2023 Tournament of Simulations open for nominations… Finally!
It’s long past time for us to hold the next Tournament of Simulations (ToS)… before it’s 2025! Speaking of years, ToS is the oldest and longest-running award in the simming and online role playing community.
For those who might be unfamiliar with ToS, 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 | 2021 | 2022
Third, submit your nomination(s) using one of the two forms below by December 10, 2024:
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 URL
- 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 have been posted in 2023
- 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 URL
- 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 have taken place in 2023
- 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 2023
- 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 December 10th
We (always) 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.
