Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf

Please choose one sim from each group. This round of voting only qualifies one sim to be part of the final round of voting for the title of "Top Sim, 2009." Links: - 2008/2009 Sims - Round 1 2009 Sims 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.

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 2 Submission period opens: Mo 03-02 - Round 2 Submission period closes: Su 03-15 - Round 2 Voting period opens: Mo 03-16 - Round 2 Voting period closes: Su 03-29 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.

Glad to have you with us

Welcome!

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I'm assuming this one is not being considered for the competition?

Yes We'll probably skip this next week and start the rounds again next weekend. I'm going to have to set a reminder or something so that I'm more diligent about starting rounds. Sorry everyone!

This challenge ends tomorrow!

Glad to have you!

There were two posts in the list named Preparations -- one by Quinn, and one by Quinn and Brunsig. It looks like the latter didn't make it to the voting list, which is a shame since I intended to vote for it. I thought it was a duplicate. It has been added.

Please choose one sim from each group. During the next round of voting, there will be a runoff. This round of voting only qualifies one sim to be part of the final round of voting for the title of "Top Sim, 2009." Links: 2008/2009 Sims. 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.

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.

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 1 Submission period opens: Mo 02-02 - Round 1 Submission period closes: Su 02-15 - Round 1 Voting period opens: Mo 02-16 - Round 1 Voting period closes: Su 3-01 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!

Glad to have you with us!

Thanks! I'll start the voting for the sims that have been submitted in the past few weeks, by tomorrow evening.

Alright, can everyone take a look at this and make sure the dates all match up?

Rut-ro. Voting is supposed to be two weeks :-\

Welcome!

Looks good to me. Anyone else have a chance to review it? If there are no errors, I'll post it in the coming days and we'll start the competition again on this schedule.

But what stops someone from swamping us with 10 sims?

Hey folks, I'm swamped under admin work, and will be unable to catch up over this weekend. I was wondering if anyone would help me with the next step for the Top Sims Contest, so we can get rolling again? What I need is a calendar for the Contest, to keep us on track. Here's our calendar for last year: http://www.starbase118.net/members/events/...ms/calendar.php And here's a calendar showing the whole year, for reference: http://www.dwinsider.com/graphics/2009calendar2.jpg Would anyone mind working up something EXACTLY like last year's? (Same format needed.) If so, please post it here. And if anyone's willing to check (and RECHECK!) it to make sure that there are no errors (last year's done by me had about four that I had to correct during the contest!), that would be a huge help, as well. Once we get that, I can post the first round of the year!

Personal discretion, I guess. Keep in mind that if it's too long, people will probably not end up reading it, and thus not end up voting for it.

Just to note: Llewlleyn is going to be assisting with the judging, so he didn't want his story considered.

Welcome, everyone