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| Glen choose the POD for the contest: November 2, 1948 - Thomas Dewey narrowly wins the US Presidential Election. The contestants were asked to have at least one event for every year from 1948 to 2007. Notably, the contestants were asked to complete their timelines in secret. | Glen choose the POD for the contest: November 2, 1948 - Thomas Dewey narrowly wins the US Presidential Election. The contestants were asked to have at least one event for every year from 1948 to 2007. Notably, the contestants were asked to complete their timelines in secret. |
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| === Results of Timeline Contest 1 === | |
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| The contest was decided by the AH.com populace in a poll thread. The winner was [[offtopic:Jasen777]] for his timeline [[timelines:For Want of a Newsreel]]. The contest overall was somewhat of a disappointment, as there was only one other timeline. Its author was [[offtopic:Alcuin]] who has since joined the [[offtopic:Hall of Infamy]]. | The contest was decided by the AH.com populace in a poll thread. The winner was [[offtopic:Jasen777]] for his timeline [[timelines:For Want of a Newsreel]]. The contest overall was somewhat of a disappointment, as there was only one other timeline. Its author was [[offtopic:Alcuin]] who has since joined the [[offtopic:Hall of Infamy]]. |
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| === Timeline Contest 2 === | === Timeline Contest 2 === |
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| The second contest is in the voting for the winner stage. | |
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| The POD for the contest was chosen by Jasen777 as his prize for winning the first contest. It is: In 1505, Martin Luther doesn't become a monk and goes on to have an ordinary and historically unremarkable career as a lawyer. | The POD for the contest was chosen by Jasen777 as his prize for winning the first contest. It is: In 1505, Martin Luther doesn't become a monk and goes on to have an ordinary and historically unremarkable career as a lawyer. |
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| Rules, such as the one event per year requirement, have been significantly loosened for this contest. In addition, contestants are to make their timelines in public, being asked to make a weekly update in their thread in the pre-1900 forum section. | Rules, such as the one event per year requirement, were significantly loosened. In addition, contestants made their timelines in public, being asked to make a weekly update in their thread in the pre-1900 forum section. |
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| | The contest was again decided by the AH.com populace in a poll thread. The winner was [[offtopic:Jasen777]] for his timeline [[timelines:A Dropped Pen]], in a close victory over [[offtopic:dreadnought jenkins|Dreadnought Jenkins's]] [[timelines:For Want of a shove]]. |
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| === Results of Timeline Contest 2 === | |
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| The contest was again decided by the AH.com populace in a poll thread. The winner was [[offtopic:Jasen777]] for his timeline [[timelines:A Dropped Pen]], in a close victory over [[offtopic:dreadnought jenkins|Dreadnought Jenkins's]] [[timelines:For Want of a shove]]. | |
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| | === Timeline Contest 3 === |
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| | In a risky departure, it was being organized by Jasen777 instead of Glen. |
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| === Timeline Contest 3 === | The POD for the contest was: the Battle of Boyacá is a victory for Royalist forces. |
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| Is currently in the planning stages. Discussion can be found [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=100323|here]]. In a risky departure, it is being organized by Jasen777 instead of Glen. | The contest might have been decided by the AH.com populace in a poll thread. The result was a tie between [[offtopic:maverick]]'s [[timelines:Araremos en el mar]] and [[offtopic:Nicomacheus]]'s [[timelines:Brothers in Arms]]. |
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