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Spar this guy with these factors in mind. Other wise, as you'll see on his win loss record, he's not a formidable opponent at all.]]> arkall Resident<maldou_m3@nospam.com> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:03:59 -0700 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?962 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?959 I've sat in my Lord's chair and I'm tired of the flakes and no one with dedication or will to stay more than a month, taking what they learn then leaving. I train more noobs outside my clan than I do it's members, I might as well be a roaming Master rather than a Clan holder, so I've come to my decision.

ODA will close it's doors. I'm putting in my Clan's Resignation. I will still be in the system, just not sitting in an empty clan. Its more novelty than active now these days. I will take my place within the system as a roaming Instructor, my services open to those who request it, or Clans needing an extra hand. I will still train and teach anyone who wishes for lessons, from 1 day noob and up, all are welcome.

ODA will not be change of ownership.. The ODA that started under Xiang, and Shidji then Onto me, will be closed. Any new ODA's or similar will hold no relation to the original clan of the past years.

I will go on now to give over ODA's history in respects to the previous leaders before me.

ODA started in the early months of 2007 by Xiu Yao (aka Xiang Hifeng), along with Shidji Woollahra. ODA was home in Shrouded isle, and where it grew fast snatching up members, including myself (MoxieWolfox Oxide)

In the months that followed, Xiang handed control over to Shidji and she was the leader of ODA
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((Xiang's Letter of resignation:
As you all know, Shidji and I are co-leading the clan. As Shidji has begun to take on more of the burden and initiative with Oda, and as I have less and less time for SL, I want everyone to try to think of Shidji as the primary go to person when it comes to Oda. We are still co-leaders, but I will probably start to play a more secondary role to her. The way major decisions are reached will still be the same, by consulting the buke rank, and Shidji and I reaching final decisions jointly, but for the most part I will be making recommendations and then deferring to Shidji for the final decision.

Please feel free to come to me on anything you would like, but for the most part Shidji is the main leader of Oda now.))
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In that year with the clan I made lots of friends, learned my most and enjoyed assisting others, It was assisting other members and using what I learned from Shidji with other members that moved me into a roll as Daimyo, assisting the clan with Shidji.

Around early 2007 Shrouded went through a re-designing. During the time closed, ODA was without its home and place of daily activity. Slowly members went inactive, others left, and ODA's involvement in C:SI was Dented. After re-opening lot of people disliked what it became, traffic slowed, and ODA tried to regain itself with classes and training, people didn't show, members weren't enthusiastic.

And it went on, Shidji needed more time for herself and ODA was passed to me. Only a month after Shrouded was closed mid 2007.


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((Shidji's Letter of resignation:
~Shidji types a lot, so to make it short; she said~ "bye"

...ok ok. I'll paste it.. but its a lot...

Shidji's REAL letter of resignation:
Hi all. I'm sending this note as my official statement regarding my involvement with Oda. This is to let you know that I have stepped down as Oda's leader, and that MoxieWolfox Oxide has taken my place. There's really only one reason for this, but it has a few facets. Basically, I've found that running Oda has become more of a full-time job for me than I'm happy with. I've been somewhat avoiding logging in as Shidji lately, due to the fact that when I log on, I know I'll have about 7-10 IM windows blinking at me, all wanting to drag my attention in various CSI directions. This is not why I got involved with Oda. I got involved with Oda because I saw potential to make a difference in the CSI community, and I feel that I've definitely done *that much. Oda shines in ways that a number of clans have not managed to reproduce yet.

However, at this point my involvement as Oda's leader is kind of locking me down and keeping me from what I enjoy about CSI itself, as the moment I log in I get stuck behind the scenes, often sitting in the same spot for a few hours before the IM tidal wave ebbs off. usually by then, I'm either too tired or burnt-out to duel for fun, or I don't have time to do anything else, and I have to log. I'm finding that I need to get back to basics in CSI, and actually start *enjoying myself! True, there is satisfaction in leading a group this awesome (although the involvement of a number of members has been quite lacking lately). But when my experience with Oda day after day is reduced to maintenance of issues that really shouldn't be issues such as personal problems between members and other clans' members, or responding to numerous reports of people needing attitude readjustments and reminders (drama and drama) rather than working on and implementing steps to further Oda's development, it makes me realize that the only way I'm going to feel enjoyment out of CSI again is to simply get out of this role which I've felt myself kind of 'stuck' in lately. Avoiding logging on as this av is not the solution. Oda needs a leader that is available and there to take care of the needs involved.

Therefore, I'd like you to all please recognize MoxieWolfox Oxide as the new Shogun of Oda. I've created a role in the Oda Clan and Oda Council groups called Oda Ancient, which I've given limited rights to for myself, as a way of staying involved with Oda to a degree, albeit definitely in the background... I want you all to realize that Moxie is the head of Oda at this point and all Oda matters should be passed through him. I'm offering myself as council for Moxie for those inevitable times when issues come up that he needs to talk to me about, but if anything needs to be considered by me in those regards, I kindly ask that it come from Moxie, and not from a bunch of various people involved in the clan, as that would sort of negate the point of my stepping-down.

Also - as Oda's dojo property rent was being handled by myself specifically and out-of-pocket, and Moxie is not in a position to afford to pay 15k a month for rent, I suspect that the current Oda dojo will no longer 'officially' be Oda's after the 12th of July, which is when rent is due. You might be alarmed to hear that at first, but let me explain. The dojo building itself is not mine... it belongs to the Shrouded Isle Shogunate group, and will remain that way. The rent was simply being paid to have the right to 'officially' call the dojo Oda's, although if you think about it... it really makes no sense that any money was being paid for it in the first place. We were only renting, and had absolutely NO land rights whatsoever... no parcel access control rights, no various land option rights, no media rights... in fact it's not even subdivided like that. Any changes made to the ban list on Oda's property affect the entire sim, not just that parcel. So, with that in mind... if anyone is allowed to come on the property *anyway, and anyone can use the dojo *anyway, and nothing will change as far as anything land-related or dojo-related is concerned *anyway... then what is the benefit for paying 15k a month??? Literally, all that that 15k earned Oda was the right to call that corner of the sim Oda's dojo. I see that dojo as being labeled with Oda's name for a very long time to come as it is, since that's simply what people are used to considering it as. I expect that nothing very noticeable will change.

Anyway... wanted to tell all of you this officially. Just so you're aware, I in no way have any intentions of quitting CSI altogether. In fact, I'm hoping that I'll be around even more as a result. You guys are awesome, and I know Oda will continue to grow and take on new life. Feel free to say hi all you want =) See you around soon I'm sure!

~ Shidji Woollahra

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And so now, back to the present time.. ODA has dwindled down. and not enough members to be useful as a Clan.

And I will now updating all ranks and titles within ODA to that of SHITAI (corpse)

You can now remove ODA from the list of clans, and I have left the Council. As to my placement within the Samurai Warriors group? this is purely up to Kat. I'm not leaving entirely, I'm still around to assist C:SI citizens. I'm just closing ODA.

anyone with questions, feel free to contact me
-Kyle
(Moxiewolfox Oxide)]]> MoxieWolfox Oxide<wolves.spirit@nospam.com> Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:46:52 -0700 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?959 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?958 The ImperiuM Katana is proud to be a part of the celebration of Second Life's 8th Birthday, this week and invites you all to drop by in our exhibition-stand on the Spellbound sim!
The expo covers in total 21 sims, the central theme is: The Magic of Second Life, and there are parties and events 24/7 till this weekend!
Next week the expo will still be open for visitors though, and the gates will finally close on 2 July!

Link to Spellbound: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL8B%20Spellbound/181/235/22

(we are located near by the mainstage where lots of shows and events take place!)

Hope to welcome you soon and have fun on SL8B!

more information and eventschedules on SL8B : http://sl8b.wordpress.com/

]]> Caitlin Tobias<claartje2001@nospam.com> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:30:05 -0700 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?958 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?957
Julieanne]]> JulieAnne Rau<Julie_rau@nospam.com> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:08:12 -0700 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?957 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?956
I am also looking for someone willing to organize a party at Meiji, in celebration of this event. If your interested, please contact me!

On July 1st. Meiji will close its doors. I want to thank Domokun Giotto for providing a high-speed, low-lag playground for CSI sparring these last 4 years. I believe Meiji was appreciated as it has been the prefered sparring grounds and the subject of many other SIMs owners. Unfortunately, nothing is free in Second Life and neither is the SIMs we spar in. Meiji has run its course in Second Life... Nothing lasts forever, you can't please everyone, and don't bite the hand that feeds you. JulieAnne]]> JulieAnne Rau<Julie_rau@nospam.com> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:21:38 -0700 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?956 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?955  
I know that I have been around for 4 years and I haven’t seen her much but this got me thinking, what is a learner?  I checked her spar stats and she has very close to 22000 spars in comparison to my almost 9000 (soon I can join the 9000 club J).  When I talked with her, apparently she ran a store for a few years before finding CSI the last year or so ago.  She had been using a fairly old machine and recently bought a game box just to be competitive.
 
So Dear Reader, what defines a Learner?  I know were all learning but at what point do we stop calling ourselves a learner?  I think if I defined myself as a Learner that would be incorrect and I’m sure if I lost a lot of spars to someone and said “I’m a learner”, that would get me laughter.  So, what defines a learner?  How much time sparring is learning?  Say, you have been doing it for 1 or 2 years or 4 years, can you still call yourself a learner?  Can we base that off of the amount of spars?  Is 9000 the magic number?
 
Let me know, don’t be afraid to state your opinion, JulieAnne]]> JulieAnne Rau<Julie_rau@nospam.com> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:47:55 -0700 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?955 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?954
Now comes the Ninja war!

Our ninja messenger had been going around sending invitations to Clan leaders.

All clans are welcome to join but you must form a Ninja team. Traditionally, Ninja clans always have a Clan sponsoring them. We set it at 3 per clan but with 2 wars one after another. This means you can have 3 Ninjas in 2 wars or 6 ninjas in 1 war. But this number may change due to clan participation. We will increase the numbers per clan if not many clans are joining. The maxium fighting Ninjas in the sim is 30. There will be a Ronin Ninja group composed of Ninjas with no clans. If you wish to be in the Ronin Ninja group, you can contact me directly.

Remember! Relax and have Fun! That is what SL for...

P.S. For realistic dramatic delivery.. our messenger comes without warning. Please do not be rude to him... he is very sensitive..]]> Kafka Moody<countessa@nospam.com> Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:03:48 -0700 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?954 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?953 Icon Allen<icon.allen@nospam.com> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:20:28 -0700 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?953 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?952 GuyArson Resident<a5ian_gamer@nospam.com> Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:34:58 -0700 http://www.combatsi.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?952