TITO Update - January 2022

Has your region been invaded, or do you want to get in touch with TITO? If so, contact one of the following nations:
~Commander-in-Chief: Hakketomat
~Field Commander: Kanta Hame
~Tactical Officers: Smugglers and Mercs (TITO EF), Controlitia, Wischland, Sulenia, Flying Eagles, Thedairos
~Executive Officers: HN67, Eastern New England

TITO spent the month of January corralling noob raiders and running detag operations of quiet updates. Troops proved their dedication with consistently high numbers of updaters, which made for some overkill victories! Overall, TITO engaged in 16 defenses, 3 liberations, 9 detags, and 3 chase runs over the month of January. Although not every operation was a success, we want to recognize updaters for doing their utmost to defend innocent regions, and to civilians for heeding the call to join update and assist when necessary. It’s always great to see Islanders excited about update and ready to help out wherever they can!

January saw the nomination and voting period for the first ever annual TITO Awards. These awards honored various TITO members for their accomplishments throughout 2021. Congratulations to all winners! Below is a list of the awards and their winners:

~Best Moment
Winner: Invasion of Genua

~Legends Award (Former members no longer in service that had biggest impact on TITO)
Winner: Tie between Lenlyvit and Improving wordiness

~Turtle Award (Best non-active updater)
Winner: Wischland

~Friend of TITO (Best Allied Military)
Winner: Quebecshire

~Underdog Award (TITO member who deserves more credit for their work)
Winner: HN67

~Knight of Knights (Best non command TITO member)
Winner: Margaux

~Role Model of the Year (Best example for others on and off duty)
Winner: Thedairos

~Newcomer of the Year
Winner: Porflox

~Knight Mentor Award (Best non-command teacher)
Winner: Lunaflower

~Watcher of the Sea (Best at spotting raids)
Winner: Sulenia

~QRF Mastery Award (Updater of the year)
Winner: Sulenia

~Anime Daisuki Award (Leadership award)
Winner: Sulenia

~Wordy Memorial (TITO member of the year)
Winner: Sulenia

Since joining TITO in May 2020, Tactical Officer Sulenia has demonstrated his incredible talent at coastwatching, and has spotted over 40 raids during his time. TITO awards members with a Coastwatching Eagle for every raid spotted, with a maximum of 30 awards; a maximum that Sulenia has long-since surpassed. In honor of his accomplishments, TITO Executive Officer Eastern New England has announced the Sulenia Eagle Award Series, which will be given to nations for every 40 Coastwatching Eagles they recieve. The first awardee was of course Sulenia himself. Congratulations Sulenia! TITO thanks you for your dedication.

January was fairly business-as-usual in terms of TITO jokes, with plenty of friendly banter between troops, and of course a little ribbing of top command!

Attending update is obviously the most important thing in every TITO member’s schedule, but major and minor together only last about two and a half hours. This leaves almost 22 hours every day that TITO members need to fill with other activities! In January, TITO members revealed how they spend their off-update hours. Most TITO members like to chill with video games and TV taking first place as the most common activity, and reading taking second. Sleeping, cooking, and hanging out with friends also saw some support with six to nine TITO members using those activities to fill their time. Two athletically-minded TITO members like to exercise in their free time. Perhaps most importantly, seven truly dedicated TITO members said they spent the time between updates anxiously awaiting the next update. Here are some extended responses from a few of our troops:

~ Mrhermit was one updater who enjoys spending their time with video games. In between their regular work and update schedule, they enjoy playing Final Fantasy 14, as well as their favorite game, World of Warcraft. Sounds like fun!

~ One of TITO’s chefs is Evil Dictators Happyland who says she like cooking eggs since they’re “pretty easy and delicious”, as well as various kinds of desserts. Maybe we’ll have to get her to cook for us sometime!

~ Flying Eagles likes to spend some time between updates reading, and recommends any bored R/Ders give Educated by Tara Westover a try.

~ Staying fit is Eastern New England who gets his exercise by commuting on his bike, for up to one and a half hours a day. Looks like somebody isn’t skipping leg day!

~ Finally, and perhaps unsurprisingly judging by all those awards, Sulenia spends most of his time off-update waiting for update, and checking the feed “every few hours” for any raider stage. Thanks Sulen for all the hard work!