Posted 7/1/2024 by Will11

Hear ye, Hear ye. Would you like a trophy? A brand-new shiny award signifying your general awesomeness? A symbol of recognition to draw fresh admiration from your fans and envy from your friends? An icon of eternal glory in miniature, but still epic, form? Well, look no further than this SUMMER READING COMPETITION! In this SUMMER READING COMPETITION, you have three months, from 1 July to 31 September, to read and review as many stories as your hectic lifestyle will permit. The winner will be the person who gets the most comments featured by the Overlords who run this site (which will also earn you more Commendations and Points) during these three months. The person with the most commended comments come October will be awarded my happy-face trophy and the First, Second and Third place winners will also receive generous point bonuses. Everyone who takes part will inevitably benefit from more points and probably more commendations as well. You have nothing to lose but this opportunity to read a lot of great stories (and scathingly dissect the not-so-great) and perfect the art of smart and enjoyable reviews - unlike writing competitions there is no entry fee of points here! Just comment on this post if you’re interested in giving it a shot, read and comment as much as you can and in October, I’ll count up how many comments each person in this thread got commended and announce the winners for universal admiration and praise. No Pit of Shame here either, though there is an Abyss of Apathy I suppose... I would guess going for the stories with fewer comments and few or no featured comments would be the easiest way to get recognized and commended and the Admins will be on the lookout for worthy comments to feature. Give it a go and try posting a few comments, you might be surprised by all the commendations and points you get! Best of all, every person who has written a story or who writes a story this summer will benefit too by getting more feedback so join in the competition and help make things better for everyone! Even if you don’t win, every little helps and who knows? You might surprise yourself! :) Mod edit: Progress tracking thread here, all participants must keep a tally of their featured comments. Additionally we now have a rule: for a review to be valid for this, the game if it's not at least a 5/8 in length, needs an author that's alive enough to have at least logged in in the past four years. We're not giving out rewards for spewing your thoughts on the dregs of 2014 to the empty air.

Posted 6/3/2024 by EndMaster