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[VGL]

No do Tibet

 

[TheNoob]

Yes do Khmer!

See, even VGL agrees!

 

[VGL]

Do Tibet! No one ever does Tibet!

noob changed his mind

 

[DKVM]

For what it's worth I remember having done one about 3.5 years ago.

Actually, I might do another one with DOC because why not. Any particular country you want?

Bulgaria in RFCE!

 

[CaterpillarKing]

Yes do Khmer!

 

[mrrandomplayer]

I'd be cool with Khmer.

 

[DKVM]

Hey guys, I have exciting news! I just won the "Fan of the Week" Award on the Paradox Forums!

 

[CaterpillarKing]

Nice! What did you have to do?

 

[DKVM]

Here's the opening post of the thread.

Spoiler :

I would like to thank Backfire (who is no longer active here) for starting this thread back in 2004!

There is plenty to say about how much impact the "fans" have in this writing forum. Like with any written medium -- it wouldn't exist if no one read it!

And, more to the point, on an unpaid forum, no writer knows they're being read unless fans pop up to encourage, cajole, provide constructive criticism, rave, ask questions, etc. Readers make this forum run! And our favorite readers are the fans who post in the AARs.

This is our own corner devoted to pointing out and honoring those deserving fans who we, as writers (or as fans -- takes one to know one!), appreciate!

One thing I will suggest as a thread tradition is for the winners to tell us about a particular AAR they find most interesting as a fan -- one that often prompts them to comment. Or more than one, for that matter... Fans are usually all over. Here's your chance to showcase some of your favorites, if you like.

...and, naturally, the tradition has always been for the winner of the award each week to pick his/her successor at the end of his week! Someone who has made a difference as a fan in your own AARs, or in general as a fan in the Forum.

There is a proud heritage in the Paradox writing forum (ref: above in 2004 when Backfire started this). It would be a shame to lose track of all those previously honored fans, so all the previous material is recorded on the old thread, here:

* * The Old Fan of the Week Thread - Archive * *

Bridging out into a new thread is in no way meant to lose touch with the old thread. It's the only way we could take advantage of Catknight's work in accumulating an index of winners, which I will now keep up. Backfire has left the forum, so we can't go back and fix the older thread. As a sort of fan-administrator, I hope to eventually improve things. Perhaps even adding links back to the old posts which honored each winner. In time...

Meanwhile, please do your part in adding vibrancy to this new thread!

Thanks,

Rensslaer

Here is some elaboration on the rules for passing this on:

a) primary responsibility for keeping these awards moving rests with the awarder. If you haven't heard from your nominee by the following sunday, then its your responsibility (& pleasure) to pick again;
b) if the award goes missing for two weeks, one of the mods will post in the thread. This might indicate that it will be passed on asap. Lets face it we all take breaks from the forum and its unfair to deny someone a chance to pick their nominee just because they are exceptionally busy or taking a holiday;
c) on the other hand, this might indicate that the award is stuck. At that stage making a nomination for a new nominee is first come, first served. The proposals around voting are too difficult to manage in reality and the delight of all these awards is they are idiosyncratic, its what an individual llkes, not, as with the ACAs, what we as an AAR community like.

 

[VGL]

yeah. i registered but i do not know how to register my games

 

[CaterpillarKing]

What's your name over there?

 

[VGL]

VGL. My name in forums is usually VGL (also in Clash of Clans)

 

[DKVM]

My name over there is DKM. Also, here's the nomination post.

Spoiler :

Well, it's getting to be about time for me to pass the torch on to the next Fan of the Week, so I'd like to go ahead and announce DKM as my successor. He's a relative newcomer to AARland (at least compared to us old-timers ), but he's been very encouraging and enthusiastic in every comment I've seen him make.

While I'm at it, it seems to be traditional for the FotW to make some remarks about the AARs they've particularly enjoyed (although the custom seems to have gone into abeyance over the past few weeks for some reason). There are several I could name, both active and long-dead, and even more I'm sure I've momentarily forgotten about, but I'd like to use this opportunity to draw people's attention to one that's started quite recently, Wave's My First CK2 Adventure: The tales of Jürgen Würstmacher. For someone who's new to both AAR writing and Crusader Kings 2 in general, he shows quite a bit of promise, and I'd like to give others here a chance to take a good look at it themselves and perhaps give the author a little extra encouragement.

Note- The award is for fans of all AAR's, not just CK2

 

[VGL]

I never understood CK2. Good job for understanding it. I like EU4 more thought. then it's Victoria 2

 

[CaterpillarKing]

Why is it DKM?

 

[DKVM]

DKVM - Donkey Kong Vs Mario

DKM - Donkey Kong Master

I started using DKVM after I realized how terrible I am at Donkey Kong.

 

[Royal Tenenbaum]

My first username on this website was Solzhenitsyn, as I was making a Russian film at the time. I then changed it to MontcalmXVII, and finally picked Royal Tenenbaum; I picked that username after looking at my collection of movies for inspiration.

 

[Bair_the_Normal]

Two of those names vaguely remind me of a discussion on Poland's color.

Though I must say, I wasn't aware that you were Solzhenitsyn.

That came as quite a surprise to me.

 

[Royal Tenenbaum]

I still strongly believe you all overreacted, and were trying to create an argument out of an opinion, and only used the overreaction to override my equal right to an opinion.

 

[Bair_the_Normal]

Eh. I don't really care either way. Never did much. Was a little disconcerted by the discussion, but not much.