G.A.B. ebony team Home Page

Established 17 August, 1998
Commanding Officer: Admiral Mahasamatman (a.k.a. Penguin Flight)

39	members active
4	members promoted to Admiral
15	members retired
2	members transferred to another team
0	members AWOL
78	members MIA
14	members discharged

This page is for all the members of G.A.B.'s Ebony Team. You can check here for official reference lists for all the team members. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to send me mail. In the table below, the Team Member link will take you to the team member's reference list and information page, and Real Name link will allow you to send mail to the team member.

For those of you in G.A.B., or comtemplating a trade with a G.A.B. member, you may view G.A.B.'s Oath and Code of Conduct. If you feel a member has not dealt fairly with you please let me know.

This list and all references are current as of 07 October, 2014.
For more information on G.A.B., please visit the official web site.

Note on bad addresses: Many AOL users set up their mailboxes to disable mail from outside AOL. These users are marked as bad addresses because I have no way of sending them mail to verify references, and non-AOL users have no way of using them as references. Also, just because a reference is valid when checked doesn't mean it's still valid. People change e-mail addresses, so you may not be able to reach a listed reference.

Active Members

Rank	Team Member	Real Name	Member since
Admiral	Mahasamatman	Sam Black	17 August, 1998
	Lashermtl	Gary Ng	11 March, 1999
Vice Admiral 7 members	Ackbar	Stephane Lafrance	11 March, 1999
	Collester	Stephen Collester	11 November, 1998
	Goldenrod	David Del Vecchio	01 September, 2000
	Jim Lee	Ewout Deurwaarder	16 February, 2000
	TyarA	Bart Kronshorst	16 February, 2000
	Walid	Noah Misch	11 March, 1999
	Zon	Garrhet Noda	12 January, 1999
Captain 10 members	C.J.	Corey Woodall	11 March, 1999
	Coxwell	Phillip Coxwell	19 December, 1999
	Intruder!	Brian Rowe	17 August, 1998
	Korvecdal	Mike Hwang	16 September, 1998
	Landau	David Landau	11 November, 1998
	Many Totems	Wendy Emlinger	12 January, 1999
	Tarquin Varis	Rick LaRue	11 November, 1998
	Wesley Crusher	Helge Blohmer	23 September, 1998
	Yularen	Glenda Akin	11 November, 1998
	Commander 5 members	Bliss	Niklas Lind	26 March, 2002
CrimsonNeo		Mike Shea	16 February, 2000
Dyluk		Rutger Schonis	11 March, 1999
Jodo Kast		Elliot Jenko	01 February, 1999
Nobody		Jaroslav Antos	19 December, 1999
Lieutenant Commander 2 members	_Johan_	Johan Pedersen	16 February, 2000
	Skwoz	Stuart Spencer	11 March, 1999
Lieutenant 11 members	Adam	Adam Moisson	11 March, 1999
	Blackmm	Andrew Fusco	16 February, 2000
	Daddy1	Todd Logan	09 June, 1999
	Emily	Emily Miller	04 January, 2008
	Fek'lhr	Tim Dreher	11 March, 1999
	John Lopez	Matt Fields	16 February, 2000
	Mo2go	Shanen Eyman	02 June, 1999
	One Smart Wookiee	Tennyson Williams	16 February, 2000
	Operative	Zack Ebel	16 February, 2000
	SquirtleDad	Felix Hoefert	16 February, 2000
	Wallaby	Anthony van Veen	16 February, 2000
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) 3 members	Cyber-Garfield	Jeremy McAlpin	11 March, 1999
	Grevin Il-Vec	Ryan Thompson	19 December, 1999
	Shkee	Moe Taylor	17 August, 1998
Ensign 0 members	none

Promoted to Admiral

When a member achieves the rank of Vice Admiral, they are sometimes given the option of running their own team. The following list contains a list of the Admirals who were once members of the Ebony Team.

Rank	Team Member	Real Name	Joined Ebony Team	New Team	Promoted
Admiral	Biology5	Michael Wenzel	19 December, 1999	Blue Biology	10 June, 2000
	Cool Cat Daddy	Shawn M. Gordon	12 January, 1999	Blue Fire	03 March, 1999
	Lashermtl	Gary Ng	11 March, 1999	Internal Affairs	09 August, 2002
	Mitch09	Mike Mitchell	12 January, 1999	Purple Heather	06 August, 1999

Retired members

Sometimes, a member gets tired of trading, or decides to leave G.A.B. for personal reasons. We're always sorry to see them go, but they're welcome back any time they wish to return. Because they have left the trading biz, their profiles are no longer available here.

Transferred members

From time to time, a member will either request a transfer, or will be transferred for other reasons.

Rank	Team Member	Real Name	Joined Ebony Team	New Team	Date of transfer	Reason for transfer
Commander	Krillen	Richard Bignon	16 February, 2000	Deep Space Blue	10 June, 2000	wanted to help out a friend starting a new team
Lieutenant	Saper	Daniel Saper	11 March, 1999	Cobalt	22 March, 1999	AOL member - unreachable from the outside world.

Discharged or Pending Discharge

The following members have either been discharged or are currently pending discharge for one of three reasons.

1. I've lost contact with them. Their status will be "pending discharge" (AWOL) for 90 days from the first invalid contact, at which point they will be discharged (MIA). If you have any information on any of these people, please let me know. These members are free to rejoin when they make contact.

Last Rank	MIA Member	Real Name	Discharge Date
Vice Admiral	Abu	Tom Carter	13 December, 2005
Lieutenant Commander	AceOne4Me	Sawyer Lucy	03 April, 2001
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Alekazaran	Alex Weavers	27 August, 2000
Lieutenant Commander	AlexDMX	Alex Dekhtyar	23 May, 1999
Lieutenant	Argothian Enchanter	Chris Taylor	23 May, 2002
Lieutenant Commander	BizBoneMTG	Cline Bamman	03 April, 2001
Commander	Brunt FCA	Shay Logan	04 April, 2004
Captain	Cabman 77	Chris Barber	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant Commander	Chadly	Chad Morrison	21 September, 2001
Lieutenant Commander	Chagnon	Nick Chagnon	17 September, 1999
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Chas of Earth	Charles Soper	27 August, 2000
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Czar Andy	Andy Goder	03 April, 2001
Lieutenant Commander	Dagger	John Daglish	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant Commander	Dark Jedi	Michael Nevas	06 January, 2000
Lieutenant Commander	Decado	Mauro Locatelli	06 January, 2000
Lieutenant	Donald	George Fulton	21 September, 2001
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Doresh	Kody Bradley	04 April, 2004
Commander	Dusty	Dusty Benson	27 August, 2000
Lieutenant	Dwarf-Lord	Nick Collins	03 April, 2001
Captain	EastwindTraders	Chris Edenfield	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant Commander	Elrond	Chris Keth	26 December, 2002
Lieutenant	Elrond Halfelven	Joseph E. Gill	27 August, 2000
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Emissary	James Seng	03 April, 2001
Lieutenant	EvilJuzam	Harley Benham	03 April, 2001
Captain	Flashmaster	John S. Medina	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant Commander	Flor 2099	Androo J. Koehler	23 May, 2002
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Forty5	Dale Smiedt	13 December, 2005
Lieutenant	Gambler	Colt Gorski	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant Commander	GHolm	Gary Holm	27 August, 2000
Lieutenant Commander	Gillian Scully	Shaun Brooks	03 April, 2001
Lieutenant	Haro113	Scott Jensen	23 May, 2002
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Hazu	Shaun Stewart	04 April, 2004
Captain	Hosb	Mario Hernandez	15 July, 2000
Lieutenant	House	Robert Smith	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant	ItBB01	Brian Bento	13 December, 2005
Commander	Jedi Master Cricket	James Smith	04 April, 2004
Vice Admiral	Julian	Anthony Julian	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant Commander	Justus	Joost Jansen	04 April, 2004
Commander	K Dawg	Bobby Kahn	27 August, 2000
Captain	Kevin Uxbridge	Mayer Winkler	04 April, 2004
Captain	KornPunk23	Patrick Fielder	23 May, 2002
Lieutenant	KunKun	KunQuan Li	26 December, 2001
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Lang	Niklas Herbold	26 December, 2001
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Larz	Lars Birch	13 December, 2005
Lieutenant	LeyDruid	Goss Nuzzo-Jones	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Lone Jedi	Jason Buchanan	26 December, 2001
Lieutenant	Victor Leung	Victor Leung	03 April, 2001
Lieutenant Commander	Malachite	Christopher Sweeters	13 December, 2005
Lieutenant	Matt42	Matthew Hartley	26 December, 2001
Lieutenant	McCracken	Jim and Amy McCracken	03 April, 2001
Lieutenant Commander	Mu330	Craig Harris	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant Commander	Myers	Chuck Myers	13 December, 2005
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Neden Lord	Terry Schell, Jr.	27 August, 2000
Vice Admiral	Nekrataal	Jimmy McPherson	03 April, 2001
Lieutenant	Panknin	Jason Panknin	23 May, 2002
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Paul Ma'dib	James Day	27 August, 2000
Lieutenant	Pax113	Charlie Sharpsteen	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Peto	Peter Machala	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Phred the Baker	James Rowe	27 August, 2000
Lieutenant Commander	Rebels Rule!	John Masuzumi	04 April, 2004
Captain	Shadow865	Daniel Blackford	13 December, 2005
Vice Admiral	Skil	Sjoerd Rutten	13 December, 2005
Lieutenant	Sono_1	Randy Shasteen	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant Commander	Star Craft	Travis Braun	04 April, 2004
Vice Admiral	Star Stuff	Jane Rhodes	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant	thenorm	Norm Wood	27 August, 2000
Lieutenant Commander	TheWalker	Frank Kor	17 September, 1999
Lieutenant	Tin Man	Eric Bueling	13 December, 2005
Lieutenant	Trandoshan	Kevin Diehl	03 April, 2001
Lieutenant Commander	UCB1180	Chris Pella	21 September, 2001
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Uhro	John Pouliot	04 April, 2004
Lieutenant Commander	Uncle Istvan	Mario Petit	23 May, 2002
Lieutenant	Wikett the Wookie	Chris Collins	23 May, 1999
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	Zears	Zach Zears	21 September, 2001
Lieutenant	Zephlite	Christopher M. Gordon	21 September, 2001
Lieutenant Commander	Zkauba	Raymond Dalsand	04 April, 2004
Commander	Zr0e	Joshua Ravitz	13 December, 2005
Lieutenant Commander	Zuckuss	Geoff Brault	21 October, 1999

2. The member has no confirmed references. If a member joins and no references confirm within the first two months, that member is discharged. These members are free to rejoin when they can provide more references.

Team Member	Real Name	Discharge Date
Brazil	Dennis Brazil	07 July, 1999
Dactyl	Dustin Geffre	31 January, 2000
Halcyon	Keiran Halcyon	31 January, 2000
Hall	James Hall	28 May, 1999
Justin Clark	Justin Clark	17 March, 2000
Magic Trader	Chris Hoffman	07 July, 1999
Matusko	Gary Matusko	12 March, 1999
Montuoro	Ryan Montuoro	17 March, 2000
Trimmer	Richard Erwin	12 March, 1999

3. The member commits a G.A.B. rules violation. If a member violates any part of the G.A.B. Oath, or otherwise exhibits poor trading practices, that member receives a dishonorable discharge. These members may or may not be permitted to rejoin, depending on the severity of their violation. Luckily, these are fairly rare.

Last Rank	Team Member	Real Name	Discharge Date	Reason
Lieutenant dishonorable discharge	Big Mike	Michael Abiva	15 April, 2000	On the bad traders list.
Lieutenant dishonorable discharge	Martok	Jean-Marc Forest	13 January, 2002	Failed to carry through on a trade. On the bad traders list.
Lieutenant Commander dishonorable discharge	Singh	Gurpreet Singh	17 May, 1999	Rules violation - used himself as a trading reference - added to bad traders list.
Lieutenant Commander dishonorable discharge	Y2J	Chris Jericho	21 February, 2000	Submitted a large number of bogus references.
Lieutenant dishonorable discharge	Z'ha'dum	M. D. Poindexter	19 September, 2001	Bad attitude, repeated violations of GAB standards of conduct.

The Significance of Rank

The member's rank indicated the number of confirmed good trading references he or she has attained. Upon reaching the rank of Vice Admiral, the member may be assigned command of a G.A.B. team or special duty (at the discretion of the Grand Admiral). The rankings are as follows:

Rank		# of confirmed references
Ensign		none
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)*		1
Lieutenant		2-5
Lieutenant Commander		6-15
Commander		16-30
Captain		31-50
Vice Admiral		51+
Admiral		51+ (and a Team Leader or on special assignment)
Grand Admiral		there's only one

^* Note that Lieutenant (Junior Grade) is not an official G.A.B. rank, but I use it here to indicate that a member has exactly 1 good trading reference. Any member with this rank has an actual G.A.B. rank of Lieutenant.

The icons used in the members' table are reprentative of the U.S. Navy's collar insignia. This does not constitute an endorsement of the G.A.B. Ebony Team by the U.S. Navy, nor does it constitute an endorsement of the U.S. Navy by the G.A.B. Ebony Team. Your mileage may vary. All rights reserved. An important part of a nutritious breakfast.