All right. Ladies & Gentlemen, time to pass this on, but first, a brief intermission to advertise new and brilliant works on this forum.
- A Gentleman's War : The Middle-East Command (HoI3 TFH - UK AAR) by @Eurasia . After the brilliant and often (un)intentionally funny interactive story of Utsunimiya's Japan was cut short, it's prolific authAAR bounced back with a comedic take on the British Middle East Command, which doubles as an AI experiment to find out how things work out when you only run one front and let the AI run the rest of the empire. The appearance of characters from the popular tv series Blackadder is icing on the cake. Need I say more?
- The King's First Minster by @El Pip. Here, the AuthAAR asks the question: What if you told an alternate version of the events of 1066 as a tapestry? (based on a CK2 game) And what if it was actually a comedy? Some light-hearted fun is to be had, though I do hope our lord of slower than real time would return to this recent masterpiece of his. (though I'm not complaining about the pace of updates on TBE)
- Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair. I'm still catching up on this masterpiece, but so far it's been great. I'm not sure what the link with Victoria 2 is, but the alternate political reality in which a socialist revolution grips Britain is brilliantly written. It is told through the lens of those who live in this alternate reality, be it through excerpts from memoirs and books, transcripts of tv programmes, documentaries and interviews etc. Well worth a read if you have the time, and have even a passing interest in politics, state-building, or alternate history. (so most of you)
The time has now come to hand over this crown. Once again there were quite a few candidates to choose from in my neck of the woods (mostly the HOI3 AAR sub-forum). First there are the veterans, amongst which my illustrious predecessor
@nuclearslurpee , who have been commenting on most or all that goes on on the sub-forum (and often outside it) for quite some time, and they have all earned one or more 'fan of the week' awards over the years (some of them awarded by myself). I've decided to go a different route this time, by nominating someone who hasn't won this award before:
They first appeared on my radar back on the 1st of September 2019 (I checked), when they politely corrected an error in my writing, which is something I encourage. There were a few more questions that day, and they vanished from whence they came. (I might have chased them away...)
This nomination isn't so much about their brief foray into my own work (which isn't everyone's cup of tea), but about their recent comeback, in the shape of a run of quality comments on
Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936,
@Bullfilter 's main HOI3 AAR (there is a second active one...). These include insights about game mechanics, jokes, and well-chosen period photographs, to the benefit of all those reading.
Come on up
@37th Armoured div , and take this thing off me before it breaks my back.
I'd like to thank those who congratulated me:
@Le Jones ,
@Specialist290 ,
@Idhrendur ,
@RustyHunter ,
@TheAnguishedOne ,
@The Number 9 ,
@roverS3, it is far easier to say thank you to someone that I have read and been enlightened by than someone that I have never met. Congratulations @roverS3!
I'm flattered. Your comments on Road of Queens have also been a delight, as was your recent entry into Talking Turkey.
congratulations @roverS3 very much!
Thanks also for your quality comments on Talking Turkey.
As ever, congratulations to @roverS3 !!!
As ever, thanks for commenting.
Warmest congrats @roverS3
Warmest thanks,
@Bullfilter
Congratulations @roverS3 !
Thank you for organising the ACA's.
An excellent choice, congratulations indeed @roverS3 a richly deserved win.
Thanks. Where did you get that old-style emoji?
Many congratulations @roverS3
I'm honoured, several congratulations from the king of comments himself.
Finally, I would like to thank all the fans who take the time to comment on the works they read and enjoy.
I wish you all good health, and many interesting comments.