Command Tent II - Cavalry OOC Thread

Where now are the horse and rider? In here, probably.
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Opening Post re-post:- (Yay, I managed one!)

Outside the Dragon Room, on a protected side of the formidable building, is a large tent. It's outside is decorated with the colors of each Eored, and ceorls and messengers can be seen coming and going constantly. Inside the tent is furnished with a large table in the center and surrounded by comfortable chairs. Food and drinks (but no strong alcohol, especially not Bilewitdox) are laid out for those who want it. This is the Command Tent. Set aside from the hustle and bustle of the Dragon Room but easily accessible, it is here for the Cavalry to discuss, plan and talk about anything and everything related to the Cavalry.


This thread is for OOC Cavalry Chat and planning. A place we can talk and discuss the Cavalry and have it all in one place for ease of access and discussion. Think along the lines of:
~ RP coordination and planning in and out of Cavalry threads.
~ OOC questions, comments, queries.
~ Suggestions and ideas for RP, threads, etc.
~ Opinions and ideas about the future of the Cavalry.
~ Concerns and issues.
~ Really any OOC cavalry stuff you have.


The Command Tent is meant to be an OOC place to ask questions, give feedback, make suggestions, and even question decisions made by the Cavalry leaders if you feel something is unfair or unjust. Nothing you say here will affect your standing within Rohan's Cavalry unless you violate Plaza rules, or are name-calling, bullying, or harassing another Plaza member.

If you prefer to contact a Marshal privately that is fine, but be aware we may take your comments to the Marshal’s Council for discussion, so please make clear if you wish your identity to be kept confidential. The admins are also there for you if you wish to keep a Plaza-rule violation anonymous even from the Marshals. You can report any incidents like this to the admins using this form.

Marshal Contact Info:
Please identify yourself with your Plaza username and Cavalry rank when contacting, but note if you would like to remain anonymous otherwise.

Email (remove spaces and replace parentheses with appropriate punctuation marks):
marshals (dot) riddermark (at) gmail (dot) com

Discord:
Shivased - Shivased/Ashley#6415
Taethowen - Rebekah Loper#4402
Gwai - Gwai#5186


From the First Marshal on the subject:
Shivased wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2020 2:58 pm Also note TO ALL: In future, the Marshal Team would prefer any communication regarding the Cavalry to be conducted here on the Plaza. If you have concerns, comments or questions, please use this thread for that. It can be difficult to keep track of things on IM, and we want to promote open, transparent communication so that everyone is comfortable. Of course if your concern is sensitive or private, feel free to contact the marshals via discord or email.


Important Links
~ Previous Command Tent
~ Lost & Found (Cavalry RPG) (ongoing)
~ Dragon Room II
~ Cavalry Courtyard II
~ Oath of the Cavalry
~ Records of Rohan (Archive)


Rules
~ Cavalry and retired Cavalry only unless otherwise planned for (i.e. other people helping plan RPs, new members asking questions, etc. Plaza Admins are always permitted to post with relevant discussion points.)
~ Please post in the appropriate color for your Eored: Eastmark Blue - #000080; Westmark Red - #BF0000; Meduseld Green - #008000; the HCMA will post in Purple (#670088) when advising/acting as HCMA.
~ Be Nice. No yelling, insulting, throwing manure, etc. Those who do will be tossed into the void (or the manure pile, whichever one we're feeling like)
~ Plaza rules on fairness, acceptance, and all that apply.

The second post will be reserved for a list of tabled topics from previous Command Tents, as well as new discussion points that come up in the current Command Tent.

Please use the requested topic tags in your discussion posts, when relevant. Simply put the requested phrase either at the top of your post, or where the relevant content in your post begins. Thank you!

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@Dimcairien Luiniel It would certainly be fitting for both of them to find a bit of time to train between threads as it were, but equally as likely that they are both too caught up in their cavalry duties in different Éoreds and struggle to find the time to train together these days.

I think on this occasion it might do Grimthain some good to focus on socialising with his ward and taking a step away from feeling responsible for preparing him, and will ease my burden a little. It'll be good for both men to spend their day off together going shopping together and actually getting away from cavalry duties for a bit.

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@Amadhrill in response to your Riddermarket OOC comment: if you click 'quote' on this post, you can copy/paste this formatting from the smiley onwards to stick the bottom of your future posts as a 'fake' siggy for Tord :winkkiss:


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We are still awaiting responses from the following Cavalry members on the newest draft of the Code of Conduct:

@Rowena Ellenweorc
@Thalionwen Hunigfolm
@Éolath
@Fairy Nuff
@Aethelu
@Mama's Murder Muffin

If you have any objections to the current draft, or any revisions to propose, please post by Monday, Sep 21st, or we will assume that everything is fine as-is.

Here is the link to read the document: Revised Cavalry Code of Conduct
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@corlisswyn If you can please report to the Cavalry Courtyard to begin your training within the next day, it would be much appreciated! Thanks!

@Pele Alarion & @Dimcairien Luiniel - the Larmægister will be with you both tomorrow, regardless.
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@Taethowen sounds good! Thanks for letting Eomund get involved with this.

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@Taethowen Revised Code of Conduct looks good to me.
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Final call for revised Code of Conduct input! Otherwise we'll be approving it tomorrow!

@Rowena Ellenweorc
@Thalionwen Hunigfolm
@Éolath
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It looks good to me

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@Taethowen I think I will have much better luck at researching how to clean a sword than trying to figure out what type of sword would make the most sense to have.

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@Taethowen I might manage a post in time, yet... just in case I do not - I have 2 rogaining events this weekend (one tonight and one on Sunday), so not sure how able I will be between them. :grin: So a bit of extension, just in case, wouldn't be too bad to have.
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@Taethowen I just posted my response in cavalry courtyard.

this week is going to SUCK MAJOR AWFUL this week, and then I'll spend the weekend in pain as I'm having wisdom teeth pulled on Saturday 10/2, so honestly it will be the middle of next week before I have time to reasearch and write a quality answer to your next question, whatever it may be. Can you set the next deadline for 10/11?

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@Taethowen I know I don't have deadlines with the Courtyard posts, but I just want to let you know that probably won't get my post up tonight. This weekend kind of got away from me and I have little posting motivation tonight. It will hopefully be up sometime Monday or Tuesday though.

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I am popping in with a super random thought but I thought now is a good time to raise it since nothing has happened yet. I think there are or were plans to bring back both the Aethelmund and Aeldseld Inn's but I am wondering if it would be better/possible to merge the two into one? I'm just thinking do we have the membership to pull off two pubs in one kingdom? It would also be a nice way to continue keeping civilian and Cavalry less separate (which I love for the record).

The Cavalry might still want its own space for private discussions and celebrating promotions but could the combined pub have a private room for those things and then allow soldiers to trickle out and join with others? Presumably friends and family may also want to celebrate promotions and this way, they could.

For the record this is not something I've discussed with anyone previously and it would take some coordination but I wanted to put it out there as food for thought. Also please feel free to tell me if you hate this idea, I will not be offended at all!

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@Pele Alarion & @corlisswyn - Shivased's going to take at least the next set of questions, and she'll put them up after Pele has responded to the current one. We can definitely move the next deadline out a bit.

@Dimcairien Luiniel no worries!

@Lail part of the reason we haven't started a proper Æthelmund yet is for some of the reasons you state - like not wanting to split up member activity. We will definitely discuss the other possibilities as well. Thanks for your suggestions! :smooch:
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:thumbs: @Taethowen. Sounds good. (I promise its not just a ploy so Lailyn can see the fruits of her bilewitdox labor first hand.)

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I'll return to posting sometime... today. All done with rogaining for this month, and maybe next one too.
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@Lail I really like that idea!!

Just to keep everyone updated, I’m planning on starting sign ups for the Search at Helm’s Deep RPG next week. It’ll be really fun (I hope!) And shouldn’t be too time consuming for participants, either! *shameless plug*
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Good to see I am not totally off base with this idea, @Gwai.

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Looking forward to it @Gwai! Éomund needs a chance to try and prove himself.

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I'm back after an unexpected hiatus - my cast is off, although I still can't do a lot of repetitious movement. My mom came down from Alaska for a visit that ended up turning into a remodel of my living space in the basement. I found my computer again haha but still don't have a desk set up. I'm also being returned to work, which kinda sucks but oh well. So, the short and long being that I'll be posting again more regularly, but may still be rather sporadic sometimes.

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The Helm's Deep RPG is up and running! Sign-ups start now and will last about a week!
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Looks exciting! I'll plan to get Éomund over there once a get a few other posts up.

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@Shivased

As previously stated, my week went MAJOR awful - i didn't get my wisdom teeth taken out *YAY!* but that was supplanted by a potential COVID positive incident at work, so we all had to literally stop what we were doing and get tested and hold our stressed out breath... I have half a post, but I just don't think I can get to it until next saturday.

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I hope to get some more cavalry posts up soon, but the evenings are flying by here...

@corlisswyn I hope you stay safe and well!
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@corlisswyn that's fine, take all the time you need. It sounds like you've had quite the crazy time of it, so I'd be surprised if you had found time!
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just checking in - my week of CRAZY is almost over! I should be in bed but I wanted to see that the plaza hadn't up and disappeared on me again...

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Quick poll: I know it’s really busy right now with kids back to school, and all the Halloween stuff on the plaza (I’m not complaining lol)! For the Cav rpg should we:

A) Go ahead and start now
B) Start in a couple of weeks after the Halloween stuff is over
C) Push off further
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@Gwai-Gon Jinn Wait for me, wait for me! :lol: I drifted off for a while, but have started to catch up with my posts. A week or two (option B) sounds great.
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@Gwai-Gon Jinn I think option B is best for me as well. Halloween stuff always seems to derrail (in a good way) normal Plaza activities.

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I am just now catching up with things. Illness really laid me out but I am back. Still back slowly as I catch up with stuff and of course nanowrimo is starting next month so... there's that. I would love to participate, but I can't really right now, so.. a few more weeks would be good.
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Pele Alarion wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:20 pm @Gwai-Gon Jinn Wait for me, wait for me! :lol: I drifted off for a while, but have started to catch up with my posts. A week or two (option B) sounds great.
What Pele said; I want to be involved but rich hit now isn’t the best time for me.

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Sounds good, we'll wait a few more weeks then!!
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Cool! Agreed about the Hallowe'en derailment, as fun as it is.

@Eldrith Glad to hear you're improving :smile:

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Also... could I have a bit of extension for the Cavalry training? I have gathered so much work that it is hard to spare time for posts, but coming soon.
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@Pele Alarion No problem. Take your time and post when you can.
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@Dimcairien Luiniel, @Pele Alarion, @corlisswyn - @Shivased's been having some computer problems, just FYI. Pele & Dim, I'll try and get up your next training questions in the next couple of days in the meantime.

@corlisswyn - Do you have an idea of when you'll get your next response up? If it's in the next 48 hours or so I'll hold off on everyone's just to do it all at once. (And if I've missed your response in the Courtyard for some reason, just point me to it!)
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@Taethowen Tell that computer in a threatening voice - nu, nu, nu! And accompany it with a wagging finger. Looking forward to any of your posts. :D
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@Taethowen No problem! I'm also having computer issues, so I completely understand.
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@Shivased I think you misread my post. :wink:

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Oh the joys of communication.

Having a bit more time in between posts is actually really helpful right now as work stuff has been rather hectic lately. The toddler/preschool room at my church is reopening on Sunday and getting it up-to-date with all the new health regulations has been keeping me busy. Over the last week I've spent close to 10 hours getting the classroom and toys ready (trying to gather and clean as many solo-play toys as we have) and have another 4ish hour day tomorrow finalising things.

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@Taethowen LOL, I read it as YOU were having computer problems! It has been a long week and my brain is not quite functioning. :googly:
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Shivased wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:34 am @Taethowen LOL, I read it as YOU were having computer problems! It has been a long week and my brain is not quite functioning. :googly:
I read it as that too! :lol:

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Sorry I am missing at the moment, battling some computer issues (stupid touch pad deciced to delete itself!) and had a cold this week, and I completely forgot about Tord :blush: I am going to try to get Tord up and running tonight!
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I HAVE POWER! Or rather, my power cord arrived and I'm back on a plaza-friendly laptop! I shall get caught up where needed this week!
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Whoo! That's wonderful news.

I'm hoping to get back into things sometime this week as well since one of my big projects is finished. Now if my headache would go away, that would be wonderful. (Smokey skies in SoCal, like usual this time of year).

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So...I've started class again, work has been absurd lately and we just found out that they're closing our hospital in December so I've been job hunting. I'm supposed to be working the booth this weekend, then a few days off so I'm hoping to get caught up again. I apologize if I've missed anything.

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@Éolath Nope, you haven't missed anything. Good luck with the job hunting, and get caught up when you can. There's no rush, we've all been taking things pretty slow and easy.
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@Shivased Oiiii. I meant to post for cavalry training this evening, but sleep is very overwhelming... Might need another day or so. :googly:
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@Pele Alarion No problem, post when you can.
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