Squad of the Month -- Saturday, April 22 at 19:00 UTC (8PM BST/3PM EDT)

[Sysil]

I will add to the prize giveaway for this month a copy of the Scramble Fighters starship trait.

This is one of the most desirable traits for carriers. If carriers are not your thing, it can be sold on the exchange. The cheapest one at the time of this writing is 488 million credits.

[paragod516]

I'm not available on the 15th or 29th. I am available on both Sundays

[Amicus]

I'm not available on the 15th or 29th. I am available on both Sundays

So that makes another Squad XO-weighted conflict with the 29th. With the conflict voiced for Sundays by Stromgold, who is proposing organizing an event, and Jem standing aside on his conflict, that puts Saturday the 22nd as the new lead option.

[Amicus]

Scheduling has been open now for over a week. Conflicts were voiced to Saturdays by a Squad XO, but that conflict was waived. Conflicts were voiced by others to all dates in consideration except one. Therefore, the date of the meet will be:

Saturday, April 22 at 19:00 UTC (i.e., 8PM BST, 3PM EDT, 2PM CDT, 12AM PDT)

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

[paragod516]

See you there!!

[Amicus]

Your Squad Needs YOU!
Saturday, April 22 at 19:00 UTC
(i.e., 8PM BST, 3PM EDT, 2PM CDT, 12PM PDT)

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!

PRIZE GIVE-AWAYS
By the generosity of Vice Admiral Sysil there will be a special drawing at this month's SotM for:
Scramble Fighters Trait
One of the most desirable traits for carriers!
Exchange Value c. 400+ Million Energy Credits

In addition, as always there will be a drawing for:
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: prize giveaways (see above); a challenge match PvP, teaming up to cruise the TFO queues, build advice, 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.

[Amicus]

Congratulations to Tactical's Gamma Squad ("Vipers") for winning the Squad of the Month meet for April 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; Section 31's Archer x3; Engineering's Alpha x2; Engineering's Beta x1; Engineering's Charlie x1; and MACO's Bravo x1.


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

Shadowgil316

In addition a Scramble Fighters trait worth in excess of 400 million EC (donated by Sysil) was awarded by dice roll among attenders, also going to:

Shadowgil316

Kudos to all who participated in the meet and activities including: initial competition; prize giveaways; successful run of the Colony Defense mission; grand PvP match; Ker'rat team expedition; cruising of advanced and elite TFO queues; build advice; and/or hanging out on Discord that went on until after 9:30 PM Central Time; including as follows:


capledbetter ("Thomas")
Cmdraftbrn
IrishHawk ("Drake")
Khajjah
KirwinHansel
Maple
MegatherionX
N5XTR ("Joel")
NDStache11
Paragod516 ("Teklor")
Pattern
Rodnny
Shadowgil316
Straenj
Stromgold
Sysil
techno375 ("Alonsos")
Tyr444
Val
Vincent
Vitralis