Feb
23
Editor’s note: The awards season continues!
Please help me in congratulating the 2020 and 2021 Simming Prize winners. They are all more than deserving, each serving the community in their own unique way. While some are relative newcomers, others have been with us for many years. They represent the cream of the crop within simming & online role playing, and give us all something to strive towards. Well done, Simming Prize Laureates!
Jan
1
When we bid 2020 farewell one year ago, we hoped for better things in 2021. Unfortunately, I’m not sure it played out that way. Moreover, due to the ongoing pandemic, we’re going to have to put off our plans for an IRL Simming Get Together indefinitely. Should conditions change to allow us to hold the event, we will provide advance notice here.
But 2021 wasn’t all bad. There actually was quite a bit to celebrate. In fact, you could say that 2021 was the year of anniversary celebrations as four clubs marked significant milestones:
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14
2021 has been the year for anniversaries. However, there’s another that happened this past summer: Obsidian Fleet marked their 20th on July 25th. One of the first fleets to initiate recurring Discord celebrations, they held their 5th annual Obsidian Day on July 24th, which included simming and a lot of prizes!
Obsidian Fleet was founded back in 2001 after a split from another group. Two things about that event are striking to me. One, they didn’t just create a carbon copy of their mother group. They went on to develop a unique culture that evolved over time while still staying true to their founding principles of creative and character freedom. Second, while many splits in simming often lead to resentment, and sometimes all out conflict, Obsidian Fleet almost immediately made peace and even began working on common goals with the club from which they emerged–this was unheard of in the early 2000s. Perhaps this is why the club has endured, more than 20 years later.
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15
The below was sent to me by Andrew Greenfelt from Bravo Fleet & this sounds like a great event to get roleplayers together! Here’s the info:
You are cordially invited to Project Khitomer on Saturday, February 23rd starting at 3pm GMT (10am EST). Khitomer is a unique, online swimming convention hosted by Bravo, Obsidian, and Pegasus Fleets on a dedicated Discord server. Read More
Sep
14
In June, we asked for nominations. You responded, and we announced 19 nominees in August. Now it’s time to reveal the three winner of this year’s Squiddie (officially the Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Role Playing). Choosing just three winners from 19 excellent candidates was extremely difficult as many are deserving of a top-level award. However, that’s our job!Nov
18
2016 Simming Fall Festival
image by Myrkul Sharr
What a FallFest! Indeed, the 2016 Simming Fall Festival was one for the ages. For those who missed it on Saturday, we had a schedule full of provocative discussions, live role plays, and interactive trivia games. Attendance was strong throughout, with some individual events registering as many as 40 participants. It’s a real testament to the power of our broader community. And it was a blast! For book related information go and check this.
I’d like to personally thank everyone who had a part in making FallFest 2016 happen–everyone from chair Myrkul Sharr and his leadership team at Obsidian Fleet to the event hosts to anyone who had a role behind the scenes, be it IT support, graphics design, advertising, or something else. Finally, I’d also like to thank everyone who attended and participated. Simply put, without you bringing your energy & ideas, there would be no FallFest.
For those of you who unfortunately missed FallFest this year, we’ll see you in 2017.
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Nov
12
2016 Simming Fall Festival
image by Myrkul Sharr
Head on over now to join FallFest 2016. Lots of interactive discussions, trivia games, live role plays, and more.
This is simming. This is community. This is FallFest. https://discord.gg/86ENTZ5
Nov
11
2016 Simming Fall Festival
image by Myrkul Sharr
In case you live under a rock and haven’t yet heard, FallFest VI is tomorrow. That’s right, on Saturday, November 12th at 15:30 United Kingdom / 10:30 am New York / 7:30 am San Francisco time, we’ll officially kick off the 2016 Simming Fall Festival. Click here to see the current line up of events and how to join the festivities. Myrkul Sharr and his leadership team from Obsidian Fleet and other clubs have quite extravaganza scheduled for us.
It doesn’t matter if you’re into Star Trek, Star Wars, or Dr. Who. Or if you prefer chat sims, play by e-mail, or message boards. If you’re a simmer or online role player of any persuasion, there will be something for you! So what do you really get out of FallFest? Here are 4 reasons you should attend tomorrow:
Oct
15
2016 Simming Fall Festival
image by Myrkul Sharr
It is time to officially announce the 2016 Simming Fall Festival… The sixth annual FallFest will be held on November 12, 2016 from 15:30 United Kingdom time (10:30 am New York / 7:30 am San Francisco) through 02:00 the next morning (9 pm NY / 6 pm SF). We’re proud to have Obsidian Fleet serving as club host and Myrkul Sharr as chair. Myrkul and his team from Obsidian Fleet and other groups are putting together quite a show for us this year!
For anyone not familiar with FallFest, this is a time when the entire simming and online roleplaying community comes together for a few hours in online chat rooms for engaging discussions, interactive trivia games, and live chat role plays. In short, we share ideas and energy! Read More
