RAIDERCON 2023: A NEW FRONTIER

[Drop Your Pants]

If it was private then that area would have been dead. Banter is the best bit about R/D.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

If it was private then that area would have been dead. Banter is the best bit about R/D.

Talk happened in the forums fendas couldn't see

[Theoden Sebastian]

Congratulations on a successful event. Hopefully this will be the start of many more raiderconventions!

[Unified Gibbons]

YAY Raidercon! but now it is over.. what will we do now?

Raid more?

[Sedgistan]

Or gravedig less.

[Jakker]

The Black Hawks will be celebrating our 11th year anniversary on July 2nd, 2016. Last year, in honor of our 10 years, TBH hosted a raiding convention, RaiderCon, recognizing the history of raiding within NationStates and established the Raiding Hall of Fame. Last year's program and the first class of the Hall is below. Thank you to Zacherie for designing the banner.

This year, RaiderCon will be taking place again from July 1st until July 6th and feature guest speakers, discussions, and raiding challenges. All are invited to attend the event regardless of affiliation. Keep an eye out on this thread for updates on the program and other details. We will be using the same forum as last year, so if you participated, your account will still be there. Join the forum located here: http://s15.zetaboards.com/RaiderCon/index/

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Last year's program:

July 1st, 2015
Raiding within GCRs Panel led by Todd McCloud, Crushing Our Enemies, and North East Somerset

July 2nd, 2015
Old Raider Panel led by Kknight, of crazed, and Shadow

July 3rd, 2015
Raiding Regions Panel led by OnderKelkia, Pixie Noir, and Kraketopia

July 4th, 2015
North East Somerset's Personal on Scientia potentia est: Intelligence in Raiding

July 5th, 2015
Apulita's Interview on the Relationship between Raiding and Warzones

July 6th, 2015
New Raider Panel led by Trick Shot, Ever-Wandering Souls, Marselesk, Revall, Shadoke, and Valrifell

July 7th, 2015
Koth's Personal on Building the Osiris Fraternal Order

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First Class of the Raiding Hall of Fame

Red Back: Without the incredible efforts of RB, The Black Hawks would not exist today. He was the second founder of TBH and has served as the Commander for nearly a decade. He has contributed to several notable raids include Forest many years ago that reignited TBH, and most recently, serving as the sleeper for the raids of Hippiedom and Hell. RB is respected by all players and represents a role model all raiders should look up to.

Savaer: He was a powerhouse in raiding and for Unknown, serving in several leadership positions. He helped keep pure raiding alive during the post-NS2 era when nearly all raiding organizations were inactive. He contributed to several large scale raids including organizing or helping other Incognitan officers organize successful hits against major historical defender regions including Anticapitalist Alliance, Allied States of Euroislanders, and The Proletariat Coalition.

Evil Wolf: EW showed that pure raiders could be more that just players who raid. The second founder of LWU, EW has been one of raiding's leaders with raids including Lazarus and Anarchy, helped destroy Nazi Europe, and has served as delegate of TNP among other leadership positions. EW's political and strategic efforts has set him apart for years.

Of crazed: OC has been a bridge for many modern raiders of the past. He has had many impressive feats as a former Field Marshal of DEN including helping to lead the raid of The Rejected Realms with Taijitu, the Novus Orsa raid, and serving as the sleeper in the Catholic raid in 2012. OC has shown raiders time and time again how to be an outstanding, whole gameplayer.

Gest: Gest has served as a keystone in raiding over the past four years. Without him, TBR and now the current DEN would not have lasted to become one of the premier raiding organizations in NS history. Under his leadership, long standing occupations and countless tag raids have occurred. Gest is a shining example of sturdy consistency and a strategic leader in raiding.

Onderkelkia: As a player, Onder has greatly contributed to raiding over many years through the cooperation of several imperialist groups with raiders. He has led several large raids over the years including the 2012 raid of Belgium, which led to the raid of TRR, the first time a operation was used to overtake the sinker. Onder is a exceptional representation of a gameplayer who does not need to be a raider to positively impact raiding.

General Franks: Franks, a former DEN Field Marshal, was a raiding giant during his time who greatly influenced modern raiding. DEN's lasting reputation, in large part, is due to his efforts of bringing stealth raiding, and a visionary mind, to the group. He started The Jolly Rodger, a raiding group that solely focused on Update Raiding (something unheard of at the time). In addition, he created The Den, Ile de France, and The Old Raiding Club. As one judge commented, "He was universally loathed by defenders, and feared by natives and gameplayers alike."

[Drop Your Pants]

Suppose i'll attend again this year

[Zacherie]

10/10 will a10d

[Linkin Nights]

I look forward to attending the celebration.

[RiderSyl]

What a difference a year can make.

Hard to top last year's RaiderCon, but I'm sure you guys can make it happen.

[Cormactopia II]

Really excited for the second annual RaiderCon. I'm sure it will be as great as last year's!

[Ayvari]

Sounds like a party.

[Severisen]

I'm 12 and what are raiders?


But f'real, a good time for all.

[Vaculatestar64]

I look forward to attending!

[Scardino]

Having missed the first one, I'm glad to catch it this time around.

[Tano]

I'll probably be able to check it out, don't think I did for the last one.

[Zaolat]

I'm 12 and what are raiders?


But f'real, a good time for all.

F'reals are so delicious, I need to find them out here.

ERM, I mean go RaiderCon! Wonder how many moves Jakker gots for this one?

[Queen Yuno]

*yun randomly hugs everyone*
lots of cheerful ppl here :3

[Bodobol]

Neat, I'll probably attend and observe this time around.

[The Stalker]

Cool another RaiderCon to look forward to, i'll be there.

[New Dukaine]

I will try to be there with my mainly neutral leaning toward raider status

[Tim-Opolis]

Looks like a fun time, I'll see if I can actually show up this year!

Out of curiosity, and this will probably start drama even though it's not the intent, but will Gest see his status in the Raider Hall of Fame revoked? Given the extensive punishment he received from Moderation for his involvement in the Predator incident, a level of punishment that certainly implies a very heavily involved role in it, something that I would assume was confirmed by TBH's own internal investigation which both revoked Gest's ambassador privileges within The Black Hawks and stated that The Black Hawks will not work with any region in which Gest holds a position of leadership. It seems to be more or less a stain on raiding to put someone who both moderation and raiders themselves concluded to have committed the grievances warranting the punishments handed to them into a "Hall of Fame" of Invaders.

[The Redoubt]

Looks like a fun time, I'll see if I can actually show up this year!

Out of curiosity, and this will probably start drama even though it's not the intent, but will Gest see his status in the Raider Hall of Fame revoked? Given the extensive punishment he received from Moderation for his involvement in the Predator incident, a level of punishment that certainly implies a very heavily involved role in it, something that I would assume was confirmed by TBH's own internal investigation which both revoked Gest's ambassador privileges within The Black Hawks and stated that The Black Hawks will not work with any region in which Gest holds a position of leadership. It seems to be more or less a stain on raiding to put someone who both moderation and raiders themselves concluded to have committed the grievances warranting the punishments handed to them into a "Hall of Fame" of Invaders.

This is by no means a final word on the matter, but as a preliminary response, I'd imagine that any removals would have be considered and handled the same way additions are - by this year's panel of esteemed judges. I would say that we as a host region do not have the authority to even consider that matter ourselves.

- Ever-Wandering Souls, Field Marshal, The Black Hawks (from mobile)

[Tim-Opolis]

Looks like a fun time, I'll see if I can actually show up this year!

Out of curiosity, and this will probably start drama even though it's not the intent, but will Gest see his status in the Raider Hall of Fame revoked? Given the extensive punishment he received from Moderation for his involvement in the Predator incident, a level of punishment that certainly implies a very heavily involved role in it, something that I would assume was confirmed by TBH's own internal investigation which both revoked Gest's ambassador privileges within The Black Hawks and stated that The Black Hawks will not work with any region in which Gest holds a position of leadership. It seems to be more or less a stain on raiding to put someone who both moderation and raiders themselves concluded to have committed the grievances warranting the punishments handed to them into a "Hall of Fame" of Invaders.

This is by no means a final word on the matter, but as a preliminary response, I'd imagine that any removals would have be considered and handled the same way additions are - by this year's panel of esteemed judges. I would say that we as a host region do not have the authority to even consider that matter.

- Ever-Wandering Souls, Field Marshal, The Black Hawks (from mobile)

Thanks for the quick reply Souls! I look forward to the panel hopefully making the right choice in this matter. Just to clarify, I wasn't implying The Black Hawks had the authority to do remove somebody as a region, I'm fully aware that it would have to go through some more official process such as the panel. I simply cited your own investigations as demonstrations that it was in fact not just moderation but one of the most well-respected invader groups there is that came to such conclusions in regards to Gest and his actions, something that at the very least confirms the punishment towards Gest was warranted and his actions were indeed as problematic as they were perceived to be.

[Jakker]

This is by no means a final word on the matter, but as a preliminary response, I'd imagine that any removals would have be considered and handled the same way additions are - by this year's panel of esteemed judges. I would say that we as a host region do not have the authority to even consider that matter.

- Ever-Wandering Souls, Field Marshal, The Black Hawks (from mobile)

Thanks for the quick reply Souls! I look forward to the panel hopefully making the right choice in this matter. Just to clarify, I wasn't implying The Black Hawks had the authority to do remove somebody as a region, I'm fully aware that it would have to go through some more official process such as the panel. I simply cited your own investigations as demonstrations that it was in fact not just moderation but one of the most well-respected invader groups there is that came to such conclusions in regards to Gest and his actions, something that at the very least confirms the punishment towards Gest was warranted and his actions were indeed as problematic as they were perceived to be.

As Souls mentioned, it is something that a committee will decide as some point, but it will not be discussed this year. By holding off for now, it will allow time to pass to ensure that whatever decision made is done with thorough reflection.