The Fleet-Wide Squad of the Month Meet!
10 Million Energy Credits Hello All!
Time to schedule the next SotM!
NEW TIME: Last month we had several European members who noted that the start time of 21:00 UTC was too late for them to participate much more than a few minutes. The 21:00 UTC time was originally set years ago to accommodate a British squad captain who did not get off work before then. However, that member is no longer active in the Fleet. Therefore, this month we will try starting SotM two hours earlier at 19:00 UTC ([8]PM BST/3PM EDT). If this conflicts with the Fleet Meeting, then we will move the Fleet Meeting to an hour earlier.
- The leading option is Saturday the 18th.
The other choices are: Sunday the 19th, Sunday the 26th, or Sunday the 11th. Saturday the 25th is off the table because I have a work conference (online) that day.
Scheduling Rules:
Post your scheduling choice in a reply below. Note that dates you say you cannot attend are more important than the dates that you say you prefer in deciding the date of the meet. We are trying to get the highest turn out of all squad members for the competition and prize give-away in the first half-hour. Thus, if 5 people prefer a date but 1 more can attend only on another date, then the date on which 6 can attend will win even though 5 of the 6 preferred a different date. It is assumed that you can attend all the date options, unless you clearly state otherwise in a post below or have communicated that fact to me directly.
Extra weight is given to the votes of squad captains, squad XOs, and anyone who is actually committing to showing up at a time (as opposed to "maybe" showing). Scheduling depends ultimately on who wants to participate and who will actually show up.
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 ("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.
