Tisto Kingang is a member that needs no introduction; he’s known for his boundless energy—which earned him the nickname of ‘puppy’ from me early on, as he legitimately reminded me of a hyperactive puppy—and creativity in the family that is Odan-Urr. He is also one of my few members that earned the title of ‘man with many faces’. I say this as, since the moment I joined the COU Summit team as Aedile of House Hoth, he started as Tisto Kingang, changed to Azha Mos, then to Alifal Bav—the character that I referred to as ‘Falafel’ when I forgot how to spell it, then stuck to that afterward—and back to Tisto Kingang.

In my eyes, one of the main qualities that define the higher echelons of the Equite ranks is leadership. However, I will let one of the others joining me in this recommendation cover Tisto’s time in an official capacity, as it was before my time in Odan-Urr. In the time I have been on this team, he’s shown my own belief on what a leader should be: one that leads by example. Tisto Kingang is always the first to provide the rallying cry to the other members when an event launches, urging his fellows into activity by hyping the particular competition that he’s done while showing a running number of just how many of these he has completed. To those who do not know him, it would seem as though Tisto were bragging; in truth, it is anything but. He challenges others to meet or overcome his own level of completion in any event. In the recent House event, The Price of Freedom, Tisto participated in every competition available whilst urging others to do the same. At the end, he kept a tally of points earned as the competitions closed to maintain the excitement over who would place. Despite an overall placement of fifth in this event, Tisto showed how good a sport he is by congratulating the winners.

This is not the only time Tisto has tracked such things without it being his responsibility. In the monthly Scimitar of Hoth competition—we release the names and points a day before the competition closes—he goes through each member’s activity and sorts it with a fine-toothed comb to ensure the points are exact. If there were any inconsistency in the points spread between mine and his results, Tisto will pull me aside to ask. This is a quality I encourage, as it shows the spirit of a true leader—one who does not require being in a position to confirm that everyone is receiving fair points on what they’ve earned. And, during this process, he is not checking his own score, but everyone else’s. This is not the limit of his activity, however.

In the time since his promotion to Equite II (early December of 2016), Tisto has earned a Steel Cross and a Dark Cross. Since that Dark Cross, Tisto has participated in 50 competitions—pulling in eleven Seals of Wrath for participation in the Twelfth Great Jedi War—completed four ACC Battles and passed seven Shadow Academy courses. In this time, he has earned a Crescent with Ruby Star, three Crescents with Amethyst Stars, a Crescent with Sapphire Star, two Crescents with Emerald Stars, two Crescents with Topaz Stars and a Crescent with Quartz Star. Additionally, Tisto has earned a Scroll of Indoctrination for his recruit—Jack Sewet—reaching Journeyman One whilst pulling in one hundred forty-nine Clusters of Fire, thirteen Clusters of Graphite and twenty-seven Clusters of Ice.

In my mind, there is none more deserving of the rank of Equite III. Tisto, thank you for all you have done and your continued dedicated service to House Hoth and Clan Odan-Urr. You were the first to welcome me to Odan-Urr and I’m proud to be part of this eclectic family. Congratulations.

Celevon Edraven Erinos
Quaestor, House Hoth of Clan Odan-Urr

Adept Celevon Werd'a, 2018-03-30 02:33:03 UTC

Tisto has been a steady presence in Odan-Urr and Hoth, offering to provide assistance in whatever way was needed. His pure activity numbers are impressive but in my recommendation, I'd like to focus on his extracurricular work for a big Hoth project: its Wiki updates. The call for volunteers was put out by the Quaestor, one which Tisto enthusiastically replied to and applied his efforts towards.

Tisto has assisted the House Hoth's wiki efforts primarily through the creation of two centralizing documents. These consist of the Hoth timeline and a collection of all Hoth wiki pages. For the former, he created a two-page document tracking back Hoth's activities since the fall of New Tython to the current timeframe. This required research into all its past wiki pages (which were woefully out of date at the time of this page's creation) and individual research into facts that were never quite written down. For the latter, this was a one-page list of current Hoth wiki pages served as a key starting point to the larger project efforts themselves and requires a bit of digging on the wiki site, since Odan-Urr page tend to have way too many orphan links.

These efforts not only required Tisto to do a lot of the dirty work in terms of research but it assisted the Hoth Summit's management of the overall wiki project. Due to his considerable activity levels, his efforts as a BTL, and his assistance in the House wiki project so far, I believe that Tisto Kingang is worthy of the rank of Equite 3, both in activity an community spirit.

I am proud to count him as a fellow Odanite and I can't wait to see what he gets up to next. Congratz on your promotion to Equite 3!!!

gives one free no-hug token

Aura Ta'var
PCON, Odan-Urr

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var, 2018-03-22 01:08:28 UTC

I have known Tisto fka Vadin fka Azha fka Tisto fka Azha fka Alifal kna Tisto Kingang for a while now. In fact we both became leaders in Hoth on the same day way back in 2015. He was my BTL and I was his Aedile it was during this time out home New Tython was invaded and destroyed but the vile GM Pravus. Tisto and I bonded and joined forces in our few harrowing few months in leadership.

He quickly joined me in rallying the House away from shock and horror of our loss to use it to forge a new and brighter future now only for the Clan but for House Hoth as well. He was instrumental in helping me run events and keeping the members engaged throughout this difficult time.

Tisto was also a godsend when it came time for us to sit down and create a proposal for Hoth’s new home. He immediately jumped on board with ideas and again encouraged House members to give us their ideas to help us create one of the finests new planets in the DJB universe. His spirit and dedication to that project was only surpassed but his real life knowledge of planetary science. With every idea he fact checked it to see if it was remotely possible within the realm of real science.

It’s not only his passion, drive, spirit and motivational abilities that make me proud to recommend Tisto for his Equite 3 promotion. He is a great friend, a dedicated member and a person i believe will make a good leader within the DJB one day.

So Tisto congratulations on Equite 3 and I hope to see you grow even more as a member and a leader within the club.

Edgar Drachen, former QUA of House Hoth

Edgar Drachen, 2018-03-25 15:52:36 UTC

Tisto's a fixture in these parts. He's managed to take the enthusiasm and optimism of a brand new member and carry that uninterrupted through into the mid, and now upper, equite ranks. It's a rare aspect of the DB experience that Tisto won't make an effort at. And when those efforts earn him a victory, he doesn't gloat. More impressively, when he doesn't succeed, Tisto doesn't give up. He doesn't brood over it or even get discouraged. Instead, he redoubles his efforts while maintaining a positive and friendly attitude.

That's a rare quality and something I want to hold up as an example to everyone in Odan-Urr. More generally, Tisto is a key cheerleader for competitions and just activity in general. He's a constant, friendly presence on multiple Telegram channels. Even though it's been a little while now since he was last on the summit, he remains a leader through his daily conduct.

Congrats on the promo, kid.

Alethia Archenksova
Consul, Odan-Urr

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2018-03-26 02:05:06 UTC