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FLUFF MASTERS CLAN

Fluff: For those super-noobies out there fluff is basically all the background and stories of the various GW hobbies.

Who We Are: The fluff-know-it-alls of LO. Between us we can answer any question about fluff you may want to ask. At the moment we are mostly 40K but we invite fluff masters from other hobbies to join and help out their own group of questioners.

Our Purpose: Inspire the discussion of fluff as well as sharing with others our knowledge. We the fluff masters will have an answer for all those "stupid" fluff questions that usually take up a lot of space in the fluff section without really being of any purpose to anyone but the member asking the initial question. A fluff waste-disposal if you will.

Grephaun said:
Being a Fluff-Master is more than a fancy title, it’s an obligation to go forth in the world and preach to others the necessity of proper, well-researched fluff. It takes a certain dedication to become a Fluff-Master; if you don’t want to be a part of the clan and its mission to save the forum from all bad fluff, then why take the test? If you merely wish to test your knowledge, there's a Fluff Competition in the 40k Army Fluff subforum that could need new input. No test will make you a true Fluff-Master anyway; only those willing to help others improve their fluff and share altruistically of their accumulated wealth of fluffy knowledge are truly worthy of the title.
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Current Members: Numberofthebeastxxx (me, president/founder/fluff-know-it-all), Grephaun (super-mod/fluff-know-it-all award winner), Xerxes (fluff-know-it-all/testmaster), and ze_poodle (fluff-know-it-all).

And those members that passed the test to be fellow fluff master know-it-all's:

Warmaster Phthisis (1st new member to pass the test)
darkreever
Addoran
Kelnor
matthiastheprophet
Astral Claw
Lord Yossanrion
Dark Lioness (1st fantasy fluff master)
Grey
Impending Slaughter
gingerninja (2nd and current fantasy fluff master)
Da Mighty Camel
Ebon Hand
nexus-star
crimson tears
Helbrecht
TehDarkPredator
LordLink
FabricatorGeneralMike
Adrian MalSeraph (currently has the award for most fluff tests taken)

My Position: As president/founder I would like all current and future members to know that this position was accepted with very much humility. I encourage all members to speak their mind and disagree with anything I say in a democratic fashion. I will by no means be running the club; I want everyone to contribute to all aspects of the clan. ^_^

Member To Do List:
0. Let me know if I need to add anything to my above statements.
1. Figure out the base requirements needed in order to admit new members to in.
2. Over-All Rules and Regulations need to be established.
3. Figure out if we can make ourselves more than 40k oriented, or if to do this we should wait till we bring in fluff masters from other hobbies. (I myself am not comfortable enough with my warhammer fantasy knowledge to answer questions but I can answer for other hobbies such as necromunda and anything to do with 40k of course.)
4. Make a really cool banner all members may display.
5. Answer any and all incoming questions/concerns from members and non-members.

Numbers 0-2, and 4 have been accomplished. We still need more fluffers who specialise in other games (such as fantasy). #5 never ends of course... 8)
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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?)
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Like the lovely 'Gamesmaster' Icon Darkreever has, although with two Icons I'm sure it'll give him a big head. :p

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

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

Addoran said:
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'.
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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.

Addoran said:
If your going to recruit fluff masters, I recommend you make approaches to Giant Mantis and Grandmaster Sanguine, and collect the full set.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Xerxes
That would work. And something pointing the more frequent questions to us rather than to the Fluff forum. A faq seems so impersonal.
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The irony is we might end up having a fight amongst ourselves on some topics...

e.g. specific areas of old one/c'tan fluff, or opinions on the old Khorne is/isn't related to Khaine chestnut.
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Xerxes
lol, true. I think we need to keep those arguments to ourselves, and point out to others that these areas are pretty much unresolved.

And then probably continue bickering.
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Addoran said:
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.
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Numberofthebeast already made such a topic, although it isn't a poll. But a poll might be a better way of measuring what people want.
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Xerxes
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the current thread is a fluff "clinic" as it were, where people come with quick questions for quick answers. It needs to be pinned to serve its function properly, or we need to change the idea; possibly a pinned thread with all members and their specialities listed (getting updated over time), so that regular members can PM them if need be, and get rid of unnecessary clutter from the forum altogether.
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ze_poodle
Agreed. In case anyone did not notice, Hivefleet Mordacii is asking for details on the Doom Eagles. Anyone who knows anything about that particular successor chapter should help him out. No-one has even posted on his topic yet. I'm disappointed in you people.

A sticky or a pinned topic at the top, as Xerxes suggested, could really help. I don't know any of the mods, so if anyone could arrange that, it would be really nice.
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Applying for clan status

I was wondering how do other similar minded fluff masteres apply for status.like my self for example.

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ze_poodle said:
Agreed. In case anyone did not notice, Hivefleet Mordacii is asking for details on the Doom Eagles. Anyone who knows anything about that particular successor chapter should help him out. No-one has even posted on his topic yet. I'm disappointed in you people.
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That's because I don't think there is much that's official, apart from them being involved in the EoT campaign somewhere. I'll stick up what I've Googled, although it shames me to have done so.

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I was wondering how do other similar minded fluff masteres apply for status
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Either be accepted by general consensus (as the majority here have been, we're old hands around the fluff forum) or get tested. We're not quite sure how to test people exactly yet, but Warmaster Psthisis passed a knocked up one by numberofthebeastxxx, after some very comprehensive posts in the fluff forum. But we have nothing cut and dried as yet; your best bet is to PM number (unless he nominates a few people, he may well get snowed with requests) with a few of the topics outlined already in this thread.
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What's Up

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd let you know why I've been out of the LO forum for awhile... I'm currently out of town on family matters and I cant say with certanty when I'll be back in the loop. I'm sorry if my absense has any ill effect. I'm confident you guys can run the club while im away (I doubt it will be in flames when I get back or anything like that). Were a very democratic club anyway any major decisions/changes would be voted on whether im here or not. I hope you all understand, family comes first after all.

Thanks for your understanding.

Cheers :cool:
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Personally I think you should make Fantasy fluff an option too, Librarium Online is supposed to cover both games equally.

I could handle that, I'll even answer the 40k question for membership if you insist.
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