And *poof*, a whole new pile of stupid awards appears

[jducoeur]

*Sigh*. I suppose I knew that the East would eventually follow so many other Kingdoms in adding Yet Another Freaking Layer of Awards. But man, I so don't approve -- with every passing year, the award system becomes simply an enormous list of merit badges. Their Majesties are good people, and well-intentioned, but IMO this is a significant mistake, that will do more harm than good.

OTOH, I suppose it's self-correcting: we're pretty much getting to the point where nobody has any ideas what the awards mean any more, so they're becoming irrelevant. (I mean, *I* can't remember a lot of them any more, and I'm a court junkie.) More and more people, far as I can tell, are coming to regard the award system as Just Plain Stupid, which does leave room to convince them to ignore the whole idiotic morass and concentrate on the game instead.

(Yes, I know -- I've lost this particular battle, and I have better things to do than beat the dead horse. But I'm going to allow myself one good grouse first...)

Comments

[jducoeur]

Yes, although it's the other way around than you probably think: they're redefining all of the OHMs as Grant-bearing (retroactively), and adding a whole layer of Royal-Whim awards, one corresponding to each of the OHMs.

Far as I can tell, the whole thing is basically Midrealm Envy...

[mermaidlady]

I found the EK FB page and read the official word ('tho it makes me cringe to say "facebook" and "official" in the same sentence). There seems to be a great deal of populace support and I guess I'm just a cranky old Peer.

In hunting this info down I saw mention of a royal hallenge for garb at Birka to be inspired by Pixar films and that made me rather ill.

[jducoeur]

The latter's been a trend in recent years -- last I remember, it was garb inspired by your favorite sports team. I dislike the notion in principle, but I'll admit that it *did* result in a lot of very good garb, much of which was in no way modern if you didn't know the context...

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

True. 'T'is an ill wind &c.

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

I saw mention of a royal hallenge for garb at Birka to be inspired by Pixar films and that made me rather ill.

You aren't alone :-/