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Award ceremony
« on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 3:48am »

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The main hall was again packed as Wade walked up to the podium to address everyone for one last time. A technician gave him a cue from the side, signifying the transmission was ready to broadcast.

Durkis: I would like to take a brief moment to thank all those who helped with this years competition. From the judges standing here next to me, to the crew of Xavier Fleet Yards, and to those out there that did their part to add to our competition, my sincere thanks.

A polite applause went threw the crowd before he continued.

Durkis: Now for the awards. In third place, Ta'pez HoD, IKS meH'Haj, Task Force 44.

The crowd cheered as Ta’pez cam forth to receive the bronze trophy. Wade handed the trophy to Ta’pez and gave a respectfully nod to fellow CO from his former Task Force. When the applause slowed, the admiral continued.

Durkis: Second place, Lt. Commander Kieran Michael O'Donnell, USS Tomar, Task Force 58.

Again the crowd cheered. Wade shook Lt. Commander O’Donnell’s hand and presented him the trophy.

Durkis:And the winner of the Third Annual Bravofleet Bat’leth Competition, K’tar Sogh, IKS meH'Haj, Task Force 44

The crowd roared loud as K’tar came forward. Handing the gold trophy over to K’tar, Wade merely stepped back and aloud the Klingon to have his moment. The crowd cheered for a couple minutes until K’tar stepped down.

Admiral Durkis then turned to K’Hare and motioned for him to proceed with the next award.

K’Hare: It is said that there are things more important than victory. Some would say that a warrior can lose a battle, but that if they do not compromise, they do not turn from who they are, even in death they are not defeated. This is the Klingon way. We do not seek death, we seek challenge, and to die while performing a great deed shows what is most important to every true Klingon. It is my pleasure to once again present the Honor Award to Q’olavraH, daughter of q'marI.

He smiled to himself at the personal joke that only Q’ol herself would understand.

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Some of the awards we give out are out of character.

The Role Playing Award - awarded to the player who most contributes to the tournament due to exceptional writing, some OOC activity, or both.

This year, the role playing award goes to Ing of Task Force 86.

The RP award is voted on and debated by the judges. The judges also each pick their own favorite individually. The RP winner is not elligible and we don't allow duplicates.

Wade's Judge award goes to Q'olavraH for exceptional role playing.

Valren's Judge award goes to Tauvits for exceptional role playing.

K'Hare's Judge award goes to Sajida for demonstrating the spirit of this event. She could not attend to fight but got others to show up, she still joined when she could, and she participated in lots of unplanned scenes.

This year we are also introducing a new award, the Newcomer Award to the player who has not attending the tourney before and has the biggest effect. The Newcomer Award goes to Ing, of Klach D'kel Brakt.

In addition to the honor award, I wanted to highlight the honor and dishonor of the participant to recognize those who fought with honor but did not have the skill to fight for as long.

There are the warriors who fought only with great honor or fought for several round with honor.

Great Honorable mentions:
T'Linda
roS'neQar Ross McEwan
K'megh son of Kohrel
Charlie Reynolds
K'Vok
Kira Naul Gordon
A.J. Bernard

These are the warriors who fought honorably overall.

Honorable mentions:
Falco Tauvits
M'rek
Jason Pepper
Jean Chandler
Shaydara

While we are not awarding this in character, the warrior who accumulated the most dishonor was:

Most Dishonorable:
Kieran Michael O'Donnell

And this one stood out from the rest.

Great Dishonorable mention:
Tomas Wolfe

The follow warriors had honor totals that leaned to the dirty side.

Dishonorable mention:
Ta'pez
Davidian
Talora
Jake Ness
Loj Hartson
James Tal'Vur

We have only had 8 votes for the Player's Choice so far so it will be awarded later.

We will be making a site for the awards in the next few days. The tourney site will stay up for at least another week. After that it will be available read only.

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Re: Award ceremony
« Reply #1 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 10:36am »

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Valren stood quietly behind the two judges. He had been given the opportunity to assist in the awarding process but had opted against it. He sensed a lot of distaste from K'Hare totlh and knew that both K'Hare and Rear Admiral Durkis were both far more engaged and more appropriate.

Once the awards had been handed out, the applause and cries heard and K'Hare's parting remarks given. The new CO for Xavier took the podium.

"The Alliance between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets is a proud and long standing one. Our cultures are very different but our friendship is strong nonetheless. This event, hosted by an arm of the Federation Starfleet is a great example of the affection our two organization have for each other. Despite trials and breakdowns at certain times, by and large our alliance has lasted nearly 90 years and I am sure it shall not fade anytime soon," he paused a moment as there were some applause. Despite being none too keen on the culture of Qo'nos, Valren Arelwynn respected their ways and appreciated their raw emotion. This might not have been his idea of fun, but it was a worthy event nonetheless.

"We have witnessed a great deal of honourable combat here these past few days. I do not have a very keen eye for it myself, but we've seen a fair bit of dishonourable combat too I am told," he paused as there was some laughter, though the Klingons were not that amused. "Whether you were here to compete or to observe, whether you have Klingon blood in your veins or Klingon culture in your hearts, I think we can all join in excliaming `Qapla'!` I wish you all well and on behalf of Xavier Fleet Yards and Task Force 44, I thank you for your spirit and dedication."

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K`rahl YaBB Newbies Sto'Vo'Kor, Hoj! SuvwI ghoS! Posts: 46 Gender:	Re: Award ceremony « Reply #2 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 11:18am » OOC: Your list is not complete regarding Honour... For example Q'olavraH is not mentioned. Can we have a full list please? Unless the cheating was purely through sources that we could not see in the ring pretty much any skilled warrior could tell who was dirty and who wasn't, an armchair fan could spot Kieran cheats.
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Ta`pez HoD Senior Member For the Glory of the House of Chang! Posts: 369 Gender:	Re: Award ceremony « Reply #3 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 11:26am » Qol got the honor award - that would put her in the top spot
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Re: Award ceremony
« Reply #4 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 11:37am »

OOC... OK, I should read posts correctly... Missed that.

K'tar and S'ol were not mentioned in the OOC either though. I didn't check for all the competitors when I made my misread but I did check to see if it was only Q'ol, as I expected her to get the award and thought at first K'Hare had forgotten it... I musta skipped the whole paragraph.

Did those not mentioned average out as being neither without honour or with extra honour? (which means they still had some hounour of course...)

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Re: Award ceremony
« Reply #5 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 2:14pm »

Quote from K`rahl on Feb 28^th, 2005, 11:18am:

OOC: ...
an armchair fan could spot Kieran cheats.

Those sound like fighting words there Wink

BTW, Kieran didn't cheat, he just took advantage of specific moments in time, but never did anything illegal in his moves, he just used alot of moves that aren't looked too kindly on in a tournament setting. If he had cheated, don't you think he would've been kicked out? So Tongue

to you K'rahl.

BTW, I don't get how reynolds got an Honour mentioning when he didn't even fight his second fight, he got arrested instead, or are those based off what they chose as their fighting stance?

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K`Hare totlh YaBB Administrator Another keg of Bloodwine is waiting. Posts: 390 Gender:	Re: Award ceremony « Reply #6 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 2:43pm » Yes. I generated that list purely on what people chose OOC as their fighting stance. Making that list based on IC posts would be difficult and would become an assessment of posting quality.
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Re: Award ceremony
« Reply #7 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 10:31pm »

=/\= Xavier Fleet Yards, Section Blue Two, Award Ceremony =/\=

James had woke up in a strange sickbay but had been greeted with a familiar face. He had regained consciousness and been well enough to be released for the awards ceremony.. Ta'pez had taken a toll on his body and his muscled ached with a dull pain.

He had made it to the ceremony with minutes to spare before it began and he had watched in silence as the awards were handed out. One more place, he thought, and he would have been one of the people on that stage.

After the speeches and the awards, James snaked through the crowed to Ta'pez and gently tapped him on the shoulder, his other hand by his pocket.

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Ta`pez HoD Senior Member For the Glory of the House of Chang! Posts: 369 Gender:	Re: Award ceremony « Reply #8 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 10:36pm » The klingon turned and tensed, however said nothing just mererly looked the Qel. Others around him were just as tense, daggers were not drawn but that was only a split second away.
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TalVur Junior Member The Doc Posts: 84 Gender:	Re: Award ceremony « Reply #9 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 10:39pm » James reached into his pocket, slowly, and pulled out a pair of isolinear chips and offered them to Ta'pez. "Our match was amazing, one of the best I've ever fought. Hopefully there are no hard feelings." James held the chips out, and waited.
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Re: Award ceremony
« Reply #10 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 11:02pm »

Ta'pez looked at the chips then the human presenting them.

"You are ignorant of our ways," Ta'pez said. "were you klingon you would be dead by now."

The klingons tensed around him. " However as you have just shown, you have learned something and that makes me content." Ta'pez continued.

He looked around easing the tention on his minions.

"Next year perhaps you will know more about the klingon way." he finally said pocketing the chips from his the Qels hand.

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Re: Award ceremony
« Reply #11 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 11:04pm »

Quote from K`Hare totlh on Feb 28^th, 2005, 3:48am:

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The main hall was again packed as Wade walked up to the podium to address everyone for one last time. A technician gave him a cue from the side, signifying the transmission was ready to broadcast.

Durkis: I would like to take a brief moment to thank all those who helped with this years competition. From the judges standing here next to me, to the crew of Xavier Fleet Yards, and to those out there that did their part to add to our competition, my sincere thanks.

A polite applause went threw the crowd before he continued.

Durkis: Now for the awards. In third place, Ta'pez HoD, IKS meH'Haj, Task Force 44.

The crowd cheered as Ta’pez cam forth to receive the bronze trophy. Wade handed the trophy to Ta’pez and gave a respectfully nod to fellow CO from his former Task Force. When the applause slowed, the admiral continued.

Durkis: Second place, Lt. Commander Kieran Michael O'Donnell, USS Tomar, Task Force 58.

Again the crowd cheered. Wade shook Lt. Commander O’Donnell’s hand and presented him the trophy.

Kieran (this time wearing his Starfleet uniform, Engineering yellow with 3 pips on his collar), who had been in the back of the hall when his name was announced, was surprised that so many cheered, and didn't actually boo him. He walked with his head held high. He did what he had to do, what he had came here to do, and even though some of the Klingons present had decided that he fought with dishonour and would be out for his blood in the future, those whom Kieran needed to impressed were impressed, and his future in II was assured.

Kieran had some fences to mend however before he left Xavier, especially with Q'ol and perhaps K'rahl as well, as he was sure his former CO wasn't pleased with him, and the human II agent hoped that Q'ol would understand; and he also had a meeting with the red-shirted Commander after the ceremony.

Kieran shook hands with Admiral Durkis, and held the 2nd Place trophy high for a moment, so the Federation and Klingon News Feeds could see him and his trophy, then he made his way down and back into the crowds, amid some back thumping and congratulatory remarks, and also amongst some stares of anger from some of the Klingons, especially those of the meH'Haj.

Quote from K`Hare totlh on Feb 28^th, 2005, 3:48am:

Durkis:And the winner of the Third Annual Bravofleet Bat’leth Competition, K’tar Sogh, IKS meH'Haj, Task Force 44

The crowd roared loud as K’tar came forward. Handing the gold trophy over to K’tar, Wade merely stepped back and aloud the Klingon to have his moment. The crowd cheered for a couple minutes until K’tar stepped down.

Admiral Durkis then turned to K’Hare and motioned for him to proceed with the next award.

K’Hare: It is said that there are things more important than victory. Some would say that a warrior can lose a battle, but that if they do not compromise, they do not turn from who they are, even in death they are not defeated. This is the Klingon way. We do not seek death, we seek challenge, and to die while performing a great deed shows what is most important to every true Klingon. It is my pleasure to once again present the Honor Award to Q’olavraH, daughter of q'marI.

He smiled to himself at the personal joke that only Q’ol herself would understand.

Kieran's saga continues at [url]http://www.batlh.com/cgi-bin/betleHIII/YaBB.pl?board=Day3ff;action=display;num=1 109821758[/url]

OFF: I would like to thank everyone who made it possible for me to get the following award:

Quote from K`Hare totlh on Feb 28^th, 2005, 3:48am:

Most Dishonorable:
Kieran Michael O'Donnell

Also, I would like to congratulate everyone who received an award, IC AND OOC. This was my first tournament I was able to attend and participate in (I lurked last year), and it was great.

Thank you all for a great time.

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Re: Award ceremony
« Reply #12 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 11:18pm »

James smiled at the Klingon before him. He had accepted this act of contrition. James didn't want bad blood to exist with someone as skilled with a blade as Ta'pez.

And of course, honor dictated that he hadn't made copies of the chips. He hadn't even had time to look at most of the data due to his little 'encounter' with security and the ensuing inebriation that followed.

"Let me buy you a drink later..."

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Ta`pez HoD Senior Member For the Glory of the House of Chang! Posts: 369 Gender:	Re: Award ceremony « Reply #13 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 11:26pm » Ta'pez mererly nodded but grabbed by the Qel by the hand. "I know you saw the data, if anybody else sees copies of this my men will pay you a visit."
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Re: Award ceremony
« Reply #14 on: Feb 28^th, 2005, 11:26pm »

Quote from K`Hare totlh on Feb 28^th, 2005, 3:48am:

K'Hare's Judge award goes to Sajida for demonstrating the spirit of this event. She could not attend to fight but got others to show up, she still joined when she could, and she participated in lots of unplanned scenes.

OOC: Thanks for the award K'Hare it means a lot next year for sure you can count me in thats a promise and congratulations to everyone else that got awards and to the fighters for the awesome battle postings. You all kick butt!!!

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