Announcements

A log of all the announcements made in `#announcements`.

## 2020

### 30 June 2020: First Announcement

Violet: Hey everyone, please hang on while we work on adding more emotes and more character roles as well as some of the bots. We just started this server, we seek your understanding!

### 1 July 2020: Happy Birthday Mugi

Violet: Happy Birthday to our cutest Mugi!!

### 2 July 2020

#### New Roles (Jun, Ui, Sawako)

Violet: Added @Jun Suzuki, @Ui Hirasawa and @Sawako Yamanaka in #roles

#### Separated Character Roles

Kenshi: We've separated character roles so you can see which of your fellow discord members like the same character!

#### Eli Bot and XP Levels

Violet: `@everyone` Sorry for the ping, but I have decided to use Eli Bot to include activity rewards. Gain XP simply by just talking in channels like #tea-room. Roles will be awarded when you reach Levels 5,10,15,20 and 30! I hope this encourages everyone to talk more and get this server to be more active!

### 4 July 2020: Server Banners

Violet: Hello once again, a little update from me here. We have added to server banners to #affiliates, #rules-and-info and even change our welcome image to a custom one! Special thanks to Ran for making us those!

### 14 July 2020: New Roles

Violet: **Hey everyone, added some rules to #rules-and-info.** Also I would like to take this chance to thank everyone for their support towards this super new K-ON! server. We are now nearing 500 members. Please continue to support us! Feel free to share this server with your friends or boost this server, it really helps and we appreciate it! :> *(P.S. We were thinking of adding more perks for our server boosters and users who share our server with their friends!)* `@here`

### 16 July 2020: K-ON Rewatch

Violet:

**/r/anime K-ON Rewatch!**

Hey everyone! So /r/anime is hosting it's 5th annual K-ON! rewatch. The Rewatch starts from the **1st of August**. Note that it is one episode per day.

More details can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/hsiamp/announcing\_the\_5th\_annual\_kon\_rewatch/

### 17 July 2020

#### Moderator Applications

Violet:

**/r/K\_On Discord server Moderator Applications**

Hey everyone! Discord Moderator applications for /r/K\_On is out. The deadline to apply is **24th July at 00:00 EDT.(Eastern Daylight Time)**

**Please spend some time to fill up the application if interested, good luck!** Link: https://forms.gle/vkkDgUL35Mu9snH67 [@everyone]

#### One Year Memorial for the Kyoto Animation Arson

Violet:

The Kyoto Animation arson attack occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019. The arson killed at least 36 people, injured an additional 33, and destroyed most of the materials and computers in Studio 1. It is one of the deadliest massacres in Japan since the end of World War II and the deadliest building fire in Japan since the 2001 Myojo 56 building fire.

Today, one year has passed and an online memorial is planned for later today there in Japan (http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/information/026/).

Stream will be starting soon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNlfvFqgMEE

### 18 July 2020: Custom Vanity Roles

Violet:

`@everyone` Introducing **Custom vanity roles** for our server boosters!

Boosters will be able to get their own personalized role that only they will have access to use. At the start of the boost, you can choose the name and color of your custom role. (Current boosters please DM me your desired role name and color!)

**Custom vanity roles will last for as long as the boost lasts.** Once the boost ends, the booster will be given a 3 day grace period to boost again. The staff team reserves the right to reject any role names that target other users, incite negative intentions, or otherwise breaches any of our server rules. **We hope you continue to support the server!**

### 19 July 2020: Server Level 2

Violet:

We reached Level 2 for server status thanks to our @Occult Club

Please suggest some server banners in `#server-suggestions` **(Recommended size: 960x540, aspect ratio should be 16:9 if possible)** Take care everyone!

### 24 July 2020: K-ON Rewatch Reminder

Violet:

`@everyone`  Reminder for the /r/anime K-ON Rewatch!

Hey everyone! So /r/anime is hosting it's 5th annual K-ON! rewatch. The Rewatch starts from the 1st of August. Note that it is one episode per day.

More details can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/hsiamp/announcing\_the\_5th\_annual\_kon\_rewatch/

*Also, new mods will soon be announced*

### 25 July 2020: New Mods and Updates

Violet:

`@everyone` Your new mods are Kurylo, waffle and aurora [Sorry for the back to back ping.]

**To unsuccessful applicants:** Mod applications will open up again some time in the near future if the server continues to grow at a quick rate. Please do not be discouraged just because you weren't chosen.

Server Updates:

* Added `#music-discussion`
* Adding pingable events role soon

### 27 July 2020: Drama Response

Ran:

Howdy y'all. Some stuff went down through the night that really ought to have been dealt with better, and for that I apologise on behalf of us mods. Part of the problem with being a mod is that no matter how many of us there are, we can't be around and checking all channels 100% of the time. For that, we often have to rely on you guys to alert us if something is going down and nobody seems to be taking action. So... here we are.

You all have the ability to ping the @Buchou(Mods) role, and of course you can ping any of the mods individually, and we'd like to encourage you to do exactly that if there's something going on that needs our attention. What you should not do is ping the role for shits and giggles, because nobody's going to be happy about that, but if there is something you feel warrants a look from us, you should absolutely let us know!

### 28 July 2020: Server Level 3

Violet: WHAT

Violet:

@everyone Sorry for the ping but I just wanted to take this chance to thank the @Occult Club for taking us to Level 3 Boost status!

Our new vanity url is **discord.gg/Kon** Feel free to invite other K-On fans or friends to this server to help us grow this community!

Take care everyone!

discord.gg/Kon

### 1 August 2020

#### Minecraft Server

Ran:

Howdy y'all! We now have a minecraft server! I'm still setting things up, but it's playable. If you want access, dm me with your minecraft username and I'll whitelist you!

There are a few rules that apply that can be more or less summed up as; don't grief, play nice and the general discord server rules still apply.

Oh yeah, the server address... that's important too. kyoanicraft.connect-mc.com - running java edition vanilla 1.16.1

#### New Event Roles

Violet: Hey `@everyone`, sorry for the ping! But I added additional roles like @Watch Party, @Giveaways, @Game Nights in #roles. Go ahead and get those roles if you want to participate in future giveaways and events! *We are almost at 1000 members!, thank you guys so much for the support*

### 5 August 2020: 1000 Members

Ran: We've officially broke the 1000 member barrier! A massive thank you to everyone who has supported us so far!

### 6 August 2020: 1000 Members Update

Violet:

Hey `@everyone`

Firstly, I want to give a big Thank You to everyone for 1000 members and I hope this community continues to grow This is a huge milestone for the server and we have achieved in just one month! https://imgur.com/ADV0UWI

**Custom role giveaway**

Secondly, in celebration of 1000 members we are going to giveaway for 5 personalized permanent server roles.(The custom roles for server boosters are taken away once their boosts ends, this is permanent.)

If you look at the post above, you will find that the GiveawayBot has posted a message about the giveaway. To enter the giveaway just react to the post above!

**Banner Contest**

Lastly, we are going to hold a banner contest! We decided that we are in need of a banner change, this would be a great chance for the community to be involved and contribute!

Please DM an admin/mod if you're interested in entering a picture for our banner contest Submissions will be shown in #banner-contest, please vote accordingly!

Rules for submitting:

* The banner has to be K-ON! related.
* Restricted to 1 entry per person
* No NSFW banners

**Participants are allowed to make your own banner, or find one online. Participants are strongly encouraged to be as creative as possible(adding text overlays, effects etc.)**

Prizes for the banner contest:

* A custom role will be given as a prize to the winner
* 1 Month Discord Nitro Classic

Banner Size:

* The minimum size for the banner: 960x540

* **There will only be 1 winner for the banner contest**
* **The giveaway will last for 1 week.**
* **The Banner contest will last for approximately 8-10 days**

Once again thank you everyone for your support.

Regards, K-ON! staff team

### 10 August 2020: Server Updates (User Survey, New Mod, Giveaway)

Violet:

Hey @everyone. Here are some server updates:

**K-ON Discord User Survey [August 2020]**

I have crafted this survey in order to get a better idea of the server's member base. It is completely anonymous, the results of the survey will be used to improve the server. Please take some time to fill it in, thank you! https://forms.gle/FJrhGhgLHqnuKDD36

**Secondly**, we have decided to take in Hab. This is due to a need for moderator with a opposite timezone to EST.

**Lastly**, what better than another giveaway? aurora will be hosting a Nitro classic giveaway! (in `#events-and-giveaways`) **However, you will need the `@Cake Eater` role to participate in the giveaway!** To obtain this role, simply chat in the server and earn the role when you reach level 5! This would also be a great chance for you to start getting active!

**Reminder that there is another nitro giveaway above this message! and that the banner contest will end in about 5 days**

Regards, K-ON staff team.

### 13 August 2020: Banner Contest End

Violet: Banner contest has ended early due to some circumstances. @JeoMona#1535 has won the banner contest. Congrats on the nitro and custom role! (We will rotate using the top 3 most voted banners)

### 14 August 2020

#### Separate Channels

Mayo: Hey `@everyone` , in order to keep lounge chat not flooded, please make sure to use the appropriate channel for specific topics. Like fanart should go to `#media` or `#user-creations`, music stuff to `#music-discussion`, and, most importantly, discussions about other manga/anime should go to `#other-series`

#### Two General Channels

Mayo: There are now two general channels: `#tea-room` and `#club-room`. We are so excited that our community keeps growing, but that also means that there are a lot of Club Members eager to chat with one another! Here's to us!

### 15 August 2020: Affiliation and Level 5 Image Perms

Violet:

Hey everyone, just wanted to give a quick shoutout to the new /r/ShokugekiNoSoma Discord server [Food Wars!] https://discord.com/invite/yCh2YpR

Also, we have made it such that only users with the `@Cake Eater` [Level 5] role **and above** can send pictures in `#tea-room` and `#club-room`

### 20 August 2020: Happy Birthday Ritsu

Violet: Happy Birthday to the best girl Ritsu Tainaka!

### 21 August 2020

#### Server Updates (New Roles, Giveaway)

Violet:

Hey `@everyone`. Here are some server updates:

**New server roles**

* @Sumire Saitou has been added to #roles
* @Light Music Squad is a new role dedicated to server contributors **(To obtain this role, make us some great server emotes or constantly help us improve the server by giving suggestions! )**

**Giveaways:**

* Nitro Classic Giveaway! Go ahead and join yet another nitro giveaway in `#events-giveaways`!
* 5 Custom server roles giveaway: This is the same giveaway from the 1000 member special! We've decided to re-host this since the bot didn't work previously. Also in `#events-giveaways`!

#### Affiliation

Violet: Also, check out our newest affiliate: https://discord.gg/laidback-camp
They gave our server a shout-out so why not do the same for them?

### 22 August 2020: New Level Roles

Violet: Hey people, just a little update here that we have added new roles which are `@Worldwide Sensation` **[Level 40]** and `@Musical Transcendent` **[Level 50]** We really appreciate the activity this server has shown! You lads sent over 500K messages in under two months!

### 25 August 2020: #notice-board

Violet: Server boost messages will now appear in `#notice-board`. Also, more nitro giveaway soon when the server grows larger because aurora is rich.

### 27 August 2020: 1500 Members

Violet: Thanks for the support! We have reached 1.5K members in under two months

### 28 August 2020: Server Icon

Violet: `@everyone` If anyone has ideas for a new server Icon, DM me your ideal icon. You're encouraged to make your own icon instead of taking it off the internet. (The icon doesn't have to be animated.) **We will vote for the best icon after a few days and the winner will be awarded the @Light Music Squad role.** Good luck!

### 29 August 2020: Icon Vote & New Banner

Violet: Vote in `#`. Maximum 2 submissions per person. and New banner by Weeb

### 30 August 2020: Vote Reset

Violet: Removed all reactions in `#` to make it fair. Brand new vote begins now. Take your pick in `#`

### 1 September 2020: Nitro Giveaway

Violet: Time for another Nitro giveaway by aurora because why not
`#events-giveaways`

### 6 September 2020: K-ON! Wiki Affiliation & Event Council Applications

Violet:

Hey everyone! Just a little update here, we recently **affiliated with the K-ON wiki so please welcome Ursuul#0575**, who is a Wiki Admin! Feel free to approach him if you have any questions or issues regarding the Wiki.

Secondly, this server is now looking for more people to host group watches/game nights or events in general! Apply here for the @Event Council role! [`@everyone`] https://forms.gle/Pj42AGUMCNTACZos7

### 7 September 2020: Event Council Reminder

Violet: Application closes in 3 days, so apply within the timeframe

### 8 September 2020: Event Council

Violet: Ignescent, Bear, and Commie are your new event hosts. Applications are now closed

### 9 September 2020: User Survey

Violet:

`@everyone` **K-ON Discord User Survey [September 2020]**

This survey's responses will be recorded in order to get a better idea of the server's growing member base. It is **completely anonymous**, the results of the survey will be used to improve the server.

Please take some time to fill it in, also thank you guys for the support towards this server! 2k members soon!

https://forms.gle/awRizQeq5XWS7yEs8

Form is now accepting responses, thanks for the help!

### 17 September 2020: Moderator Applications

Violet:

`@everyone` So Moderator Applications have finally re-opened. Please take your time to fill this up if interested.

**Application will close in 5 days.** https://forms.gle/ePNW3oseUu4X3LXc9

**Special Shoutout**

Do you remember watching **Angel Beats or Charlotte or even Clannad?** well, great news is that the original creator of these masterpieces will be releasing an original anime series this October! Come join the hype at https://discord.gg/thEtzE2

### 21 September 2020: New Trial Mods

Violet: Applications closed. Cnolii, Hard Hat Ritsu, Sakura and Eisenhower are your new trials mods. They will be promoted to full moderators after a week or two if they display proficiency in their work.

### 23 September 2020

#### Anime of the Decade

Violet: K-On has been announced as the anime of the decade by polls

Kurylo: :STONKS:

Ran: and all is right in the world

#### Server Name Change

Violet: The server name has been changed to "K-ON!" by the vote hosted not too long ago.

### 2 October 2020: No Politics

aurora: Hello everyone! I'm sure most of you have already heard the news this morning (or whatever time it may be for you). This is just a reminder of the "no politics" rule in this server. Talking about it is prohibited. This goes for memes as well. No talking about it, no memes about it please. Thank you everyone!

### 10 October 2020: Scams

Ran: Howdy folks. The scam bots are doing their rounds again. It probably doesn't need to be said, but if you receive any DMs looking kind of like this, 1) don't click any links, and 2) report them to Discord. Stay safe out there!

### 27 October 2020: Happy Birthday Aki Toyosaki

Hab: Hey for all you Yui lovers out there just incase you didn't know today is/was October 28th also known as Aki Toyosaki's (Yui's VA) Birthday sorry I just found out but don't forget to celebrate

### 3 November 2020: No Politics

aurora: hello, i think we all know what today is. know what that means?? ***NO POLITICS.*** thank you for your cooperation.

### 14 November 2020: Scams

Hab: So there seems to be people randomly dming you a invite to a server with this message they don't have to be in the same server as you so it seems anyone can get this DM, so just be careful I guess. (I've already had 2 people message this to me with no mutual servers or friends so take care)

### 15 November 2020: #memes

Violet:

Hey everyone, firstly I want to apologize for the sudden removal of the channel #memes. (If you have yet to notice, yes the memes channel has been removed) I've seen and heard some of your concerns that have been brought foward and I am sure everyone would like an explanation. To begin, there was a clear lack of communication between me and moderator team as Ran has done his part and raised this matter to me and in that aspect it was indeed my bad. However, the reason why #memes was removed was firstly due to the amount of inappropriate content that has been posted which is increasing steadily over time, degrading the server's quality. I know the previous sentence is vague but I do not wish to see the channel turn into one for shitposting in the future, only existing to ruin user experience. Next, the removal of the memes channel will also aid in the server's process of applying for discord partnership.

"when did discord partnerships become more important than the community we're building?"

True to a certain extent, however I beg to differ. Us caring about the community is precisely why I want to attempt to get Discord Partner for the community, not only does it provide more tools for community building, perks like a higher bitrate(smoother voice channels) makes it more enjoyable and welcoming for both new members as well as existing members. I am sure that not only myself but also the whole staff team aims to provide an ideal environment for everyone here. The pros of removing the memes channel clearly outweigh the cons of removing the channel, hence the decision.

I hope to seek your understanding.

### 17 November 2020: #media

Mayo:

Hey guys, a lot of things happened recently as explained in Violet's posts. Thus, we definitely need some clarification on some things. As for the future, I would like everyone to know that `#media` is a place for any sort of (appropriate, SFW) images/videos/links that are interesting/funny. This includes, but is not limited to, twitter links, artwork, memes, etc, as long as the media posted is not in bad taste or, in nature, attacks anyone.

For example, a twitter link leading to fanart is acceptable, or just the fanart itself. An image with text on it that is not transformative or serves any purpose is not acceptable. This last example is what the memes channel had become as of late. Situations like that are gradual. We hope that with the cooperation of the community and the mods, we can prevent this gradual degrading of quality of posts.

Our overall goal for this community is to make it as comfortable and wholesome for everyone here so we can all continue to enjoy ourselves everyday. That said, if at any time, there is content (anywhere) that is posted that makes you feel uncomfortable or you think is in bad taste, please do not hesitate to contact a mod either with an @ or a DM.

### 18 November 2020: Scams

Hab:

it seems there is another round of scams getting dm'd to people that look something like this

please be careful out there folks

remember to block and report them

If anyone else got a scam message just dm one of us the userid and we can help deal with it I guess

### 21 November 2020: #introductions

Violet: Hey everyone, the `#introductions` is now up and running! We hope all of you will make good use of the channel!

### 23 November 2020: #introductions

Hab: So everyone please remember that `#introductions` is solely for introducing yourselves any talk about introductions can happen in `#tea-room` or `#club-room`

### 8 December 2020: User Survey

Ran:

Howdy @everyone. We've got a survey up and running, so if you've got ten minutes free, please go ahead and fill it in. It's a great opportunity for us to get an idea about the people who are using the server, and a great opportunity for you guys to tell us what you think. The survey is open right now, and will run until Sunday December 13th, so don't miss it!

https://forms.gle/yMsrZQ2ThnnCAMUF9

Just to allay any concerns, this survey doesn't collect your email address, name, or really anything about you that you haven't entered yourself.

### 12 December 2020: #light-music-club & #vtuber-discussion

Ran:

Since nobody said anything about it, we've merged the K-ON anime and manga discussion channels to form `#light-music-club`. This channel is still for discussing anything to do with K-ON, but given the activity of the channels individually, it didn't make much sense them having their own separate spaces.
Additionally there is now also `#vtuber-discussion` because apparently y'all like anime girls doing things on youtube.

### 14 December 2020: Slowmode Response

Mayo: We want to keep the conversations in this server wholesome and not about anything negative. I have told the mods that anybody who talks about something like that and ignores any warning, that they should either ban or mute them immediately.

### 20 December 2020: aurora Steps Down

aurora: Alright, the time has finally come. I am hanging up the cleats for real this time. I have had a ton of fun being a mod in this server, lots of fun times were had.....some particularly bad ones as well. Ultimately though, everything must come to an end, so I am officially stepping down as a mod. This is not the first time I am stepping down, but it will be the last. I would like to thank Violet and Mayo for giving me the opportunity to be one, and I would like to thank the mod team as a whole for being amazing people. Unfortunately, this may be the last time you all hear from me, as Hab will finally get his wish of banning me. It was a fun run. Thank you everyone for making this a memorable experience, and good luck with all of your future endeavors, whatever they may be. Peace

### 31 December 2020: New Year

Mayo:    H A P P Y N E W Y E A R S
Heres to a good 2021 for this けいおん server!!

## 2021

### 7 January 2021: Scams

Hab: Another round of scam links are coming so beware of sus links such as these guys https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/736590849525284916/797009803766530068/unknown.png

### 8 January 2021: #tea-room Becomes Dysfunctional

Waffle: It seems that discord is currently having some issues on their side so `#tea-room` is currently non functional for most users. Conversation can be resumed in `#club-room` for the time being. Please be patient until the issue is fixed by discord. Thanks :)

Waffle: Thank you for your patience everyone. `#tea-room` is now working again :D

HHR: If you're still having issues refresh / restart discord. :)

### 25 January 2021: Moderator and Event Council Applications

Violet:

K-ON Discord **Moderator and Event Council** Applications have re-opened. Interested individuals may apply through this form. Applications will close one week from now, at **7AM EST, 1st February 2021.**

**Discord Moderator Application:** https://forms.gle/mCGnfWG5QXBCdaYJ6

**Event Council Application:** https://forms.gle/Th2LowpUrT4F8axA6

### 31 January 2021

#### Application Reminder

Violet: Reminder that Moderator and Event Council applications closes tomorrow

#### Death of Eli

HHR:

**Quick Q/A about the future of Eli**

* **Q: Is Eli broken?**
* A: Some of Eli's functions may not work as intended while we wait for the replacement. Please be patient with us while we work with these hiccups.
* **Q: What happened to Eli?**
* A: Unfortunately the bot is inaccessible by the owner after they recieved a discord ban. It is unlikely that they will be able to access Eli and therefore a replacement bot is being worked on.
* **Q: What will replace Eli?**
* A: 'Mio bot'!l !!! Mio bot will retain most if not all the functionality of Eli. It is developed by a friend of Eli's owner.
* **Q: What about our xp levels?**
* A: Eli's precious chat xp database is safe and accessible and will most likely be transferred to Mio!
* **Q: When will we replace Eli?**
* A: As soon as Mio bot is ready and verified by Discord we will be able to set it up for use on our favorite K-On! server! -- Within the next month.

### 1 February 2021

#### Applications Closed

Violet: Both Applications are now closed.

#### Caution with Videos

Ran: There's a video making the rounds on Discord that allegedly does some nasty things with your PC upon being played. There's a thread about it on twitter below, but TL;DR - don't play any videos that are sent to you by people you don't know, and *certainly* don't share it on to anyone else.
https://twitter.com/sky\_evangeline/status/1356103619481894913?s=19

### 3 February 2021

#### New Mods and Event Council

@wonton @Kawaii Pepe @Arby's Beef & Cheddar

*New mods will be trial mods for minimum 1 week depending on how they perform*

New Event Council Members are:

@Shadow @nth\_term @Dave @Twi

Kurylo: Congratulations!

Hab: Pog

#### #Introductions Discussions

Hab: Also while we are at it, all you #welcome lurkers #introductions is now available to for discussions of new members introductions please try not to go too off topic and strictly discuss and talk a bit with the new members to give help welcome them to the server

### 10 February 2021: Death of Eli

Mayo: Oh uh, yeah. So RIP Eli. Roles aren't working for now. We set up the default discord verification to allow new members to join peacefully. That said, Eli levels are gonna be a difficult thing to fix, hopefully things transfer nicely. #verify channel is gone as of now, though.

### 17 February 2021: New Mods

Violet: Confidential and Wonton have been promoted tp full mods. Let us congratulate them!

### 3 March 2021: 100 Bot Raid

Violet: Hey folks, we are currently experiencing a server raid. Please do not click on any suspicious links that might appear in your DMs if you get one. Those are most likely scam bots.

Hab: Very obvious looks like this I assume

Ran: I think we've cleaned up all of them now, but if there are any stragglers, let us know.

### 11 March 2021: Bot Raid

Kurylo: We just had another raid. If you received any friend requests from people that you don't recognise or that don't have any shared friends / servers, please be careful before accepting. Best option is to decline and ignore it. Through the raid, a few bots started sending friend requests to users. We have resolved the issue and have taken extra measurements to prevent further raids. If you happen to notice unusual behaviour or a potential raid, please message a staff member and we will take care of it as soon as possible. Thank you!

### 17 March 2021: Manga dex Data Breach

Ran: Hi `@everyone`; apologies for the ping even if many of you will have already heard about this, but for those who haven't the scanlation aggregator website manga dex has experienced a breach, the details of which can be found here;

https://manga dex.org/thread/446243

While the owners of the site claim passwords are encrypted, if you use manga dex *(or have ever even used it at all)* you should nevertheless change your password immediately to be safe, but more importantly you should also do the same for any sites or services that use the same password as your manga dex account - doubly so if they also share the same email address too.

Stay safe out there y'all.

### 21 March 2021: Server Raid

Waffle: We are currently experiencing a server raid. Do not accept any suspicious friend requests or click any links from bot dms.

they looks like this

Waffle: The raid has been readily dealt with. Continue to be on the watch out for suspicious dms and report them immediately. Thank you for your cooperation.

### 26 April 2021: Moderators Leave

Kurylo: Greetings K-ON!cord members,

as you might've heard some of our staff members are not here at the moment. Waffle and Hab. Though we do not want to disclose any further information, we have been informed that Waffle will be stepping down indefinitely and that Hab will be taking a break for an unforseeable period of time. Please understand the current situation.
Please do not chase after mentioned people. Thank you very much!

Because of these circumstances we have decided to hold another round of moderator applications. They will be going out on Wednesday. Further information can be found on the day the applications get released. If you are interested and dedicated feel free to apply! I'll be seeing you there.

Feel free to message me or any other staff member if you need any other information!

### 27 April 2021: Moderator Applications

Kurylo: Greetings fellow K-ON!cord members,

as you might've already heard we are re-opening moderator applications. If you are interested in helping us out, feel free to apply at the form below. Have fun and good luck! Please take your time to read and answer all the questions carefully. During the application period you are allowed to edit your answers as long as they are submitted before the deadline.

**Apply:** https://forms.gle/D8rfRQAaEK12uspi6

**Deadline: May 5th 2021 - 7 a.m. EST (i guess)**

### 28 April 2021: Event Council Applications

Kurylo: Greetings fellow K-ON!cord members,

we have decided to release Event Council applications together with the above-mentioned moderator applications. If you want to host events, be it game nights, watch parties or similar; feel free to apply at the form below!

**Apply:** https://forms.gle/TrCmvwdvYGn2SZwh7

### 1 May 2021: Malware

Ran: `@everyone` we had a person join the server earlier who appeared to be distributing malware (potentially through code embedded in a PNG which discord downloads to a cache file on your system if you interact with that user, by clicking on their profile for example). If you have been active in the server today and have not seen any antivirus notifications (or if you are dumb enough to not have antivirus software active on your system), I recommend running a scan as soon as you are able.

This person has been banned from the server, all posts from them and pointing to them have been deleted, and they've been reported to Discord.

Edit: a few people have informed me that it's impossible for the code to be executed while it's sat embedded in a PNG, but it's better to be safe than sorry in my books.

More info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/krn7nn/discord\_cache\_trojan\_important/ (top post)

### 6 May 2021: Bookwalker

Violet: Hello everyone! The K-ON server has partnered with BookWalker to give YOU 50% off all K-ON manga for an entire month! So get ready to get all the manga's!

**(The coupon is valid from May 1, 00:00 AM ~ May 31, 07:59 AM, 2021 PT. The rule for the coupon itself is that only users that register for our service on May 1, 00:00 AM, 2021 PT or later can use it.
New users will get 50% OFF on a total purchase amount of up to 5,000 JPY.)**

https://global.bookwalker.jp/select/223/?adpcnt=8923huh

### 8 May 2021: 5000 Members

Violet:

Hey K-Oncord, we've just hit the 5000 member milestone recently. Just wanted to thank `@everyone` for the support and for joining this unique community. Additionally, the staff team has brought to you people a **10 Nitro giveaway** so be sure to enter the giveaway in `#events-giveaways`! Cheers to more milestones to come!

**Changes**

-Added the `@Server Updates` role in `#roles`. Please react if you don't want to miss out on any server updates!

### 11 May 2021: New Trial Mods

Kurylo: Greetings fellow K-ON!cord members,

it's me Kurylo, Azuka or the admin bot dude that everyone forgot about because I have no presence. I am here to announce the **results of the previous moderator application phase**. The Event Council applications closed a few days ago, though we are still discussing this matter together with the current Event Council members. Stay tuned for an announcement on that matter soon. Anyway, here are the results:

★@Aaron,

★@Lanny,

★@HonourableSushi,

★@Shībasu,

★@Twi &

★@DrippyNeem

have been selected for our moderator trial phase. The trial period will start from this point onwards and the duration varies depending on their overall performance.
Congratulations and good luck to everyone who has been chosen! We'll be looking forward to working with everyone.

### 13 May 2021: New Event Council

Kurylo: Greetings fellow K-ON!cord members,

it's your most-hated AI on the server (I hope not), Kurylo, Azuka or whatever you wanna call me. We recently announced the moderator application results. I am here to announce the **results of the Event Council applications.** The results are the process of countless tears and heavy effort of our staff team. Student Council members, Buchous, trial moderators and also the Event Council members were all included in this ritual long-awaited sequel to the application phase of 2021. I hope that you are excited for the results which I will announce very soon.

Before that I'd like to briefly talk about a few things that have led up to this moment that we are all waiting for. When discussing all the candidates for this selection, a lot of things went through our heads. There were quite a few applications. Some were extraordinary which were able to captivate everyone with just a few simple words. Others were extremely unique for their creative thinking. Sadly I cannot show you any of the applications or examples, because otherwise I'd get nae nae'd since the FBI is very close to my secret donut room for some god damn reason. I don't really know how they made it all the way up here. Okay, I don't want them to steal my precious donuts. They are all super expensive and there are flavours that were never ever seen by humankind. If they get their hands on my donuts, it'll be the end of the universe as we know it. The entire perspective of donuts will be completely changed!! *Okay all jokes aside, I am obviously just doing this to steal your time. You probably have too much of it anyway.*

The people elected as Event Councils are:

★ @Ajay

★ @whk

★ @Twend

★ @Addies

Congratulations! Feel free to check out the Event Council chat to say "Hi."

### 16 May 2021: AmariBot

Violet: Note that the server's Leveling has stopped temporarily, we will be replacing Eli Bot with @AmariBot. EXP might reset but we're still in the process of sorting it out. Expect changes in the coming days.

### 17 May 2021: New Mods

Ran: All trial mods have passed their (admittedly rather short) trial period with flying colours. Each one of them has shown they are willing and able to work as part of the team, so please give your new @Buchou (Mod) members a round of applause!

In addition, with the new moderators being promoted, @Wonton has been elevated to the lofty ranks of Student Council, so give him a round of applause too!

### 19 May 2021: AmariBot Takes Over

Violet: Hey `@everyone`, if you still didn't know our previous XP bot Eli is now officially off the grounds of this server. We will now use @AmariBot as the server XP bot.

Roles obtained through XP will remain the same, for the full list refer to `#rules-and-info`.

**More Server Booster Perks!**

Server boosters now gain XP faster while talking, we really appreciate the @Occult Club for boosting!

**Commands to check levels**

Type `[rank` in `#bots-commands` to check your level.

Type `[lb` to check the leaderboard!

Also note that, you will unlock image perms once you hit level 5

### 24 May 2021: Roles Makeover

Ran: Hey y'all, just to let you know - `#rules-and-info` has had a makeover! Aside from my shiny new banners, we've also made some minor changes to the content too. Most of these are just reiterations of rules that were already in place, but there are one or two new additions, so make sure you read up and familiarise yourselves!

I'm half an hour late announcing it because I was too busy playing Skyrim.

### 29 May 2021: Steam Scams

Wonton: Hey everyone, this is just a reminder to be cautious when clicking on links, this is another scam link. Be sure to avoid it.

This link takes control of your Steam account and sends the same link to your Steam friends. If you receive it from even your Steam friends, avoid the link and report.

### 1 June 2021: Change-Log 9.0

FractalCyclone:
**Change-Log 9.0**

`@Server Updates`

➜ Added the `@Jaka-Jams` role for members who want to participate in Jam sessions!

Find the role in `#roles`, anyone can mention this role to find potential jammers!
➜ Change-Log moved to #announcements.

**Old Changes**

➜ Added `#study-club`

➜ Added `#tech-club`

➜ Added `#cooking-club`

➜ Added new role for misc. events.

➜ Added new category "Hobbies-Interests" (older change)

➜ Added "Anti-Raid mode" (in case of emergency, please ping a staff member)

➜ Updated `#roles` (Manga characters / multiple character selection)

➜ Updated `#suggestion-board` / `#suggestion-box` (older change)

➜ Updated `#affiliated-servers`

➜ Fixed broken links in `#affiliated-servers`

➜ Fixed `#rules-and-info`

➜ Added pronoun roles! Find them in `#roles`

➜ Please welcome `@Chuu` bot! Chuu is the Last.fm bot. Please use the commands in #bots-commands, the prefix is ! and the !help will be pinned in #bots-commands as it is rather long. If you're unaware of what Last.fm is, it is a music tracking website that is really helpful with comparing similar music tastes with fellow server members!

➜ Also welcome `@Annie May` and `@AniSearch`, two anime list bots. Annie May's prefix is a! and AniSearch's prefix is as!

➜ Enabled image permissions for level 1 "Club Newbie" in the following channels:

`#media`

`#merchandise`

`#art-club`

`#cooking-club`

`#light-media-club`

`#emote-suggestions`

➜ Split the Important category into "Important" and "Updates."

➜ VC Channels now require Level 1 to stream/chat. Level 0 can still connect to voice channels to watch and listen!

This is just a light precaution to help prevent VC raids in the future, due to the difficulty in moderating voice channels.

### 5 June 2021: Change-Log 10.0

FractalCyclone:
**Change-Log 10.0**

`@Server Updates`

➜ Added a `@Karaoke` role for our members who want to participate in Karaoke sessions!

Find the role in #roles, anyone can mention this role to find potential participants!

➜ Added the Karaoke VC Channel and `#karaoke-vc-text`. Exclusively for use as a Karaoke booth!

➜ Added a second Music VC Channel.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I just wanted to say I love seeing the activity here and its great to see how engaged the community is with these events!

Additionally, I want to take a moment to again recognize June as Pride Month! I hope you are all having wonderful days! You are all wonderful, beautiful people!

### 7 June 2021: Feedback Form

Kurylo: Greetings fellow K-ON!cord members,

it's the admin with no presence that everyone probably forgot about. Today I wanna announce the arrival of another feedback form survey. To evaluate the state of the server, to gather more indicative and clear thoughts about the community, we decided to open-up yet another survey. Feel free to take your time to read and answer the questions that we have provided in this Google form to give honest feedback to the server and staff as a whole. All answers are highly appreciated! The form is open already and you will be able to submit your feedback till 16 June 2021 7 a.m. EST. Thank you for all the help!

**Form:** https://forms.gle/Z7yHALmdkuwEV1L77
**Deadline: 16 June 2021 - 7 a.m. EST**

Violet: `@Server Updates` ping

We are sorry for the spam pings in #study-club, a raid has occured there.

### 11 June 2021: Data Breach

Ran: As many of you may be aware, there is a Twitter user by the name of "h0nda/h0nde" currently making the rounds on Discord, who has managed to gain access to a trove of email addresses via data breaches (as yet it is unclear where breach came from, but it's unlikely to be Discord), and they are creating accounts with these emails in order to flood servers. If you receive an email asking you to verify a new Discord account created with your email which you did not create yourself, just delete the email and DO NOT click the link to verify. It's unlikely any of your sensitive information is compromised, but updating your passwords and having 2FA enabled is never a bad idea.

Here's a link with a little information on what's going on:
https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/nuz8jj/so\_h0nde\_has\_made\_an\_account\_using\_your\_email/

### 12 June 2021: Change-Log 11.0

Ran:
**Change-Log 11.0**

`@Server Updates`

➜ Added eight pingable character roles for people who want to be pinged when art dumps happen, which you can pick up over in `#roles`. Please don't abuse the ability to ping these roles.

### 13 June 2021

#### New Event Council: 2ii

Kurylo: Greetings fellow K-ON!cord members,

I am here to announce that we have added !2ii to the Event Council team. Congratulations and we'll be looking forward to working with them. For questions, information, applications or similar regarding the Event Council team feel free to shoot me a DM.

#### Change-Log 12.0

FractalCyclone:
**Change-Log 12.0**

`@Server Updates`

➜ Added `#light-comedy-club`

➜ Renamed some category and channel names for our new server theme!

Mostly just added -club to the end. :)

➜ `#memes` will be removed on Wednesday the 16th of June. (see below).

Hello `@everyone` of K-On!cord!

Today we want to introduce a new channel that we've had in our back pocket for awhile. Dad Ran initially introduced this idea to the staff team and together, with the rest of the staff, we've discussed and evolved it for a couple of days into the following plan.

The new channel, `#light-comedy-club`, will be a hub for all the K-On! related memes, as well as K-On!cord server meta memes.

We are introducing this channel with the idea that in the coming days we want to phase out the old `#memes` channel in favor of this new channel for a couple of reasons.

1). We want to cater to the K-On! community, and by molding the meme channel to be relevant to both the K-On! series and our own K-On!cord server meta, we believe this content will be more relatable to everyone and better represent our server.

2) This is in opposition to the current state of the `#memes` channel which we don't believe aligns with our server image and is mostly irrelevant, unrelated content which is often-times in direct contrast to the values of our server.

Additionally, moving forward, there are a few guidelines to the new channel and how it will fit in with our server.

1) Content in `#light-comedy-club` must be directly relevant to either a) the K-On! Series (anime, manga, K-On! College, K-On! High School, or K-On! Shuffle), or b) meta memes from K-On!cord itself.

2) Unrelated memes, low effort weird / shitposting and copy-pasta or text based memes are not allowed in any of our channels.

Thank you!

Ran: One minor addition: level 1 will be required to post/embed images in `#light-comedy-club`, in-keeping with other channels in the K-ON! category.

### 14 June 2021: Change-Log 13.0

Ran:
**Change-Log 13.0**

`@Server Updates`

➜ Added `#automotive-club` for all your transport-related discussion needs. Bikes, cars, trucks, trains, boats and planes all go here.

### 16 June 2021: The Death of Memes 2

Ran: Apologies that I'm a bit late, but now that `#memes` is officially gone, this means a couple things ought to be clarified as we go forward.

1) Any images and memes in `#light-comedy-club` must have a tangible association with **K-ON** or **the server itself**, such as featuring a scene or referencing a gag from the show, or an event within the server. Pasting the face of one of the characters on any old meme in order to make it 'k-on related' doesn't quite cut it I'm afraid.

2) Some memes are allowed in other channels in moderation, but only if they are **relevant to the current topic of conversation;** for example, posting an E3 meme while people are discussing E3 is acceptable.

3) Finally, posting memes outside of `#light-comedy-club` is **not** allowed unless the above applies. This means using any other channel (ie; `#media`) as a de-facto dumping ground for general memes is not permitted, as it would defeat the purpose of removing the channel in the first place.

### 30 June 2021: Server 1 Year Anniversary

Wonton: Happy 1 year anniversary K-ONcord! `@everyone` It's been a fun, eventful 1 year so far and on behalf of the staff team, we are excited to see the server live more and accomplish a lot more! To all the Day 1s, Day 365s and all the days in between, welcome to the K-ONcord and thank you for sticking around to make this server an amazing place.

To celebrate the server's anniversary, the Staff Team, Event Council, and Light Music Squad has prepared a server dub project of some highlights from the K-ON! anime, including the Fuwa Fuwa Time Server Collab featuring you guys!

The links

**Server Dub:** https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/18F6uEKnvb-T6myUZk-q4tSUgkFkrhT6W

**Server Covers:** https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGBC4JrIRwHuRu27tE0UsUfgN6Q7iHqXi

**Dub Project Channel:** `#server-dub`

Some credits:

**Director:** Wonton

**Editor:** Confi

**Scriptwriters:** Confi, Hab, Marty, Racecat, Wonton

**Voice Actors:** Aaron, Ajay, Bear, Confi, Dave, Drippy, Han, Kaiser, Marty, Nth, Pepe, Shibasu, Twi, Weeb, Wonton
**Special Thanks To:** 2ii, Ban, Kurylo
**Participants in the FFT Server Collab:** AzunyanFan4Life, ChrisTheTrumpet, Deehudeeh, e, EarthPanda, Eveloution27, Hansen, Hibiki, hirka, Iphone5se\_boi, Kaiser, K-On!\_Gang, LessTime, oceanrei, okon, Santi Cunha, Shiro Neko, stardorito, strugglesgamingYT2008, Yakun, Wonton

again, thank you all. I love y'all

Violet:

### 1 July 2021

#### Happy Birthday Mugi

Ran: As it is now July 2nd in Japan... **happy birthday to our favourite keyboardist!**

**Change-Log 14.0**

`@Server Updates`

➜ New banner!
➜ `@Buchou (Mod)` is now a lovely shade of pink!
➜ `#birthday-cards` is now open down in the K-ON! section to post tributes, artwork, etc. for character birthdays! For now it will remain open for tributes to Tsumugi until July 2nd has passed in all timezones, then it will reopen on August 21st for Ritsu's birthday.

#### New Minecraft Server

Wonton: `@Game Nights`; Introducing: a new K-ONcord Survival Multiplayer Minecraft Server run by @Liam ! Liam will be running all the operations over in a dedicated server: https://discord.gg/K4njvEuKuZ

The server will be running on Java 1.17

Head over to the #usernames (usernames) channel in that server to be whitelisted in the server.

DM @Liam if you have any questions, and have fun!

### 5 July 2021: Dyno Daily Tags

Ran: As a result of recent feedback (and a bright idea from yours truly), we have restricted the ability to ping the Daily Character roles. These roles will no longer be directly pingable by everyone - instead, members who are level 5 and above can use a simple Dyno command which will ping the corresponding role as normal. These commands are as follows:

```
?dailyyui
?dailymio
?dailyritsu
?dailymugi
?dailyazusa
?dailynodoka
?dailyui
?dailyjun

```

Edit: also these commands are, for the moment, only usable in `#light-media-club`, however we can expand that to other channels should the need arise.

`@Server Updates`

### 17 July 2021: 7000 Members

Wonton: `@everyone` THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR 7000 MEMBERS!

It’s been a pretty fast ride getting here and a lot has changed in a little over a year. This is a great milestone and we couldn’t have done it without all of you, obviously, and the community you’ve helped foster.

With 7k we can change to a public server, and that will probably be done soon. Welcome the new members and cherish the old. Let’s keep growing and fostering a welcoming, kind, and fun community. Love y’all!

the ping brings us back to 6k when?

Mayo:

Ran: damn 7k

FractalCyclone: POG KONCORD

### 18 July 2021: Server Superlatives

Wonton: To celebrate 7K (and how close it was to our server anniversary), we are announcing SERVER SUPERLATIVES!

There are ten (10) superlatives that you can write the Discord tag of the K-ON!cord member that best fits it. Yes, it can be yourself but the member MUST be in K-ON!cord.

On Friday 23 July 2021 the form will close. The winners of each category will win a permanent role of that superlative. Have fun and good luck.

https://forms.gle/36N2nN8KxDwoiV1o9