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

Kaiann has been a member since the dark ages. He served as both Headmaster and Lord Hegemon, and remained active as recently as GJW XII. His DC work is ancient history at this point, but he served the Brotherhood for many years and has earned this promotion.

Lord Dacien Victae, 2024-06-04 14:01:10 UTC

Beef served for years at high levels in this club, largely in his old clan Tarentum where he held the position of Consul multiple times. He also served as Sith High Warrior, for which he received a rare Silver Sash. Although he doesn't have the time to devote to the club that he once did, he remains regularly active to this day. Congratulations, Beef!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2024-06-04 13:59:22 UTC

Beef, or as his dossier corrects me, Zsarion Bloodfyre has been a fixture of this club for longer than many have been in it. He's also been a DJM for about as long as I've even been in the club. A tireless advocate of the Sith Order, a proponent of member rights, and an all-around good frined, it's hard to even scrath the surface of what he's done in those twenty years since his last promotion.

Sith High Warrior is obviously the position that he is most known for. Bloodfyre defined the role back in a Brotherhood that had order leaders on the Dark Council, a position that would eventually be combined with Obelisk High Commander and renamed Fist. His work to refine the Sith and how they work under the auspices of the broader brotherhood earned him a vaunted Silver Sash. Today, those who were not present back then may not have an appreciation for this work, but our past informs our future, and it is important to recognize that fact. Since then, he's served in a raft of support roles, from Left Hand of Justice and Combat Master to Docent. Clan and house leadership has seen him myriad times as well, and his tireless work as advocate for his members has always been intense.

While Boodfyre's time has become strained with his real life job of saving lives, he still shows up to weigh in on issues here in Clan Naga Sadow. Pitching in on wars and other events, he always has an eye for pushing the members forward by setting a good example. He's always been one of my touchstones for what I think when I hear the term Elder. It's my pleasure to help recognize the man who has done so much for the club with a long-overdue promotion to one of the highest ranks that a member can earn in the club.

Thank you, Beef. For all that you have done over your long career, and all of the insane stories that we will surely tell together in the future.

Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2024-06-03 15:18:10 UTC

Yacks is about as old as elders can get in this club, with a dossier over a quarter of a century old. Although he's retired now, his imprint on this club is strong: he played a leading role in developing the possessions system and served on the inaugural Regent staff as Special Magistrate, a job he held for three years as he helped to steer possessions from concept to a firmly entrenched feature of this club. He was our first Justicar, held every leadership position from BTL through CON and Sith High Warrior, and is one of just four non-GM recipients of the GLS. On a personal note, I always appreciated Yacks' grumpy advice and suggestions during my time as Headmaster. Congrats!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2024-06-04 13:55:15 UTC

Yacko. Take your promotion and you will god damn like it.

So here's the thing about Yacks. Despite all his protestations, and his yelling, and his general bastardy? He actually does care. He cares about doing what's right, and what's good - and then he does it. I have a pretty solid (and well-earned) reputation for yelling, and where exactly do you think I learned to yell at Grand Masters when they're being idiots? Yacks.

His promotion in 2015 to DJP goes into more explicit detail on his hard work and contributions in the past several decades, but suffice to say - his contributions have formed many of the structures and dare I say attitudes that the Brotherhood continues to function on this day. Hell, the XP system? That is promoting him today? He was in the room when it was conceived many years ago - and the ultimate form it took? Resembles very closely to what we discussed about recognizing our members with rank promotions.

For your instruction, and your unintended (or maybe intended?) contributions to how our Space Wizard Club works, you are promoted again. Jackass.

Howlader Taldrya, 2024-05-30 16:32:36 UTC

Four-score and umpteen years ago, I first interacted with Yacks as a lowly little Sith. And although I clearly surpassed his as the mightiest of old-school Sith (especially since he can't rebuttal), it doesn't mean he doesn't deserve this promotion.

Yacks has been many of the things in this club, including Chief Law Guy, but there's a whole slew of projects that has his fingerprints all over them. Yacks has be there for the initial concepts for the current Character sheet and the XP system, amongst other things. He always makes sure that any new system or idea makes sense and is actually fair for everyone.

I'm sure I'll be hearing from him about this, but too bad. You will be promoted and you will like it! Now go bask in your internet glory.

Lord Halcyon, 2024-05-30 19:14:17 UTC

Yacks. All the existing recommendations already cover all he's contributed and done. His accomplishments are such that in a world where new ranks exist to convey these accomplishments, a promotion is warranted to keep alignment. Way to stay aligned my friend. This is the way.

Lord Nevan Taelyan, 2024-06-04 00:02:04 UTC

• Have 1 Shadow Academy Savant degree
• Have 2 Shadow Academy Maven degrees
• Have 70 academic credits

dbb0t, 2024-06-04 13:51:23 UTC

• Have 2 Shadow Academy Maven degrees
• Have 50 academic credits

dbb0t, 2024-06-04 13:19:11 UTC