Alleniana wrote:Mincaldenteans wrote:Unlikely that my past experience matter but we had the same issue with 'simming' via chatrooms or email based. The only thing we could do was ask each OP to present a piece of literature that was worthy of that month and submit it to a 'council' of OPs. Now... considering the amount of RPs that are in P2TM, and the many that can be nominated, those that are nominated within a specific timeframe will be given a chance, and those that are not will be considered for the future (if there is one).
Its not perfect, but a forum based nomination is next to impossible.
For example: I got nominated for worldbuilder and most involved in RPs. I personally don't agree but am thankful for those that thought otherwise. In a given dateline, maybe I could have won, or maybe it wouldn't have even mattered. And award system based on creative writing and planning is next to impossible as a permanent feature, let alone a yearly feature. I went with it to nominate those whose efforts need to be recognized, but what's to say than an author who churned up a piece of genius in December/January doesn't deserve the same recognition?
In my opinion: if this were to happen a monthly scheme would need to happen followed by a sort of personal memo by the winner on what makes their RP unique (is it the characters? The plot? The setting? The outline to make it function?).
Am I narrowing it too much? Most definitely. Am I also attempting at broadening the nominations? You bet'cha. Creativity and originality shouldn't be funneled through a specific channel, but it shouldn't be laxed off either. I haven't figured out how a monthly award system should be recognized, maybe a bi-yearly.... in the end I surmise by saying the options shouldn't be so hastily narrowed. I myself found it difficult to nominated who in which genre and what category given.
I think some really good points are brought up here. I don't think a best post nomination should really be there at all; there's just too much that goes unread to be able to find anything that could be near to "the best".
And as to the timeframe, I actually think a monthly vote might be something we could have a bit of fun with. It might make P2TM a bit more competitive, but it won't really be compulsory. After all, I can hardly remember my first posts, and they were nearly exactly 1 year ago. Broadening vote categories and making them more frequent would make this way fairer.
I can agree with this. This seems like a splendid idea if people get on board with this.