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Postby Talchyon » Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:59 am

Ok, so I had another question.

Can you nominate a post that was a co-write post that you were involved in co-writing? Or does that also have to come from a 3rd party not involved in the writing of it?

'Cause I've done a few this year, and I thought they were well done...

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Postby Economa Incorporated » Mon Dec 04, 2017 12:30 pm

Rostavykhan wrote:Whatever you say, Swith. I buy it.

This still doesn't exactly address the issue. If this ruling makes it so that player like myself, GT, Bran, or other players you know could not volunteer, then it's still not exactly fair because a P2TM community event is hosted by a single group who can decide who and who can't be judges.

What if a group like The Pub, or The Anime Group (not calling you lads out, y'all are cool) hosted an event and made it so that a certain player couldn't be a judge or host a panel due to them being unwelcome on that group's site or forum?


The group as a whole and the players who organize this have both specifically stated that they will politely reject any nominations. Judges are not allowed to work on a category they submit in. Submissions are blind to remove bias for or against the author. These measures make things pretty fair. Organizationally, it cannot all be hosted here - things like judge-visibly-only forum sections are needed, that require an offsite to be used. While your complaints could be aimed at *any* potential offsite host, I think there's a good deal of trust in these ones, who have put in the work for years, to continue to recuse themselves where they cannot be impartial.

You can always host your own event, if you think you can do it better - some years, GP has 2-4 different award events. Just know that it's a lot of work to even keep an event going, much less start one, and that the long-running one usually retains an advantage :P
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Postby Rostavykhan » Mon Dec 04, 2017 12:56 pm

Economa Incorporated wrote:
Rostavykhan wrote:Whatever you say, Swith. I buy it.

This still doesn't exactly address the issue. If this ruling makes it so that player like myself, GT, Bran, or other players you know could not volunteer, then it's still not exactly fair because a P2TM community event is hosted by a single group who can decide who and who can't be judges.

What if a group like The Pub, or The Anime Group (not calling you lads out, y'all are cool) hosted an event and made it so that a certain player couldn't be a judge or host a panel due to them being unwelcome on that group's site or forum?


The group as a whole and the players who organize this have both specifically stated that they will politely reject any nominations. Judges are not allowed to work on a category they submit in. Submissions are blind to remove bias for or against the author. These measures make things pretty fair. Organizationally, it cannot all be hosted here - things like judge-visibly-only forum sections are needed, that require an offsite to be used. While your complaints could be aimed at *any* potential offsite host, I think there's a good deal of trust in these ones, who have put in the work for years, to continue to recuse themselves where they cannot be impartial.

You can always host your own event, if you think you can do it better - some years, GP has 2-4 different award events. Just know that it's a lot of work to even keep an event going, much less start one, and that the long-running one usually retains an advantage :P


I hardly care to host anything.

My concern is that the ability of certain players to be judges is limited due to arbitrary decisions on behalf of a specific clique, when the event is advertised as being for all of P2TM, and open for any player to be a judge. It's a matter of being fair or not.
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Postby Economa Incorporated » Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:12 pm

As would be the case anywhere judges are selected? Any community has banned a few players from it; any community would have the same issue where a small handful of players would be unable to have the necessary forum access.

Given the only 100% disqualifier being given is "you've been full-on banned from the hosting community for egregious misbehavior, and ergo are one of approximately three people who are unable to be judges due to necessary forum access," and that even those player are still allowed to participate in the event as a whole, I don't think there's any huge problem here. Diversity in judging is more than possible in this situation, and the judging process can be, and is, still fair.
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Postby Rostavykhan » Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:18 pm

Economa Incorporated wrote:As would be the case anywhere judges are selected? Any community has banned a few players from it; any community would have the same issue where a small handful of players would be unable to have the necessary forum access.

Given the only 100% disqualifier being given is "you've been full-on banned from the hosting community for egregious misbehavior, and ergo are one of approximately three people who are unable to be judges due to necessary forum access," and that even those player are still allowed to participate in the event as a whole, I don't think there's any huge problem here. Diversity in judging is more than possible in this situation, and the judging process can be, and is, still fair.


I fail to see how.

Why not host judging on Discord or Skype, neither of which is owned by a single clique or individual? Besides, again, a single group's influence should not keep another independent player from taking part.
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Postby Economa Incorporated » Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:30 pm

Rostavykhan wrote:
Economa Incorporated wrote:As would be the case anywhere judges are selected? Any community has banned a few players from it; any community would have the same issue where a small handful of players would be unable to have the necessary forum access.

Given the only 100% disqualifier being given is "you've been full-on banned from the hosting community for egregious misbehavior, and ergo are one of approximately three people who are unable to be judges due to necessary forum access," and that even those player are still allowed to participate in the event as a whole, I don't think there's any huge problem here. Diversity in judging is more than possible in this situation, and the judging process can be, and is, still fair.


I fail to see how.

Why not host judging on Discord or Skype, neither of which is owned by a single clique or individual? Besides, again, a single group's influence should not keep another independent player from taking part.


A discord or skype chat would still be managed by a specific group, no matter what.

You are still welcome to take part in the event, and even possibly win a category, as has been abundantly clear. You are welcome to make nominations, or be nominated. The judge selection is diverse, the judges cannot judge themselves, judging of writing is done blind to the author, and the organization/leading planners have recused themselves from nomination entirely. The process is exceedingly fair, despite your personal beef and ban.

The organizing group is under no obligation to accept your presence after how you've treated them, and their rejection thereof simply does not neuter the entire event.

If you are unhappy with that, feel free to boycott the event or start a competing one.
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Postby Rostavykhan » Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:40 pm

Economa Incorporated wrote:
Rostavykhan wrote:
I fail to see how.

Why not host judging on Discord or Skype, neither of which is owned by a single clique or individual? Besides, again, a single group's influence should not keep another independent player from taking part.


A discord or skype chat would still be managed by a specific group, no matter what.

You are still welcome to take part in the event, and even possibly win a category, as has been abundantly clear. You are welcome to make nominations, or be nominated. The judge selection is diverse, the judges cannot judge themselves, judging of writing is done blind to the author, and the organization/leading planners have recused themselves from nomination entirely. The process is exceedingly fair, despite your personal beef and ban.

The organizing group is under no obligation to accept your presence after how you've treated them, and their rejection thereof simply does not neuter the entire event.

If you are unhappy with that, feel free to boycott the event or start a competing one.


Because of the way I treated them? I'll make sure to reflect on my sins while absolving them of their sins, like the harassment or threats I've had in the past, or their little feuds against other P2TM'ers...like implying that a certain other RP rigged in the past. Just saying. This has nothing to do with my beef with them like you seem to think, or like they seem to want to make you believe. I'm critical of this because it's an arbitrary and silly rule. A Discord or Skype carried out by, say, a player who isn't in P2TM, or a Mod, would be more impartial. If you want to bring up my sins though, I'm happy to point out those of the other side.

But I suppose it doesn't matter so long as P2TM gets it silly awards given to them by their masters.

I'll make sure to ask about potential boycotts or rival awards.
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Postby Swith Witherward » Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:27 pm

Torsi, you are the only DOS player on the host forum. Why are you dragging other people in? Bran would make an excellent judge. GT doesn't seem to be involved in RP much anymore and, frankly, he's also never expressed any interest in the annual awards. It's starting to look like you're looking for an excuse to cause trouble.

Rostavykhan wrote:Because of the way I treated them? I'll make sure to reflect on my sins while absolving them of their sins, like the harassment or threats I've had in the past

File a GHR with the applicable links, please.

Rostavykhan wrote:or their little feuds against other P2TM'ers...

No feud. Just a wall of silence if there's no reason to interact.

Rostavykhan wrote:like implying that a certain other RP rigged in the past.

Rigged RP? How does one "rig" an RP? Links, please. Unless you mean when my groups have bowed out because we didn't want it to be a popularity contest? I bowed out of this years for the same reason. I'd like someone else to win the category I've won two years in a row. That's not "rigging"... that's courtesy.

Rostavykhan wrote:Just saying.

That phrase is usually tacked on when someone has told a tall tale. "Well, Max Barry eats raw eggs. Just saying."

Rostavykhan wrote:This has nothing to do with my beef with them like you seem to think

I'm glad you realize that we aren't holding anything against you personally, and that you simply can not judge because you can not join the host forum.

Rostavykhan wrote:or like they seem to want to make you believe.

It's very simple: you are DOS from the host forum.

Rostavykhan wrote:I'm critical of this because it's an arbitrary and silly rule.

This rule would not be in effect had you not engaged in behaviors which earned you a DOS status on that forum.

Rostavykhan wrote:A Discord or Skype carried out by, say, a player who isn't in P2TM, or a Mod, would be more impartial.

Why won't it work on Skype or Discord?
Let's look at one entry: http://paedagog.boards.net/thread/220/n ... ts-journal

The nomination doesn't have the author's name or the RP it's from. Instead, it's presented as it was posted on NS, in full. The nominator's commentary is also included. This allows judges time to read the entry completely, and to weigh in on it accordingly. Judges then fill out a form, scoring each element based upon criteria used by various agencies and school districts for their own writing contests. The highest and lowest scores are dropped. This creates a permanent record that can be seen by the general public.
  1. This is more efficient and, as each board means the generation of multiple subboards with multiple threads, holding it on NS would be difficult. Here's this year's, for example: http://madhouseproductions.boards.net/board/29/official-judging-panels
  2. Holding it on Skype does not create a permanent record for the general public, nor allow judges time to digest the material.
  3. Holding it on Discord would be impossible.

Rostavykhan wrote:If you want to bring up my sins though, I'm happy to point out those of the other side.

You are DOS on the host forum. You're welcome to spin yarns if it will make you feel better.

Rostavykhan wrote:But I suppose it doesn't matter so long as P2TM gets it silly awards given to them by their masters.

I'll make sure to ask about potential boycotts or rival awards.

The awards have been around longer than the Mentor program, Torsi. P2TM denizens vote, and written entries are judged by players coming from a wide range of groups and cliques.

This sounds like sour grapes on your part. I would hope that you're the better person. I'd hate to think that you'd run around behind the scenes, stirring up shit and trying to get your friends on board for the singular purpose of puppet flooding votes. That would be cruel to the players that are nominated by small groups, and to the noobs that roleplay well but aren't part of any cliques.


*sighs* We have plenty of judges at this point, including reserve judges. We don't need any more.
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Postby Talchyon » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:17 pm

Talchyon wrote:Ok, so I had another question.

Can you nominate a post that was a co-write post that you were involved in co-writing? Or does that also have to come from a 3rd party not involved in the writing of it?

'Cause I've done a few this year, and I thought they were well done...

-Talc


Talchyon wrote:Hi everyone.

First, thanks for getting this up and going again. I will be submitting a nomination form in the near future.

Second, I'm surprised that there was no category mentioned for Best Historical RP. If there was one that was worthy, should we put this in miscellaneous category?

-Talc



I'm still waiting for answers to these questions, if someone who knows can fill me in too. Thanks.

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Postby Swith Witherward » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:38 pm

Talchyon wrote:
Talchyon wrote:Ok, so I had another question.

Can you nominate a post that was a co-write post that you were involved in co-writing? Or does that also have to come from a 3rd party not involved in the writing of it?

'Cause I've done a few this year, and I thought they were well done...

-Talc


Talchyon wrote:Hi everyone.

First, thanks for getting this up and going again. I will be submitting a nomination form in the near future.

Second, I'm surprised that there was no category mentioned for Best Historical RP. If there was one that was worthy, should we put this in miscellaneous category?

-Talc



I'm still waiting for answers to these questions, if someone who knows can fill me in too. Thanks.

-Talc

Hey Talc. Short answer since I'm mobile at the moment... a co-written post counts as a collaborated post. You can ask a fellow RPer to nominate you both for that category. I'll take a look at the historical question when I'm home, and ask the other planners/Mints how they'd like it approached.
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BEST OF P2TM 2017
JUDGE APPLICATION


NS Nickname: Esty
Discord Nick (if any): (to be added)
RP or writing experience level? Possibly, though I misplaced it.
Are you available 13-20 January? Yes
Are you willing to serve as a judge (Y/N)? Y
Are you willing to serve as a backup judge (Y/N)? Y
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Postby Greater vakolicci haven » Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:42 pm

Judging will take place 13-20 January 2018. We will need people available at that time. Official Judges will need to temporarily sign up to the host forum in order to view the Judges' Green Room and score entries. They are not required to join the organization hosting the contest data. Judges can not judge their own work, nor can they preside over a subcategory that contains their nomination.

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Postby Greater vakolicci haven » Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:44 pm

In addition, if their is an issue with the hosting of the awards I am more than willing to lend the awards space (for free of course) on my own servers in order to provide a space where everyone can participate with an administrator who will not ban for prior offenses, and who will only administrate the forum based on activity that occurs on it.
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Postby Swith Witherward » Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:18 pm

Greater vakolicci haven wrote:In addition, if their is an issue with the hosting of the awards I am more than willing to lend the awards space (for free of course) on my own servers in order to provide a space where everyone can participate with an administrator who will not ban for prior offenses, and who will only administrate the forum based on activity that occurs on it.

Thanks for the offer, Vak. I appreciate it and will keep it in mind for next year (less work for me, yay!) We've already set up for this year. Everyone can access the host forum in order to read entries and the judges' scores. Only judges have to register (in order to post a score).


Talc, regarding your question about a Historical category. After a brief chat with planners/Mints... Given it's not a genre we see by itself very often, it might be better to nominate the RP in the closest category, be it slice of life, war, misc, etc. For example, an RP centered around pioneers joining a wagon train to travel west would be historical in nature but, if the story itself depicts daily life for them, then it would be under that category. The option that worked well for us last year was that the OP decided what category best fit his/her/their concept. We don't mind moving a nomination to a different category if an OP requests it.
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Postby Talchyon » Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:44 pm

Swith Witherward wrote:
Greater vakolicci haven wrote:In addition, if their is an issue with the hosting of the awards I am more than willing to lend the awards space (for free of course) on my own servers in order to provide a space where everyone can participate with an administrator who will not ban for prior offenses, and who will only administrate the forum based on activity that occurs on it.

Thanks for the offer, Vak. I appreciate it and will keep it in mind for next year (less work for me, yay!) We've already set up for this year. Everyone can access the host forum in order to read entries and the judges' scores. Only judges have to register (in order to post a score).


Talc, regarding your question about a Historical category. After a brief chat with planners/Mints... Given it's not a genre we see by itself very often, it might be better to nominate the RP in the closest category, be it slice of life, war, misc, etc. For example, an RP centered around pioneers joining a wagon train to travel west would be historical in nature but, if the story itself depicts daily life for them, then it would be under that category. The option that worked well for us last year was that the OP decided what category best fit his/her/their concept. We don't mind moving a nomination to a different category if an OP requests it.



Ok. Thanks for the clarification. I now know better where to slot possible nominations I'm doing.

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Postby Swith Witherward » Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:54 pm

Talchyon wrote:Ok. Thanks for the clarification. I now know better where to slot possible nominations I'm doing.

-Talc

You're welcome! Sorry it took a while to get an answer.
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Postby The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune » Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:32 pm

Sorry for the lack of Noms in here. Most would have to got to the only majorly active RP I'm in Hogwarts and would be against the rules. I highly reccomend people stop by and give it a read. A lot of great people have contributed to it and made it unique this year. I would consider most of the people in the rp to be friends and they are a great bunch of people. Cheers!

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RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE NOMINATIONS
Tell us why you're nominating the person or game, and why the judges should select the person or game to go up for vote. Sell it, baby! Don't forget to link to posts.

Roleplayers
Include links to person's work, if necessary, and reasons why you think they deserve an award.
Best Worldbuilder:
Best All-Around Player: Britanania, a truly excellent Rper and one of the best people on the site IMO. While Miek has been keeping the wheels running on the Hogwarts RP for the past couple of monthes, Brit has been filling it with gas and fixing it when it breaks down. Tough when she needs to be, but willing to compromise even when others are making absolutely no sense. Her RPing is some of the best on this site and I look forward to seeing what she does when our RP is done.
Best OP/GMs:
Best CoOP: Miekzhemy, has been pretty much the binding force of the Hogwarts RP for a couple of monthes now since the OP New Roman Empire has been serving in the Military. An overall great guy and an excellent RPer who has kept a great RP alive
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BY GENRE
Action:
Comedy:
Crime:
Fantasy:
Horror/Thriller:
Life-Based/Slice of Life:
Mystery:
P2TM Nation RP:
Romance:
School-based:
Science Fiction:
War:
Misc Genre:

OVERALL
Best Lore: (Links Required!)
Best RP Series: (Links Required!)
Most Creative or Original RP Idea: (Links Required!)
Best OOC Thread (Link Required)


THE WRITING PORTION
These are judged categories. All nominations must have a link to the IC thread/s, and your opinion on why it should win. You may not nominate your own work. You're welcome to give your nomination a title to make referencing it easier. ("John and Mary's Fight", "The Day the World Ended", "Death of Sue", etc)

CATEGORY: Scene
SUBCATEGORY: Best Action or "Fight or Flight"

SUBCATEGORY: Best Comedy

SUBCATEGORY: Best Heartwarming/Tear-Jerker

SUBCATEGORY: Best Horror

SUBCATEGORY: Best Romantic


CATEGORY: Single Post
SUBCATEGORY: Best Action or "Fight or Flight"

SUBCATEGORY: Best Comedy

SUBCATEGORY: Best Heartwarming/Tear-Jerker

SUBCATEGORY: Best Horror

SUBCATEGORY: Best Romantic


CATEGORY: Collaborated Post
SUBCATEGORY: Best Action or "Fight or Flight"

SUBCATEGORY: Best Comedy

SUBCATEGORY: Best Heartwarming/Tear-Jerker

SUBCATEGORY: Best Horror

SUBCATEGORY: Best Romantic

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Postby Barapam » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:15 pm

Can I nominate several people/rp:s for the same category? Like "Best OP: X, Y, and Z."
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Postby Talchyon » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:20 pm

I think I'm going to have to call this nomination form good for right now. I could search out more, but I think this will be more than sufficient.

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RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE NOMINATIONS
Tell us why you're nominating the person or game, and why the judges should select the person or game to go up for vote. Sell it, baby! Don't forget to link to posts.

Roleplayers
Include links to person's work, if necessary, and reasons why you think they deserve an award.

Best Worldbuilder: Agritum especially for their work on "Worlds on Fire: Shadow Ops". OOC page; and the IC page. An incredible mixture of historical in the WWII era and the supernatural. What if witches, vampires, werewolves, and others were squadrons during the second World War? Agritum has done an incredible job of blending the two genres. While the supernatural elements are more or less the classical kind (with the addition of augmented super-soldiers and psionics also in play), yet much thought and detail has gone into the descriptions of each race, as well as how the historic Axis and Allied countries incorporated them in the war. Very impressive OOC page, too.

Best All-Around Player: I vote for Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States. In the many RPs I have been involved with Comms, I have found that he brings a lot. His characters are reasonable, interesting, well-written, and his posts have also been generally timely as well. (I don't know exactly what links I would provide here, so with that, I will just leave with this recommendation).

Best OP/GMs: I want to nominate Wolfenium for her outstanding work on her RP, Evil Genius - this is the OOC page. You can find the IC page here. Why do I think Wolf deserves this award? Wolf not only has a creative concept - world domination by a teenaged daughter of a former world-class tyrant and threat, but also with her unsavory and sometimes inept employees helping her. Wolf has been very good at keeping the OOC free from arguments and fights. Wolf's character cast post is incredibly hilarious. Wolf is timely in how they get to concerns, either on the OOC page or by TG. Wolf uses multiple pictures in the IC pages to make it look artistic and colorful. And Wolf regularly and constantly encourages good writing without being overbearing. For all that, Wolf deserves the high honor of being the Best OP / GM for 2017.

Best CoOP: Naval Monte (from the RP "Pandora's Box") - Naval Monte is a very detailed assistant (evidenced by several in-depth telegrams about the RP sent to me and other players), regularly gives summary helps for the new worlds in this multiverse RP (such as this one), and follows the OP's lead in giving constructive comments to make writing and applications better (like this one).

Most Involved in P2TM: My vote is for The Cyberiad Council. The guy has run several RPs (such as this one, or this other one, or this other one over here) and been part of several more. I regularly see posts and contributions from him, as well as RPs he runs. Anyway, I thought he should be in the running for this award.


Roleplay Games
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BY GENRE
Action: "Are We Heroes?" - OOC page and IC page. Using the popular superhero genre, yet at a time when superheroes were discovering their powers, while at the same time being hunted by the government. Lots of unique fight scenes, and a really engaging RP.

Comedy: "The Infinites: And Beyond" - OOC page and IC page. "The Infinites" is the longest running active comedy series on P2TM. Began in Sep. of 2016, with a slight 4 or so day dormant period, followed by a long active streak since, the ongoing humor in Infinites is made possible by wonderful players and writers who don't take themselves too seriously. There is some real creativity here, as the lame-powered and often dimwitted Minnesota Infinites and equally lame-powered super villains square off against each other. This second major arc has them fighting in space for the freedom of the Earth. And yet, there still is a lot of opportunity for laughing when you read the posts.

Crime:
Fantasy:
Horror/Thriller:
Life-Based/Slice of Life:
Mystery:

P2TM Nation RP: "Here I Stand" - OOC page and IC page. This short lived historical RP centered on the plight of Europe at the time of the Protestant Reformation. It gets nominated because 2017 has also been the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation (Oct. 31, 1517 is when Martin Luther hammered the 95 Theses onto the door of the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg, igniting all of Europe in a religious conflict that would last for centuries).

Romance:

School-based: "Hogwarts" - OOC page. IC for Year One - The Scarlet Death; IC page for Year Two - The Light in the Dark; IC page for Year Three - The Dark Magic Returns; IC page for Year Four - The Lost Tales; and IC page for Year Five - The Calm Before the Storm. Much praise can be given for this ambitious and long-lasting RP taking place in the Harry Potter world. There are many well-defined characters, definite plots and sub-plots, even romance. Lots to like in this RP.

Science Fiction: "Across the Stars" - OOC page and IC page. A compelling FT saga of the vestiges of humanity left after their genocide by a war-like alien race. Hats off to making an original science fiction story.

War:

Misc Genre: "Nightsiders" - OOC page and IC page. What do you get when you have vampires, skeletons, pixies, satyrs, demons, werewolves, Bigfoot, time travelers, ghosts and zombies who exist in our world, and all living in the same apartment complex in Bangor, Maine? Oh yeah - and they're not evil either... they're just trying to pay their bills, get through life hopefully unnoticed, and hold a steady job? One heck of a fun and rollicking RP.

OVERALL
Best Lore:

Best RP Series: (Links Required!)

Most Creative or Original RP Idea: "Repercussions: A Time Travel RP" - OOC page and IC page. In the near future, a mad scientist who co-created one of the only two time machines in existence is robbing the past to attempt to pay the costly price to go into the future. He wants to discover the truth, hoping he will find it there. The other time machine? In the hands of his former colleague, who is racing the clock - literally and figuratively. But what happens when the past is so drastically altered?


Best OOC Thread (Link Required) "Republics of Dust: A Fallout RP" - Here's the detailed OOC page. Even a casual look at the OOC page of this RP shows that a great amount of detail went into coding this. The effect is a very pleasing-to-the-eye OOC page, that stands out from the rest.


THE WRITING PORTION
These are judged categories. All nominations must have a link to the IC thread/s, and your opinion on why it should win. You may not nominate your own work. You're welcome to give your nomination a title to make referencing it easier. ("John and Mary's Fight", "The Day the World Ended", "Death of Sue", etc)

CATEGORY: Scene
SUBCATEGORY: Best Action or "Fight or Flight"

SUBCATEGORY: Best Comedy

SUBCATEGORY: Best Heartwarming/Tear-Jerker

SUBCATEGORY: Best Horror

SUBCATEGORY: Best Romantic


CATEGORY: Single Post
SUBCATEGORY: Best Action or "Fight or Flight" - Futrellia with his fight scene - "The Iron Owl suited hero takes down a drug factory single handedly" from the RP, Are We Heroes?

SUBCATEGORY: Best Comedy - Zjaum gets my vote. Here is a post where Aubree, his heroine who is a 7 foot tall woman made of literal gold, who also has bladder control issues and is really "huggy", taking on an armored guard - and when neither have success, have to rely on an epic board game playoff to determine who wins. "Super Golden Woman Resorts to Playing Board Game with Armed Enemy Soldier to Determine FIght Outcome."

SUBCATEGORY: Best Heartwarming/Tear-Jerker

SUBCATEGORY: Best Horror

SUBCATEGORY: Best Romantic


CATEGORY: Collaborated Post
SUBCATEGORY: Best Action or "Fight or Flight" - "Several separate battles converge at the same airport" from the RP, "Are We Heroes?" It involved contributions by Cerrania ("Skullduggery" and "Valkyrie" / Stephanie), Arstotzmerika (Joseph / "Stardust Man"), House of Judah (Garrick Alban / "Zaroff"), Bentus (Dr. Jacob Peters and Annette / "Pixie"), The Cyberiad Council ("Cypher" and "Shard"), Iota CORP (Lance / "Corpus"), and The Arks (Garret / "Wolfenstein"). Coordinating all these players alone - plus the really cool superhero fight scenes involving some pretty atypical powers - earns this the nomination.


SUBCATEGORY: Best Comedy

SUBCATEGORY: Best Heartwarming/Tear-Jerker

SUBCATEGORY: Best Horror

SUBCATEGORY: Best Romantic
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Postby Swith Witherward » Wed Dec 06, 2017 5:58 am

Barapam wrote:Can I nominate several people/rp:s for the same category? Like "Best OP: X, Y, and Z."

One nomination per category, please. You'll want to explain why you think the nominated player/RP should win. "Best OP: GenericNation, because they [insert good reason], and [insert positive example] in their IC thread [a link would be nice] and maintain their OOC thread well [a link would be nice]."
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Postby P2TM » Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:54 am

Nominations updated. viewtopic.php?p=33015840#p33015840
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Postby Talchyon » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:39 am

P2TM wrote:Nominations updated. viewtopic.php?p=33015840#p33015840
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Hi. I guess I didn't realize that on my nomination for Hogwarts, a single IC thread was to be nominated. I just thought that since it's all one RP, all of them applied.

But if needs be, we can go with Season 4. No reason. Just because it's the most recently completed.

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Postby The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:47 am

Talchyon wrote:
P2TM wrote:Nominations updated. viewtopic.php?p=33015840#p33015840
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Hi. I guess I didn't realize that on my nomination for Hogwarts, a single IC thread was to be nominated. I just thought that since it's all one RP, all of them applied.

But if needs be, we can go with Season 4. No reason. Just because it's the most recently completed.

-Talc


As someone in that rp, season 4 is definitely our best completed work, though if you want the ongoing one season 5 is at the same level if not better.

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Postby Talchyon » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:48 am

The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune wrote:
Talchyon wrote:
Hi. I guess I didn't realize that on my nomination for Hogwarts, a single IC thread was to be nominated. I just thought that since it's all one RP, all of them applied.

But if needs be, we can go with Season 4. No reason. Just because it's the most recently completed.

-Talc


As someone in that rp, season 4 is definitely our best completed work, though if you want the ongoing one season 5 is at the same level if not better.


Either works for me. Whichever one is best.

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