Top Sims Contest Rules & Announcements

[Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf]

Welcome to Top Sims 2011! All announcements for the entire 2011 contest will be posted in this thread.

RULES

You can submit ANY sim -- from your ship, or another ship. All sims are welcome, including staff (Captain, First Officer, etc.) sims. 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 please encourage everyone to submit at least one post to the contest whenever they can. Want your crewmates to win more? Nominate only the best sims, and encourage higher quality sims!

HOW TO SUBMIT A SIM

Click the "Start New Topic" button. The format of the topic title should be as follows:

[ROUND XX] Character - Sim Title

For example:

[ROUND 05] LtJG Tristan Wolf - Everywhere you go, there you are

ABOUT THE VOTING

After each round, we'll vote on the best sim from the round, which deserves to go to the semi-finals. The best sims from the semi-finals goes to the final round.

Please vote on sims, and encourage your crew to do the same. But 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!

If there is a tie vote, those two sims will continue to the next round of voting for a run-off.

CONTEST CALENDAR

2011: Round 1

Submissions: end Sunday 01-23

Voting: Mon 01-24 - Sun 02-06

2011: Round 2

Submissions: Mon 01-24 - Sun 02-06

Voting: Mon 02-07 - Sun 02-20

2011: Round 3

Submissions: Mon 02-07 - Sun 02-20

Voting: Mon 02-21 - Sun 03-06

2011: Round 4

Submissions: Mon 02-21 - Sun 03-06

Voting: Mon 03-07 - Sun 03-20

2011: Round 5

Submissions: Mon 03-07 - Sun 03-20

Voting: Mon 03-21 - Sun 04-03

2011: Round 6

Submissions: Mon 03-21 - Sun 04-03

Voting: Mon 04-04 - Sun 04-17

2011: Round 7

Submissions: Mon 04-04 - Sun 04-17

Voting: Mon 04-18 - Sun 04-24

2011: Round 8

Submissions: Mon 04-18 - Sun 04-24

Voting: Mon 04-25 - Sun 05-08

2011: Round 9

Submissions: Mon 04-25 - Sun 05-08

Voting: Mon 05-09 - Sun 05-22

2011: Round 10

Submissions: Mon 05-09 - Sun 05-22

Voting: Mon 05-23 - Sun 06-05

2011: Round 11

Submissions: Mon 05-23 - Sun 06-05

Voting: Mon 06-06 - Sun 06-19

2011: Round 12

Submissions: Mon 06-06 - Sun 06-19

Voting: Mon 06-20 - Sun 07-03

2011: Round 13

Submissions: Mon 06-20 - Sun 07-03

Voting: Mon 07-04 - Sun 07-17

2011: Round 14

Submissions: Mon 07-04 - Sun 07-17

Voting: Mon 07-18 - Sun 07-31

2011: Round 15

Submissions: Mon 07-18 - Sun 07-31

Voting: Mon 08-01 - Sun 08-14

2011: Round 16

Submissions: Mon 08-01 - Sun 08-14

Voting: Mon 08-15 - Sun 08-28

2011: Round 17

Submissions: Mon 08-15 - Sun 08-28

Voting: Mon 08-29 - Sun 09-11

2011: Round 18

Submissions: Mon 08-29 - Sun 09-11

Voting: Mon 09-12 - Sun 09-25

2011: Round 19

Submissions: Mon 09-12 - Sun 09-25

Voting: Mon 09-26 - Sun 10-09

2011: Round 20

Submissions: Mon 09-26 - Sun 10-09

Voting: Mon 10-10 - Sun 10-23

2011: Runoff Round 1

Voting: Mon 10-10 - Sun 10-30

In runoff round 1, ten sims will be randomly selected amongst the group of 18 eligible sims. Voters will choose one sim from the group to move on to the final round.

2011: Runoff Round 2

Voting: Mon 10-31 - Sun 11-20

In runoff round 2, the other ten sims will be voted on, with one sim moving on to the final round to compete against the winning sim from Runoff Round 1.

2011: Final Round

Voting: Mon 11-21 - Sun 12-25

In the final round, the two sims chosen in the runoff round will be pitted against each other for title of "Top Sim, 2011"!

[Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf]

Because we have more than 10 sims from the end of last year and the beginning of this year, we're going to use the first 10 sims submitted until now as Round 1. Any sims submitted today through Sun 02-06 will be considered Round 2.

PLEASE MARK ANY SUBMISSIONS STARTING TODAY, THROUGH END OF THIS ROUND, AS [ROUND 2]. After Round 2, we should be on track with the Contest Calendar.

[Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf]

ROUND 1 WINNER

Congratulations to Ash MacKenna & Radi Rais for "Fireflies," which is continuing onto the next round of voting, at the end of the year.

REMINDER

We are now in [ROUND 3] - please mark your submissions as such.

[Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf]

Instead of adding [ROUND 1] to your topic titles, you can now use the "Prefix Code" drown-down box when submitting new sims.