20-01-2004 06:50									#1
	Civ III Stories Contest Round 19: Finals Inflate your Upload Space

Hello, Welcome to the Stories Contest Round 19 Finals.

Good luck to all our finalists!

This round will stay open for 14 days as opposed to the usual 7-10 days so that all the new people can have a chance to read and evaluate their favorite tales.

Good luck to all our participants!

-DC

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People of the Valley" by Paddy the Scot
"Failure is their Salvation" by Shogun Gunner
"The Fight For Freedom" by Chrisius Maximus
Who Can Stop the Winds of Change? by unscratchedfoot

	21-01-2004 13:19									#2
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My vote goes for Scratchy's winds of change story.

It is I think one of the best stories here to emcompass one of civ3's odditties, Cultural conversion. Written in an extroadinary way, as most of unscratchedfoot's work is But the certainly most original and inventive work on these boards for some time.

Scratch I know you struggled with this first time and had to put it to one side for quite some time, but when you got back to it and tackled it again IMHO you did an excellent job

Must point out also that I was very torn between the other works, the standards set on this forum are incredible, and if I could vote for all of them I would. But Scratch gets my vote in this round

Good luck to all entrants

	22-01-2004 02:52									#3
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I voted for you Chrisus.

	22-01-2004 03:56									#4
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"The Fight For Freedom" by Chrisius Maximus

A bloody great yarn...

	22-01-2004 16:24									#5
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We need more people to come and vote, only 7 so far from a site that boasts thousands of members

	22-01-2004 20:27									#6
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All are great tales. It is always hard to pick just one. In this case Chrisius made the choice a little easier. "The fight for Freedom" just touched the heart. Thanks Chrisius...you got my vote!

	23-01-2004 05:10									#7
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I have to say, "The Fight For Freedom" gets my vote.

I enjoyed all four stories, but I enjoyed Chrisius Maximus' yarn the best. Good writing Chisius!

	23-01-2004 08:49									#8
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Thanks for your endorsement Chris. I was going to vote for Paddy since he put a lot of work into his story, but now I feel obligated to vote for you in retaliation. I guess you'll be at like 7 or something after this so most probably you'll win again.

	23-01-2004 10:18									#9
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Thank you for the endorsement Scratch

Yet even I voted for Chris. The fates are on the job...

	23-01-2004 10:43									#10
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quote: Originally posted by ChrisiusMaximus We need more people to come and vote, only 7 so far from a site that boasts thousands of members

To quote Chrisius "We need more people to come and vote."

One way to get more people is through publicity.

I believe that we can do this through some simple tactics.

In our user profiles we are able to add a signature, some people use this, others do not. It is my experience that these signatures can be very effective in sharing information, and ideas. Thus I would ask that you add the following to your signature in your Profile. Then as we move throughout the various forums on the site, we will effectively be letting people know what is going on, and where they can contribute.

For to quote Chrisius again "... from a site that boasts thousands of members."


[?b]It is time to vote for the [?url=http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106781]Civ III Stories Contest Round 19: Finals[/url][/b]

To make this operational, please remove all of the "?" that I have added to the equation. They were only added so that the equation was presented. For an example please see below. If you find the size an issue, you can adjust it from 4 to 3 etc.

There is 11 days left for the voting, so if you can leave it in that long, it would have time to make an impact. And the more people adding this to their signature lines, then the greater the impact that we can make.

I am happy to assist if you have any dramas. Just drop me a PM.

regards
Paddy

edit: please note that I have removed the size component from the above formula. I have been advised that the size of signatures should be set at the standard rate.

	23-01-2004 11:49									#11
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Clean out your PM inbox, Paddy, I couldn't send you a reply.

Basically, what it contained is a ... Although I don't like sigs that use increased size... They just sorta disrupt the flow of the thread for me. But otherwise, I have added a link to my sig. Good idea.

	23-01-2004 11:55									#12
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There's been a new vote in the five minutes since I changed my sig. I guess you were right: this is effective.

	23-01-2004 12:08									#13
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Cleaning it out now, thanks for the heads up on this.

I understand what you mean by the size of the sigs.

	23-01-2004 12:51									#14
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Thanks for the votes ane and all, its really appreciared

Scratch there is no need at all to vote for me, if you feel paddy deserves a vote then please feel free your under no obligation at all

of course the difficulty is always which one their all so good and equally deserve to win

Managed to sort the sig Paddy thanks for the prompt, its not something I bother with normally but if it works it works!

	23-01-2004 12:55									#15
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Well the way I understand it to be, we need to let people know what is going on.

This is one way that brings this contest clearly to peoples attention each time we post somewhere anywhere on the site.

	23-01-2004 17:42									#16
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I just hope that any voters this brings will actually read the stories. They sure would be missing a lot if they don't.

	23-01-2004 23:52									#17
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Hey guys! Glad we are getting some visibility.... Looks like Chrisius is running away with this! The Fight for Freedom is a great story - well deserved.

	25-01-2004 01:53									#18
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It won me over, anyway.

Incidentally, top bananas to Paddy for the sig codes. Naturally I kept the "4" sizing tag, but I notice it's since shrunk. I suspect an administrator is being arsey.

	25-01-2004 02:00									#19
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I still have it

	25-01-2004 03:08									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp I suspect an administrator is being arsey.

I suspect it was done because somebody broke the rules of the site by having over sized type in their signature... would you have prefered a restriction?

	25-01-2004 03:10									#21
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quote: Originally posted by SKILORD I still have it

No you don't...

And I wouldn't suggest changing it back unless you care to take some time off from posting

	25-01-2004 04:36									#22
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No, no, no. I'm not quite daft enough to even have considered moving it back up.

(Actually to be honest, it did cross my mind, but I knew all along that the consequences for defying a mod would be unpleasant so it didn't cross for long)

Besides, I have a story going right now and I would just as soon not have to take a break from it.

	25-01-2004 04:51									#23
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quote: Originally posted by SKILORD No, no, no. I'm not quite daft enough to even have considered moving it back up. (Actually to be honest, it did cross my mind, but I knew all along that the consequences for defying a mod would be unpleasant so it didn't cross for long) Besides, I have a story going right now and I would just as soon not have to take a break from it.

Yes it is a good story...

and we your humble, yet loyal, audience would like to see you hard at work on this story, not relaxing on sunburnt beaches, with long drinks, fresh seafood, all at the pleasure of the mods....

	25-01-2004 20:53									#24
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So Ming, Have you had a chance to read and vote?

	25-01-2004 23:08									#25
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quote: Originally posted by PLATO So Ming, Have you had a chance to read and vote?

As much as I'm sure they are interesting and well worth the time to read, my duties here and at other sites takes up most of my free time that isn't spent actually playing civ or being with my family/friends or doing real work.

But good luck with this contest and future contests.

Keep on Civin'

	27-01-2004 12:54									#26
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Stil only seventeen voters, seems like the stories section is overlooked by many at poly.

Weve had a news item, then several of us promoting it with our sigs and of course the recent activity in the community thread over the civ group icon.

BTW any news on the civ group thing ?

Thanks to everyone whose has voted for "Fight for Freedom" I appreciate your support.

I just wish more people would turn out and give their support, it would be nice to see all the above contenders getting lots more support.

Come on Apolyton! Support the story writers of Apolyton

	27-01-2004 20:50									#27
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quote: Originally posted by ChrisiusMaximus BTW any news on the civ group thing ?

Nope, I think it's about time to bump that thread again.

	28-01-2004 04:12									#28
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Round 18 - Started 13 September 2003

Posts 8

Views 368

Votes 9


Round 19 - Started 20 January 2004

Posts 26

Views 349

Votes 17

We are one day past the halfway mark of the competition, and round 19 has more posts, more votes, and almost as many people have viewed it.

Add to this, round 18 has been available to be viewed for an additional four months.

	28-01-2004 04:31									#29
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Hmm interesting stats Paddy. It would seem then that our recent efforts to publicise the forum have had some effect.

All food for thought

	28-01-2004 04:47									#30
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We may be pleasantly surprised in 6 more days...