then I shall disregard your post.


#5: Thou shalt be nice to Evil members.

could have said it nicer.

Plus why don't you make a thread introducing this new member. Plus you have failed to tell us how active he is in the game and the forums, so put that info in the introduction thread.

I told him to post here.

But, pookie. The problem here is low belts will ruin our clans reputation.

This is why we need the Evil Training Center. We will let them be fulltime evil members when they are blackbelt+, but they will still be in Evil.

Exactly what i said.

it won't ruin our reputation if they have the skill to keep it. And I actually think it'll RAISE our reputation seeing how people may think low belts will suck but then our low belt members will kick their asses.

Well, invent the Evil Training center seeing as many members have objections against this.

hi i have been reading what u guys have been sayn about houtz sayn i can join he said that i need to be active in the forums and i just here to that i jump on regularly but dont post much unless i have to

cheers

hellooo?

nah jk, now bing serious...
i think, as i read upper, that the ETC is dead, and this could be a good solution for this..
cos this: we wont let skilfull low belt pple out of the clan, but half clan (i think) disagree with the idea of having a "brown" belt... i shall remember that i became Evil being a brown too...(yes, in the worst times of Evil, but its the same)...and now im a 4th dan, respected one (i think so xD) and i think that some of this was cos im on Evil... i say, if i werent in any clan at my 2nd dan, i perhaps would be now at that 2nd belt... but being on a clan gave me more...self-convincement that i was in trhe right way... and that helps lot...
if we could do that with other Brownies it would be great... and having a Training club could make low belts maximize their skills... so when they reach the blackbelt, they can be awesome players(trained)...


NOTE: green/blue belts are pple who was playin for a week or two... i think in THAT case to be carefull, cos it isnt the same "compromise", or they can like the game today and dislike it tomorrow...
IMAO, we have to be very careful, and if houtz thik that, i agree cos i know houtz is is one of the most respected members of Evil, and he wants the best for this clan, and , so, he should know what he does...
and, if u count the number of posts of Loachflava, i can say that my firsts posts on forums were in this forum only... and they actually are in here almost all...
ah, and about the luckness of Judo, ninja, i can say that i wont let a player in testing in judo unless he can survive all a match with me, or make it hard to me, hfe shows good moves, i can say that if he win me in the first move with the opener, its useless for me, cos it doesnt show any skils for me... i only want to know what they do at certain moments of the fights, their desicions, etc... do u understand?

yes, my inet is f*ckd up today... i perhaps will be specin if i see some of u online (i hope i can be alright for tha war...)

well said good argument. (Tinerr I was a 4th dan before you xD)

anyways. I think you guys are disagreeing with me and the people that say it should be fine to have low belts in the clan. But really belts just show how long you've played. Plus I understand that if someone is a black belt then they probably have more experience but that doesn't necessarily mean they have more skill. We really don't know if a, let's say an 8th dan, quit the game for 3 months and then wanted to join Evil. Odds are he lost his skill during those 3 months he hasn't played. But that's just what I'm saying. You don't know someone's skill unless you test them. It's like a book, you look at the cover and you think the title may say it all. But then you read it and you may see it's a totally different thing than you expected. The same applies to here, we can't look at all the black belts and gaurantee they have the skill to be in the clan. Because they could have left the game for a few months then come back rusty. Or they could even have bought the qi with the qi boosters. So I'm saying we should be willing to test anyone that wants to join, I'd prefer it if their were 2 recruiters to test the person, so we can see if they have the skill to join Evil. You shouldn't be ashamed if we have low belts in the clan and they totally rule the game. You should be ashamed if someone recruits a low belt who doesn't even know what he's doing.

Plus all of this game is luck if you think about it. You have no idea what your opponent may do unless you're psychic or something or if your opponent uses the same move over and over. But even at that he could catch you off guard and kill you. You should really see how long the fight takes or if they know what they're doing after the first move. You should see if they can even keep themselves from disqualifing or if they can still give a good fight after they've been split.

I trust all the recruiters to recruit everyone they think is worthy. But I do not want recruiters taking in recruits just because they have a 10th dan.

I disagree.
Ive been 4 dan beore all of you guys.
the game is not all luck, if they make a move your supposed to dodge/ do something about it, thats skill.
Luck is when random break happens,which happens in judo.
Everyone says judo is all luck because you randomly break. In aikido, sambo wushu,and Tk ect. you dont randomly break as much as you do in judo.
Therefore making judo a place were you can take advantage to get in a clan, anything could happen.
thats why i always tested in aikido, and Tk servers, bring out the true skill and ability.