Friday, May 2, 2025

The Community S.P.A.R.K [April Features]

Hello friends, for those who might have missed it earlier in April we launched The Community S.P.A.R.K. initiative, Spotlighting; Passion, Achievement, Recognition, Knowledge and more with the intent to provide an anonymous place to shout-out our peers within the community. For the month of April, in little over two weeks from launch, we celebrated 14 different community members! See their shout-outs below, and don't forget if you want to submit your own S.P.A.R.K. fill out the form HERE. (Or you can find the form linked in the Realms discord at any time under the #important-links channel)

Community S.P.A.R.K. Shout-out Features


Sarah Fournier
Sarah is joyful, diligent, and multitalented. I appreciate all of the flourishes she adds to her performances, her spellcasting, and her tavern. It's clear to me that she loves what she does and that she shares this love with everyone around her.

Brookelyn Tilton
Your herbology class at training day was such a cool idea! You're really good at seamlessly blending the IC and OOC world together!

Owen Lacey
I think you're making some really cool innovations in weapon making and I love to see that you're already passing these skills on to new players!

Kathy Fey 
Kathy, you are hands down one of the best role players in our community right now. No caveats, no "great rp for a fighter", everything you do makes Makhta feel incredibly real.

Crystal Welch
I appreciate all of the work you do behind the curtains to support people in this community and I think you've come up with a great idea here with the spark spotlights.

Becky Baron
You carry heavy burdens to make sure folks here feel seen, feel safe, and have opportunities to grow. You're skilled at these things and we appreciate you for it.

Matt Butler 
This often unsung hero is a machine in the kitchen! Working hard to make sure every feast he cooks at is the best it can be. 

Furthermore, he is never afraid to have the hard talks, make the hard decisions, and do what’s needed to make sure everyone is having the best time they can. 

Mathies is just a great all around member of the community, and it should be shouted more often. 

Emma Harvey 
She's a wonderful person, a great friend, and she's always there for me whenever I'm having a bad day

Ian Maher 
Ian is the president of the Riverhawks, and I don’t think people appreciate the work that he puts in to make sure that that club is consistently going, even when the University doesn’t care to make it easy. 

Ian always does an excellent job at making sure people new to the practice learn the basics, and feel welcome. 

Ian is a wonderful asset to the community. 

Kyra Barry 
Shout out to Kieran for their incredible artwork! They always make really cool art!

Charlie Pottow 
Charlie is always eager to give EHs a hand at events, and is super helpful! He lead a great class at Training Day and passed along an abundance of combat knowledge to excited players. He’s always down to combat NPC and brings a fantastic attitude. It’s been awesome watching him become more and more involved in the Realms over the past few years. Thanks for being awesome Charlie!

Justin Balanca-Hawkes 
You’re so appreciated in the community and the work you do is seen and valued. You’re awesome and the light you share to the people around you is inspiring. Thank you for being you!

Anna Hewitt
Anna, you are so welcoming and friendly with all who cross your path at events. This was especially on display at Neden BBQ when, after a day of smiles for everyone, you gave all your auction wins to other, newer players.  

Emma Sherman 
You did a wonderful job stepping into the world of combat marshalling this past weekend [at Neden BBQ] and did so well! Marshalling is often a hard and thankless job and even just taking the steps to begin to enter into that role is commendable, never mind jumping in feet first and killing it as you did. Great job!