Festival of the Arts
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Whether you believe you can judge impartially has nothing to do with it. Just look what happened with Funkadelia in flemingovia's R4R. The appearance of impartiality is just as important as the impartiality itself.Syrixia:
- Pronouns
- Snek
- TNP Nation
- Territorio di Nessuno
- Discord
- Nessie
Syrixia:SUBMISSION- COMICS AND GRAPHIC ART
We need more of that Syrixia!
Again, it doesn't matter. If you declare yourself the winner, or even second or third place, there will most certainly be claims that you were biased, no matter what you say. Again, whether you believe (or state) you can judge impartially has nothing to do with it. Just look what happened with Funkadelia in flemingovia's R4R, where Funk believed and stated that he could judge impartially. The appearance of impartiality is just as important as the impartiality itself.Syrixia:
Then I'd like to withdraw all of my submissions, not because I believe Syrixia is unfair (far from it), but because I wish to distance myself from what will incredibly likely turn into a drama-fest, just like the R4R I cited.Cascadia:This has already been discussed in the Festival topic in Culture, shortly after the Festival started. I told Syrixia that he may post a comic, but to not give himself an unfair advantage. Syrixia said he would, and I believed him, and that's that.
Cascadia
Sauceistan
TNPer
He might not actively try to give himself an advantage, but might do so unconsciously. That's why we have Conflict of Interest laws; people have underlying biases that can unknowingly come out when making decisions.Cascadia:This has already been discussed in the Festival topic in Culture, shortly after the Festival started. I told Syrixia that he may post a comic, but to not give himself an unfair advantage. Syrixia said he would, and I believed him, and that's that.Darcania:
Cascadia
Syrixia is not a corrupt person. But he is human like all of us. A oath of impartiality means nothing. It is unfair to those participating to have to be judged by a fellow competitor. I encourage TNPers to not submit work in that category until this is remedied.
I have to agree with this assessment, unperceivable bias will exist whether or not you want it to. It is most certainly a conflict of interest in that category for the judge to submit work and I call with all due respect upon the management of this festival or for Syrixia himself to withdraw his submission from the category he judges. A submission to any other category would be fine.Sauceistan:
I don't want my entry to have been drawn in vain and I see the reasoning behind some of this. It makes sense. I hereby resign my judge's spot and leave it open for new appointment by Cascadia. For my last act as Judge, I hereby extend the deadline for the comics/graphic art category to June 2nd.
Syrixia, I respect your decision to resign. This whole thing has been blown way out of proportion. This was meant to be fun, guys! 
Voting by the judges will hereby begin. All category judges must have their pick by next Monday, with the exception of Comics/Graphic Art. That category will be extended by three days, by next Thursday. Is there any nominations for the new Comic/Graphic Art Judge?
Sorry for the delay in ending the submission period.
[me]
Voting by the judges will hereby begin. All category judges must have their pick by next Monday, with the exception of Comics/Graphic Art. That category will be extended by three days, by next Thursday. Is there any nominations for the new Comic/Graphic Art Judge?
Sorry for the delay in ending the submission period.
[me]
Darcy is a SHE? I always thought he was a he.Cascadia:That would be hard because she does not have access to the Culture HQ, but I could make it work.Syrixia:
Any other nominations? If not, Darcania will be the new Judge.
Cascadia
Bootsie:Darcy is a SHE? I always thought he was a he.Cascadia:That would be hard because she does not have access to the Culture HQ, but I could make it work.Syrixia:
Any other nominations? If not, Darcania will be the new Judge.
Cascadia
He is a he. That was a typo. Sorry, Darc.Fixed
[me]
Cascadia:Bootsie:Darcy is a SHE? I always thought he was a he.Cascadia:That would be hard because she does not have access to the Culture HQ, but I could make it work.Syrixia:
Any other nominations? If not, Darcania will be the new Judge.
Cascadia
Fixed
Cascadia
Mr Insanity
TNPer
Oh I see now, LOL.Syrixia:Polandball comics are supposed to have bad english dialogue. The US, UK, and the Commonwealth nations are the exceptions and speak proper english.Mr Insanity:LOL. Guess Syrixia either not have any knowledgeable or not giving any damn about my nation?Syrixia:SUBMISSION- COMICS AND GRAPHIC ART
Aswell about the Syrixia one, you should said one of the major regional power not is the major regional power? (Unless that what most of the nations think in The North Pacific, I been honestly I don't think your nation is the major regional power but a major regional power.) Anyway, still awesome work.
Thanks for being confused
Your welcome.
(P.S.: I can't really said much me because my english and grammar ain't that good beside I have learning difficult.)
Mr Insanity
TNPer
It's ok, but why Syrixia still listed as a judge for comics?
Here are the winners! If you won, be sure to take one of the trophies above for your sig.
For Drawings/Paintings (Nesunno):
College Work (36) by Mr Insanity
For Comic Strips/Graphic Art (Nessuno):
Perspective by Syrixia.
For Flag/Coat of Arms (Cascadia):
The Flag of The Lancerian empire by Yrkidding
For Photographs (Malvad):
Yrkidding's photo of Toronto
For Music/Video (RPI):
Hiskjriaana's String Quartet in D Major
Literature (Bootsie) will be making a separate announcement.
Thanks,
[me]
For Drawings/Paintings (Nesunno):
College Work (36) by Mr Insanity
For Comic Strips/Graphic Art (Nessuno):
Perspective by Syrixia.
For Flag/Coat of Arms (Cascadia):
The Flag of The Lancerian empire by Yrkidding
For Photographs (Malvad):
Yrkidding's photo of Toronto
For Music/Video (RPI):
Hiskjriaana's String Quartet in D Major
Literature (Bootsie) will be making a separate announcement.
Thanks,
[me]
Hiskjriaana
TNPer
Yes, this was quite fun!
Mr Insanity
TNPer
Thank you and your welcome. I hope we could do this again?Cascadia:
Mr Insanity
TNPer
Maybe can we do this like every month or something like that?Cascadia:
- Pronouns
- Snek
- TNP Nation
- Territorio di Nessuno
- Discord
- Nessie
Why not.Cascadia:
Maybe next time with more publicity in TNP.
Hello everyone!
It's Bootsie, your Literature judge, here with the classified results of the Literature Category!
Before I announce the results, I want to explain how the winners were chosen and why. When you take the ACT or SAT, you usually have more than one reader grading your essay, and their scores are weighted, averaged, and then given back as your score. This is precisely what I did, and so your scores are not subject to bias by myself, since I'm countered by two others who are weighted. So, here are your judges and their weighting:
Reader #1: Bootsie - The North Pacific (50%) Me. I was appointed. Nuf said.
Reader #2: ChurchofSatan - The Rejected Realms (20%) CoS was selected because he had some experience helping out with literature homework, in addition to taking literature courses himself.
Reader #3: Hugsim - Wintreath (30%) Hugsim enjoys literature and had a blast reading almost all of the pieces, and if he didn't, well, you can tell.
So, after we had our judges, I asked them to rate them 1-9 (a version of the AP scale) and used a special formula to weigh their scores and mine to rank them into our top eight. Finally, after that long ramble, here are our winners:
Chanabell - Darcania: 1st Place
The judges loved Chanabell for its originality and personality. Even though neither of the guest judges knew who wrote the piece, it was quite evident that they felt connected to the piece and we are honored to name you as the winner of the Literature Category. Please, accept this banner:
August 3, 2026 - Piscivore: 2nd Place
First, I personally have to say reading that was like reading a book. I had to read that thing in portions given its length in comparison to the other pieces. However, despite its length, it was the only piece to receive a perfect score from one of the judges. Fanfiction is a fun genre to write in, Piscivore, and if you haven't joined a site like that already, you might want to here. You are hereby named the First Runner-up and your banner is below:
And The War Raged On Around Him - Yrkidding: 3rd Place
The piece was solid, a good-read, and an overall honor to judge. Good job on your writing and please accept this banner for being Second Runner-up:
For everyone who did not win, you can see your ranking here and please accept this participant banner for your participation and writing:
It's Bootsie, your Literature judge, here with the classified results of the Literature Category!
Before I announce the results, I want to explain how the winners were chosen and why. When you take the ACT or SAT, you usually have more than one reader grading your essay, and their scores are weighted, averaged, and then given back as your score. This is precisely what I did, and so your scores are not subject to bias by myself, since I'm countered by two others who are weighted. So, here are your judges and their weighting:
Reader #1: Bootsie - The North Pacific (50%) Me. I was appointed. Nuf said.
Reader #2: ChurchofSatan - The Rejected Realms (20%) CoS was selected because he had some experience helping out with literature homework, in addition to taking literature courses himself.
Reader #3: Hugsim - Wintreath (30%) Hugsim enjoys literature and had a blast reading almost all of the pieces, and if he didn't, well, you can tell.
So, after we had our judges, I asked them to rate them 1-9 (a version of the AP scale) and used a special formula to weigh their scores and mine to rank them into our top eight. Finally, after that long ramble, here are our winners:
Chanabell - Darcania: 1st Place
The judges loved Chanabell for its originality and personality. Even though neither of the guest judges knew who wrote the piece, it was quite evident that they felt connected to the piece and we are honored to name you as the winner of the Literature Category. Please, accept this banner:
August 3, 2026 - Piscivore: 2nd Place
First, I personally have to say reading that was like reading a book. I had to read that thing in portions given its length in comparison to the other pieces. However, despite its length, it was the only piece to receive a perfect score from one of the judges. Fanfiction is a fun genre to write in, Piscivore, and if you haven't joined a site like that already, you might want to here. You are hereby named the First Runner-up and your banner is below:
And The War Raged On Around Him - Yrkidding: 3rd Place
The piece was solid, a good-read, and an overall honor to judge. Good job on your writing and please accept this banner for being Second Runner-up:
For everyone who did not win, you can see your ranking here and please accept this participant banner for your participation and writing:
I'd love to participate in future Festivals.
Piscivore
TNPer
Thanks. I'm glad the judges liked it, I was pretty pleased with it when I finished.Bootsie:Hello everyone!
It's Bootsie, your Literature judge, here with the classified results of the Literature Category!
August 3, 2026 - Piscivore: 2nd Place
First, I personally have to say reading that was like reading a book. I had to read that thing in portions given its length in comparison to the other pieces. However, despite its length, it was the only piece to receive a perfect score from one of the judges. Fanfiction is a fun genre to write in, Piscivore, and if you haven't joined a site like that already, you might want to here. You are hereby named the First Runner-up and your banner is below:
Fun Fact: I was composing a note expressing my appreciation for Mr. Bradbury's body of work to send to him with this story on the day he died.
Stupid Boots.Indeed, I notified Bootsie on IRC yesterday. I would have loved to resubmit all four pieces of my work, but the submission period ended before the whole deal with Syrixia was resolved. I'm glad to see that I would have won first place, though.Cascadia:
In the end, it's up to Cascadia. Though I would prefer that it's announced publicly so we all know. I would also prefer that the banners are shrunk so the winners can display them in their signatures without having to spoiler them.Piscivore:
And so now it has been resolved.
And by "shrunk", I didn't mean just resizing them. Anyone can do that, and, as you said, it makes the words hard to read. Which would be fine if there were distinct differences between the awards, but the only differences are the words. I meant changing the layout or design such that they're easily identifiable even when they're small.
And by "shrunk", I didn't mean just resizing them. Anyone can do that, and, as you said, it makes the words hard to read. Which would be fine if there were distinct differences between the awards, but the only differences are the words. I meant changing the layout or design such that they're easily identifiable even when they're small.