NT's awards program was originally proposed in May 2003 but no action was taken for a while to publicize it or finalize our policies for making awards. We are pleased to announce that this part of our web site is now open for business and we hope that you will join us in congratulating the guests and members who are honoured herein. Please be aware though that since this part of the site is new, there are some deserving people who have yet to be added to these pages while we play catch-up for the next few weeks.

The purpose behind this program is to encourage players to polish their skills, contribute more to NT's competetive teams or the clan and particularly to help the JK community as a whole. It is also a means where we can collectively show our appreciation to individuals who have made outstanding contributions. As you can see, many of the awards here are not skill based, although some are of course. NT is primarily interested in fostering respect, consideration, politeness, friendship and assistance amongst players and we keep our eyes open for individuals in NT and other clans who are volunteering a lot of time and effort to help out with training newer players, bridging relations between clans, developing maps, skins, utilities and graphics or otherwise dedicating a lot of time to help out behind the scenes. Without such people we wouldn't have the fine community we find today, which is why so many of us still continue to enjoy a somewhat older game for it's cameraderie and team spirit.

The NT Founders, March 2004.

Awards Policy

NT members (both reserves and active) and guests who are given our official awards can optionally show them by having an appropriately coloured star [asterisk] or cross [plus sign] per award at the end of their in-game name. (No spaces between the awards please.) For those with more than one award, the more important awards must go to the left of the lesser awards in order of significance.

Please note that asterisks or plus signs may not otherwise ever be used in NT member's names, with the exception of a true red cross, +, (not to be confused with the magenta coloured one we call a red cross,) which some members use for religeous purposes. Members using a true red cross should have it after their clan tags (which always come first) and before their clan name. A true red cross should not come after a member's name so that it is not mistaken for an award.

Unless the award is automatic (such as a service award) then players may not request the reward for themselves. To do so will disqualify them from ever receiving the award in future.

Members may only wear the awards for the official honours list in which they appear in these web pages, even if they believe they are entitled to an award. Requests for automatic awards will only considered if they are posted in the sticky in the General Chat forum (accessible by NT members only.) If a member wears an NT award to which they are not officially honoured then that member will automatically have all their awards withdrawn and will be barred permanently from our awards program. If a guest wears an award they are not entitled to because it matches an award character officially handed to them by another recognized clan which they do not lead then this will be tollerated if an adequate explanation and proof is presented.

Clan exception votes are not permitted for awards.

List of Awards

The following is our official list of awards given in order from most significant first.

Please click on the picture of a medal to see who it has been awarded to!

Signature Graphic	In-Game Character	Only Acceptable Criteria for Qualification
/awards/fgm.jpg	*	Founders Gold Medal. Very rare award given to knights, masters and reserve members via unanimous vote by the Founders for exceptional contributions towards the clan. Can also be awarded to founders by unanimous vote amongst the Masters that is then ratified by a majority vote of the entire membership.
/awards/sog.jpg	*	Spirit of Guenhwyvar Medal. Our rarest award automatically given to exceptional masters candidates who manage to defeat all masters in their trials. (Must go against all available masters, not just majority. Defeat is measured not by one duel but total number won and lost against a particular master.) May also be gained automatically by winning a recognised league individual dueling tournament or NT sponsored individual dueling tournament with at least twenty participants. To honour the memory of -[NT]-Guenhwyvar. Requiescat In Pace.
/awards/sog2.jpg	*	Spirit of Guenhwyvar Medal. An optional alternate graphic to use for this medal that may only be used by an individual winning a league or tournament as described above.
/awards/mog.jpg	+	Memory of Guenhwyvar Medal. Automatically awarded to masters or founders who join the reserves, thereby giving up their masterships or active founders rank. Masters who otherwise lose their masterships (such as by not participating in trials) are not eligible for this award. To honour the memory of -[NT]-Guenhwyvar. Requiescat In Pace.
/awards/wsh.jpg	*	White Star of Honour. Honourary award given by majority vote amongst the masters to guests, knights and reserve members exhibiting exceptional skill with honour. (Both are required.)
/awards/wch.jpg	+	White Cross of Honour. Honourary award given by majority vote amongst the masters to guests, knights and reserve members for exemplary assistance towards NT or the JK2/JA community in general. (e.g. Helping forge relations, technical or assistance with skins/models/map/signatures, etc.) To be awarded to people who have devoted considerable voluntary effort towards helping others.
/awards/rbc_b.jpg	*	Red Badge of Courage With Bar. Automatically awarded when a member would otherwise qualify for another Red Badge of Courage.
/awards/rbc.jpg	*	Red Badge of Courage. Automatically awarded to members who have played in three official clan matches which NT have won OR awarded by team captain (with ratification by 2 other team members) to an individual that single-handedly managed to turn a game into a win for NT or save NT from defeat. (No more than one award per match and must be for criterion that without this member's conduct, the team could not have won.)
/awards/rcc.jpg	+	Red Cross of Courage. Automatically awarded to members who have played in one official clan match which NT has won. Must be surrendered when member obtains a badge of courage.
/awards/daa.jpg	+	Demon Admin. Award. Rare award presented to server admins and assistant server admins for outstanding service rendered to the clan through performing their administrative duties with exceptional dilligence and fairness. No more than one recipient per two month elective period may be chosen. Selection is via majority vote amongst all server admins of assistant admin rank or higher.
/awards/dsc.jpg	+	Distinguished Service Cross. Automatically awarded to members having three months plus continuous active duty as an elected official in NT. Only includes positions elected by entire active membership. i.e. Founders appointments do not apply.
/awards/dsm_b.jpg	*	Distinguished Service Medal With Bar. Automatically awarded to members having a years continuous active duty in NT. Time spent in TOJO does not apply.
/awards/dsm.jpg	*	Distinguished Service Medal. Automatically awarded to members having six months continuous active duty in NT. Time spent in TOJO does not apply.

Disqualified Players

The decision of the Founders (majority vote required) in such matters is final and there is no reinstatement option. Continued failure to comply after being disqualified (such as continuing to use awards to which one isn't entitled or to pester for reinstatement) will eventually result in severer penalties such as a suspension or ban on NT's servers or an exit vote for a member. This program is designed to be both fair and fun and hopefully no-one will go so far as to be so abusive of it that they bring disgrace and dishonour to their name but we are prepared to enforce our rules and policies to ensure that our awards have meaning.