With 2022 in the books, it’s high time we checked in with the latest version of the IDF Record Book over on our About page. As it turns out, we have a new all-time leader in monthly awards. Lieutenant Bonnie “Bon-Bon” Durnell of the USS Sunfire now has a grand total of 29.83 awards, passing the previous leader, Jenna Ramthorne (of a prior version of the Sunfire), who has 24.83. What’s even more incredible, is that both characters are played by the same person!
| Best Post | Funniest Post | Genesis | MVP | Most Posts | Most Improved | Recruitment | Total | |
| Durnell | 5.05 | 5.78 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 29.83 | ||
| Ramthorne | 4 | .83 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 24.83 |
Prolific across multiple award categories, the two stat lines seem to mirror each other. However, the difference is clearly Durnell’s five plus Funniest Post awards to Ramthorne’s zero. See what adding humor to your game can do! Congratulations to Lieutenant Durnell on this incredible accomplishment!
As it turns out, we have quite a few current or recent members who have moved up leader board since we brought the Awards back for March 2020:
Active Member — received an award within the last year or confirmed to currently be on a sim
Hall of Famer
In addition to all those who’ve won awards, I also want to thank each of our sim Commanding Officers for submitting nominations month-in and month-out and to Rear Admiral James “Rook” Mirtoh for running the program and selecting winners. Without their tireless efforts, the awards simply wouldn’t be possible.
I’ve long been of the opinion that the monthly awards are one of the absolute best features of this fleet, and they’re a key bonus that really distinguishes us from other groups out there. The numbers speak for themselves: Through the end of 2022, we have 969 total documented awards presented to 506 different individuals through 1,226 different award records. Each one is permanently part of our continuing history, starting all the way back with the five original awards presented for our very first month of July 2001 going up through today and beyond.
Now it’s time to add your legacy to the story…
Zelda says:
Congratulations to Bonnie and to all of the others on the leader board! I’m honored to be a part of a fleet with so many talented writers.
Troy says:
Congratulations to Lt’s Durnell and Ramthorne and to everyone else moving up on the all time list.
Mirage says:
There are so many excellent writers here in IDF and it’s great that we recognize many of them so often. Great job.