August MotM, CotM, and WotM

Typically the site as a whole will vote on Character of the Month while staff votes on Member of the Month and Writer of the Month. However, as this is the first time since the restart that we've done these three and because of the inactivity while I was gone, I have very strong opinions about who should be the winners in these three categories. As such, I have chosen them myself. You are free to debate the issue if you want, but I think you'll find each person deserving of these titles for their actions over the past two and a half months. Next month's voting process will be done as per usual, with voting from the site and the staff. You can find more information about that, as well as the prizes in the Rewards and Bonuses thread. The winners here will also be listed in our Hall of Fame thread.

CotM - For August's Character of the Month, I have chosen Shizuka Ryuu for the following reasons. He was the most active RPer during this time, thus Ryuu's presence was the most felt across the board. While he didn't do anything drastic and board-shocking, no one else did either, but he sought out characters from other factions to establish connections, whether good or bad. So congrats to Ryuu and Crazy! Send me a PM with your prize selection.

MotM - This one should be pretty obvious as we had a huge thread about it, but the winner of August's MotM is Az! It is for the same reasons that have been stated before. While I was absent, Az worked her hardest to keep people active and the site going. She has also contributed many ideas to AK's new system that you will be seeing shortly. So congrats to Az! Send me a PM with your prize selection.

WotM - To me, Writer of the Month is one of the harder ones to choose; we have a lot of talented writers on AK and I get to read everyone's posts when I grade threads. This month a particular thread caught my eye. Some of you may know the one I'm talking about if you stalk threads; Flashback Squared. Now I can often space when reading threads that I wasn't personally involved in, but the writings of Frox kept me at attention and that is why she is August's WotM! Her posts were often eloquent without being wordy and she managed to capture both scenery and the emotions of the time in a way that could make the reader experience them. So congratulations to Frox! Send me a PM with your prize selection. I will also be picking one of your recent posts for placement within the Third Division's Library Thread.