Aldaric' tenure on the Fist staff over the past year has been remarkable as he has provided stability to an office that was in flux. Aldaric is hard working and can be consistently relied upon to meet the offices activity approval standards.This does not simply include maintaining a 24-hour turnaround time on all approvals but also creating, monitoring and approving the Grand Master’s Royal Guard competitions on a monthly basis. During is tenure, Aldaric has run 12 competitions (including the one still in progress) as part of the Fist off monthly gaming events.

While creating these competitions, Aldaric was always attempting to look for new ways to engage the gaming community within the club. He did not focus on one single subtype and ran a wide variety of competitions. An example of this is his Overwatch cluster race, which ended up generating 1262.5 Clusters of Fire over a three week period. Another fantastic example of the work Aldaric put into running competitions is the Heroes of the Storm 2v2 bracket that ran. This competition saw six teams enter, a fantastic showing outside of a DC-run club-wide event. Not only that but Aldaric also came up with his own unique twist on the competition, restricting heroes to only the free rotation, in an effort to increase the general competitiveness of the tournament.

Aldaric also assisted with the Fallen Order: Launch Party series of competitions, creating his own caption contest but also by helping me brainstorm other competition ideas. It was important for us as an office to do something in support of the first new Star Wars game to release since 2017 and Aldaric assisted in making that a reality.

Since joining the staff, Aldaric has approved hundreds of gaming activities. He has reviewed and processed over 325 PvE/PvO activities and 38 PvP activities, all well within thereuired 24 hour timeframe. As important as these metrics are, Aldaric’s greatest contribution may be his reliability. It is no secret that the Fist office saw a lot of change in the 12 months that Aldaric served but one of the things that remained consistent throughout this turmoil was Aldaric’s reliability. He remained committed to his role and was a major contributor to the stability of the office through what could have been a very tumultuous time.

It is my privilege to recommend him for his very first sacramental award.

Congratulations, Aldaric. Thank you for everything you have done during your time on staff.

Raiheaux, 2020-01-10 02:26:09 UTC

Since his promotion to EQ3 eight months ago, Aldaric has been a key member of the Fist staff and one of the most reliable and hard working members i have known in my nearly seven years in this club. Aldaric is a driving force on the staff, driving magistrate development and management, competition organization and creation, wiki updates, policy revisions and aggressively monitoring activity approval timelines. Aldaric exceeds all expectations through hard work and a clear dedication to building a strong gaming community experience in the DJB.

Aldaric’s primary contributions on the staff are in competition organization and management. Throughout his time as Praetor, he has taken almost full responsibility for managing the monthly gaming events. Even after the shift from competitions to cluster earning for the GMRG placement, Aldaric has still ensured that the team provides regular activity to the club's gamers. Aldaric's dedication to the Fist staff and the club at large led him to organize and run multiple competitions at the club level.

Aldaric is without a doubt one of the hardest working members of my staff. He tackles every single task with an energy and enthusiasm that is unrivaled by so many others. I could not have asked for a better Praetor to help me as I took on the role of Fist for the third time. He has been instrumental to helping me develop the new Casual Gaming system, changes to the GMRG scoring model, and updates to the GMRG society. It is truly my honor to award him with his second Sapphire Blade.

Congratulations, Aldaric! Thank you for all that you do.

Master Dracaryis, 2021-12-20 15:32:56 UTC