Aurora "Aura" Ta'var

Event ID: 165641
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 4
Requested by: Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae
Primary reason: ACC Battles fought on or before 2017-07-05

Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-07-05 23:30:27 UTC

Event ID: 165573
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 4
Requested by: Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae
Primary reason: ACC Battles fought on or before 2017-07-03

Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-07-03 23:30:27 UTC

Event ID: 165054
Award: Grand Cross
Quantity: 1
Non-site XP: 64 XP
Requested by: Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Primary reason: Blade's only been in COU for four months. To be honest, that's kind of hard to wrap my mind around because she's become absolutely integral to every aspect of the clan. I'm just going to spit out the numbers to get them out of the way, because, while they're impressive, they're the least interesting thing Blade's done for us. 21 competitions organized, 107 participated in. 22.5 thousand words of fiction, not counting all of the personal fic and the microstories she posts in chat. 23 crescents, 11 CGs, 17 CEs, 34 CIs, and 732 CFs. Yowza.

"So this girl's active. So what? Lots of people are active." Yeah, but none of those people are our Rollmistress. Most people view RM through the narrow scope of emailing new joins and shuffling them up to JM4. Blade's redefined it as a community organizer for the whole clan. She tracks every member's status and made sure to get to know everyone she could. She's one of the first people to start a conversation on the clan Telegram channel in the morning and frequently closes out the day with her trademarked sleepy doge pics. She's adapted the fiction chat daily question concept to a semi-regular clan character development prompt, and on top of that she tracks every member's answers and makes them publicly available for other writers. Blade's run several fiction and graphics comps that explicitly require members to involve other members' characters, and then made sure that everyone in the clan had a chance to see all the entries (with each entrant's permission). In a club where comp entries are all too often 'fire and forget' items that go unseen by anyone besides the comp organizers, this was a fantastic way to showcase the variety of talent we have in COU. More generally, she's constantly collaborating with new and established writers to develop their characters and the relationships they have with their clanmates. Oh, and she runs frequent training sessions for JA that several members have taken advantage of. And of course, it goes without saying that she does all the normal RM stuff as well.

Blade, a GC doesn't fully express how grateful Turel and I am for everything that you do, but it's a start. Congrats on your first Grand Cross!

Alethia Archenksova
Proconsul, Odan-Urr

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2017-06-23 00:25:39 UTC
Additional reasons: I've often said that anyone who doubts the validity of the Rollmaster position need only look at COU's very own Rollmistress for an example of RM done right. Blade has been an absolute asset to COU and an essential part of our sustained growth since taking the position. It's more accurate to call her our community manager than what most in the DB associate with the rollmaster position. She certain takes care of the "pups" but she is in the channels day in and day out creating content, hyping competitions, spotlighting member works and achievements and generally looking out for all of COU's members.

In addition to all the statistics laid out by Arch, Blade recently not only got first place in the Desperate Measures coop event with Clan Taldyran but she was the only member in either Clan to have a perfect 16/16 competition participation. That's the kind of leader Blade is, front and center in the trenches with her people.

Please accept this small token of our gratitude for all you do for the COU community.

Turel Sorenn
Consul, Clan Odan-Urr

Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-22 17:15:34 UTC

Aurora, or Blade as I have known her, is one of my newer judges but one of my most reliable. She can always be counted on to bring a hardline analytical view to the judgement process. She is very systems based, working with a focus on as exact a reasoning as possible. It is this perspective that Blade brings to all discussions within the ACC Staff, as each judgement often becomes a group effort at least a few times during the process. In that way, she influences each and every judgement. Even the ones she isn't directly involved in.

Since her last merit, Blade has successfully completed 9 battle judgements where she has taken point and a single qualification exam. In that time frame, only two judges managed to complete more and even then it was only by one match. That is no easy feat. It is simple to shrug off a judgement as just picking numbers arbitrarily and declaring a winner but that is far from the case. In Blade's case, she often takes 2-3 hours to complete a single judgement while being as meticulous as possible and not leaving anything ambiguous. If she has a question, she won't complete the judgement until it has been convincingly answered with no room for error.

I am honored to put up my own recommendation along with the others to see her granted a token of our collective gratitude. For all that she has done and continues to do. Congratulations, Aurora.

Atra Ventus
Combat Master of the Brotherhood

Darth Renatus, 2017-06-22 21:44:06 UTC

Event ID: 165127
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 2
Requested by: Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae
Primary reason: 1000 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #3782 and #3790)

Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-06-22 23:30:42 UTC

Event ID: 165100
Award: Crescent with Amethyst Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 75.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [COU] Deeper Look Fiction Comp
Requested by: Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the [COU] Deeper Look Fiction Comp competition.

Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-22 17:49:08 UTC

Event ID: 165036
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 4
Requested by: Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae
Primary reason: 2000 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #3766 and #3782)

Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-06-20 23:30:46 UTC

Event ID: 164997
Award: Crescent with Ruby Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 100.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: Who Wants To Live Forever?
Requested by: Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the Who Wants To Live Forever? competition.

Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-20 00:27:53 UTC

Event ID: 164946
Award: Cluster of Graphite
Quantity: 2
Competition: The Flowers of the Kiast System
Requested by: Edgar Drachen
Primary reason: Participation in the The Flowers of the Kiast System competition.

Edgar Drachen, 2017-06-19 04:27:35 UTC

Event ID: 164938
Award: Crescent with Emerald Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 25.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: Spring Sudoku - Mobile Game
Requested by: Edgar Drachen
Primary reason: For achieving 3rd place in the Spring Sudoku - Mobile Game competition.

The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.

Edgar Drachen, 2017-06-19 04:27:06 UTC

Event ID: 164775
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 13
Requested by: Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae
Primary reason: 6500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #3750, #3751, #3761, and #3766)

Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-06-14 23:30:46 UTC

Event ID: 164734
Award: Crescent with Diamond Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 200.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: Desperate Measures: A COU-TAL event
Requested by: Champion Rajhin Cindertail
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the Desperate Measures: A COU-TAL event competition.

The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.

Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 03:39:21 UTC

Event ID: 164721
Award: Crescent with Amethyst Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 75.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [Desperate Measures] Run-On
Requested by: Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Run-On competition.

Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-14 03:15:51 UTC

Event ID: 164716
Award: Crescent with Amethyst Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 75.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [Desperate Measures] Coop Fiction
Requested by: Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Coop Fiction competition.

Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-14 03:13:31 UTC

Event ID: 164714
Award: Crescent with Emerald Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 25.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [Desperate Measures] Solo Fiction
Requested by: Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
Primary reason: For achieving 3rd place in the [Desperate Measures] Solo Fiction competition.

Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-14 02:37:25 UTC

Event ID: 164699
Award: Crescent with Amethyst Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 75.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [Desperate Measures] Poetry
Requested by: Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Poetry competition.

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2017-06-14 00:26:20 UTC

Event ID: 164690
Award: Crescent with Amethyst Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 75.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [Desperate Measures] Battle Plan
Requested by: Howlader Taldrya
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Battle Plan competition.

Howlader Taldrya, 2017-06-14 00:19:57 UTC

Event ID: 164684
Award: Crescent with Amethyst Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 75.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [Desperate Measures] Single Player Gaming (Flash) II
Requested by: Champion Rajhin Cindertail
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Single Player Gaming (Flash) II competition.

The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.

Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 00:13:26 UTC

Event ID: 164678
Award: Crescent with Ruby Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 100.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [Desperate Measures] [COU-TAL] Multiplayer Gaming (PVP)
Requested by: Champion Rajhin Cindertail
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] [COU-TAL] Multiplayer Gaming (PVP) competition.

The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.

Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 00:11:54 UTC

Event ID: 164672
Award: Crescent with Amethyst Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 75.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [Desperate Measures] Multimedia
Requested by: Champion Rajhin Cindertail
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Multimedia competition.

Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 00:11:14 UTC

Event ID: 164664
Award: Cluster of Graphite
Quantity: 3
Competition: [Desperate Measures] Graphics
Requested by: Champion Rajhin Cindertail
Primary reason: Participation in the [Desperate Measures] Graphics competition.

Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 00:10:42 UTC

5 Jul, 2017 4 Clusters of Ice Awarded Event ID 165641 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 4 Requested by Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae Primary reason ACC Battles fought on or before 2017-07-05 Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-07-05 23:30:27 UTC
3 Jul, 2017 4 Clusters of Ice Awarded Event ID 165573 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 4 Requested by Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae Primary reason ACC Battles fought on or before 2017-07-03 Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-07-03 23:30:27 UTC
23 Jun, 2017 1 Grand Cross Awarded Event ID 165054 Award Grand Cross Quantity 1 Non-site XP 64 XP Requested by Headmistress Alethia Archenksova Primary reason Blade's only been in COU for four months. To be honest, that's kind of hard to wrap my mind around because she's become absolutely integral to every aspect of the clan. I'm just going to spit out the numbers to get them out of the way, because, while they're impressive, they're the least interesting thing Blade's done for us. 21 competitions organized, 107 participated in. 22.5 thousand words of fiction, not counting all of the personal fic and the microstories she posts in chat. 23 crescents, 11 CGs, 17 CEs, 34 CIs, and 732 CFs. Yowza. "So this girl's active. So what? Lots of people are active." Yeah, but none of those people are our Rollmistress. Most people view RM through the narrow scope of emailing new joins and shuffling them up to JM4. Blade's redefined it as a community organizer for the whole clan. She tracks every member's status and made sure to get to know everyone she could. She's one of the first people to start a conversation on the clan Telegram channel in the morning and frequently closes out the day with her trademarked sleepy doge pics. She's adapted the fiction chat daily question concept to a semi-regular clan character development prompt, and on top of that she tracks every member's answers and makes them publicly available for other writers. Blade's run several fiction and graphics comps that explicitly require members to involve other members' characters, and then made sure that everyone in the clan had a chance to see all the entries (with each entrant's permission). In a club where comp entries are all too often 'fire and forget' items that go unseen by anyone besides the comp organizers, this was a fantastic way to showcase the variety of talent we have in COU. More generally, she's constantly collaborating with new and established writers to develop their characters and the relationships they have with their clanmates. Oh, and she runs frequent training sessions for JA that several members have taken advantage of. And of course, it goes without saying that she does all the normal RM stuff as well. Blade, a GC doesn't fully express how grateful Turel and I am for everything that you do, but it's a start. Congrats on your first Grand Cross! Alethia Archenksova Proconsul, Odan-Urr Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2017-06-23 00:25:39 UTC Additional reasons I've often said that anyone who doubts the validity of the Rollmaster position need only look at COU's very own Rollmistress for an example of RM done right. Blade has been an absolute asset to COU and an essential part of our sustained growth since taking the position. It's more accurate to call her our community manager than what most in the DB associate with the rollmaster position. She certain takes care of the "pups" but she is in the channels day in and day out creating content, hyping competitions, spotlighting member works and achievements and generally looking out for all of COU's members. In addition to all the statistics laid out by Arch, Blade recently not only got first place in the Desperate Measures coop event with Clan Taldyran but she was the only member in either Clan to have a perfect 16/16 competition participation. That's the kind of leader Blade is, front and center in the trenches with her people. Please accept this small token of our gratitude for all you do for the COU community. Turel Sorenn Consul, Clan Odan-Urr Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-22 17:15:34 UTC Aurora, or Blade as I have known her, is one of my newer judges but one of my most reliable. She can always be counted on to bring a hardline analytical view to the judgement process. She is very systems based, working with a focus on as exact a reasoning as possible. It is this perspective that Blade brings to all discussions within the ACC Staff, as each judgement often becomes a group effort at least a few times during the process. In that way, she influences each and every judgement. Even the ones she isn't directly involved in. Since her last merit, Blade has successfully completed 9 battle judgements where she has taken point and a single qualification exam. In that time frame, only two judges managed to complete more and even then it was only by one match. That is no easy feat. It is simple to shrug off a judgement as just picking numbers arbitrarily and declaring a winner but that is far from the case. In Blade's case, she often takes 2-3 hours to complete a single judgement while being as meticulous as possible and not leaving anything ambiguous. If she has a question, she won't complete the judgement until it has been convincingly answered with no room for error. I am honored to put up my own recommendation along with the others to see her granted a token of our collective gratitude. For all that she has done and continues to do. Congratulations, Aurora. Atra Ventus Combat Master of the Brotherhood Darth Renatus, 2017-06-22 21:44:06 UTC
22 Jun, 2017 2 Clusters of Ice Awarded Event ID 165127 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 2 Requested by Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae Primary reason 1000 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #3782 and #3790) Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-06-22 23:30:42 UTC
22 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star Awarded Event ID 165100 Award Crescent with Amethyst Star Quantity 1 XP Value 75.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [COU] Deeper Look Fiction Comp Requested by Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the [COU] Deeper Look Fiction Comp competition. Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-22 17:49:08 UTC
20 Jun, 2017 4 Clusters of Ice Awarded Event ID 165036 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 4 Requested by Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae Primary reason 2000 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #3766 and #3782) Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-06-20 23:30:46 UTC
20 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Ruby Star Awarded Event ID 164997 Award Crescent with Ruby Star Quantity 1 XP Value 100.0 XP (Full Value) Competition Who Wants To Live Forever? Requested by Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the Who Wants To Live Forever? competition. Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-20 00:27:53 UTC
19 Jun, 2017 2 Clusters of Graphite Awarded Event ID 164946 Award Cluster of Graphite Quantity 2 Competition The Flowers of the Kiast System Requested by Edgar Drachen Primary reason Participation in the The Flowers of the Kiast System competition. Edgar Drachen, 2017-06-19 04:27:35 UTC
19 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Emerald Star Awarded Event ID 164938 Award Crescent with Emerald Star Quantity 1 XP Value 25.0 XP (Full Value) Competition Spring Sudoku - Mobile Game Requested by Edgar Drachen Primary reason For achieving 3rd place in the Spring Sudoku - Mobile Game competition. The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation. Edgar Drachen, 2017-06-19 04:27:06 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 13 Clusters of Ice Awarded Event ID 164775 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 13 Requested by Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae Primary reason 6500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #3750, #3751, #3761, and #3766) Exarch Marick Tyris Arconae, 2017-06-14 23:30:46 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Diamond Star Awarded Event ID 164734 Award Crescent with Diamond Star Quantity 1 XP Value 200.0 XP (Full Value) Competition Desperate Measures: A COU-TAL event Requested by Champion Rajhin Cindertail Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the Desperate Measures: A COU-TAL event competition. The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation. Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 03:39:21 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star Awarded Event ID 164721 Award Crescent with Amethyst Star Quantity 1 XP Value 75.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [Desperate Measures] Run-On Requested by Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Run-On competition. Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-14 03:15:51 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star Awarded Event ID 164716 Award Crescent with Amethyst Star Quantity 1 XP Value 75.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [Desperate Measures] Coop Fiction Requested by Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Coop Fiction competition. Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-14 03:13:31 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Emerald Star Awarded Event ID 164714 Award Crescent with Emerald Star Quantity 1 XP Value 25.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [Desperate Measures] Solo Fiction Requested by Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir Primary reason For achieving 3rd place in the [Desperate Measures] Solo Fiction competition. Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-06-14 02:37:25 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star Awarded Event ID 164699 Award Crescent with Amethyst Star Quantity 1 XP Value 75.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [Desperate Measures] Poetry Requested by Headmistress Alethia Archenksova Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Poetry competition. Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2017-06-14 00:26:20 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star Awarded Event ID 164690 Award Crescent with Amethyst Star Quantity 1 XP Value 75.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [Desperate Measures] Battle Plan Requested by Howlader Taldrya Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Battle Plan competition. Howlader Taldrya, 2017-06-14 00:19:57 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star Awarded Event ID 164684 Award Crescent with Amethyst Star Quantity 1 XP Value 75.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [Desperate Measures] Single Player Gaming (Flash) II Requested by Champion Rajhin Cindertail Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Single Player Gaming (Flash) II competition. The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation. Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 00:13:26 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Ruby Star Awarded Event ID 164678 Award Crescent with Ruby Star Quantity 1 XP Value 100.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [Desperate Measures] [COU-TAL] Multiplayer Gaming (PVP) Requested by Champion Rajhin Cindertail Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] [COU-TAL] Multiplayer Gaming (PVP) competition. The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation. Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 00:11:54 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star Awarded Event ID 164672 Award Crescent with Amethyst Star Quantity 1 XP Value 75.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [Desperate Measures] Multimedia Requested by Champion Rajhin Cindertail Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the [Desperate Measures] Multimedia competition. Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 00:11:14 UTC
14 Jun, 2017 3 Clusters of Graphite Awarded Event ID 164664 Award Cluster of Graphite Quantity 3 Competition [Desperate Measures] Graphics Requested by Champion Rajhin Cindertail Primary reason Participation in the [Desperate Measures] Graphics competition. Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2017-06-14 00:10:42 UTC