In the past week, Computer Basics hit 300 and VBScript passed 100. The XWA Mission Design course was also updated. A bunch of backlogged medals were handed out this week. AD Ari got a GS for his course hitting 100, as did COL Ford and CPT Predator. COL Striker also got a Silver Star for writing his course. Due to the changing nature of the EH in general, I've decided to stop awarding the Gold Star for 50 graduates outright. Now professors will only get Gold Stars at 100, 200 and 400 graduates.
The response from the two new competitions has been pretty good, but disappointing at the same time. The Daedalus motto competition has plenty of entries, but people, where's some funny ones? Also, I'm not really getting the flood of submissions for the shameless promotion competition. Details for both competitions are available at http://www.imperialacademy.org/comps/daedalusmotto/ and http://www.imperialacademy.org/comps/shamelesspromotion/ Both competitions close on 27th (not this coming monday, the one after).
Work on an upcoming competition is progressing well. Some subgroups are interested and some addition events need to be added. Also, voice actors will be needed as well once I script all the lines. Keep watching the TO site for when it'll be ready. On the subgroup front in general, some interesting developments are happening which will eventually be beneficial to all involved.
The poll about the Episode 2 title is still up. There's a total of 221 votes, which is impressive I thought. 18 poor souls thing they can actually pick up chicks by joining the EH. When will people learn? :P Overall, the reaction to the title has been negative, which isn't a surprise. I'll be changing the poll sometime this week. One possiblity is "What should Ast get when IWATS gets to 10K?".
And lastly, my TOA, VA Mell, somehow has won in this year's Mr/Miss EH. The Mr part that is. Obviously threats of violence and massive bribes do work.
ID Line Blast from the Past
FM/SL Dras Hempor/Falcon 3-3/Wing XI/ISD Immortal (mIRC/1, 17th August 1999)
FM/CM Melluish/Typhoon 1-2/Wing XII/ISD Challenge (pre-IWATS Core, 15th August 1998)
Current Staff
HA Astatine - Training Officer/IWATS Dean
VA Mell - Training Office Assistant
COL Ford - Professor, TIE Fighter Tactics
CPT Predator - Professor, Rebellion Tactics
CPT Daisuke Airyu - Professor, Graphics
LC E. Tarkin - Professor, XvT Fighter Tactics
LC Marcin - Professor, XvT Missions
CM Flelm - Professor, ICQ
AD Ari - Professor, VBS
MAJ Aylius Khan - Professor, Computer Basics
COL Scoser - Professor, TIE Missions
COL Ricardo - Professor, Squadron Management 2
COL Striker - Professor, XWA Missions
TO-DEAN/HA Astatine/CS-6/SSSD Sovereign
MoH/IC/OoR/GOE/GSx2/SS/BSx3/PC/ISM/MoI-DC/LoC/CoS/CoE/CoL/LoA/OV-3E
{IWATS-IIC/1/2}
"Command Attache free since January 2000"
"I just can't seem to score with chicks. They just bounce off the edge of the hockey goal and lie there chirping in pain."