Nov
2
Flashback Week is a week-long writing event where writers and roleplayers are encouraged to think about something that happened in their characters past.
Flashback week is now over and the competition results have been announced here.
Aug
29
A few months ago we posted about the 2013 Simming Prize (Yes 2013 because it’s for LAST year apparently!). I was emailed today with this press release to post immediately. So here’s the results, with a message from the “committee”…
Aug
3
Although technically nothing to do with OngoingWorlds, this might be of interest to you. By reading this blog I can assume that you:
Am I right? Well if that’s the case you’d be interested in submitting to Alien August, a competition ran by my brother on his blog at SciFiIdeas.com – and it’d be great to see someone from OngoingWorlds win! Read More
Jun
16
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.
Apr
30
Yes, YES! You know it as well as I do: 2014 SciWorld is near. Almost every of our slots has at least one of the two chat rooms filled with an event, and my stress is slowly heaping up (yes, it’s my first time!)…
Don’t forget about this event filled with good advice, informational posts, chat role-playing and much more. The following links are your friends:
Apr
16
Hello, role-playing and simming community!
I hope this is not a horribly late timing (yes, I know it really is though), but here it is: 2014 SciWorld Online Convention — the convention every role-player or simmer, including you, must have visited at least once in their life! With the merge between SimEnc and RPWiki in November of 2013, this edition’s being organized by RPWiki, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be any less spectacular 🙂 Read More
Mar
7
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
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
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:
Jan
28
Painters wash their brushes. Carpenters sweep up sawdust. If your medium is the written word, there’s no reminder that it’s time for a bit of upkeep and reflecting on the craft. That’s why this February, UFOP: StarBase 118 will host its annual Writing Improvement Month. The month-long event covers topics from advancing a plot to writing alien species and includes tutorials, writing samples, and downloadable resources. Each week focuses on a different element of writing: overall writing improvement, setting scenes, building characters, and plot. A new article or resource will be released each day of February, bringing with it an opportunity to further develop your individual style as a writer. Read More
