Woo!

Quote by Kierix

So I bought some extra tickets and gonna make a mini giveaway!

There are 100 up for grabs and every person who replies will receive 10 each!

All you have to do to get free tickets is:

1. Reply to this thread and tell me what you are most excited for in our pride lineup!
2. Hashtag the post with #Pride10freeRaffleTicket
3. And finally, most importantly leave your ingame Handle in the reply as well so that you can actually get your name on the tickets! :D

Hope you all win some goodies!

Obviously I'd love a Discoprise...who wouldn't.  But I'd really like some of that VIP shipwright business to make my current boat on fiontar awesome.  

Quote by Kierix

So I bought some extra tickets and gonna make a mini giveaway!

There are 100 up for grabs and every person who replies will receive 10 each!

All you have to do to get free tickets is:

1. Reply to this thread and tell me what you are most excited for in our pride lineup!
2. Hashtag the post with #Pride10freeRaffleTicket
3. And finally, most importantly leave your ingame Handle in the reply as well so that you can actually get your name on the tickets! :D

Hope you all win some goodies!

#Pride10freeRaffleTicket
Oh you~

I'm mostly excited about the consultation because it might imply a date with Mrs Trick

I’m most excited about the main event. Can’t wait to bodily go where no one has gone before (at least in the past 3 minutes, battlezones are rather populated) ❤️ #Pride10freeRaffleTicket

This free stuff hoarding request was brought to you by domin8torify

Cheers
Dom 

So I bought some extra tickets and gonna make a mini giveaway!

All the giveaway tickets have been claimed but you can still buy tickets for the raffle from any of the resources department until the 13th of July when we have our pride event! 

There are 100 up for grabs and every person who replies will receive 10 each!

All you have to do to get free tickets is:

1. Reply to this thread and tell me what you are most excited for in our pride lineup!
2. Hashtag the post with #Pride10freeRaffleTicket
3. And finally, most importantly leave your ingame Handle in the reply as well so that you can actually get your name on the tickets! :D

Hope you all win some goodies!

I can finally spend all my accounts EC on a worthy cause and hopefully people will win big!

Week 3 of the #Pride10 build up shows off our amazing Raffle Prizes...

To go alongside the variety of events planned, Pride raffle is back and tickets are on sale NOW until our Pride Weekend taking place on the 13th & 14th July
 (See here for more details on our Pride Weekend), 

You have plenty of time to buy tickets. Winners will be drawn from a random name selector. (the Hat)
 The first name drawn will be for the first prize, the second name drawn will be for the 2nd prize and etc. 
Once your name is drawn from a hat, you're a winner and can no longer win another prize.

Raffle Winners will be announced during the closing ceremonies on Sunday 14th July. 
Tickets are 200,000 EC Each (look out in game StonewallFleet chat or Discord, for a chance to buy tickets from a Fleet Captain or Admiral within the Department of Resources.
Ticket Sellers:
@GXV3
@Tlara
@calx
@robin

Last year Raffle sales (EC pot) were over 365 million EC, and we keep NONE of the EC raised through raffle ticket sales, as you see below all the EC becomes a prize.
Speaking of which.. lets take a look at the prizes.



- You are able to buy as many tickets as you like
- The ticket sellers will invite you to their bridge in game to exchange EC for the tickets.
- Your names will go on our spreadsheet eg, if you buy x2 tickets, your name will be posted twice, buy x5 your name appears 5 times etc
- If your name is drawn, you are a winner so your name cannot be drawn again
- The last day to buy a ticket is on Sat 13th July

If you cannot find a ticket seller (listed above) online, don't panic, simply send one of us an ingame mail.. or tag us in discord.
We are in Europe timezone so we will definitely get back to you and arrange a meet up in game to exchange the EC.
If we are having trouble meeting you.. an alternative solution can be made between you and the ticket seller.

A big thank you to all who have contributed toward these prizes on offer!

Good Luck in this #Pride10 #Raffle10

My greatest pride centres around my sister, Caryn Walker.

I'm the eldest of five.  When we were kids, I often had to act like a parent.  Apparently, I even used to run school classes for my siblings (register and all!).  I don't remember that or most of my childhood as it is blocked due to what happened to us.

Our parents were abusive.  Particularly, my stepfather, Caryn's real father.  For me, it was being hit with cricket bats, soup ladles and later, fists.  For Caryn, it was sexual abuse from the age of eight.  She thinks this happened to me too but, as I said, it is blocked.  I have a few hazy memories which may suggest it but early childhood is just a blank otherwise.  Later on, I do remember the constant beatings and the ever-present fear.  I used to escape into books or, when I was old enough, to my Nan's house.

Our other sister, Jenny, was taken into care at a young age.  The reasons are murky.  She ended up dying at 36 due to heroin abuse causing a brain embolism.  

Caryn took the brave step to first, tell the family about what happened and then, unbelievably, to report him and take him to court.  I went back to England in 2011 to be part of the court case as a witness.  He was found guilty on 23 counts and put away for 16 years.

This was a huge turning point for Caryn.  But, it wasn't enough.  Though it took a few years she realised she hadn't had the closure she had thought she would obtain.  She was starting to feel a burgeoning strength, a voice she had never had.  She decided to go further and try to help others in similar situations and to give voice also to our sister, Jenny.

So, with the help of a wonderful ghostwriter, Caryn wrote a book, dedicated to Jenny.  It was published last year and has been doing very well, now being translated into a few different European languages and as of a couple of months ago, finally available over here in the US.

Caryn has been interviewed by newspapers and radio, given book signings and talks at little cafes and the like and now has been invited to speak at public events for organisations such as Shatter Boys/Shatter Girls UK.

She has been inundated with positivity from people telling her how she has given them the courage to take steps for their own situations.  Over and over she is thanked by people.

This is what it was all for.  This is why she had to get it out there.  This has given her the closure she needed.  Turning a horrific negative into a helpful positive and growing that strength into a woman who will not be quiet or silenced (some of the family have tried to) and will dedicate herself to helping others.

Despite everything, Caryn has always been a warm, friendly and helpful person who people adore.  Until her revelation, nobody (including me as I just don't remember) had any idea of the struggles she had and was still dealing with due to her start in life.  She has attended Pride events and has always been supportive of me since I came out at 17 (when my mum asked me and then I was subsequently thrown out).  

With her help and encouragement I am now getting my own treatment for what Caryn was diagnosed with last year and now talks about - CPTSD, Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  It is not as widely known as CPTSD but originates with systematic and prolonged trauma.  She is educating and reaching so many people.

She might be younger but I have always been in awe of her strength, particularly with regard to the above.  I doubt there is anybody I will ever feel prouder of.

As Caryn says, if you tell your own story, it could one day be a guide for others.

Thank you for reading.


#hernamewasjenny
#cptsd

QalaghneS, fellow warriors!

Kahless demands another May'Qep!
This Sunday, 7 July at 18.00 UTC/14.00 EDT, join your battle-siblings as the House of Nagh'reD marches on to fight with honour!

This time we aim our rifles at the Vaadwaur in the trenches of Kobali Prime!

And because the Stonewall Pride Weekend is the following week, everyone who uses a purple or pink weapon has a higher chance to be selected for the randomly given out SWC's!

As always, KDF-aligned Romulan and Jem'Hadar characters are welcome to join the May'Qep as well!

So come gather those Delta Marks, Ancient Power Cells, and Iconian Probe Datacores!

Qapla'!

well which im proud of is in my puberty i took the wrong path with a disturbed mind I was seduced by drugs and with my disturbed mind I became my very own destruction.
more disturbed than i was at early 14 years the hell broke loose when i was 15 years old and heard that my father is a female.
from a simple joint around that age i was smoking too much and then i discovered the hard stuff and went from disturbed to completly mental.
Going waaaay too deep with this hard stuff and lost my mind around my 17th by a psychose and from a disturbed confused mind i turned into a paranoid anxious person and lived many years in terror of fear.
When i reached 18 i was legally free to have intercourse so i reached out with the next confused mode in my head --> Dad is a woman and how the heck does this gene affects me?(its smt personal not about genes)

Very confused i was seeking in what or who i am.
Trying bi curious met men and woman for sexual intercourse completly messed up in my head and not understanding whats all going on.
Went to many females behind a red light and searching confirmation with this confused mind of me.
It made me all more confused and now i know im straight as it can be. i allways liked female.

I paid the price to get a psychose when i was around 17 and till my 22nd year i still had many problems to solve.
but around 2012 I became homeless and thats which im very proud of.
Because from that moment I stood up and didnt let me affect the bad things that went in all my life that destructed my very own life and when i realized this i started to grow and reached a state of my mind which hold me stable to live a life where the past is past and the future is something to reach out to and achieve goals.


this is my short story and this what i am and who i am and how i reached it is whats making me proud in my life

Yaaaaay, thanks for the fun event and congratulations to the winners!

Sorry, this was a busy week, but we now have our winners!

First we wanna say a big ThanQ to all participants, we had amazing colorful entries which are fun to watch.
Good work everybody. Because of this, we decided to add one more place to our winnerlist:

1st place: Tourma! You won 4 Stonewall Credits!
2nd place: Chipz! 3 Stonewall Credits for you!
3rd place: Michlo! You will get 2 Stonewall Credits!
4th place: Kierix! One more Stonewall Credit for you!

The Stonewall Credits are redeemable in our Stonewall Credits Store.
Please remember, all participants will get two Bridge-officers for their crew.

ThanQ all!

#Pride10
#RainbowAwayTeam

I always am, and always will be proud and in love with every member of stonewall gaming network, whether it be as a friend or pseudo family member. You are all amazing in my eyes and it wouldn't be the same without you. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

The "Disco Ball Wars" is a straight forward, Team Vs Team PvP battle.
We will gather everyone who wants to play this game.. 
and Put you into teams.

You will spawn with your team in your Disco camp on the map. 
The basic idea of this game is simple...
Take down the Enemy's Base as fast as you can!

You can do this by gathering Disco dust (A Virus) that has been made by your Teams computer.
Only one person can carry the dust at any time.. so if you see someone glowing with disco orbs popping out of them.. maybe you would like to defend them.


(You will find the computer that makes the Disco dust virus at your home camp)

Now that a player in your team has the Disco virus.. they need to make their way into the enemy base to deposit the virus...
but wait...
The enemy base will be heavily fortified with turrets and other mines to try and take you down
 ( your camp will too for the opposing team)
So you may need to deal with them first.
If your a sneaky team.. you will perhaps lay down some turrets of your own from your kits?? Make it harder for the opposing team to download the virus into your camp.


(Deposit the Disco dust at a console that looks like this near your enemy's home camp)

This game requires team work.. so talk among yourselves before the game.
Will you pick team members to defend the Virus runner?
Will you take out the turrets and mines before your team virus runner gets to the enemy camp?

Consider planning for this game in advance...
These posts are designed for you to get prepared for the big #Pride10 event weekend... Make sure you tell other Stonewall Members to come take a look at these "plan ahead" posts.
So maybe have a look at your kit.. what would help you defend someone from downloading a Disco Virus into your home Base??



(Click HERE to Enlarge)


In Brief:
- Get a Disco Virus from your home camp
- Download the Disco virus to the computer in your enemy teams camp
- With each downloaded virus, you win points for your team
- which ever team destroys the enemy's camp first are the winners!

A VERY fun PvP game no matter what your level OR your ability, your playing with only stonewall members.. so absolutely no pressure at all.. just fun with friends!
See you at Pride10!!

Oeh, that's pretty awesome!

Haha, I’d kill to go see this. Too bad it’s not anywhere near me.  Thanks for the share!

Greetings,

after a last-minute invitation from a friend last night, I watched the 16th-century play, Tamburlaine given a Klingon Twist. :)

The play has been extended here in LA so if you have the chance, go and see it.  Lots of fun and very well done. :)  How they show space battles is very clever.  They even show a zero-gee battle.

https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/6010?tab=details

https://www.stonewallgaming.net/photos/sets/143413-klingon-tamburlaine

Cheers.

I suppose there are a few points in my life that I’m proud of.

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Growing up, I had always been a shy kid; I was afraid to speak up in class or talk to strangers. I rarely gave my own opinion. Maybe it was because I was a northerner around southerners or because I was more quiet around more boisterous boys, but it wasn’t long before I was pegged as the gay kid. At 16 and in high school, I was tired of living a life in the closet and decided to come out. This put a target on my back like never before. Being called queer or faggot walking down the hall was common place. Death threats passed to me as notes or whispered to me in class were a weekly occurrence. One day, they described in detail how they’d skin me alive and set me on fire if they ever got me alone. I quickly had to learn to stand up for myself and defend myself and I did. I found my own voice and learned to make sure other people heard it too. I stood up to the bullies and didn't back down. In the face of adversity, I persevered.

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When I went away to college, the first thing I did was find out about the glbt club on campus. It didn’t meet till two weeks into the semester and I excitedly waited for it. When the night finally came and I remember sitting in the meeting room and looking around; there were 15 other gay people in the same place as me! I was so excited to no longer be alone. I was an active member in the group from the very beginning and was quickly elected to Webmaster. (This was at a time I knew nothing about web development.) After that short tenure, I was elected Vice President and then President. Under my direction, the rag tag group of 15 swelled to 75. We had to find a bigger meeting space! When it came time to host the yearly student lgbt state-wide conference, my organization was selected to host it due to our leadership. When it came time to fund the conference, I raised $15,000 to fund it through a coalition of university departments, non-profits and statewide agencies.

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Since starting Stonewall Fleet, there have been numerous instances that have filled me with pride. Watching a small group that you started of a not even a dozen players grow into hundreds and more is an amazing experience. When Star Trek Online was just about to launch, I was so honored to be gifted a lifetime membership by the members of Stonewall Fleet. When I posted my Guest Blog: Celebrating Diversity in Star Trek, the out pouring of support was overwhelming. I got messages from dozens of players thanking me for the post and our Pride Weekend celebration was one of the largest ever.  When I received the letter below, I was so proud of the reputation that Stonewall Fleet had built. I’m proud each time someone tells me about the impact that our community has had on their life, either by making friends, helping them become more comfortable with their sexuality, or even meeting the love of their life. I'm not just proud of my accomplishments, but that of the hundreds of members who have volunteered their time, energy and skill to help build this community into what it is. Without the combined effort and collaboration of countless people, Stonewall Fleet wouldn't be what it is today.

Hi Nick,

My name’s XXX XXXXX, the Community Team Lead for ArenaNet’s upcoming MMO, Guild Wars 2.  I’d like to talk with you today about a special testing opportunity for your guild.

Since we first publicly demonstrated Guild Wars 2 a few years ago, we’ve been fortunate enough to capture the imagination and enthusiasm of MMO players and press around the world. With Guild Wars 2, our goal is nothing less than redefining the limits of the massive online role playing genre, and we’d like your help in achieving that goal.

At this stage in our development, we’re looking for guilds to help us with testing Guild Wars 2, which is where you come in. The Stonewall Fleet came highly recommended to me by members of our studio, so we’d like to extend an invitation to you and 4 other members of your guild for a special closed beta test in the near future.

If you’re interested in advancing MMO gaming and helping us make Guild Wars 2 one of the premiere online role playing games , please reply back to me and I’ll follow up with further details. As you can imagine, this private beta testing opportunity will be covered by a Non-Disclosure Agreement, so I’d appreciate it if you could keep this email conversation confidential as well.

Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to talking to you soon. See you on the battlefield!

P.S.  Take a look at our website to learn more about Guild Wars 2 and to check out some of the awards and accolades we’ve received so far.

Sincerely,
XXX XXXXX

With some prodding it was suggested i take part in this post and it was going to be all about my first pride experience but having seen what this is about i think i have something better, here we go.

Growing up i had always been fairly quiet especially so at school (it was an all boys school in the 90s) where i was the classic nerd and not super popular but i had a good group of friends. Suffice to say puberty hit and it became apparent to me i was not the same as the other boys at school. This was something i tried to keep secret but at one point i trusted the wrong person and the news got out. What followed was two years of the most unpleasant bullying the details of which are fairly irrelevant to this post. I felt deeply ashamed of myself and just became something of a hermit never leaving my room and never talking to anyone. I didn't go to university though i had offers and it was only two years later when the schools careers officer rang me asking if i planned to ever go i decided to put an application in. I owe a lot to her because i likely would never have done so without prompting.

Going to university changed my life i became so much more comfortable and happy in myself but i was always still shy when it came to men and i was nervous in gay situations. During my years there i got used to the idea that i was gay but there was always part of me that held back and i was still very shy in public. During my entire time at university i never once kissed someone on a night out or even bought someone a drink. I was essentially hiding away from my gayness, whilst i had accepted it was part of who i was i was scared to show it in public.

Going forward to where i work now (BP) and there was quite a profound change in my personality. While Stonewall people may have always known me as the loud and seemingly confident person online it was not so in person. Working at BP i was supported and i came out to the people at work but i still never really spoke about my own life and in many respects i still didn't engage with the gay part of myself at all. The support i got at work helped and i was slowly becoming more confident in myself and slowly tuning into the loudmouth you all know (and tolerate) today. A turning point occurred when my local city was the UK city of culture and the pride event changed from a small provincial affair to a massive party to celebrate. As a volunteer for the city of culture i was sent to take part in the parade and it was a truly a life affirming experience. All these people coming out to support our community in a city in the north of England with a reputation for being a bit backwards, it genuinely warmed my heart. I slowly become more vocal about being gay both in and our of work and the real turning point happened later that year when the leader of our local BP Pride group left the company. There was nobody to take over this and he approached me and asked me to do it. I was horrified at the prospect of essentially being the local face for the LGBT+ community in the company. The alternative was that all activities in this area would stop entirely because these diversity and inclusion groups are run by volunteers and nobody else was stepping up. I took the decision that keeping the good work going was worth the discomfort on my part and i am so glad i did. This single action set in course a series of events that has massively increased my confidence and involves me standing in front of rooms filled with people giving educations sessions and even lobbying the leadership for change. I have arranged our continued sponsorship of the local pride parade and even get people from work to take part now. I have arranged multiple education sessions for people of all levels at the company. I have had meaningful discussions with alot of straight white middle aged men on topics such as trans rights and most recently i have been lobbying for some gender neutral toilets to be installed.


I am so very proud that i had the courage to be willing to overcome the difficulties i had in my early life and truly accept myself. The change i have been bring about because of this may not be big but it has been incredibly meaningful to me.