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#1: November 2011 Spotlight Author Acceptance Thread Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:27 am
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Greetings IFians!
The time has come, once again, to honor the next up and coming great Storygame with our Spotlight Competition!

You may have noticed a number of storygames have recently been recognized with Sticky status. This is because you have been selected for inclusion in our contest in recognition of your hard work and efforts (and skill and talent and so on.)

In fact, here are the actual guidelines for Sticky status establishment so those of you with other storygames on the site that would like to earn such a place in the forums may be aware of how you may achieve this for YOUR SG:

Any Storygame which has...

Chapters submitted on a regular basis (at least 2 chapters every 3 months)
Chapter length of approximately 1000 to 2000 words
High standard of spelling, grammar and punctuation
Spaces between paragraphs
A decision point at the end of the chapter
Subsequent chapters written based on the outcome of each poll

...is Stickied at the top of its forum. (Note - if there's not been a chapter posted in 3 months, Sticky Status expires!)

ALL stickied SGs are in contention for the prize and its up to YOU the author to accept or decline your automatic nomination.

So for the next week or so, you may chime in with your acceptance or denial of the opportunity to capture YOUR OWN FORUM and a spot on the FRONT PAGE!

Congrats to those already on this list.

In the meantime, all IFians should be getting familiarized with these local favorites so they can become informed voters. There's some great stories here!

Ok, so the list of possible contestants are as follows:

Line of Kavanagh – Andolyn - Accepted

The Children of Leyond – Kalanna Rai - Accepted

Eden's Call – Lilith - Accepted

HATE – Vikas Muralidharan - Accepted

Escaping Eternia – misterbiz - Accepted

Worms of the Wasteland - Lebrenth

Please post here if you accept of decline the nomination, or if you feel your story has been overlooked and would like it added to the list. I hope to hear back from you all soon!

*Note: To Andolyn and misterbiz. If you plan on pulling for Fading Immortality, you will not be able to run for your personal SGs Escaping Eternia and Line of Kavanagh, but will run together for Fading Immortality.

Last edited by PopeAlessandrosXVIII on Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:07 pm; edited 7 times in total

#2: Author: Andolyn, Location: sitting barefoot in a tree in the beautiful land of Ardara, writing my tales...

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:16 am
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i definitely accept one or the other...i'll let you know which one after talking to Biz.

#3: Author: Andolyn, Location: sitting barefoot in a tree in the beautiful land of Ardara, writing my tales...

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:17 am
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accepting for Line of Kavanagh. =)

#4: Author: misterbiz, Location: a chair in a cold dark living room

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:15 pm
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accepting for Eternia

#5: Author: Vikas Muralidharan,

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:17 pm
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accepting for HATE Smile

My first nomination.. Very Happy

#6: Author: Lilith, Location: Happily curled up in a Daemon's lap

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:55 am
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So that's why it's sticky.. Well okay. I accept.

#7: Re: November 2011 Spotlight Author Acceptance Thread Author: Shillelagh, Location: Kansas

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:12 am
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PopeAlessandrosXVIII wrote:

In fact, here are the actual guidelines for Sticky status establishment so those of you with other storygames on the site that would like to earn such a place in the forums may be aware of how you may achieve this for YOUR SG:

Any Storygame which has...

Chapters submitted on a regular basis (at least 2 chapters every 3 months)
Chapter length of approximately 1000 to 2000 words
High standard of spelling, grammar and punctuation
Spaces between paragraphs
A decision point at the end of the chapter
Subsequent chapters written based on the outcome of each poll

...is Stickied at the top of its forum. (Note - if there's not been a chapter posted in 3 months, Sticky Status expires!)

ALL stickied SGs are in contention for the prize.

Sorry, BBS, but those are the rules. I can't think of a single post of yours that meets those rules. You have some long content threads, but none of them even have decision points. Unless one of the future mayors decides to cancel it, that's how it works. I kinda like it- the rarity of the event makes it a very special honor. And TBird did offer a way to people to buy their own forums with fables.

If you keep working on one of your experimental, image-comic SGs, you might be able to argue that it would qualify for sticky status, and thus be eligible for a spotlight contest. Keep adding a few more chapters, make sure you're submitting quality art (as opposed to five minute sketches), and talk to the next mayor about the issue.

#8: Author: Muaddib,

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:06 pm
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Doesn't Lebrenth's Worms of the Wasteland count?

#9: Post Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:10 pm
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I don't think it meets the word count by chapter.

#10: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:39 pm
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Maybe not but I'd allow it since its a very valid SG imo. The wordcount issue was to keep lazy out of the picture but I don't think that can be said for an SG that simply chooses its words carefully to make sure the reader doesn't have too much to read.

And Kalanna... I'm about to PM you demanding you accept!!!

#11: Author: Muaddib,

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:00 pm
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F5 TBird on both counts.

I was going to accept Kalanna's nomination on her behalf without her knowledge. Very Happy

I would also love to see Worms of the Wasteland nominated. Short sweet chapters is the way forward.

#12: Author: Shillelagh, Location: Kansas

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:45 pm
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If nothing else, Lebby's story was a Speed SG for most of its existance. It's not quite fair to judge it harshly just because its chapters are short. When it was an SSG, they were supposed to be short. It's to be expected. Special exceptions can and should be made for excellent stories that don't quite meet one of the requirements for whatever reason.

#13: Added Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:02 am
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Oki, Worms of the Wasteland added!

#14: Author: Kalanna Rai, Location: The Frozen North

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:47 pm
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Well, I was hunted down and stabbed repeatedly by someone *no names will be mentioned for respect of the newly dead* that I needed to reconsider my acceptance on this one.

So I accept for Children of Leyond...I believe I have just barely made the deadline for doing so.

#15: Spotlight Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:39 pm
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Alright, I think that wraps up the acceptance thread. As soon as get all the entries, I'll open up the voting thread! Good luck to all entrants!

#16: Author: Thunderbird, Location: Rising from the ashes

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:21 am
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I was kinda wondering if we were ever going to go to a vote on this issue...

#17: Author: Vikas Muralidharan,

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:34 am
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So was I :/

#18: Sorry! Author: PopeAlessandrosXVIII, Location: Surrounded by many beautiful naked men

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:37 am
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So so sorry all! Been hellashious around here, holidays and all. Not to mention housemate issues Razz

Well, anyways, thread's up! Vote away!

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