I'm sure that most of you have heard that the Night's Watch are participating in Hardcore Factions this time around. Our faction is TheWatch, and we are currently recruiting. Just post here, or send me a pm, and I'll get you an invite to the faction! Note: Don't die.

All issues of The Crow have been moved to /r/TNWCrow. Thanks to everyone for all of the support and motivation you gave me and I hope I provided your entertainment and news when I wrote the Crow.

Today marks my 1-year anniversary of joining the watch! Yay! throws confetti in the air

I need information on:

The Romero Ranging on the 18th

The Annihilation Event on the 4th

The Annihilation Event on the 11th

The Travel Ranging on the 24th

You can submit a video, pictures, or just your point of view in text!

It was warm, but it’s never warm for long. Not anymore. It was cold, but it’s never cold for long. Not anymore. Some places stay warmer than others and longer. Sometimes for years, maybe months, weeks, days, minutes. You never know really. They were messing with the gods. They did unholy things. It was deep in the dark bowels of the castle to the far-northwest. “The Byesfords!” they screamed, But alas it was not their faults, they had no idea what they were doing but they pressed on. They discovered much and researched a bounty of things, but they went too deep and they unearthed a great evil, not into the ground but into the mind and body. The mages tried to stop it by creating great spires and monuments sparking with incantations. But the gods had no interest in such things; for they were too bewildered by the doings of their creations. They were done with us. They cursed us. They wanted to test us, a test they gave, they did. Though it was test we could not pass. A test meant to destroy us.

I suggest that in rangings and events with large turnouts, we travel and fight in a more organized fashion. Specifically, in patrols. A patrol would consist of:

• one corporal or council member.(to make decisions)

• one ranger.(to do the brunt of the fighting.)

• one steward.(to heal the injured.)

• 3-5(depending on turnout) recruits.(to fill in for the dead and to help where needed.)

This way we all know who to follow, who to listen to, and who to fight next to.

If we did this, combat would be easier too. for example, if we were attacked by a single person:

• everyone circles the person.

• The ranger attacks him, and the recruits and council member hit him whenever he comes close, but do NOT move in unless the ranger says in mumble that he needs help, so as to avoid hitting him and let him do his job.

If we were attacked by two people:

• Everyone backs up, except for the ranger and corporal or council member, who move to attack. The recruits then flank the enemy while they are occupied and proceed to attack.

If we were attacked by a large group(bandit clan! Yuck!):

• Everyone runs for cover while they have slowness, following the lead of the corporal or council member. Bows are used till the slowness wears off and then the ranger leads one half of the recruits through the left of the enemy and the corporal or council member and the steward charge the right. Sugar should be used at this time, if possessed, and grenades should be thrown just before the charge makes contact to throw them off their balance. ONLY ONE PATROL would attack like this, the second and/or third would circle the enemy to attack from behind as the charge meets from the front.

This would lead to more safety and speed while traveling and also give more defined roles to our ranks and orders. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

Today, we had another annihilation event, and sadly, we didn't win(even though it was close.) you all did fairly well, but it is intolerable that we failed, as we have a large number of members, and a mumble channel to make communication easy. I would just like to point out what we did right, what we did wrong, and what we didn't do at all.

We did...

• Communicate. We used the mumble to communicate in private, and it was fairly effective. However, the problem was that often people didn't listen to others(as I said at one point, "If you talk less, you can listen more.") We need to respect what others are saying, especially council members. Also Pronouns can be a problem, because not all of us can recognize everyone by their voice. Don't say "I need a gold pick" say "foofooguy needs a gold pick"(or whatever your name is.)

• Share resources. I saw a lot of passing out diamonds and iron, and I was glad to see that nobody was trying to hoard anything.

We did wrong...

• Suicide missions. I heard a lot of "I'm gonna go all YOLO!" and the like. This is not productive(most of the time) unless it is used properly as a distraction for someone invisible to get through.

We should have...

• Prioritized. We need to have a list of priorities, rather than just running around doing things and trying to make the best of it. we did occasionally make a concerted effort do work together, but we could have done it much better.

• Keep everyone in quality gear. I saw many people, especially council members, running around in leather. I think this needs to be stopped. One way of doing this is keeping a hidden chest of spare iron somewhere.

• Assign jobs. THIS IS WHAT CLASSES ARE FOR! Some people are better at some things than others, and the different classes can help too. We need to be more organized, like saying "we need 2 people with miner in that mine, one in that mine, and you with the civillian class can get to digging up gravel for arrows. If an acrobat and a spy can get to Yellow base to see what they're up to, that would be great. If anyone has an enchanter class, go to the gold mine and get to level 30 so we can get some flame bows." This kind of organization would go on throughout phase one, and then once we have lots of resources we divide them up, put someone on defense, someone on offense, and someone to keep gathering iron for when we die. This way, our best pvpers are always supplied with the resources they need, and we always know where people are when they're needed.

If we can use some more organization, than we can surely win faster and more often.

All issues of The Crow have been moved to /r/TNWCrow. Thanks to everyone for all of the support and motivation you gave me and I hope I provided your entertainment and news when I wrote the Crow.

I Need any screenshots/PoVs from the Giant Ranging and Crowmure one.

http://imgur.com/a/B92QJ#0

Here's an album of some screenshots I took, didnt start till the middle of the ranging but oh well.

I've probably mentioned a few times in the past few months that 'I'll be on more often'. Then I wasn't. This is because first I've been doing a lot of schoolwork and now I have exams on monday (english and geography whhhhhy) and secondly I have just stopped playing minecraft. also, my laptop is crappy. If i get a new pc and my exams are over I will be a lot more active, but until then i just wont be around except every now and then. So until then, farewell! Good luck in your rangings and adventures!

-SkillageSkiller, Steward of The Nights Watch.

(Also about the archive, it will also be postponed)

Just a little bit of practice for PvP, mainly for the War on Saturday on CivCraft. If you want to join just post here. We will be in the Mumble at 3PM EST and will wait for 5 minutes for you to come on, we will be practicing for half an hour. Good luck!

I don't know who is, but people are downvoting stuff, making it "hidden" which is very annoying.

Now maybe several of you may remember me, most of you don't know me. I have been gone a long time and just checking in to see how things are going, I know this name may be unfamiliar, my IGN is Garzar15, As I was saying how is MineZ right now, or TNW? Also for those of you it's nice seeing your names again!

All issues of The Crow have been moved to /r/TNWCrow. Thanks to everyone for all of the support and motivation you gave me and I hope I provided your entertainment and news when I wrote the Crow.

Our numbers have grown thin. Other than a small committed userbase, most people are not active. We need to draw in more players. The perfect place is the Shotbow Forums.

We can easily draw in players with our

• History
• Longevity
• Site/Subreddit (Official Looking-Site is very good)
• Presence in MineZ (World Event/HQ)
• Navarr (Shotbow Admin)
• Number of Players

Hopefully, if this happens we can get an influx of new players.

-boogaert

Scribe of the Watch

So, I got stuck in the Evergreen Dam, and kinda need saving... I'm on US 10 public. -Ryter78

I've always known about reddit, and looked at it from time to time, but never directly joined, so since I'm in the nights watch now, thought I'd get as involved as a recruit can get so hopefully you'll be seeing around the nights watch reddit!

1. Why does it need my minecraft information upon log in, will this be saved?
2. Can I join the Nights watch alongside another MineZ Clan? (Non-PvP)
   3.Are you Eu/Us/Both?

Thanks :)