Congratulations to the gold Prof. Ebbesen! Even though there were a lot fantastic AARs your one was astonishing!
I hope I get 5 extra points for this, sucking up to teacher
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I hope I get 5 extra points for this, sucking up to teacher
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I'd like to congratulate shawng1 on his bronze... it was a good fight... but I think you deserved it more than me....
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Bismarck,
Thanks. I'm surprised anyone remembered it to vote for it. Oh well, hopefully I will have a new effort starting in the next week or so. I had the game started, but it glitched and I had to abandon it and start over.
Thanks. I'm surprised anyone remembered it to vote for it.
Oh well, hopefully I will have a new effort starting in the next week or so. I had the game started, but it glitched and I had to abandon it and start over.
For what it's worth shawng1, one of those votes was from me. This was a very tough pick, but I felt (having re-read all the nominees) that I had to vote for yours.
In my mind, 2nd place was about a dead heat between just about everyone else. I *think* my 2nd place would have been Nalivayko's Ottoman AAR, but I really enjoyed every single one of the nominations.
What we really had was 10 outstanding AARs who, in my mind, are equally desrving of praise as any other. Let me be verbose for a moment (what's new?) in order:
- Nalivayko's Turkey: outstanding writing presented on a reign by reign basis.
- Shawng1's Japan. My favourite due to characterization, narrative, intrigue, historical datum, etc...
- Heargarty's Two Tribes only suffered fractionally from being so far removed from the "action"...no small feat considering, and a delightful read.
- Vormaerin's Prestor John...a simply wonderful read, again, perhaps, suffering slightly from the country selection which doesn't lend itself to excitement. Nevertheless, a truely great presentation.
- Norgesvenn's debut AARabout fish and such. Don't be fooled. The wit is fierce and sharp and this was a wonderfully funny AAR to read.
- Mimior's "Pax Norvegicus" was also of outstanding quality and I followed it religiously.
- Faeelin did a masterful job intertwining RL and game play into an enthrallng story. A pleasure to read!
- Joe's unique "Gods" lark was high on my list, losing out to shawng1 merely through the reduced scope of the coverage. Nevertheless, I loved it while it lasted.
- Bismarck's Scotland was really great; but his best work is still out there for you to read...Cyprus is a better piece (IMO) and will get its due reward. One of my personal favourite authors for the care and intricacy of the stories he presents, this was only a shadow of what was yet to come.
- PE's romp through world conquest was entertaining, yet I felt that it lacked a certain "je ne sais quoi". I feel vindicated in my decicion when reading his excellent and moody presentation in the Denmark collaborative thread where I think he produced material that is (at least for me) the finest I've seen him pen (type).
At any rate, I really hope that each of you takes great pride in having been nominated. This is a very tough field and the choice was far from easy. I would really like to have been able to give ot 10 votes. They were all great!
In my mind, 2nd place was about a dead heat between just about everyone else. I *think* my 2nd place would have been Nalivayko's Ottoman AAR, but I really enjoyed every single one of the nominations.
What we really had was 10 outstanding AARs who, in my mind, are equally desrving of praise as any other. Let me be verbose for a moment (what's new?) in order:
- Nalivayko's Turkey: outstanding writing presented on a reign by reign basis.
- Shawng1's Japan. My favourite due to characterization, narrative, intrigue, historical datum, etc...
- Heargarty's Two Tribes only suffered fractionally from being so far removed from the "action"...no small feat considering, and a delightful read.
- Vormaerin's Prestor John...a simply wonderful read, again, perhaps, suffering slightly from the country selection which doesn't lend itself to excitement. Nevertheless, a truely great presentation.
- Norgesvenn's debut AARabout fish and such. Don't be fooled. The wit is fierce and sharp and this was a wonderfully funny AAR to read.
- Mimior's "Pax Norvegicus" was also of outstanding quality and I followed it religiously.
- Faeelin did a masterful job intertwining RL and game play into an enthrallng story. A pleasure to read!
- Joe's unique "Gods" lark was high on my list, losing out to shawng1 merely through the reduced scope of the coverage. Nevertheless, I loved it while it lasted.
- Bismarck's Scotland was really great; but his best work is still out there for you to read...Cyprus is a better piece (IMO) and will get its due reward. One of my personal favourite authors for the care and intricacy of the stories he presents, this was only a shadow of what was yet to come.
- PE's romp through world conquest was entertaining, yet I felt that it lacked a certain "je ne sais quoi". I feel vindicated in my decicion when reading his excellent and moody presentation in the Denmark collaborative thread where I think he produced material that is (at least for me) the finest I've seen him pen (type).
At any rate, I really hope that each of you takes great pride in having been nominated. This is a very tough field and the choice was far from easy. I would really like to have been able to give ot 10 votes. They were all great!
Peter,
Congratulations to you. WCFD is a fine AAR. And your current one is fine as well. I have the one gold already I share with LD for "Glory," and I don't need to hog ALL the awards.
Mr T (and others),
I was not trying to reopen an old subject with my comment. Just simply thanking those who saw fit, despite the fact I finished this almost at the beginning of this period, and thus remembered it for such a long period of time, for the honor they bestowed on it.
Especially when I read it and think I could've done this better, or that better. And I've honestly passed off so MANY typos on you all in all my AARs that sometimes I'm embarrassed they're still up. One of the lessons I've taken to heart in the time I've been taking a break from solo-AARing is "Use WORD!" And to your benefit, I most certainly WILL with the upcoming Gelre/Netherlands AAR.
SO thanks to all, even those who voted elsewhere, Japanese history is an acquired taste to be sure, even alternate history. And there were some very good alternatives to choose from, not the least those that took "silver" and gold.
Congratulations to you. WCFD is a fine AAR. And your current one is fine as well. I have the one gold already I share with LD for "Glory," and I don't need to hog ALL the awards.
Mr T (and others),
I was not trying to reopen an old subject with my comment. Just simply thanking those who saw fit, despite the fact I finished this almost at the beginning of this period, and thus remembered it for such a long period of time, for the honor they bestowed on it.
Especially when I read it and think I could've done this better, or that better. And I've honestly passed off so MANY typos on you all in all my AARs that sometimes I'm embarrassed they're still up.
One of the lessons I've taken to heart in the time I've been taking a break from solo-AARing is "Use WORD!" And to your benefit, I most certainly WILL with the upcoming Gelre/Netherlands AAR.SO thanks to all, even those who voted elsewhere, Japanese history is an acquired taste to be sure, even alternate history. And there were some very good alternatives to choose from, not the least those that took "silver" and gold.
Congrats you all!
WCfD taught me a few tips and tricks, and I'm delighted just to be nominated. The fact that I even got votes made fall off my chair. Now I can't wait to write more AARs.
WCfD taught me a few tips and tricks, and I'm delighted just to be nominated. The fact that I even got votes made fall off my chair. Now I can't wait to write more AARs.
*tries to look modest and humble and suchlike and fails miserably*
- For what it's worth, MrT. I agree wholeheartedly. WCfD lacked *something* that I couldn't quite nail down. I tried to get around it by involving the students more, which helped immensely, but something was still missing.
Possibly the fact that the narrative imperative just wouldn't support in depth descriptions of the last 200 years of play in the chosen style, which meant more focus on the good Teacher than on the topic at hand.
Possibly that it was just too easy to do World Conquest as a Catholic country. Lacking that Oh, no! I'm in desperate straits.... AGAIN! feeling of the Timurid Scientists meant that the last century was actually boring to play. (Except for the civil war).
Oh, well. Thank's for the support, everybody.
- For what it's worth, MrT. I agree wholeheartedly. WCfD lacked *something* that I couldn't quite nail down. I tried to get around it by involving the students more, which helped immensely, but something was still missing.
Possibly the fact that the narrative imperative just wouldn't support in depth descriptions of the last 200 years of play in the chosen style, which meant more focus on the good Teacher than on the topic at hand.
Possibly that it was just too easy to do World Conquest as a Catholic country. Lacking that Oh, no! I'm in desperate straits.... AGAIN! feeling of the Timurid Scientists meant that the last century was actually boring to play. (Except for the civil war).
Oh, well. Thank's for the support, everybody.
Congratulations, all. I'm pretty surprised and pleased by the results... (shush, G'Kar! ).
If you all are lucky, and give me some suggestions quick-like, I'll have time to whip up another poll before I leave again on Saturday. Otherwise, it'll have to wait until August
).If you all are lucky, and give me some suggestions quick-like, I'll have time to whip up another poll before I leave again on Saturday. Otherwise, it'll have to wait until August
Best Villain anyone? (you can tell that is an impartial category from me, because... I don't have a villain, so.... it is pretty honest)
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Good idea, but for this month at least if I do a poll at all it can't be a character one, as it takes MUCH longer to look for characters than just AARs.
Just to know,
where is this "AAR of the Week" thread and how do people vote for the AARs in (or is it different from the OSCAARs and people don't vote ?)
Cat, out of curiosity
AAR of the Week is taking a break, but will be up and running next week.
The choices are at my discretion. I usually try to showcase completed AARs, or unearth exceptional AARs that have been forgotten, or received minimal attention.
Since I am not going to be able to finish wading through everything I'd like to before I leave again, and since only one person has expressed any interest in next month's category, the OscAARs will be taking a break this month But have no fear, they shall return with the coming of August!
EDIT: Oops! Sorry, Prufrock, I missed your reply. Still, I'm not going to have time anyway...
But have no fear, they shall return with the coming of August! EDIT: Oops!
Sorry, Prufrock, I missed your reply. Still, I'm not going to have time anyway...
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Originally posted by Sharur
Since I am not going to be able to finish wading through everything I'd like to before I leave again, and since only one person has expressed any interest in next month's category, the OscAARs will be taking a break this month
EDIT: Oops!
...Actually, it is because we already had that discussion before the BAAR-Feb-May-02. Didn't we agree on a most interesting hero (or was it villain)? Something character-based in any event?
Yes, we did have a discussion about a character OscAAR, and no, we didn't reach a conclusion. If anything, we were leaning towards not doing a character OscAAR at all simply because the range is too broad. But it doesn't matter anyway, since I don't have time to do it.
I'm thinking that when I get back, I'll start up a "Next OscAAR category?" thread, so that people will now that the question is out there
I'm thinking that when I get back, I'll start up a "Next OscAAR category?" thread, so that people will now that the question is out there
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