Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader -
not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
E. L. Doctorow
not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
E. L. Doctorow
PREFACE
Hello and welcome to the Best of P2TM 2016 Awards, a tradition started by Sentinel XV in 2013. It is our great pleasure to continue this tradition. May it inspire you as readers, writers, conworlders and gamers.
It's been several years since the founding of P2TM, when Our Lords and Saviors (a.k.a., Admin and the Mods) took us from the deserts of F7 and brought us here, to the Promised Land. Since that time, around early June of 2012, we have grown into a sizable, thriving RP community. Couldn't have done it without you! Take a bow!
This accomplishment is more than respectable. It is amazing. It is awesome. And it requires an awards ceremony, something to memorialize the greatest threads and the greatest moments of 2016, and to serve as a reminder as we go on through the years as to how phenomenal we all really are.
What this is not is solely a popularity contest. We've seen them used in this manner. Talent and popularity are not the same thing. Also, you must use the nomination form. You don't have to answer every category however.
Cheating and Puppet Wanking will not be tolerated.
Please do not clutter this thread with off topic, casual conversations. We have a discussion thread for chatter. If people want to discuss a nomination's merits or flaws, sure, people can weigh in. That includes the person nominated. Be respectful. "Vote for Me/This Person" promotion doesn't belong here. Take it to your OOC or Group threads.
NOMINATIONS & DEADLINE
The NOMINATION DEADLINE is 10 JANUARY, 2017, 1800 UTC (6 PM UTC; convert to your local time here). Any nominations after that deadline will not be accepted. [Please note for next year's contest: do not schedule a deadline to hit while people are commonly out of country or home for holiday travel!]
Nominations must be for things done in P2TM in 2016.
You may not self-nominate nor use puppets to nominate yourself or vote. Puppet wankers will be disqualified (their entire nomination form will be as well).
A note on "NOMINATE ME!" incessant solicitation: This will be taboo again this year. If your stuff is good, peeps will nominate you for it. Don't beg for nominations/votes in the Awards thread or Awards Discussion thread, please.
The official nomination forms are below. We will link them shortly.
THE AWARDS
The Best of P2TM 2016 awards are broken down into two groups. This allows for a bit of popularity contest fun while reserving a more serious section for writers' talent.
The Community Choice Portion
These awards are decided by the P2TM Community. A person or game can only be nominated once until the 10 JANUARY, 2017, 1800 UTC deadline (meaning future nominations from other players won't "add up"). The community will then be asked to vote. All nominations receive equal recognition - only one person or game is awarded that category. Of course, self-nominations are still not allowed. Players that publicly pester/beg people to vote for them, or acts of puppet voting, may disqualify the nomination. Please review the nomination criteria.
A note on Community Choice: Genre RP. Some RP can fall under more than one category. A role play can only win in one category however. A life-based game can have horror or romance but it is predominantly life-based. A superhero game falls under action even if it fights bad guys (crime) or contains funny elements (comedy). The exception would be a school for budding superheroes (school-based). If in doubt, allow the OP to determine the RP's primary genre.
The "Best of" Portion
The second portion of the Best Of really is "the best of". Each nomination is judged via a panel. Points are awarded and tallied. Everything is kept transparent. It worked out well last year. We plan to continue this again for 2016. For an example of a judge score sheet, please see http://paedagog.boards.net/board/66/official-judging-panels (This org hosted the scoring portion last year without a hitch.) Official Judges will need to temporarily sign up to the forum in order to view the Judges' Green Room. They are not required to join the organization hosting the contest data.
NOMINATION DEADLINE is 10 JANUARY, 2017, 1800 UTC. Nominations are tracked via Google Excel, and copied to the forum. Only contest organizers know who the writer/s are. This helps prevent judges from making biased decisions.
There are three main categories:
Scene - this is a series of IC posts written by more than one writer or by one writer.
Single Post - this is one IC post written by one writer.
Collaborated Post - this is one post written by two or more writers but published as a single IC post.
Posts must be part of the RP's IC thread.
JUDGES
Judging will take place 11-21 Jan 2017. Judges can not judge their own work, nor can they preside over a subcategory that contains their nomination. Please do not harass Judges to vote for you.
The 2016 Judges are:
Alleniana
Altito Asmoro
Cerillium
Cylarn
Finland SSR
G-Tech Corporation
Galnius
Sanabel
Stormwrath
Swith Witherward
The New World Oceania
Zarkenis Ultima
We could use a few more judges and some people to serve as backup judges, please. Apply here
Hello and welcome to the Best of P2TM 2016 Awards, a tradition started by Sentinel XV in 2013. It is our great pleasure to continue this tradition. May it inspire you as readers, writers, conworlders and gamers.
It's been several years since the founding of P2TM, when Our Lords and Saviors (a.k.a., Admin and the Mods) took us from the deserts of F7 and brought us here, to the Promised Land. Since that time, around early June of 2012, we have grown into a sizable, thriving RP community. Couldn't have done it without you! Take a bow!
This accomplishment is more than respectable. It is amazing. It is awesome. And it requires an awards ceremony, something to memorialize the greatest threads and the greatest moments of 2016, and to serve as a reminder as we go on through the years as to how phenomenal we all really are.
What this is not is solely a popularity contest. We've seen them used in this manner. Talent and popularity are not the same thing. Also, you must use the nomination form. You don't have to answer every category however.
Cheating and Puppet Wanking will not be tolerated.
Please do not clutter this thread with off topic, casual conversations. We have a discussion thread for chatter. If people want to discuss a nomination's merits or flaws, sure, people can weigh in. That includes the person nominated. Be respectful. "Vote for Me/This Person" promotion doesn't belong here. Take it to your OOC or Group threads.
NOMINATIONS & DEADLINE
The NOMINATION DEADLINE is 10 JANUARY, 2017, 1800 UTC (6 PM UTC; convert to your local time here). Any nominations after that deadline will not be accepted. [Please note for next year's contest: do not schedule a deadline to hit while people are commonly out of country or home for holiday travel!]
Nominations must be for things done in P2TM in 2016.
You may not self-nominate nor use puppets to nominate yourself or vote. Puppet wankers will be disqualified (their entire nomination form will be as well).
A note on "NOMINATE ME!" incessant solicitation: This will be taboo again this year. If your stuff is good, peeps will nominate you for it. Don't beg for nominations/votes in the Awards thread or Awards Discussion thread, please.
The official nomination forms are below. We will link them shortly.
THE AWARDS
The Best of P2TM 2016 awards are broken down into two groups. This allows for a bit of popularity contest fun while reserving a more serious section for writers' talent.
The Community Choice Portion
These awards are decided by the P2TM Community. A person or game can only be nominated once until the 10 JANUARY, 2017, 1800 UTC deadline (meaning future nominations from other players won't "add up"). The community will then be asked to vote. All nominations receive equal recognition - only one person or game is awarded that category. Of course, self-nominations are still not allowed. Players that publicly pester/beg people to vote for them, or acts of puppet voting, may disqualify the nomination. Please review the nomination criteria.
A note on Community Choice: Genre RP. Some RP can fall under more than one category. A role play can only win in one category however. A life-based game can have horror or romance but it is predominantly life-based. A superhero game falls under action even if it fights bad guys (crime) or contains funny elements (comedy). The exception would be a school for budding superheroes (school-based). If in doubt, allow the OP to determine the RP's primary genre.
The "Best of" Portion
The second portion of the Best Of really is "the best of". Each nomination is judged via a panel. Points are awarded and tallied. Everything is kept transparent. It worked out well last year. We plan to continue this again for 2016. For an example of a judge score sheet, please see http://paedagog.boards.net/board/66/official-judging-panels (This org hosted the scoring portion last year without a hitch.) Official Judges will need to temporarily sign up to the forum in order to view the Judges' Green Room. They are not required to join the organization hosting the contest data.
NOMINATION DEADLINE is 10 JANUARY, 2017, 1800 UTC. Nominations are tracked via Google Excel, and copied to the forum. Only contest organizers know who the writer/s are. This helps prevent judges from making biased decisions.
There are three main categories:
Scene - this is a series of IC posts written by more than one writer or by one writer.
Single Post - this is one IC post written by one writer.
Collaborated Post - this is one post written by two or more writers but published as a single IC post.
Posts must be part of the RP's IC thread.
JUDGES
Judging will take place 11-21 Jan 2017. Judges can not judge their own work, nor can they preside over a subcategory that contains their nomination. Please do not harass Judges to vote for you.
The 2016 Judges are:
Alleniana
Altito Asmoro
Cerillium
Cylarn
Finland SSR
G-Tech Corporation
Galnius
Sanabel
Stormwrath
Swith Witherward
The New World Oceania
Zarkenis Ultima
We could use a few more judges and some people to serve as backup judges, please. Apply here
CHANGELOG: Links added in header, thread renamed to reflect contest open. - Cer
Reviewed thread and added judges. - Cer
Changed deadline to reflect holiday collisions. - GBSW
Last year's thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=362678
