Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf

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For more information, including the rules and contest calendar, please see the Top Sims Contest website. Important Dates: - Round 3 Submission period opens: Mo 03-03 - Round 3 Submission period closes: Su 03-16 - Round 3 Voting period opens: Mo 3-17 - Round 3 Voting period closes: Su 03-30 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!

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 2 should go in the Round 2 Discussion Thread, not here.

No sims were disqualified due to low rating. Due to the fact that there were less than 10 submitted sims, they are all eligible to compete in this round of voting. 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.

With 8 votes, "Stinging Truths" by Sidney Riley & Quinn Reynolds wins Round 1 of the Top Sims contest. They will now be entered into the final round of the year for a chance at the title of Top Sim, 2008. Congratulations to Sidney Riley & Quinn Reynolds!

Congratulations to Jonathan Bockhorst, winner of this round with his story "One Final Secret." Due to a tie for second place, there is no runner-up. Reviews are coming in over the next few days. Banners will be posted within a week. Thanks again everyone -- great job!

Anyone having problems rating the threads? One person has said they are, but I haven't heard from anyone else...

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.

For more information, including the rules and contest calendar, please see the Top Sims Contest website. Important Dates: - Round 2 Submission period opens: Mo 02-18 - Round 2 Submission period closes: Su 03-02 - Round 2 Voting period opens: Mo 03-03 - Round 2 Voting period closes: Su 03-16 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 284 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!

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 1 should go in the Round 1 Discussion Thread, not here.

If you need to see the sims that were submitted, you can find them in the "2008: Round 1" Hall of Fame subforum.

Only one sim was disqualified due to low rating. Due to the fact that there were less than 10 remaining sims, they are all eligible to compete in this round of voting. 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.

I've been sick as a dog, so I haven't had a chance to work on this. As far as ratings go: more people need to be rating the stories if you feel the ratings are currently skewed. Just get your crew mates involved.

Remember: ends Sun., Feb. 24th.

Salak, feedback should go into the same thread as the sim

Make something up

They'll be co-credited as the winners.

Try it now.

Interpret it however you wish

Huh? What? Which ones?

I'm not sure what you mean by "post their parts"? If you're talking about dialogue in sims, you do not need anyone's permission to post a sim, or fill in dialogue tags. You can use any sims from Monday, 1-21 through this round's submission end date.

Based on the recent discussion regarding the Top Sims Contest, I've revived it and revamped it. For more information, please see the Top Sims Contest website area. Information on how to submit/rating/vote is all on that site. As the topic description states, the submission period for this round closes on Sunday, 02-17. No late submissions accepted. Hopefully, I will not have to say this more than one time: 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 450 sims in the fleet - an average of 64 a day. I would expect no more than five or six a day to be considered "Top Sim" 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!

Please use this thread for any general discussion or questions about the Top Sims Contest.

Because this is the first round, and I've changed a lot of the permissions and features of this forum, there may be some things that don't work properly, and need to be fixed. EVERYONE should be able to... ... create new topics (even Junior Members); ... rate all topics in this forum; ... reply to all posts. If you find that you cannot do one of the things listed above, DO NOT FREAK OUT. Just because you can't submit a nomination, or rate a post, does NOT mean I am singling you out for disciplinary punishment. Don't private message me, like everyone always does when something goes wrong, and beg for forgiveness, berate me angrily, or question my motives. All this means is that I may need to adjust the permissions for your user group or fix the forum's settings. It's something I can fix in 10 seconds. To help me fix the problem faster, please respond to this thread with the problem. ONLY private message me if it turns out that you can't post a reply here. Thanks!

Here's a good place to start: http://www.starbase118.net/members/personnel/allroster.php