D.A.D.S

"Mostly, the squad is to help unify people in the fandom and unite them under a positive cause. "

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Game Night Announcement

Greetings DADS members it's been a while since an announcement has been posted and we apologize for that. I have been busy with college things and have a job interview this Friday wish me luck!

Concerning the game night with Cards Against Humanity & Board game-online; I have checked the DADS chat and the majority of people that did vote claimed Friday evenings worked best for them.

I am acutely aware of time zone differences and if this needs tweaking please let me know. I live in Michigan so I'm proposing the games start at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (a good mediator between those in earlier and later time zones surrounding me). If you have suggestions please let us know!

Games will be starting this Friday hopefully! Let us know what you want to play!

-dragonraider

**also these games are pretty adult themed with potentials for triggers so please do play at your own risk.

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Welcome Mass Effect Defense Squad!

Recent popularity with the Dragon Age Defense Squad has sparked another bioware defense squad to rise. masseffectdefencesquad [MEDS] has contacted us! 

We have accepted their offer as a sister blog and are ecstatic to see that everyone is hyped about our cause and ready to interact with each other!

MEDS is brand new and growing fast, so we ask that you give them a warm welcome while we're getting in contact with their admins and co-founders! You don't have to be a Mass Effect fan to stop by and say 'hi'!

Thanks DADS members for all your hype and excitement, we couldn't of gotten this far without you and thank you MEDS members for taking inspiration from our group and taking the initiative to form your own!

Way to go!

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IMPORTANT POLL ANNOUNCEMENT

Hi everyone! It's been a long time since we posted an announcement but we haven't forgotten about you! Actually we've been thinking about events a lot! 

Quite a few of our members have expressed interest in a weekly Cards Against Humanity game online. (for those of you who have never played the game, it's quite similar to Apples to Apples).

The general gist of it is that we would play for a few hours in the evenings, but we would like to know when the bulk of you are free.

A poll has been set up in our group Chatzey and should be highlighted in blue. If you haven't already created a chatzey log in ID or tried to log into our group chat it's very important that you do! 

Our chatzey group can be found here

The password to enter the room is: RangerChat

Please make sure you vote in the poll asap! Thanks!

-dragonraider

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LIVESTREAMING

Hey guys! It's dragonraider and I just want to let you know I'm livestreaming right now with a bunch of members from D.A.D.S so if you would like to stop by Chatzy and give warm up requests I'm currently taking them! 

Here is a link to the stream! 

Don't forget I can only talk to you/see your chat if you're using our group chatzy! 

Thanks for stopping by guys! It was really fun livestreaming with you! If you missed the livestream I plan on having more /scheduled/ livestreams in the future! (: 

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Updates and Reminders!

IMPORTANT REMINDER!

All D.A.D.S members who haven't participated in the Introduction Event!! we want everyone to get to know all the rangers a little better, but we can't do that if everyone doesn't participate!

Updates!

the Ranger lists on this blog are 100% updated! we're still looking for Rangers for multiple characters! And don't forget you can suggest characters to us! :) Please let swooping-inquisitions know if you don't see your name next to the character you were assigned!

the Resident Artists list has been added! if you want to become a D.A.D.S artist/you don't see your name on the list and you already are one, please let dragonraider know!

D.A.D.S has a new chatroom! the chatroom is here and the password for D.A.D.S members is RangerChat! if you misplace the link for the chat, it's under the "About D.A.D.S" tab on this blog. You can also ask swooping-inquisitions or dragonraider for the D.A.D.S Skype! 

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Hello Fellow D.A.D.S. !! :^)

Hi I'm dragonraider co-founder/co-admin of D.A.D.S. and Anders' ranger!! But you can just call me Autumn if you wanna! I respond to pretty much anything thrown in my direction! I'm one of the main artists for our group, and my current project aka bane of my existence  is working on getting with each and every one of you individually to hash out character and costume designs! I'm also in charge of brainstorming and planning events! :^)

I looooove art so much, I also like to write, go camping, do karate, and of course play lots of video games until my eyes burn from my sockets ((: 

My blog is largely video games and art, there are very few fandoms that aren't video game related that i reblog and they are usually a queued post here and there (I'm a huge pacific rim fan). If you ever stop by just hit me up!

I chose Anders as my ward because lets face it honestly. Have you ever heard of the show "Everybody Loves Raymond"? Well it's "Everybody Hates Anders" in the DAverse to be frank. I love Anders so much, I found myself falling in love with his character during Dragon Age: Awakenings, and was really surprised at his arc when I started playing Dragon Age: II. He went from being super flirtatious and promiscuous (live fast die young bad mage do it well) to being really soft, sweet, and passionate for his cause. He became a Spirit Healer and I thought that was extra cute. (:

I'm really excited to meet you all and we're going to become the best of friends. I can't believe Em and I got so much support and excitement from the DA fandom to do this, considering we didn't even know how far it would go!            (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

I'm a pretty excitable person if you can't tell! I love to talk in all caps and rest assured if I do that I promise I'm not yelling at you i'm just EXCITED. I love to meet new people and make new friends, so you shouldn't ever feel uncomfortable or shy talking to me! (just pretend we're already friends and there is a 100% chance I'll be like 'ayyye bffs4lyfeee')

Yes this is me.

and if you ever feel uncomfortable talking to me remember that this is also me.

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Hello Everyone! :>

heya, i'm Emily/Emiru/Em/Swoop, co-founder of D.A.D.S and Cullen's Ranger! I'll be in charge of answering questions like the other mods, more specifically for Ranger Recruitment.

i love to draw, read, write, play video games etc. i love talking to people despite how awkward i can be, so feel free to shoot me a message on my main blog if you want to chat!

my blog is multi-fandom, mostly BioWare and more specifically Dragon Age. I post my own art and writing every so often, too. my blog is a mess tbh

i chose to be Cullen's Ranger because, when i first played Origins, i had a lot of resentment towards him after the Broken Circle quest. after a few more playthroughs, i took a lot of interest in his story arc, especially after the end of DA2. when i saw how a lot of people reacted to Cullen being in Inquisitions, i was shocked to put it lightly, especially with all the posts saying how they'd rather kill him off than 'put up with him'. i'm hoping to get some posts up about Cullen's arc later on. (:

i'm currently working on my DADS Ranger design, which'll just be Cullen's armor from Inquisitions, but instead of shirt + pants, mine'll be a dress/tunic because i like those hhahah. and i'm putting a package of ramen on my head no one can stop me.

I'm super excited to work with everyone in DADS considering how fast people were willing to join and help out! everyone is so nice and ready to participate, i'm glad this got up and running so quickly! and please, never feel like it's a bother to talk to any of the Rangers or offering any ideas; we look forward to working with all of you!

ignore the bags under my eyes i'm feelin a little icky today

- Cullen's Ranger, swooping-inquisitions

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INTRODUCTIONS EVENT

Hey guys! D.A.D.S is filling up with tons of unique and wonderful rangers and it’s been less than 24 hours! We've noticed a few of you have hit it off nicely and have already begun to familiarize yourself with other rangers in the tags and that’s really great!

Both swooping-inquisitions and I have decided to kick off the formation of D.A.D.S by doing a little Introduction event! Communication between rangers is really important and the cornerstone of this group. We’re all in this together!

To stimulate conversations and common interests (and friendships) among rangers we've made a questionnaire!

It would be very helpful if you tagged your introduction to the group as either #dragon age defense squad or #D.A.D.S.

[ Example: Introduction Summary ]

* = please include this!

*-Face of your Ranger [This can be what you actually look like, a picture of your warden/inquisitor, just a face claim for your ranger! It will be easier in the long run for artists making thumb nail art and they can just look back here for reference!]

*-Name/URL/What you would like fellow rangers to call you

*-Who’s Ranger are you?

-Tell us a bit about yourself and your hobbies/talents

-Tell us about your blog!

-Why did you choose the character you chose?

-Do you have any ideas for your D.A.D.S persona?

-What are your favorite things about that character?

-Why did you join D.A.D.S?

-What are your experiences with D.A.D.S. so far?

-Do you have any ideas for future events? If so, tell us about them!

-Is there anything we can improve upon/add onto?

  swooping-inquisitions and dragonraider are excited to meet you all personally real soon!

Thanks for joining us!

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What tags should we use when posting D.A.D.S.-related things?

Preferably #D.A.D.S or #dragon age defense squad. 

I'm sure all members are tracking both tags, so whatever fits your fancy anon! :^)

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UPDATE

If you are part of the D.A.D.S and are interested in submitting/contributing to this blog you have to let swooping-inquisitions, dragonraider or cintrel know and it requires your e-mail address!

However you will not be registered as an admin so you cannot answer submitted questions (and other admin stuff)!

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CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR ARTISTS

We are currently looking for some artists within D.A.D.S to help draw out characters and design costumes for rangers based on their character they chose to represent!

All skill levels are very much welcome and appreciated! If you're interested please let us know either by using the ask box here (preferably) or contacting us directly!

Thanks! ((:

dragonraider && swooping-inquisitions

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Please make sure to look at the lists before you ask about a character!

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Theme is done, and lists should be up to date! Please let me know if you see anything wrong.