Stories Contest: Unfinished Stories POLL

[Jeremy 2.0]

Goober, minimize AOL once you used it to logon and then open Internet Explorer.

IE is the "MSN browser" Chris is alluding to.

[gooberboob]

it doesn't work for me

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

The compromise option looks good to me.

[ChrisiusMaximus]

I would like to suggest a framework for the contest:

Finished and unfinished stories can be nominated and seconded by any reader unless the author says otherwise.

When there are enough ie 8 seconded, run the prelims and take the three highest to the finals, but only if declared finished by the author.

If an unfinished story gets more votes than a finished one in the prelims it still cannot go to the final vote and a story lower down the vote count will superseed it taking its place.

I say only three in the final because you get a 1, 2 and 3 place and no real loser.

Any story that has been nominated or seconded be it finished or not can participate in the next round up to a maximum of three attempts, this I feel will give incentives to the writers to finish their stories and also to withold them from a particular round so as to allow them time to complete them. It would be a waste to let your story enter three times only to not get through to the finals because it is not finished.

The stories that do make the final vote cannot be reentered in the next story contest as they have already achieved a place in the annals of apolyton.

Scrap the prize as I feel it detracts from the real purpose of this which is to say thank you to the writers for sharing their stories with us.

In short as an example who would mind being second or third to some of the great stories here.

All three finalists of each round should have their works entered into the Apolyton archive of great Civ 3 stories.

I personally dont see a need for running the contest just for the sake of it and if it takes longer for each round then hopefully the quality will be greater.

There was a few great writers here in the beginning of this forums life, I now feel that all the writers currently contributing and all their different styles are equally as great as those early masters.

I know Ive posted a lot of ideas here but I think this could serve as a framework for the future of the contest. I look forward to hearing other thoughts and suggestions.

Chris.

[DarkCloud]

Here are my revised rules: The Italicized ones will determine on the results of the voting in the Unfinished Stories Thread.

And I think that the following is good- but I’m not a moderator and can’t do this.
All three finalists of each round should have their works entered into the Apolyton archive of great Civ 3 stories.


Welcome to the Stories Forum
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.


Stories Contest Rules

Nominations/Semifinals
Any Finished or unfinished stories can be nominated and seconded by any reader unless the author says otherwise. However, finished stories will receive +2 votes to their number of votes received. Thus giving them an advantage over unfinished stories.

When there are enough (i.e. 8) seconded in the nominations round.

The Preliminaries will be run, with four stories making their way to the finals; but only if declared finished by the author.

If an unfinished story gets more votes than a finished one in the prelims it still cannot go to the final vote and a story lower down the vote count will supercede it taking its place.

I say only three in the final because you get a 1, 2 and 3 place and no real loser.

Winners

The winner of the semifinals will receive a discount at the Apolyton Store of ___% for his endeavors.

Stories Contest Method

1. At the beginning of the Semifinal round of each contest, a new Nominations round 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; waiting to be seconded
a. Exceptions to rule 2: Once a story has been in two nominations rounds but never seconded, it drops out of the contest.
3. Once 8 seconded nominations are obtained, a preliminary round with unlimited voting (checkboxes) is created to last for 5 days.
4. After 7 days, the top 4 are transferred to a final poll with radio buttons which lasts 7 days.
b. 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.
5. 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.
6. Once in one preliminary round, a story can never enter another contest again.
7. 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).
8. All stories in the contest must be civ-related
9. The top 3 stories from each round are put in the story contest history thread as well as http://apolyton.net/civ3/stories/.
10. The winner gets a discount in the apolyton store!
11. Every 4 contests, the top two from each individual finals, 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.

Stories Contest History
To be written

The only tie in the Finals round happened in August 2002 between WTE-OZ WOLF's epic tale and DarkCloud's Civ III Poem; with WTE-OZ Wolf winning the competition by 4 votes in the runoff.

In early December 2002 DarkCloud took over the stories contest after it had been determined that both civman2002 and ___ had abandoned their efforts to revive the contests.

(Credits to: civman2002, metaliturtle, Chrisus Maximus, DarkCloud)

[TheGuitarist]

Excellent. Make it so, number one.

[DarkCloud]

BUMP* The Compromise option; however, does not seem to be winning, so I may have to omit it... although the voting does continue... for a time...

Any other opinions on the new rules idea?