Event History

Socorra has been a great help to me as Grand Master since joining my staff over half a year ago. Her help in discussing my plans for member experience and where all the various projects I had going were at at organizing and moving things forward has been helpful. While I will let future awards speak for her accomplishments on specific projects, her support of me while continuing to be a rockstar within her Clan have more than proven she has earned this medal. Congratulations Socorra on your Ruby Scepter.

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2023-01-06 00:01:45 UTC

Thran continues to be a force to be reckoned with, no matter what position he's serving (whether as my Praetor or Kamjin's Proconsul) and remains the most instrumental part of my staff. Since I last recognized Thran's contributions, he has continued plugging away at a multitude of projects to make the possessions system better for the entirety of the club.

During the last several months, Thran has:

• Reviewed every current item prototype release to date (dating all the way back to Evant's term) to assign them to a Regent release filter in the prototype research page, over a thousand items, to make it easier for members to filter and search for items from a specific release
• Led the deploy of our third booster release in May, working with Magistrate Korvis. He personally added 10/18 prototypes to the system, did our mandatory quality check on all 18 entries, and stocked each of those items to the store
• Completed, just like Planetary Assets, almost the entirety of the Land Vehicle Upgrades project by himself, which included the full development of well over 100 new prototypes, building a pricing structure for those items, eliminating the old modification aspect type and replacing it with a new one, adding the new upgrade slots (and aspect type change) to every single member land vehicle item in our system, inputting all 121 new upgrades into the system as prototypes, running several quality control checks to ensure spelling and grammar accuracy as well as proper input and creation of the stocking rules, and finally going back into those item prototype pages and stocking them to the new store
• Came up with the initial concept of a "chop shop" for our land vehicle upgrade store, which eventually evolved into honoring one of our greatest members, Frosty Tarentae
• Has hit the ground running on the Capital Space Vehicle Upgrades project, compiling a list of 32 potential upgrades so far. This is a project I specifically saved for Thran, and he'll be the one doing most of the development on this project.

Thran continues to be an active participant in every discussion we hold, literally a beacon of activity. I would be lying if I said that he wasn't my right hand man, and it is such an incredible joy working with him. He's always got the club's interests at heart, and it shows. His contributions and sheer effort he puts into everything he does speaks for itself. There is zero doubt in my mind that this club would be a lot less enjoyable if Thran were not in it.

For his contributions to the entirety of the Brotherhood, I hereby request this Ruby Scepter for Thran (Thran did things, now Thran gets medal).

Anubis, 2022-10-31 15:17:37 UTC

Noobi has been hard at work this year churning out item releases, new policies like Artifact and Dominion policies, and successfully implementing weapons upgrades as a new possessions system. His energy is boundless, which shows from his constant input on DC discussions, the 34 comps he's run, and the 79 he has participated in, plus hundreds of clusters. He also played an important role in getting our new RP system tested and running, and has racked up almost 20,000 words of RP activity.

Keep it up, Noobi!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-06 16:14:17 UTC

Over the last seven months, Revak has kept up a high level of activity, participating in 143 competitions and earning three dozen crescents, plus 167 CFs, 112 CEs, 112 CGs, and 61 CIs. He has also helped the Exarch develop RP as a club-wide activity and contributed about 25,000 words of written activity across fiction, RP, and RO.

As Consul, Revak organized 16 competitions and helped push his clan to the second-highest participation rate in GJW XV: Ascension while also participating in all 29 competitions himself. Revak has done a great job keeping COU busy and active and is a regularly contributor to leadership discussions.

Great work, Revak!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-06 03:19:11 UTC

Kamjin "Other Mav" Lap'lamiz has been one of the busiest people in the club, holding down both Consul and RhoJ (and LHoJ before that) while also churning out absurd levels of activity. In the last seven months, he has participated in 162 competitions, winning 57 crescents, a GN, and an SN, written roughly 50,000 words across all fiction activities, earned 317 CFs, 127 CIs, 149 CEs, 165 CGs, and participated in all 29 GJW XV competitions in a desperate search for the Mother. He keeps himself busy.

As Consul, he organized or co-organized 24 competitions, including the Tal v. CSP event and the 12 competition CSP-only Dark Times Saga conclusion. Since becoming CON last October, CSP has enjoyed a kind of renaissance, with activity on the rise and a number of new and returning members along for the ride. We're lucky to have you, Kam. Keep up the good work!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-06 02:29:29 UTC

Drac has been busy in the year since his last medal. For half of that time, he has served his third term as Fist. Aside from being a trusted and consistent adviser to me and Evant (and his fellow Dark Councilors, for that matter), he took it upon himself to drastically (Dracstically?) overhaul DB gaming: he abolished traditional PvP as a separate and overly complex activity, replacing it with a more accessible and popular system that rewards wins and losses equally; he reworked the GMRG Society to end its reliance on the gaming leaderboard, opening maximum society advancement to a much wider audience; and he conceived and successfully instituted the casual gaming queue, which has driven sustained DB gaming activity to levels rarely seen outside of vendettas.

Few DCers have come into office with so many big ideas and actually accomplished all of their goals; I'm not sure anyone has done it in just six months before Drac. In short, he nailed it.

Congratulations!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-04-07 01:18:03 UTC

Halc did, does, and will continue to do work for the Brotherhood. That's who he is. Since his last recognition, Halc has participated in 103 competitions, co-organized 3 more, earned two novae, 22 crescents, 29 clusters, and I gather was generally a pain the ass of the Dark Council.

Since coming to the Master at Arms office, Halc has used his prior knowledge and experience (because he's an old ass DBer and a previous Master at Arms) to support our efforts.

The real work of the MAA Office comes in the day to day work of approving and denying medal requests, processing appointments and resignations, managing competitions (and manually editing competitions) – and knowing the nuances of our database to make competitions work (for instance, switching competition archetypes to allow manual addition of participants, and then switching it back). Like all that came before him and those that will come after - Halc's biggest contributions are related to the discussions that occur among the staff about medals and promotions. That happens with every single sacramental award (and many of the merit), every equite and higher promotion – that is where the bulk of the work occurs.

Enjoy your red club, Halcy von Doodle.

Howlader Taldrya, 2022-01-06 18:28:31 UTC

Kordath is without a doubt a premier leader in this club. There really is no other way to put it. He’s a pillar within Arcona, a paragon of activity and leadership. He has devoted countless hours to this club, both as a member and as a leader, even after reaching the heights of Elder rank.

Since his last promotion, he has organized 48 competitions, many of which were long-running club-wide competitions. He has also participated in 242 competitions. This has netted him a ton of clusters (34 Fire, 166 Ice, 37 Earth, 36 Graphite), a respectable number of crescents (2 Diamond, 7 Ruby, 20 Amethyst, 22 Sapphire, 10 Emerald, 4 Topaz, 3 Quartz), 5 PoBs and 3 LoS’s. During the last Vendettas, he scored a Gold Nova, a Silver Nova, a Bronze Nova, 12 Seals of Enmity, and 14 Seals of Vision. When he is not doing all the competitions, he is ACCing, having finished 8 matches and judged 32. His keyboard also goes brrrr outside the ACC, where he has written a total of 53,854 words of fiction. He passed 9 SA courses, gained 2 degrees, and has graded 6 courses. Finally, he received 2 Scrolls of Foundation and 8 Scrolls of Indoctrination!

In addition to his regular activity, he continues to work within multiple roles within the club. He had served as an ACC judge for over 2 years, and Turel’s recc will provide more insight into his work there. He is also finishing up his tenure as Arcona’s Rollmaster, a job that he’s held since January of 2020.

As Rollmaster, he works closely with new members by assessing their needs and helping to guide them through the process. For example, he recently helped one new join who had been stuck for a couple of weeks on the Trial of Identity. As Rollmaster, he has worked directly with 28 new joins. Of those, 11 remain active members of the club. He has seen 6 of them through to the rank of Knight. Knowing that his tenure is coming to an end, Kord has been working with newer members to get them ready to take over for him. He has been assisting them with applications and teaching them the ropes of leadership in our Clan.

From a project standpoint, he has also taken point in world-building through the Selen Development Project competition series. Once the judging was done on each of these competitions, he worked with Grot to facilitate translating the winning entries into wiki entries. He also worked closely with a few other Arconans to draft a lengthy proposal regarding changes to the Arconan fleet. Upon receiving the go-ahead, he took responsibility for purchasing and reorganizing the clan possessions. He continues to be instrumental with our Fleet, helping to plan out the best way to utilize our funds to have the strongest fleet for our Clan, along with how we would utilize the fleet fictionally.

On a more personal note, Kord has been instrumental to my success in Arcona. He showed me how to be a leader, pulling me up when I came over to this Clan. Working closely with him taught me a lot and I will be forever grateful for him. He also has been a steady hand to help guide me when real-life stuff knocked me off my feet. His dedication and friendship have been paramount to my ability to continue on.

He is a friendly and helpful presence no matter what the venue. Discord, Telegram, Hangouts, he is there (though he may not necessarily be awake), cracking jokes, sharing knowledge, and just generally being awesome. He is always quick to hype an event or to congratulate others for a promotion or an award.

I honestly don’t know what I would do without him. He is a huge asset to Arcona and to this club. He spends countless hours actively helping to make the DJB a more fun and interesting place. As such, I am proud to recommend him for a Ruby Scepter. Congratulations on your new RS Kord!

Dr. Ben, 2021-12-30 19:29:00 UTC

I honestly don't know how someone can do all the things that Arch does and still be considered sane. He's been a long-time member of Odan-Urr, is the current Exarch and Right Hand of Justice, all while putting up big numbers and burning through competitions in his spare time between work, family, and other projects.

In Odan-Urr, Arch's presence has always been more than welcome. He's always willing to guide and teach others, support the Clan and it’s endeavors and offers to do the little things that are often overlooked. For example, he recently went through our entire library of Clan fictions, sorted them in chronological order, and assigned them numbers to provide us with a more straightforward and organized catalog.

Recently, he played a significant role in planning for our Clan's reconstruction and drafting the document used to propose our new fictional direction and provide ideas for how we currently operate as a Summit. His insight, especially from an Ex-Consul's perspective, has dramatically improved how the Summit works by reducing waste and alleviating many of the issues of more bloated Summits. Additionally, while planning our new storyline, Arch contributed fresh ideas. While I can't provide details, as the story is unfolding, his experienced eyes on the project helped bring it all together.

Now for some numbers, since his last award, he's participated in 224 competitions earning himself 14 Crescents with Diamond Stars, 20 Crescents with Ruby Stars, 41 Crescents with Amethyst Stars, 36 Crescents with Sapphire Stars, 17 Crescents with Emerald Stars, 7 Crescents with Topaz Stars and 2 Crescents with Quartz Stars. Fiction wise he's written a total of 12,773 words in 2 ACC battles and 14 Fiction Activities, earning himself 39 Clusters of Ice. For gaming, he's gained 1 Pendant of Blood, 37 Clusters of Fire, and 4 Clusters of Earth in 13 Gaming Activities. He's also earned 3 Dark Side Scrolls, 1 Scroll of the Master, 11 Legion of the Scholar, and 1 Seal of Loyalty. For his efforts during the last RoS, Arch had full bin participation and earned 2 Gold Nova, 3 Silver Nova, 2 Bronze Nova, and 14 Seals of Enmity. He has also completed 7 Shadow Academy courses and earned 2 Degrees. While not only a consumer of competitions, Arch has also organized 41 competitions, many of those for our 10th Anniversary Event and as QUA of House Sunrider.

Arch, I can't say it enough. Thank you immensely for the effort you have put into this Clan and the Club as a whole. We wouldn't be where we are today if not for volunteering all your time and skills. You’ve more than earned this Ruby Scepter, Congratulations!

Ambassador Revak K'Urr, 2021-12-30 18:05:00 UTC

Rhylance only very recently stepped up to lead Arcona, but has accomplished a lot over the past two years, working as Proconsul of the Clan as well as part of the gaming staff with the Fist. He has participated in an incredible 372 different competitions spanning 3 different vendettas, organized another 76 competitions, and earned a range of novae and crescents for his skills and talents as a member. For all his work as a leader in a Clan and in the gaming community, he has earned this Ruby Scepter. Congratulations Rhylance.

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2021-08-20 03:20:29 UTC