Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf

Glad to have you with us. My door is always open if you ever need anything

Glad to have you with us. My door is always open if you ever need anything.

This run-off closes at 11:59 pm Eastern THIS SUNDAY, March 9th! About 1/4 of the fleet has voted at this point, so it's still anyone's to win. Read the sims and vote today!

DATES: The class began on February 24, 2014 and ended on March 3, 2014. LIST: sb118-academy2 COMMANDING OFFICER: LtCmdr. Ben Livingston FIRST OFFICER: LtCmdr. Brek GRADUATE: * Larren Cye Welcome to the community. My door is always open if you need anything!

Glad to have you with us. My door is always open if you ever need anything!

DATES: The class began on February 10, 2014 and ended on February 16, 2014. LIST: sb118-academy4 COMMANDING OFFICER: LtCmdr. Jalana Laxyn FIRST OFFICER: LtCmdr. T'Mar GRADUATES: * Nathan Baker * Mark Ricks * Caleb Royce Alexander * Toja Loren Welcome to the community. We're glad you're here!

Welcome! We're so glad you're here!

Welcome and welcome back! We're so glad you're here!

Polling closes at 11:59pm on Sunday, March 9th. This is a run-off poll, where our general membership will choose from the top sims of 2014 Rounds 1-6 to find the best sim that will proceed to the final round of the contest. Please read the sims below, which were chosen by a panel of judges (one from each ship) to find the best sims from each round of Set 1: "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," by Lt. Cade Whitman (PNPC)"I am here, don't you hear me?" by LtCmdr. Jalana Laxyn"Churches," by Irina Pavlova"Fighting Fire with Fire," by Lt. Sinda Essen"Kindred Spirits," by LtCmdr. Wulfantine & Lt. Richards"Confronting The Past," by Capt. Tyr WaltasVote for the sim which is best written. We recommend looking for strong characterization and evocative or descriptive scene-setting. If any crew is found "stuffing the ballot" -- having everyone on the crew vote for the same sim to ensure it proceeds to the final round -- that crew will be eliminated from the contest for the remainder of the year. Good luck to the nominees!

It depressed me.

Ensign Holloway: It appears that your email address had a typo in it when we sent it to your new captain. He's been notified of the incorrect information, and you should hear from him soon. Our apologies for that mistake.

Have you not heard from your new CO? You've been placed -- we'll check on this right away.

Welcome to the fleet. My door is always open if you ever need anything!

My door is always open if you ever need anything

I get the impression from what Dorn is saying that this is something he's working on, which he then hopes to sell to CBS and Paramount -- as opposed to a show that's being developed by Paramount?

Glad to have you with us. My door is always open if you need anything!

Glad to have you with us. My door is always open if you ever need anything!

We're glad to have you with us. My door is always open if you ever need anything.

We're currently in Round 5.

Winners for Set 1, 2014: Round 1: Cade Whitman (PNPC), "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"Round 2: Jalana Laxyn, "I am here, don't you hear me?"Round 3: Irina Pavlova, "Churches"Round 4: Sinda Essen, "Fighting Fire with Fire"Round 5: Eyas Wulfantine & Alexander Richards, "Kindred Spirits"Round 6: Tyr Waltas, "Confronting The Past"* Run-off winner for Set 1: Jalana Laxyn, "I am here, don't you hear me?" Winners for Set 2, 2014: Round 7: Aron Kells & Arden Cain: "The Seeker"Round 8: Liam Frost & Hsina Amman, "Qualifications"Round 9: Tyr Waltas, "Here we go again"Round 10: Raj Blueheart, "Dreams Made Of Memories (Part 2)"Round 11: Nienne Kenoi, "A Moment Described"Round 12: Kalianna Nicholotti, "Legacies"Round 13: Eileen McCleran, "When the unknown gets impatient"* Run-off winner for Set 2: Kalianna Nicholotti, "Legacies" Winners for Set 3, 2014: Round 14: Toni Turner & James, "Dinner"Round 15: T'Lea & Dade Adarnis, "A Fitting End"Round 16: Tyr Waltas, "When the Demons Come"Round 17: Della Vetri & T'Lea, "You're hired, so deal with it."Round 18: Alleran Tan, "Missing This"Round 19: Quinn Reynolds & Roshanara Rahman, "Explanations, Or the Absence Thereof"Round 20: Rode Mitchell, "Memories"* Run-off winner for Set 3: Della Vetri & T'Lea, "You're hired, so deal with it." Winners for Set 4, 2014: Round 26: Luna Walker, "To Sleep, perchance to nightmare"Round 25: Sky Blake & Tristam Core, "A holographic step"Round 24: Quinn Reynolds & Alleran Tan, "Symmetry"Round 23: Alleran Tan, "The Broken Mirror"Round 22: Ben Kaji, "To the Briefing!"Round 21: Della Vetri, "Extreme Babysitting"* Run-off winner for Set 4: Della Vetri, "Extreme Babysitting"

Judge 1 - Apollo Judge 2 - Darwin Judge 3 - Discovery Judge 4 - SB118 Judge 5 - Embassy Judge 6 - Garuda Judge 7 - Excalibur Judge 8 - Tiger Judge 9 - Vigilant Judges panel for Set 1, 2014: T'Mar James Hsina Amman Will Rogers Alucard Vess Kotir Arith Vitor Silveira Alex Blair Leo Handley-Page

HOW VOTING WORKS There are two types of voting in this contest: member voting and judges voting. After each round of submissions, all the sims from that round are voted-on by a panel of judges. The winning sim from each round of judges voting then proceeds to a run-off round.Run-off rounds are open to all members for voting. The winning sim from each run-off round proceeds to the final round.The final round is open to all members for voting. For a sim to win the final round, at least 20% of the voters for that sim must be from a ship other than the ship it originated from.HOW THE JUDGES PANEL WORKS The judges panel is comprised of one member from each ship. Judges are free to resign from the panel at any time or be switched-out but are expected to judge for a full "Set" (see the Contest Calendar).At the end of each Set, Captains will be encouraged to review their ship's judge.A judge's "term" lasts for three sets, after which they must be switched with a new judge from the crew. After a judge's term is over, and a new judge has been selected and served for at least one term, the previous judge is again eligible to begin a new term.Judges can be of any rank, as long as they are able to demonstrate a basic grasp of good simming skills.Each ship's Captain appoints the judge from their ship, but they are free to use whatever method they deem appropriate to select that judge. They can select themselves as the judge.Judges use a ranked voting method called Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). For more information about IRV, see the Wikipedia page. When voting, judges are not permitted to vote in the top slot the sim from their crew. This ensures that judges are not favoring their own crew's sims. They can still choose their ship's sim in the second slot or lower.

Welcome to Top Sims Contest of 2014! All announcements for the entire 2014 contest will be posted in this thread. The Top Sims contest allows members of our fleet to be recognized by their peers for superior writing ability. Unlike the Writing Challenges, this contest allows only sims that have been used in a current plot to be considered. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES You can submit ANY sim -- from your ship, or another ship. You can submit your own sims if you wish. All sims are welcome, including staff (Captain, First Officer, etc.) sims.The sim must be written with good spelling, good grammar, and be in the correct format. Poorly structured sims will be disqualified.When a sim is submitted, it must have been created within the current submission period, or the previously lapsed submission period. Put another way: do not sims which are any older than a month.Submitted sims may not have any open dialogue tags. (i.e.: [respond here]) All dialogue in the sim must be filled in. (Just find the responding author's sim and fill in the blanks.)Sims must not include any "canon" characters. (i.e.- no characters who have appeared onscreen.)Please find a balance between nominating too many, or too few sims. Don't submit every good sim -- instead, post every great sim! Encourage your fellow crew-mates to submit at least a few sims a year. If you want your crew-mates to win more, you have to nominate the best sims, and encourage others to write higher quality sims! HOW TO SUBMIT A SIM First: Click the "Start New Topic" button. The format of the topic title should be as follows: "Character - Sim Title" For example: "LtJG Tristan Wolf - Everywhere you go, there you are"Note: Please do not clutter the topic title with an endless list of NPC or PNPC names or "JP" designations. Instead, simply include the primary character's rank and name. If it's a joint post, just include both rank and names -- no need to include the "JP" in there.Second: Choose from the "Topic Prefix" box the correct round number. (To check what round we're currently in, see the contest calendar below.) Third: Copy into the message box the complete sim. You don't need to worry about column width. Check to make sure that the sim is readable. You can click the "Edit" button to fix any issues, but don't delay -- the window to open a post closes after a short while. COMMENTING ON A SIM Everyone is welcome to comment on submitted sims. If you're going to provide constructive criticism, you are required to employ the "Hamburger" criticism method: first, mention something you like; second, something you didn't like; third, something else you liked. If you just want to provide praise, no hamburger method required! Commenters who are rude, unfair, or overzealous in their commenting will be barred from future comments in the contest forum, and will have their actions brought to the attention of their CO. CONTEST CALENDAR Set 1, 2014 Round 1, 2014 submissions: Monday, November 4 to Sunday, November 17Round 2, 2014 submissions: Monday, November 18 to Sunday, December 1Round 3, 2014 submissions: Monday, December 2 to Sunday, December 15Round 4, 2014 submissions: Monday, December 16 to Sunday, December 29Round 5, 2014 submissions: Monday, December 30 to Sunday, January 12Round 6, 2014 submissions: Monday, January 13 to Sunday, January 26Run-off Round 1: Monday, January 27 to Sunday, February 23Set 2 Round 7: Monday, January 27 to Sunday, February 9Round 8: Monday, February 10 to Sunday, February 23Round 9: Monday, February 24 to Sunday, March 9Round 10: Monday, March 10 to Sunday, March 23Round 11: Monday, March 24 to Sunday, April 6Round 12: Monday, April 7 to Sunday, April 20Round 13: Monday, April 21 to Sunday, May 4Run-off Round 2: Monday, May 5 to Sunday, June 1Set 3 Round 14: Monday, May 5 to Sunday, May 18Round 15: Monday, May 19 to Sunday, June 1Round 16: Monday, June 2 to Sunday, June 15Round 17: Monday, June 16 to Sunday, June 29Round 18: Monday, June 30 to Sunday, July 13Round 19: Monday, July 14 to Sunday, July 27Round 20: Monday, July 28 to Sunday, August 10Run-off Round 3: Monday, August 11 to Sunday, September 7Set 4 Round 21: Monday, August 11 to Sunday, August 24Round 22: Monday, August 25 to Sunday, September 7Round 23: Monday, September 8 to Sunday, September 21Round 24: Monday, September 22 to Sunday, October 5Round 25: Monday, October 6 to Sunday, October 19Round 26: Monday, October 20 to Sunday, November 2Run-off Round 4: Monday, November 3 to Sunday, November 30FINAL RUN-OFF OF 2013: Monday, December 8 to Sunday, December 28 - this run-off selects the Top Sim of 2014. Set 1, 2015 Contest Round 1, 2015 submissions: Monday, November 3 to Sunday, November 16, 2014Round 2, 2015 submissions: Monday, November 17 to Sunday, November 30, 2014Round 3, 2015 submissions: Monday, December 1 to Sunday, December 14, 2014Round 4, 2015 submissions: Monday, December 15 to Sunday, December 28, 2014Round 5, 2015 submissions: Monday, December 29 to Sunday, January 11, 2015Round 6, 2015 submissions: Monday, January 12 to Sunday, January 25, 2015

Please use this thread for any general discussion or questions about the Top Sims Contest. Do not post praise or criticism for submitted sims in this thread. Instead, post those praise or criticisms in the submitted sim's own thread.

DATES: The class began on December 23, 2013 and ended on December 30, 2013. LIST: sb118-academy4 COMMANDING OFFICER: FltCapt. Diego Herrera FIRST OFFICER: LtCmdr. T'Mar GRADUATES: * Joseph Morgan * Kela Idisha We're glad you're here -- my door is always open if you need anything.