(Ill Legend was busy and told me to just use Paint. So I did! Ron suggested making the whole post in "Crayon" font, but we can't, unfortunately...)
It's been a long year for all of us here in DoD, but let's start with a quick recap:
Recapping 2010! said:
When you think about it, a lot of stuff happened! In the span of one year:
DoD:S Leadership (or former Leadership!) has taken the reins of two new eGO divisions, including a promotion to Council. Three Medals of Honor have been awarded, as well as a Division Leader Commendation and multiple Distinguished Service Awards from Artimus himself, and a Leadership Member of the Year award! Evidently we're doing something right!
On to some important questions...
Kalt vs. Argentan
Might as well take care of the elephant in the room first, I guess. Kalt died, and has been reborn as Argentan. The server has been updated and should be ready to roll; we will be sticking with it. As we have said before (this is nothing new!), if interest stays up with the Kalt Event on Fridays, we may look into what can be done about another Kalt server.
The Drop Box
We take anything posted in the Drop Box seriously and discuss it in the appropriate areas. For those who think otherwise, standard procedure is to copy any promotion recommendations to a special thread for review, and we do similarly with other issues as they arise. Getting a "Thank you for your recommendation..." doesn't mean we're ignoring you, by any means; think of those "standard" replies as proof that we've taken note of your comments and concerns. Sometimes we do miss things, but we try not to.
Admin Training
We'll be stepping up our efforts to help out all of the new promotees. Krazy1 has joined the Admin Training staff, and will be a huge asset to us as we move forward.
Recruiting
We ended the year on a good note with regards to recruiting, and would like to thank Blue Stealth in particular for his efforts here, as well as everyone who graciously donated prizes. We will continue to offer prizes for recruiting in the future. While December's numbers were a bit off of November's, this is to be expected with the holidays. eGs and above, please remember to put in promotion recommendations for worthy recruits via the appropriate avenues.
Events
As always, we are interested in pursuing new types of events, but we need your feedback. Not showing up for events doesn't help, and neither does "I liek zombie mod it wuld b cool" in the Drop Box. We would have no problem trying to get things set up, but we need lead time and help from you: Things don't get done instantaneously, and that's why progress tends to be slow; we have to work "behind-the-scenes" to make them happen. Want to try Zombie Mod? Help us find a reasonable plugin and we'll take a look at it. The same goes for other mods; we get a GunGame suggestion every once in a while in the Drop Box too. We had that in the past, but the mod was glitchy, nobody showed up, and an update finally broke it for good, so it was removed. If a good mod showed up though, we'd certainly be willing to try it; don't let anyone tell you that DoD:S is resistant to change! Our goal is to minimize these kinds of issues while having as much fun as possible.
Members of the Year (That's right, there's two!)
Congratulations Stormy for being named the DoD:S Member of the Year for 2010! His work with the Realism event has made it (and the subsequent campaigns) a huge success, and we are proud to award him this honor! Keep up the fantastic work!
We'd also like to congratulate Angreifen for being named a Leadership Member of the Year. As a longtime Division Leader, he has been a driving force in shaping our division and its direction. Congratulations, and thank you!
Sticky Topics
Thanks to Blue Stealth for doing a great job redoing the stickies in DoD General. He not only condensed many of them into a "General FAQs" thread that covers a ton of stuff, but also made custom graphical buttons and worked with Dominion on scripting to make their functionality possible. Please refer to that thread with any general questions you might have, such as about spawn camping rules and fixing lag issues. Thanks Blue!
Competitive Team
The Competitive Team has now officially completed its first season in both FDL and DCL. Sadly, eGO was eliminated from playoff contention with a five ticket loss last Sunday. As disheartening as it was, we have a lot to look forward to.
The FragDODS League (FDL) has joined forces with DODS Competitive Network to form the DODS CompNet League (DCN). The new league will be staffed largely by FDL admins and will begin a new season of competitive play starting February 2nd. This means that we don't have much time to regroup and re-establish a roster, so PM ronpaul if you're interested in competition!
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Questions? Post them here, and we'll try to answer a few good ones
-DoD:S Leadership
