[Medal] Hader for Opifex

**Omnipotent-Q** · May 04, 2011, 07:28 PM

Proposer: Omnipotent-Q
CdeC support: Thoragoros, Ishan, Mega Tortas de Bodemloze
Supporters: Bolkonsky, La♔De♔Da♔Brigadier Graham, Augustus Lucifer, Irishron, Nicholas Rush, Okmin, Gigantus, imb39, davide.cool, hip63

Relevant constitutional text

Opifex
To qualify for an Opifex award, the nominee must have made exceptional input to TW sections of the boards, either by modding or other contributions related to the TW section. A member of any Rank is eligible to receive an Opifex award, but must also meet the criteria to become a Citizen. His nomination must also be seconded by an elected member of the Consilium de Civitate.

Qualifying nominees shall have their nomination posted in the Prothalamos and will be moved to vote as per the procedure in Section 2 Article 3. Once moved to they shall be voted upon for a period of one week and require a two-third majority of non-abstaining votes to achieve the award. If the nominee was not already a Citizen, this Rank shall also be conferred upon them if they pass. A nominee who fails to pass his vote is not eligible to re-nominated until three months have passed.

I hereby do nominate the legendary Hader for the Opifex award.

Hader as many of you will know has been instrumental in providing the visitors and users of Total War Centre with his sheer hard work and continuous graft, the TWC Modding Registry. Having set it up in early 2007, he's worked tirelessly since then in providing TWC with the most comprehensive register for Total War Modifications anywhere on the 'net. The registry is in my opinion, one of the most underrated tools available at Total War Centre. It contains registered information on over two hundred total war modifications. The information in the registry caters to modders and mod fans alike, with visitors having the ability to search the sub-forum for mods that could be of interest to them, with such information as official links to modifications and important descriptive information. A brilliant way of taking a user looking for a mod to try on a Total War game, finding one they fancy in the registry and then navigating to the official place to download and get further information. I would love to see how many people have gone to the registry and then used it to find a mod they may never have heard of if it wasn't for the fantastically awesome tool it is. More people downloading mods - more users 'appy 'appy!

It's also a very handy tool for modders with Permission information on the modifications made by modders in their registered mods - very useful if you're looking to use the likes of a model or map from another mod in your own.

This would be an impressive contribution to modding at Total War Center if it was done by a team - but Hader's done all of the graft for years with very little help and I feel he more than deserves to get Opifex on the basis of this alone. But this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Hader's Total War contributions.

Downloaded by a near 20,000 users, Hader's All Factions Mod for RTW 1.5 is an effective solution for many users in providing leader pics, faction descriptions and faction maps for all Rome Total War factions where users would find it difficult or time consuming to do it themselves.

Hader's also contributed yet more of his time in the past to helping in the Scriptorium. There he's brought some real gems in terms of articles to the greater attention of the TWC membership - many of them in the field of modding. Here's but a few examples: eins, zwei, drei .

Hader was also involved and inspired by the highly rated Lusted's "Terrae Expugnandae" down the years and is constantly on hand to help members with their modding and Total War needs. There are more than several gazillion examples of this this and this.

Hader's played his part in establishing Ladders and Tournaments - allowing for Total War Warlords to push their muscle around on the battlefield.

I could go on and on and on about the sheer number of important contributions Hader's made to the Total War areas of the site in over five years. His work in the registry and elsewhere on the Total War side of the site has undoubtedly required countless time from him and his contribution is nothing short of magnificent. I was some what shocked he didn't have Opifex already - he's up at the top of the list of fantastic contributors who should have Opifex.

It is a no brainer Hader should get Opifex and I commend it to the house!

**Thoragoros** · May 04, 2011, 07:30 PM

As I consider Hader a long-standing friend, I may have to abstain from this, as I can hardly make an objective judgement here.

The modding registry by itself, however, is probably worthy of Opifex.

**Augustus Lucifer** · May 04, 2011, 07:37 PM

The Modding Registry is all that need be said. I've always strongly felt that the modding community is an organic system which needs people to tie it together as much as it needs the people who go off and produce their own works of art in solace. We can't judge it based on the extent of its utilization, because it is clearly underutilized. This however is no fault of Hader, but rather a problem of interface design -- we've never really linked the TWC Modder experience together through a unified hub, which makes cloistering that much more prevalent.

Support for a valiant effort by a noble man.

**Bolkonsky** · May 04, 2011, 07:31 PM

Hader getting another award? He's turning into the CVRIA's pet, he is. Anyways, I can't find a reason to oppose, so it's support I suppose. (Assonance ftw!)

**Thoragoros** · May 04, 2011, 07:35 PM

I think we are all just a little shaken by his latest threat to leave and so we are goading him back with awards he routinely mocks

**Omnipotent-Q** · May 04, 2011, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by Thoragoros

I think we are all just a little shaken by his latest threat to leave and so we are goading him back with awards he routinely mocks

Nope - I was going to propose this in the last wave of Opifex but alas, it took me an absurd amount of time to go through his massive number of posts!

**Thoragoros** · May 04, 2011, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Omnipotent-Q

Nope - I was going to propose this in the last wave of Opifex but alas, it took me an absurd amount of time to go through his massive number of posts!

Anyhow, since this will most likely pass, put me down as CdeC Support provided you don't consider my objectivity compromised

**irishron** · May 04, 2011, 07:58 PM

Add me to the support list.

**Gaius Baltar** · May 04, 2011, 08:50 PM

I support this. Hadar has always been helpful and friendly, and has organized several events in the past, like the battle competition and the hot seat players game (during the glory years of TE). A solid all around contributer. The best of the lot, the cream of the crop, the top of the rock, the unimpeachable source, the reliable Joe, the...well, you get the idea.