Now that the first six months of 2006 have passed, it is time once again for the VictAARian Cross which has been going strong since the beginning of the game. RossN's 'The Patriot's Sword': The Republic of Canada was our most recent Gold VictAARian Cross winner so another congratulations to him. The nominations round has begun for the latest award which will be seen in a poll near you in September.
And just before that, we will see the return of the EUII OscAARs, long on hold but ready for a new life. Now, there is a slight problem in EUII in that over two years of work has been skipped. But I hope to rectify that in the coming months. I figure it would be best to go ahead and have a poll for the past six months, and then return to the previous work. This will allow us to relive some fond memories of work long past finished and sent to live on page 28.
And a quick word about the other games - HoI has a tradition of these bigger awards, but CK has never held such a contest. As much as I would like to see that change, I simply do not have enough time to handle these for all of the games. However, I will say that any enterprising soul that does have the time and energy to tackle these would surely have my support and whatever assistance I could provide. Simply send me a PM and we can discuss it.
Now with all that said, I'd like to see some participation by the entire group in these polls if at all possible. The numbers in Vickie were climbing in the next to last poll but they dipped heavily this last go around. I do not know if EUII will readily jump on board with this either (but the nominations have already begun.) Hopefully, by adding a thread here in the main hall, we might see some people head over to both EUII and Vickie and get involved in the nominating process and then add their vote once the polls come around.
So make sure to stop by the EUII OscAAR nomination thread and suggest a nomination for the OscAAR poll running in August, and then head on over to the VictAARian Cross nomination thread to include your nomination for the VictAARian Cross poll running in September. And most of all, enjoy reading through some of the best work done on the forum since January of this year. To me, that is the most valuable reason to have these contests - to highlight work that may have been forgotten and bring it back to mind for just a little while...or maybe longer if it wins.
And just before that, we will see the return of the EUII OscAARs, long on hold but ready for a new life. Now, there is a slight problem in EUII in that over two years of work has been skipped. But I hope to rectify that in the coming months. I figure it would be best to go ahead and have a poll for the past six months, and then return to the previous work. This will allow us to relive some fond memories of work long past finished and sent to live on page 28.
And a quick word about the other games - HoI has a tradition of these bigger awards, but CK has never held such a contest. As much as I would like to see that change, I simply do not have enough time to handle these for all of the games. However, I will say that any enterprising soul that does have the time and energy to tackle these would surely have my support and whatever assistance I could provide. Simply send me a PM and we can discuss it.
Now with all that said, I'd like to see some participation by the entire group in these polls if at all possible. The numbers in Vickie were climbing in the next to last poll but they dipped heavily this last go around. I do not know if EUII will readily jump on board with this either (but the nominations have already begun.) Hopefully, by adding a thread here in the main hall, we might see some people head over to both EUII and Vickie and get involved in the nominating process and then add their vote once the polls come around.
So make sure to stop by the EUII OscAAR nomination thread and suggest a nomination for the OscAAR poll running in August, and then head on over to the VictAARian Cross nomination thread to include your nomination for the VictAARian Cross poll running in September. And most of all, enjoy reading through some of the best work done on the forum since January of this year. To me, that is the most valuable reason to have these contests - to highlight work that may have been forgotten and bring it back to mind for just a little while...or maybe longer if it wins.
