Projectionist's Mission Architect Contest

The reports from Open Beta about the MA makes it apparent that Issue 14 will bring on the beginning of a new era in City of Heroes/Villains. Making mission content is a long time dream of mine ever since I created a bureaucrat in Anarchy Online at launch given that they were the profession that would be able to hand out missions to other players. However it was never implemented for as long as I played and to my knowledge still isn’t today. The level of customization provided by the MA even in its first incarnation is far beyond what I realistically had hoped for, both in AO and CoX.

Though the RP-gamemaster in me of course wants to make missions I also look forward even more to play yours. I know for a fact that there are tons of people out there with abilities far beyond my own to create fascinating content. This leads me to what this post is about:

In order to celebrate Issue 14 and reward creativity in MA I’m holding a contest for:

Projectionist’s Most Enjoyable Solo Mission Architect Arc

Submission rules:

1. One arc per account/global ID. If you own several accounts this means you technically can submit one for each as long as the global author ID is different.
2. The submission must be made through PM on this forum and contain the Arc ID and your global name for easy identification. If you want to you can also post your mission arc here in this thread for others to enjoy but it will not count as entered in the contest unless you PM it too.
3. Contest begins when Issue 14 goes live on the American servers and submissions can be made for 4 weeks until midnight PST the same day of week. Results will be announced when I had time to play through all the submissions.
4. Do NOT submit any requests for what character you want in case of winning. I don’t want to be subconsciously affected by this when I decide.

Criteria:

1. The mission arc will primarily be played solo on heroic/villainous difficulty. Hero or coop arcs will be played by my Illusion/FF controller and villain arcs by my Robots/traps mastermind, both lv 50.
2. No minimum or maximum number of missions in arc other than what MA imposes.
3. I do like challenges and will do everything short of Shivans and nukes to beat it. If for any reason, like bugs or insurmountable odds, I can’t complete the arc solo I will report this back to you via PM. While the contest deadline of 4 weeks isn’t up you will be able to resubmit the arc (or another one). However, if the deadline is up there will be no second chance so best thing is having it run smoothly from the beginning.
4. Content can be anything: I enjoy dark, humorous, sentimental, sappy, hardcore, you name it. Also, you will probably get the arc banned and removed long before you manage to offend me. So a banned arc is not disqualified as long as I had time to play it through.
5. I will especially consider and rate the following:
a. Story & Writing. Long or short doesn’t matter, whatever it takes to get in the mood. I’m not a loremaster when it comes to what’s canon or not, so you can get away with pretty much anything.
b. Use of maps. You managed to make me search every corner of Oranbega and enjoy it, kudos to you.
c. Use of custom groups. While a well written story with our known villains might be highly enjoyable, I suspect this is the area where arcs will really shine.
d. Fighting fun. Cakewalk or hurtful humiliation, it’s the combat we play for.
e. How memorable it was. This score will be set at the final evaluation.

Prizes:

1st place:

A painted mixed-media sculpture on a mini-diorama in 1:15 scale of a CoX Hero/Villain of your choice.

2nd and 3rd place

A full action painting or a painted figurine in 1:32 scale of a CoX Hero/Villain of your choice. Medium: Mixed-media, Digital or Ink/Watercolour .

4th to 10th place:
A colored drawing of a CoX Hero/Villain of your choice. Medium: Digital or Ink/Watercolour.

All prizes will be handled as commissions with approval of drafts, reworking etc. Digital works will be delivered in hi-resolution files by email. Non-digital works will be shipped free of charge. The prizes represent a time investment and commitment from my side so they’re of course negotiable ‘downward’ if, for example, the winner wants a smaller figurine or a simpler drawing.

In conclusion: Have fun with the Mission Architect and if you have an arc that you think I would enjoy playing solo, why not submit it here and possibly get something in return?

I rebooted my account today just so I could play with the MA on test later this week when the account info updates over to test later in a day or two.