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Nov
3

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Applications now being accepted for FallFest 2014 host & chair

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2013 FallFest LogoImage by James Drysdale

2013 FallFest Logo
Image by James Drysdale

I know, I know.  We’re super late this year.  Normally we have this post out in August or September.  Unfortunately, I’ve had some major changes in real life that have taken just about all of my of my online time away.  Without going into detail, we’re here and we’re ready to sponsor another great Simming Fall Festival.  And we need your help!

History of FallFest

FallFest is a one-day online convention held annually in IRC chatrooms for anything and everything simming and online role playing.  The first FallFest was held in 2011.  It was intended to be a mini-SciWorld more friendly to European timezones. Read More

Jul
3

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Spelling tips – It’s your game they’re looking for

Category: Play-by-post discussion, Roleplaying community, Writing tips Tags: , , 5 Comments

Obi Wan Kenobi

Nothing turns off new players to a game more than a poorly written post.  A misplaced apostrophe could very well send someone in search of a new role playing home away from your sim and to the next. Read More

Jun
17

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The 10th Ongoing Worlds Community Honor is hereby awarded to…

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Ongoing Worlds Community Honor

Ongoing Worlds Community Honor

It give me great pleasure to present the 10th Ongoing Worlds Community Honor to none other than David Ball for founding Ongoing Worlds and leading it over the last 4+ years.  Indeed, David has not only created a wonderful website where independent sims, both themed and original, can thrive, but he’s also developed an online blog that has now become the intellectual center of the online role playing community.  Simply put, no one is more deserving of a community honor than David.  Congratulations! Read More

Jun
16

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2013 Simming Prize is now open for nominations

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The Simming Prize Image by Jack Carter

The Simming Prize
Image by Jack Carter

EDIT – The winner for this award has been announced here. 

Please allow me to confirm the rumor…  The 2013 Simming Prize is officially open for nominations!  I recently had the opportunity to sit down with FSF Ignatius, the Prize’s administrator, and he filled me in on the details.  All simmers and online role players are permitted to submit their favorites from among the community through June 27, 2014 at the following link:

https://tinyurl.com/SimmingPrize

The winners will be announced at the end of July.

What is the Simming Prize?

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Mar
8

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What is Open Role Playing?

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Character Development, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplay Systems, Roleplaying community Tags: , , , , , , , 28 Comments

Captain Dick Sprague, Commanding Officer of the USS Chuck Norris

That’s a question I get a lot when people read or hear about my game, the USS Chuck Norris, as it’s quite different from most other sims out there.  But before I answer that question, I should first explain what the Chuck Norris is to set up the proper context.

The USS Chuck Norris is a play-by-email sim, but we use the NOVA system from Anodyne Productions that came out a few years ago.  Play-by-post seems to be the most popular term today for this type of game.  We launched on January 2nd, 2012, and are a member of Independence Fleet.  There are currently 16 active players on the Chuck Norris, and many have been with us for more than a year.  Although, we also have quite a few players that have been simming for less than six months.

With that out of the way, I’ll finally answer the question! Read More

Mar
7

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Announcing the 2014 Squiddie Award Winners!

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Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Roleplaying

With the Oscars now conveniently out of the way, it’s time to present our top award for the entire simming and online role playing community: the Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Roleplaying, or more affectionally known as the Squiddies.  For anyone who hasn’t yet read about the award, we present three respective citations annually for Excellence in Role Playing, Facilitating the Community Experience, and Originality and Innovation.

We received 32 nominations this year, and unfortunately, we are only able to present Squiddies to three: one club, one game, and one person.  What a challenge as all of the nominees are deserving in their own right.  So without any further ado, here are the winners of the 2014 Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Roleplaying: Read More

Feb
11

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Congrats to all of our Squiddie Nominees!

Category: Awards, Events, Roleplaying community Tags: 6 Comments

Nominations for this year’s Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Role Playing (affectionally known as the Squiddie Award) ended yesterday.  In case you missed it, we asked the entire online role playing community to nominate the best people, games, and clubs for the highest honor bestowed by this organization.  We received 41 total nominations for 32 different people/games/clubs.  And wow, what a great list it is!

Unfortunately, we’re only able to present the award to three (one person, one game, and one club).  We certainly have our work cut out for us!  Without any further ado, let’s introduce the nominees… Read More

Feb
1

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Nominations are now open for the 2014 Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Role Playing

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Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Role Playing

Better known, of course, as the Squiddie Awards.  That’s right, we’re officially accepting Squiddie nominations now through February 10th.

If you’re not familiar with the Squiddies, last cycle’s winners can be found here.  The Squiddie Award is the top honor presented annually by Ongoing Worlds.  Each year it is bestowed to three different entities: one person, one sim/game, and one club.  Prior winners are not eligible for future awards.

Squiddies are presented for exemplifying one or more of the following characteristics, primarily during the previous calendar year:

  • Excellence in role playing
  • Originality and innovation
  • Facilitating the community experience

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Jan
26

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Interview with Anodyne Productions!

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Interviews, Roleplay Systems, Roleplaying community Tags: , , , 4 Comments

Nova is installable software by Anodyne Productions for play-by-post games

Nova is installable software by Anodyne Productions for play-by-post games

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with two leaders from Anodyne Productions, the company behind the most popular and most widely used software for Play-by-Post games on the net.  From their humble beginnings several years ago, they’ve ascended to producing the premier simming solutions package.  Instead of putting words in their mouths, here’s what they had to say… Read More

Oct
12

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What a great FallFest & two OWCH for the price of one

Category: Awards, Events, OngoingWorlds site news, Roleplaying community Tags: , 12 Comments

FallFest image by James Drysdale

FallFest image by James Drysdale

What an outstanding FallFest!  Indeed, Diego and the entire support team from UFOP: StarBase 118 put on an absolutely fantastic show.  I actually counted 50 people in chat room #1 at one point during the first hour.  Wow!  Maybe next year we’ll need to expand to three events at once.  Who knows?

Anyway, I’d like to again thank everyone who had some hand in putting FallFest together.  We had contributors from seven different clubs (United Federation of Peaceful Simmers, Ongoing Worlds, UFOP: StarBase 118, Phoenix Roleplaying, UCIP, New Worlds Project, and Independence Fleet).  So without any further ado, here they all are: Read More

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