Fluff Masters Clan

[matthiastheprophet]

icons? like the ones under names that say "Member" and "Senior Member" and such? oh, goodness, that'll go straight to my head :p though i do like the thought of being Matthias the Prophet and Fluffmaster (nice ring, eh?)

[Addoran]

Like the lovely 'Gamesmaster' Icon Darkreever has, although with two Icons I'm sure it'll give him a big head.

You might want to consider though limiting the size of your entries, or just taking the top ones or something. After all if 20 people posted 'can I join?' it would be kind of more 'fluff masters and fluff rank and file clan'.

If your going to recruit fluff masters, I recommend you make approaches to Giant Mantis and Grandmaster Sanguine, and collect the full set.

[darkreever]

now Addoran, that isn't to nice :p

I only get this gamemaster icon as long as I'm running an rp in Knapes beta roleplay forum... :cool:

[Addoran]

lol, only joking darkreever, remarking on how your collecting those icons.

Hmm, looking at this, why don't my emoticons work any more?

[Warmaster Phthisis]

It could probably be easily said that I'm getting ahead of myself here, but I'm anxious to start the first clan project. It looks like were doing ok in terms of our current testing system, but maybe we should standardize the test. I'm not sure if its my place to get the ball rolling, but if we came up with a couple of quizzes with definate answers we could administer them to people who want to join quickly and judge them efficiently. Perhaps we could brainstorm and write a few questions each and provide the answers and somebody, like clan secretary or pres, could shuffle them and issue them for each applicant. Just some ideas. We should do this by PM though or everybody will be able to find out the answers by reading this thread. :p

[Grephaun]

Heyla guys, I’m back again. I apologise for my absence, but it seems a really nasty influenza decided to keep me away from the internet a few days. Being sick in July/August really sucks, by the way. ;/ I hope I haven’t missed out on too much.

Anyway, congratulations to Warmaster Phthisis for passing the test. Welcome to the clan! And good luck to the rest of the applicants, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you. A proper clan needs a decent basis of members to function properly, so I hope we’ll get some more fluff-know-it-alls soon.

Originally Posted by Addoran

You might want to consider though limiting the size of your entries, or just taking the top ones or something. After all if 20 people posted 'can I join?' it would be kind of more 'fluff masters and fluff rank and file clan'.

Isn’t this why we have a test here? If people want to join, they have to be able to answer the test with a decent result and also have made themselves visible in the fluff section of the forum. This is a clan not only for those who know a lot, after all, but for those who want to share their knowledge with others. Even if someone knows their fluff and can ace the test, it doesn’t make much sense to let them join if they’re never seen around the fluff section. I think that should have something to do with it too.

Originally Posted by Addoran

If your going to recruit fluff masters, I recommend you make approaches to Giant Mantis and Grandmaster Sanguine, and collect the full set.

Agreed.

As for a standardised test, that seems like a good idea. I don’t think we should make it a multiple choice test, though, because as others have stated people do have access to the internet here, and the ability to use Google does not a fluff-master make. Perhaps we should have some questions like those already used to test Warmaster Phthisis and the other applicants, and have people write small essays (just a few lines) on various topics that let us know they know what they’re talking about.

As for icons, I doubt we’ll get a fluff-master’s icon to put under our name. None of the other clans have such an icon, and if the admins were to give us one anyway, they would either have to make available to all members, which kind of defeats the purpose, or personally alter every single member’s account every time someone wishes to join or leave the clan. And if we get that, the other clans will want one too, and I doubt the admins have the time and patience to deal with the ensuing chaos. So why not make an icon to put in your signature? Possibly linking it to this thread? It wouldn’t take many minutes to make something like that; in fact, I could do it, if you let me know what you’d like the icon to look like. Any particular graphics/fonts/quotes?

~Grephaun.

[ze_poodle]

Rejoice, for Grephaun is here. First clan project: we've still got the fluff FAQ idea in the works. Most of it is simple stuff. If we can find some way of putting it all together then get an admin to post it as an article - sort of like an army tactica - and boom, first publication. Congratulations all round, I'll bring the champagne.

On the topic of that fluff FAQ, we now additionally have:

- Information on Warmaster Horus.
- Eldar Craftworlds.
- The Harlequins and the Laughing God.

[matthiastheprophet]

you know, i'm really more of a "blood of Chapter in a golden chalice" kinda person, but under the circumstances champagne is ok. and i could help out a fair amount with the FAQ about Horus, just tell me what to write and it shall be so, but try and tell me before the 16th, thats when i get back to prison..i mean school, and i wont have much time to spare then

[Xerxes]

Yup, Addoran has my full approval. I've missed disagreeing with him. And Mantis too, although we probably cover the same kinds of areas (he has access to my WD library, for example).

A general outline of the 40k history wouldn't be a bad plan, although it can be Googled. Maybe tailor it with a few specific questions for each individual as well?

Sorry for not chipping in for so long, been on holiday for a week.

[Addoran]

Hows about we hound the admin to let us make a poll, and then entitle it 'What part of 40k would you like to know more about?/what part of Imperial history don't you understand?' or words to that effect.

Make it a decent menu of topics, and then we write some articles on the top 5/10?

Just an idea.