2013 BEST OF P2TM AWARDS ( Voting/Awards Thread )

[Alleniana]

It appears that this thread has sparked a most virile debate

[Personal Freedom]

You know this concept is rather flawed. If we narrow the contestants down and re-vote... People will join and vote for [Insert Well Rper Here] just because they have heard of him.

[Alleniana]

You know this concept is rather flawed. If we narrow the contestants down and re-vote... People will join and vote for [Insert Well Rper Here] just because they have heard of him.

That hardly seems to have happened here. For example, I, myself, have only gotten nominations from people I have RPed at least a fair bit with, or big oldies who've lurked. It doesn't seem to be much of a problem.

[Kassaran]

Best Writer (The "Novelist" Award): Kassaran

Needless to say, I'm humbled, and really wasn't expecting that... really though? Me? Thanks!

[Sentinel XV]

I hate to burst bubbles, but many OP don't have enough time in their day to track who to nominate and yada yada. I run a megathread. We have staff. Do I now ask my staff (who have real lives as well) to take on more responsibility because I work 12-14 hour shifts IRL? Will it be "OP-only" or can Co-OP also participate? What of those who have no idea about these monthly/quarterly awards? What about the same people receiving the same nominations every month? Is that fair? (You bet, if they churn out quality each and every day.) Some RP last only a page. Some OP are clueless people.

Esternial fashioned the Cafe. How many actually use it? He also fashioned the Multiverse Registry. How many use it? I'm amazed by how many people have been involved in P2TM since its inception yet are unaware of the things Esty established to help us network. This thread has been a sticky for a while yet Leg only discovered it after nominations were closed. Leg's active, too.

Yearly works. Somewhere in this thread someone said that the idea of an award inspired them to try harder next (this) year. That's really what it's about. It's not about pats on the back and "atta boys" every few months; a good OP will do that with his players DAILY if he really gives a shit about quality in his thread. It's about challenging people to work hard through the year. Good players and posts are remembered. We've never had a P2TM annual award thread but now that we have one, we can make footnotes (and save links) for next year. The Grammy is given yearly, as is the Oscar, and Time's Person of the Year is annual.

If I could recommend anything, it would be that we better define categories and the criteria for each.

Who was saying that this would be a monthly thing? I had every intention of doing it only once a year.

[Alleniana]

Once a month is fine, I'm not counting votes agian though.

[Tiltjuice]

I think the issue is between compulsory and voluntary unification. Is that it?

Also, a random question, am I the only person who doesn't lurk? I know Esty does, Sentinel does, Min does, Nightkill doesn't lurk, he IS a lurk, and I suspect plenty of others lurk too.

Relevant

[Alleniana]

I think the issue is between compulsory and voluntary unification. Is that it?

Also, a random question, am I the only person who doesn't lurk? I know Esty does, Sentinel does, Min does, Nightkill doesn't lurk, he IS a lurk, and I suspect plenty of others lurk too.

Relevant

Should I know that's called a lurker?

[Altito Asmoro]

Most Improved RP'er List:

Altito Asmoro: 3
the balkens: 1
The BranRiech: 2
Nightkill(?): 1
Constaniana: 1
Imperial Canadian Duchy: 1
Dutch Union of Americana: 1
Timothia: 1
Nation of Hay: 1

And I am the winner.

Can we please be more careful with counting votes?
The BranRiech, for example, has 3 votes for Most Improved (Tiltjuice, Swith Witherward and myself). I thought he had one other.

Many votes were just spoiled and some people used nicks rather than the full names.

Alleniana is doing a fantastic job.

Well, I am confused with the voting anyway.

[Cerillium]

Who was saying that this would be a monthly thing? I had every intention of doing it only once a year.

C'mon, Sentinel, where's your sense of adventure?!

We were discussing it earlier. Min brought up some good points but I disagreed with monthly/semi-annual.

[Cerillium]

I think the issue is between compulsory and voluntary unification. Is that it?

Also, a random question, am I the only person who doesn't lurk? I know Esty does, Sentinel does, Min does, Nightkill doesn't lurk, he IS a lurk, and I suspect plenty of others lurk too.

Relevant

Night doesn't lurk. He stalks. He's the Abbreviated Beetlejuice; you don't need to say his name three times to make him appear. I suppose that makes him a Candle Jack, in a fashion, only it's conversations that are abducted rather than the poster.

Seriously, and only four posts after being summoned.

[Esternial]

Relevant

Night doesn't lurk. He stalks. He's the Abbreviated Beetlejuice; you don't need to say his name three times to make him appear. I suppose that makes him a Candle Jack, in a fashion, only it's conversations that are abducted rather than the poster.

Seriously, and only four posts after being summoned.

Well, you only need to say my name once and I'm notified.

(Misspellings do not deserve my attention.)

[Kassaran]

CATEGORY: Roleplayer
Best OVERALL RP'er:
Best Genre RP'er:

• Mystery: N/A
• High Fantasy: Constantania
• War: The American Tiger Kingdom
• Comedy: Nightkill the Emperor
• School-based: Nightkill the Emperor
• Nation RP: HorusLand
• Crime:

N/A
Best Worldbuilder: Zeinbrad
Best OP: The American Tiger Kingdom
Most Involved in P2TM: Nightkill, without a doubt.
Funniest RP'er: Nightkill again without a doubt, even if he isn't in the RP, his little one-shots in the ES OOC are incredibly hilarious.
Most Improved RP'er: Umm, not sure about this one, probably Decius because even if he is a meta-gaming godmodder, he's moved away from that significantly
Best Writer (The "Novelist" Award): Myself, especially since two hours is the average time I spend on most RP posts (Serious about this)

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CATEGORY: Roleplay
Best OVERALL RP: Excalibur Squadron
Best Genre RP: Gama (Character+Zombie+Mecha, it a classic trifecta!)

• Mystery: N/A
• High Fantasy: Elementals: The Black Beast
• War: Excalibur Squadron
• Comedy: Doctor Who
• School-based: Elfen Highschool (because wherever I go its lurking in the corner of every discussion like its makers)
• Nation RP: N/A
• Crime:

N/A
Best Lore/Worldbuilding RP: Elementals Series
Best RP Series: Excalibur Squadron
Funniest RP: Elfen High
Most Creative or Original RP Idea: Well, I would say mine, but it never took off (the Fallen Colony series) oh well, I'll go with the zombieless zombie RP

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CATEGORY: Character
Best OVERALL Character: The 12th Doctor (Nationstatelandsville)
Funniest Character: Khan (Nightkill)
Most Original Character: Flight Lieutenant Samantha Melody (Monfrox)

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CATEGORY: Post
Best Fight or Fight Scene Post: Goes to Monfrox's character in the Prologue to my ODST RP. She faces off against an Elite Zealot.
Best Horror Post: N/A
Best Comedy Post (The "Funniest Post" Award): Goes to Nightkill when he posted a one-shot baout an Indian man flying over Berlin while playing that infectious music to kill the dirty kraut pilots... and the Sam post I mention below...
Best Heartwarming/Tearjerker Post: My own post here (It's the monster post)


Funniest post is actually going to have to go to one that I forgot the page for, but it has to do with a running gag of Monfrox, Samantha, and a bed... I think we from ES know what I reference...

[Sentinel XV]

I'm sure they will, in all we all have our opinions and I look forward to seeing theirs.

To sum it all up from my perspective:
1) Awards should not be given on a yearly basis but on a monthly (or every 3 months, or bi yearly) to those that a Participating OPs can agree on.
2) Awards are too narrowed and give little to credit those that have indeed put time and effort to what they have done.
3) Memos/Notes from the awarded players is invaluable to those wanting to learn from any source.
4) Creativity cannot be contained to such specifics and will eventually lead to unfairness and bias simply based on who responds to threads and who doesn't.
5) Communication has and always will be key to making an RP sink or swim; while rewards surely won't let said player stand out, their memos, knowledge and opinions matter and will likely help others in the future.
6) Its not perfect, therefore reward systems will likely need to be based on a theme. (i.e., January, Spotlight Player: Altito Asmoro, s/he will give a memo on what they've done to improve him/herself and what made them stick to what they do and why they do.)

And I don't get the whole unite and live happily ever after with cupcakes. I never said it was perfect, I did say it was a venue to learn from those that are recognized.

To address your questions:

1) So your idea is to limit voters to a group of successful OP's who will then vote monthly on probably the same people. Having an awards thread annually is a good idea. Monthly does not make sense. If anything, bi-annually would be a better option, but that is neither here nor there. Annual awards allows us all to collectively step back, take a breath, and look at what we have accomplished so far while rewarding those accomplishments. The same cannot be said for a monthly award ceremony.

2) Too narrowed? There's a reason for that. Awards are not given to just anyone. I know that sounds circlejerky, but look at any awards ceremony in existence -- you don't see some nobody getting the Nobel Peace Price or a Grammy. The categories are succinct and do their job, and adding in an award for every little meaningless thing just makes us seem like we're trying too hard. Besides, awards need to be earned.

3) I fail to see how changing the awards ceremony to monthly will help any award recipient in giving advice. Yearly award recipients can do the same thing.

4) And doing that in a monthly award wouldn't? This went from Dec. 31 to Jan. 10, and anyone who really wanted to vote, got their vote in. It is no fault of the ceremony's design that kept those people from not voting. That had plenty of time to see the thread, and to fill out the application. Besides that, changing the format to a monthly ceremony will cause more people not to vote, I would think, because it encourages people to vote for the same people time and time again.

5) And this is why a monthly award dilutes the honor of being awarded, because the award itself changes hands so frequently. If you really do want an awards recipient to "stand out", a yearly award gives them more distinction than one that will be re-voted on in a month.

6) A theme? Why a theme? Do we really have to take everything, even an awards ceremony honoring our RP'ers, and twist them into some sort of circlejerk around a particular RP'er? That's why I disagree with monthly awards. It takes something good, and turns it into a wankfest and a popularity contest, which it really isn't supposed to be.

[Swith Witherward]

I... thought the nomination period was over? As of the 10th, anyway. Now I feel badly because I told several people that the 10th was the cutoff date. Are you still accepting nominations that came in once the process to tally started? If so, there are four people who might put in their nominations.

[Sentinel XV]

I... thought the nomination period was over? As of the 10th, anyway. Now I feel badly because I told several people that the 10th was the cutoff date. Are you still accepting nominations that came in once the process to tally started? If so, there are four people who might put in their nominations.

I guess it doesn't really matter. Tell them to go ahead.

[Swith Witherward]

I... thought the nomination period was over? As of the 10th, anyway. Now I feel badly because I told several people that the 10th was the cutoff date. Are you still accepting nominations that came in once the process to tally started? If so, there are four people who might put in their nominations.

I guess it doesn't really matter. Tell them to go ahead.

Are you pulling out your hair and wishing you hadn't had this clever idea?

Ah P2TM, you amuse me with your logic.

[Legital]

I... thought the nomination period was over? As of the 10th, anyway. Now I feel badly because I told several people that the 10th was the cutoff date. Are you still accepting nominations that came in once the process to tally started? If so, there are four people who might put in their nominations.

I guess it doesn't really matter. Tell them to go ahead.

If this is true, then I would like to try and get my own nominations up tonight as well, and I will let some of my other friends know of this. More nominations, the better, right?

[Sentinel XV]

I guess it doesn't really matter. Tell them to go ahead.

Are you pulling out your hair and wishing you hadn't had this clever idea?

Ah P2TM, you amuse me with your logic.

Why.. why 10 hours. Who would think that this is a good idea?

I guess it doesn't really matter. Tell them to go ahead.

If this is true, then I would like to try and get my own nominations up tonight as well, and I will let some of my other friends know of this. More nominations, the better, right?

I suppose, yeah.

[Legital]

CATEGORY: Roleplayer
Best OVERALL RP'er: G-Tech Corporation. His posts strike a balance of length, clarity, diction, and style that work well wherever I see them. The same can be said for his RPs.
Best Genre RP'er:

• Mystery: N/A
  
• High Fantasy: Videssos.
  
• War: Aelosia.
  
• Comedy: N/A
  
• School-based: N/A
  
• Nation RP: Alleniana.
  
• Crime:Transoxthraxia.

Best Worldbuilder: Aona.
Best OP: Timothia, for his work in the construction of this RP.
Most Involved in P2TM: Alleniana. He's everywhere I look. Even when I look away, he's there.
Funniest RP'er: Bone Fort.
Most Improved RP'er: Zeinbrad. Any personal grievances aside, I think he has come a long way from what I remember him being.
Best Writer (The "Novelist" Award): Aelosia. These two posts speak for why I made this nomination.

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CATEGORY: Roleplay
Best OVERALL RP: Evarii
Best Genre RP:

• Mystery: N/A
  
• High Fantasy: The Finality of Death
  
• War: Warhammer 40,000 In Service to the Imperium Episode Five, a collaboration between myself and several others. It is a running series.
  
• Comedy: N/A
  
• School-based: N/A
  
• Nation RP: 1000 AD Historical RP
  
• Crime:Methland, while it lasted.

Best Lore/Worldbuilding RP: Evarii
Best RP Series: Warhammer 40,000: In Service to the Imperium.
Episode One
Episode Two
Episode Three
Episode Four
Episode Five
Funniest RP: N/A
Most Creative or Original RP Idea: Voyages of the Antiqua

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CATEGORY: Character
Best OVERALL Character: N/A
Funniest Character: N/A
Most Original Character: N/A

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CATEGORY: Post
Best Fight or Fight Scene Post: N/A
Best Horror Post: N/A
Best Comedy Post (The "Funniest Post" Award): N/A
Best Heartwarming/Tearjerker Post: Written by Aelosia

Elizabeth Sinnett

The aircraft squadrons went down well before she could reach the safety of the munitions hanger. The ground shook with the violence of the explosions, and dust was propelled into the air, effectively blinding her as the blast threw her to the ground. The Lieutenant was barely able to recover from her fall when a falling airplane enveloped in flames fell on top of a nearby empty hanger and blew inside it. That could had been us, she realized to herself, lost in a minute in the odds of surviving this attack, and on the luck that she was still standing there in one piece, and not vaporized to particles in the fine morning wind. Those are Avengers, she said to herself, recognizing the armored, sturdy cockpits. Not big payloads, diving bombers at best, strafing horses of the Guard. They will be over soon, she said as she crossed the space between the burning hanger and the munitions depot, at a light pace. It was the closest she could be to an apocalyptic explosion. If it happened, she did prefer to stand next to it, to know it would be as painless as possible. Die with her cap on.

That was her dream now, to die proud. To die serious as she has been since leaving the green thermidorian lands and its stone university palaces. To die in her uniform, daring the enemy to keep trying to kill her. Once upon a time, Elizabeth Encarmine Sinnett Sinabonne Labois Loutrec had other dreams. Other aspirations and hopes. That was on the years before the guard, before the muster. She dreamed of a family and children, of a palace and of working everyday at her chemistry lab, hard as nails to show even the most stubborn mechanicum adept that silicae-arsenic compounds could be boiled on the proper conditions, and finally die happy and fulfilled.

That changed the day the Culling came and she was designated to serve as a Guard Officer. By luck, and ominous odds no less! Not by choice, not by volunteering, but by an unforgiving empire that took her dreams from her and turned them into a constant nightmare of death and massacre through the entire galaxy. She always wanted to visit other worlds, and now she could say to herself that she had been to dozens. But only to wage war. She had never been to a miracle or marvel of the imperial space. If any of the places she had visited once were marvels, the enemies of mankind had already reduced them to rubble when Sinnett had arrived. There was no beauty left in the places she had visited. War always destroyed it to the very roots.

Of all the thermidorians, Sinnett was the first that realized that the Imperium had damned her to a violent death. Only in death does duty end, was their maxim, and now, hers. She knew she had died the moment they chose her for guard by drawing the ball with her student's number on it. She had lived extra time from then on. She had lived her purgatorium, her punishment during these pilgrimage years, these suffering years. That was why she was grim. Unforgiving. Resolute, calmed, quiet, strict. There was no place for friendship or happiness when you live a borrowed time until you can die. Being a soldier, for Sinnett, was like being a terminal patient. It was just a matter of time until the syndrome of war got you. There was no cure, only the peace when the end finally came. All she asked was to die with dignity, not as defiance to the endless stream of unknown enemies that laid siege to humanity across the stars, but as defiance to the Imperium itself, to the Imperial system that had castrated her dreams and hopes before they even hatched. She would die quiet, serene as strict, as she behaved during her punishment as a soldier. In a way, it would be the only revenge available for the ones as her, crushed between the cogs of an endless, invisible and blind machine that ate humans and vomited their pieces across the entire galaxy. She would die unfeeling, without emotion, not giving her leeway to feel, to cry, or to suffer.

The sound of the engines woke her up after a pair of steps. It had been only three steps into the alley that separated the hangers. The plane was banking up, trying to recover from the steep dive that allowed it to drop its bombs. As in slow motion, as if time stopped, Sinnett kept detail of the incoming plane. Its ragged, well designed structure built to resist as most damage as possible. Its punctured wings, ragged holes blasted by auto cannon high velocity rounds. The posture of the aircraft was banking down, and Sinnett, although no pilot, could easily realize that the plane was not going to recover in time, and would get trapped by incoming fire or crash against the base some hundred of meters further from her position. It was a mighty air beast, not adroit, not lithe, but powerful and raw. Its empty wing weapon mounts, its powering avenger nose cannon...

Avengers are the strafing horses of the Imperium..., she told herself as she realized the barrels of the nose mounted cannon were rotating. She did stop her steps, standing firm looking at the aircraft. She recognized the hunger of the pilot that was inside the cockpit, even although she did not know him or would even see him ever. His plane was going down. He was too low to eject, and the mortally wounded plane was going to crash and to drag him to a painful and horrible death, that perhaps was merciful, or terrible and slow. But no matter what, he would fly into the cold maw of death blazing away with his gun. He would fire every weapon at his disposal before turning into a ball of fire and molten metal. That was an attitude Sinnett could show some empathy towards. She did not take a step further, standing in the middle of the alley, her face sullen and austere as always, placing herself in the trajectory of the massive bullets that were already opening small craters in the ground in front of her. The road of bullets, the stream of eruptions of dirt advanced towards her, and as a final act of defiance, she rose her forehead and gave the enemy plane a look of the eagles, an aloof expression that marked her last act upon this desolate existence.

The avenger cannon discharge launched her into the air with the strength of the impact, tearing apart her frame and biting chunks of her flesh off, even cutting limbs and launching them in several directions as if she was made of straw. When she landed, she was just a mangled memory of what Lieutenant Sinnett, Chemistry Magister Sinnett, Elizabeth Encarmine Sinnett Sinabonne Labois Loutrec had been, or had dreamed to be. Her cap was off.

[Alleniana]

Well, I'm not sure dafuque is going on, but I'll just be sitting around, tallying votes. ;_;

[PyrosMagicLand]

Who won?

[Alleniana]

Who won?

How... ex-nation...

[Tiltjuice]

Who won?

How... ex-nation...

Mod Magic. My bet would be posting past ban.

And now let us speak of something else.

Who won?

[Alleniana]

How... ex-nation...

Mod Magic. My bet would be posting past ban.

And now let us speak of something else.

Who won?

Oh, I see.

Something else? Who won?

Well,

WINNERS:
CATEGORY: Roleplayer
Best OVERALL RP'er: Esternial and Giovenith and G-Tech Corporation
Best Genre RP'er:

• Mystery: Jessjohnesik
• High Fantasy: Sentinel XV
• War: The Tiger Kingdom
• Comedy: Nightkill the Emperor
• School-based: Nightkill the Emperor
• Nation RP: Alleniana
• Crime: Cylarn

Best Worldbuilder: Swith Witherward
Best OP: The Tiger Kingdom
Most Involved in P2TM: Nightkill the Emperor
Funniest RP'er:
Most Improved RP'er:
Best Writer (The "Novelist" Award):

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CATEGORY: Roleplay
Best OVERALL RP:
Best Genre RP:

• Mystery:
• High Fantasy:
• War:
• Comedy:
• School-based:
• Nation RP:
• Crime:

Best Lore/Worldbuilding RP:
Best RP Series:
Funniest RP:
Most Creative or Original RP Idea:

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CATEGORY: Character
Best OVERALL Character:
Funniest Character:
Most Original Character:

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CATEGORY: Post
Best Fight or Fight Scene Post:
Best Horror Post:
Best Comedy Post (The "Funniest Post" Award):
Best Heartwarming/Tearjerker Post:

Best Overall RPer:
Utceforp: 1
G-Tech Corporation: 2
Halleon: 1
Holy Empire of Avalon: 1
Le Quebec: 1
Esternial: 2
Swith Witherward: 1
Zarkenis Ultima: 1
Giovenith: 2
The Tiger Kingdom: 1
Towers: 1
Prospect Landings: 1
Transoxthraxia: 1
Xing: 1

Esternial and Giovenith, each with 2 votes, has won.

Best Genre RP'er:
Mystery: Tiltjuice: 1 Jessjohnesik: 3 The Blazing Aura: 1 Whittington: 2 Volnotova: 1 Bone Fort: 1 JESSJOHNESIK
High Fantasy: Sentinel XV: 5 Rupudska: 1 Constanania: 1 Nightkill the Emperor: 1 Neo Byzantine Empire: 1 Contamenesia: 1 Charmera: 1 Vaxon: 1 G-Tech Corporation: 1 Arcerion: 1 Videssos: 1 SENTINEL XV
War: Legital: 2 The Tiger Kingdom: 6 Cylarn: 3 Equalsun Empire: 1 Monfrox: 1 Holy Empire of Avalon: 1 Aelosia: 1 Pavlostani: 1 Galdius: 1 Rupudska: 1 Inquilabistan: 1 Alleniana: 1 THE TIGER KINGDOM
Comedy: Cylarn: 2 Tiltjuice: 1 Swith Witherward: 1 Nightkill the Emperor: 4 Esternial: 2 Ayreonia: 1 Cerilium: 2 Nationstateslandville: 1 NIGHTKILL THE EMPEROR
School-based: Esternial: 2 Contamenesia: 1 Terripin Array: 1 Nightkill the Emperor: 3 Ferret Revolution: 1 NIGHTKILL THE EMPEROR
Nation RP: Germanic Templars: 3 Horusland: 2 Neros: 1 Alleniana: 6 Halleon: 1 Seljuq Kyiv: 1 Transoxthraxia: 1 Of The Quendi: 2 The Drone Empire: 1 ALLENIANA
Crime: Giovenith: 1 Terintania: 1 Galdius: 1 Cylarn: 2 Erucia: 1 Transoxthraxia: 2 CYLARN AND TRANSOXTHRAXIA

Best Worldbuilder: Aona: 1 Swith Witherward: 9 Agritum: 3 Caltarania: 1 Vaxon: 1 Midcaltaneans: 1 Arcerion: 1 Damak Var: 1 The Tiger Kingdom:1 Ayreonia: 1 Zeinbrad: 1SWITH WITHERWARD

Best OP: Transoxthraxia: 1 Novia Socialist Soviet Republic: 1 Swith Witherward: 2 Cerillium: 4 The Tiger Kingdom: 7 Alleniana: 1 Vaxon: 1 Ferret Revolution: 1 Ruridova: 1 Horusland: 1 Lancearc: 2 Arcerion: 1 Rupudska: 1 Monfrox: 1 Tiltjuice: 1 Shimon-Zhivago: 1 Damak Var: 1 Timothia: 1 THE TIGER KINGDOM
I'm exhausted, I'll just leave it there, I'll do some later, maybe.

Most Involved in P2TM: Nocia Soviet Socialist Republic: 1 Nightkill the Emperor: 17 Alleniana: 3 Esternial: 5 Marsisian: 1 G-Tech Corporation: 1 NIGHTKILL THE EMPEROR

all I've got done so far. 2 votes each to Esternial, Giovenith and G-Tech Corporation for best RPer. They won.

I planned to do more coutning, but got majorly sidetracked.