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Interview with General Prothis, Commander of SaS| Category | | | Summary | | Hello Prothis, thank-you for taking the time to be interviewed for the zZine?s 15th Issue about CyberArmy's Services and Support (SaS) brigade. Now, you are the current Commanding Officer of SaS, could you tell us how you came to be in this position and y |
| | Body | Anytime! It all started a pretty long time ago. The first brigade I joined was CyberArmy Public Relations (CAPR) back when it was a 'real' brigade. I joined a group called 'External Control' under Kernel Borislsid. We didn't really do much there to be honest but it was great fun and I got to know people with whom I am still in touch. One of those people is Marchon, who joined External Control as a LtKer. When he passed the Kernel challenge he moved up two levels to lead a subgroup directly under Chi (External control was in that group as well). I moved with him and became one of the X/Os together with r00tpig. When Marchon retired r00tpig took over and I remained X/O. Then CAPR and IntCom (Internal Communications) merged to form SaS. Around the same time r00tpig retired and I became C/O of what is now again called CAPR (the subgroup). SaS went through lots of C/Os very fast, and all the time I remained C/O of CAPR. When Sieco was C/O he asked if I wanted to become C/O of zZine. I like the idea of working with new people and doing new things so I accepted. Hisim made me X/O of SaS and after his unfortunate retirement I became C/O of SaS, the position I still hold. :)
Can you give me your definition of "What it means to be a brigade C/O?" and how being the C/O of SAS has affected your views of CyberArmy?
Well personally, it means being able to work together with lots of different people. That is the part of the job I really enjoy. I like sitting down with people one-on-one and discussing ideas, problems or anything else that comes to mind. Professionally, it's largely the same as I believe that to be a good C/O you have to interact with everybody in the brigade. I try to do this as often as I can, often trying to catch people on CAIRC to discuss matters instead of replying to their cMS. I realize it is not the most effective way of running a brigade, however I really think that the personal communication is important and that the pros outweigh the cons.
zZine has been hearing a lot about a new system rumored to be coming into effect soon known as the Projects System, or " /projects ", can you expand on this for those who haven't heard of this and tell us what effect it will have on Services and Support?
The Projects System is a system that makes it easier for people to work for multiple groups. At the moment this can already be done through honorary positions, but these positions cannot be seen in the CoC (Chain of Command) which makes recruiting and joining harder (as one does not know where they can join). The idea of /projects is to make inter-brigade work easier, more accessible and to make it clearer who is doing what and where. On the SaS side of things I cannot go too deeply into this as there are no definite plans yet for its implementation in SaS. Some things will change yes, but it will not be a major restructure like we have had several times in the past. The only changes that most likely will take place are the shifting of some 'subgroups' to 'projects'.
What are your fondest memories of Services and Support? Any funny ones?
I have many memories of SaS and I keep getting more :) Some are fond and some are tragic. On the tragic side are the deaths of Blackflag and Gman, both good friends with whom I had both worked with a lot. I won?t go into the fond memories as I'm sure I'll forget something/someone, but there are many. :)
Now, according to my research you have never banned a member of CyberArmy in your time here, does this represent the manner and command style you use here? Can you tell us a bit about how "Prothis" the commander, handles the Services and Support brigade? You have told us how you enjoy speaking and value interpersonal communication, but how do you deal with the difficult situations?
Hmm, you're using outside information against me eh? ;) It is true that I have never banned anybody from CyberArmy and that does represent my command style. I am a very consensus-driven C/O. I think it is important that everybody can voice their opinion before I make a [major] decision and that that opinion is respected. I also hate conflict and thus I try to avoid it as much as possible. Sometimes that is impossible but still I try to sort it out through discussion rather than kicking and banning. Because of these things I know some see me as 'weak' or 'indecisive', that may be so, but in the end I believe it creates a better and more pleasant working environment.
Time for some general history about the story behind Prothis. Tell us why "Prothis"? What does this name mean to you? Have you always been known by the nickname Prothis? Do you remember the date you joined CyberArmy and what was the highest level you achieved through the old Zebulun? Any funny memories there?
I cannot remember when I joined CyberArmy, I am terrible at dates. It was the first place where I used the nickname "Prothis". I would have liked to have had an interesting reason for "Prothis", but there is none. It was a completely random set of characters that I thought sounded nice :) I achieved LtKer in the old Zebulun and spent a couple of months working on the Kernel challenge but I didn?t manage to get there before the site went down. Like the rest of the people who have done Zeb I have fond memories of Eliza, with whom I spent many hours chatting. Nothing else really sticks out, I do remember thinking that I was being chased by members of CMI (CyberArmy Member Investigations, the 'cheater hunters' of CyberArmy) and being suspicious every time a strange nick joined a channel I was in (though they often turned out to be people from India looking for people to cyber with).
Lastly, can you tell us about one or two of your major influences here at CyberArmy? Have you had any mentors here that have helped you along your path? Perhaps a hero or a role-model, someone you aspired to be likened to? Who has really made a difference to you here?
I cannot say there is one person who has really been my role-model, there have been many and I still continue to learn and be influenced by people I meet, talk to and still work with.
Do you have any last comments?
I would like to thank everybody who makes CyberArmy possible and even though sometimes it may look like your work is in vain, I honestly believe that it is people like you who make a difference.
zZine.org would like to thank General Prothis for his time participating in this interview, and gives a big salute to Prothis for his valor in the command of the Services and Support Brigade. Keep up the wonderful work, chief!
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