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Welcome to the Stories Forum! (Info for new users and contest rules)
WELCOME MESSAGE (WRITTEN BY METALITURTLE, I EDITED IT A LITTLE)
Welcome to the Stories Forum, if you are here, you are probably interested in one of the following:
1. Reading some really good or maybe also some not-so good (but hopefully not
) stories.
2. Engaging in group efforts in the form of Succession Games/NESs/other multiplayer activities.
3. Participating in an international simulation with one of the many Succession Games/NESs/other multiplayer activities.
4. Writing a story to hopefully win the story contest.
5. Bringing something fun and new to the forum.
6. Writing a story for people's (including your own) enjoyment.
A few notes on the story contest.
If you write a story on these boards, you are eligible to be in the story contest. To nominate yourself, go to the nomination thread at the top of the forum, it's the one that is titled Round #: Nominations.
Read the story contest rules below for the full spiel.
You may see things about the storywriter's union, all that the union is, is a collection of talented and untalented (though most would say they're talented) writers who have written stories on the forums, participation in, or even, recognition of the union is purely optional, and the Union has no affiliation with the story contest other than the guy who runs the story contest is in the union.
PM Metaliturtle or anyone other top person mentioned in this thread if you have questions about the Union
RULES FOR THE STORY CONTEST
1. At the beginning of the preliminary round of each contest, a new one will be set up.
2. All nominated but unseconded or seconded but above the 8 story limit from the previous contest will transfer to the next.
3. Exceptions to rule 2: Once a story has been in two nominations rounds but never seconded, it drops out of the contest.
4. Once 8 seconded nominations are obtained, a preliminary round with unlimited voting (checkboxes) is created to last for 5 days.
5. After 5 days, the top 4 are transferred to a final poll with radio buttons which lasts 4 days. In the case of ties in the preliminaries, all of the stories that are tied for the 3rd and/or 4th spots go into the finals.
6. In the case of a tie in the finals, there will be a 2-day runoff vote. If there is still a tie, the two stories share the award.
7. Once in one preliminary round, a story can never enter another contest again.
8. You can request that a story be kept out of a story contest (for example two parts of one series you don't want competing).
9. All stories in the contest must be civ-related
10. The top 3 stories from each round are put in the story contest history thread as well as http://apolyton.net/civ3/stories/.
11. The winner gets a discount in the apolyton store!
12. Every 4 contests, the top two, including more than that if there were ties, are put in a 7-day radio button "BEst of the Best" poll. The winner is then put in the two places mentioned in rule 10.
Suggestions for changes/clarifications anyone??
Welcome to the Stories Forum, if you are here, you are probably interested in one of the following:
1. Reading some really good or maybe also some not-so good (but hopefully not
) stories. 2. Engaging in group efforts in the form of Succession Games/NESs/other multiplayer activities.
3. Participating in an international simulation with one of the many Succession Games/NESs/other multiplayer activities.
4. Writing a story to hopefully win the story contest.
5. Bringing something fun and new to the forum.
6. Writing a story for people's (including your own) enjoyment.
A few notes on the story contest.
If you write a story on these boards, you are eligible to be in the story contest. To nominate yourself, go to the nomination thread at the top of the forum, it's the one that is titled Round #: Nominations.
Read the story contest rules below for the full spiel.
You may see things about the storywriter's union, all that the union is, is a collection of talented and untalented (though most would say they're talented
) writers who have written stories on the forums, participation in, or even, recognition of the union is purely optional, and the Union has no affiliation with the story contest other than the guy who runs the story contest is in the union. PM Metaliturtle or anyone other top person mentioned in this thread if you have questions about the Union
RULES FOR THE STORY CONTEST
1. At the beginning of the preliminary round of each contest, a new one will be set up.
2. All nominated but unseconded or seconded but above the 8 story limit from the previous contest will transfer to the next.
3. Exceptions to rule 2: Once a story has been in two nominations rounds but never seconded, it drops out of the contest.
4. Once 8 seconded nominations are obtained, a preliminary round with unlimited voting (checkboxes) is created to last for 5 days.
5. After 5 days, the top 4 are transferred to a final poll with radio buttons which lasts 4 days. In the case of ties in the preliminaries, all of the stories that are tied for the 3rd and/or 4th spots go into the finals.
6. In the case of a tie in the finals, there will be a 2-day runoff vote. If there is still a tie, the two stories share the award.
7. Once in one preliminary round, a story can never enter another contest again.
8. You can request that a story be kept out of a story contest (for example two parts of one series you don't want competing).
9. All stories in the contest must be civ-related
10. The top 3 stories from each round are put in the story contest history thread as well as http://apolyton.net/civ3/stories/.
11. The winner gets a discount in the apolyton store!
12. Every 4 contests, the top two, including more than that if there were ties, are put in a 7-day radio button "BEst of the Best" poll. The winner is then put in the two places mentioned in rule 10.
Suggestions for changes/clarifications anyone??
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