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codemonkey - Student  |
Here is a copy of the article about The Jedi Academy in this months (11/04) UK PC Gamer magazine. http://www.philoswald.f2s.com/TheKnightSchool.doc This post was edited by codemonkey on Nov 24 2004 03:44pm. |
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Vasper Ba'xian - Student 
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how can we get a copy of that in the US? _______________ Brother to: Tamal, Kavar, J.D.,Jermia, Devlin, Ulic, Xiabara, Seij,Tarron Mib,>>>ROCK ON  .My Spacescapes art page.My Everything Else art page. MY FAV. Jedi Are: Qui-Gon Jinn, Corran Horn, and Anakin Solo. Unofficial Master to Tamal. and Kavar. Founder of the Wuji Hundun Jian saber style. Proud owner of Tamal's 200th comment!//Proud owner of Refl3x's 300th comment!>>>Proud owner of Tyrant's 800th comment>>>Proud owner of Lucky's 170th comment>>>Proud owner of BDKawika's 444th comment>>>To except Existance is to except Reality.
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The Dragon Reborn - Student 
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Haha. That was how i found out about the JA! That was why i joined. Actually, that was why i bought the game. lol _______________ Padawan to Solitude "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to... suffering" -Jedi Master Yoda "I shall not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will allow it to pass over me and through me, and when it has gone i will turn my inner eye to see its path. Where fear has gone there will be nothing. Only i will remain." -Bene Gesserit Litany, Dune |
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Jade Jedi - Retired 
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Finaly got a copy today, after I'd given up all hope there it was, at long last. _______________ *CLICKEH->Never risk the Fett Man|*Download my Saber here. Made by master craftsman Pink Floyd_Mintaka + his 2002 & 4000 comment's [Laz's 700th comment][BDKawika's 600th comment] & Owner of a TOWEL award!!|Master: Sared Padawans: Rage-Ball and Dante Eagle.|*Jade Jedi at The Jedi Academy Archives "There's only one Return and it's not of the King it's of the Jedi" Randal Clerks 2 The top 10 reasons why I procrastinate: 1. |
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Hitokiri - Student 
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I didnt get that issue in the U.S till January (at least I didnt purchase it till then). I saw the article in the back, and thats what made me decide to go from 1.00 to 1.01 and this site. _______________ Ph34r m1 1337 5k1llz! |
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codemonkey - Student 
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It dosen't say they have a "greater chance" at all... |
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Jade Jedi - Retired 
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Quote: When does it come to Canada/US? If for some reason the US/Canada dont get it let me know and Ill send you a copy when it comes out here if you want, or if you ask one of our UK Bro/Sis Im sure they already have it so may be they could do somthing for you. _______________ *CLICKEH->Never risk the Fett Man|*Download my Saber here. Made by master craftsman Pink Floyd_Mintaka + his 2002 & 4000 comment's [Laz's 700th comment][BDKawika's 600th comment] & Owner of a TOWEL award!!|Master: Sared Padawans: Rage-Ball and Dante Eagle.|*Jade Jedi at The Jedi Academy Archives "There's only one Return and it's not of the King it's of the Jedi" Randal Clerks 2 The top 10 reasons why I procrastinate: 1. |
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Furi0us - Student 
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I'm not sure if it gets out there at all.  _______________ You are not your f***ing system specs. You are not your uptime stats, your script file, or your oversized desktop screencap. You are not your broadband connection. You are not your f***ing post count. |
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tarpman - The Tarped Avenger 
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When does it come to Canada/US? _______________ Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time. |
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Furi0us - Student
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Yeah Garos, it was like that with Powerstation, a PSX/PS2 mag. _______________ You are not your f***ing system specs. You are not your uptime stats, your script file, or your oversized desktop screencap. You are not your broadband connection. You are not your f***ing post count. |
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Garos - Student 
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Aw man. We have to wait until next month? Are you sure about that Jade? |
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Jade Jedi - Retired
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Regardless of anyones opinion of who gets promoted fastest this is a good article. Anyone that reads it and wants to join the JA can make there own decision after they've been here a while. In the mean time, great article and great publicity, I hope to get a copy soon. I think the UK Nov issue comes to Australia in Dec. _______________ *CLICKEH->Never risk the Fett Man|*Download my Saber here. Made by master craftsman Pink Floyd_Mintaka + his 2002 & 4000 comment's [Laz's 700th comment][BDKawika's 600th comment] & Owner of a TOWEL award!!|Master: Sared Padawans: Rage-Ball and Dante Eagle.|*Jade Jedi at The Jedi Academy Archives "There's only one Return and it's not of the King it's of the Jedi" Randal Clerks 2 The top 10 reasons why I procrastinate: 1. |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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It's really a question of cause and effect. The first thing every student of statistics learn is this: Correlation is not the same as causality. In other words, the rooster does not cause the sunrise. If you always smoke a cigar when you drink nineteen tequilla shooters, you should not conclude that cigars cause hangovers. When multiple variables are involved, you can't look at just two and assume one causes the other. In the case of Padawanship, consider this: JAK+ get asked a lot to be somebody's master. We're not always looking, some take lots of Padawans and some take none at all. But generally we're looking for someone with a good attitude and either good skill or a craving to learn that we think will lead to good skill. Guess what? Good attitude and skill are some of the things we look for in a JAK+. Sometimes a known troublemaker--someone who lames people in the courtyard or cusses someone out on IRC--will ask a JAK+ to be his master. Guess what? We're pretty much never interested. And unsurprisingly, those same people are unlikely to be promoted. Now I'm not saying that if you're not a Padawan you're not JAK material. Perish the thought. Just that there is not a straightforward cause/effect relationship between Padawanship/promotion. It's closer to the truth to say that skill/attitude are the causes and that Padawanship/promotion are the effects. I do still believe Padawans have a slight edge simply because the JAK+ get to know their Padawans better than they get to know other students. The same is true, I believe, of people who do IRC a lot. If you're never on IRC, many JAK+ will not get to know you well. And if you're the best Knight material in the world but nobody knows it, well... But don't think those are the only factors. I was a Padawan only briefly, way back in the JK2 days and hadn't been one in a long time when I was promoted (I'm not sure anybody in the ranks even remembers that I was Silk's Padawan). And until my Knight trial I don't think I had ever been on the JA's IRC channel. I do go on from time to time now, but I'll probably never spend a whole lot of time there and will never be one of these guys who just leaves his IRC client running 24/7. In short, if you're JAK material, Padawanship and IRC will help the JAK+ get to know you and maybe get you promoted sooner. Maybe. If you're not JAK+ material, those things will still help the JAK+ get to know you faster, and they'll learn that too. If you want to join the ranks, don't worry about Padawanship or IRC: Worry about your attitude and work on your skill. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Squibit - Student 
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I'd agree that more padawans get promoted, but not that they have more chance. Most active members are somebodys padawan so of course they will be promoted more often... Percentages and all that _______________ Quote: fiZZe: its SIR Fizzy Fluffy :p Quote: FiZZ[JAK]: that was what I call a counter Ah, things you only ever expect to hear once
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Mephiston - Student |
Great article |
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Setementor - Jedi Master 
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Quote: Well, I'm just saying, take a look at the current active staff's profiles. Just about everyone has a name in the "padawan of" space. Anyone who looks at all or most of the Staff's profiles is going to get that impression for sure. |
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JavaGuy - Student
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Quote: True Throgun, but not all of them were Padawans when they were promoted. I don't think that refutes his point. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Gradius - Ex-Student 
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True Throgun, but not all of them were Padawans when they were promoted. _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider |
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Scythus Aratan - Student 
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Sold out for PC Gamers. Getting it tomorrow. _______________ Padawan to the great Jacen Aratan! <Setementor> Scythus is a genius! Claimer of the 5000th post in the Count thread [Solitude] scy rocks [Casual] good point scythus, you're really smart |
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Throgun Donut - Ex-Student 
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Well, I'm just saying, take a look at the current active staff's profiles. Just about everyone has a name in the "padawan of" space. _______________ "Wars do not make one great" |
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Everybody - Student 
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Ye, PCG UK ROCKS! _______________ Signature, schmignature. |
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Tido - Student 
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Gradius just wants to minimize the future padawan spam  |
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Gradius - Ex-Student 
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It just says that Padawans get the chance to prove themselves worthy for Knighthood, it doesn't say anything about everyone who isn't a Padawan. I wasn't trying to bash the guy who wrote it. It's just the way I read it, I wanted to clarify it to anyone else who took it the way I did that it isn't the case. _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider |
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Throgun Donut - Ex-Student
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Quote: Newer students, can, if the wish, become Padawans of staff members of the site. They gain one-on-one personal training and guidance, and the chance to prove themselves if the want to be promoted No, Padawans do not have a greater chance at being promoted than anyone else. They have the same chance at making Knight as everyone else, and the same chance to prove themselves. Yes, being a Padawan will most likely get you more advanced training than you would get in a class, and yes, you get more guidance on how to be a respectable member of this community or any other. But no, being a Padawan will not get you the chance to take Knight trials any sooner. I dunno, I'd say looking at the results, probability says otherwise. _______________ "Wars do not make one great" |
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D@RtHM@UL - Student 
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Quote: Awesome stuff, but I hope they make some editions before it's printed (if it hasn't been already). This is the main thing that caught my eye: Quote: Newer students, can, if the wish, become Padawans of staff members of the site. They gain one-on-one personal training and guidance, and the chance to prove themselves if the want to be promoted No, Padawans do not have a greater chance at being promoted than anyone else. They have the same chance at making Knight as everyone else, and the same chance to prove themselves. Yes, being a Padawan will most likely get you more advanced training than you would get in a class, and yes, you get more guidance on how to be a respectable member of this community or any other. But no, being a Padawan will not get you the chance to take Knight trials any sooner. That sentence, among a number of spelling and punctuation errors were the things that I had a problem with. Other than that, it's an awesome article that will bring us lots of attention. Hurray for the JA! Must be me, but I don't see them saying Padawans have a higher chance of becoming a Knight than others, they just state they can try to prove themselves worthy. |
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Odan-Wei Belouve - Student 
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Quote: i think Virtue's typo was " Some guy is giving me head while he is duct taped himself to the bathroom cieling " i think thats 99% right ...... lets ask the man He's a specialist of this kind of typos... He recently made one very interesting, something about an object that was supposed to *cream* the name of someone. He tried hard to correct the 'cream' with a 'scream' but the stain was already there _______________ Padawan and brother to SmilyKrazy - Adopted in the Belouve Family by Fizz and Bubu, BELOUVE ON! - Vladarion, you'll always be in my heart and memories - Spam-Padawan of Jacen Aratan  - [DJ is my beloved wife! - JA Family: Brothers:
Virtue, Furi0us, Vladarion, Hardwired, Janus, Axion, D@RtHM@UL, Motrec, Mike , xAnAtOs , Luke Skywalker; Little bro to SilkMonkey ; Special kind of brother to Kenyon ; Sisters in-law: Rosered, Ain-Soph Aur] Photoshop works: click here This comment was edited by Odan-Wei Belouve on Nov 25 2004 09:52am. |
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