Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf
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"Nightmares Revealed" by Arista Devar & Emirry MacGowan wins this round. Their sim will now be entered into the final round of the year for the chance at the title of Top Sim, 2008. Congratulations to them!
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No sims were disqualified due to low rating. This round of voting only qualifies one sim to be part of the final round of voting for the title of "Top Sim, 2008."
REMEMBER: This is NOT a popularity contest. Vote based on MERIT, not the fact that someone is your crewmate. Any crews found "stuffing the ballots" or ratings, will be disqualified PERMANENTLY - yes, that means the whole crew.
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For more information, including the rules and contest calendar, please see the Top Sims Contest website.
*Note* If you're submitting a sim, please use the name of the author's primary character -- not the "NPC" name, if applicable.
Important Dates:
- Round 12 Submission period opens: Mo 07-07
- Round 12 Submission period closes: Su 07-20
- Round 12 Voting period opens: Mo 07-21
- Round 12 Voting period closes: Su 08-03
Procedure:
1. Submit sims (from your ship, or another ship -- all sims welcome, member or staff)
2. Rate sims you see in this forum
3. Vote on sims submitted in the last round
Notes:
- Please find a balance between "too much" and "too little" on the submission end of this contest. Don't submit every post from your crew. But I DO encourage everyone to submit at least one post to the contest whenever they can. Last week there were approximately 300 sims in the fleet - an average of 40 a day. I would expect no more than five or six a day to be considered "Top Sim" contest worthy.
- REMEMBER: This is NOT a popularity contest. We welcome submissions of your crewmate's sims, but ALL sims should be rated based on their MERIT, and NOT the fact that someone is your crewmate. Any crews found "stuffing the ballots" or ratings, will be disqualified PERMANENTLY - yes, that means the whole crew.
- Want your crewmates to win more? Nominate only the best sims, and encourage higher quality sims!
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Unfortunately, I didn't realize I was a week behind. Due to the nature of the contest, we need to keep on the schedule or skip another week, so please spread the word to your crew-mates that voting/submissions end this coming Sunday! I'll extend voting if need-be, but I'd like to go ahead and stay on the schedule we've been using.
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Please use this thread for any general discussion or questions about the Top Sims Contest. Please 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.
Any discussion about Round 11 should go in the Round 11 Discussion Thread, not here.
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Congratulations to Idril Mar, this round's winner with "Hospitality Reaches Across Many Borders". Jophry is this round's runner up, with "Welcome to Hospitality," due to the VERY close race for first.
Feedback should be coming in the next few days!
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This thread is ONLY for moderators to post their feedback as they write it. All other posts will be DELETED.
Remember: you are under no obligation to accept or follow the feedback provided. It is only provided as a courtesy to challenge participants, and only reflects the personal opinion of the person writing it. If you don't like the feedback, we don't want to hear about it -- just close the thread and move on.
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No sims were disqualified due to low rating. This round of voting only qualifies one sim to be part of the final round of voting for the title of "Top Sim, 2008."
REMEMBER: This is NOT a popularity contest. Vote based on MERIT, not the fact that someone is your crewmate. Any crews found "stuffing the ballots" or ratings, will be disqualified PERMANENTLY - yes, that means the whole crew.
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For more information, including the rules and contest calendar, please see the Top Sims Contest website.
*Note* If you're submitting a sim, please use the name of the author's primary character -- not the "NPC" name, if applicable.
Important Dates:
- Round 11 Submission period opens: Mo 06-23
- Round 11 Submission period closes: Su 07-06
- Round 11 Voting period opens: Mo 07-07
- Round 11 Voting period closes: Su 07-20
Procedure:
1. Submit sims (from your ship, or another ship -- all sims welcome, member or staff)
2. Rate sims you see in this forum
3. Vote on sims submitted in the last round
Notes:
- Please find a balance between "too much" and "too little" on the submission end of this contest. Don't submit every post from your crew. But I DO encourage everyone to submit at least one post to the contest whenever they can. Last week there were approximately 300 sims in the fleet - an average of 40 a day. I would expect no more than five or six a day to be considered "Top Sim" contest worthy.
- REMEMBER: This is NOT a popularity contest. We welcome submissions of your crewmate's sims, but ALL sims should be rated based on their MERIT, and NOT the fact that someone is your crewmate. Any crews found "stuffing the ballots" or ratings, will be disqualified PERMANENTLY - yes, that means the whole crew.
- Want your crewmates to win more? Nominate only the best sims, and encourage higher quality sims!
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Please use this thread for any general discussion or questions about the Top Sims Contest. Please 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.
Any discussion about Round 10 should go in the Round 10 Discussion Thread, not here.
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"The Wedding" by Idril Mar, Danny Wilde, and "friends" wins this round. Their sim will now be entered into the final round of the year for the chance at the title of Top Sim, 2008. Congratulations to them!
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No sims were disqualified due to low rating. This round of voting only qualifies one sim to be part of the final round of voting for the title of "Top Sim, 2008."
REMEMBER: This is NOT a popularity contest. Vote based on MERIT, not the fact that someone is your crewmate. Any crews found "stuffing the ballots" or ratings, will be disqualified PERMANENTLY - yes, that means the whole crew.
... Ronin's going to be hard to beat this round, considering the fact that they were almost the only crew who submitted anything. I wonder if anyone's going to publicize the contest to their crew a little more, this round?
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For more information, including the rules and contest calendar, please see the Top Sims Contest website.
*Note* If you're submitting a sim, please use the name of the author's primary character -- not the "NPC" name, if applicable.
Important Dates:
- Round 10 Submission period opens: Mo 06-09
- Round 10 Submission period closes: Su 06-22
- Round 10 Voting period opens: Mo 06-23
- Round 10 Voting period closes: Su 07-06
Procedure:
1. Submit sims (from your ship, or another ship -- all sims welcome, member or staff)
2. Rate sims you see in this forum
3. Vote on sims submitted in the last round
Notes:
- Please find a balance between "too much" and "too little" on the submission end of this contest. Don't submit every post from your crew. But I DO encourage everyone to submit at least one post to the contest whenever they can. Last week there were approximately 300 sims in the fleet - an average of 40 a day. I would expect no more than five or six a day to be considered "Top Sim" contest worthy.
- REMEMBER: This is NOT a popularity contest. We welcome submissions of your crewmate's sims, but ALL sims should be rated based on their MERIT, and NOT the fact that someone is your crewmate. Any crews found "stuffing the ballots" or ratings, will be disqualified PERMANENTLY - yes, that means the whole crew.
- Want your crewmates to win more? Nominate only the best sims, and encourage higher quality sims!
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Please use this thread for any general discussion or questions about the Top Sims Contest. Please 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.
Any discussion about Round 9 should go in the Round 9 Discussion Thread, not here.
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"Beneath the Surface" by Jackford Kolk & Karynn Ehlanii wins this round. Their sim will now be entered into the final round of the year for the chance at the title of Top Sim, 2008. Congratulations to the both of them!
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No sims were disqualified due to low rating. This round of voting only qualifies one sim to be part of the final round of voting for the title of "Top Sim, 2008."
REMEMBER: This is NOT a popularity contest. Vote based on MERIT, not the fact that someone is your crewmate. Any crews found "stuffing the ballots" or ratings, will be disqualified PERMANENTLY - yes, that means the whole crew.
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For more information, including the rules and contest calendar, please see the Top Sims Contest website.
*Note* If you're submitting a sim, please use the name of the author's primary character -- not the "NPC" name, if applicable.
Important Dates:
- Round 9 Submission period opens: Mo 05-26
- Round 9 Submission period closes: Su 06-08
- Round 9 Voting period opens: Mo 06-09
- Round 9 Voting period closes: Su 06-22
Procedure:
1. Submit sims (from your ship, or another ship -- all sims welcome, member or staff)
2. Rate sims you see in this forum
3. Vote on sims submitted in the last round
Notes:
- Please find a balance between "too much" and "too little" on the submission end of this contest. Don't submit every post from your crew. But I DO encourage everyone to submit at least one post to the contest whenever they can. Last week there were approximately 300 sims in the fleet - an average of 40 a day. I would expect no more than five or six a day to be considered "Top Sim" contest worthy.
- REMEMBER: This is NOT a popularity contest. We welcome submissions of your crewmate's sims, but ALL sims should be rated based on their MERIT, and NOT the fact that someone is your crewmate. Any crews found "stuffing the ballots" or ratings, will be disqualified PERMANENTLY - yes, that means the whole crew.
- Want your crewmates to win more? Nominate only the best sims, and encourage higher quality sims!
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Please use this thread for any general discussion or questions about the Top Sims Contest. Please 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.
Any discussion about Round 8 should go in the Round 8 Discussion Thread, not here.
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Weird -- looks like I never declared this one. Anyway, here goes:
"Murder Ballad": Danny Wilde as "Synak" and Jhen Thelev as "Tor Jolan" wins this round. Their sim will now be entered into the final round of the year for the chance at the title of Top Sim, 2008. Congratulations to the both of them!
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In defiance to opposition, "It's Not All Great Being Engaged" by Heath West & Toni Turner wins this round. Their sim will now be entered into the final round of the year for the chance at the title of Top Sim, 2008. Congratulations to the both of them!
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if people want to self-nominate, then yes, it's within the rules, but do note that it's frowned upon by some.
And this seems to be the essential sticking point. It's frowned-on by some, in direct opposition to the stated rules of the competition. The rules are very clear: self-nomination is allowed.
Again: the point of the competition is to find the best sim of the month/year. The ability to recognize others for their work is a part of the competition, no-doubt. But that's not the primary goal. If it were the primary goal, I'd remove the ability to self-nominate.
I'm certainly not forcing anyone to participate. If you want to boycott, then by all means: stamp your feet, raise a fuss, and don't play along. You, and your shipmates, will be the worse-off for it. But when the submissions slow to a trickle because everyone's just being stubborn, I'll just go ahead and shut the competition down. Believe me -- it's no sweat off my back. Takes me 30+ minutes every two weeks to organize this particular competition, and I've certainly got plenty of other things to do on a regular basis. I do it happily because I want to encourage people to have their sims, and the sims of their peers, recognized. But I'm not going to beg and plead for everyone to follow the rules.
So, it seems that we have quandary: either we talk about a suitable compromise to allow everyone to submit sims as they have been, or we move to a blind nomination form.
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I'll have to think on this. We may need to go back to a system where sims are submitted via a form and then posted here. I think it's a bit distasteful that people are 'disqualifying' sims on their own accord simply because of who submitted them. It's not in the spirit of the contest.
Update: there are dozens of competitive situations that come to mind where people self-nominate. College applications, sports, jobs, etc. We don't rely on someone to be nominated by their peers just to get a new job, so why must we rely on such a thing here?
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Perhaps true, but interpretation of whether it's in the spirit of the competition can affect voting preferences.
In my view, and in the view of others I'm sure, the competition is to recognise the ability of those you write with. You can't nominate yourself in the awards ceremony, so why should you be allowed to here? More often than not, I skip over sims nominated by their authors and consider them ineligable for my vote. I also refuse outright to nominate my own sims, even if no-one else on my ship puts sims forward.
Why not simply judge the sims on their merit, instead of who nominated them? The purpose of the contest is to find the best sim for each month/year. Being able to recognize others for their work is a nice by-product, which I've clearly publicized and pushed, but you can see by reading the contest materials that it's not necessarily the only intent of the contest.
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For more information, including the rules and contest calendar, please see the Top Sims Contest website.
*Note* If you're submitting a sim, please use the name of the author's primary character -- not the "NPC" name, if applicable.
Important Dates:
- Round 8 Submission period opens: Mo 05-26
- Round 8 Submission period closes: Su 06-08
- Round 8 Voting period opens: Mo 06-09
- Round 8 Voting period closes: Su 06-22
Procedure:
1. Submit sims (from your ship, or another ship -- all sims welcome, member or staff)
2. Rate sims you see in this forum
3. Vote on sims submitted in the last round
Notes:
- Please find a balance between "too much" and "too little" on the submission end of this contest. Don't submit every post from your crew. But I DO encourage everyone to submit at least one post to the contest whenever they can. Last week there were approximately 300 sims in the fleet - an average of 40 a day. I would expect no more than five or six a day to be considered "Top Sim" contest worthy.
- REMEMBER: This is NOT a popularity contest. We welcome submissions of your crewmate's sims, but ALL sims should be rated based on their MERIT, and NOT the fact that someone is your crewmate. Any crews found "stuffing the ballots" or ratings, will be disqualified PERMANENTLY - yes, that means the whole crew.
- Want your crewmates to win more? Nominate only the best sims, and encourage higher quality sims!
[2008: MAY-JUN] Writing Challenge Discussion
in 2008
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I think T'Pen is still working some kinks out. Should be up soon
Also, feedback should be on it's way as well. Sorry for the delay.