Announcements.
As most of you may already know it by now, the 85e has finally been crowned champion of the RGL League 1 (Season 4) after an intense and close competition. We had to fight until the very last moment to take the victory (speaking of it, the video from the 66th should be coming soon, will start editing today most likely) and that was a tournament for which the 85e and its members had to do some sacrifices but winning the trophy after not even 5 months of existence, over great regiments such as the 77y, K-KA, 33rd, 66th, 15thYR and obviously 17e, making it worth it overall.
Years after the 14e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne won the NWL, a french regiment was finally on top of the EU community again. I can't quite express the feeling I, as a somewhat 'old' player (been here for nearly 6 years nows), saw this regiment growing, takes its first competitive victories but more importantly, developp as a group of friends who, in the victory, same as within the defeat, respect eachothers and aim only at surpassing themselves in a competitive yet enjoyable atmosphere.
If there are obviously a few individuals who worked more than others in order for us to reach us such a high level in such a few times, there is no denying we won the RGL
as a group and that is as a group that we'll be looking to the next challenges awaiting the 85e.
A big thanks to all the 85e members who trusted their leadership without any concession, showed excelent activity and will to improve themselves, making it possible to go that far. We're the only responsable for our own sucess, no doubt about it. But I also wanted to thanks all the people who supported us since start, they're not many, and who believed this regiment could achieve something in what looks like, for some others, as a dying community. You may like or not like us, that will always be up to you, but you can't take away what we have accomplished so far, and are yet to accomplish.
Unfortunately, as no good news come without a certain amount of drawbacks, we're sad to announce that the Lieutenant
Haze 
, the Caporal-Fourrier
LeBrave , the Grenadier
Muha 
, and the Soldat de Deuxième
Marxeil 
are no longer part of the regiment since a few days already and have been heading towards the 66th Berkshire Regiment. They were all, to different extend, important actors in the RGL Season
and our sucess will always remain their success, no matter what people can say about it. The 85e wanted to thank them for their implication within the regiment and wish them a very best of luck in their new structure. May the 66th bring you your loads of victories and good moments.
Due to some IRL priorities, the Grenadier
Creativity and the Lieutenant Colonel
Gandalf won't have time to fullfill their respective commitments in the next months, and are consequently moved to the reserve of the regiment. Would they find time again, that they would gladly be welcomed back at the exact same ranks they were before joining the reserve. We wanted to thank both of them for their amazing dedication to the regiment, especially Gandalf who, after Blitz couldn't find the time to lead the regiment on his own, took over the 85e leadership in a spectacular manner and brang us where we currently are. He kept the necessary amount of cohesion within the regiment, at the most important moment, and it certainly wasn't an easy task. I was glad to serve under the orders of such a man, that I'm pround to consider now as a friend. May he take a deserved rest so he can come back to us stronger than ever.
As per consequences, a few promotions seemed in order :
- The Capitaine
Blitz , one of the creator of the regiment, is promoted to the highest position of the 85e, to the rank of Colonel after he went back from a small inactivity period. I, same as any of the 85e members, look forward to server under the order of someone who proved loyalty, kindness and carring are also important values in order to keep that positive atmopshere we want to have in the regiment in the months to come.
- In order to help him in this hard and challenging task which is to keep the 85e within the top of the EU community, I, Soldat de Première
Tardet , have been promoted to the position of Capitaine, effectively second in command of the regiment. I'm honored of the trust I was granted of, and will dedicate myself, in the next month, to show this trust wasn't miss misplaced. I will be mainly in charge of the official diplomacy of the regiment, organizing the events, and possibly leading aswell.
- After been promoted to take care of the european players joining the 85e, something he has been doing quite well, the Sergent
Dren , has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, effectively third in command of the regiment. I don't know many people who contributed more than Dren does to this positive atmopshere in the 85e and is also certainly one of our most effective player on the battlefield. But he also played a major role in our RGL sucsess against the 17e, taking the position of ingame leader with the former Adjudant
Maharbaal. I look forward to work with someone I respect and value probably more than anyone else in this community.
- Speaking about it, the Adjudant
Maharbaal has been promoted to the rank of Sous-Lieutenant, effectively fourth in command of the regiment. Same as Dren, and since the start of the regiment, Maharbaal has showed a flawless dedication to the regiment and his those trouble times, it is important the regiment can count on one of its most important figures to remain loyal and active. His ingame skills as much as his administrative ones will be of a great help for the regiment.
- For his high performances in all the RGL matches, the Caporal Fourrier
Tibérias is promoted to the special rank of Caporal Fourrier de Première. Even while not having the responsabilities of a commanding officer, he is definetly one of the most important figure of the regiment and got the same power as any member of the Etat-Major. We hope he will continue to perform at such a high level and will also bring pride to the regiment by performing in other non-regimental competitions.
- Finally, the Soldat de Deuxième
Kennedy , pupille de la nation, has been promoted to the rank of Adjudant. While Kennedy was in charge of the Grenadier Company in the 66th, a regiment which has proven to be one of the best in the EU after winning the last season of the NWL, he took the high risk to accept the offer to join the 85e while nothing was granted yet and help the french community moving forward on the competitive scene. For his dedication, his fine mettle and in-game prowess, the 85e is proud to have him among our ranks.
We're also glad to welcome back three of our most important and dedicated members, the Grenadiers
Centurion and Grenadier
Plomotheus as well as our Soldat de Première
Verox . We hope to prove them they have made the right choice by coming back in order to help the regiment in those difficult times.
Its also worth saying that the Aide de Camp
Clash will soon be back to activity relatively soon. We're all impatiently waiting for his return.
They're an important numbers of decisions which will be taken for the future of the regiment in the next days/weeks, announced or not on this thread. Our main focus for now will be to bring back the regiment to attend normal LBs events, while trying to remain focused on the groupfighting side, just less than we used to be while playing the RGL as well as an important recruitement period.
The next competitive events in which you will be able to see the 85e are :
- The 10v10 Regimental Groupfighting hosted by Price & Herishey where despite winning the RGL, we're no longer necesseraly the favorite of. We still hope being capable of doing a decent showing in what promess to be an amazing event.
- The Ligue Impériale, an internal 1v1 line event within the french community hosted by Wellington, which should hopefully start soon.
- The NWL next season, which should hopefully start soon aswell.
And don't forget the 85e is still reruiting EU players. If you not afraid of eating baguettes for breakfast, fancy beautiful blue uniforms, and like ze french accent, then we're awaiting for your application on our forum, no matter who you're!
If you're still here, thanks for taking the time to read what looks like another Tardet's novel. Feel free to reach me on steam/PM or even on this thread if you have any other questions remaining. Oh, and thread updated.
