Service medal award to John SedgwickAphrodite Mae wrote:The "Service" medal is awarded to those persons who have contributed to either the game or the AACW forums with either a bright idea, or exemplary service.
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Aphrodite Mae wrote:The "Service Commendation" medal is awarded to those persons who have made a notable contribution to our knowledge of the game with a brilliant AAR, or made a brilliantly insightful post which has changed the way we view the game.
Here is the medal.
The bold red stripe which is flanked with gold indicates that your service has attracted notice!
To the gentlemen of the forums who enjoy AACW, I highly recommend that you check out John's "Stars and Bars" mod, in the link that's in his signature! What a great mod! 
John's mod enables you to have historically accurate flags of the CSA.
Aphrodite Mae wrote:
John, I'm flattered that you and other gentlemen display your medals in your signature, but please don't feel obligated to, on account of lil' ol' me.
ouet: Jim-NC wrote:We feel honored to wear your medals your majesty.
Aphrodite Mae wrote:Even so, I'm willing to reveal a "sneak peek" of sorts. As a special "thank you" to you and the gentlemen who made this thread such an enormously fun success in "days of yore", I'd like for you, DarthMath, and all of my other "Knights of Olde" to be the first to wear what will be the first medal of the new "Queen's Army"!
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George McClellan wrote:I would like to nominate Le Ricain for his contribution to John Sedgewick's Lest We Forget.
Great job to both of you!
I'm sorry that I can't do it right now, like I'd like to, but I'm having some technical difficulties posting stuff. Sorry. 
Aphrodite Mae wrote:That's a great idea, George! Thanks for a well-deserved nomination!
We'll make it happen, soon.
. We earnestly await your technical repair, and refreshing commentary on the forums. Aphrodite Mae wrote:The "Cadre Service" medal is awarded to those people who have done one of the following:
1) developed a reputation of consistently presenting exceptional AARs, or
2) presented helpful analysis or research which has been widely acknowledged as excellent, or
3) performed some service to the forum which has made a significant impact.
Here is the medal.
Exceptional Award for Le RicainGeorge McClellan wrote:I would like to nominate Le Ricain for his contribution to John Sedgewick's Lest We Forget.
Great job to both of you!
Basically, Rick has been like a warm, wise, and wonderful "virtual father" to me, and that's why I sometimes call him "daddy", on these forums.
Congratulations, gentlemen!Ethan wrote:
It's a great honor for me to announce in this thread that our gracious and generous Majesty has granted to Schluiffen the "Cadre Service" medal, at my suggestion, for the great presentation of his didactic and useful AAR. Congratulations for your award!
[...]Likewise, I'd like to congratulate Le Ricain and John Sedgwick for their well deserved awards.
, I ask that you convey my congratulations to Schluiffen for his receiving the high honor of the Cadre award. As far as I know, only five men have ever been awarded this medal!Aphrodite Mae wrote:I'm sorry that I ran into "technical difficulties" when George McClellan made his nomination. I'm happy to say that the problem is solved!
Le Ricain was one of the first gentlemen to welcome me to these forums. When I was small and scared, Le Ricain was one of the men who made me feel welcome here. As time passed, I noticed that Le Ricain's posts always seemed to be a "cut above" the rest.
Sometimes, they made me think.
Sometimes, they made me laugh.
Sometimes, they helped me to understand something about an AGEod game that had confused me, before he spoke.
Sometimes, his posts touched me in a way that made me weep.
But always, his posts have been consistently excellent, and have broadened my world in so many ways. He has encouraged me when I've ventured into new realms; he has nurtured me with his poetry and humor; he has even given me great recipes!
The post that GeorgeMcClellan cited is just typical of the kind of stuff that Le Ricain posts. Normally, I would award him a service medal for a great post, but this might be a good chance for me to go ahead and say "thanks for all those wonderful posts for me, Rick!"
I have a new medal to present, from the Queen's Army series.
It will be presented to those gentlemen who I believe exemplify the highest standards of what I believe a true gentleman is, and who I consider to be wise, just, and of impeccable character.
It is my great privilege and honor to present the "Queen's Counselor" award to Le Ricain.
Here's your medal, sir!
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Rick, I know that wearing medals aren't your style. But I also know that you'll appreciate this, for the spirit in which its given. Thank you, for being you!
Administrative Post The reason that I requested that you post in Spanish here was so that those who speak your beautiful language but who struggle with English might see from this example that they are welcome here, too... and subject to being honored, as well.
In other words, if you're new to the forums or at least this thread, please don't think that my title of Queen has any real significance, OK? I seek to command no one. (Although my husband Dixicrat might vehemently disagree... ) I'm just like you: a gamer who likes AGEod games. I'm nothing more, and nothing less.
Again, thank you for your help. I shall call upon you, again.
John, I'm flattered that you and other gentlemen display your medals in your signature, but please don't feel obligated to, on account of lil' ol' me.
Aphrodite Mae wrote:
For my "Herald" Jim-NC, you'll find your new Infantry medal with your frosty leaf as an attachment at the end of the post, as well.
(once I figure out where everything goes - it has been so long since I updated my rack). 
All are welcome!
John Sedgwick wrote:Well, off the top of my head, I'd like to nominate OneArmedMexican and jack54 for their work on RUS portraits - http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?t=19325
Wow!
Award for George McClellan Take a look at the PBEM solicitation thread that he started, titled, "Who wants to PBEM with history's greatest general?" 
And just kinda randomly browse through his other posts, and you're sure to find stuff like I did, like where he bemoans the lack of battlefield tailors in AACW, and stuff like that.
I was giggling like a sugar-dosed tot being tickled! And the more I thought about it, the better it got! It all fits together, so nicely!
Thanks for your bold-yet-nuanced acting performance that is unlike anything I've seen on these forums! Well done, sir! I think that you deserve a medal!
"McClellanizing" George's acting medal! After all, a good stage performance gets even better with appropriate costumes and props, right?
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Wear your other medal if you'd like to skip this impish little "Queen's Challenge!", and we'll understand. And of course, if you have other plans for all those acres of empty space in your signature, I'll truly understand if you choose to wear neither. But if you do choose to wear it, you're going to have to earn it, by enduring some playful pokes!
Surely not. That's just ridiculous, to think I would have to actually relieve history's greatest general for dragging his feet, don't you think?!
Aphrodite Mae wrote:
Think about it: McClellan vs. 'Honest [SIZE="1"]b[/size]Abe'!
I'll head the "Sweet Little Queen" political party, and George will be the nominee for the "Quit poking me!" party. We can have a special thread for our campaign speeches and promises! (I already know my campaign slogan: "Vote Mae, OK?") Finally, we'll post a poll, and have our election, for the crown! Won't th-...
[font="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="4"]Aphrodite Mae[/size][/font]
Duchess of AGEod
SLQ, Queen's Army
Aphrodite Mae wrote:Once or twice, I've mentioned The Queen's Army. But you know what? It's new, and untested in battle, right now. In other words, it's not quite ready for prime time, if you know what I mean. Now, it doesn't matter whether you're the President of a huge powerful nation, or merely the Queen of a tiny virtual realm: it's kind of a bummer, when you've got a nice, fresh, brand-new Army, but it requires some assembly before you can use it!
Well, I don't want to risk having my Queen medal "McClellanized", but I'm super-confident that I'll soon have everything under control! It's a huge task, to prepare the Queen's Army for battle here on the forums, but I'm no longer worried that it won't be ready in time. Why? I think you already know. I happen to have history's greatest general readily at hand!! And if Lincoln, in all his greatness, chose McClellan to lead his entire Army, how can I go wrong by doing exactly the same thing?
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After due deliberation, the Queen has chosen George McClellan to be the very first General of The Queen's Army![/size]
I don't have any specific instructions for you, George. In fact, there's little point in me telling you anything about what I'm planning, or how it all works, or any trifling details like that. That's simply because I somehow know that you'll ignore your commanderette-in-chief's requests, suggestions, and demands, you know what I mean? So, instead, I'll just kinda leave it all in your capable hands! Just have my Army ready to go by late December, OK? I'll be checking with you from time to time to see how preparations are coming along. During the time that you're crafting the Queen's Army into polished perfection, you can wear your "McClellanized" service medal!
Or not, as you choose. All kidding aside, it's just a prop for your character study, George, if you'd like to use it as such.
To the gentlemen of these forums: if our friend decides to wear the "McClellanized" medal in his signature, don't hesitate to ask him how preparations are coming along on the Army, if you run into him in one of the threads and it isn't too much of a hassle or disruption. Just a playful little poke, that maybe you can just kinda slip in at the end of one of your normal posts, all casual-like:
"...and that's why I think that your supposition is incorrect, Dixicrat. Incidentally, @George: General McClellan, how's the Army coming along?"
George's post count will soar, as he patiently explains for the umpteenth time that he needs more reinforcements, more guns, and more time. He'll be an AGEod General, before we know it!
After this fun little "poke/poke back" thing has gone on to the limit of George's endurance, we'll carry it all the way to the finish line and have a Presidential election, for the highest office in this thread!! Think about it: McClellan vs. 'Honest [SIZE="1"]b[/size]Abe'!
I'll head the "Sweet Little Queen" political party, and George will be the nominee for the "Quit poking me!" party. We can have a special thread for our campaign speeches and promises! (I already know my campaign slogan: "Vote Mae, OK?") Finally, we'll post a poll, and have our election, for the crown! Won't th-...
...Oops. That queenly prescience of mine just informed me that it might get kinda weird, but the "why" of that weirdness is elusively vague, to me. But I trust my queenly prescience, and so the contest of him and me vying for my cute little pink sparkly party-hat-with-fluffy-stuff crown may be something we need to avoid, for whatever reasons. The real George McClellan may have earnestly wanted the Presidency, but my queenly prescience tells me that our McClellan will want, just as strongly, to strangely avoid any chance of having to wear this adorable little sparkly pink-pointy-party-hat crown. (With fluffy stuff.) Why he'll feel this way, I can't really tell... my prescience is kinda silent, on that point. But no m- ...
...Wait. There's more prescient stuff flooding in...
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...How strange! I have this fuzzy premonition that for some unfathomable reason, the Army won't be ready in time, and I'll have to relieve George from his command!
Oh, well. My queenly prescience has never been wrong before, but everybody knows that "there's a first time, for everything!"
That's obviously the case, here.
Godspeed with the Army, George!
[font="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="4"]Aphrodite Mae[/size][/font]
Duchess of AGEod
SLQ, Queen's Army
Aphrodite Mae wrote:Recently, I was browsing for new threads and I discovered Schluiffen's Iron Will AAR in the Spanish forum. Although I'm far from fluent in Spanish, what I saw was impressive! Impressive enough for me to consult with my Spanish Liaison, Ethan. Ethan confirmed my impression that Schluiffen's AAR was as instructive, helpful, and well presented as I suspected.
So, I think that Schluiffen deserves a medal, for his exceptional AAR! Ethan has recommended the Cadre award, and I wholeheartedly agree!
Congratulations, Schluiffen, on your fascinating, instructive AAR! The Cadre award is a high honor, but I have it on good authority that you deserve it!
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