The AARland Choice AwAARds are back for the third quarter of 2007! This is a satellite voting station. For the main voting thread please go here.
For this quarter of 2007 Q2, all AARs updated between the dates of Jul 01 2007 and Sep 30 2007 will be eligible! But please use common sense and judge a work based on the work done in that time! Also remember that you cannot vote for your own AARs
The voting begins now, and will last until October 30.
I ask you to read a good portion of the quality AARs of a certain category before voting, though you do not need to read them all, and you do not need to read every word of the ones you do read. It is possible to get a feel for the relative quality of an AAR without doing so, after all. I just ask you to be able to make a somewhat fair judgment. But don't be afraid to vote, and don't be afraid to read! Expand your horizons and read AARs in subforums you rarely visit. You'll find some gems, and every vote helps.
You can either vote in public, that is, by posting in this thread, or in private, sending me a PM with your votes. Don't be afraid to put in a vote just because you could only honestly vote in a few categories. Every vote helps, and you can always come back later and edit/resend your votes with additions! Also note that privately sent votes will be posted in this thread to keep a record, just without any names attached.
The categories that are to be voted on for EU3 are as follows:
Favorite AAR, EU3
Favorite Narrative AAR, EU3
Favorite Comedy AAR, EU3
Favorite History-Book AAR, EU3
Favorite Gameplay AAR, EU3
Category Explanations:
Favorite AAR
Very straightforward. Simply your favorite AAR in that subforum, for whatever reasons you may have.
Narrative AAR
An AAR that is 'novel-like', using characterization and plot to drive a story. Gameplay is heavily buried.
Examples:
Estonianzulu's War Without End
Secret Master's The Lives of Famous and Noble Castilians: A Chronicle of the Kingdom of Castile
History-Book AAR
An AAR that reads like a history book would, with a more detached manner than a narrative. Doesn't have to be a 'history book', could just as easily read like a newspaper, a series of reports, or some other format that is similar.
Examples:
Syt's All quiet on the Western Front - Germany 1914
Stonewall's From Stone to Steel: A History of Imperial Russia
Gameplay AAR
An AAR that is driven mostly by gameplay, with the gameplay itself being lightly buried, if at all. Usually recognizable by usage of game terms in the AAR itself, and such. Also known as 'Non-Fanfic'
Examples:
IEX Totalview's Greek Empire: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
Steele's Nukes for Nepal - An AAR
Comedy AAR
An AAR that is intentionally humorous. Usually difficult to classify in the above three categories otherwise, and prioritizes humor over things like drama and coherent plot.
Examples:
Satcho's The Rest Stop to the West: A Luxemburg AAR
Farquharson's The Incorrupt Hand: a Comedy of Árpáds
Haba's Take London - A Swiss AAR
Multiple Categories
Note that some AARs can be voted on in multiple categories. For instance, a brand-new history book AAR with great graphics can be voted on in the Favorite Graphics, Overall; Favorite New Writer, Overall; and the Favorite History-Book AAR, XXX categories. Some AARs also fit multiple categories, such as an in-depth narrative alternated with helpful in-game explanation, making it both Narrative and Gameplay, or a narrative interspersed with history book excerpts, making it both Narrative and History Book. But remember that works must be judged for their respective categories on the strength of their respective categories, so vote a Narrative/History-Book AAR in the Narrative section only if you think its strength in that section is enough to deserve it.
Examples:
coz1's For the Glory of Persia (Literally contains elements of both narrative and history-book, as there are segments of both alike.)
[anchor=heh]Example of voting post for EU3:[/anchor]
Favorite AAR, EU3: Rise of a Merchant Kingdom: Chronicle of Cyprus by Sapphire
Favorite Narrative AAR, EU3: The Lone Wolf - A mercenary in the King's service by Singleton Mosby
Favorite Comedy AAR, EU3: For Allah and Empire! An Ottoman Empire AAR by HannibalBarca
Favorite History-Book AAR, EU3: - Friedrich's Ambition (A Saxony AAR) - by MrT
Favorite Gameplay AAR, EU3: Japan: The Dream of new land! by kolpo
(Note: All AARs in this example had their last post far before 2007 Q3 so they are not eligible anyways.)
So get out and vote, and encourage others to vote as well, either by linking this thread in your sig or by advertising this in your AARs!
For this quarter of 2007 Q2, all AARs updated between the dates of Jul 01 2007 and Sep 30 2007 will be eligible! But please use common sense and judge a work based on the work done in that time! Also remember that you cannot vote for your own AARs
The voting begins now, and will last until October 30.
I ask you to read a good portion of the quality AARs of a certain category before voting, though you do not need to read them all, and you do not need to read every word of the ones you do read. It is possible to get a feel for the relative quality of an AAR without doing so, after all. I just ask you to be able to make a somewhat fair judgment. But don't be afraid to vote, and don't be afraid to read! Expand your horizons and read AARs in subforums you rarely visit. You'll find some gems, and every vote helps.
You can either vote in public, that is, by posting in this thread, or in private, sending me a PM with your votes. Don't be afraid to put in a vote just because you could only honestly vote in a few categories. Every vote helps, and you can always come back later and edit/resend your votes with additions! Also note that privately sent votes will be posted in this thread to keep a record, just without any names attached.
The categories that are to be voted on for EU3 are as follows:
Favorite AAR, EU3
Favorite Narrative AAR, EU3
Favorite Comedy AAR, EU3
Favorite History-Book AAR, EU3
Favorite Gameplay AAR, EU3
Category Explanations:
Favorite AAR
Very straightforward. Simply your favorite AAR in that subforum, for whatever reasons you may have.
Narrative AAR
An AAR that is 'novel-like', using characterization and plot to drive a story. Gameplay is heavily buried.
Examples:
Estonianzulu's War Without End
Secret Master's The Lives of Famous and Noble Castilians: A Chronicle of the Kingdom of Castile
History-Book AAR
An AAR that reads like a history book would, with a more detached manner than a narrative. Doesn't have to be a 'history book', could just as easily read like a newspaper, a series of reports, or some other format that is similar.
Examples:
Syt's All quiet on the Western Front - Germany 1914
Stonewall's From Stone to Steel: A History of Imperial Russia
Gameplay AAR
An AAR that is driven mostly by gameplay, with the gameplay itself being lightly buried, if at all. Usually recognizable by usage of game terms in the AAR itself, and such. Also known as 'Non-Fanfic'
Examples:
IEX Totalview's Greek Empire: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
Steele's Nukes for Nepal - An AAR
Comedy AAR
An AAR that is intentionally humorous. Usually difficult to classify in the above three categories otherwise, and prioritizes humor over things like drama and coherent plot.
Examples:
Satcho's The Rest Stop to the West: A Luxemburg AAR
Farquharson's The Incorrupt Hand: a Comedy of Árpáds
Haba's Take London - A Swiss AAR
Multiple Categories
Note that some AARs can be voted on in multiple categories. For instance, a brand-new history book AAR with great graphics can be voted on in the Favorite Graphics, Overall; Favorite New Writer, Overall; and the Favorite History-Book AAR, XXX categories. Some AARs also fit multiple categories, such as an in-depth narrative alternated with helpful in-game explanation, making it both Narrative and Gameplay, or a narrative interspersed with history book excerpts, making it both Narrative and History Book. But remember that works must be judged for their respective categories on the strength of their respective categories, so vote a Narrative/History-Book AAR in the Narrative section only if you think its strength in that section is enough to deserve it.
Examples:
coz1's For the Glory of Persia (Literally contains elements of both narrative and history-book, as there are segments of both alike.)
[anchor=heh]Example of voting post for EU3:[/anchor]
Favorite AAR, EU3: Rise of a Merchant Kingdom: Chronicle of Cyprus by Sapphire
Favorite Narrative AAR, EU3: The Lone Wolf - A mercenary in the King's service by Singleton Mosby
Favorite Comedy AAR, EU3: For Allah and Empire! An Ottoman Empire AAR by HannibalBarca
Favorite History-Book AAR, EU3: - Friedrich's Ambition (A Saxony AAR) - by MrT
Favorite Gameplay AAR, EU3: Japan: The Dream of new land! by kolpo
(Note: All AARs in this example had their last post far before 2007 Q3 so they are not eligible anyways.)
So get out and vote, and encourage others to vote as well, either by linking this thread in your sig or by advertising this in your AARs!
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