- Event ID
- 246832
- Award
- Cluster of Ice
- Quantity
- 1
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XP Value
-
5.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Lord Idris Adenn
- Primary reason
-
500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9504, #9588, and #9607)
Lord Idris Adenn, 2023-03-17 23:30:14 UTC
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- Event ID
- 245838
- Award
- Sapphire Blade
- Quantity
- 1
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Non-site XP
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4193
XP
- Requested by
- Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson
- Primary reason
-
Zentru’la, as I've stated many, many times now as I've written reccs for him, is awesome. He does so much that sometimes I'm not sure even he realises it.
To put this into perspective, Zen has participated in 18 competitions since his last recognition, graded 42 SA courses, and earned the following awards;
Crescent with Diamond Star x1
Crescent with Amethyst Star x1
Crescent with Sapphire Star x1
Crescent with Topaz Star x1
But that's not all. In planning for the Taldryan event, Zen created a randomizer for a Pirate Fleet that we used for our most recent Clan event.
I'm happy to award him a SB for his work. Congratulations, Zen!
Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson, 2023-02-28 21:00:51 UTC
- Additional reasons
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Zen immediately distinguished himself as one of the most proactive members of the HM staff by presenting me with a plan to overhaul his department shortly after I became HM. So far he has kept on schedule and developed two courses, Introduction to Fiction Writing (originally published as Writing Studies) and Combat Writing. Between them, this involved writing just shy of 4000 words of course notes as well as developing exams and extensive answer keys. I have received numerous comments from the membership at large commenting on the improvement in quality between Zen's Introduction to Fiction Writing and the course that it replaced.
Additionally, Zen has authored two reports that function as mini-courses in writing, including one on filter words and another on Glenn Gers' story planning technique. This is especially appreciated given how easily forgotten the SA can be when faculty focus exclusively on grading courses instead of promoting their departments and subject areas.
Since his last recognition, Zen has graded 42 exams with an average turnaround of 11 hours. This includes 10 submissions to the Test of Wisdom, the most time-consuming course in the SA to grade. In these instances, Zen gives extensive, actionable feedback to member-written fiction and then reevaluates the piece after the member makes revisions. This is essentially a private writing clinic available to any DB member on their own time and one of the best contributions the SA can make to improving a member's writing skills.
I'm delighted to have him on staff and look forward to his continued innovations in the Department of Writing.
Alethia Archenksova
Headmistress
Moff Alethia Archenksova, 2023-02-28 19:09:55 UTC
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- Event ID
- 244489
- Award
- Crescent with Topaz Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
15.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- MS PAINT: Home Planet Homage
- Requested by
- Adept DarkHawk Sadow
- Primary reason
-
For achieving 6th place in the MS PAINT: Home Planet Homage competition.
The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.
Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2023-02-10 03:03:41 UTC
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- Event ID
- 244466
- Award
- Cluster of Graphite
- Quantity
- 3
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XP Value
-
15.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- MS PAINT: Home Planet Homage
- Requested by
- Adept DarkHawk Sadow
- Primary reason
-
Participation in the MS PAINT: Home Planet Homage competition.
Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2023-02-10 03:03:33 UTC
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- Event ID
- 244199
- Award
- Cluster of Ice
- Quantity
- 5
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XP Value
-
25.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Lord Idris Adenn
- Primary reason
-
2500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #9113 and #9504)
Lord Idris Adenn, 2023-02-07 23:30:20 UTC
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- Event ID
- 244183
- Award
- Crescent with Diamond Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
200.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- What Is Dead May Never Die
- Requested by
- General Zxyl Bes'uliik
- Primary reason
-
For achieving 1st place in the What Is Dead May Never Die competition.
General Zxyl Bes'uliik, 2023-02-07 18:31:24 UTC
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- Event ID
- 243669
- Award
- Crescent with Sapphire Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
50.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- Saijo Bomb Defusal [Button 1]
- Requested by
- Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson
- Primary reason
-
For achieving 3rd place in the Saijo Bomb Defusal [Button 1] competition.
The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.
Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson, 2023-02-01 09:00:14 UTC
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- Event ID
- 243385
- Award
- Crescent with Amethyst Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
75.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- Saijo Temple Run!
- Requested by
- Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson
- Primary reason
-
For achieving 2nd place in the Saijo Temple Run! competition.
The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.
Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson, 2023-01-31 12:23:37 UTC
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- Event ID
- 242650
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
1.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Councillor Turel Sorenn
- Primary reason
-
Casual Gaming Queue Casual Gamings (Pokemon Showdown) on or before 2023-01-14
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Councillor Turel Sorenn, 2023-01-14 23:30:17 UTC
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- Event ID
- 233531
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 3
-
XP Value
-
3.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Councillor Turel Sorenn
- Primary reason
-
Casual Gaming Queue Casual Gamings on or before 2022-12-11
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Councillor Turel Sorenn, 2022-12-11 23:30:09 UTC
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- Event ID
- 233060
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 3
-
XP Value
-
3.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Councillor Turel Sorenn
- Primary reason
-
Casual Gaming Queue Casual Gamings (Pokemon Showdown) on or before 2022-11-20
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Councillor Turel Sorenn, 2022-11-20 23:30:13 UTC
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- Event ID
- 233013
- Award
- Cluster of Fire
- Quantity
- 2
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XP Value
-
2.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Councillor Turel Sorenn
- Primary reason
-
Casual Gaming Queue Casual Gamings (Pokemon Showdown) on or before 2022-11-19
(Converted from Cluster of Earth)
Councillor Turel Sorenn, 2022-11-19 23:30:09 UTC
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- Event ID
- 232495
- Award
- Sapphire Blade
- Quantity
- 1
- Requested by
- Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson
- Primary reason
-
You'd think that when one becomes an Elder of the Brotherhood, one would decide to slow down, chill out, reduce the number of duties and activity that they do.
I'm happy to say that this is not the case with Zentru’la. He's the type that will not go in unless he gives it his 110%, which is admirable for a member of the club that has been around as long as he has. My case in point? He holds two positions as Praetor to the Voice, and a Shadow Academy Proffesor, though there will be more on his work in those positions from the Voice and former Headmistress respectively.
In terms of activity; Zentru’la has competed in 40 competitions since his last award, and has earned the following;
Crescent with Ruby Star x4
Crescent with Amethyst Star x2
Crescent with Sapphire Star x3
Crescent with Emerald Star x3
Last from me, he was a big component on Taldryan gaining its identity as a Republic. He was one of the vocal voices that pushed for the Clan having a theme of its own to identify within our little pocket of the Brotherhood.
So, from me, Zen. Thank you for all your hardwork, and enjoy giving (I'm assuming Madakado) a new shiny stabby thing!
Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson, 2022-10-31 16:25:00 UTC
- Additional reasons
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Zen jumped onto Voice Staff with much gusto, something I remain eternally grateful for. With our continued backlog of projects. Zen remains a driving voice in ensuring all of #TeamVoice continues to push forward in its many duties for this club. It is thanks to his help, several major projects have gotten completed, along side others still in progress.
In terms of general Voice Duties, Zen has been a helpful eye on all of our queues, and involved on the discussions for the many sheets that come through. For sheet reviews, he has processed 93 sheets for approval (~13% of all manual sheet approvals in this time) along side some 22 remands. He is also active on discussion threads even when the sheet isn't one he is maining for processing. His reviews also come in handy with the competition queue, verifying those word counts, and upon occasion helping process Role Playing clusters from discord.
His main strengths however remain in the realm of project work. Thanks to his efforts we were finally able to fill out the feats projects, and review all 463 active feats in our system. His efforts helped cut weeks of time it would have taken for me to do it alone.
His second major venture was the refresh of all of our club’s non-member NPC characters. This included reviewing old fiction for those deceased in the narrative, ensuring they each had proper and expected owners in our system (be it factions, clans, or voice staff owned for things like SA training). He also went and reviewed them for invalid sheets, helping ensure all of these NPCs were up to snuff with the current set of available options. This covers 201 faction/voice-owned sheets along with all of the Clan owned sheets.
While there are still many things still being worked on, Zen’s efforts on Voice Staff has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. He has truly helped improve the fiction related activities for this club, and has been a massive aid to my own sanity.
Congrats Zen, and thank you for your continued efforts!
Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-10-29 23:32:02 UTC
The nicest thing Ciara did for me was leave an excellent staff in place, with Zentru'la as one of the highlights. Although I have only worked with him for a month or so, Zen is already a model of the direction I want to take the Shadow Academy. He does his baseline professor job, grading 14 courses since his last recognition, but he also leaves the SA to take his subject area to the members. Zen is the only SA staff to issue reports, which cover writing advice and best practices, and the only one to run competitions for his subject area. He genuinely cares about writing in this club and is proactive about raising both the quality and quantity of it, as attested by his Voice work. Although I'm afraid I don't have much to contribute to an award just yet, I look forward to many more recommendations to come.
Alethia Archenksova
Headmistress
Moff Alethia Archenksova, 2022-10-31 01:44:32 UTC
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- Event ID
- 231621
- Award
- Cluster of Ice
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
5.0
XP (Full Value)
- Requested by
- Lord Idris Adenn
- Primary reason
-
500 words of fiction (Fiction Activities #8901 and #9113)
Lord Idris Adenn, 2022-09-30 23:30:11 UTC
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- Event ID
- 230278
- Source Unit
-
Thanatos
- Destination Unit
-
Taldryan
- Primary reason
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Manual Administration
Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya, 2022-08-15 16:17:46 UTC
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- Event ID
- 230155
- Award
- Crescent with Emerald Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
25.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- 16 - Naming the 2nd Battle Group's Raider-II Corvette
- Requested by
- Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya
- Primary reason
-
For achieving 4th place in the 16 - Naming the 2nd Battle Group's Raider-II Corvette competition.
The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.
Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya, 2022-08-09 21:09:25 UTC
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- Event ID
- 230139
- Award
- Crescent with Sapphire Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
50.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- 33 - Naming the Orbital Assault Corps
- Requested by
- Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya
- Primary reason
-
For achieving 3rd place in the 33 - Naming the Orbital Assault Corps competition.
The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.
Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya, 2022-08-09 21:07:46 UTC
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- Event ID
- 230116
- Award
- Crescent with Emerald Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
25.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- 31 - Naming the Flotilla of the Taldryan Republic's Marauders
- Requested by
- Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya
- Primary reason
-
For achieving 4th place in the 31 - Naming the Flotilla of the Taldryan Republic's Marauders competition.
The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.
Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya, 2022-08-09 21:05:32 UTC
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- Event ID
- 230110
- Award
- Crescent with Amethyst Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
75.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- 25 - Naming the 3rd Battle Group's Raider-II Corvette
- Requested by
- Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya
- Primary reason
-
For achieving 2nd place in the 25 - Naming the 3rd Battle Group's Raider-II Corvette competition.
The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.
Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya, 2022-08-09 21:05:04 UTC
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- Event ID
- 230105
- Award
- Crescent with Ruby Star
- Quantity
- 1
-
XP Value
-
100.0
XP (Full Value)
- Competition
- 24 - Naming the 3rd Battle Group's Raider-II Corvette
- Requested by
- Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya
- Primary reason
-
For achieving 1st place in the 24 - Naming the 3rd Battle Group's Raider-II Corvette competition.
The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.
Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya, 2022-08-09 21:04:43 UTC
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