say....
: Anna says May the Virtues and Justice be damned.
: Rabulkian says !
: Thrawn says he probably drank too much grog
: Anna says William can confirm that as well.
: William Smit IV says Aye, he did!
: Thrawn says if they become a nuisance, perhaps we can send some Militia there to quiet them down
: William Smit IV says He was in not a stuporous state... I used to consume a lot of...beverages...I know....
: William Smit IV says Er--not in
: Anna says I just worry due to they are right tnext door to school.
: SunWolf says i was forming a navy to deal with the pirates
: LaLady says The Duke ha expressed an intrest in the School
: SunWolf says i heeard they were ocming sometime ago
: LaLady says his Knights will not allow Pirates to harm any of the students
: LaLady says or staff
: Anna says *feels a little better*
: William Smit IV says Also, a Pirate told me that if the Yew Militia comes to their land, they won't abide
: William Smit IV says by their laws.
: William Smit IV says Or any other man's...
: William Smit IV says Even though, there house is in Yew jurisdiction, I think.
: Vargen says we'll keep clear of Buccaneer's Den then...
Vargen: *grin*
: Thrawn says thanks for bringing it to our attention, just ask for protection if you need it
: Thrawn says anybody have anything else? I'd like to wrap things up for today
: Thrawn says anybody?
: Vargen says if any millitia members could stick around...
: LaLady says I need to speak with Gwen before I go
: LaLady says in private
: Vargen says with so many of us here we should use the opportunity to get organized...
: Thrawn says okay then, thank you all for coming to the meeting, have a nice day
: Thrawn says Militia please stick around
: Anna says Thank you Mayor.
: SunWolf says i must be off all it is nice seien gyou all again