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News & articles about play-by-post games, for roleplayers & writers

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Some survey results

Survey monkey

Thanks very much for everyone who submitted the SurveyMonkey survey I send out by email a few weeks ago. We’ve had almost 70 submissions, which is actually really good! I’ve already shown some of the results relating to the blog here, but in this article I’ll show a few more – including what people voted about whether to remove the chat-box or not (more on that later!). Read More

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This award isn’t really for me, it’s for everyone at OngoingWorlds & who’s contributed to the blog

So yeah. I’ve been awarded a simming prize (see the annoucement here which was sent to me by “the committee” to publish on the blog).

Onion with simming prize certificate Read More

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And the winner of the 2013 Simming Prize is…

DavidA 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”…

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Ideas for future articles

Brainstorming

Hey roleplayer dudes, thank everyone who submitted to our survey that I emailed out to all members. We’ve now collected lots of information and I’ll be using it to improve the site.

One of the questions asked what sort of articles you’d like to see here on the blog, and here are the results:  Read More

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StatCat – Highest rated users

statcat2StatCat is back! This time the clever moggy has found for us who are the users with the highest post ratings so far this year.

What are post ratings?

StatCat thought you’d ask this (isn’t he clever?) so he asked me to include this screenshot:

Post rating

People can rate posts of games they’re a member of. You’ll see 5 stars at the bottom of each post, where you can click and give this post a rating. Users will be able to see which of their posts are rated on their dashboard, but all votes are anonymous. Read More

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Become an Ambassador of Awesome

Ambassador of awesome

OngoingWorlds needs you to help spread the word. There’s loads of people who would make excellent roleplayers but don’t know about OngoingWorlds. People who might want to join your game but don’t know about it yet!  Read More

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Mug shots

As OngoingWorlds’ community has grown, I’ve sent out mugs to various people, some for donating to our running costs, some for competitions, and some for doing cool stuff.

Here’s John Garcia who writes Jaxx in Blue Dwarf:

John Garcia with mug

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StatCat: Top users by wordcount

statcat4It was in the comments in the last StatCat article that Locke from Blue Dwarf mentioned that we could find each user’s wordcount per month. Effectively finding out who’s written the most this month, and also, who’s written the most on OngoingWorlds so far. Ever. Read More

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StatCat – Top users in May

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StatCat – Caution, may bite

StatCat has been rubbing up against my leg and leaving fur everywhere, telling me the top 10 users with the most posts throughout May. Read More

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COMING SOON – Ongoing Worlds Image Contest

OW-IOMHey guys! Tib here. Right now I am announcing the first Ongoing Worlds Image Of The Month contest! The contest has not started yet so please don’t start to work on anything if you plan on competing. The contest will have a theme and those who wish to participate can create an image referring to the topic and an OW game of their choosing [One that they are a part of]. If you’re thinking about competing fill out the form below and let me know! Keep an eye on the blog for any updates relating to the contest and the contest start!  *Note that this contest is limited to OW members and OW games!*

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