TRA Newsletter Issue 170

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#186695057Monday, April 04, 2016 12:06 AM GMT

TRA Newsletter Issue 170 “The West Wing” 3rd of April, 2016 ▬▬▬-[ Notice ]-▬▬▬ This week is a very special week for me. Not only have I been able to publish and produce 10 issues of the newsletter but I have also been promoted to the rank of Colonel. It is for this reason that I have introduced another writer to the newsletter this week. It will be odd for me to have to write about my own achievement thus I have brought in Plateau to conceive that article for me. In the meantime we shall continue working on a guide to introduce new staff. I don’t want to droll on about myself too much though. Many people have asked me before to compile an archive which holds all of the past newsletter TRA has done. Little did many people know but there actually is an archive which was created by Rhinguin long ago. I have kept it updated since but never properly promoted it. If you would like to check out the previous newsletters just visit this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kgSGhUuULTD6zAy0E2fjTnyzgE0Y2DV5kQTegJ9j_OQ/edit ▬▬▬-[ Democracy is so overrated ]-▬▬▬ This week saw the latest TRA election to compliment our style as a true democracy. Not really, but it was still a hoot and a holla (sorry for my American slang). As April Fools began to dawn on us, many people saw it as the opportune time to play some pranks on their fellow colleagues. However, none of these pranks could beat the one in which the High Command themselves decided to pull on TRA. The late hours of March the 30th was when TRA underwent the change from an oligarchy to a democracy. Initially the only changes were in the rank system. The Commander rank was changed to President whilst Lead General, General and Colonel became Vice President, Senator and Representative respectively. It was later announced that TAC69’s term as President of TRA was up and thus we would need an election to decide who the new President of TRA was. Now while this left the gate as little more than an April Fools joke, it also gave the High Command an opportunity to actually do some research on potential High Command successors: http://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=186410514 The election steamed away with support generating for two individuals in particular. Both GravityTyphoon and Death_Wing became favourites to win after the preliminary debate. They were both highly sort for as Death_Wing seemed to sprout a variety of interesting and thought invoking points whilst Gravity was memes. The next day the full list of candidates were announced. A debate followed closely with the candidates having to bring in length many issues with TRA and how they might resolve them: http://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=186463623 The two leading figures of the debate seemed to be GravityTyphoon and Samchu12. Other candidates such as NoobXRT and KidGetShanked had major roles in the debate but their support was not nearly high enough and thus both could not get ahead of the pre-mentioned pair. Many other candidates such as Rysch, Death_Wing, Centaur07 and ShandalfGreyhame could not make appearances at the debate. As the elections ended the polls opened. Only 3 figures could breach the double digit standards in votes though and those were Samchu, Gravity and ShandalfGreyhame. It wasn’t long until ShandalfGreyhame dropped out of the race to support Samchu. With this support, Samchu became practically unbeatable and took home the gold. We now had a successor to TAC, the next President of TRA, President Samchu. Long may he live. TRA proceeded to celebrate at Tonigrad where the new President gave a glorious speech… only to be assassinated a second later by an unknown culprit (Hacted). The Warden then announced that due to the unfortunate events, TAC69 would have to resume his presidency over TRA. http://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=186524768 ▬▬▬-[ Date Line ]-▬▬▬ For those who haven’t noticed, two friendly faces to the high command have once again been welcomed back. One of them being ShandalfGreyhame who has seen a lot in his days (I mean with a beard like that, who wouldn’t). Last individual would be Sadmiles and for those who don’t know Sadmiles she is known for her witty personality and has a few memes hiding up her sleeves so watch out. Both of these individuals have shown remarkable dedication to TRA and have once again claimed their throne in the high command. Let’s have a little speed dating shall we? Our first contestant is ShandalfGreyhame who took up the position as Head of Newsletter following Gigazic and StaticSeven’s reign over it. So far he has done 10 newsletters and there is many more to come. For those who didn’t know ShandalfGreyhame is also Head of Archives in the historical division which is known as a safeguard for TRA’s influential and brilliant history. Our second contestant is Sadmiles who before diving into inactivity was head of the training department and she quotes “I was OP as heck”. But enough about the past; Sadmiles is currently an active staff member in the training and diplomacy department. So far she has helped with the guide and many of the tests in the training department. As well as working alongside pth159 in guiding all current diplomacy endeavors and rebooting the department. Both individuals have held a position in the Military Police run by Warden Hacted. ShandalfGreyhame held a position as one of the five Justice Council’s and Sadmiles as an Enforcer. For those who don’t know ShandalfGreyhame and Sadmiles both occupied a seat as a General and it looks like they are coming back to claim their spots again. Each of them have shared a quote as a message to the rest of TRA and we’ll start off with ShandalfGreyhame who came up with the brilliant quote of: “Well it looks like I finally passed." What an inspiration to never give up on your dreams! As for Sadmiles, her quote “Third or fourth time's the charm” can be a metaphor for her dedication she has given to the group time and time again. ~Written by Plateau ▬▬▬-[ League of Legends ]-▬▬▬ The Tournament of Champions is upon us. The trust we bestow upon the Elites will now be in our favour as they fight to the death in order to honour the group they serve. Also to win 500 robux each and a title above their heads at every RCL place. The Elites involved with this activity are as follow: JunkLover, WisdomRider, Lilbrees, Nurtch, Savd, GravityTyphoon, Prosights, Thorhayes, Oditty, ManLikeJoe, Auxeus and Gigazic. The man responsible for making this happen would seem to be xKingSloth who signed up the Elites for the tournament. The Elites have already has preliminary matches and trainings to get prepared for the tournament. Their first match is set to happen very soon. The teams which they will be fighting against include many Elite divisions such as: FEAR’s RF, USSF’s Navy Seals and BEAR’s Predators. It will be interesting to see how the events will unfold in the upcoming weeks and we will be sure to keep you all updated. One question we are all asking though, why is StabbySavage not on the team!? ▬▬▬-[ What else? ]-▬▬▬ If you haven’t heard already, TRA went on back-to-back raids on Tad’s Cobras owned by tadcool. Each of the raids were successful and TRA walked away with four wins in their pocket. For those who haven’t raided their base at all it can be described as Normandy 2.0. Although the layout of the base is very similar to Normandy, Tad’s Cobras have added a few changes of their own. Two familiar faces have become Marshal’s in TRA and their names are GravityTyphoon and samchu12. If you have not already send your congratulations to them stop slacking, we are not getting any younger. Congrats to GravityTyphoon and samchu12 on achieving Marshal. Also with ShandalfGreyhame out of the Justice Council, another Enforcer needed to take his place. KidGetShanked was chosen by the Warden for this dutiful task. GravityTyphoon has also been chosen to take charge of all the enforcers in the group. The Enforcers jobs will become much clearer in upcoming weeks. Some new updates to the fort now. With the recent surge of raiding happening, igoing2win has decided to add in a DEFCON alarm. The DEFCON will go from 5 (calm) to 1 (full alert). At DEFCON 1 the lighting inside of the base will shine a threatening red. Next to the DEFCON manual setting is a prison cell which MP’s can utilize to hold any rowdy raiders. Earlier this week we released a cheeky little April Fools newsletter. Of course nothing in the newsletter was true though, I mean why would we make Pth the head of activity? Regardless it was fun for me to make and if you want to read it just click this link: http://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=186522715 Join the TRA teamspeak if you already haven’t. The TRA teamspeak is the perfect way of connecting and communicating with your fellow TRA members in and out of any TRA events. How to join the TS3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ_2XJ91kYE ▬▬▬-[ Fun stuff ]-▬▬▬ This section of the newsletter is dedicated to me (Shane) having a bit of fun with the newsletter. Thus I have produced three different word games which I hope will fulfil that need for TRA members as well. If you PM me the correct answers (or poke me them on TS3) I might give you a shout-out. Clanagrams: Zilch Rope Clue: Old TRA Colonel TRA riddle: The beginning of TRA, was of rather odd origin. ToniToni’s previous clan, will usually take the win. Synonym names: Wyvern Blaze Clue: Think TRA members Answers from last issue (in order): Death_Wing, DrDrRoblox, Wealthyagent Winners from last issue: PIateau, Emndaka, Gigazic ▬▬▬-[ Wrap-up ]-▬▬▬ Useless fact of the week: Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months. (Dedicated to LizzardWizard). Last week's trivia: What was the name of the book which our founder, Tonitoni, wrote and released? Answer: Making it in the Clan World. This weeks trivia: TRA Fort Darox was made by Madkiller, but who created Darox II? . This brings the 170th TRA Newsletter to it’s end. Do you have any questions or concerns? Is there something which we haven’t mentioned that is niggling away at you? Feel free to PM ShandalfGreyhame or any other members of the Newsletter staff! Fan of the Newsletter? Why not apply for a position today! http://www.roblox.com/Groups/group.aspx?gid=562444 Make sure to follow us on Twitter! @TRANewsletter Written by ShandalfGreyhame, PIateau © 2016, property of TRA Newsletter