Must construct additional XP.

General Daniel Stephens, 2024-05-21 22:48:08 UTC

Augur Windos has reached the required 167500 XP to reach the rank of Elder 2.

Didn't we just do this?!?!

Windos my boy, ya did it again!!!

One of the founding fathers of Clan Odan-Urr, Windos is another pillar of the Clan. Pouring blood, sweat, and tears into this Club, I have always known him to do what’s best for the Club and his Clan. I’ve known him for 15+ years and it’s truly an honor to put this recommendation through for him. Having been away for awhile, upon his return, he hit the ground running and jumped right back in where he left off. Becoming, again, one of the more active members we have in the Clan. Since his last promotion, Windos has done the following.

*Organized 49 competitions and co-organized 11 *Participated in 419 competitions *Completed 4 ACC Battles *Written 64 news posts *Served as Headmaster for 7 months at his current rank *Served as a Wiki Staff member for over 3 years at his current rank *Served as a Docent for over 2 years at his current rank *Served as a Recruitment Tribune for 5 months at his current rank *Served as an Aedile for 2 months at his current rank *Served as Quaestor for 1 month at his current rank

He also earned 1 Silver Sash, 1 Emerald Dagger, 1 Sapphire Blade, 1 Grand Cross, 1 Steel Cross, 3 Anteian Crosses, 5 Dark Crosses, 8 Crescent with Diamond Stars, 2 Crescent with Ruby Stars, 13 Crescent with Amethyst Stars, 16 Crescent with Sapphire Stars, 9 Crescent with Emerald Stars, 2 Crescent with Topaz Stars, 1 Crescent with Quartz Star, 6 Pendants of Blood, 142 Clusters of Fire, 11 Clusters of Ice, 512 Clusters of Earth, 39 Clusters of Graphite, 19 Scroll of Foundation, 2 Seals of Loyalty, 34 Seals of the Crusader, 4 Seals of Revelation, and 3 Seals of Ascension.

Windos is a dedicated member and leader and I’m so happy to see him stepping into the upper echelon of this organization. He more than deserves it for his hard work and dedication.

Rowan Dragos, 2024-05-21 22:38:19 UTC

I don't think I can say there's been a day yet where Windos hasn't participated in at least one if not more competitions. Always abuzz, Windos has been consistent, energetic, and prolific in his domination of all forms of competitions throughout both the Brotherhood and Clan levels.

Another often unsung hero of the Clan, Windos is quiet, but dedicated, popping by the Discord to share his latest creations or talk gaming before disappearing into the ether once more to absolutely destroy the competition board. His sporadic visits a reminder of the good humor and interesting person behind Dossier.

This promotion is well earned, Windos, with your constant activity and dedication to the Clan. I look forward to where you'll climb from here, but knowing where you've been already, I know it won't be long before you reach your next checkpoint.

High Councillor Masahiro Haku, 2024-05-21 22:37:25 UTC

While Windos and I have technically overlapped in COU by several years, he had really settled into a quiet retirement by the time I started stomping around and I had left for the DC by the time he made his glorious return. So this is a weird recommendation, because on the one hand I barely know him, but on the other, I've often found myself trying to pick up from where he left off. My first unit was one that he had been running just a few months earlier, Satele Shan, which he co-created with Ji. My first leadership position was as Shan's AED, a position Windos inaugurated.

More to the point, I'm currently in charge of the Shadow Academy and the Wiki, two things that Windos oversaw more than a decade ago. There are many years and a lot of hard work by HMs, T:Ws, and their staff separating his terms and mine. The SA society has been redone three times, there's been at least one full course catalogue audit, and major changes to the structure of the catalogue and staff. And yet, when we deployed the first course with embedded video just last year, that wasn't my idea. That's something that Windos wrote up in 2013 or maybe 2012, that James coded into the current SA per his specifications, but that sat unused for a decade waiting for someone to run with it. That one stands out, but most of the framework and infrastructure of the SA still comes down to what Windos and James worked out back then. That includes the very basic things but also the stuff people tend not to think about, like the settings we use to turn SA courses into GJW trivia comps.

The Wiki is the product of a few more hands; if I see some beautifully complex, ancient template, it's only sometimes Windos' doing. However, I found myself hitting him up recently as the last person to do widespread changes using a bot, a feature that was sorely missed. Even though MediaWiki has completely overhauled how that works, rendering his old system irrelevant and unusable, Windos cheerfully pointed me in the direction of a tool that I can use to do the same thing.

It's normal for sacs and EL promos to talk about "lasting impact," but rare to actually see that in recommendations. To some degree, it's not even possible except in cases, like this one, in which recognition is years overdue. So I want to make sure it's in writing this time. I like to think I'm a pretty good and impactful HM, but it's humbling to think that five HMs or ten years in the future, our HM is more likely to be relying on Windos' work than mine. It is criminal that he's not an elder already.

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-05-21 22:38:11 UTC

Double promotion! See Event ID 267091.

Rowan Dragos, 2024-05-21 21:40:44 UTC

I don't think I can say there's been a day yet where Windos hasn't participated in at least one if not more competitions. Always abuzz, Windos has been consistent, energetic, and prolific in his domination of all forms of competitions throughout both the Brotherhood and Clan levels.

Another often unsung hero of the Clan, Windos is quiet, but dedicated, popping by the Discord to share his latest creations or talk gaming before disappearing into the ether once more to absolutely destroy the competition board. His sporadic visits a reminder of the good humor and interesting person behind Dossier.

This promotion is well earned, Windos, with your constant activity and dedication to the Clan. I look forward to where you'll climb from here, but knowing where you've been already, I know it won't be long before you reach your next checkpoint.

High Councillor Masahiro Haku, 2024-05-21 03:34:41 UTC

While Windos and I have technically overlapped in COU by several years, he had really settled into a quiet retirement by the time I started stomping around and I had left for the DC by the time he made his glorious return. So this is a weird recommendation, because on the one hand I barely know him, but on the other, I've often found myself trying to pick up from where he left off. My first unit was one that he had been running just a few months earlier, Satele Shan, which he co-created with Ji. My first leadership position was as Shan's AED, a position Windos inaugurated.

More to the point, I'm currently in charge of the Shadow Academy and the Wiki, two things that Windos oversaw more than a decade ago. There are many years and a lot of hard work by HMs, T:Ws, and their staff separating his terms and mine. The SA society has been redone three times, there's been at least one full course catalogue audit, and major changes to the structure of the catalogue and staff. And yet, when we deployed the first course with embedded video just last year, that wasn't my idea. That's something that Windos wrote up in 2013 or maybe 2012, that James coded into the current SA per his specifications, but that sat unused for a decade waiting for someone to run with it. That one stands out, but most of the framework and infrastructure of the SA still comes down to what Windos and James worked out back then. That includes the very basic things but also the stuff people tend not to think about, like the settings we use to turn SA courses into GJW trivia comps.

The Wiki is the product of a few more hands; if I see some beautifully complex, ancient template, it's only sometimes Windos' doing. However, I found myself hitting him up recently as the last person to do widespread changes using a bot, a feature that was sorely missed. Even though MediaWiki has completely overhauled how that works, rendering his old system irrelevant and unusable, Windos cheerfully pointed me in the direction of a tool that I can use to do the same thing.

It's normal for sacs and EL promos to talk about "lasting impact," but rare to actually see that in recommendations. To some degree, it's not even possible except in cases, like this one, in which recognition is years overdue. So I want to make sure it's in writing this time. I like to think I'm a pretty good and impactful HM, but it's humbling to think that five HMs or ten years in the future, our HM is more likely to be relying on Windos' work than mine. It is criminal that he's not an elder already.

Alethia Archenksova
Headmistress

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-05-21 17:38:15 UTC

Jafits Skrumm has reached the required 85000 XP to reach the rank of Elder 1.

If someone were to ask me who the most dominant member of Clan Odan-Urr was. Without hesitation I would say Jafits Skrumm. The man is a monster but remains humble. I have known him for so long and while he’s always been a man of few words, he’s a man that churns out results and always comes through when we need him. If you’re looking for a shining example of what activity in this club should look like. Jafits fits the mold.

To put it into perspective, since his last promotion he has earned the following.

• Participated in a whopping 587 competitions
• Written over 3k words of fiction - even though he truly shines in the gaming department

And earned the following awards for his stellar gaming and competition participation. 1 Ruby Scepter, 1 Amethyst Kukri, 3 Sapphire Blades, 1 Grand Cross, 1 Anteian Cross, 2 Silver Nova, 6 Bronze Nova, 31 Crescent with Diamond Stars, 62 Crescent with Ruby Stars, 83 Crescent with Amethyst Stars, 59 Crescent with Sapphire Stars, 29 Crescent with Emerald Stars, 6 Crescent with Topaz Stars, 6 Crescent with Quartz Stars, 10 Pendants of Blood, 1474 Clusters of Fire, 11 Clusters of Ice, 5031 Clusters of Earth, 376 Clusters of Graphite, 1 Seal of Loyalty, 22 Seals of Enmity, 11 Seals of Ascension, and 19 Seals of Transcendence.

Thank you for all that you do Jafits. You have fun and that’s truly what matters. You do you and keep making the boss proud. Well done, my friend.

Rowan Dragos, 2024-05-21 21:40:58 UTC

If I were to have to describe Jafits in the time I've been Proconsul, I'd tell you that he's the pulse of Clan Odan-Urr. Quiet, steady, and strong. A routine name among competitions, activity logs, and top placements toward our ongoing Scimitar of Lord Hoth series, I've yet to see a timeframe where they haven't left a mark.

Knowing your history throughout The Brotherhood, as well, it's clear to see that this has always been the case. This is a reward long deserved for someone with a history like yours, Jafits, and I'm glad to have been here to see you get your dues.

High Councillor Masahiro Haku, 2024-05-21 00:32:58 UTC

Jscumm was, if memory serves, the first positioned leader to welcome me Odan-Urr, and my first BTL at any rate. This was on IRC, if this gives you any indication of how long ago that was. What's really remarkable, though, is how Jafits has been consistently chugging along since then, without any interruption that I'm aware of. He's quiet and that makes him easy to overlook, but if day to day activity is the lifeblood of the club, that makes him the heart of Odan-Urr.

Alethia Archenksova
Headmistress

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-05-21 17:41:21 UTC

Essik Lyccane has reached the required 85000 XP to reach the rank of Elder 1.

Have you ever heard the tale of Essik, the machine? It’s not a story the Sith would have told you. All joking aside, one of the pillars of Clan Odan-Urr is Essik Lyccane. From his seemingly endless work on wiki articles, to his spectacular fiction writing, my friend here is probably one of the best friends I have made in the Brotherhood. He selflessly does so much for this Clan and genuinely wants what’s best for it. In fact, I can say with honesty, this Clan wouldn’t be the same without him in it.

I’ve known him for quite some time and I’ve always looked up to him as a role model in that, while he may rarely, if ever, stray from his Clan’s chat. He has been one of the most active members I think I have ever seen. Just to name a few of his accomplishments. Since his last promotion. Essik has earned the following.

• Organized 25 competitions and co-organized 2
• Participated in a whopping 427 competitions
• Written over 69,000 words of fiction
• Written 9 reports
• Served as and Aedile for 5 months and Quaestor for 11 months

He has also earned the following awards for his hard work and dedication. 1 Ruby Scepter, 1 Amethyst Kukri, 2 Sapphire Blades, 1 Grand Cross, 1 Steel Cross, 1 Dark Cross, 1 Anteian Cross, 1 Bronze Nova, 15 Crescent with Diamond Stars, 121 Crescent with Ruby Stars, 69 Crescent with Amethyst Stars, 33 Crescent with Sapphire Stars, 16 Crescent with Emerald Stars, 4 Crescent with Topaz Stars, 3 Crescent with Quartz Stars, 7 Clusters of Fire, 157 Clusters of Ice, 117 Clusters of Earth, 177 Clusters of Graphite, 9 Dark Side Scrolls, 1 Scroll of Foundation for mentoring Elyon de Neverse, 1 Seal of Loyalty, 23 Seals of Ascension, and 14 Seals of Transcendence.

Essik is the epitome of hard work pays off. He has diligently worked for his Clan, most of the time, behind the curtain. This alone speaks for his personality as he doesn’t seek praise or personal reward. With a true servant mentality, his true desire is Odan-Urr. For always being their to talk to, to vent to, and to get advice. Thank you Essik. Not just as your Consul. But as your friend. I know that I can always count on you and I’m grateful to have you as a member. We appreciate you and hope that you have many more years left in you.

Rowan Dragos, 2024-05-21 21:41:08 UTC

A storied name with a knack for shooting straight and getting to the point, Essik or Tarvitz, has been a fixture around The Brotherhood for years. A year my senior and sounding board during my first year in the DB (bet ya didn't remember, did you? Took me a while too.) about the woes of Time Served in position, despite having done all of the required metrics aside from sitting on our hands. In my time returned to Odan-Urr Tarvitz has been a collaborator and compass, helping me navigate some of the trickier aspects of projects and just fitting the pieces back into COU.

With so many moving pieces, creations, historical details, and Wiki Articles of Odan-Urr's tied to your name, it feels only just for you to have earned this, if a bit overdue.

High Councillor Masahiro Haku, 2024-05-21 01:23:51 UTC

The point of a wiki is for people to use it, obviously. Not just for reference but to improve it and erase the distinction between user and administrator. However, in practice, that's not usually how it plays out. Most members, if they're making edits at all, limit their work to their own characters and units.

Essik's promotions and awards have often mentioned his wiki contributions over the years, perhaps to the point where they've settled into background noise. That does him a disservice. While wiki work isn't literally thankless, as his pile of Dark Side Scrolls will attest, it does come close at times. Most unit pages are out of date. Many if not most Council-maintained pages are as well. Auditing and improving that content is the sort of task that's on every leader's to-do list, but always under a dozen other items that are more urgent, more impactful, or frankly just more enjoyable or rewarding. Thus it's not surprising that we can count the number of members who've consistently attempted to improve pages they're not personally responsible for on one or two hands, at least for the last several years. Essik is one of them. I may, by doing hundreds of identical mass edits, surpassed his edit count this year. May, as in I would have to check, because I can't assume marking 200 unused images for deletion would be enough.

Some of Essik's work occurred on the wiki staff or as a summit member. Much of it did not, because his contributions were never reliant on tasking from a boss. They represent true volunteerism and a long-running effort to make a club resource better for everybody. We owe him our thanks.

Alethia Archenksova
Headmistress

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-05-21 21:35:10 UTC

Adept Bentre Stahoes has reached the required 167500 XP to reach the rank of Elder 2.

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2024-05-21 21:43:45 UTC

Bentre, Benny, aka The Chaos Duck, did not let getting elder slow him down. He continued to make meaningful contributions to the club and set an example for others to follow. I had the honor of having Bentre as my Praetor until real life claimed him (as it does with so many of us). He brought a calm, professional demeanor to all aspects of his service and his thoughtful council as a veteran leader and gamer in the club was something that I greatly valued and helped the early days of my Fist term.

Bentre provided direct input to 4 new gaming platforms, adjustment to cluster values, a change to in-game guild policies, casual queue policies and getting the Rites of Combat updated for GJW XVI. Additionally, while it was not his primary duty he still managed to personally review 135 gaming submissions providing timely and accurate support to 73 unique members. The Fist office and the gaming community as a whole benefitted from Bentre’s wisdom and dedication.

For setting a high example for other Elders to follow he has more than earned his elevation to Master. QUACK!

Champion Rajhin Cindertail, 2024-05-20 16:41:14 UTC

Adept Bentre Sadow, aka The Chaos Duck, Drake Mallard the harbinger of heroism and just good ol’ Benny. There is so much to be said about this guy and the dedication he has given not only to Clan Naga Sadow, but to the Club as well. Bentre’s impact on the Brotherhood will be covered for certain. However, I would like to point out, making it to the Elder rank is one accomplishment, progressing through them is a whole other path to challenge oneself with. Bentre has done just that, I would go as far as saying when one asks what an Elder or a leader of the Club would look like, Bentre would be in that picture.

Since his last promotion, Bentre has put together one hundred and thirty comps and co-organized seven more comps for members to partake in. When he was not organizing fun filled activities Bentre participated in three hundred and eighty one competitions. Which has earned himself quite the buffet of accolades which include one Emerald Dagger, four Sapphire Blades, one Anteian Cross and three Gold Nova’s. He also snagged one hundred and sixty one Crescents, three PoB’s and a whopping eight thousand seven hundred and fifty eight clusters.

Oh it does not end there quite yet, to round out this steady flow of activity, Bentre has earned forty nine Scrolls of Foundation, two Scrolls of Indoctrination, a Seal of Loyalty, twenty nine Seals of Ascension and six Seals of Transcendence.

Bentre since joining the Club has grinded through his career with milestone after milestone. Being a leader is just one of those milestones. Leading is just in his DNA, proven by all of his Summit time. Which includes four years as Consul alone. In the last several years there has not been a CNS member that has not been influenced by his mentorship and calming demeanor.

Bentre has worn many hats throughout this grind, in and out of the Clan he has done the work and put in the time. Taking on the responsibilities as a Magistrate and a Praetor along with being a member of the Wiki Tribune staff. Fortunately it does not stop there, the Adept is also an academic scholar as well as an esteemed Professor within the Shadow Academy. Now as a member of the Star Chamber he will be advising the Grand Master on Club matters.

It is with great pleasure to be a part of Bentre's ascension to Elder II. Congrats on this well earned promotion!!!!

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2024-05-20 19:13:04 UTC

Bentre has served the Brotherhood well, providing resources for others to utilise and acted as an example to follow.

He never asks for anything for himself, he is just here to have fun and ensure other people have fun.

Benny is more than deserving of Elder II. He has served at a House, Clan and Club level during his time here.

Howie, put the declined stamp away, you won't need it for this one. :P

Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar, 2024-05-21 13:24:56 UTC

Bentre has been on our radar for a little while now. He's been a solid and strong contributor to the gaming culture in CNS even as life has demanded more and more of his free time. He's been a solid advisor, with calm and collected thoughts and perspectives on how to handle anything that comes up, a steady hand to the point where he has been invited to stand on the Star Chamber. He's a pillar of the clan, a good friend to all, and is always willing to do whatever he can to help drive activity forward, even in his retirement.

Bentre is already a Master, and I am more than pleased to be a part of the process to have his status shown officially on his dossier.

Thank you for all that you have done, and for all that you will certainly do.

Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2024-05-21 14:32:24 UTC

Strask Rurra'bek has reached the required 23000 XP to reach the rank of Equite 3.

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2024-05-21 21:43:37 UTC

Strask Rurra'bek has been a whirlwind of activity since coming over to Naga Sadow. I have said it more than once, this is the type of guy that you would love to see everyone emulate. He has definitely taken up the mantle of being the resident CNS gaming master.

Strask has conquered one hundred and seventy six comps garnering over 4K in gaming XP. For his efforts he has also earned himself a Sapphire Blade, eighty four Crescents, one thousand and seventy two Clusters finished off by one Seal of Loyalty.

He has led several CNS’ers through many mission gambits of Helldiving, not to forget being a ace wingman in Squadrons. Gaming is not just Strask’s strong suit, as a side project Strask put together a new excel point tracker to tally up each member’s activity totals towards the Clan’s ongoing The Order of the Black Guard monthly competition. His willingness to help out Summit and Clan members goes without question.

The Clan is glad to have you and look forward to your further success! It is with great pleasure to announce that Strask has earned the required 23000 XP to reach the rank of Equite 3. Congratulations on your promotion, Strask!

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2024-05-20 19:55:09 UTC

Anyone who has dived with Strask knows he loves that game. That he's great at that game. And he is. The guy has carried more dead weight than a mack truck. But that's not what I take away from playing wtih him. He loves the game, but I think he loves the community just as much. When asked about 'what is best', be it weapons, loadout, strategy, the 'meta', tactics, he dismisses it and always seems to say "Take whatever you like and is fun for you."

This isn't a work. He genuinely believes that. Now that could be that he's just good enough to carry you even if you take something suboptimal, whihc is absolutely true, but I think it speaks more to his attitude. The guy just wants the people around him to have fun and not worry aboout the stress-inducing parts of it.

There's a lot of folks that don't get that part of gaming: that it's supposed to be fun, not stressful. he lets this carry over into other things he does, be it helping refine systems to make them all but self-executing using excel wizardry, or even just relaxing and hanging out in voice chat.

It's a great attitude to have, and it helps others want to show up and do things with him as a result. I've long said that leadership is action and not position, and Strask is a great example of what I mean. As such, he's continued to plug away at activities and has more than earned his next promotion in the equite ranks, a promotion that I am very happy to throw my words behind.

Thank you, Strask.

Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2024-05-21 14:42:04 UTC