White Winter Whirl Opening Ceremony
Parker:
Greetings and Welcome to our annual White Winter Whirl Event. We've got a lot of fun in store for you over the coming weekend so we'd like to take the opportunity to say a few words to mark the occasion.
Jacien:
Qa'pla friends, members of Stonewall Fleet and House Nagh'reD! Half the world is in repose and we mark the closing of Winter with a celebration of what makes us such a great community.
Parker:
What's that, Jacien?
Jacien:
I'm not sure it can be rendered down into one word. This community is so many things to so many different people. For some it's a cool and groovy place to play the games they love with like-minded people.
Parker:
And for some it's a source of strength, support, a refuge from the harsh realities of the real world or even the mainstream gaming world.
Jacien:
Right you are, Parker. Before I inadvertently stumbled upon this fledgling community over 5 years ago I thought I was the only gay trekkie in existence, lol. I'd never met another one but then I never even thought to look.
Parker:
That's a great story, Jacien. Stonewall's been a second home for me too and many other's as well and I'm proud to be a member of such a great leadership team and I am so proud of our FC's for donating their personal time to help out with the events this weekend.
Parker:
When our founder, Nick started Stonewall Fleet in July of 2008, Cryptic was censoring a lot of LGBT threads on their offical forums.
Jacien:
He wanted to create a safe place for LGBTQA players to talk about the game, a Fleet with a broad appeal and a community that provided an enhanced experience to as many aspects of gameplay that they could support.
Parker:
It started off slow, with only about 30 members for closed beta and 150 members by open beta. After that it slowly but surely grew to become the largest LGBTQA Fleet in all of Star Trek Online.
Jacien:
In the spirit of the holidays, we come together in friendship, solidarity and mutual respect to celebrate not only our commonalities but our differences as well.
Parker:
We know we're a pretty diverse bunch, and those differences can sometimes cause disagreements, misunderstandings and maybe a few hard feelings. The fact that our gaming community has not only endured, but flourished for over 6 years into something even it's founders could scarcely hope to dream.
Jacien:
Kindness, respect and compassion have always been things our community has never been in short supply of and for that I too, am proud of them. The namesake of our Fleet is a testament to joining together to stand against adversity, eschewing petty feuds, disagreements and egos to come together for a common, noble purpose.
Parker:
Please join us all in this celebration of our differences, commonalities and all that lies between and let us have a fabulous, happy Winter Whirl this weekend! We hope you'll enjoy what we have in store for you, from challenging trivia and joyful antics in Q's Winter Wonderland-
Jacien:
To mighty battles that will test your mettle as warriors of the Empire, soldiers of the Republic and officer's of the Federation!
Parker:
I hereby declare the White Winter Whirl Event begun!
Greetings and Welcome to our annual White Winter Whirl Event. We've got a lot of fun in store for you over the coming weekend so we'd like to take the opportunity to say a few words to mark the occasion.
Jacien:
Qa'pla friends, members of Stonewall Fleet and House Nagh'reD! Half the world is in repose and we mark the closing of Winter with a celebration of what makes us such a great community.
Parker:
What's that, Jacien?
Jacien:
I'm not sure it can be rendered down into one word. This community is so many things to so many different people. For some it's a cool and groovy place to play the games they love with like-minded people.
Parker:
And for some it's a source of strength, support, a refuge from the harsh realities of the real world or even the mainstream gaming world.
Jacien:
Right you are, Parker. Before I inadvertently stumbled upon this fledgling community over 5 years ago I thought I was the only gay trekkie in existence, lol. I'd never met another one but then I never even thought to look.
Parker:
That's a great story, Jacien. Stonewall's been a second home for me too and many other's as well and I'm proud to be a member of such a great leadership team and I am so proud of our FC's for donating their personal time to help out with the events this weekend.
Parker:
When our founder, Nick started Stonewall Fleet in July of 2008, Cryptic was censoring a lot of LGBT threads on their offical forums.
Jacien:
He wanted to create a safe place for LGBTQA players to talk about the game, a Fleet with a broad appeal and a community that provided an enhanced experience to as many aspects of gameplay that they could support.
Parker:
It started off slow, with only about 30 members for closed beta and 150 members by open beta. After that it slowly but surely grew to become the largest LGBTQA Fleet in all of Star Trek Online.
Jacien:
In the spirit of the holidays, we come together in friendship, solidarity and mutual respect to celebrate not only our commonalities but our differences as well.
Parker:
We know we're a pretty diverse bunch, and those differences can sometimes cause disagreements, misunderstandings and maybe a few hard feelings. The fact that our gaming community has not only endured, but flourished for over 6 years into something even it's founders could scarcely hope to dream.
Jacien:
Kindness, respect and compassion have always been things our community has never been in short supply of and for that I too, am proud of them. The namesake of our Fleet is a testament to joining together to stand against adversity, eschewing petty feuds, disagreements and egos to come together for a common, noble purpose.
Parker:
Please join us all in this celebration of our differences, commonalities and all that lies between and let us have a fabulous, happy Winter Whirl this weekend! We hope you'll enjoy what we have in store for you, from challenging trivia and joyful antics in Q's Winter Wonderland-
Jacien:
To mighty battles that will test your mettle as warriors of the Empire, soldiers of the Republic and officer's of the Federation!
Parker:
I hereby declare the White Winter Whirl Event begun!
