/u/t2boys and MHOC,

Four months ago, a suggestion was made for devolved honours, and since we haven't had any Quad response to that, I'd like to reiterate some points from that post.

The devolved sims are getting more active; it's clear that Quad, specifically the DvS, have advertised devo sims as an easy start for new players, and I believe that has paid off, including with myself obviously.

So that's why I'd like to propose two new sets of devolved honours, based on Ina and Uin's ideas.

The first set would be more common and less valuable than our current KT/KP/KD honours. I propose they be just be named "Order of Scotland", "Order of Wales", and "Order of Northern Ireland", but if anyone has any better ideas feel free to suggest them.

The second set I would like to create, above our current devo honours, would be given out selectively to people who've contributed significantly to devo over multiple terms. I like Uin's suggestions: Order of the Dragon, Order of the Unicorn, and Order of the Flax. Again, feel free to suggest possibly better names. I think this one specifically would combat people who are in devo just as a "flash in the pan" type thing for only one term to get some honours, though I don't want to make it too hard to get, otherwise it'll be discouraging.

I think a good distribution for these new devo honours would be three of the Order of [X country] ones, two KT/KP/KDs, and one of the new Dragon/Unicorn/Flax orders.

I know some of us don't like honours, but I think most people either find it encouraging themselves or understand that it is to other people. It's a bit of harmless fun, kind of like MHOC itself really.

If three sets is too much then we can always give up one of the ones I mentioned, but I'd like to think my proposed distribution would be effective at encouraging people to be even more active in the devolved sims, especially over multiple terms.