Duke Kojiro Keibatsu Sadow The Discordant

Elder 1, Clan Naga Sadow, Force Disciple, Nightsister
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Displaying events 401 - 420 of 661 in total
Event ID
163386
Old Order
Mercenary
New Order
Force Disciple
Primary reason

This is meant to be done after a Keibatsu event but with the GJW and pre-ACC tourney my times have meshed a little too much and left me with little choice but to updates now before sunday.

Duke Kojiro Keibatsu Sadow, 2017-05-10 22:57:49 UTC
Event ID
163343
Award
Cluster of Fire
Quantity
12
XP Value
12.0 XP (Full Value)
Requested by
Darth Dracaryis
Primary reason

Heroes of the Storm (PvE) Vs. AI Modes on or before 2017-05-09

(Converted from Cluster of Earth)

Darth Dracaryis, 2017-05-09 23:30:18 UTC
Event ID
162786
Old Rank
Equite 2
New Rank
Equite 3
Requested by
Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar
Primary reason

Raikou is one of our old veterans, someone who has been part of the Brotherhood for years and has stuck to it through thick and thin. His dedication to his current Clan and serving his members is fantastic and a beacon to others.

Raikou is a good friend, a great confidante and an excellent leader who wants to help others. I can rely on Raikou to tell me the truth when we are looking at ideas and events. His drive to succeed and help others has seen him serve as part of the Marka Ragnos summit as it's Aedile for the past 12 months. In addition to that, Raikou has served 6 months as Magistrate to the Headmaster.

The 6 months that Raikou served as Magistrate saw him assist the Headmaster in creating and auditing courses, general jobs and learning how the Shadow Academy worked. Raikou was primarily involved with the Audit for which he had taken most of the Department of Flight under his wing. During his tenure he had spell checked, proofread, debated about, and rewritten the following courses: Astronomy Studies, Capital Starship Studies, Starfighter Studies, as well as help to rewrite Freighters/Transports studies.

During that time, Raikou has mentored members, learned the finer points of leadership and what is expected from a paragon of the Brotherhood, Muz Ashen, and has utilised it well. Marka Ragnos has expanded in terms of activity under their watch, which has given me ample reasons to praise them.

Since his last promotion, Raikou has organised/co-organised a total of 25 competitions, including the extremely popular Sands of Time event. These 25 competitions had a total of 138 entries, which works out to 5.52 entries per competition.

In addition to this, Raikou has participated in a total of 72 competitions, earning 8 Crescents of varying levels. Raikou has shown that even if he doesn't place, it doesn't stop him from going the distance and participating in competitions run at a House to Club level. He acts as an example to his members, exhorting them to match him in participating in events that we're eager to see succeed.

For his work during the past year, Raikou earned himself a Sapphire Blade for his hard work along with an Anteian Cross for his work in assisting Evant in bringing Possessions to life.

Raikou has been active in the gaming scene too, taking advantage of the new interest in Heroes of the Storm by the Brotherhood. Raikou has earned 81 Clusters of Fire from 8 PvP matches and 39 Clusters of Earth from 6 PvE/PvO matches. Raikou has also earned 7 Clusters of Graphite for his gfx entries as well as a Legion of Scholar.

Alongside all of this, Raikou has completed 5 ACC matches, coming close to winning the Herald run ACC tournament. Raikou has also written over 12,000 words for fictions and Run On posts. Finally, Raikou has also completed 13 Shadow Academy courses and earned 2 Degrees.

Others will talk in more detail about Raikou's work as Aedile and Magistrate, but I can talk about the influence he's had on the Clan. Raikou has blossomed during his time in Naga Sadow. When he first joined us, Raikou was someone who had a need to prove himself, someone who often doubted himself. His time with us has seen him grow as a person and a leader. Someone who has, despite going through troubles in life, has put aside his time to edit courses, write hordes of wiki articles, attend meetings and generally act as a leader to his members.

Muz' mentoring of Raikou has allowed Raikou to develop the skills of a future Consul and I look forward to the time when Raikou is given the chance to lead the Clan.

Congratulations on your promotion to Corsair, Raikou!

Consul of Naga Sadow

Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar, 2017-05-09 07:20:28 UTC
Additional reasons

Raikou has been my left hand since I came out of retirement to have a stab at rebuilding Marka Ragnos. I inherited him from my predecessor, and I have to say that I could not have picked a better aedile myself. Still a touch green when I arrived, he has taken advantage of my being here, constantly posing 'what if' scenarios and picking my brain for how things work and why they are the way that they are in an effort to help broaden his understanding of the Brotherhood. He generally blows up my telegram, essentially forcing me to train him so he can take the mantle of Quaestor on himself and then on to other, higher things that I am sure he will excel at.

He is a workhorse. Barring a two week period where he was on holiday out of country, he has been omnipresent, almost frothing at the mouth looking for something to do. If i make a minor suggestion, he clamps onto it like a wild dog and doesn't let it go until he's finished. I challenge him regularly to smash participation as a example to the other leaders and the members, so he guns hard for 100% rates on events wherever he can. I have watched as he was working on competition entries when he should have been packing his suitcase for holiday, when he should have been working at his real life job, when he should be out enjoying having a social life. This is a measure of his dedication. And yet I know he is constantly seeking out additional work in areas other than the House. It is impressive.

The path from there to here has not been without struggle and conflict. Some lessons are harder learned than others, and some things can be viewed as setbacks or even insults to someone as competitive as Raikou is. Yet he has learned a measure of patience, his perspective shifting and his focus honing in like a laser on what he has said he has wanted since the day I met him: to give back to the brotherhood.

That selflessness and desire drives people to do the repetitive and often banal work that helps keep this club going. It is work, and often overlooked when it comes time to hand out shineys. Tempering the desire to run huge events constantly to generate attention to yourself with the desire to help the clan attain its goals is a trick not too many have mastered, but Raikou is learning the skills well. From running spreadsheets on individual participation, to setting up the organization necessary to keep a house (and yes, a clan or even the club) running in the right direction to delving into the realm of overanalyzing competition details, Raikou has been intrisic. This eye for detail, organization and planning are necessary skills so that literally every piece of the puzzle slots together seamlessly in pursuit of the overall goals of the house, of the clan. This work has been instrumental in running events such as the 'Sands of Time' and the 'Seige of Heaven' campaigns in the house and clan, but also mightily useful in helping create a structure for the future of the house. When Sanguinius told me that it was time, I was more than happy to be able to stand behind the reccomendation to elevate Raikou in rank. It is more than time, and I hope that this token of our esteem proves how important you are to the clan and house. Thanks for all that you do, and all that I know you will do. ~Muz Ashen, the Lion of Tarthos

Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2017-05-08 23:54:11 UTC

Of all our members, Raikou is certainly a noteworthy one. He has served as an Aedile over a year, but his efforts in the last few months have been rather exemplary. While he has stated his character has an interest primarily in his adopted Keibatsu family, the man himself has served faithfully as our Aedile within House Marka Ragnos as well as to the Shadow Academy during his term as a Magistrate to the Headmaster. This latter service is something that I find as even more endearing, though this may be something I find in part in light of my own service as a former Professor.

He is willing to serve other members and has helped to mentor others to reach greater heights even as he has worked with Muz to sharpen his own skills. He has created opportunities for others to take part in, has developed his own character and always has his eyes pointed forward on to where he and we- both his House and his Clan- go from where he and we are. As a gamer, a writer, a leader and an overall contributor, he has given me no reason I can see that I wouldn't throw my hat in with Sanguinius and others in recommending Raikou (also known affectionately as Ophelia) to the rank of Corsair.

Enjoy the prestige and options afforded that of your new rank, Raikou. It will be great to see what else you can achieve as a member of the Brotherhood. Your years of work to get to this point were not in vain and I anticipate greater things from you in future years to come. Well done, Corsair, on your promotion!

Drinks will be on you at the Boomshakalaka.

Proconsul of Clan Naga Sadow

Bentre Stahoes, 2017-05-09 02:22:27 UTC
Event ID
163259
Award
Cluster of Ice
Quantity
2
XP Value
10 XP
Requested by
Legend Wally
Primary reason

1000 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #3180, #3572, #3585, and #3652)

Legend Wally, 2017-05-08 23:30:45 UTC
Event ID
163015
Award
Seal of Loyalty
Quantity
1
XP Value
0.0 XP (Full Value)
Requested by
Grand Master Declan Roark
Primary reason

May the Fourth recognition of loyalty to the Brotherhood

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2017-05-06 12:06:28 UTC
Event ID
162570
Award
Cluster of Fire
Quantity
9
XP Value
9.0 XP (Full Value)
Requested by
Darth Dracaryis
Primary reason

Heroes of the Storm (PvE) Vs. AI Modes on or before 2017-04-30

(Converted from Cluster of Earth)

Darth Dracaryis, 2017-04-30 23:30:15 UTC
Event ID
162479
Award
Cluster of Fire
Quantity
30
XP Value
30.0 XP (Full Value)
Requested by
Darth Dracaryis
Primary reason

Heroes of the Storm (PvE) Vs. AI Modes on or before 2017-04-29

(Converted from Cluster of Earth)

Darth Dracaryis, 2017-04-29 23:30:18 UTC
Event ID
161845
Award
Cluster of Graphite
Quantity
3
XP Value
15 XP
Competition
New Ties: Week 2 Graphics
Requested by
Frosty Romanae Tarentae
Primary reason

Participation in the New Ties: Week 2 Graphics competition.

Frosty Romanae Tarentae, 2017-04-17 17:54:31 UTC
Event ID
160753
Award
Legion of the Scholar
Quantity
1
XP Value
25.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition
New Ties: Week 1 Trivia
Requested by
Frosty Romanae Tarentae
Primary reason

For achieving 2nd place in the New Ties: Week 1 Trivia competition.

Frosty Romanae Tarentae, 2017-03-28 16:59:07 UTC
Event ID
159319
Award
Crescent with Emerald Star
Quantity
1
XP Value
25.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition
Searing Blade Squadron Insignia Patch
Requested by
Lilith Alema'rha Versea-Stormwind
Primary reason

For achieving 3rd place in the Searing Blade Squadron Insignia Patch competition.

Lilith Alema'rha Versea-Stormwind, 2017-02-26 22:35:12 UTC
Event ID
159314
Award
Cluster of Graphite
Quantity
2
XP Value
10 XP
Competition
Searing Blade Squadron Insignia Patch
Requested by
Lilith Alema'rha Versea-Stormwind
Primary reason

Participation in the Searing Blade Squadron Insignia Patch competition.

Lilith Alema'rha Versea-Stormwind, 2017-02-26 22:35:10 UTC
Event ID
159311
Award
Crescent with Emerald Star
Quantity
1
XP Value
25.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition
Dancing Bantha Insignia Patch
Requested by
Lilith Alema'rha Versea-Stormwind
Primary reason

For achieving 3rd place in the Dancing Bantha Insignia Patch competition.

Lilith Alema'rha Versea-Stormwind, 2017-02-26 22:30:06 UTC
Event ID
159307
Award
Cluster of Graphite
Quantity
2
XP Value
10 XP
Competition
Dancing Bantha Insignia Patch
Requested by
Lilith Alema'rha Versea-Stormwind
Primary reason

Participation in the Dancing Bantha Insignia Patch competition.

Lilith Alema'rha Versea-Stormwind, 2017-02-26 22:30:04 UTC
Event ID
159166
Award
Crescent with Emerald Star
Quantity
1
XP Value
25.0 XP (Full Value)
Competition
Who's That Sadowan #1
Requested by
Bentre Stahoes
Primary reason

For achieving 3rd place in the Who's That Sadowan #1 competition.

Bentre Stahoes, 2017-02-24 04:34:41 UTC
Event ID
158991
Old Name
Riku Keibatsu
New Name
Raikou Keibatsu
Primary reason

Basically same name, with a bit more Thematic feel to it. The shortness of Riku and its pronunciation was also beginning to feel a bit weird, and apparently, it's also a Kingdom hearts character!

Duke Kojiro Keibatsu Sadow, 2017-02-20 23:25:47 UTC
Event ID
158363
Award
Cluster of Ice
Quantity
2
XP Value
10 XP
Requested by
Legend Wally
Primary reason

1000 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #3012, #3016, and #3180)

Legend Wally, 2017-02-06 23:31:58 UTC
Event ID
157645
Award
Sapphire Blade
Quantity
1
Requested by
Epis Locke Sonjie
Primary reason

I am honored to be writing this recommendation for Riku Keibatsu. He has been an excellent leader within CNS, and continues to serve well as Aedile of House Marka Ragnos, a position he has held for the entire nine months since his last recognition. Beyond that, he has been a leading participant in competitions on his own, and is always at the forefront of any event in CNS. Beyond his House leadership, he has also served as a Magistrate to the Headmaster for the past six months, which Marcus' supporting recommendation will attest to. It's not easy to balance a demanding Magistrate job along with the duties of an Aedile, while still continuing to maintain a high level of activity, but Riku has managed to do so.

Riku has done a good job of leading in House Marka Ragnos. He helped run the "Rest and Relaxation" event for the House along with Tasha when she was Quaestor, which resulted in a total of nine members of the House participating, with nineteen total entries. Along with Tasha, he spent significant time planning, writing, and judging for this event. He additionally ran The Void run-on competition along with DarkHawk. Riku led in the creation of this event and fleshing out the idea, and worked closely with DarkHawk. This really exemplifies Riku's ability to get members involved with projects and competitions, and I know that afterward the two were pretty satisfied. Together they spent several hours to develop the story, which included bouncing it back and forth between each other and me and Sang. It isn't always easy to get our approval for things, but whenever we requested a change or made a suggestion, Riku was quick to respond to it and ensure their work was modified. In the end, he and DarkHawk co-authored 3332 words of fiction supporting the event. They further went on to judge 9700 words of fiction from the collected entries.

Riku has also run a number of stand-alone competitions for the club as a whole on his own. These have generally been pretty good, well-thought-out ideas, as evidenced by the participation of 45 different members, for a total of 63 entries. A lot of times, club-wide competitions that are not part of a major event seem to be overlooked, but Riku had no trouble accumulating a lot of entries for his. As a result, I'm frequently excited to see what kinds of competitions he comes up with.

Additionally, he has worked on a lot of fiction and other supporting updates for his House. Riku has written 4297 words of official House fiction, and helped coordinate roughly 13,000 more that were written by other members of the House Summit. He further worked on wiki pages such as the Kar Alabrek page, which is the House's home city. This page totals 2800 words, and Riku spent time revising it. This included going through contradictory information from the past several years (and many fictional direction changes), reaching out to older members who remember what happened during these times, and compiling the information together. He then had to run it through Muz to get it approved and further revised, before it was ready to go.

In addition to his leadership listed above, Riku has participated in a total of 44 competitions since his last recognition. While this isn't the same super high, over-time amount as some of his peers, Riku is known for hitting big Clan events with outstanding participation. This is evidenced by his activity in the feud we had with CSP, where Riku was one of only five members (totalled from both Clans) who participated in all seventeen competitions. He also used this time to encourage his peers to participate and led the House through the feud as Aedile, along with his Quaestor Tasha. Due to their efforts, HMR produced 91 entries for the feud, averaging ten per member. When the feud was over, even though CNS lost, it was HMR members who earned the gold and silver novae for the event, placing first and second overall. There's no doubt in my mind that Riku's leadership helped lead to this.

More recently, he also participated in all seven of the Project S.P.E.C.I.A.L competitions. Riku is a leader who never expects more from his members than he is willing to put in, and this is exemplified in his participation and his work. Both his event participation and contributions to House materials like fiction and wiki pages are excellent, setting a great example for his members. If there is a leader who 'leads from the trenches', Riku is a perfect example.

I'm proud to be recommending this award for Riku. He is someone who has been on our Summit for a long time and his contributions have been very significant. CNS would not be in the same place it is today if he had not come to us, and we would not have enjoyed many of the successes we've had without him. When a Consul or Quaestor looks for a new Summit member, they want someone who will not only participate, but also work behind the scenes to improve their unit. Riku excels in both of these.

Congratulations, Riku!

Consul of Naga Sadow

Epis Locke Sonjie, 2017-01-22 18:28:58 UTC
Additional reasons

Riku was given the task of auditing the Department of Flight Studies which included Starfighter Studies, Capital Starship Studies, Astronomy Studies, and Freighters/Transports Studies. All in all, this is over 20.000 words of content that he's had to fact-check, spell-check and rewrite. That means going through every statement and every statistic and comparing it to the Wookiepedia (and his own considerable knowledge) to ensure it was still canon. In addition he's gone through each revised course word for word, making sure that the whole course flowed well as it was read. I even made him redo Starfighter Studies when Rogue One and Possessions came out.

Riku didn't stop there though. He's gone through every single exam too, making sure that their subjects and desired answers were still on-par with what he had written in the course notes. One of the goals of the Audit was to remove the dreaded 'answers vary' answer keys, which Riku replaced with concise and clear descriptions of what the intended answer should look like. Combining all these tasks, it takes roughly eight hours per course to finish them completely, including markdown coding. That means he's spent 32 hours pouring over wiki articles, rewriting courses, looking for images, and coding SA articles.

That amount of effort deserves a reward in my opinion, so I am happy to lend my recommendation to award Riku with his first ever Sapphire Blade. Congratulations!

-Marcus Kiriyu
Praetor to the Headmaster

Marcus Kiriyu, 2017-01-22 18:26:32 UTC

This is overdue. I inherited Riku from the previous administration, who had been going through some real life time constraints. As a result, this man's accomplishments kept getting missed and glossed over. I'll take some of the blame for this, based on my old-school mindset and push toward larger and larger rewards. At the end of the day, it has been 9 months as Aedile that he has served quite admirably.

Riku has been my left hand since I have decided to unretire. He has been in almost constant contact with me, despite a five hour time difference and hectic work schedules. In the rebuilding of Marka Ragnos, he has been instrumental in helping to run the Siege of Heaven competition, between brainstorming, planning, grading and writing the official fictional account of the event, That was a month's worth of meetings, plotting and planning and several thousand words of work on it's own, given it was the first major project of its kind in HMR for some time. Pushing forward, he has helped to brainstorm and plan the currently running 'Sands of Time' event, constantly in discussion with me about particulars and possibilities for the event. In addition, he has worked behind the scenes on numerous updates and tweaks to the existing HMR fictional entities (like Kar Alabrek and the cathedral) and works (such as the Tarthos reborn planning doc), bringing them up to date and modernizing them. In addition, he has helped to proof and direct DarkHawk in his fictional direction as well as proofread and tweak my own fictional releases.

For the raw numbers portion; Riku has 16 competitions that he has helped to organize or grade. You could also look at his great record of participation himself (as I am a huge proponent of 'leading from the front') of having participated in 44 competitions since taking on the role, accumulating a tidy pile of crescents and clusters, including two of the pretty difficult to acquire diamond crescents. this shows a dedication to many of the aspects of the leadership of the House. In addition, he has served on the Shadow Academy staff, but his work there would be better elaborated by the Headmaster.

His work has been critically useful to my plans for the house, for the preparation of our members for greater involvement in the club, including the runup to the coming wars. He is one of the best Aediles that I have worked with, which is saying something, considering how little on-the-job training he had prior due to circumstance. I am more than happy to request that Riku Keibatsu be awarded with a Sapphire Blade for his efforts thus far, and as thanks for being such an integral part of the summit.

Thank you, Op.

~Muz Ashen, the Lion of Tarthos

Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2017-01-22 18:26:58 UTC

Riku has spent the last 9 months working two jobs for the Brotherhood, first as Aedile of House Marka Ragnos, where he has learned on the job, most notably from the previous Grand Master. Secondly, Riku has served 6 months as Magistrate to the Headmaster, where he was heavily involved in rewriting courses and the auditing process.

Riku is hard working, dedicated and is always available to his members. He gives his opinion frankly and openly with Clan events, competitions and fictional direction. We can rely upon him to always give us feedback.

I consider Opie a good friend, both within and outside the Brotherhood. He's come far since joining Naga Sadow, even though he doesn't realise it. Riku is one of those members who puts themselves down, instead of realising and admitting just how great a member they are. Sure, he may have spammed the Voice's inbox with his constant CS changes, but I'm sure they'll get over it.

Locke has spoken amply about why Riku deserves this Sapphire Blade and I'm pleased to support it. Riku provides succour to me as a member, he listens, he advises and he helps. His members, his colleagues in the summit and his compatriots in other units via telegram in the Fiction, Art and Gaming channels.

Riku has worked his arse off, and yet he's sadly been missed due to changes in leadership. Despite that, Riku has continued to serve, refusing to slow down, even talking about postponing date nights to get the job done. Sometimes you have to remind him to put real life first.

Dedication, kindness and camaraderie.

Riku has them in spades.

Congratulations on your Sapphire Blade, Riku. You've done me proud, you've done CNS proud and you've done yourself proud. See this Sacramental as a token of our appreciation for your hard work.

Proconsul of Naga Sadow

Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar, 2017-01-22 18:27:20 UTC

In my six month term as Quaestor, I was able to choose an Aedile to help serve the House of Marka Ragnos. The one I chose was Riku. Together we tried to provide some entertainment and fun to the house through a competition event called Rest and Relaxation House Marka Ragnos Style. The event lasted a month and took about a week of planning, editing, and submitting. He helped with organizing, gave solid ideas and thoughts, and helped me as a judge in a few of the competitions. If you give him a gameplan, he will take it and run with his own flair of creative ideas added to the mix.

He also worked hard to encourage participation. As part of a boost and revitalizing activity within our house, Riku would send out emails every week to check activity and encourage our members who may not have telegram to participate and enjoy their time in the house. It helped me to find a bit more time working on other projects for the house members and reduced the stress of having to worry about activity all the time. I always had a report that I could use to see what areas we could strengthen and create a better environment for our house. For that, I thank Riku very much.

Overall, I have really enjoyed working with him on competitions, love his encouragement to participate and can't wait to see what he can come up with next as an Aedile to the new Quaestor.

Congrats to you, Riku!

Tasha'Vel Versea, 2017-01-22 18:27:52 UTC

This could not have come to a better person. Raider Keibatsu has significantly helped me throughout his time as my Aedile. He has guided me through my time as a Battle Team Leader with whatever issues that have come up. He also went out of his way and guided and aided me throughout my first comp organization, promoting said comp and finalizing that comp with grading. He has made me more eager to organize competitions on my own and gave me tools to get my Battle Team more involved in participating them. For me, as a BTL I see no reason why great things should not be bestowed upon Raider Keibatsu as his willingness to help towards the HMR and battle teams is without question truly an asset we cannot lose.

Warrior DarkHawk BTL Night Hawks

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2017-01-22 18:28:19 UTC
Event ID
157406
Position
Magistrate to the Headmaster
Unit
Assistants
Event ID
157265
Award
Cluster of Fire
Quantity
25
XP Value
25.0 XP (Full Value)
Requested by
Darth Dracaryis
Primary reason

For completion of Crucible Matches in Destiny on or before 2017-01-14

Darth Dracaryis, 2017-01-14 23:30:21 UTC
Event ID
156666
Award
Cluster of Ice
Quantity
3
XP Value
15 XP
Requested by
Legend Wally
Primary reason

1500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #2310 and #3012)

Legend Wally, 2017-01-02 23:30:54 UTC