Yearly Awards

Article by Polson

Over the past year there have been several people who have been key members of OTF for their efforts in making this community a better place through behind the scenes work, up front work or just being faithful chatters. Each award extends over the entire year and include some of those who have moved on but still left their mark. Without further ado, here are the awards for this 2007-2008 year of OTF:

Bronze:
CL4 Shadowfox
CL6 Shakeycat
CL4 Paige
CL4 Korny
CL4 Estelle
CL5 Lzrman
CL5 Naberrie
CL5 Andrew Norris
CL5 PR Moore
CL5 KypD
CL5 Harry Shires
CL6 Richard
CL6 XgermZ
CL6 Quark
CL7 *Cinna*
CL7 Demon Slayer

Silver:
CL4 Martyn Antilles
CL5 Pheeble
CL5 The Existentialist (Navi)
CL5 Wolf Brother
CL5 Richard Smith
CL5 Tiamai
CL6 Jaquaia
CL6 Drop73
CL6 Kaela
CL6 FM
CL7 Dmitri
CL8 Luc

Congrats to the Bronze and Silver award winners!

Here are the Gold and Platinum awards, we expounded a bit to give people an idea of why these people were given these awards during the Anniversary ceremonies. And then we promptly forgot to chatsave them so I’m doing my best at reconstructing the reasons. Bare with me.

Gold:
CL6 Dierna: Without her, we’d never know the latest sci fi news. She keeps us up to date on our favorite shows and never seems to take a day off. And not just this past year, but in previous years. She’s a real sturdy rock. That’s a compliment.

CL7 Bria Terrik: Previously this year, Bria was doing great work for the Senate. But she also has taken on the ISA in the past couple weeks to give Brandi a break. And throughout the year she has been a fantastic help on the Blue Report. Almost every issue happened because of Bria in one form or another.

CL7 Amanda Sielu Paris: Our dear lady did a bang up job as the Star Wars DSC earlier this year and we wanted to make sure she was recognized for it.

CL7 Kayana: Over the past year, particularly early on, Kayana has been a serious presence within OTF. She’s been a regular part of the Blue Report, but also was key within the OZD Star Trek Division of OTF. She was a great leader, patient and supportive and has a true servant heart.

CL7 Soka: Everyone’s favorite little Ewok! Soka was previously a member of the Senate and frankly we're all still stunned over the Ewok Affiliation. Recently she has also been a fantastic support within Trivia. Currently she’s working on the Avatars for OTF’s chat consolidation and doing a great job.

CL7 Queen of the Universe: QD was the Entertainment SM and did a fantastic job in that area. She also brought in a lot of ideas for the Senate and Executive Council which we did not want to be over looked. On top of that she has been a regular contributing member of the Blue Report team.

Platinum:
CL7 Mezoti: For clarification, Iain protested this award. Brandi will most likely hurt him later for saying such awful things about her. He was overruled though because Brandi has taken on the ISA after the three divisions were dismantled and is now doing the job of four people. A lot of work has gone into this on her part and we wanted to recognize the efforts she has been putting in, even though Iain didn’t want us to.

CL7 Majin Kaze: He is being recognized for his work with Trivia. He’s been performing consistently this year and the Trivia team has thrived in the wake of the departmental changes. On top of that he still finds time to haunt the halls of OTF’s chatrooms!

CL8 Ohm: Ohminion is one of those background tech guys that nobody remembers until something blows up and we need him to save us all from ISE’s and whatnot. It’s a thankless job and this is him being thanked for his behind the scenes technical work that has helped keep OTF going.

CL9 Polson: She has worked constantly this year for the Blue Report, keeping it running through sheer force of will during some months. She's also been an excellent source of candid advice, not to mention one of the people tagged for running the place. For the record, I didn’t write that for myself, Hal wrote it. I would have said something like, “she was every ISA bullseye this weekend except for two therefore Polson’s targeted rear end = amazing.”

CL9 Hobbie: He told me to make something up because he doesn’t remember what HAL said and neither do I. Instead I’ll tell horrible truths about him. Sometimes it’s the second in command who holds up the first in command and that is true of his work on the Blue Report for one thing. He’s also stepped up into a role to support the OTF community as a whole, despite the fact that he will most undoubtedly be blamed for everything.

CL11 Iain: Everything. And then some. Iain has been running ragged this year from putting the server back together, maintaining it, working in the chat consolidation coding, fixing OTF after the “incident”, dating Brandi, his dissertation…um, well you get the idea. He also fixed my email. Iain is OTF’s fixit guy and often gets the brunt end of the thank you stick. Thankfully he has a massive ego and recovers well from being bludgeoned by said stick.

CL12 HAL: This award was given against his will. HAL threatened annihilation several times when it was brought up that he should be recognized for his efforts this past year. His efforts in preserving OTF during its imminent server death were monumental and cannot be overlooked. Plus, Hobbie and I wanted to mutiny on our first day on the job. And it was Iain’s idea.

It’s also been decided to add a yearly award for the Team that has contributed with notable excellence on a regular basis in a manner that has benefited the whole of OTF. In light of this, a Team Award I randomly named "Contributing with Excellence" has been awarded to the Trivia Team for their over all performance this year. Special recognition is given to Soka, Robert Atkins, Richard Smith and Wolf Brother who have been major players within this Team.

And that are this years awards! If you feel you were overlooked or are wondering why you received the award you did, please Blame Hobbie.

Polson
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