Tido
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| Tido | |
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| Saber | Single |
| Style | Form V, Hybrid (Clean) |
| Affiliation(s) | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Location | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Padawans | Dane, Damon Belouve, Devlin, O'liin, Syco |
Tido started playing JK3 in February, 2004. He joined the Academy on 25th, 2004, were he started out as a Student interested in learning more about the game. He uses a Single Saber, and has a Hybrid fighting style.
Padawanship to Wolfwood
Just a few weeks after joining the Academy, then Jedi Academy Knight Wolfwood noticed Tido struggling in the game and took him as a padawan. Tido began learning movement and red stance basics under Wolfwood's tutelage. The red influences traced back through Wolfwood from Monty to Shannon and Nofrikinfun. Apart from Wolfwood, early yellow stance influences came from Dante Valmont, Virtue, Luke Skywalker, and Jaiko D'Kana. Tido began primarily as a red stancer like most Academy students but kept a strong interest in learning yellow techniques.
As time passed, Tido improved greatly under Wolfwood's instruction and from the influence of many Academy fighters. By the summer of 2004, he was noticed not only by the Academy staff but by fellow students as well. Tido was one of the most recommended knight prospects by his peers in the JA.
Becoming a Knight
Because of his great attitude and skill, Tido was trialed and promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight on August 31st, 2004. He immediately started helping as an assistant teacher and covered many classes at the Academy.
Classes: http://www.thejediacademy.net/class_detail.php?f_id=530 http://www.thejediacademy.net/class_detail.php?f_id=559
Even though Tido is no longer a Knight, his great attitude still remains, and he is always ready to help his friends and new people alike.
The Jedi Academy Aurochs
Tido keeps himself in shape by competing in TFFA matches against JK:JA clans under the green and white banner of The Jedi Academy Aurochs. He played a very big role in getting the Aurochs back on track in October 2004, after the Aurochs had fallen into inactivity because Jedi Master Jaiko D'Kana, an Instructor back than, was unable to keep the Aurochs together because of real life and internet connection issues.
In the previous generation of the Aurochs, Tido did a lot of work as the Aurochs Team Tech, and as the Administrator of the Aurochs Website and Aurochs Wiki. Issues with the JACs concerning some of his projects and their scope strained the relationship between the Jedi Academy Aurochs and the Jedi Academy. His history made the JACs rather reluctant to let him have any sort of access to the webserver. Tido's retirement statement and problems with the JACs led to his ban from the Jedi Academy. The ban has been questioned by many currently.
Now, Tido is totally unfilliated with the Jedi Academy Aurochs and intends to work on some projects he has put off before. He is considering joining Clan Master's new TFFA team, which will be headed by Deqlyn.
Miscellaneous Projects
Tido has done a lot for the Jedi Academy, some of the things he's worked on are:
- JA Radio Show
- Tido was the one that came up with the idea of creating a very own Radio Show for the Jedi Academy! He got people to sign up as DJ's, made a schedule of the times when the Radio Show would be on, and indicated what DJ would be playing what music. He no longer works on the Radio Show, but the Show is still going strong!
- JA Map Project: USA Division
- Tido made a Map where Jedi Academy Members that lived in the USA could place their name on, so that people could see where all those crazy Yankees actually lived. Others started making Maps for the European, Australian and Asian Members.
- The Fall Open (Double Elimination Tournament)
- Tido held a small Double Elimination Tournament, called 'The Fall Open', back in 2004 with both Full-Force and No-Force matches, that Members could sign up for. The winner of the Full-Force section of the Tournament was Gradius, Sauce won the No-Force section.
- JA Christmas Show
- Tido thought it'd be fun to have JA Members make some Christmas tracks that would be played on the JA Radio. Multiple people entered submissions, and even though it wasn't exactly released during Christmas, everyone still got to hear the tracks!
Crazy Stuff
Tido is a huge fan of Chuck Norris and his show "Walker Texas Ranger."