Are we going to do the End of the Year Awards this year?

Don't think it's really been active enough to consider many candidates.
Most activity has only been sporadic and too inconsistent to come up with any winners.

What would the categories be anyway?

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1062074-2009-end-of-year-awards/

Of course we would do the voting in the first week of '11.

I know there were a few good RP's earlier in the year, and some fanfics have been kept up with more or less. There's no reason not to do the awards this year, as they've been done the last however many years.

I think this would be quite an interesting thing to do. I dint think I'd be nominated but I would love to help with voting if need be. I think we should do this, a few rps and fan fictions have been done this holiday season so atleast there is those. It kind of wouldn't be fair to those who put the time and effort into these stories as well.

Also, there can be two sets of awards, one for fallout, one for scrolls.

I like the idea. Though I probably wouldn't vote because I haven't been around long enough, and don't really have the patience to read fan-fics. I would be an active lurker, however.

Would be nice, not sure if I would be able to vote in everything though...

Yeah, I think we should. There'll be fewer candidates than usual, but I think it'll work out.

Not sure. last year we saw alot of safety votes. People voting for familiar fanfics that had long since stopped being updated while newer fanfics were neglected due to the lack of people who read them. I'd rather see another Feyfolken.

True, still happens actually. If these do happen there should be judges selected. So that it wouldn't be safety, these judges take particular notes ok stories; characters; writers. I'm not sure if that's how it happened last year but it's an idea.

I nominate my interactive fan fiction.

What would the awards be for? Like, RPs in general or fan fictions or actual RPers themselves? Or all of the above?

Is that a joke? I'm not putting down your skills as a writer but I think it sends the wrong message when one nominates oneself.

http://files.sharenator.com/haters_gonna_hate_kid_RE_my_first_stoner_comic-s741x490-102665.jpg

Here is my http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1151886-interactive-story-molag-mar/

Personally, the whole "Interactive fan fiction" doent sit well with me. I cant enjoy something if i already know whats around the corner.

Don't read the non-author posts, then.

Hmm... Well, if there are enough people willing to participate, both in writing and judging, I'd gladly do another Feyfolken. The Feyfolken forum's long dead, but I think a few people still have accounts over there. It was really just for judges anyway. But I would definitely like to see another short story contest; I'm just not sure how many people would want to do it :shrug:



I would agree; we don't want people voting for someone just because they have a reputation as a good writer/RPer, we want them to vote for them because they have personally read/RPed with that person and acknowledged their fine work. I've been active most of the year, if not in writing and critiquing than definitely RPing, so I wouldn't mind volunteering to judge. I'm sure I can find some time to run through and make a list of all the year's best RPs and maybe even stories so we can narrow down the ones to put up for voting. Last year we kind of just said vote for whoever, maybe we should actually narrow it down to five or six things per category. Just an idea :thumbsup:

It's true that we lost a few good people along the way, but there's no reason we can't still have a bit of fun voting I know last year was really exciting, with a good turnout of voters; I expect this year can be just as good.

So are we not doing this?

I assume that there are not enough current people who were around the entire year to do it.

Which is exactly why I suggested a Feyfolken instead. Its anon so we dont have to worry about people voting based on reputation and safety. I'd be happy to judge again if need be, but I'd also love to actually write something for once.

End of year awards though, if some one came up with a strict ruleset, such as no voting for dead fanfictions (such as BSparrows of fate luck and ambition, or Illusionary nothings Fanfiction) maybe that way we could actually narrow things down enough to make a list of Candidates to vote from, perhaps the best chapter of each could be taken out of the fanfictions and placed into the op for the sake of people who havent read them all.

What about the Roleplays? Would those stay the same?

No one cares about roleplays But really, it would seem there isn't enough interest to continue this; even if we were to revamp it so that anyone can vote, whether they've been around or not, I'm not even sure enough people would bother to cast their vote :shrug: If i'm wrong then I'd love to help pick out the best stories and roleplays for consideration; people can read through the nominations and pick their favorite without having been there to see it happen. I wouldn't go so far as to say discount any non-active stories though. Some of the best fan fictions are either dead or finished, and even if their authors aren't even around anymore, that doesn't mean we still can't recognize them

And like I said, I'm always willing to do another Feyfolken :goodjob:

If I may stick my two septims into this, I'm with Darkom in that non-active stories shouldn't be discounted, within reason (starting this year might be a good place to draw the line, or having the majority of the chapers written this year). It's an award for stuff done through the whole year, not stuff that started this year and is still going on.

There's a reason why a story like Sparrows continues to get recognition even though she hasn't posted in a year or so. Its because, quite simply, they are the best stories here.
No offense to other, more recent writer but its true. I'm someone who started a fan fic this year and I admit, nothing comes really close enough to beating Sparrows or FC's fan fics.

In my case, I'm not "afraid" to read other stories. I have read at the least the first chapter of several stories here and honestly, they just can't compare to the old ones. Not to say they are bad though, as many new ones are quite good. But Sparrow will always get my vote because its just that quality. Don't get all pissy at me for being honest though.

Why can't we do it like last year where a category excludes any fan fics not started at before a certain time and another category that includes ALL stories?

I'm not "afraid" to vote for some "unknown" names, as someone here suggested people are as I've been impressed with some of the newer writings either so I find it odd that anyone would say that.

That's just my opinion though, and excluding old, quality fan fics just seems like a concealed attempt to get ones fan fic noticed with some votes.

I don't mean inactive, just inactive since 2009. Its not really fair that an award for the best fanfic/rp of 2010 should win even if it hadnt been active in that year.


I disagree. Sparrows fanfiction is good, but i've read things that are more challenging, take on issues with lore and throw me into a complete maelstrom of enjoyment, but have been abandonned after nobody bothered to read them. I nearly stopped adding to my own fanfiction due to lack of feedback or responses, alot of better writers than me went through with it. While Sparrow's Fanfic is awesome, I still think its a "go-to" for some voters.