Well done grayghost, congratulations
Well done grayghost, congratulations
EUIII AAR: The lilies of France
Awarded Best Character Writer of the Week 25. Feb 2007
Awarded WritAAR of the Week 22. April 2007
HoI2 AAR: Enig og tro til Dovre faller – A Norwegian AAR
Awarded WritAAR of the Week 25. Sept 2005
Awarded Weekly AAR Showcase 25. Jan 2006
Awarded Fan of the Week 26. March 2006, 7. October 2007 and 10. November 2008
Boer War AAR: Joe’s War- a Boer War AAR
Many congratulations grayghost.
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"Be not afraid" - John Paul II
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
Current AAR: A Milanese Education EU3 DW 5.1
Completed AAR: In Memory of France EU2
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Well done, grayghost.
Was würde Brian Boitano tun?
Woohoo! Congrats grayghost - fully deserved for such juicy characters like Maj Li
Congratulations grayghost!
What happens when you listen to AOK.11's flawed arguments instead of using logic and thinking for yourself?
AAR's: Argentina - Nación Argentina II The CooperatAAR (completed)
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
- Winston Churchill
"When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes... Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Kingben Say the Darndest Things!- General Jac
congrats grayghost!
Wow. Thank you Cohort for this honor. I must say that one of the things that I have been trying to do with this writing endeavor was to create colorful characters, something that in previous writing efforts was, in my opinion, generally lacking.
Although Cohort mentions Pu Yi, I am well aware of the fact that Major Li has become a fan favorite. Pinch and Chen are starting to rise in the minds of fans as well, while Cutter remains the favorite to hate.
Once again, thank you very much for your recognition of my efforts.
Now, I have to go find someone to pass this award onto.
Current AAR's: The Manchurian Candidate...on hold.
Founder and charter member of The Warlord Club
Fan of the week 02/26/07 & 06/04/07
WritAAR of the week 03/12/07
Character Writer of the week 07/15/2007
Favorite AAR HOI1/2 Q2 2007
Favorite Narative AAR HOI1/2 Q2 2007
I was canonized on 03/18/2007 & canonized again 07/15/2007
Honorary Fellow in the Tempus Society
"Gold does not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can always get you gold." Machiavelli
Congratulations grayghost!
Return to Glory: A Germania AAR
WritAAR of the week for the week of 6-10-07, Favorite New Writer Overall for Q2 2007, Best Character Writer of the Week 7-18-08
The Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt: A History
Congrats grayghost!
4x WritAAR of the week, Best Character Writer of the Week (for Fu Manchu), June 28th 2006
Where the Iron Crosses grow (Completed) PDF OscAAR for Best Completed HOI AAR
Master Plan of Fu Manchu (Completed) PDF
Empire of Fu Manchu (In progress) PDF x1 Weekly AAR Showcase, AARland Choice AwAARds;Fav.HOI1/2 AAR & Fav.HOI1/2 Narrative,Q2 2006 & Q3 2007
The Eagle and the Lion (On hold) Golden Readers Choice HOI2 AwAARd, AARland Choice AwAARds-Favourite HOI1/2 AAR, 2005 Q4 and 2006 Q1
Knights of the Western Empire (On Hold)
The III Reich in World War III (In progress)
Great job Grayghost! This means I'm going to have to read your AAr now.
I'm smart enough to know that I'm stupid
Member of the ahistoric association
My Hebrew Uganda AAR!- Weekly AAr showcase, 26-07-2007! - Winner, Best HoI Narrative AAr Q4 2007. Over & done with. Kinda completed.
Fan of the Week, 12-8-07; and 12-10-08
Earned a Kiss on the Cheek for Participation in the Trial of Fijj
Fijj also gave me this moldy cookie for guessing his name-●
Because I will be away tonight and tomorrow, I will pass the torch on now.
There are many great AAR's out there as everyone knows. The number with outstanding characters in them are too many to list here, but I have read a number of them. Though one might think that this would make the choice difficult, in the end it was really quite easy.
For this weeks Character Writer of the Week, I am dipping into the realms EUII. For some time now I have been following an excellant story of war, religious strife, and best of all political intrigue. I think that this AAR was meant to be more of a histroical docu-drama, but the last few weeks have brought a clash of titans that have left me awe inspired.
I give you a story of Hochmeisters and Hochmarshells, Hochkomturs & Komturs. The military/regligous/politcal fights of an order struggling to bring itself into the modern world while being able to retain its religous orgins. I give you Catknigts,
Please join me in offering congratulations to Catknight, and if you have not had the chance to read this AAR, please, somehow, somewhere, find the time. You will not be dissapointed.
Current AAR's: The Manchurian Candidate...on hold.
Founder and charter member of The Warlord Club
Fan of the week 02/26/07 & 06/04/07
WritAAR of the week 03/12/07
Character Writer of the week 07/15/2007
Favorite AAR HOI1/2 Q2 2007
Favorite Narative AAR HOI1/2 Q2 2007
I was canonized on 03/18/2007 & canonized again 07/15/2007
Honorary Fellow in the Tempus Society
"Gold does not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can always get you gold." Machiavelli
Congratulations Catknight ! Sounds like a totally intriguing set of characters nicely done !
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
The New Short AAR about Seduction , Manipulation , Intrigue , Mystery , and Revolution .
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T I M E L I N E S : What if Spain Failed to Control the World?
Seventeen AARLand Choice Awards: Favourite Overall New WritAAR Q1 2007.
Favourite Overall EU3 AAR: Q1 2007; Q2 2007; Q3 2007; Q4 2007; Q1 2008; Q2 2008; Q3 2008; Q4 2008
Favourite Narrative EU3 AAR: Q1 2007; Q2 2007; Q3 2007; Q4 2007; Q1 2008; Q2 2008; Q3 2008; Q4 2008
Three Times WritAAR of the Week: 4 March 2007 13 May 2007 & 28 March 2008;
Twice AAR Showcase: 9 Dec 2007, 14 Jun 2009; Twice Best Character Writer: 9 Dec 2007, 13 Sep 2008
Editor in Chief of The AARlander
Uho, that AAR is on my bad conscience. Why do I have to be reminded
Congrats CatKnight, and everyone else who has won since I last commented. Well done.
Snake IV used to be a regular, but not anymore. You might, however, come across him at rare occasions, but that is so seldom you'll manage.
Congratulations Catknight!
What happens when you listen to AOK.11's flawed arguments instead of using logic and thinking for yourself?
AAR's: Argentina - Nación Argentina II The CooperatAAR (completed)
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
- Winston Churchill
"When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes... Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Kingben Say the Darndest Things!
A very fine choice indeed. Congratulations CatKnight
EUIII AAR: The lilies of France
Awarded Best Character Writer of the Week 25. Feb 2007
Awarded WritAAR of the Week 22. April 2007
HoI2 AAR: Enig og tro til Dovre faller – A Norwegian AAR
Awarded WritAAR of the Week 25. Sept 2005
Awarded Weekly AAR Showcase 25. Jan 2006
Awarded Fan of the Week 26. March 2006, 7. October 2007 and 10. November 2008
Boer War AAR: Joe’s War- a Boer War AAR
While I am terribly behind in my reading, thankfully I am aware enough of CatKnight's splendid character writing. This is very much deserved!
Congrats, sir!
Congratulations CatKnight.
I don't know how long this has been your award -- whether it's just been awarded, or if it's been a week or so -- but I'll take the opportunity anyhow to remark upon how true it is!
Wonderful stories and characterization! And what's more -- CatKnight's characters can speak!
Great work! Congratulations!
Rensslaer
Serenity - (V2 v1.3) - An isolationist Japan tries to stay out of everybody's way (New! Updated May '13)
Kriegsgefahr (Impending War) - (HOI3/SF/HPP) - Germany attempts to remain at peace! (Updated Apr '13)
Locarno - Italy vs. Germany (HOI3/SF/HPP) - What if Mussolini stood with France against Hitler?
The Die is Cast (Roman Civil War) - Caesar will make a name for himself! (Updated June '12)
Império Novo - An Axis Portugal AAR for HOI 3 (Updated May '13)
Fire Warms the Northern Lands - A Prussian Victoria 1 AAR (Awarded the VictAARian Cross for Jan-Jun 2006)
Castles In the Sky (Vicky 1) * Sforza!!! - A Milan AAR (EU III) (Updated May '13) * I Am Siam (V2 Minor) (tied for Silver VictAARian Cross for Best AAR completed in 2011) * A Long Time Ago... (HOI 1 Argentina)* Check Rensslaer's Inkwell! (list of online writings)
Bravo! Bravo!
A much deserved award!
Congrats, Mr. CatNight!
The Last Mission A Love Story
There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared, it is itself the great venture and can never be safe. Peace is the opposite of security. To demand guarantees is to want to protect oneself. Peace means giving oneself completely to God's commandment, wanting no security, but in faith and obedience laying the destiny of the nations in the hand of almighty God, not trying to direct it for selfish purposes. Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won when the way leads to the cross.
Hello everyone, and thank you grayghost for this wonderful honor.
I'd been hoping to announce a new post for 'Tannenberg', but I'm having a bit of a spat with the (custom) event sequence coming up and didn't want to wait longer to thank you all for your support. Hopefully in the next day or two.
'Tannenberg' started as a combo - a 'present day' conversation/analysis between Cat (me) and a mysterious knight, followed by a history book style for the actual AAR. I soon abandoned the conversation. I know many of Tannenberg's readers enjoyed it, but I felt it curtailed what I could or couldn't do with the game. For example, Cat and the knight ended up in a fight with 'modern' Teutonic Knights. Well...the Teutonic Knights ended in 1497 in this timeline. Certainly I could have gotten around this, but having to continually rewrite things to make the present plausible promised to be too much. Plus, I already have a narrative/'story' in "Resurrection."
As for the characters in Tannenberg....I start with two or three traits I want to emphasize for a given person. Usually there are a handful of these 'people' active at any one time, and I just try to make ingame decisions and custom events based on what they would want.
Oft times what'll happen is I simply play the game, and as I write up the post I'll "rationalize" what happened from their point of view and that will open up new ideas for me. For example, the current crisis started as a "Temporary Insanity of Monarch" event coupled with knowing the 'monarch' secretly wanted to dissolve the order.
In the middle of a big war, the AI started offering generous peace terms ... something like five provinces. I realized this 'monarch' wouldn't accept anything less than complete surrender. Knowing the Grand Master was growing more paranoid and unreasonable, it seemed the Grand Commander - his former second-in-command - would do anything to save the Order ... including launch a coup d'etat.
People compliment me on my political intrigues. Well...thank you. I don't know if I'm so good at it, myself. 'Tannenberg' often leaves me completely bewildered! All I do is make sure there are two or more characters who both (usually) want the same thing - to help their country - but have radically different ideas on how to get there. It's this motive, with a few notes on their personality, that brings them alive for me. It's conflicting motives that allow me to tell a politically oriented tale.
Again, thanks grayghost and everyone else for this wonderful honor!
On Hold:
The Last Viking(CK2, Sweden, 1066-)
On hold due to announcement of Old Gods DLC.
Past:
Beyond Tannenberg III: The Last Crusade (EU3, Teutonic Order, COMPLETE (Corrupt Save))
WritAAR of the Week: Jan 17 10, Weekly AAR Showcase: Feb 13 10, Character Writer of the Week: May 16 10, ACA Award: EU Historical, Q1 2010
Resurrection: Rebirth of the United States COMPLETED!!
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