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Well, I've submitted. I am not near so vain as to believe I have a chance of winning, nor do I take great pride in my story, but it was a good idea and I chose to run with it.
Nice story Beamed, got to say I liked that a lot! A good personal touch in it, one can understand the character and feel it all shatter as the reality of the news hits him. Good one.
And hey, Monnikje, you actually made a quite nice title for my little entry, certainly better than anything I ever thought up for it.
And hey, Monnikje, you actually made a quite nice title for my little entry, certainly better than anything I ever thought up for it.
Top 5 will win . Your top three are the ones you vote for . The top 5 that get the most votes will win and then there will be a runoff.
Midnight on the NIGHT OF the 5th will be the deadline (notice how it says 24:00 and not 00:00) meaning AS SOON as it turns the 6th it'll be too late to submit . Good luck all
IN other words , at the moment of this post you have 14 hours 40 minutes
:rofl: i was going to propose to change the title to Watch out for vegetables... but In the Fuhrer's bedroom sounds more interesting
Wow, it seems that getting the first sentence from the entry works pretty well for a title!
On another note, I won't be able to update the index much today, since I'll be having a party today (no, not because today is the last day to enter the contest...). I'll do that tomorrow, so if you change your title, or completely change the story, or enter the contest this afternoon, don't worry about not finding it in the index yet. It will be there soon
.Let me also bring my entry to your attention that my entry, My little Maksymilian, now has some photo's to accompany the story.
Can someone explain how the voting will be done.
Will it be a poll?
Can anyone vote or only participants?
Will it be a poll?
Can anyone vote or only participants?
I assume that it will be this way:
1. At Midnight tonight the voting starts.
2. Anyone (including writers and readers) vote for their top three entries by posting into a thread. You have 20 days to do this.
3. Once the twenties days are up the voting is done and the votes are tallied up.
4. The top five vote-getters are then placed into a run-off (I do believe it will be a forum poll) and whoever gets the top spot is rewarded with a hard copy of HOI3.
At first I thought it would happen through the use of a multi-optional poll (3 options max), but now I think of it I'm not so sure polls with almost 60 options can even be made over here
So yeah, posting in a thread sounds more realistic. Plus, one could change his mind by simply editing his post (and irritating the hell out of whoever is charged with the most-holy-duty of counting).
So yeah, posting in a thread sounds more realistic. Plus, one could change his mind by simply editing his post (and irritating the hell out of whoever is charged with the most-holy-duty of counting
).
So yeah, posting in a thread sounds more realistic. Plus, one could change his mind by simply editing his post (and irritating the hell out of whoever is charged with the most-holy-duty of counting
Ok, an additional rule. You are not allowed to change your vote in the last 48 hours. (that way you won't irritate the hell out of me (and the other counter))
Just finished my entry. It'll probably be the last AAR to be uploaded as it's only one and a half hours until the contests closes and the voting begins. Next time I'm going to plan this better though.
Hah, CaptRobau, you were in good time. I think I just managed to sneak in What I Did On My Holidays after your entry to grant the thread a proper silly end, but let's see what happens - how many more will manage to post before the thread is declared closed? How will the organisers deal with the summer time issue? All will, no doubt, be revealed in time.
Apparently I've snuck in under the deadline with a shade under 2 hours to spare (phew!). I present to you my HOI 3 AAR Contest entry:
OUR LADY OF SORROWS - The Seven Tragedies of Poland.
Best of luck to everyone who submitted. I'm really looking forward to reading all the entries!
OUR LADY OF SORROWS - The Seven Tragedies of Poland.
Best of luck to everyone who submitted. I'm really looking forward to reading all the entries!
1 hour and 25 minutes and counting.
It sure looks amazing! I haven't read it yet as I will only start reading tomorrow.
I jumped on the bandwagon for graphics, or at least I tried to
Still working it out with photoshop.
Still working it out with photoshop.
Nice number of entries here, I imagine competition will be tough . Good luck to everyone else in this.
. Good luck to everyone else in this.
yes i already have my eyes on 1 serious one and 2 comedies to vote for but good luck to everyone and may the force be with us all (especially mine as anakin brought the force to this forum! lol)
and chapter 3 the third and last chapter for my story has been completed and posted. hope everyone can find time to check it out. interesting read.
and chapter 3 the third and last chapter for my story has been completed and posted. hope everyone can find time to check it out. interesting read.
Hearts of Iron III AAR Contest Voting Thread
First prize: a HOI3 hardcopy signed by the entire development team!
(yes, the winner will be the proud owner of Johan’s autograph on the sleeve of his HOI3 copy)
Four runner-up prizes: Gamersgate download version of HOI3
~ You can vote for up to three stories but are only allowed to vote once. You are also allowed to vote for only one or two stories if you wish.
~ You cannot vote for the same story twice or three times
~ There is no extra weight added to the order of the votes
~ You are not allowed to edit your vote in the last 48 hours of the voting round
~ Voting will be done using the following format:
Here is a sample vote for fake contest entries:
~ A writer is NOT allowed to vote for his own story.
~ Since it will be done through free voting, everyone, including contest staff, moderators, etc are all eligible to join the contest and vote.
~ Advertising your story is only allowed in the main commets thread (do NOT make any new threads or post in other threads about your entry).
When telling us about your AAR DO NOT SPAM . Use common sense and NO BIG FONTS .
Inkwell and signature are fine as long as they follow forum rules
~ The five winners of the first round of voting will have to supply their email and home-adress between the 25th of July and August 3rd by PM to either Singleton Mosby or canonized. Paradox will ship the prizes on August 4th.
Please don’t discuss the contest, it’s rules or the screenshots in this thread! For comments and speculations we would like to refer you here.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Singleton Mosby or canonized. We'd like to thank Johan, Susana and the entire Paradox staff for allowing us to run this contest and for graciously supplying the prizes, their time, and for making such great games. Thank you also to TRP for creating our cover.
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~ The deadline for the contest was July 5th GMT.
~ The voting will take place in the AARland main forum from July 5th. Everyone is allowed to pick his favorite three stories and cast their votes.
You will be able to choose a maximum of three stories* The first round of voting will close on the 24th of July.
~ A second round will be held from the 25th to the 30th of July. In a poll you will vote your favorite from a top five and decide who will get the much prized signed copy of HOI3. The five winners will have a weeks time to cancel their pre-order of HOI3.
~ The final winner will be announced and his story will be published in its full glory in the August edition of the AARlander. * No extra weight can be added to a vote by voting for a single story. The order of voting doesn’t matter and you are not allowed to vote for the same story two or three times.
First prize: a HOI3 hardcopy signed by the entire development team!
(yes, the winner will be the proud owner of Johan’s autograph on the sleeve of his HOI3 copy)
Four runner-up prizes: Gamersgate download version of HOI3
Voting rules
~ You can vote for up to three stories but are only allowed to vote once. You are also allowed to vote for only one or two stories if you wish.
~ You cannot vote for the same story twice or three times
~ There is no extra weight added to the order of the votes
~ You are not allowed to edit your vote in the last 48 hours of the voting round
~ Voting will be done using the following format:
votingformat said:
Here is a sample vote for fake contest entries:
~ A writer is NOT allowed to vote for his own story.
~ Since it will be done through free voting, everyone, including contest staff, moderators, etc are all eligible to join the contest and vote.
~ Advertising your story is only allowed in the main commets thread (do NOT make any new threads or post in other threads about your entry).
When telling us about your AAR DO NOT SPAM . Use common sense and NO BIG FONTS .
Inkwell and signature are fine as long as they follow forum rules
~ The five winners of the first round of voting will have to supply their email and home-adress between the 25th of July and August 3rd by PM to either Singleton Mosby or canonized. Paradox will ship the prizes on August 4th.
Please don’t discuss the contest, it’s rules or the screenshots in this thread! For comments and speculations we would like to refer you here.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Singleton Mosby or canonized. We'd like to thank Johan, Susana and the entire Paradox staff for allowing us to run this contest and for graciously supplying the prizes, their time, and for making such great games. Thank you also to TRP for creating our cover.
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Contest timetable
~ The deadline for the contest was July 5th GMT.
~ The voting will take place in the AARland main forum from July 5th. Everyone is allowed to pick his favorite three stories and cast their votes.
You will be able to choose a maximum of three stories* The first round of voting will close on the 24th of July.
~ A second round will be held from the 25th to the 30th of July. In a poll you will vote your favorite from a top five and decide who will get the much prized signed copy of HOI3. The five winners will have a weeks time to cancel their pre-order of HOI3.
~ The final winner will be announced and his story will be published in its full glory in the August edition of the AARlander. * No extra weight can be added to a vote by voting for a single story. The order of voting doesn’t matter and you are not allowed to vote for the same story two or three times.
All right, still one hour to submit but I have opened the voting thread already as I will be sleeping in another hour.