MAARC LXXXVI - Submissions and Nominations Thread

[Turkafinwë]

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This is the submission/nomination thread for MAARC LXXXVI!


Eligibility

Two updates are needed since February 1, 2020.

Only one entry per person.
Please note that entries with more than one author are considered to be entries for all the co-authors.
If one of the co-authors of a submission wants to submit an AAR they have written individually, they may do so,
but WS staff will withdraw the co-authored AAR from the competition if this happens.

The writer who took first place in the previous competition cannot enter this one.

Only work that is posted on TWC is eligible to enter.

Writers' Study Staff have discretion to disqualify nominations where it would be unfair to allow them to enter, for example in cases of plagiarism.

If you have a question or want to check whether an entry is eligible, please send a private message to a member of the Writers' Study Staff.

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Advertising


Advertising the competition is allowed. Inviting people to submit their writing is okay.

Asking for votes for a particular submission is not allowed and will result in disqualification.

Breaking the rules will result in measures at the discretion of the Writers' Study Staff.

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Submissions

Authors are encouraged to submit their own work.

To enter, post on this thread with all of the following information:

• the author's name
  
• the title (with a link to the thread)
  
• a short description/teaser
  
• the game(s) used
  
• details (if applicable) of mod(s) used
  
• details (if applicable) of faction

If you want to nominate someone else's AAR, you must ask for (and obtain) their permission before posting the nomination.

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Voting

Six entries are needed to run a regular competition.

If, after a month, we have fewer than six entries, then we wait until there are three or more submissions.

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Awards

• 4 points for the Winner
  
• 3 points for Second Place
  
• 2 points for Third Place

If the competition has fewer than six entries, then first place will receive three points and second place will receive two.

Where a co-authored AAR wins Writers' Study Competition points, those points will be divided between all the co-authors equally. If that division results in each author receiving a fraction of a point, then each author will receive no points for a fraction less than one-half, or 1 point for a fraction of one-half or more.
For instance, if 3 points are divided between 2 authors, dividing the points equally gives each author one and a half points. The half is rounded up, so each author actually receives 2 points.


Points are accumulated towards the awarding of the Writers' Study Competition Medals.

• 6 points - bronze medal
  
• 12 points - silver medal
  
• 24 points - gold medal

[Turkafinwë]

Author: Turkafinwë
Title: To earn a Kingdom
Game: Medieval II total war
Mods: Third age total war and Divide and Conquer V2.1
Faction: Northern Dúnedain
Description/teaser: To earn a Kingdom is the tale about the Northern Dúnedain and their rise to power. The war in the North is over and our heroes set out on a even more perilous quest to save Middle-Earth. Eldarion takes the lonely road south, following Anduin the Great. Having reached Nen Hithoel, the Prince must now make his choice, West or East.

[Alwyn]

Author: Alwyn

Title: New Town

Game: Rome II

Mods: None

Faction: Carthage

Description: The daughter of the Carthaginian Emperor arrives in a city of merchants to try to prevent a war,
while armies march to the borders and spies plot the downfall of an empire...

[Derc]

Author: Derc
Title: Derc plays through world history
Game: Various. Currently Napoleon Total War
Mods: -
Faction: Various. Currently France (yuck!)
Description: My pictures are many, my creativity is none. In the shade of olive trees, they said Italy could never be conquered. In the land of Pharaohs and Kings, they said Egypt could never be humbled. In the realm of forest and snow, they said Russia could never be tamed. Now they say nothing. They fear me, like a force of nature, a dealer in pictures and words! I say: I am Derc, I am playing through world history!

[Alwyn]

I would like to nominate an AAR, with the author's permission.

Author: Kilo11
Title: Written in Sand
Description: Alexander's armies broke the might of the East, but the greed of Greek hearts could not be contained, and with Alexander's death his empire was consumed by rivalry and ambition. As the western invaders worry one another in their long-standing feuds, a new power is rising, a power born of the sands and hot expanse of the desert. Out of Rekem the Nabati are rallying. They will unite the tribes of Arabia and lead them in a final stand against the arrogant Greeks who dare to call themselves "master". They will show them the price of tyranny.

(Current State of the AAR: When Queen Mubsamat heard of an army marching south into her territory, she saw the danger and the opportunity. She offered friendship to the army's commander, hoping to turn a potential enemy into an ally. But how will the army's commander respond?)

Game: Medieval II
Mods: Europa Barbarorum II (download and installation instructions)
Faction: Malkuta Ha'Nabati (Nabataeans)

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[Welsh Dragon]

Author: Welsh Dragon.
Title: Toutatis Favours The Brave
Game: Rome 2
Mods: Now using unmodded Rome 2 - Ancestral Update/Patch 20.
Faction: Nervii - Caesar in Gaul

Description:

"The story of the Nervii continues. Boduognatus and his warriors have survived their first challenge, but their future is still not set in stone. Prophecy says four men are destined to decide the fate of all Gaul, and it is said that Boduognatus is one of them. But prophecy is a fickle mistress.... Now the Nervii must face the might of the southern tribes as they advance into the lands of the Suessiones. A tribe with a proud history they will not take kindly to the Nervii's approach. Battle awaits!"

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

[Alwyn]

By private message, Maltacus gave me permission to nominate his AAR.



Author: Maltacus
Title: An Uruks Tale
Game: Medieval II
Mods: Third Age with the Massive Overhaul Submod 1.6.2 and the author's own changes
Faction: Mordor

Description: Malthur the orc acquired an army and walked out of Mordor. Now he's dealing with leadership and inhuman resources administration issues and wondering if camping in a pleasant location on the edge of an ancient forest might have been a mistake.