This page holds sections of information that will be helpful for members to find and understand better about what the Dark Jedi Brotherhood offers for gaming. The Fist of the Brotherhood oversees all things that are gaming.
Rites of Combat
The Rites of Combat apply to all Gaming Nights and other gaming competitions. - They are the rules to all gaming in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, failure to comply to these rules may result in bans from the activity.
The Tenets of Brotherhood Gaming
The Tenets of Brotherhood Gaming
1. Set Up Games Fairly
- Ensure that you are in DB Gaming in order to participate in Cluster awarded activities. This is mandatory for all gaming during vendettas.
2. Respect the Game
- Make sure to use the base game without mods that provide an advantage.
- Make sure to check with your teammates or opponents before using game mode variations.
- Make sure to game in the spirit of good sportsmanship.
3. Respect your Opponents and Teammates
- Don’t gloat when you win or complain when you lose.
- Make sure to treat your opponents and teammates as they wish to be treated.
- Attempt to play with several different members to encourage participation and cooperation.
- When playing online, remember you represent the Brotherhood. Avoid spawn camping, spawn killing, derogatory language, and play respectably.
- If you have an issue with the way a teammate or opponent has conducted themselves, speak to them, then the Fist/P:Fist.
4. Respect the Rules
- Adhere to the Rites of Combat.
- Adhere to the Covenant.
- Adhere to the Competition Details.
5. Report Fairly
- Double check the final score with your opponent.
- Double check your screenshots before uploading.
- Report any mis-reporting as soon as it’s noticed.
- Submit your screenshots in a timely manner.
Supported Games
DB Gaming Discord Rules
We have two different chat channels for gaming related activities.
DB Gaming Matchmaking Rules
This is the official channel for all club matchmaking related activities. As such, DB Gaming Matchmaking differs from the other Discord channels in the club in that it is not for general chat. DB Gaming is specifically for members to find people to game with, set up matches, interface with the DJB Fist Bot and send friendly post-game messages to your opponent. This is also where Fister Roboto announcements now reside. This channel is heavily moderated.
- Posts are restricted to messages regarding looking for, setting up or otherwise organizing PvP and PvE activity.
- Post-match well wishes to your opponent(s) are allowed and encouraged.
- Questions to the Fist staff regarding matchmaking activities are allowed. Other questions should be directed to email (djb-fist-staff@googlegroups.com).
- This is a text only channel, no links, pictures, or other media is allowed in order to keep the room clear for matchmaking messages.
DB Gaming Chat Rule
This is the channel for more open discussion for gaming related topics regarding supported and non-supported games, and to interact with the Fist and their staff.
- Topics in DB Gaming Chat should be gaming focused. You are welcome to discuss non-supported games, sales, hardware upgrades, thoughts on upcoming games, game lore, etc. Members may post links to gaming competitions they are running. All other tangential discussions should occur in DB General Chat.
- You are not restricted from posting links, provided they are related to gaming. Posting a link to a sale, competition you are running, official announcement on a new game, and things like that are absolutely OK. Posting a clickbait article or one filled with spoilers is not allowed. Don’t spam links. See if someone else has posted it within the last few hours.
- While members are encouraged to post links to their streams, repeated solicitation of viewers is not allowed.
- No “console war” posts. Playstation is not better than XBox, or vice versa. Consoles are not better than PCs. Those are opinions. Play on the system you like.
- Keep the language clean. Vulgar language will not be tolerated. Members who violate this rule will have their post deleted and receive a warning. Continued violations will result in the Member losing all posting privileges (a hard mute) for a week. Any further violations will be forwarded to the Justicar.
Discord Bot
A bot was created thanks to James. This bot allows you to create parties for gaming and other activities. The commands for the bot can be found here: Discord Bot Commands for Gaming.
Dark Jedi Brotherhood Guilds and Clans
There are no official DJB guilds at this time. Please see Gaming Guild and Server Policy for more information and a list of registered guilds and server.
Gaming Submission Approval
- All gaming activities must be submitted by the member within 48 hours of the games being played.
- All gaming activities submitted will be processed by the Fist staff in 24 hours or less.
- The gaming period is a seven-day period that begins and ends at Site Reset on Fridays. To simplify: when you get the “Cluster and Pendant Digest” email from Fist, that means the reset has occurred.
- At this point, all Clusters earned during the week will begin to accumulate. There are daily caps in place for all PvE and PvP activities. If you submit over the daily cap for a specific game, any clusters over the cap will roll forward to the next day.
- Using Diablo 3 as an example (Daily Cap, 30 CE. Weekly max: 210):
- Member submits activities that equates to 180 Clusters of Earth on the first day of the week. As Diablo 3 has a daily cap of 30 Clusters of earth, this 180 equates to six days of “max clusters”. This member can submit for the remaining 30 Clusters of fire in order to fully max the available Clusters of Earth for Diablo 3 for a single week.
- Should the member submit for MORE than 210 Clusters of Earth, any additional Clusters earned will NOT transfer over after the weekly site reset
New Game Approval
The Fist of the Brotherhood is the proponent for all supported gaming platforms in the club. Adding a game to the DB's library is a relatively simple yet detailed process. When considering a game for support, the Fist considers the following:
- –Feasibility– - In order to be supported a game must have a score screen or some other screen that allows the Fist staff to validate that a game was played and who played in it. There are numerous examples of these in the existing Supported Games page. It is worth noting that the standard for a supported screenshot is higher than a screenshot that is valid for casual gaming queue. A screenshot for a supported game will ideally include things like match time for PVP or difficulty modifiers for PVE; such metrics are important for cluster balancing purposes.
- –Sustained Interest– - If a game is feasible for Fist staff purposes, e.g. it has a verifiable screenshot with sufficient information, then the biggest factor in determining official support is sustained interest in the game. This is measurable primarily through submissions of the candidate platform to the casual gaming queue. The best way members can get a platform approved is to get as many members as possible to submit matches of that platform to the casual gaming queue over a sustained period of time. There is no set period of time but a rough guideline is 30 days of sustained activity. The number of members submitting is also not set but the guiding principle is enough members to show sustained interest in the club beyond a small group of friends. Officially supported platforms should have broad support across unit and social group lines.
- –Cost– - While purchased games can be approved for official support there is a strong preference for free to play or low-cost games for official support. Games with a mandatory subscription model such as World of Warcraft will face heightened scrutiny. Games with egregious pay-to-win mechanics will also face heightened scrutiny. Because supported games form the backbone of vendetta gaming competitions it is important that supported games have a low barrier to entry and a reasonable degree of fairness (in regards to real money giving an in-game advantage).
- –Other Factors– - The Fist staff considers other factors as well in approving platforms for official support. Star Wars games have a high priority for consideration and approval given the nature of our club but must also meet the base thresholds of feasibility and interest. Duplication of existing platforms is another factor, albeit not a major one. This isn’t to say that the club will only have one card game, one MMO, one shooter, etc supported at a time. But what games are currently supported, how much they are played and how closely the candidate game is to the existing ones both in form and player base is something that is considered.
Overall, getting other members to play and submit matches of a game via the casual gaming queue is the most effective way to get a new platform supported. The data from the casual gaming queue is the biggest factor in the Fist staff deciding whether or not to support a game. If you want a game supported, go get people to play it!
Game Removal
- If a supported game does not see sustained activity for a period of six months, the Fist will consider it for removal from the gaming library. Sustained activity is not one submission inside a six-month window.
- There will be a three to five week window where a game can be "saved" from removal. This time period is for members to re-energize interest in a platform. One match inside that window is not enough to save a game. The Fist will make the final determination on a game's status after the probationary period expires.
- Once a game is removed, members can submit activity for that game via the casual gaming queue. A removed game can be brought back into active status with enough sustained activity through casual gaming queue submissions.
- Games can also be removed due to removal of official support (such as game servers being shut down, or a game no longer being available for legal purchase) or obsolescence (like when Destiny 2 replaced Destiny 1). This is evaluated by the Fist staff on a case by case basis.
Rites of Combat
The Rites of Combat apply to all Gaming Nights and other gaming competitions. - They are the rules to all gaming in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, failure to comply to these rules may result in bans from the activity.
Cluster Values
Clusters of Fire and Earth are earned by Gaming with other DJB members. For specific information on how to earn Clusters for each platform, refer to the Gaming Platforms page.
All games have capped daily cluster values. Star Wars games are capped at 50 Clusters of Fire and Clusters of Earth daily, Non-Star Wars Games are capped at 30 Clusters of Earth and Clusters of Fire daily. If a member exceeds the daily cap, any clusters earned will roll over to the following day. Any Clusters still in the queue at site reset (Friday) will not roll forward to the following week.
Gaming Servers
There are no official DJB gaming servers at this time. Please refer to the Gaming Guild and Server Policy page for a listing of registered gaming servers.
Grand Master's Royal Guard
The Grand Master's Royal Guard or GMRG for short, is the Dark Jedi Brotherhood's gaming society. Through gaming, you are able to earn robes, lightsabers, and fictional perks. Take the GMRG SA Course and with an 85% or higher you will become a member.
Advancement within the Guard is determined based on total Clusters of Fire and Pendants of Blood that a member has earned. Place in the top ten to earn one of the Dark Council Guardsman Accessories.