- Event ID
- 98973
- Old Rank
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Dark Side Adept
(Elder 1)
- New Rank
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Dark Jedi Master
(Elder 2)
- Requested by
- Ascendant James Lucius Entar
- Primary reason
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From the moment we started working on the new Dark Brotherhood website, and from the moment I announced I was interested in moving to Ruby on Rails - something Arion has been pushing for years - Arion has been very enthousiastic and proactive in helping to bring the new site to fruition.
Arion has done excellent work in the coding department, submitting over 40% of the revisions in the code repository over the course of ten months, resulting in a very functional new site that's at the point of being released. This is no small feat, and certainly should not be overlooked, as the new site as it exists today would certainly be not where it is now without Arion, and would most likely even have failed. After the launch of the new site, Arion has been an enormous asset as well - fixing bugs and implementing suggestions all over the place, often before I even had the chance to wake up :)
For me personally, Arion has been a driving force for my own productivity. Committing code at times when my productivity was in a lull, and thereby motivating me to pick it up again, as well as somehow magically picking up and coding the pieces of functionality I was less motivated to code myself.
What's even more impressive: Arion has been doing all of this while taking care of a newborn and taking on the work of an entire coding team on his own at work.
Adding the above together, along with his past work for the Chamber of Justice, Shadow Academy, his work as Magistrate to the Deputy Grand Master, I think a promotion to Dark Jedi Master is long overdue. Congratulations, Arion, you truly deserve this.
James Lucius Entar Arconae, Seneschal of the Brotherhood
Ascendant James Lucius Entar, 2013-07-27 12:56:35 UTC
- Additional reasons
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I've had the pleasure of working with Arion in capacities ranging from our time together in Revan to his work on the DGM team. Arion has always had a great deal of enthusiasm and energy. He is a member who can deliver a lot of work in a very short period of time. Normally this comes in the form of his coding skills. But what many don't realize is Arion is also a budding author.
He isn't content to be known solely for his ability to program. He also seeks to help us tell our story using his gifts as a writer. Arion recently provided me with an outline for a future Great Jedi War story. It's one I'd very much like to pursue some day. He is a member who is constantly trying to broaden his range of talents and offer more to the club. Personally I would love to see him take that next step in his career here, not as a coder, but as a fellow writer.
Talent and drive like his deserves to be rewarded.
I was grateful to be a part of Arion's last promotion and I am even more honored to be part of this one.
Raken, Deputy Grand Master
Raken, 2013-07-27 12:55:03 UTC
The Dark Jedi Brotherhood is one of the oldest and largest Star Wars fan clubs on the internet. We possess a rich and complex history that is told through our complex and often finicky website. Over six years ago, Arion, began a campaign to upgrade our website to a new coding system. The plan was to take our unreliable, exploitable, and often frustrating website and turn it into a modern design with modern coding. Arion's plan and patience have finally come to fruition with the release of the new Dark Jedi Brotherhood website. Arion's dedication to the project can be described in near Odyssian terms due to working with multiple club leaders and their competing demands for our website's form and function. Patience, love, and thousands of lines of coding have resulted in something we can all be proud of. I wholeheartedly support Arion's elevation to Dark Jedi Master!
Grand Master Declan Roark, 2013-07-27 12:55:28 UTC
I have a confession to make: I have known Arion for his entire career in the Dark Brotherhood, and I have seriously misjudged Arion. I've underestimated him. I did not give him the benefit of the doubt. When I heard of the project that he and Jam3z were undertaking, my reaction was negative. I didn't think it could be done. I thought that, like me and my attempts to rebuild the DB website, this attempt would end in failure.
Some of my misgivings were based on history. From my count, this is the fifth full-blown attempt to redesign the DB website. We tried first with ASP.NET, then PHP, then traditional ASP, then PHP again. All attempts failed. The website was too massive; how do you quickly rebuild a decade's worth of functionality? History was against the idea that the site could be rebuilt in Rudy on Rails. Other misgivings of mine were more personal, almost born of jealousy. There was no way, I thought, that Arion and Jam3z could accomplish what those before them couldn't.
I was wrong and foolish. And I'm very glad I was wrong and very sorry for my underestimations. The Brotherhood has been given a gift from our coding team: a way to stay alive and relevant for years to come. Arion was a central to that effort. When nigh every other coder left our Seneschal to his own devices, Arion was there to work through the massive coding efforts and undertake a huge amount of responsibility. Arion stepped up to the plate and hit a homerun right when we needed him to.
There's no promotion or medal that can adequately express my gratitude to our coding team for what they have accomplished. Hell, they programed the many lines of code that are going to make this promotion show on the site. After you've done that, a few pixels matter little. I think what will be better in the end is the pride that this team can hold in designing an amazing site. There is no other club like ours on the internet that has such a robust website, and that is testament to our team.
That said, having a bigger and better dossier is always, well, bigger and better. And Arion deserves that. He deserves to be elevated to the rank of Dark Jedi Master. He deserves our thanks. And he has it.
Thank you, Arion.
Jac Cotelin, 2013-07-27 12:55:48 UTC
There are two kinds of people in this world: creators and consumers. There are those who are content to just enjoy the fruits of other people's labors, and those who take joy in being the one who does the work. Arion is one who would prefer to do the work. And work he has. He has served as Seneschal, putting forth a proposal to take our dying site and recode it into Ruby on Rails, an under-represented code language at the time. We were afraid, afraid that there wouldn't be enough coders to continue the work, to maintain the work, to keep things moving forward. We were wrong. Here we are, a few years later, staring at a nearly complete recode done in ruby. We have a solid staff of coders, and without the efforts of Arion Sunrider, it would not have launched. I can't tell you how many hours he has ground away, deep in the source of our site, or deep in the bowels of our old, decrepit site, trying to mine for data so we can have it in our shiny new one. Almost twelve thousand lines of code were penned by his hand alone. That's a monumental achievement for someone who is 'just' a praetor. Coding isn't fun, it's not easy, and at the end of the work, people don't look at the site and go 'dude, that dude's character is amazing with a lightsaber', because that is not how this work goes. So, It's important that we recognize these men, sweat and dead segfaults on their brow as they continue to do their best to make us all look good. To the men who cook, rather than just eat, to the builder and not just the tenant. To that end, I am proud to recommend Arion Solnatus for an elevation to the rank of Dark Jedi Master. Thank you Arion, for all that you have done. The Brotherhood would not be the same without you. ~Muz Ashen, Dark Lord of the Sith
Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2013-07-27 12:56:10 UTC
Since he first came back to the fold and started working on DB code again, Arion has been at the front lines of every big project since. From the Shadow Academy to the new website we are all reaping the benefits of, we have several people to thank for the mass amounts of time out of their lives while performing one of the hardest jobs the DB has to offer. I'm not much of a programmer, but just looking at the clutter on the FTP site left me with a deep pit in my stomach as I searched over the mess that these guys had to navigate everyday just to perform a simple dossier fix. When I first heard Arion talk about Ruby on Rails, it was during his term as SCL, and his hopes for the future to use it as a blueprint for the long awaited site recode. Well, he's not SCL anymore, but he's darn close to being one of that office's top gear heads and troubleshooters that keep us above water every day we enjoy this club. I'm extremely proud of the work our team of coders have been producing, and there is no better way to reward one of this club's best, by promoting him to the rank of Dark Jedi Master. Well done, old buddy. ~Taigikori Aybara
Driftan Balephor, 2013-07-27 12:56:25 UTC
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- Event ID
- 88093
- Position
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Magistrate to the Seneschal
- Unit
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Assistants
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- Event ID
- 81946
- Position
-
Praetor to the Seneschal
- Unit
-
Assistants
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- Event ID
- 57025
- Award
- Seal of Loyalty
- Quantity
- 1
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XP Value
-
0.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Raken
- Primary reason
-
For outstanding service to the Dark Brotherhood on this Tenth Anniversary of Independence.
Raken, 2013-04-13 01:45:17 UTC
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- Event ID
- 88014
- Position
-
Right Hand of Justice
- Unit
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Chamber of Justice
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- Event ID
- 55303
- Award
- Crescent with Topaz Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
15.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- [CNS/HSP] Game Time Quicky Week 2
- Requested by
- Darth Renatus
- Primary reason
-
For achieving third place in the [CNS/HSP] Game Time Quicky Week 2 competition.
Darth Renatus, 2012-12-28 09:29:25 UTC
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- Event ID
- 81852
- Position
-
Magistrate to the Deputy Grand Master
- Unit
-
Assistants
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- Event ID
- 54860
- Award
- Crescent with Emerald Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
25.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- [Diablo 3] Butcher the Butcher!
- Requested by
- Valhavoc
- Primary reason
-
For achieving second place in the [Diablo 3] Butcher the Butcher! competition.
The awards for this competition were downgraded due to low participation.
Valhavoc, 2012-12-02 15:42:23 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54526
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 92
-
XP Value
-
92.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Valhavoc
- Primary reason
-
For defeating 23 Rare/Elite enemies in Diablo 3, Inferno Difficulty, MP4 on 18Nov2012.
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Valhavoc, 2012-11-18 17:38:53 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54566
- Award
- Seal of Affliction
- Quantity
- 2
-
XP Value
-
50.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Darth Aeternus
- Primary reason
-
For participation in the Rite of Supremacy: Horizons.
Darth Aeternus, 2012-11-19 11:12:10 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54477
- Award
- Crescent with Topaz Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
15.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- [CNS] Super Fun Times Word Search - Nov 1
- Requested by
- Darth Renatus
- Primary reason
-
For achieving second place in the [CNS] Super Fun Times Word Search - Nov 1 competition.
Darth Renatus, 2012-11-12 07:55:08 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54471
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 4
-
XP Value
-
4.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Valhavoc
- Primary reason
-
For defeating 2 Rare/Elite enemies in Diablo 3, Act 2, Inferno Difficulty on 10Nov2012.
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Valhavoc, 2012-11-11 16:35:02 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54468
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 40
-
XP Value
-
40.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Valhavoc
- Primary reason
-
For defeating 10 Rare/Elite enemies in Diablo 3, Act 3, Inferno Difficulty on 09Nov2012.
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Valhavoc, 2012-11-10 11:51:18 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54422
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 12
-
XP Value
-
12.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Valhavoc
- Primary reason
-
For defeating 3 Rare/Elite enemies in Diablo 3, Act 3, Inferno Difficulty on 06Nov2012.
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Valhavoc, 2012-11-06 19:47:13 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54398
- Award
- Seal of Loyalty
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
0.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu
- Primary reason
-
On the day of retrospection that we Call the Day of the Fox, we award the Seals of Loyalty. Those who are chosen are picked for their exceptional loyalty - not to their house or clan, but to the Brotherhood as a whole. These paragons of the Brotherhood are taken from a cross section of the membership, nominated by the Dark Council as well as the heads of the houses and clans. It is an honor that we only bestow twice a year. Thank you for your work to make the Brotherhood a better place. We are indebted to you. -- Muz Ashen, Dark Lord of the Sith.
Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2012-11-06 17:57:22 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54266
- Award
- Crescent with Sapphire Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
50.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- Image Caption #3
- Requested by
- General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos
- Primary reason
-
For achieving first place in the Image Caption #3 competition.
The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.
General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos, 2012-11-01 09:39:59 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54089
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 4
-
XP Value
-
4.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Fremoc Pepoi
- Primary reason
-
For completing Black Talon
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Fremoc Pepoi, 2012-10-28 04:15:01 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54086
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 6
-
XP Value
-
6.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Fremoc Pepoi
- Primary reason
-
For completing Hammer Station
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Fremoc Pepoi, 2012-10-28 04:14:44 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54063
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 25
-
XP Value
-
25.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Kelvis Xavier
- Primary reason
-
Completion of HM KP in TOR
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Kelvis Xavier, 2012-10-27 23:00:45 UTC
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- Event ID
- 54054
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 20
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XP Value
-
20.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Kelvis Xavier
- Primary reason
-
completion of EV in TOR
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Kelvis Xavier, 2012-10-27 19:42:05 UTC
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