The eve of the big Feud is upon us, and everyone awaits the start eagerly. I'm fascinated to see how a brief discussion that Derev and I had regarding ideas has turned into this - a fully developed competition, with several layers. I'm sure he has had help from Sildrin, Malisane, and Muz - as well as a few others. But ultimately, he has driven this idea, and followed through with its completion - nice work Derev. Its another testament to your drive.

There are many different facets to leadership. There are the hard skills, like creating competitions, writing, playing games, and awarding medals. Then there are the soft skills like conflict mediation, communication with the team, idea generation, giving praise, and brainstorming. Each individual has a stronger focus, but all are important. In some teams, certain facets of this are not considered important. I'm happy to be on a leadership team where all of those ideas are respected and acknowledged as important - without all of these skills, the team would lose its strength.

With our focus on the House Feud today, I have opted to avoid the competition list, since this is the focus. However, I had a whole stack of awards from all the prior competitions in my inbox, so I have included those below.

Medals:

Crescent with Topaz Star (T) awarded to GRD Lex "Deadman" Darkfire

Crescent with Emerald Star (E) awarded to DJK Eldrad Sin

Crescent with Sapphire Star (S) awarded to SBM Godo Nurok

Crescent with Amethyst Star (A) awarded to GRD Vladek

Crescent with Amethyst Star (A) awarded to SBL Mononoke "Macron" Keibatsu-Goura

Crescent with Emerald Star (E) awarded to SW Shikyo "Rurouni" Keibatsu

Crescent with Sapphire Star (S) awarded to JH Maol Nor Lexu

Crescent with Emerald Star (E) awarded to GRD Adrian Kiarey

Crescent with Sapphire Star (S) awarded to SBL Mononoke "Macron" Keibatsu-Goura

Crescent with Topaz Star (T) awarded to JH Maol Nor Lexu

Crescent with Emerald Star (E) awarded to SW Xayun Erinos

Crescent with Sapphire Star (S) awarded to SW Shikyo "Rurouni" Keibatsu

Crescent with Emerald Star (E) awarded to DA Manesh Sadow

Crescent with Sapphire Star (S) awarded to JH Maol Nor Lexu

Crescent with Emerald Star (E) awarded to SBM Godo Nurok

CF's Awarded to:

Talon, Manesh, Xayun, Ylith, Horus

Legion's of the Scholar awarded to:

Derev, Ruluk, Ylith, Acerbus, Shikyo, Maol, and Macron

Nice work guys!

In your service,

Kat Pridemore

PCON of Naga Sadow

Mistress of the ACC

Speak softly and carry a long whip...