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Gaiscioch Family Notes - May 2016

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Bealtaine 2016
(May)


Cead Mile Failte!

Youch! Man is it Hot!

The Summer has arrived early this year and with it we will likely see the great migration to the outdoors. We can expect a dip in numbers as the sun fills our days and kites fill our sky. But that doesn't mean there's nothing going on! This month we're going to play with the event lineup a bit and try out some new community events.

Gaiscioch Family News

May 2016 Gaiscioch Family Summit

Join us on May 7th, 2016 at 5PM PT for this month's Gaiscioch Family Summit Livestream. Each month we cover the monthly news, events, and field questions from members and viewers about the Gaiscioch Family. Be sure to join us on Discord to participate and tune in to http://gsch.info/twitch  or http://gsch.info/youtube  to watch the stream.

Gaiscioch Family Promotions:

I wanted to take a moment to say congratulations to a few members this month for accepting their next credo and stepping into a new role in our family.

Guardians (Seaimpín)

The Gaiscioch Family Guardians are an advanced part of the Veteran Members group and serve as the front line of our family. They help newer members learn about the family, our website, and our belief system. They occasionally will need to help get conversations back on track, or report misdoing's to the family elders. They act as advisors, guidance providers, and overall protectors of the family name. By this time a member should be involved in the family for more than 6 months and has been an active attendee in family events. For those who prefer fellowship over leadership this is the last stop on the family tree. Members must prove their leadership ability to progress to the Leadership ranks through the accumulation of both Valor Points (Earned through leading events.) as well as earning Tokens of Valor from lower ranked members of the family.

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Veteran Members (Curadh)

Veteran Members have proven their devotion to the family by participating in events and contributing to the family's success. They have been active more than 90 days and have continued to be contributing members to the family.

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Official Members (Lorgaire)

Official Members have earned the rank of Lorgaire and have accepted the Mark of the Kindred credo. They have officially decided to become members of the family and start their journey to ascend the roles of the Gaiscioch Family.

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Guild Wars 2 News

The Spring Update Is Here!

Before you panic, be sure to take a look at all the new updates. This patch in my opinion is the best patch they've released in years. As I can't list all of the updates here as the notes alone are 16,972 words in length. Here's some of the highlights:

Updates to Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns Maps

Heart of Maguuma maps have been updated to make exploration more fun, whether you prefer solo or group play. Mordremoth's forces were driven back from crucial waypoints, adventures are more accessible, new events have been added, and scaling and reward structures have been adjusted to give you more control over how you spend your time in the jungle.

Max-Level Boost

Soar to level 80, and unlock your heroic potential! All players who have purchased Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns will receive one free Max-Level Boost, delivered in a permanent, account-wide inventory slot that's yours to keep. We'll equip your new max-level character with everything they need to join the battle against Mordremoth.

LFG Update—Squad Support and New Categories

Bring your squad into LFG to find new friends to play with in raids and large group content! We've also added new categories and subcategories to help you make connections and refine your search, whether you're hunting for achievements, seeking a mentor, or in need of role-playing companions.

Updates to World vs. World

World vs. World now features reward tracks, letting you make guaranteed progress toward the rewards you want most as you play. Through reward tracks, you can earn tomes of knowledge, crafting materials, and skins, including the new WvW-exclusive Triumphant armor set. We're also creating alliances between low-population worlds, giving them the necessary numbers to go head-to-head with existing high-population worlds.

World Linking (Alliances)

In an effort to help with population imbalances, ArenaNet has linked pairs of servers together matching their playtimes to give each server better coverage. Sanctum of Rall has allied with Dragonbrand and so far things are going well for us.

And much more!

  • Legendary Fractal Back Item
  • Legendary Short Bow
  • Raid Lobby
  • Daily Achievements and Rewards Additions
  • Skills and Balance Updates
  • Fractals of the Mists Polish
  • PvP Map Changes

See the full list of changes at:
http://gsch.info/p/193803

New Family Event Lineup for May 2016

With substantial changes and things about to get a lot grander in scale, I've been playing with the idea of changing up my events a bit for this month. I want to hit the new changes hard and see what we can do to get some new blood in the family. Additionally, aside from the ESO Social Adventure episodes, we aren't getting a lot of traction in viewers or in participants at the moment. I feel my time is better used back in Guild Wars 2 so starting in May I believe I will be placing the Social Adventures Livestream on hold for the time being.

So here's what I have planned to start in may.

  • Tue @ 5-6PM PT - Speed Missions in SORC
  • Tue @ 6-8PM PT - The Siege War Livestream in Guild Wars 2
  • Thu @ 6-8PM PT - New Player World Boss Train - Every other Thursday - Will be running ESO New Player events on off weeks.
  • Fri @ 6-8PM PT - ClubGaiscioch in WvW - Part 1 (no-livestream)
  • Fri @ 11-1AM - ClubGaiscioch in WvW - Part 2 (no-livestream)

Please note starting in May I will only be running PvE missions on Tuesdays at 5PM.  If anyone wants to pick up another missions run time on another day I welcome you to do so. I need to spend my time either with the new players or on the battlefield to bolster our numbers.

Additional Note: Terafer and I will be rotating Tuesdays for the Missions & WvW events. On my off weeks I'll be bringing the Siege War to new lands like ESO, WAR, and eventually BDO. Each week that I'm out of game Tuesday I'll be in game for the New Player Adventures.

Looking for Guild Mission Runners

For more than 2 years I've run Guild Missions 2-3 times per week. I enjoy running them but realize that I need to spend my time on the front lines bringing new blood into the family and also get back to getting people into SORC for our community events. I can't do that if I'm always running missions with my free time. Missions typically are sought after by gw2 veterans that already have committed to a guild. I need to target the new blood.

I'm looking for 1 or 2 people that can help me run Guild Missions off prime time to help build our numbers and give people more options for when they complete them. I can give you instructions on what to do and some pointers. Most of you probably have this process memorized and can do it in your sleep. If your interested please reach out to me so I can get you setup. I'd like to have 3 missions slots each week but I simply can't do them all.

Please Welcome Our Newest Members

Please welcome our newest members to our Guild Wars 2 family.

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Guild Wars 2 Events at a Glance

Mon

9:00AM:
Serenity Hosting 4/25: Jae's Monday World Boss Hunt

2:15PM:
Gma Fog's Leveling The Playing Field

Tue

10:30AM:
Findan's Map Clear [Mount Maelstrom]

1:00PM:
Mid-range map clears with Rayne

5:00PM:
Open Community Guild Missions

Wed

11:00AM:
Fractal Teaching [now including AR] :)

1:00PM:
Jae's Wednesday World Boss Train

5:00PM:
Smitty's Sabres WvW

Thu

8:03AM:
Shmi's Slo-Mo HoT: Verdant Brink Meta

11:30AM:
Star's Raiders WvW

3:30PM:
Dungeon Reset

4:45PM:
Teragriff's for Tyria

6:00PM:
Fractals Teaching Group, late edition :3

Fri

10:30AM:
Findan's Map Clear [Mount Maelstrom]

11:30AM:
Star's Raiders WvW

1:00PM:
Mid-range map clears with Rayne

7:00PM:
GW2 Raiders Spirit Vale

11:00PM:
ClubGaiscioch in WvW

Sat

6:00AM:
Saturday Morning Coffee

8:00AM:
Gma Fog's Leveling The Playing Field

3:00PM:
Story Mode Saturday

Sun

8:00AM:
Raiding at Spirit Vale

11:00AM:
Rylssa's Map Clear - Malchor's Leap (75-80)

2:00PM:
Dungeon Master Sunday

4:00PM:
Star's Raiders WvW

Top Guild Wars 2 News For April, 2016

  1. Guild Wars 2 Update: Game Update Notes - April 19, 2016
  2. Super Adventure Glider, Gwen’s Attire and Basic Leather Rack Home-Instance Node in the Gem Store!
  3. Guild Wars 2 Update: Game Update Notes - April 1, 2016 Part 2
  4. Community Showcase Live: April
  5. The Spring Quarterly Update is Coming
  6. Celebrate the Spring Quarterly Update With a Dev Chat
  7. Official Guild Wars 2 Merchandise from Cook & Becker and iam8bit
  8. On Point This Friday
  9. Additional Shared Inventory Slots, Spectral Weapon Collection, Sentinel Outfit, and More in the Gem Store!
  10. Tune in to On Point this Friday

Elder Scrolls Online News

The Dark Brotherhood Approaches

In what I believe is the most exciting patch to date, the Dark Brotherhood brings with it the single most important feature we never knew we needed. Nameplates. Yes that's right! Finally our kindness can go recognized, our prowess will be known and people can begin recognizing our community from a distance. Why is this a big change for us? Well because since the game launched we have had a terrible time building name recognition as we don't spam chat channels to get new members. This allows us to actually have a face in the game. If all goes well we can expect to see an increase in population within the family.

That is just one tiny feature coming with the free part of the patch. The full DLC is set to go live May 31st and is available on the PTS server now. For more information about the DLC head over to:

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2016/04/25/dark-brotherhood-launch-details

New Player Events & AvA with Foghladha

You may have been joining me for my run through the Aldmeri starter zone over the past few months. Well coming in May I plan to do an accelerated tour focusing on the Dark Anchors, Skyshards, Group Events and waystones.

In May we will be running 2 events. The first in Stonefalls on Thursday May 5th from 6-8PM PT, the second in AvA on Azura's Star on Tuesday May 10th from 6-8PM PT. This will be a public event and we will be trying to impress the locals by our kindness and helpfulness. Feel free to join me for some fun social play.

Please Welcome Our Newest Members

Please welcome our newest members to our Elder Scrolls Online family.

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Elder Scrolls Online Events at a Glance

Mon

5:00PM:
Undaunted Keys Speed Runs

Tue

10:00AM:
For The Undaunted (Key Run)

5:00PM:
Ebonheart Map Clear

Wed

3:30PM:
Craglorn Questing

5:00PM:
Wrothgar Dailys

Thu

10:00AM:
For The Undaunted (Key Run)

5:00PM:
Wrothgar Dailys

Fri

5:00PM:
Vet Map Clear

Sat

9:00AM:
Wrothgar Dailys

Sun

8:30AM:
Gold/Silver key run with Jairone

5:00PM:
Crazy Prissy's Trial of Lorkhja- Sunday Edition

Top Elder Scrolls News For April, 2016

  1. ESO Community Headquarters at PAX East 2016
  2. ESO’s Two-Year Anniversary Retrospective
  3. Dark Brotherhood: First Look
  4. Dark Brotherhood: Launch Details

Social Adventures News

Black Desert Community Update

We currently have GSCH and Teaghlach (means family in Irish) as very active guilds that look forward to PvP Node Wars (no date set yet for game inclusion) as much as they want to enjoy all the PvE content of the game. PvP is open world at level 45, but we only end up with sporadic things happening due to people who rather PK then invite a stranger to a group. There is nothing real to fight over yet.

Due to being a sandbox we have people who are ultimate gatherers, horse breeders, fishers and cooks, while still managing to level and explore the world. Everyone can play in the sandbox how they want, when they want. Everyone seems to be having fun and we figured out this diverse sandbox also leads to “Squirrel Moments”, where you wind up doing several other things before you get to what you planned to do in the first place. Plenty of help can be found in guild chat and on Discord. We try to be on Discord a lot in order to cross communicate between the guilds as there is no in game mechanic for that. Alliance mechanics may come with Node Wars, but nothing definitive yet.

Our current activity is staying at 90+ members in GSCH with at least 85 of them signing on most days. The inactivity time has been increased to 14 days and seems best with how this impacts the guild with in-game mechanics and for having a rather stable member rate. Teaghlach is at about 38 and pushing 40. Now that we are nearly through month two, the new and shiny is starting to wear off, and the true excitement of this game is keeping us here at a stable attendance.

GSCH and Teaghlach have been starting subjugation missions and doing boss scrolls for a little while now. We are hoping to get more people up to 50 in order to take place in these events, but we completely understand that the nature of the game makes you just take your time and have fun.

If interested, don’t hesitate to jump in Discord. We have a great crew of people who are all willing to work together and do the things needed even if the family had to buy a second house to fit us all.

Black Desert Expands

Over the past month we've seen 2 free expansions to Black Desert. The first was a huge addition opening up Mediah a new region of the game filled with over 1,000 new quests, a new boss, new guild missions, a 40v40 battlefield, new items and craftable goods. All in all it expanded the world by 30%. The second, released on April 20th  added two new classes the Musa and the Maehwa. Be sure to login and check out the latest updates. Be sure to join discord if you need an invite to any of our guilds.

Warhammer Online

It's been a fun few weeks in Warhammer Online, but with the Social Adventures being put on hold our events will move from Thursday nights. We will instead be running them as part of our Siege War livestream on Tuesday the 24th at 6PM.

The Tuesday Night Siege War livestream will rotate between Guild Wars 2, ESO and Warhammer Online for the month of May as a trial. If things go well, we may continue our adventures. Be sure to keep an eye on the calendar for the new event lineup. If this works out as a better day for everyone we will continue this moving forward.

We currently have about 48 active people in the guild, however i'm only seeing about 5 on our event nights. I'm hoping a move to Tuesday can help bolster our numbers, if not I'll have to move this event out of Warhammer Online into something that draws a bigger crowd. There's a lot of active people atm, but i think were just too spread apart level and playtime wise.

Coming Soon to Social Adventures

Riders of Icarus

You guys know me, I'm not one for PvE, but this game has something about it that draws me to it. I have had the opportunity to test it with a few of you and plan to get a GSCH open when it goes open beta. This game has some real nice features in it and is breathtakingly beautiful. I plan to host a few events in here and see if it's something we'd like to play. Unfortunately I can't say much about it as i'm under NDA, but once it's lifted I'll be streaming it quite a bit.

World of Warcraft

Just a note to say that I know most of you have played WoW and always asked why there was no Gaiscioch in WoW. Well Twilah has taken it on herself to fix that by opening a GSCH on the Alliance Faction on the Kirin Tor (RP) server. If you interested in joining the GSCH Social Adventure in World of Warcraft be sure to connect with Twilah. If we generate enough interest it will become an official part of our Social Adventure lineup.

Bless Online

This month we finally saw the publisher for Bless Online. It is Aeria Games, who may have a long history of making Pay-2-Win games, however their direction has changed recently with the launch of Echo of Soul and a few others that are bringing it more in line with how ArenaNet, ZeniMax, Trion, NEXON, and DAUM are doing their transaction. Things like bag/storage space, cosmetic items, special mounts, etc are the focus of their newer games cash shops. They have publicly said that they are aiming to remove Pay-2-Win from all of their newer titles.

So things are looking scary but good for Bless. The even better news is that our family built a huge connection to Aeria when we delivered on the promise to help test Echo of Soul. We're now on the A list for testing Bless thanks to all of your hard work. This goes to show that sometimes testing a game you aren't interested can help get you into one that you are. As soon as we're able to get our hands on this one it will become a Social Adventure. There are a few items that are standing in it's way from becoming a full chapter and only time will tell if it could be chapter eligible.

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Gaiscioch Magazine News

Issue 9 Enters Production Phase

This issue is shaping up nicely and we are set to release the last monday of June. In this issue we look at Exploring Futures. I have decided to share with our readers the process that Gaiscioch goes through when selecting chapters to best enable our success for the first time in this issue. This will feature our full comparative matrix and the process in which we run through to identify and select optimal chapters. In addition we have interviews from a professional livestreamer and the team behind Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. Be sure to stay tuned for more exciting news.

First Video Interviews Make Their Appearance

Our very own Ed "Screenag3r" Orr took to the floor at EGX Rezzed to get us some in person interviews. Be sure to check these out!

Popular Stories:

  1. The Black Death an Infectiously Fun Survival at EGX REZZED
    420 Reads | By: Edward "Screenager" Orr
  2. Robocraft - Rezzed Hands-on
    224 Reads | By: Edward "Screenager" Orr
  3. The Transcendent Life of R. Armando Morabito
    211 Reads | By: Benjamin "Foghladha" Foley
  4. Thieves Guild
    162 Reads | By: Althea "Briseadh" Damgaard
  5. Thea: The Awakening
    134 Reads | By: Robert "Jairone" J. Mann
  6. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
    110 Reads
  7. Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2
    109 Reads | By: Amanda "Soren" Carr
  8. Cooking with Chef Grunt
    16 Reads

Popular News:

  1. General: Nioh PlayStation 4 Alpha Demo Announced
  2. Guild Wars 2: Legendary Fury
  3. Post-apocalyptic MMO Crossout Closed Beta Starts Today
  4. Elder Scrolls Online: The Dark Brotherhood to Take Center Stage in Next DLC
  5. MMO April Fools’ Compilation
  6. Best April Fools Jokes in MMO History
  7. Elder Scrolls Online: An Open Letter on PVP
  8. Minecraft on Wii U will be on store shelves soon
  9. The Skies: Lifetime Premium Package Detailed
  10. Sailor Moon And The Curse Of The Candy Crush Saga

Be sure to check out our latest stories and gaming news at: gsch.info/mag

Gaiscioch Livestream News

Mondays at 6PM PT
Streams of Epic Adventure

Schedule

Episode 56:
overpower
May 2nd

Episode 57:
the_black_death
May 9th

Episode 58:
the_skies
May 16th

Episode 59:
titan_siege
May 30th

Recent Episodes

Episode 55:
nuclear_dawn
Apr 25th

Episode 54:
angels_fall_first
Apr 18th

Episode 53:
dungeondefenders2
Apr 11th

Episode 52:
orcsmustdieunchained
Apr 4th

» Learn More

Tuesdays at 6PM PT
The Siege War

Recent Episodes

Apr 20th
The Siege War of Sanctum of Rall
Apr 12th
4/12 The Siege War of Sanctum of Rall -
Apr 5th
The Siege War of Sanctum of Rall
Mar 30th
3/29: The Siege War - SoR vs BP vs DR

» Learn More

Saturday at 11AM PT
Weekend Warriors

Schedule

Episode 5:
happy_wars
May 7th

Episode 6:
block_n_load
May 14th

Episode 7:
smite
May 21st

Episode 8:
ark_survival_of_the_fittest
May 28th

Recent Episodes

Episode 4:
dirty_bomb
Apr 23rd

Episode 3:
loadout
Apr 9th

Episode 2:
orcs_must_die_unchained
Apr 2nd

Episode 1:
bierzerkers
Apr 2nd

» Learn More

Daily at 3PM PT
Side Quests

Dec 31st infamous_second_son
inFAMOUS Second Son
Dec 31st the_last_of_us
The Last of Us
Dec 31st assassins_creed_syndicate
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Dec 31st uncharted_4_a_thiefs_end
UNCHARTED 4: A Thief’s End

» Learn More

Sunday at 8AM PT
Smitty Streams

Schedule

Episode 25:
dungeon_defenders_2
Apr 29th

Episode 26:
citizens_of_earth
May 6th

Episode 27:
prop_hunt
May 13th

Episode 28:
abyss_odyssey
May 20th

Recent Episodes

Episode 24:
orcs_must_die_unchained
Apr 15th

Episode 23:
into_the_stars
Apr 8th

Episode 22:
duck_game
Apr 1st

Episode 21:
labyrinth
Mar 25th

» Learn More

Closing Notes

I do hope that you all have a wonderful May and I look forward to sharing adventures with you all. Whether it's in our Social Adventures, Chapters, or Livestreams i'm certain that glorious battles and epic memories will be shared by all. 

Slan Go Foill!
(Goodbye For Now)

Benjamin "Foghladha" Foley
Ceannard De Gaiscioch Treubh



Last Edited on: 04/25/2016 at 09:18 PM
"It's not the loot and accolades you walk away with, it's the memories and friendships that you cherish forever." - Foghladha
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Caomhnoir de na Iomproidh Oráiste
Bobernicus
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Replied On: 04/26/2016 at 12:28 PM PDT
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Welcome to all the new members, and congratulations to those who are moving up in the family! Looking forward to this summer especially the next few days when my work schedule begins to clear up and I can join the family in Warhammer again. That's where I started in this family with my Shadow Warrior Istla and it would be fantastic to be able to bring her back to run with the family once more. 

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Taoiseach de na Arach Glas
Foghladha
Taoiseach de na Arach Glas
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  • ESO: @Foley
Replied On: 04/26/2016 at 02:25 PM PDT
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Friday Night WvW is moving an hour earlier to 5-7pm PT to conclude at reset. Trying to align with wifes work schedule.

"It's not the loot and accolades you walk away with, it's the memories and friendships that you cherish forever." - Foghladha
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Morusil
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Replied On: 04/27/2016 at 05:54 AM PDT

Been keeping an eye on Bless, though it was having some issues before so I had sort of put it to the back of my mind.  But it's heartening to see that it's moving forward now, even if it's slow going.

Definitely going to try and be online for the summit and lucky for me it'll be after grad school is done, huzzah!

Congrats to everyone who ranked up and welcome new members!

 

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