Sorry for the delay (busy weekend) in both thanking you all and passing on this AwAARd.
First, the thanks. MorningSIDEr, you yourself always were one of my favourite fans when I had an active AAR, and it means a lot to get a nod from you. If I haven't quite caught up with your latest work before the ACAs, my apologies. loki100, thank you very much. I try to stay active reading and commenting even if I'm not writing because well, that's part of what makes the community awesome. The more people do it, the more encouraged the writers feel. crusaderknight, it's very flattering that you still remember my humble visits, thank you very much for the congratulations. Stuyvesant: thank you very much, but I assure you that whenever I appear either wise or witty, it is pure accident masquerading as something else
Avindian, Qorten: Thank you! I see you commenting in other people's work fairly often too, so I'm sure I'll be extending my congratulations back before long. Saithis - for the offerings of one so fair and talented, my vigil at the subscription list is not nearly long enough, and never arduous
Milites: best readers make best writers, someone once said, and though I forget who they were I'm sure they had you in mind. Thank you. Fookison, aldriq, malorous: thank you all. Calipah: my friend, at some point I have to renounce my pretensions at control and admit that the time finds me instead. I try to make the best of it.
Now to pass it on: although I haven't had an active AAR for a while, I see some readAARs who are very active and regular with their comments, and unfortunately the nature of cognitive bias is such that those people who comment on AARs I read stand out the most. For that reason, I am going to hand this off to
Chief Ragusa, who has been active across several forums and never too late with a comment, and has not won this award in a fairly long time.
Congratulations, Chief!