2021 WarGames Competition
2021, which was equally as dreadful as 2020, has finally come to a close. That means it’s time for the annual WarGames Competition! Wait, don’t I mean the annual Tournament of Simulations aka ToS? Yes, they are one at the same!
According to our records (which are suspect, of course), the second tournament was held in 2001 under the WarGames banner. In honor of that event 20 years ago, we decided to use its name again today. And the movie from 1983 was pretty cool, too!
The mechanics of the game remain the same: Here are a few tips on how to win. For those who may be unfamiliar, this is where you can enter your role play to potentially win a prize at no cost or risk to you! Judges from across the community go through all of the entries and grade them on story, characters, and readability. As has been our tradition for several years now, play-by-post games will be graded on 10 consecutive posts while chat games will be graded on a single chat session. All sims will be considered regardless of club or fleet affiliation. We then present awards to the top-scoring games. The sims that don’t place are not announced. That’s right: you’ve got nothing to lose, so why not enter?
Okay, enough on that. How about we get on with the nominations…
First, read this article: How Does the Tournament of Simulations (ToS) Work?
Second, take a look at the past winners: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020
Third, submit your nomination(s) using one of the two forms below by February 28, 2022:
Play-by-Post
This includes all play-by-email, Nova, message board sims, and the like.
** Play-by-Post Submission Form **
- Your Name
- Your Email
- Nominee Name
- Nominee Genre (e.g., Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Men, original horror, etc.)
- Nominee club or fleet affiliation (if applicable)
- URL for first post to read (the judges will read this and the next 9 posts for 10 total posts)
- Must not be password protected!
- Backstory (≤ 250 words, optional for context)
- Poststory (≤ 250 words, optional for context)
- Yes/No – I am interested in also serving as a judge (this will not affect your nominee’s chances of winning in any way)
Play-by-Chat
This includes all Discord, IRC, AIM sims, and the like.
** Play-by-Chat Submission Form **
- Your Name
- Your Email
- Nominee Name
- Nominee Genre (e.g., Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Men, original horror, etc.)
- Nominee club or fleet affiliation (if applicable)
- URL with a transcript of the chat session
- Must not be password protected!
- Must not be a Discord invite!
- Backstory (≤ 250 words, optional for context)
- Poststory (≤ 250 words, optional for context)
- Yes/No – I am interested in also serving as a judge (this will not affect your nominee’s chances of winning in any way)
Rules
- Anyone may enter any game that they are a part of:
- Players: role plays they participate in
- Hosts: role plays they lead
- Club leaders: role plays in their clubs
- Plus anyone else
- We will deconflict any double or triple nominations
- There is no limit to the number of nominations one may make
- Games that do not place will not be announced–so there’s nothing to lose from entering!
- But don’t throw a temper tantrum if you don’t win!
- Not everyone can win!
- All posts and chat logs must have been originally posted in 2021
- Posts and chat logs must be open for public viewing and not password protected
Play-by-Post Submission Form | Play-by-Chat Submission Form
Due February 28th
We need Judges!
As always, please contact me at star [dot] idf [at] gmail [dot] com if you’re interested in serving as a judge. The more judges we have, the quicker we can announce winners.
And if you haven’t nominated anyone yet for a Squiddie, do that too!
