Welcome to the Stories Forum! (Info for new users and contest rules)

civman2000 · April 1, 2002, 23:39

WELCOME MESSAGE (WRITTEN BY METALITURTLE, I EDITED IT A LITTLE)
Welcome to the Stories Forum, if you are here, you are probably interested in one of the following:

1. Reading some really good or maybe also some not-so good (but hopefully not

) stories.
2. Engaging in group efforts in the form of Succession Games/NESs/other multiplayer activities.
3. Participating in an international simulation with one of the many Succession Games/NESs/other multiplayer activities.
4. Writing a story to hopefully win the story contest.
5. Bringing something fun and new to the forum.
6. Writing a story for people's (including your own) enjoyment.

A few notes on the story contest.

If you write a story on these boards, you are eligible to be in the story contest. To nominate yourself, go to the nomination thread at the top of the forum, it's the one that is titled Round #: Nominations.

Read the story contest rules below for the full spiel.

You may see things about the storywriter's union, all that the union is, is a collection of talented and untalented (though most would say they're talented

) writers who have written stories on the forums, participation in, or even, recognition of the union is purely optional, and the Union has no affiliation with the story contest other than the guy who runs the story contest is in the union.

PM Metaliturtle or anyone other top person mentioned in this thread if you have questions about the Union

RULES FOR THE STORY CONTEST
1. At the beginning of the preliminary round of each contest, a new one will be set up.
2. All nominated but unseconded or seconded but above the 8 story limit from the previous contest will transfer to the next.
3. Exceptions to rule 2: Once a story has been in two nominations rounds but never seconded, it drops out of the contest.
4. Once 8 seconded nominations are obtained, a preliminary round with unlimited voting (checkboxes) is created to last for 5 days.
5. After 5 days, the top 4 are transferred to a final poll with radio buttons which lasts 4 days. In the case of ties in the preliminaries, all of the stories that are tied for the 3rd and/or 4th spots go into the finals.
6. In the case of a tie in the finals, there will be a 2-day runoff vote. If there is still a tie, the two stories share the award.
7. Once in one preliminary round, a story can never enter another contest again.
8. You can request that a story be kept out of a story contest (for example two parts of one series you don't want competing).
9. All stories in the contest must be civ-related
10. The top 3 stories from each round are put in the story contest history thread as well as http://apolyton.net/civ3/stories/.
11. The winner gets a discount in the apolyton store!
12. Every 4 contests, the top two, including more than that if there were ties, are put in a 7-day radio button "BEst of the Best" poll. The winner is then put in the two places mentioned in rule 10.

Suggestions for changes/clarifications anyone??

steelehc · April 2, 2002, 00:08

You certainly have it organized well. I seem to have left the administration of this in good hands, although I did enjoy running it.

Steele

civman2000 · April 3, 2002, 09:25

BUMP

civman2000 · April 4, 2002, 18:17

I propose a change in the number of stories in the preliminary round to 8. THe reason for this is that even if a story comes out on average once every two days (i consider that accurate), it will still take at least a month to get a full 16 needed. I will make a one day poll. This rule change will take effect with the 2nd contest.

civman2000 · April 6, 2002, 08:59

the rule change has passed and been added

civman2000 · April 8, 2002, 17:30

bump

civman2000 · April 15, 2002, 16:54

bump because of questions about rules

Richelieu · April 19, 2002, 19:37

Bump for Ming.

Richelieu · April 21, 2002, 23:39

Thanks Mod!
Whoever you are...

Ming · April 22, 2002, 06:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Richelieu
Thanks Mod!
Whoever you are...

A "few" days late... but NP

civman2000 · April 22, 2002, 17:13

yay! Would you mind "un-stickying" the two threads from the old dead story contest?

Ming · April 23, 2002, 01:46

Just did...
Again... sorry for all the delays.
Please PM me when you need anything else...
I will be better in the future. Promise

Metaliturtle · April 27, 2002, 17:30

question? I have 2 stories with votes on them, can I transfer 1 story's votes to another story, and then drop the first story from the contest?

civman2000 · April 28, 2002, 00:00

uh...no, each is separate...dont worry, you should be able to get crazed greek wanderings to the finals without trouble

civman2000 · April 28, 2002, 09:43

although if you really want to change it you could set up a poll for it...

Metaliturtle · May 18, 2002, 20:07

Civman, I think we should change how stories are voted on, I say All stories get 2 chances at a 1st place, because if there are a whole bunch of really good stories, and then just one wins, the other authors who spent hours on the story will have wasted their time, a better way is to give them a "second chance" nomination, where they are put back into the fray, this way cbraund could finally win one and not get shafted by upstarts like me

civman2000 · May 18, 2002, 23:45

1. Wait till the end of the 4th, I have a surprise coming up.
2. If that doesnt satisfy you, make a poll (give people at least 3 days) about it.

Keeper of Hell · May 19, 2002, 16:41

Are all rule changes done by poll?

civman2000 · May 19, 2002, 17:22

yes.

Thrusters · May 23, 2002, 20:50

what do I need to do to write a strory.... Like I don't really understand..... Do I just post it here or what???

Thrusters · May 23, 2002, 20:52

how long sould a story be???

Metaliturtle · May 23, 2002, 20:56

Just post it, people tend to prefer longer stories to my shorter ones, I'd love to read one of yours though Thrusters.

civman2000 · May 23, 2002, 22:36

yep. Don't worry about the story contest and how it works, the rules are just to make sure it's fair and done the same way every time. Just post stories and have fun!

Thrusters · May 24, 2002, 06:29

ok thanks.......

civman2000 · June 1, 2002, 19:32

updated to include metaliturtle's welcome message now that markg has retitled it!

Metaliturtle · June 1, 2002, 19:35

SCORE

DarkCloud · June 15, 2002, 12:07

QUOTE
12. Every 4 contests, the top two, including more than that if there were ties, are put in a 7-day radio button "BEst of the Best" poll. The winner is then put in the two places mentioned in rule 10.
ENDQUOTE

Who has won the last few best of the best polls?

civman2000 · June 15, 2002, 19:43

only been one..."Knights of the Black Cross" (Rotten999) won.

Kramerman · July 1, 2002, 02:10

What is the reason for rule number 9,

Quote:

All stories in the contest must be civ-related

just out of curiosity?
Kman

Metaliturtle · July 1, 2002, 02:45

I wrote a really funny story called "history Class" and it had nothing to do with Civ 3 in any way, but because the forum is Civ3 stories, the stories must be able to link to a civ3 game in a clear fashion.