Pontifex JaM3z Lucius Entar has once again proven to be an invaluable asset to the Brotherhood in providing coding services that make things poissible in the first place.

Point in case: From a basic idea I had and a short IRC discussion in which I laid out some "I'd like to have this and this" specs, JaM3z has created an extremely well running competition submission and management system - exactly what I asked for, too - for the Independence Games that has worked so well that it was transferred practically unchanged (except for some added functions) to be our management system for the Great Jedi War as well.

It was only due to this work that it was possible to manage such a large and complicated competition efficiently and without any disturbances. The system has provided a previously unknown level of speed, comfort and reliability in judging large competitions (it was likely the first time in DB history that a judge going AWOL didn't cause any trouble because everything was still available in the central database for assignment to a new judge) and will most likely be expanded to become one of the core benefits of the new Project Rebirth enabled site.

In spite of the short timing scheduled I imposed on him, JaM3z has managed to not only complete this functionality but also do it in a Rebirth-compatible way even when this required him to re-code some functions he could have used from the existing site - and in a way stable enough to function even when most of the remainin Brotherhood site was down in April.

This award is my way of, in the name of the entire Brotherhood, saying thanks for being there with enthousiasm and skill whenever it is needed, even when the ideas and requirements to be implemented are extremely difficult. Congratulations!

, 2004-06-04 22:00:00 UTC