CRISIS AWARDS

Miecalism touched the world and left its tragic mark. Within the known world - and even beyond - states were cut down by Death Fever’s scythe with neither care nor kindness. Simply put, it seemed like the end -- and for many cultures, it was. But - like a forest after a fire - the trees that grew back were more vibrant and more verdant, and those plants that were small before could rise to fill the gaps left by those who came before. The opportunities were endless, the possibilities infinite -- one could almost say that Miecalism marked a new dawn for the world. Subtle, really.

Right, CRISIS IS NOW OVER -- now for the AWARDS! There will be 6 awards, each of equal merit. My decision is subjective - and final - so if y’all start arguing with me or feeling sad that you didn’t win any, please don’t fret, I had a ton of posts to read through and so I chose the ones that left the biggest impact on me or that I remember the best. Rest assured, I enjoyed reading literally every post you guys made. After the awards, I will be visiting each of the comments on the crisis posts and awarding techs/rewards there too, so that means that everyone won something -- these are just the 6 big categories.

Here we are. The winners are just below here.

Just below this line.

Down there.

So, without further ado…

BEST CONFLICT

WINNER: /u/Volkanos

The Uburu Wars are a fun read, and who doesn’t like elephant battles? The duel in the middle was some of the most exciting battle RP I've read so far, and after that you included a lot of foot shooting, which I always appreciate. Looking forward to more!

RUNNER UP: /u/astroaron

Astro’s posts take us through the religious wars in the Mekong, and although the protagonist is hugely affected by the conflict, to win this award I would’ve liked to see more in-depth exposition about the war.

BEST FOOT SHOOTING

WINNER: /u/Quentin_Habib

Some of my favourite posts from this crisis, well thought-through and reasoned collapse of the Palatial States. Impartial, unaffected by love for his people, Quentin has done what few others can -- sacrifice his nations without giving them an out. Fantastic.

RUNNER UP: /u/CaptainRyRy

I can smell something red… Perhaps it’s the scent of the 90% who didn’t survive the fever? Riots, Exoduses -- Fantastic foot shooting, but if I see any communism coming from this I will do a v big angery. At the moment, however, everything seems peachy -- I don't have a problem with small agricultural communes.

BEST HANDLED

WINNER: /u/ChanelPourHomicide

Excellent research on garlic’s powers to repel flies a reasonable way to use it without discovering that flies propagate the disease. This - coupled with Eirek’s census - helped mitigate the disease’s effects in Timeran lands. Nicely done!

RUNNER UP: /u/MrKlonam

Lucky sausage, living up north where the flies don’t fly -- whilst the south suffered, the Vrasshdan exploited those weaknesses to their own advantage, and thus bolstered their ranks with imported infants. No skin off their teeth, and a great success for them.

BEST STORY

WINNER: /u/Captain_Lime

Jana’s arc is phenomenal, and actually got me somewhat attached to a character -- 13 posts will do that, I suppose ;) I’ll miss Asor as well - with all her snark and giggling - but luckily she lives on in our hearts, and in the hearts of the thousands that still worship her as a God. Looking forward to seeing where you take Asor now (the city, that is!).

RUNNER UP: /u/Tjmoores

Told in a series of diary entries, TJ’s posts follow a wide variety of characters, from an arrogant monk to a gay aristocrat. Excellent and wide-ranging coverage of the disease’s ravages, plus a consistent arc. Noice.

BEST NEW RELIGION(S)

WINNER: /u/SandraSandraSandra

The sheer variety of religions - from the insane-but-egalitarian Unburnt, to the Far-Eyed monothiests, to Erek’s Hirikism - is staggering, and each are fantastically explored in his posts. The conflict that arises from these competing religions also leads to some great conflict -- looking forward to reading more!

RUNNER UP: /u/astroaron

An excellent mash-up of Buddhism and a synthetic religion formed of major gods -- unfortunately, Sasanea/Ulysses’s new religion isn’t covered in much depth in the final post, but I assume that’ll be remedied soon!

BEST TRAGEDY

WINNER: /u/Supacharjed

RIP Adventures, you will be missed; although your time was brief, we will always remember you :( On a serious note, Supe's second post was one of the most tragic ones I've read on this sub, detailing the hopeless struggle of a mother in winter, as well as the slaughter and women and children. Absolutely grim, so you get top marks.

RUNNER UP: /u/SilvoKanuni

Properly apocalyptic in “Return to the Promised City”, giving a first-hand account of Llipiti in chaos. Tragic to say the least.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Aight, so now we’ve got the awards, it’s time to give out the rewards ;) Winners can now tag me on discord and get a personalised flair - with the colour they want - for themselves. As for the next crisis, that will be decided by a pair of people, one from the winners, and one from the runners up -- I’ll roll a dice to see which of you gets it. If you get picked and don’t want to be responsible, feel free to offload it to a person of your choice.

The rewards don’t end here, of course, there are still plenty of techs and territories to be handed out -- but that will happen on the original crisis post.

Thanks for being so engaged with this! I hope you enjoyed it, and to all of you that didn’t win -- maybe next time! HAPPY RPING!