Despite the fact that KGB has largely moved on from DFO, our long presence there (Since the 1st day of Beta) means that we have a legacy. A select group of KGBers (Myself included) continue to play DFO when we can, and with our substantial real estate, we continue to make a mark. KGB holds the #1 All Time Control Point Winner statistic in DFO and continues to move up the board.
Congratulations to all KGBers who ever took part in taking a control point. Your efforts are reflected here!
2012 is going to be a great year for KGB. There are great games on the horizon as well as some great ones that we are all playing now. Stay tuned during our 15th year! Don't forget a KGB celebration now being planned for mid year 2012 in Las Vegas.
We Hereby award KGB Knight Ictinike with The KGB Guild Distinguished Service Medal.
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The KGB Guild Distinguished Service Medal
This award is presented to individuals who's non-Military contribution to the guild stands out from the rest. It is a great honor to receive this award as it is a statement to the recipient's exemplary performance and sacrifice to his Guild and the KGB Nation.
Originally Posted By: GSS Director Tasorin
For going beyond the call of duty in efforts to promote and retain The Knights of Beer and Glory interest in PlanteSide 2.
This individual far exceeded the request from the Guild Secret Service to develop and produce a promotional movie used in conjunction with our efforts in PlanetSide 2.
Ictinike's Hall of Fame record will now display his award as well as he may use them on his signature.
Please join me in Congratulating and Thanking Ictinike for all he does in service to KGB.
I have decided to personally oversee the creation of a new front page video for KGB. I have a large archive, but I am looking for FRAPS video and epic screen shots from KGB history.
I will be posting FTP instructions in the MEMBERS HELP area for you to be able to send what you have to KGB.
You can help shape our image! Send in your archive TODAY!
Servers will go down this Friday November 18th on the normal maintenance time.
During maintenance a patch will be applied that will first of all address some issues that the community has pointed out. Additionally all skill increase rates will quadruple and loot drops across the board will be increased. At the same time, all inactive accounts (minus banned accounts) will be reactivated for 3 days.
Additionally, all active accounts will get 3 days added to their subscription time.
Long time KGB Member and Senator Drakiis will be serving his first tour as High Chancellor of the upcoming KGB Planetside 2 Faction State. Please see the KGB Articles of Confederation and Constitution for details on this new structure. Because of the planned level of participation in this faction, Drakiis received a vote of confidence from the KGB Senate.
The requirements of the KGB Articles of Confederation, Section 5, Clause 3, will not begin until 7 days before the release of the game which has yet to be announced.
Originally Posted By: KGB Articles of Confederation, Section 5, Clause 3
Clause 3: Every 60 days, the High King/High Queen, with the support of Federal Officers, would hold a vote of confidence (1st of every other month). Citizens involved in a specific faction would be required to vote for or against confidence in the current Faction leadership. A Citizen should not vote regarding factions they are NOT involved in. Majority rules. If the current High Chancellor is approved by the membership, then they and their cabinet would remain in office, if voted against, the High King/High Queen would appoint a new High Chancellor. **FACTION STATE SPECIFIC - If a leader loses a vote of confidence in a Faction State, then the FACTION STATE membership would vote on a replacement. The KGB Federal Government does not have the jurisdiction to appoint or remove any officer in a FACTION STATE outside of a loss of confidence vote.
Please join me in congratulating Drakiis in his new position.
Originally Posted By: High Chancellor Elect Drakiis
Where/When: KGB Secure Vent, 6:00pm CST/4:00pm PST Saturday November 12th 2011
I will be holding a KGB Only meeting for Planetside 2 to outline my goals and expectations for the KGB state Faction with the information currently available. I will also be outlining my plans for organization and the conquest of Abraxis, making several official announcements, and detailing recruiting and propaganda agendas. I will discuss the challenges and special conditions not only with communication, terrain, and fortifications, but also with the communities we will be fighting and the dangers to be aware of. There will be a open forum for questions and answers and I welcome those interested in participating and serving the guild in our next major launch. I will be explaining the importance of having the right mentality concerning this game and the Factions overall mission to "Destroy On Contact". We would like to make this meeting a monthly event required by those who chose to participate, so come check us out and be a part of the first ever KGB crusade, it will be EPIC!
See the secure forums for Planetside for details, and help with your vent account if needed.
See the HELP section for all the changes to KGB Secure Vent. We have relaxed some of the security to meet our current situation. A new password and relaxed restrictions await you.
If any inactive members that have houses in df plan to let your account decay please transfer your house to KGB rather than let some enemy get it. If it goes into decay we will not get it for sure, larger groups will come in.
Also if you need help getting taxes paid let me know. KGB has paid taxes for people a couple of times, but I may not find out about it in time unless others tell me.
In June of 2012, KGB will begin it's 15th year in existence. This is a feat rarely duplicated in Online Gaming, and KGB has been around since the very beginning. Starting in the Sony game called Tanarus, KGB is coming full circle in a planned presence in Planetside 2, where one of the original tanks from Tanarus will be available. Check the KGB News Archives on the right navigation bar for details on our history.
I am going to start planning a get together in Las Vegas in 2012 where all KGB members will be invited. Vegas has the cheapest airfares in the country, and has great deals on large rooms. I was thinking reliving the last get together by staying at the Stratosphere (Cheaper rooms, but nice and on the end of the strip). I have yet to set the date, but want to gauge if anyone is interested first. So please post in this thread of you are interested!
After a negotiation period, I have decided to form our first KGB Faction State in the game of EVE Online with High Knight Rahl at the helm as High Chancellor. For those of you that are unfamiliar, the KGB Faction State model is the latest evolution of the KGB system. It offers unprecedented autonomy to the faction leader.
Please contact High Chancellor Rahl on the Oracle if you are interested in getting involved. They are going to start with a core group of friends and attempt to grow it in to something impressive.
KGBers have strong political views and the KGB BACK ROOM has recently been hijacked by political debate. I have therefore decided to create a new dedicated debate forum to partition the political discussion from the rest of the KGB Oracle. This should address the concerns of people who sometimes just want to read a bad joke in the BACK ROOM. I will be moving all RL political related topics to the new forum immediately.
The KGB Senate recently agreed to a new policy regarding membership retention. In order to maintain your active KGB Membership, you must log into the Oracle at least once every 6 months. Failure to do so will cause your membership to expire and you would have to file a returning member application and be reviewed by the membership through the standard federal membership process to regain your active member status. No rank is immune to this purge.
I will always send out an email warning 7 days in advance warning of the impending purge.
The first purge is scheduled for tonight. Thank you for your attention.
We Hereby award KGB Knight Ictinike with The KGB Guild Distinguished Service Medal.
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The KGB Guild Distinguished Service Medal
This award is presented to individuals who's non-Military contribution to the guild stands out from the rest. It is a great honor to receive this award as it is a statement to the recipient's exemplary performance and sacrifice to his Guild and the KGB Nation.
Originally Posted By: KGB Arch Duke Donk Leaps
DESCRIPTION: This man time after time helps guildmates in the capacity of Super Tech.
I think lately he has had a rough time of things and I feel that not does he only deserve this reward for his contributions of time and patience but it is a way for us to show that we appreciate him more than just saying thanks.
Ictinike's Hall of Fame record will now display his award as well as he may use them on his signature.
Please join me in Congratulating and Thanking Ictinike for all he does in service to KGB.
The KGB FACTION STATE amendment was approved by the KGB Senate with a 90% approval rating. The new system is available to prospective factions and High Chancellors immediately. Please see the KGB Articles of Confederation in the KGB Constitution link on the lower right of the portal page for details on the evolution of the KGB System.
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Clause 3: KGB FACTION STATE Faction states are essentially autonomous States within the KGB system. They manage their own members, rules, and processes. They are only required to follow the guidelines of the KGB Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Articles of Confederation. Faction State Members could opt to also apply for full KGB Citizenship, thus adding all the rights and privileges of KGB Citizenship. The details of this type of faction are listed below:
Clause 3A: - FACTION STATE MEMBERSHIP - The Faction leadership can use any method or process they wish to manage membership within the Faction State. At the same time, a faction could use the formal KGB membership process if they chose to, but this would not be a requirement. 1) Faction Membership grants rights in that specific faction only. 2) KGB Faction Members would wear the title "XXX KGB Member" where XXX is the name of the game or faction. (KGB Citizens wear the title of "Knight") 3) KGB Faction Members are subject to Membership guidelines as defined in by the autonomous Faction Leadership 4) Faction members could become full KGB citizens by following the Federal Membership process to KGB proper, or just remain a member of the specific faction. Full KGB Citizens would have all the rights and protections of the KGB constitution, however, faction leadership could remove a KGB citizen from their Faction State, thereby forcing the KGB citizen to abide by KGB General Order #1 and either leave the game server, or resign from KGB proper.
Clause 3B: - FACTION STATE LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS 1) All Faction State Non-military Leaders (High Chancellor, Chancellors, and Vice Chancellors) must be full KGB Citizens. 2) Faction State Military Leaders are not required to have full KGB Citizenship below the rank of General. All Generals (G1-G5) must be full KGB Citizens.
Clause 3C: - KGB CITIZENS IN A FACTION STATE - 1) Full KGB Citizens may join a KGB FACTION STATE if they meet the membership guidelines as set by the Faction State Leadership. 2) Faction Leadership can remove a KGB citizen from their Faction State without question, thereby forcing the KGB citizen to abide by KGB General Order #1 and either leave the game server, or resign from KGB proper. A KGB Citizen that is removed from any Faction State Membership would lose access to those resources dedicated to the specific Faction State. 3) Faction State Leadership cannot affect a KGB Citizens citizenship status, even if they are removed from a Faction State. They only retain jurisdiction in they specific Faction State. Faction State Leadership could in extreme cases lobby the KGB Federal Government to remove a KGB Citizen via the KGB Federal Court system.
Clause 3D: - FACTION RULES AND SERVICES - 1) Faction States would only be required to follow the rules as stated in the Articles of Confederation, specifically the leadership selection, 60 day review (Which the voting is managed by the federal faction). All other aspects of the faction would be up to the Faction Leadership. 2) Forums would be created on the Oracle with partitioned membership by the KGB Federal Government. The Faction leader would decide if they wanted the members of KGB proper to have access by default or not. 3) Faction State High Chancellors would be granted Oracle Moderator Status so they could administer their forums. A special SECURE forum would be monitored by the Federal Government for adding access to Faction State Resources 4) All Faction State Executive Leadership (F5 - F2) would be given Administrator access to KGB United Ventrilo. 5) Faction Members would be allowed full vent access, as well as access to all services provided to that faction by the Federal Government. 6) Hall of fame recognition, as well as awards and ranks are only be available to full KGB citizens.
