June/July '06 Contest

[Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf]

Guidelines: Anyone can submit anyone else's SIM. You do not need permission to submit a SIM. You are welcome to submit your own SIM. Submissions are only accepted via the submission form, however. (Link below.) When a SIM is submitted, it must not be more than 150 days old.

The SIM must be written with good spelling, good grammar, and be in the correct format. Poorly structured SIMs will be ineligible.

SIMs must not include any "canon" characters. (i.e.- No one who has been on a show.)

Length: To be included in the contest, a submitted SIM must be at least 300 words long but not more than 3000.

Dialogue: If the SIM uses a dialogue from a character which is not owned by the author of the SIM being submitted, then the owner of the other character must have officially given permission for his or her dialogue to be used. Joint posts are fine.

The SIM 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.)

Submissions allowed: Thurs., June 1st - Fri., June 30th

Voting period: Sat., July 1 - Fri., July 28th

Judges: Jessa Anassasi, Rocar Drawoh, Rhys Bejain, Idril Mar

Submission form: Link

See also: the Top SIMs Contest Website

Good Luck!

[Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf]

Remember: we're not looking for the best SIMs of "all time;" we're looking for the best SIMs from the past month or so! At the end of the year, we'll compile all the top SIMs that have won, and they will compete in a cumulative contest for the year.

So don't be afraid to submit a few of your best SIMs from the past few weeks. Anything good can compete! After all, you don't want to be embarassed when your crew doesn't submit anything, right? What does that say about the SIMming on your vessel?

[Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf]

Get your vote in now! Polls close Friday, July 28th at 11:59pm CST.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ufop-team-topsims

Request membership (it will automatically approve you once you do) and vote!

[Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf]

Many apologies for the late announcement of the winners, but without further ado, here they are:

JUDGES CHOICE:

- Winner: "Ten Minutes and Not a Second More" Haldane/Morgan St. Eyre

- Runner-Up: "Advance Intelligence" Hollis Calley

- Honorable Mention: "Sickbay: Playing Doctor" Solok/Jefferson Reed

PEOPLE'S CHOICE:

- Winner: "The Stalemate" Paul Diamond, Cura/John Stone, Jacen Fanel

- Runner-up: "Sickbay: Playing Doctor" Solok/Jefferson Reed

Many congratulations to everyone involved. We hope to see another great round of sims for Aug./Sept. The submission area will be open starting Friday evening, and this time around you'll be copying/pasting sims into the box to allow for joint sims more easily. Also, don't forget that you can submit sims that are up to 150 days old. So if there's a sim from before this past round that you wanted to submit but forgot, you still have a chance!

Again, great work everyone. Looking forward to the next round!