Fan of the Week: dmurgell

[Rensslaer]

I have found that for some reason, I just can't get into CK AARs or the game itself. Same with EU for that matter. Vicky/Ricky and Vicky 2 and 3 as well as the HOIs I find very interesting if the stories are good. Stellaris seems a mixed bag. Some good, some not. JMO, YMMV

@son of liberty if you're willing to give CK a chance I bet you'd really enjoy Siberian Prosperity. Almost exactly a year ago I made it the Showcase of the Week because I was rather skeptical of CK also, and completely unfamiliar, but @Sanvone's gameplay AAR is not just educational and instructional, but exceptionally readable with many twists and turns to make it fun.

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[son of liberty]

@son of liberty if you're willing to give CK a chance I bet you'd really enjoy Siberian Prosperity. Almost exactly a year ago I made it the Showcase of the Week because I was rather skeptical of CK also, and completely unfamiliar, but @Sanvone's gameplay AAR is not just educational and instructional, but exceptionally readable with many twists and turns to make it fun.

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Ok, that is a strong recommendation and I did/do enjoy @jak7139 eu4 thread. I will look for it and check it out.

 

[stnylan]

Congratulatins @Sanvone

 

[Bullfilter]

Thoroughly well earned, congrats @Sanvone

 

[Sanvone]

First of all - thank @TheExecuter for nomination and all of the congratulations received. I really apprecieate it.

Congratulations to @Sanvone . I am plowing may way slowly through his economic gameplay opus Siberian Prosperity now, but as usual, I am far behind the current action. (Just one of a handful of longer pieces I am attempting to read from the start. One of these days I will get to the work of @coz1 too.) Well done, Sanvone.

Congratulations @Sanvone! I've read a bit of your Siberian AAR, but am also very far behind. Your discussions of strategy in it and elsewhere are always insightful.

Congratulations @Sanvone!

Your comments are always welcome and educational!

And Siberian Prosperity is awesome, though I admit to also being quite behind in reading it.

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No need to explain yourself - I'm not taking attendance . This AAR is for people who are interested. I get the distinct feeling that it might be more enjoyable to play it than read about it. Still - thank for shoutout. On that topic (as I already was called out) - be wary that beginning of that Siberian Prosperity AAR might be little rough (my first steps in AARland). At least in my opinion graphic formating and some presentation gets better down the line. Learned a lot and if another AAR will happen then few things will probably change to improve the pace (no longer earliest date + probably 20 years of gameplay per part altough I'm not sure how I will manage to manage it time wise).

Sadly last 2 weeks were too intense for me to get on top of things. Had idea for little discussion but as the time is up will just mention few AAR's that I'm currently enjoying. First is the one that got me this nomination - @Rensslaer Shining Stars - A United States Coming of Age Saga and the other is @jak7139 Jak's Game Guide: An EU4 Tutorial. Can't say no to gameplay AAR's that goes into thought process and decision making. What's more to expect from strategy games? There are so many variations of how strategy gamers operate and with it potential to learn from others. It is my opinion that PDX games shine the most once you get into nitty-gritty of events/mechanics instead of just speed 5'ing towars finish line. It was one of such gameplay AAR's for EU2 that got me into this part of the forum.

Now onto passing the spotlight onto @TWR97. One of my commenters whose presence lately was encouraging me to push through my Siberian AAR as I enter this bizairre late phase of AAR. It was some time since he received this award last time so I'm using this opportunity to award him for his continuous presence in few long running AAR's across various games.

 

[StrategyGameEnthusiast]

Congrats @TWR97

 

[son of liberty]

Congratulations @TWR97

 

[jak7139]

Congratulations @TWR97!

 

[The Number 9]

Congratulations!

 

[Rensslaer]

Congratulations @TWR97 !

Thank you for encouraging the writers!

Please tell us about some of the AARs you're following!

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[stnylan]

Congratulations @TWR97

 

[El Pip]

Congrats @TWR97

 

[GavinSu58]

Congratulations

 

[Nikolai]

Congratulations @TWR97 !

 

[Rensslaer]

Sorry I've been busy and away and haven't had time to pay attention here. I believe it is time to pass this along and since we have not heard from @TWR97 I'm opening this for nominations of qualified folks (i.e. have not won in the past 6 months).

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[Chac1]

Given the opportunity for open nomination, I would like to nominate @Sirdramaticus who is both eligible under the rules and who has commented in various spots in AARland in the past week or so.

If we can only lure him out of his home in the CK3 forum to visit us in CK2, all would be perfect. That aside, he is truly one of the forum's super-fans.

 

[StrategyGameEnthusiast]

Congrats @Sirdramaticus

 

[son of liberty]

Congratulations @Sirdramaticus

 

[Cora Giantkiller]

I always love when @Sirdramaticus posted a comment on something that I've written. Well deserved.

 

[Sirdramaticus]

Has it been more than 6 months since I won??? Wow. Now the pressure is on to find another fan. Thank you to @son of liberty @StrategyGameEnthusiast for their shout outs @Cora Giantkiller, I’m so glad you enjoy my comments. I enjoy your writing.
@Chac1, thank you for the nomination. You might be able to lure me to the CK2 forum. I loved that game and am amazed people are still posting actively there. My favorite AARs from the CK2 forums were a song of Wessex written by @coz1, before Plantagenet written by @JabberJock14, and a very strange one where the author had a great sense of humor and an obsession with tej. Do you have any favorite narrative AARs from CK2?