Tali Sroka

Event ID: 243524
Old Rank: Equite 4
New Rank: Elder 1
Requested by: Qyreia Arronen
Primary reason: Tali Sroka has been a constant presence, contributor, and competitor in the Brotherhood since he joined the club over six years ago. After burning through the early ranks through Knighthood in the course of about three months (and some change), he skipped the usual step as BTL and took the Aedile mantle of House Qel-Droma. Within six months of that, he was made Quaestor, and he has rocked the position ever since, leading his House through 6 Vendettas, and multiple Clan and House-internal events while always maintaining a strong presence as a competitor across the club as a whole.

Since his promotion in April '21, he organized 10 competitions and co-organized another 3, while participating in 146 individual competitions; 166 if one includes brackets and container competitions. Compare that to his career-long record of 55 organized, 14 co-organized, and 548 participations up to 617 with containers/brackets — nearly 100 competitions per year. His work since his last promotion earned him two Sapphire Blades as much for his competitive participation as his skills as a House leader. That quality competition led to 37 placements — a roughly 25% placement rate — including 11 from the Brotherhood-wide Vendettas (4 Gold Novae, 4 Silver, and 3 Bronze out of 55 participations; 100% in each Vendetta). While not the most prolific gamer, pulling in 42 Clusters of Fire and 10 Clusters of Earth, he is a steamroller of fiction: 239 Clusters of Ice from a cumulative 100,243 words of fiction; more than the word count of The Hobbit! Tali rounds that out with a respectable 55 Clusters of Graphite for his graphical efforts. He was awarded a Scroll of Indoctrination for bringing Nicfer Luthol into our ranks, and a Scroll of Foundation for his Shadow Academy efforts in March '21, not only tearing through the coursework, but also providing feedback and corrections on coursework which led to updates to those courses.

While Tali competes at a Brotherhood level and contributes at a Brotherhood level, his longtime love has been his House of Qel-Droma. Even when the job of Consul of Arcona came open, Tali opted to stick with his House and continue its development. Even a cursory look at his Sapphire Blade citations offers an idea of the myriad things he does in the background that is not so easily captured by the site: wiki updates, member motivation, fictional development, and leader development. Save for a few, the majority of Arcona's current leadership found their footing under Tali. It is a phenomenal example that one need not be in the highest leadership levels to have some of the best impact on those around them.

In an administrative capacity, he maintains a running activity spreadsheet which he and his team audit monthly. This not only serves to keep them up to date on awards (prior to XP stealing much of that thunder) and develops leaders by maintaining predictability and accountability, but also facilitates control of the coveted Blind Key of Qel-Droma, which goes to the highest participating members of the House, offering in-character opportunity for shenanigans and out-of-character motivation to be the holder. Similarly, he also assisted in the creation of Arcona's reward for GJW XV, the Crystal Baffler Array, by providing functional concepts and the base image that would later form the actual item image. At the Clan level, he took on the project of revamping the Arconan Expeditionary Forces (AEF), creating both a cost-analysis spreadsheet and organizational proposal from scratch that, after only minor refinement, became the current AEF Ground Forces. He has also more recently made initial proposals for the Dajorran Defense Forces' reorganization that will be an even larger project to add to his resume.

For being in one of the most awkward time zones to be a leader for a primarily American audience and group of counterparts, Tali does a phenomenal job at coordinating and motivating those around him. He is often the calm voice of reason when emotions heat up. If he should ever aim for something outside his powerhouse position as Quaestor, his potential for greatness is unquestioned. Such is my assessment. So to Tali, thank you for all of your hard work; your years of service to Qel-Droma, Arcona, and the Brotherhood; and for always being there when called upon.

Qyreia Arronen
Consul, Clan Arcona

Qyreia Arronen, 2023-02-01 21:15:57 UTC

Event ID: 243698
Award: Amethyst Kukri
Quantity: 1
Non-site XP: 0 XP
Requested by: Qyreia Arronen
Primary reason: Augur Tali Sroka has reached the required 11533 Medal XP to earn their first Amethyst Kukri!

Seems only about 30 seconds ago I put in for something else for Tali, but why not another?! To keep it simple: Tali is one of Arcona’s star members. Extremely active, a high-grade competitor, and a solid leader. He always seems to strive for improvement where he sees it, which has led to impacts in the Brotherhood’s Shadow Academy as much as in the Clan with his wiki edits and Arcona Armed Forces projects. I won’t belabor this too much longer but to say: thank you, Tali. This is well deserved, and I hope it serves to offer some level of gratitude for your work.

Qyreia Arronen, 2023-02-01 21:25:09 UTC

Event ID: 242883
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 3
XP Value: 15 XP
Requested by: Lord Idris Adenn
Primary reason: 1500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9363 and #9382)

Lord Idris Adenn, 2023-01-19 23:30:18 UTC

Event ID: 242864
Award: Crescent with Ruby Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 100 XP
Competition: [ARC-COU] Tales of the Night
Requested by: Ambassador Revak K'Urr
Primary reason: For achieving 1st place in the [ARC-COU] Tales of the Night competition.

Ambassador Revak K'Urr, 2023-01-19 22:47:11 UTC

Event ID: 242827
Award: Cluster of Graphite
Quantity: 3
XP Value: 15 XP
Competition: [ARC-COU] Picture Perfect Memories
Requested by: Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
Primary reason: Participation in the [ARC-COU] Picture Perfect Memories competition.

Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2023-01-19 20:07:44 UTC

Event ID: 242705
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 5 XP
Requested by: Lord Idris Adenn
Primary reason: 500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9266 and #9363)

Lord Idris Adenn, 2023-01-15 23:30:17 UTC

Event ID: 233524
Award: Sapphire Blade
Quantity: 1
Requested by: Qyreia Arronen
Primary reason: Tali is one of our longest sitting members in Arcona’s Summit, holding the Quaestor position of House Qel-Droma since 2019, and he’s never flagged in his capacity as a competing member of the Brotherhood. Since his recognition in January, he’s maintained regular activity through organizing seven competitions, co-organizing one, and competing in seventy-four. Of these he placed in thirteen, including two Silver Novae and two Bronze Novae from his twenty-nine participations in GJW XV, evidenced by the name number of Seals of Ascension! This comes with it three Clusters of Fire and twenty of Earth from gaming, as well as twenty-seven Clusters of Graphite from his many submissions to the DB art community. The truly staggering activity comes from his fiction work, producing one hundred three Clusters of Ice across over thirty eight thousand words of fiction. And in between all that, he still managed to take a trip over to the Shadow Academy and knock out three of its courses.

In leadership, Tali has likewise continued his powerhouse work. In addition to running a House-level event over the fall and keeping up the motivation during GJW XV, he found time to collaborate with another Arconan and completely revamp the Arconan Expeditionary Force (AEF) in a detailed proposal that included broad organization and detailed cost analysis. The current state of the AEF is the product of that refined proposal, and forms the foundation for our future Possessions plans.

What’s more, Tali is simply a good leader within Arcona and the Brotherhood. His patience and let’s-make-it-happen attitude have driven me as Consul to work harder and on things that I might have otherwise overlooked. So to Tali: I hope this serves as some small thanks for all of your hard work.

Qyreia
Consul, Clan Arcona

Qyreia Arronen, 2022-12-11 15:32:37 UTC

Event ID: 233043
Award: Crescent with Emerald Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 25.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: The Great Slug Raid
Requested by: Qyreia Arronen
Primary reason: For achieving 4th place in the The Great Slug Raid competition.

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

Qyreia Arronen, 2022-11-20 20:21:23 UTC

Event ID: 233023
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 7
XP Value: 35 XP
Requested by: Lord Idris Adenn
Primary reason: 3500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9243 and #9266)

Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-11-19 23:30:15 UTC

Event ID: 232997
Award: Crescent with Sapphire Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 50.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [TGSR] Inside the Wire
Requested by: Qyreia Arronen
Primary reason: For achieving 2nd place in the [TGSR] Inside the Wire competition.

Qyreia Arronen, 2022-11-19 18:29:59 UTC

Event ID: 234376
Society: Shroud Syndicate
Old Rank: IX: Enforcer
New Rank: X: Enforcer
Requested by: Construct dbb0t
Primary reason: Migrated from legacy data

Construct dbb0t, 2022-11-19 12:30:32 UTC

Event ID: 232983
Award: Cluster of Graphite
Quantity: 2
XP Value: 10 XP
Competition: [TGSR] Raiding Party!
Requested by: Qyreia Arronen
Primary reason: Participation in the [TGSR] Raiding Party! competition.

Qyreia Arronen, 2022-11-19 12:30:21 UTC

Event ID: 232971
Award: Crescent with Emerald Star
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 25.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition: [TGSR] Into The Fray
Requested by: Qyreia Arronen
Primary reason: For achieving 4th place in the [TGSR] Into The Fray competition.

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

Qyreia Arronen, 2022-11-19 12:27:27 UTC

Event ID: 232716
Award: Cluster of Fire
Quantity: 3
XP Value: 3.0 XP (Full Value)
Requested by: Councillor Turel Sorenn
Primary reason: Casual Gaming Queue Casual Gamings (papergames.io TicTacToe) on or before 2022-11-06

(Converted from Cluster of Earth)

Councillor Turel Sorenn, 2022-11-06 23:30:13 UTC

Event ID: 232649
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 5 XP
Requested by: Lord Idris Adenn
Primary reason: 500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9136 and #9243)

Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-11-02 23:30:20 UTC

Event ID: 231867
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 5 XP
Requested by: Lord Idris Adenn
Primary reason: 500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9019 and #9136)

Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-10-04 23:30:14 UTC

Event ID: 230363
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 5 XP
Requested by: Lord Idris Adenn
Primary reason: 500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #8889 and #9019)

Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-08-16 23:30:11 UTC

Event ID: 230016
Award: Scroll of Indoctrination
Quantity: 1
XP Value: 100.0 XP (Full Value)
Requested by: Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae
Primary reason: For recruiting Nicfer Luthol

Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae, 2022-08-09 20:45:38 UTC

Event ID: 229537
Award: Seal of Ascension
Quantity: 29
XP Value: 725.0 XP (Full Value)
Requested by: Lord Evio Nezsa
Primary reason: Participation in 29 events of Great Jedi War XV: Ascension

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2022-07-27 18:27:22 UTC

Event ID: 229318
Award: Cluster of Ice
Quantity: 34
XP Value: 170 XP
Requested by: Lord Idris Adenn
Primary reason: 17000 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #8727, #8754, #8774, #8789, #8847, #8851, and #8889)

Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-07-21 23:30:37 UTC

1 Feb, 2023 Promoted from Equite 4 to Elder 1 Event ID 243524 Old Rank Equite 4 New Rank Elder 1 Requested by Qyreia Arronen Primary reason Tali Sroka has been a constant presence, contributor, and competitor in the Brotherhood since he joined the club over six years ago. After burning through the early ranks through Knighthood in the course of about three months (and some change), he skipped the usual step as BTL and took the Aedile mantle of House Qel-Droma. Within six months of that, he was made Quaestor, and he has rocked the position ever since, leading his House through 6 Vendettas, and multiple Clan and House-internal events while always maintaining a strong presence as a competitor across the club as a whole. Since his promotion in April '21, he organized 10 competitions and co-organized another 3, while participating in 146 individual competitions; 166 if one includes brackets and container competitions. Compare that to his career-long record of 55 organized, 14 co-organized, and 548 participations up to 617 with containers/brackets — nearly 100 competitions per year. His work since his last promotion earned him two Sapphire Blades as much for his competitive participation as his skills as a House leader. That quality competition led to 37 placements — a roughly 25% placement rate — including 11 from the Brotherhood-wide Vendettas (4 Gold Novae, 4 Silver, and 3 Bronze out of 55 participations; 100% in each Vendetta). While not the most prolific gamer, pulling in 42 Clusters of Fire and 10 Clusters of Earth, he is a steamroller of fiction: 239 Clusters of Ice from a cumulative 100,243 words of fiction; more than the word count of The Hobbit! Tali rounds that out with a respectable 55 Clusters of Graphite for his graphical efforts. He was awarded a Scroll of Indoctrination for bringing Nicfer Luthol into our ranks, and a Scroll of Foundation for his Shadow Academy efforts in March '21, not only tearing through the coursework, but also providing feedback and corrections on coursework which led to updates to those courses. While Tali competes at a Brotherhood level and contributes at a Brotherhood level, his longtime love has been his House of Qel-Droma. Even when the job of Consul of Arcona came open, Tali opted to stick with his House and continue its development. Even a cursory look at his Sapphire Blade citations offers an idea of the myriad things he does in the background that is not so easily captured by the site: wiki updates, member motivation, fictional development, and leader development. Save for a few, the majority of Arcona's current leadership found their footing under Tali. It is a phenomenal example that one need not be in the highest leadership levels to have some of the best impact on those around them. In an administrative capacity, he maintains a running activity spreadsheet which he and his team audit monthly. This not only serves to keep them up to date on awards (prior to XP stealing much of that thunder) and develops leaders by maintaining predictability and accountability, but also facilitates control of the coveted Blind Key of Qel-Droma, which goes to the highest participating members of the House, offering in-character opportunity for shenanigans and out-of-character motivation to be the holder. Similarly, he also assisted in the creation of Arcona's reward for GJW XV, the Crystal Baffler Array, by providing functional concepts and the base image that would later form the actual item image. At the Clan level, he took on the project of revamping the Arconan Expeditionary Forces (AEF), creating both a cost-analysis spreadsheet and organizational proposal from scratch that, after only minor refinement, became the current AEF Ground Forces. He has also more recently made initial proposals for the Dajorran Defense Forces' reorganization that will be an even larger project to add to his resume. For being in one of the most awkward time zones to be a leader for a primarily American audience and group of counterparts, Tali does a phenomenal job at coordinating and motivating those around him. He is often the calm voice of reason when emotions heat up. If he should ever aim for something outside his powerhouse position as Quaestor, his potential for greatness is unquestioned. Such is my assessment. So to Tali, thank you for all of your hard work; your years of service to Qel-Droma, Arcona, and the Brotherhood; and for always being there when called upon. Qyreia Arronen Consul, Clan Arcona Qyreia Arronen, 2023-02-01 21:15:57 UTC
1 Feb, 2023 1 Amethyst Kukri Awarded Event ID 243698 Award Amethyst Kukri Quantity 1 Non-site XP 0 XP Requested by Qyreia Arronen Primary reason Augur Tali Sroka has reached the required 11533 Medal XP to earn their first Amethyst Kukri! Seems only about 30 seconds ago I put in for something else for Tali, but why not another?! To keep it simple: Tali is one of Arcona’s star members. Extremely active, a high-grade competitor, and a solid leader. He always seems to strive for improvement where he sees it, which has led to impacts in the Brotherhood’s Shadow Academy as much as in the Clan with his wiki edits and Arcona Armed Forces projects. I won’t belabor this too much longer but to say: thank you, Tali. This is well deserved, and I hope it serves to offer some level of gratitude for your work. Qyreia Arronen, 2023-02-01 21:25:09 UTC
19 Jan, 2023 3 Clusters of Ice Awarded Event ID 242883 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 3 XP Value 15 XP Requested by Lord Idris Adenn Primary reason 1500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9363 and #9382) Lord Idris Adenn, 2023-01-19 23:30:18 UTC
19 Jan, 2023 1 Crescent with Ruby Star Awarded Event ID 242864 Award Crescent with Ruby Star Quantity 1 XP Value 100 XP Competition [ARC-COU] Tales of the Night Requested by Ambassador Revak K'Urr Primary reason For achieving 1st place in the [ARC-COU] Tales of the Night competition. Ambassador Revak K'Urr, 2023-01-19 22:47:11 UTC
19 Jan, 2023 3 Clusters of Graphite Awarded Event ID 242827 Award Cluster of Graphite Quantity 3 XP Value 15 XP Competition [ARC-COU] Picture Perfect Memories Requested by Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir Primary reason Participation in the [ARC-COU] Picture Perfect Memories competition. Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2023-01-19 20:07:44 UTC
15 Jan, 2023 1 Cluster of Ice Awarded Event ID 242705 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 1 XP Value 5 XP Requested by Lord Idris Adenn Primary reason 500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9266 and #9363) Lord Idris Adenn, 2023-01-15 23:30:17 UTC
11 Dec, 2022 1 Sapphire Blade Awarded Event ID 233524 Award Sapphire Blade Quantity 1 Requested by Qyreia Arronen Primary reason Tali is one of our longest sitting members in Arcona’s Summit, holding the Quaestor position of House Qel-Droma since 2019, and he’s never flagged in his capacity as a competing member of the Brotherhood. Since his recognition in January, he’s maintained regular activity through organizing seven competitions, co-organizing one, and competing in seventy-four. Of these he placed in thirteen, including two Silver Novae and two Bronze Novae from his twenty-nine participations in GJW XV, evidenced by the name number of Seals of Ascension! This comes with it three Clusters of Fire and twenty of Earth from gaming, as well as twenty-seven Clusters of Graphite from his many submissions to the DB art community. The truly staggering activity comes from his fiction work, producing one hundred three Clusters of Ice across over thirty eight thousand words of fiction. And in between all that, he still managed to take a trip over to the Shadow Academy and knock out three of its courses. In leadership, Tali has likewise continued his powerhouse work. In addition to running a House-level event over the fall and keeping up the motivation during GJW XV, he found time to collaborate with another Arconan and completely revamp the Arconan Expeditionary Force (AEF) in a detailed proposal that included broad organization and detailed cost analysis. The current state of the AEF is the product of that refined proposal, and forms the foundation for our future Possessions plans. What’s more, Tali is simply a good leader within Arcona and the Brotherhood. His patience and let’s-make-it-happen attitude have driven me as Consul to work harder and on things that I might have otherwise overlooked. So to Tali: I hope this serves as some small thanks for all of your hard work. Qyreia Consul, Clan Arcona Qyreia Arronen, 2022-12-11 15:32:37 UTC
20 Nov, 2022 1 Crescent with Emerald Star Awarded Event ID 233043 Award Crescent with Emerald Star Quantity 1 XP Value 25.0 XP (Full Value) Competition The Great Slug Raid Requested by Qyreia Arronen Primary reason For achieving 4th place in the The Great Slug Raid competition. The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation. Qyreia Arronen, 2022-11-20 20:21:23 UTC
19 Nov, 2022 7 Clusters of Ice Awarded Event ID 233023 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 7 XP Value 35 XP Requested by Lord Idris Adenn Primary reason 3500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9243 and #9266) Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-11-19 23:30:15 UTC
19 Nov, 2022 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star Awarded Event ID 232997 Award Crescent with Sapphire Star Quantity 1 XP Value 50.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [TGSR] Inside the Wire Requested by Qyreia Arronen Primary reason For achieving 2nd place in the [TGSR] Inside the Wire competition. Qyreia Arronen, 2022-11-19 18:29:59 UTC
19 Nov, 2022 Shroud Syndicate rank changed from IX: Enforcer to X: Enforcer Event ID 234376 Society Shroud Syndicate Old Rank IX: Enforcer New Rank X: Enforcer Requested by Construct dbb0t Primary reason Migrated from legacy data Construct dbb0t, 2022-11-19 12:30:32 UTC
19 Nov, 2022 2 Clusters of Graphite Awarded Event ID 232983 Award Cluster of Graphite Quantity 2 XP Value 10 XP Competition [TGSR] Raiding Party! Requested by Qyreia Arronen Primary reason Participation in the [TGSR] Raiding Party! competition. Qyreia Arronen, 2022-11-19 12:30:21 UTC
19 Nov, 2022 1 Crescent with Emerald Star Awarded Event ID 232971 Award Crescent with Emerald Star Quantity 1 XP Value 25.0 XP (Full Value) Competition [TGSR] Into The Fray Requested by Qyreia Arronen Primary reason For achieving 4th place in the [TGSR] Into The Fray competition. The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation. Qyreia Arronen, 2022-11-19 12:27:27 UTC
6 Nov, 2022 3 Clusters of Fire Awarded Event ID 232716 Award Cluster of Fire Quantity 3 XP Value 3.0 XP (Full Value) Requested by Councillor Turel Sorenn Primary reason Casual Gaming Queue Casual Gamings (papergames.io TicTacToe) on or before 2022-11-06 (Converted from Cluster of Earth) Councillor Turel Sorenn, 2022-11-06 23:30:13 UTC
2 Nov, 2022 1 Cluster of Ice Awarded Event ID 232649 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 1 XP Value 5 XP Requested by Lord Idris Adenn Primary reason 500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9136 and #9243) Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-11-02 23:30:20 UTC
4 Oct, 2022 1 Cluster of Ice Awarded Event ID 231867 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 1 XP Value 5 XP Requested by Lord Idris Adenn Primary reason 500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9019 and #9136) Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-10-04 23:30:14 UTC
16 Aug, 2022 1 Cluster of Ice Awarded Event ID 230363 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 1 XP Value 5 XP Requested by Lord Idris Adenn Primary reason 500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #8889 and #9019) Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-08-16 23:30:11 UTC
9 Aug, 2022 1 Scroll of Indoctrination Awarded Event ID 230016 Award Scroll of Indoctrination Quantity 1 XP Value 100.0 XP (Full Value) Requested by Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae Primary reason For recruiting Nicfer Luthol Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae, 2022-08-09 20:45:38 UTC
27 Jul, 2022 29 Seals of Ascension Awarded Event ID 229537 Award Seal of Ascension Quantity 29 XP Value 725.0 XP (Full Value) Requested by Lord Evio Nezsa Primary reason Participation in 29 events of Great Jedi War XV: Ascension Lord Evio Nezsa, 2022-07-27 18:27:22 UTC
21 Jul, 2022 34 Clusters of Ice Awarded Event ID 229318 Award Cluster of Ice Quantity 34 XP Value 170 XP Requested by Lord Idris Adenn Primary reason 17000 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #8727, #8754, #8774, #8789, #8847, #8851, and #8889) Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-07-21 23:30:37 UTC

Aedile Tali Sroka, di Tenebrous Arconae