The Jedi Academy

And we have a winner! -Plaaank- May 18 11:54am -4 comments-

Not a day after our official ten year anniversary and we've crowned a champion of thejediacademy.net's 10th Anniversary tournament.

Everybody please join me in congratulating o3Dark on winning the 10th Anniversary tournament and a $50 Amazon gift card, and to runner up Kain who has also earned a $20 Amazon gift card.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the tournament - we hope you enjoyed it! We definitely plan on doing this again sooner rather than later.

Ten years going strong! -DJ Sith- May 18 01:41am -8 comments-

I can't believe I'm even writing this. Who knew that we'd still be here 10 years down the line? Frankly, I think it's pretty amazing. It takes a special group of folks to keep these things going so long. The Jedi Academy is seriously and easily one of the best and brightest gaming communities that I've had the privilege to be a part of.

We've been through quite a bit, haven't we? Some of our members grew up here. I've seen kids graduate high school, finish university, move around the world, get awesome jobs, get married, have kids, and all the while while keeping in touch with our little community. We've also lost a fair share of students and staff, either to other communities and games or to sickenss and death. It really is remarkable how these experiences have made us grow. Personally speaking, it's hard to believe I've known some of you since you were twelve.

We built this community around Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy. I think it's only natural to move on to more modern games, but I'm glad that we still hang out here. Our budding little SWTOR community is doing well, and you should definitely check it out. Incredible and super mad props to R2D2, Laziana, Alex D'Kana, Plaaank, and everyone else who's been pitching in on that front. I also want to drop a hat towards the other council members. Being a JAC is a pretty thankless job, and it takes a special kind of masochist to keep it up. Big ups to Virtue (incredible ups to you, you're the king of all things here), Setementor, Solitude, Lirael, Jacen Solo, Silent Whisper, Chosen-One, Buzz, Huxley, Aron, Orion, Avalon D'Kana, Massadoobie, and the guy who started it all JediSith999. We've had more knights, trainers, and staff members than I can count. Thanks for keeping everyone on their toes and for donating your time to us. Finally, I want to thank every one of you for keeping up alive, for having fun, and for giving all of us Star Wars nerds a cool-ass place to hang out on the Internet. SWTOR's given us a bunch of new members who have really been pitching in too. A special thanks to you guys. The best online communities are made from the best people, and I fully expect to be making another post like this ten years from now.

I suppose I can gush on forever, but I'll spare you that.

Please comment on this post if you've got an awesome memory to share, want to reminisce, or want to catch up. I'll see y'all on the servers!

Events Server -solitude- May 15 11:29am -7 comments-

We have a new JKA server specifically for the anniversary, running the JAE mod. The server information for it can be found here.

You'll need all of the following files for the upcoming events:

the_academy
the_academy_v2
academy_beta_2
JAcompatible_JAmapv4
zzzfix_dante.pk3

If for some reason you don't already have it, you'll also need the_academy_v3 .

If you'd like to use custom skins during the events, you can download the official JA skinpack here.

The next event is a cooperative event on 15th May 2012, 2000 BST.

10th Anniversary Event Schedule -Plaaank- May 10 06:31pm -6 comments-

On Thursday, May 17th 2012, we will officially celebrate the JA's tenth anniversary! While we are already running a tournament, in order to further celebrate the anniversary in one week's time, we will be running a series of events, which will be scheduled as follows:

Run-Up Events

Monday, May 14th at 8pm BST: Siege event
Tuesday, May 15th at 8pm BST: Co-Op event
Wednesday, May 16th at 8pm BST: Various fun events
Friday, May 18th at 8pm BST: Instagib/CTF

Anniversary Event

Thursday, May 17th at 8pm BST: A special map will be loaded for an anniversary conference. The final tournament battle will take place and be announced on this day, or, failing that, at the Prom. We may also finish off the day by playing JK2 if there is interest in it.

Prom

Saturday, May 19th at 5pm BST: Prom starts and lasts all weekend through to Tuesday morning, with JARadio running, R2D2 soccer (sorry R2!), dancing and other fun games.

The Old Republic

Sunday, May 20th: The US TOR guild will be running some anniversary events. Check out the guild website for more details.

Friday, May 25th: The EU TOR guild will be running some anniversary events over the weekend. Check out the guild website for more details.

Any maps that are necessary will be posted in advance of the events. You can join any of these events as you like, but don't miss our Thursday event and don't forget to stop by the Prom at the weekend!

	Happy Star Wars Day! -Plaaank- May 04 07:47am -8 comments-
	May the Fourth be with you!

	A TJA Feature on TORWars.com -Plaaank- May 03 07:55am -9 comments-
	TORWars.com was kind enough to do a feature on our SWTOR guilds, complete with interviews with our guild leaders, R2D2 and Alex D'Kana! It's a great read, so check it out! Many thanks to Kristen Archer for making this happen, and of course, to Alex and R2 for their amazing work! Thanks guys!

10th Anniversary events and more! -Plaaank- Apr 20 06:43pm -2 comments-

With our 10th anniversary coming up in May, we're celebrating with a series of events within the JA community - and first up is the Jedi Academy 10th Anniversary tournament! You can sign up for the tournament here - signups will end on April 22nd and the tournament will begin on April 23rd. A $50 Amazon gift card goes to the winner, and a $20 Amazon gift card will go to the runner up, so don't miss out!

Alexander D'Kana, the leader of our European SWTOR guild, has also posted a thread where members of the JA community can share their memories and experiences.

There's much more to come in the next few weeks; stay tuned!

	A Reminder: We're on Enjin.com! -Plaaank- Apr 16 10:10am -0 comments-
	If you play Star Wars: The Old Republic, I highly recommend you check out The Jedi Academy on Enjin.com! This is the temporary home of our SWTOR guilds on The Red Eclipse and Jedi Covenant SWTOR servers! Go see what all the fuss is about! In the meantime, make sure to keep up with updates on thejediacademy.net and watch out for our new website, coming very soon!

	Our 10th Anniversary! -Virtue- Apr 12 04:05pm -2 comments-
	That's right! The Jedi Academy opened its doors 10 years ago on May 17th, and you're all old as hell!! So you might want to check out this thread, because it's about our anniversary tournament!

	I've gotta catch 'em all! -DJ Sith- Apr 02 05:24am -3 comments-
	Happy April Fools Day, when the entire Internet goes wacky wacky.

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