Popular Post Adrienne Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) Hello all! It’s that time of year again - we’re getting ready for the 2020 PnW Academy Awards! For those of you who were here last year, you’ll remember that we switched up the process a bit with the objective of giving more of a voice to smaller alliances. We’re keeping the process more or less the same with some differences, the most important being in the nomination process. If you weren’t here last year or need a refresher, details on how this will work are in the spoiler box below. Spoiler The PnW Academy Awards works by combining traditional player voting with alliance representative voting to equalize the voting field between alliances of all sizes. There are three rounds to this process: Round 1: Nominations Nominations this year will take place from January 1-5, 2021. All players, as well as alliance representatives, will be invited to participate in the nominations. Alliance representatives are not allowed to nominate their own alliance. Round 2: Shortlisting Round 2 will take place with the alliance representatives and last from January 6-9, 2021. The goal of this round is to shortlist each category to 5. Alliance representatives will be allowed 3 votes per category and are not allowed to vote for their own alliance. Round 3: Final Voting Final voting will take place from January 10-14, 2021 with both the players and the alliance representatives using the shortlist of 5 nominees/category. Alliance representatives will be allowed 1 vote per category and are not allowed to vote for their own alliance. Alliance representative voting will constitute ⅔ of the final vote weighting and player voting will constitute ⅓. If less than half of the alliance representatives turn out for final voting, the weighting will be switched to ½ and ½ to prevent alliance representative votes from being too overpowered. All results from the entire process will be shared publicly for transparency. The Awards Ceremony will take place on January 15, 2021 and the winners will be posted on the OWF shortly thereafter. Alliance Voting Component Rules Spoiler The 50 alliances with the highest scores that are sovereign (i.e. not an offshore, training alliance, or protectorate) and the 10 protectorates with the highest scores qualify for a vote. If the war is still occurring when qualifying alliances are selected, the top 50 qualifying alliances from both before the war and during it will be included for the sake of fairness, which means more than 50 alliances may initially qualify to vote. Alliances outside the top 50 highest scores or protectorates may qualify if they receive a majority vote from the alliance representatives that qualify in the first sweep. Alliances cannot nominate nor vote for themselves. Alliance representatives do not have to be the leader of an alliance but they do have to belong to the alliance they represent. They may be any member of the alliance that alliance deems an adequate representative, as long as that member is not on the organizing committee for the awards. Alliance representatives are encouraged to consult with the remainder of their alliance's gov (and/or membership) when nominating and/or voting. Alliance representatives will receive their own channel on the Awards discord, in which a passcode will be shared. This passcode serves as a safeguard against the document leaking and will need to be included on their ballot in order for their nominations/votes to count. 2020 PnW Academy Awards Organizing Committee Spoiler Adrienne - The Knights Radiant Changeup - Children of the Light Hope - Advanced Syndicalist Mechanics Krampus - Carthago Putmir - The Commonwealth Ripper - Arrgh Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get started! We wanted to kick off this year’s awards process by inviting you guys to nominate and decide on five categories. The categories we currently have are as follows: Alliance categories Spoiler Alliance of the Year Alliance with Best In-Character Posts Alliance with Best Propaganda Best Alliance Ad Best Alliance for New Players Best Alliance Growth Best Bloc (can be a bloc that disbanded this year) Best Declaration of War (please link) Best Diplomatic Team Best Economics Department Best Flag Best Foreign Affairs Department Best Foreign Affairs Move Best Government Line-Up Best Holiday Flag Best Internal Affairs Department Best Milcom Department Best Rookie Alliance Best War Flag Most Controversial Alliance Most Honorable Alliance Most Immoral Alliance Most Improved Alliance Most Likely to be Rolled in 2021 Most Likely to Succeed in 2021 Most Powerful Alliance Worst Fighting Alliance Worst Foreign Affairs Move Player categories Spoiler Best Alliance Leader Best Fighter Best General Member Best Government Member (not a leader) Best IC Poster Best Nation Page Design Best Nation Theme Best Player Avatar Best Player Signature Best Villain Largest E-Peen Most Controversial Player Most Influential Player Most Likely to Succeed in 2021 Most Missed Player Player of the Year Player that is Worst at Responding to DMs Player You’re Pretty Sure will be Playing in 2050 Poster You Most Love to Hate Community categories Spoiler Best Alliance Discord Best Alliance Page Best Alliance Theme Best Art Designer Best Bromance Best Business (news outlets, banks, graphic design companies, etc) Best Community Contributor Best Forum Reply (please link) Best Forum Topic (please link) Best Gaming Crew Best Leak Best Moderator (can be either forums or discord) Best New Addition to the Community Best OOC Poster Best Propaganda Post (please link) Best Treaty Announcement (please link) Best Wall of Text (please link) Biggest Controversy Biggest Meme Funniest Event Funniest Player Most Engaged Alliance Nicest Player For some inspiration, here are some of the categories from previous years (along with some nominations from the Organizing Committee) that will automatically be included in the nominations. Spoiler Best Forums Best Military Best Radio Show Host Best Rebrand Biggest Alliance Decline Biggest Pixel-Huggers Most Desirable Player Most Engaged Player Most Likely to Become a Real Politician Most Missed Alliance Most Obsessed with Spreadsheets Player Most Likely to Watch Alex Jones Sexiest Voice Feel free to nominate as many new categories in the thread below as you like but make each nomination a separate post. Brownie points if you accompany your category nominations with a description. Category nominations will need to receive at least 5 upvotes to be included in the final voting poll. The voting for new categories will take place starting on December 11, 2020. Happy holidays and happy nominating! Edited December 27, 2020 by Adrienne 11 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krampus Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Looking forward to the eventual vc, lol. That'll be a fun one 1 Quote Inform Zigbir I have forgotten how to edit the signature field Please remind me how to do it post haste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KindaEpicMoah Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 What happened to worst alliance leader of the year? Can we still make that an award? 45 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Viriato Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 Best Alliance Growth 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, KindaEpicMoah said: What happened to worst alliance leader of the year? Can we still make that an award? We wanted to keep things more positive with the awards so we didn't include it in our categories but yes, you can nominate it and if it is one of the top 5, it will be included. We can consider your post here the nomination since it's already being upvoted to be included 😄 Edited December 4, 2020 by Adrienne 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monti Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Alliance representatives = Gov? @Adrienne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleElefante Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) Best new player Edited December 4, 2020 by PurpleElefante 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Isjaki Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 Best raider 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Just now, PurpleElefante said: Best new player maybe? Worst new player - Padoru 3 Quote Cry harder Wanted dead or alive for the following crimes: Thoughts of attempting rebellion, leaking, being a femboy, being a weeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Montiform said: Alliance representatives = Gov? @Adrienne Most alliances choose a gov member to represent them but it doesn't have to be necessarily. Anyone belonging to your alliance that your alliance wants to have represent them is fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Monti Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 Just now, Vero said: Worst new player - Padoru Best New Player- Phenoyx 2 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isjaki Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Nominating under player category: Best rogue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monti Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) kek Edited December 4, 2020 by Montiform kek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 Reminder that this is only nominations for the new categories to be included. Save your nominations for alliance/players for January 1st 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isjaki Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Just now, Montiform said: Most Obsessed with Spreadsheets - @Borg This is a nomination thread for categories, you don't have to nominate individual players/alliances yet, unless I understood @Adrienne wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monti Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Just now, Isjaki said: This is a nomination thread for categories, you don't have to nominate individual players/alliances yet, unless I understood @Adrienne wrong? bruh im just sayin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Isjaki Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 Nominating under alliance category: Best technology 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Le Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Best Government Member - @PurpleElefante 2 Quote shadows are all colors of the rainbow, just blocked by an object, we hide in those shadows, and we hide in those dark valleys every night and day they have a shadow in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putmir Vladin Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Jonyk5 said: Best Government Member - @PurpleElefante This isn't a thread for nominating people, it is a thread for nominating the extra categories 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Polar Bear ArcticExplorer Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 Nomination Category - Best Copypasta of the Year 3 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monti Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Rookie Alliance meaning created this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krampus Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Just now, Montiform said: Rookie Alliance meaning created this year? Yes. Quote Inform Zigbir I have forgotten how to edit the signature field Please remind me how to do it post haste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 Just now, Montiform said: Rookie Alliance meaning created this year? yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Isjaki Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 Nominating under alliance: Best training alliance 1 6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emperor Adam Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 Worst Recruiting - t$ Best Growth - t$ 11 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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