Squad of the Month -- Saturday, January 28 at 20:00 UTC (8PM GMT/ 3PM EST)

[Stromgold]

I have a conflict on the 14th. Any other Saturday should be fine for me.

[mWagner84]

The 21st I might have some wiggle room on actually...

[Amicus]

The 21st I might have some wiggle room on actually...

If you had been more certain of being able to attend on the 21st, I would put the 21st up, but as ND has put in a strong preference for the 28th (and I have a bit of a work conflict on the 21st), I am going with the 28th.

Scheduling has been open now for over a week. One member voiced conflicts to all proposed times, except possibly the 21st. Two others had convenience or likely conflict issues with 21st, and one of those two being the convenor and the other being a squad CO, their preferences weighed heavier. Therefore, the next Squad of the Month meet will be:

Saturday, January 28 at 20:00 UTC (i.e., 8PM GMT, 3PM EST, 2PM CST, 12AM PST)

The scheduling of this month's meet is now CLOSED.

[paragod516]

I work 24hrs on the 21st and I'm on call the 28th. I can do Sunday 22nd and 29. I could have done the 14th but, too late.

[Amicus]

Your Squad Needs YOU!
Saturday, January 28 at 20:00 UTC
(i.e., 8PM GMT, 3PM EST, 2PM CST, 12PM PST)

Squad of the Month meet is THIS COMING SATURDAY!

Attendance is a big part of scoring the winner. Don't let your squad go down without a fight!

By order of the Council of Admirals, after completion of the competition portion of the Meet, there will be a drawing at this month's SotM for:

PRIZE GIVE-AWAY
20 Million Energy Credits

The Meet will convene on Discord in a channel relabeled "Squad of the Month" at the time set forth above.

What is Squad of the Month?
The Squad of the Month ("SotM") meet is a monthly fleet event which starts with an inter-squad competition to determine the Fleet's Squad of the Month. The competition is followed by group activities which may include: build advice, challenge match PvP, teaming up to cruise the TFO queues, and just hanging out together on Discord. We are a casual fleet, and participation in any portion of SotM is optional.

Rules for Competition: The winner of the competition is determined by attendance during the first 15 minutes of the meet (the "grace period"). The squad with the most members logging into the Discord channel during the grace period wins. However, if any squad shows up with its full membership during the grace period but still does not have enough numbers to win the competition, then the result will be a tie between all squads with their full membership attending and the squad with the largest number of members attending. If there is a tie, then the winner of the competition will be determined either by dice roll (".roll" using the Security Bot on Discord), or by any other method agreed upon between the tying parties (e.g., PvP match, trivia question, etc.). Any method other than dice roll for resolving a tie, must be approved by the convener of the meet (normally me) as being swift enough to be resolved simply without taking up the whole meet or leaving the winner undetermined beyond the end of the meet. The winning squad gains the Squad of the Month trophy to display in its squad forum until the next meet, and each member of the squad whose attendance contributed to the victory is awarded an SotM ribbon.

[mWagner84]

I moved some things around so I'll be there!

[ginchner]

Unable to attend as like every weekend I will be working and work has been rather hectic lately some good 16 hr days for months now. But hope you all have fun!

[Stromgold]

Unable to attend as like every weekend I will be working and work has been rather hectic lately some good 16 hr days for months now. But hope you all have fun!

Thanks for the update Ginchner. Those hours sound rough. Hope you have some free game time soon!

[Amicus]

Congratulations to Tactical's Gamma Squad ("Vipers") for winning the Squad of the Month meet for January 2023! Gamma won with an attendance victory, by mustering five of its members during the initial grace period. Honorable showings were made as follows: Science's Epsilon x3 (a turnout record for the squad!); Engineering's Beta x2; Section 31's Archer x2; Engineering's Alpha x1, and Engineering's Charlie x1.


A prize of 20 million EC from our Fleet Bank was awarded based on dice roll among attenders with the prize going to:

IrishHawk ("Drake")
Kudos to all who participated in the meet with a record breaking attendance of 21! (including myself in the total) and activities including: the initial competition; prize giveaway; grand PvP match; successful run of the Colony Invasion Mission (to max level 30 with 3 generators surviving and an award to each participant of 3 sets of 2100 colony provisions!); successful accolade-attaining run of the Arena of Sompek (100 rounds!); cruising of advanced and elite TFO queues (including 2 successful runs of the Battle of Korfez), build advice, and/or hanging out on Discord that went on until close to 9:30 PM Central Time; including as follows:


Avery
Cmdraftbrn
DylWas ("Mando")
IrishHawk ("Drake")
Jem_389
KirwinHansel
Kuvack
Lupy
MegatherionX
mWagner84
NDStache11
Paragod516 ("Teklor")
Pattern
Rodnny
Schackcat
Stickx
Stromgold
Sysil
Techno375 ("Alonsus")
Tyr444

[Kuvak]

Once again congratulations to Gamma Squad!