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Well that was a wonderful surprise, my sincere thanks to @StrategyGameEnthusiast for the nominations. It is sadly ironic that due to work and plague I've been unable to even read the forums, let alone do any actual fan-ing. Indeed I'm far from recovered so I can only apologise for not giving the many kind comments in this thread the response they deserve.

As a vague gesture at the 'what I've been reading' ideal. I was attempting to follow @jak7139 Jak's Game Guide: An EU4 Tutorial in the hope of understanding the game and thus the AARs, I mean I know @Rensslaer "Debt and Mercenaries Uber Alles" approach from Rex Germania - A Brandenburg to Prussia Strategy AAR is not classic gameplay but it would be nice to know what he should be doing, hopefully Jak's AAR will teach me this. @Koweth 's The Legacy of Eadmund: An East Anglian AAR continues to be good and @TheButterflyComposer work on testing if HOI4 is even capable of being the game it pretends to be remains of interest Destiny! Destiny! No Escaping That For Me! – The Historical Sweden Challenge. For completeness I mention @coz1 The Wars of the Roses but frankly I'm sure everyone is aware of it. Box ticked.

I'm aware I'm late in handing this on, so sorry about that. Your mildly belated winner has been providing excellent commentary and wonderful questions on Butterfly Effect and I presume elsewhere. A reader who pays attention and takes the time to think about it themselves is, like a Rolls in the Desert, more valuable than rubies, so I am delighted to nominate @Zeogludon as your Fan of the Week.
 
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Good choice, well done to both.
 
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@El Pip goes to the end of the alphabet to find a great first time winner!

Congratulations @Zeogludon!

Please tell us about some of the AARs you've been reading!

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11 days since last winner. Congrats, @Zeogludon! Do you have a successor?
 
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If @Zeogludon doesn't respond by Tuesday we'll throw it open to nominations.
 
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@coz1 @Lord Durham agreed. Because if his profile settings we don't have any way to know if @Zeogludon even knows he's won. Might not have been on Forum recently. Are you able to check, as a mod?

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@coz1 @Lord Durham agreed. Because if his profile settings we don't have any way to know if @Zeogludon even knows he's won. Might not have been on Forum recently. Are you able to check, as a mod?

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Last Thursday, the 26th. There's no reason why he wouldn't have received an alert, unless he has them turned off.
 
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I am as bad as anybody else, but we really should make certain we let the winner know in their own work if they have won an awAARd. Part of the process. ;)
 
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I am as bad as anybody else, but we really should make certain we let the winner know in their own work if they have won an awAARd. Part of the process. ;)
But this is Fan of the Week, what if they haven't got any work to find them in other than someone they are a fan of...

(Just a thought)
 
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I am as bad as anybody else, but we really should make certain we let the winner know in their own work if they have won an awAARd. Part of the process. ;)

I already checked his most recent postings. His last posts were a couple of comments in El P's The Butterfly Effect on Nov. 28 and 30. Prior to that his last AAR was En la sombra de Morazan: A Central American AAR. His last game post in that was Nov. 10, 2023. Posting in the recipient's current AAR, if there is one, is a good idea. I know some people do that already. I suppose a PM would be a good Plan B if there's no repsonse after several days.
 
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En La Sambra de Morazan was his AAR - a pretty spectacular effort if I recall correctly.

I'll go post.

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I hereby declare this thread open for nominations!

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I hereby declare this thread open for nominations!

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Given this opportunity, I would like to offer the first golden fan
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of 2025 to @diskoerekto who regularly contributes comments to a variety of AARs and has been active in the past week. Also, he hasn't won since early in 2024, so he is due.

Congratulations to @diskoerekto !
 
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Congratulations @diskoerekto! Thank you for your encouragement of the writers!

Mind telling us which AARs you're following these days?

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