Val has been a fixture of this club for most of the last decade, since stepping up to become Fist as an EQ2 just over ten years ago. As Fist, Val made fundamental changes to DB gaming including: revamping the GMRG on the model of the SA Society (and introducing the leaderboard and DC Council accessories); bringing PvE gaming fully into its own by introducing the CE and undertaking the painful, neverending process of balancing Diablo 3 clusters; introducing mobile gaming to the DB; significantly simplifying the convoluted RoCs; implementing PvP Score; working with James to create the Fister Roboto, our beloved TG gaming bot, the forerunner to the Discord matchmaking system; and adding or removing many supported platforms as necessary to keep up with member interests--Val created the system for game approval that we still use today, with some tweaks.

Following Val's nearly three years as Fist, he took on two more important roles: first, as a temporary member of the Star Chamber, where he served for a year as a formal advisor to Sarin and helped oversee the transition to Mav's GM term; and, second, as PCON of the new Clan Vizsla, which he also played a leading role in creating. As PCON, Val helped lead Vizsla to a strong third place finish in GJW XIII and was then called to step up when real life forced Sarin to take a step back as CON for several months. He went above and beyond by taking the lead in organizing the first clan feud in years: A Fistful of Credits, between Vizsla and Plagueis, and keeping the clan's high level of activity going.

Beyond all of that, he has been a trusted advisor to every Grand Master since Muz and has had input on many of the major changes this club has witnessed over the last decade. When I wrote the "additional requirements" for Elder 3 promotions and wrote that "Highly impactful work in positions other than Consul or Council may also be considered," I had in mind people like Val who have had a major behind-the-scenes impact beyond what their time-in-position or official duties suggest; he hasn't held fifty positions over twenty years, but his work and attitude speak for themselves.

Lord Dacien Victae, 2024-06-04 14:01:37 UTC

Valhavoc, known as Glenn throughout the rest of this recommendation, is one of the finest members the Dark Brotherhood has ever had.I am biased in this recommendation because Glenn is also one of my real world best friends. My bias; however, does not diminish Glenn's impact on our club.

Glenn joined our Club in 2007, but did not fully embrace the Dark Brotherhood until 2012. Since that time Glenn has been a staple within the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. He held nearly all leadership positions going from BTL to AED to QUA to FIST and finally settling on PCON of Clan Vizsla. Along the way Glenn's demeanor, generosity of time, and analytical work helped change and shape our leadership techniques and gaming as the DB knows it.

Glenn's introduction to Fist came after one of the most tumultuous times in our Club's history when it comes to gaming. Glenn's immediate impact was felt and his ability to make a bad situation turn into a good situation was quickly put on display. His stability brought our club a new era of gaming and introduced us to quaint things like a voice Teamspeak server, adding your gaming tags to your dossier, rebooting the GMRG, adding support for mobile games, adding Destiny as a supported game, a beta test for a DB LFG chat, and running couple hundred competitions for our gamers.

Since Glenn's time as Fist he has only demonstrated a continued love (and hate) and dedication to our Club. He earned a staggering 333k XP just at the rank of Elder 1. He also helped create a new Clan for the Dark Brotherhood that filled a much needed Mandalorian presence.

Glenn's most recent leadership time was spent in Clan Vizsla. Glenn is a founding member of the club and helped write the Clan Proposal, the proposal for House Wren, and the proposal for House Saxon. Glenn's work behind the scenes helped develop staples of Clan Vizsla activity. This is most readily seen in the Vizsla Great Hunt which is a competition that has been run by all of our Consuls throughout the five years of Vizsla's existence. In addition to helping create the Clan and developing the Clan's mainstay competition, Glenn also stepped in to run a Clan Feud with Plagueis when I had to step away due to real life issues. Glenn was instrumental in the planning, development of grading systems, grading, and implementation of the Vendetta. This made Glenn one of the few non-council members to ever run a Vendetta level event.

Lastly, Glenn most recently, stepped in to support the Fist with new gaming initiatives. Glenn proposed, and had approved, within 24 hours, a new process to earn clusters in Diablo 4. Glenn put this work together with no expectation of reward, but only as a good member doing things to support our Club.

Glenn has done it all. He has served in Clan leadership positions, served as a Dark Councilor, served on the Star Chamber, and dedicated countless hours to our club. If anyone is deserving of EL3, it is him.

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2024-06-04 14:00:04 UTC