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FaDed - Student  |
alrite, with all the discussion about ranks i feel it necessary to explain to the student body what it's really like being a part of the JAK+. this is solely my own point of view and in no way should this statement be used as an official definition of the JAK+ i'll begin with telling you what it's like to go through the process of becoming a JAK. it begins with the very instant that you join the academy and start playing on the game servers or chatting on IRC. you're watched and evaluated, some more than others, depending on how attentive the current JAK+ are and how much you impress them with your attitude. months go by, the typical amount being 5-6. if around that time the academy is in need of more knights, the current JAT+ will begin to toggle (make eligible for knight) a prescribed amount of students using the Knight Recommendation threads located in the Academy Discussion and the private JAK/JAT forums. if toggled, you are allowed to take a written exam. if you pass that and then are nominated by 3 JATs, you are allowed to take the server trial. if you pass that, you are promoted, given the title of Jedi Knight, and are entrusted with the responsibilities that go along with the rank. now that you're a JAK, let's take a look at how you spend your time at the JA. almost everyday you will read up on the forums which now includes the private knight forum. in there you will discuss matters with the other JAK+. you may choose to spend some time mingling with the students on the servers or chatting on IRC as you have always done. only now you have to be on your best behavior at all times because you are now the example, the one that others look up to. you'll also have to be on the lookout for lamers and other rule breakers and have to deal with them accordingly. you'll get countless requests from people asking you to help them, train them, take them as padawans, or they may say nothing and just follow you around. you may choose to take padawans and so then you'll have to take the time to train them, either in a regularly scheduled padawan session or other informal training sessions. also, as a knight, you may have the opportunity to teach and assist classes. lastly, you'll be asked to help out with the other knight trials. eventually you might want to become a trainer, a jedi instructor. you've been teaching your classes and assisting others. you've been doing everything that every JAK should do. so when there is a demand for some new JATs, the current JAT+ will go through a process of recommending who they think will make the best trainers. after the JAT+ have selected whom they want, the knights chosen must go through a series of JAT trials. if passed, the JAK will be promoted, given the title of Jedi Instructor and are then entrusted with all the responsibilities that go along with the rank. as a Jedi Instructor, you do everything that you did as knight, only now more is required of you. you have another forum to keep updated on, the private trainers forum. you now have new admin commands including the student favorite, spawning. so along with the other requests you'll get pleas for you to spawn. you can now create and schedule your own classes (before you had to ask another JAT+ to do it for you.) not only can you create them, but it is required that you teach one class weekly. otherwise, you will return to your rank as a JAK. you do your duties as a JAT and you've been around for a long time. as a gift of gratitude, a sort of thank you for your service, you may be given the title of Jedi Master. that is where the road usually ends for most, but let's say that you are promoted and you join the council. there is no special trial, no official procedure. you are simply given access to everything within the academy and asked to fulfill your responsibilities as a JAC. while on the council you have many new duties to perform, all to make sure that the academy runs properly. depending on what your role is on the council, what you do may differe slightly from the others. but there are some things that all the council members share in doing. student applications, coordinating and discussing with the other JAK+, reading the forums and keeping the content clean and respectful, and administrating to the student body. basically the role of a JAC is mostly administrative. you may, if you wish, teach classes or do anything that the other JAK+ do. you are looked up by all and what you say is law. aside from, but still a part of the JAK+ are the JAStaff. as a staff member you are responsible for one specific area of the academy, i.e. IRC or modding. you are given access to many things that will allow you to fulfill your function. although you are not always directly involved in the enforcing of rules, implementing new ideas, or the aquisition of new knights, you discuss and give input on many of the same things as the rest of the JAK+. on top of everything you do as a JAK+, you still have a real life. you are not paid to be involved in the things that go on here, you freely volunteer your time. and it's a lot of time. being a JAK+ is not for everyone, but if you truly have a desire to serve others, if you feel it is important to give back to the academy, then by all means pursue the goal. it is not my goal to scare people away from wanting to be a JAK+, but i want people to understand the huge time and often emotional committment of being a JAK+. This post was edited by Virtue on Oct 31 2005 04:17am. |
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CuZzA - Student 
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post 100   _______________ - Even if Carlsberg made "w*nkers", Christiano Ronaldo would still be the biggest "w*nker" in the world |
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Virtue - Jedi Council 
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Well said, Eica. Seriously SaZ, consider those communication lessons.  - Virtue.  _______________ Academy Architect |
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Eica - Student 
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I don't think this was an official thread, I mean, it wasn't designed to be a guide or anything. So I don't think there'll be a new version _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed |
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SaZ - Student 
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Quote: It's outdated. This was written in reguards to the old system, a year or so before the staff purge. - Virtue. then write a new one u foo _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Eica - Student
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Tarpman is right Faded left, he wasn't banned. _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed |
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tarpman - The Tarped Avenger 
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Quote:
Quote: I believe it was an inactivity check that caused it. I could be wrong, but it seems like the most likely cause. Is it possible that he be unbanned so that if he were to want to post, he could? At last check, I believe FaDeD was planning to return here when he gets back from his 2-year "tour of duty" at the Mormon mission in Tonga. _______________ Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time. |
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Setementor - Jedi Master 
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As pretty much anyone who may have been caught in the inactivity check, he can contact a JAC to enable his account. |
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SaberWeildinKow - Student 
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Quote: I believe it was an inactivity check that caused it. I could be wrong, but it seems like the most likely cause. Is it possible that he be unbanned so that if he were to want to post, he could? |
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Virtue - Jedi Council 
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It's outdated. This was written in reguards to the old system, a year or so before the staff purge. - Virtue. _______________ Academy Architect |
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Eica - Student 
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Why has this been un-permied? I found this useful and informative _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed |
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solitude - Jedi Council 
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It was. _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Setementor - Jedi Master 
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I believe it was an inactivity check that caused it. I could be wrong, but it seems like the most likely cause. |
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SaberWeildinKow - Student 
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Just wondering...is it intended that FaDed is marked as ex-student, or is that due to a background inactivity check? |
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SaberWeildinKow - Student
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Just wondering...is it intended that FaDed is marked as ex-student, or is that due to a background inactivity check? |
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Darth Nitsua - Student |
I now know how the place works. Thanks! _______________ DESTROY the NERF Alliance. |
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Raydoe_Mintaka - Student 
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dear god i could cry reading this man i would just be happy to make it to JAK and maybe a JAT cause i love teaching lol hoepfully one day i will only time will tell thanks for clearing up this subject for me _______________ There is no dominant stance of power. The Power is in the user.... Holder of Lucky-Adept 222th post and 92 Lucky Charm yay XD.Zadus 50th comment!Pink Floyd Mintaka700th comment Rin_Mintaka 900th comment! ARGGGGGHHH MATEY!!!!!!! Quote: You are pretty tricky with red single heh
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Attius Kaar - Student 
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Im soo glad i took a look at this... i have been with the academy for only 2 weeks and i have a better understanding of how the place works.... Thanks for clear up! Darth Sidious Walker Adams |
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Vasper Ba'xian - Student 
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This is a greath thread. Answers all the questions I had about the subject. Well put my good fellow! _______________ 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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SilkMonkey - Distributor of Cold Ones 
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Yeah...I remember becoming a Knight and not really understanding what it meant right away. It wasn't really until I became a trainer and I had to look for people to become a knight. This is a truly great article, and something I think should be mandatory reading. If you think this is still something you wish to pursue, best wishes. _______________ |-HK-47 -SilkMonkey: You are receiving a warning for being_too_sexy. If you do not stop, action will be taken against you.|| (11:13:43) � Virtue dances for Silk ||Smiling owner of Smilykrazy's 6000th comment =) ||Odan Wei's Proud Big Brother|| Janus is my official TaruTaru Cuddly Animal Type Person. ||(@Virtue) Or you could just be a man and set fire to your genitals.....you won't fall asleep for days after that.......trust me.||Thomas Skywalker er for sexy for sitt eget beste!!!!| Not changing sig until the JA loosens up. (Started: Aug 31, 2005) |
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Stronghold - Student 
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Thank you for writing this letter it explains well the order in which you groom JK+ for the acadamy and gives a list of responsibility's that thay have For the servers.Also giving the pros and con's of becoming a Jedi Knight.I will reserv my personal coment's twords some of the post but i will say one of the pro's would have to be teaching because that to me is the fun part to teach somthing that is usefull are to learn somthing that is usefull and aplicable everyware ,sharing your knolledge is such a wouderfull thing and in my eyes can bring nothing but joy to people.So thank you too all of you jedi knights out their who give so much to so manny all in the name of fun ;D see ya in game. |
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Gradius - Ex-Student 
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Well, Knights are allowed to teach 1 class a week, but only after all JATs have theirs set up. _______________ - 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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Jo_Mintaka - Student 
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yes,there is many responiblitys,but all in all i would like to be a knight. but, a knight would be it i can not possibly have a class a week so,good point _______________ Joined Jan 27 2005 [Owner of Pink Floyd's 525th, 1100th and 4002nd comments! Darth Mike's accidental 999 and 1001 comments! addiat's 1975 comment! |
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Phantom - Student 
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What Tido is saying is all very true... if you cant manage to do the things a Knight is suppose to do then you shouldnt become one. A knight must be dependable. He must make the JA a safer place. And he must be willing to help those who join the JA. _______________ -Phantom Ex-Master to Threat. Proud owner of Sazabi's 1500th comment! And Threats 50th comment "Insanity: a perfect rational adjustment to an insane world" |
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Tido - Student 
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Quote: not to be greedy but i would like to become a knight Very few don't. And those who don't I think really have a good concept of what a Knight is/does and know it's not for them . There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a Knight, but the issue is why do you want to be a Knight. Sure there are lots of neat things about being a JAK: you get a limited admin on the servers, you can have a class/padwans, you get more info on the inner workings of the JA - but there is a lot that isn't so enjoyable too. After the appeal of having admin and access to more forms fades away, and your dueling some buddies but some guy is blowing people up with an e-web in Vlad's Memorial...this is where all the appeal of being a Knight goes away. Sure you'd like to have fun with your bros, but you can't. You've got to deal with the guy breaking the peace/rules and it's probably going to take about all your free time to get it sorted out. You're not going to be happy about it, and it's certainly NOT fun. This is really the difference between folks who want to be JAKs, and folks actually become them. A real Knight of the JA doesn't become a JAK for himself, he does it for every person who registers on this site and sets a foot in the servers. He is giving away his free time and fun so that you can enjoy yourself and learn in the wonderful environment that the JA provides. Teaching is hard and takes tons of time and paitence, but a JAK does it because he really wants to help you out. Dealing with troublemakers is frustrating and depressing but Knights do it because they don't want you guys to have to worry about that stuff. Ultimately the perks of being a JAK are far outweighed by the negatives. However it all seems worth it in the end when you know what your doing is making this place that much better for all your friends here. |
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Jo_Mintaka - Student 
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not to be greedy but i would like to become a knight _______________ Joined Jan 27 2005 [Owner of Pink Floyd's 525th, 1100th and 4002nd comments! Darth Mike's accidental 999 and 1001 comments! addiat's 1975 comment! |
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