In the month of October, with the close of the housing contest fundraiser, we instituted a new monthly contest to encourage our members to farm Company Credits and increase our Company Standing. As a result of everyone’s efforts we saw a dramatic increase in our Free Company rank from #45 to #25 (of FCs on Brynhildr) within the span of two weeks. Excellent progress!

Please take a moment to honor our top earners.

In the Third Week of October, Haegar collected the most credits and earned rank #52 overall on the server. In the fourth week, Danye took first place within the FC with a rank of #186. Both winners had their company rank changed to Eorzean PhD for one week. The rank is our contest winner prize rank and is displayed for honor and bragging rights.

Anyone who ranks at all in the monthly overall credit rankings at the end of the month receives a free rare glamour of their choosing, courtesy of the Free Company. We only had one member rank monthly overall and that was Danye! Danye was ranked #282 for overall credits earned on the server during the month of October. Congratulations! You can see Danye pictured in the chosen prize glamour: A Toaist’s Shirt, crafted (and dyed Marsh Green) by Headmistress Kela.

Congratulations to our winners. Please continue to participate in the contest. The Contest resets every Tuesday for weekly ranks and monthly for overall ranks. Company credits are best acquired by turning in gear at your grand company via Expert Delivery. We will need even more people competing to maintain and increase our FC standing in the coming months. Let’s finish the year strong (and show fake DOINK they’ve got no chance of competing with us)!

Alright everyone, since meeting our 50 million gil goal for a housing upgrade to a large size mansion, gil contributions have understandably stopped coming in for housing.

However, yesterday it was discussed buying as many as three houses for Free Company use (two would be personal houses of leadership positioned near the main mansion with open permissions) and decorate them similarly to establish the first-ever multiple-building free company Campus on Brynhildr. This would give us room for far more activities, such as a permanent ballroom for event hosting, a student lounge complete with fully-stocked bar and spare dormitories, and even classrooms that our professors could use as an in-game meeting space in which to teach. We would also double our gardening capacity.

This is a lofty goal, and for the most part this is optional, but with everyone’s help we can raise the additional funds by patch 4.1 to make this a reality.

Let’s revitalize the housing fundraiser! For those who are new, the housing fundraiser works like this: anyone who matches Headmistress Kela’s contribution to the new house gets free crafted furniture from her for life. Your personal room, check. Your personal house, check. Anything you want crafted, mats will be provided free of charge. Multiple people can win this prize, anyone who meets the threshold qualifies.

Let’s check out the current standings as of when we met our goal, shall we?

Right now the threshold is about 12 million gil (Kela may or may not have it in her to contribute further 😉 ). The new goal is a total of 70 million gil, which will purchase the plot 30 Shirogane mansion and the medium-size house nextdoor. Another four million will guarantee the purchase of the last remaining house on that cliffside, the small cottage, but that’s low priority so let’s just take it one step at a time. In addition, any contributions over the stated goal also count toward your total and will go toward furnishing and supplying FC properties.

Contribution is totally optional, and regardless of the money donated everyone will be free to use all properties. If you would like to contribute, simply donate money in the FC chest and Kela will update her spreadsheet with the relevant data.

Please let Kela know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you!

UPDATE apparently if you tell George Hyrule you’re raising money he’ll take you up on that.

George is now solidly in first place and beating Kela by about five million gil, and the new threshold for winning the prize is now 15 million gil. Our new goal is 100 million gil, for purchase of three houses and a construction permit/furniture fund. If we get to 100 million, please don’t feel like you have to stop if you want a shot at the prize. There will be plenty of furniture we need, plus we can always open a personal room grant fund to people who’d like a personal room but can’t afford it. Basically go ham, Kela can make furniture for days it’s not a big deal.