This article is part of a series on Honoured Citizens. Check out parts one and two.
As we have now inducted the latest Honoured Citizen into our ranks, this seems like a perfect time to weigh in on the ever-present questions surrounding Ovations and Triumphs. Namely, how often do we really give these things out? Additionally, I wanted to see how long it takes to earn one of these awards. All told there are 24 Honoured Citizens to examine (Pineapleboy is also a Honoured Citizen, but was awarded this outside of the Ovation and Triumph system, so will be excluded from this analysis). So, let's begin with our first question: how often are these awarded?
What I've done here is taken all the dates where an Ovation or Triumph was put up for nomination, and calculated the days since the last Ovation or Triumph was conferred by the Senate, to get an idea of how often these are being awarded. When I look at this graph, I categorize the data into four main periods that we can sort this activity into: the initial surge (2010-11), the slowdown (2011-15), a second, more prolonged surge (2015-18), and a second slowdown (2018-20).
The initial surge is the first four awards, which were given out pretty quickly, each within 90 days of each other. This period is from late 2010 to mid 2011. However, after those, the next six are given out at a much slower pace, with some even waiting a year between them. This period lasts from mid 2011 to early 2015. Then, the next nine awards are given at an even quicker pace than the initial surge, with awards being given every term, or every term. This period is from early 2015 to early 2018. Lastly, we enter our current phase, from early 2018 to current day early 2020, with the pace having slowed once again.
It is notable to me that the only time a nomination has been rejected was at the tail end of the second surge, when hyanygo's nomination sparked intense backlash for being the latest in a quick succession of nominations. After the following term when hyanygo was nominated again, and then given the award, we entered out current phase of putting more space between our nominations once again. This suggests that our leaders are responsive to calls for moderation when it comes to these awards. Similarly, after our longest drought of over a year, we quickly entered our second surge, so no extreme will last, really.
This, then, answers our first question of how often these awards are given out, but how long does it take to earn them?
For this data, I went back and calculated the days from each Honoured Citizen's first citizenship application, rather than their join date, to get a more accurate representation of how long they had been working in the region. Of course, it's still not a perfect measurement, but I think it's about as good as we can get. Once again, I like to sort the data into groups, so I would sort them into these three: those take earned it within one to three years, then within four to six, and finally within eight to ten (nobody earned it in their seventh year).
The first group has: Asperta, Oliver Grey, Writinglegend, Kraketopia, and Skizzy Grey.
Second: Common-Sense Politics, Malashaan, Darcness, Calvin Coolidge, Lethen, Asianatic/Aurora, Vinage, Anumia, Kuramia, Swakistek, r3naissanc3r, and Drecq.
Third: North East Somerset, Pope Lexus X, Sopo, Aexnidaral, hyanygo, OnderKelkia, and HEM.
The reason I broke down these groups like I did is because I found it useful to see who was awarded very "early" in their career, as opposed to who was awarded "late". Of course, some will accomplish a lot more in two years than some will in eight, so there's a reason it takes people such varying lengths to get these awards, but it's worthwhile to see who falls into what category, so eventually we can dig into the why, but that's a different article. The fact that 50% of people are in the middle group is also reassuring to me, that these groups are properly balanced, and we have a sort of "average" time it takes, which is good to know.
The final thing I want to do in this article is to see if there is any correlation between when an Ovation/Triumph is given out and how long the recipient had to wait to earn it, so I will present the same graph from the last section, but ordered chronologically, so we can compare it with our first graph, to look for any clues.
Seeing these two graphs right on top of each other, I think we can see that there's not an obvious correlation between them, and it's sort of random when an award is given out, and to who, at least through this sort of examination. Of course, I'm willing to admit that I don't have a more foolproof way of determining this correlation, if it exists, so I'm open to being proven wrong on this.
And that is that. I am through with my charts and tables, and have presented all the data that I feel can be presented to answer our initial questions. I hope this is a useful collection of things for future Ovation and Triumph discussions! Until next time, this is Calvin Coolidge, admiring the pretty colors.
As we have now inducted the latest Honoured Citizen into our ranks, this seems like a perfect time to weigh in on the ever-present questions surrounding Ovations and Triumphs. Namely, how often do we really give these things out? Additionally, I wanted to see how long it takes to earn one of these awards. All told there are 24 Honoured Citizens to examine (Pineapleboy is also a Honoured Citizen, but was awarded this outside of the Ovation and Triumph system, so will be excluded from this analysis). So, let's begin with our first question: how often are these awarded?
| Timeline | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Date of Senate Conferral | Days Since Last Ovation/Triumph | Notes |
| Asperta | December 2nd, 2010 | N/A | First Ovation |
| Lethen | February 24, 2011 | 84 | |
| Oliver Grey | March 24, 2011 | 28 | First Triumph. Revoked on January 26, 2012 for damaging Europeia's reputation abroad. |
| Anumia | June 20, 2011 | 88 | Revoked on December 23, 2016 after administrative ban |
| Asianatic/Aurora | May 15, 2012 | 330 | |
| Skizzy Grey | October 10, 2012 | 149 | |
| Common-Sense Politics | February 23, 2013 | 137 | Triumph |
| Swakistek | July 23, 2013 | 151 | |
| r3naissanc3r | July 30, 2014 | 373 | |
| Vinage | December 26, 2014 | 150 | |
| Malashaan | March 1, 2015 | 66 | |
| Pope Lexus X | July 14, 2015 | 136 | |
| Kraketopia | September 21, 2015 | 70 | Triumph |
| Drecq | February 15, 2016 | 148 | |
| Writinglegend | April 21, 2016 | 67 | |
| hyanygo | July 3rd, 2016 (nomination tabled) | 74 | Only nomination to be rejected |
| hyanygo | September 12, 2016 | 72 | Revoked on January 23, 2019 for conduct unfitting of an honoured citizen |
| HEM | March 9, 2017 | 179 | Nominated by Chancellery |
| North East Somerset | April 9, 2017 | 32 | |
| Calvin Coolidge | January 7, 2018 | 284 | |
| Sopo | June 3, 2018 | 138 | |
| Aexnidaral | February 18, 2019 | 261 | |
| OnderKelkia | August 7, 2019 | 171 | |
| Kuramia | February 3, 2020 | 181 | |
| Darcness | April 16, 2020 | 74 | |
The initial surge is the first four awards, which were given out pretty quickly, each within 90 days of each other. This period is from late 2010 to mid 2011. However, after those, the next six are given out at a much slower pace, with some even waiting a year between them. This period lasts from mid 2011 to early 2015. Then, the next nine awards are given at an even quicker pace than the initial surge, with awards being given every term, or every term. This period is from early 2015 to early 2018. Lastly, we enter our current phase, from early 2018 to current day early 2020, with the pace having slowed once again.
It is notable to me that the only time a nomination has been rejected was at the tail end of the second surge, when hyanygo's nomination sparked intense backlash for being the latest in a quick succession of nominations. After the following term when hyanygo was nominated again, and then given the award, we entered out current phase of putting more space between our nominations once again. This suggests that our leaders are responsive to calls for moderation when it comes to these awards. Similarly, after our longest drought of over a year, we quickly entered our second surge, so no extreme will last, really.
This, then, answers our first question of how often these awards are given out, but how long does it take to earn them?
| Ranking | |
|---|---|
| Name | Days it Took to Earn Ovation/Triumph |
| Asperta | 209 |
| Oliver Grey | 575 |
| Writinglegend | 696 |
| Kraketopia | 698 |
| Skizzy Grey | 855 |
| Common-Sense Politics | 1245 |
| Malashaan | 1247 |
| Darcness | 1267 |
| Calvin Coolidge | 1284 |
| Lethen | 1415 |
| Asianatic/Aurora | 1449 |
| Vinage | 1460 |
| Anumia | 1528 |
| Swakistek | 1547 |
| Kuramia | 1677 |
| r3naissanc3r | 1733 |
| Drecq | 1846 |
| North East Somerset | 2623 |
| Pope Lexus X | 2873 |
| Sopo | 3076 |
| Aexnidaral | 3248 |
| hyanygo | 3419 |
| OnderKelkia | 3572 |
| HEM | 3656 |
The first group has: Asperta, Oliver Grey, Writinglegend, Kraketopia, and Skizzy Grey.
Second: Common-Sense Politics, Malashaan, Darcness, Calvin Coolidge, Lethen, Asianatic/Aurora, Vinage, Anumia, Kuramia, Swakistek, r3naissanc3r, and Drecq.
Third: North East Somerset, Pope Lexus X, Sopo, Aexnidaral, hyanygo, OnderKelkia, and HEM.
The reason I broke down these groups like I did is because I found it useful to see who was awarded very "early" in their career, as opposed to who was awarded "late". Of course, some will accomplish a lot more in two years than some will in eight, so there's a reason it takes people such varying lengths to get these awards, but it's worthwhile to see who falls into what category, so eventually we can dig into the why, but that's a different article. The fact that 50% of people are in the middle group is also reassuring to me, that these groups are properly balanced, and we have a sort of "average" time it takes, which is good to know.
The final thing I want to do in this article is to see if there is any correlation between when an Ovation/Triumph is given out and how long the recipient had to wait to earn it, so I will present the same graph from the last section, but ordered chronologically, so we can compare it with our first graph, to look for any clues.
Seeing these two graphs right on top of each other, I think we can see that there's not an obvious correlation between them, and it's sort of random when an award is given out, and to who, at least through this sort of examination. Of course, I'm willing to admit that I don't have a more foolproof way of determining this correlation, if it exists, so I'm open to being proven wrong on this.
And that is that. I am through with my charts and tables, and have presented all the data that I feel can be presented to answer our initial questions. I hope this is a useful collection of things for future Ovation and Triumph discussions! Until next time, this is Calvin Coolidge, admiring the pretty colors.
