The North Pacific's Card Symposium: Card Awards

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[box][size=150][color=#265780]Card Awards?[/color][/size]

Have you ever wondered as to whether there have [i]ever[/i] been any official competitions aimed to recognize players' achievements in cards? Well, we don't know if that's ever been done before, but now we have one! The [u]2021 Symposium Card Awards[/u] aims to recognize the achievements of players and/or regions solely for their impacts on the [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1301086#ACTIVE][b]card community[/b][/url]!

Examples of who/what will be recognized can be any of the following: [b]1)[/b] players who have changed how the cards market generally functions, [b]2)[/b] regional cards organizations that have actively promoted cards within the greater NationStates community, and more! Exact awards will be posted once the event officially starts.

The event will consist of [u]2[/u] phases: a [u]nomination period[/u] (i.e. the start of the event) to recognize potential award winners and a [u]voting period[/u] to decide the winners themselves. For more information, please see the rules below:[/box]

[box][size=150][color=#265780]What are the rules for the Card Awards?[/color][/size]

[list][*][b]1. When do nominations start?[/b] - Nominations will open starting [b][u]Sunday - 2/21/2021[/u][/b] at [background=#fbfd01]12:00 A.M. CST[/background]/[background=#46fd00]1:00 A.M. ET[/background]/[background=#46fcf7]6:00 A.M. UTC[/background]. They will end on [b][u]Sunday - 2/28/2021[/u][/b] at [background=#fbfd01]6:00 A.M. CST[/background]/[background=#46fd00]7:00 A.M. ET[/background]/[background=#46fcf7]12:00 P.M. UTC[/background]. Nominations may be made [u]only[/u] be made in the [url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=498760][b]designated forum thread[/b][/url].
[list][*]Any nomination made before/after the nomination period will [u]not[/u] be counted. Nominating award recipients [u]outside[/u] of the designated forum thread will also disqualify your nomination.[/list]
[*][b]2. When does voting begin?[/b] - Voting will open during an unspecified time on [b][u]Sunday - 2/28/2021[/u][/b], after nominations have ended. It will end on [b][u]Saturday - 3/06/2021[/u][/b] at [background=#fbfd01]6:00 A.M. CST[/background]/[background=#46fd00]7:00 A.M. ET[/background]/[background=#46fcf7]12:00 P.M. UTC[/background]. Votes may [u]only[/u] be submitted in the [url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=498760][b]designated forum thread[/b][/url].
[list][*]Any vote submitted before/after the nomination period will [u]not[/u] be counted. Submitting votes for award recipients [u]outside[/u] of the designated forum thread will also disqualify your vote.[/list]
[*][b]3. How will the winners be decided?[/b] - In each award category, the user who received the [u]most[/u] votes will be declared the winner for that category! As there will be multiple categories to vote on, there will naturally be multiple winners as a result. Vote tallying for all categories begins after the voting period ends, and the voting results (including the winners themselves) will be announced as soon as possible.
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[box][size=150][color=#265780]What do I get for winning?[/color][/size]

Unlike the other competitions in this event, the [u]2021 Cards Symposium Awards[/u] does [b]not[/b] aim for participants [i]themselves[/i] to win, instead wishing for participants to recognize the work in which [u]other[/u] members of the cards community have made! Therefore, there will be [b]no[/b] card-based awards should you be one of the winners. Instead, your accomplishments will be [b]permanently immortalized[/b] in one of the Symposium dispatches through a commemorative graphic! (An example being a specially designed medal.)

As for what these commemorative graphics may look like, here's what we've provided in the following spoiler:

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With all this being said, are [b][u]YOU[/u][/b] interested in immortalizing the accomplishments of some of the most important figures in cards history? If so, then make sure to give the Card Awards a spin! 🃏[/box]

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[b][color=#dfecff]Produced by[/color] [url=/page=dispatch/id=1284592][color=#94c248]The North Pacific Cards Guild[/color][/url][color=#dfecff].[/color][/b][/center][hr][/background-block][/box]