Mission Architect: 2009 Player Awards! Voting

Best Mechanics arc, my votes:
This was a tough category to choose from. But here it is.


#1 The Next War on Drugs #245042 @arachnodragon
#2 The Beating Heart of Astoria: A Play in Five Acts #170547 @The Cheshire Cat

Two categories to go.

This slew of posts with people getting pleasant surprises in their inboxes makes me smile. I like to think that this is what any rewards event is all about. Thanks again for putting this together, bubba!

Well I just finished playing through all the multi-parters, and here are my votes.

1st place: The Lost Choir #123675, 136959, 141011 @MrSquid. (Because...well...it's mine...and I want to win!)

2nd place: The Consequences of War Part 1 #227331 and Part 2 #241496 @Dalghryn (A lot of people forget that Paragon City just came out of a MASSIVE conflict in the Rikti war. This arc shows just how bad it was, and does a great job of it too.)

Surprisingly, I actually played most of these arcs before I even noticed that this contest was here. I always thought The Consequences of War, both parts, was very well done. These two were actually the first MA arcs I played upon my return, (mainly because I always like the Rikti Issue and the RWZ). If I recall, the only thing I said when I rated it in game was that one of the maps bothered me... similar to the small criticism I had regarding the great Astoria in D-Minor arc.

If I recall, isn't there a map in the Rikti arc that's full of smoke the entire way?

At any rate, it was very well done.

I don't feel that a vote of mine would be valid at this point because I have played through all of the arcs, though I will say that from the ones I've seen, all the nominations are well deserved.

There's a few really close races going on here, as well as a few strong frontrunners. But still plenty of time to vote.

My votes for best short arc:
#1) Of Sound Body and Mind (13107)
#2) Becky's Revenge (60197)

I was really blown away by the SO Range Honorable Mentions (25-40):

Old Dog, New Trick #81318 @Wrong Bird

Fun arc. Loved the last mission and the custom mobs. The K-9 to K10 rebrand was very funny. Lead out of a hostage on one mission was kind of boring. Could have used an ambush or two or three. Still gave it 5 stars just because it had a lot of heart.

Pro Patria Mori #1173 @WhatRoughBeast

Nice to finally see somebody use the $origin tag for something. Awesome zombie mobs! Great tragic storytelling about the price often paid for being a hero the likes of which this game could use more of. 5 stars

The Horrible Mr. Caractacus #10721 @Lady Sadako

The Seraphim custom group is simply fantastic. Very cool EB in second mission. 3rd mission is absolutely amazing. I love having all of those magical mobs in the perfect map for it. Seriously, why didn't this arc get nominated based on this mission alone? T'was so much fun. Ending was a challenge but not of the impossible head banging into keyboard variety. My only complaint was that it was only 4 missions instead of five but then I am a mission hog. Besides which one more mission and I'd have had to find a way to give this one that ever elusive 6th star!

Best DO
1st: Invasion of the Bikini...
2nd: Sibling Rivalry

Best SO
1st: Teen Phalanx
2nd: Escalation

Best Epic
1st: Blap Blap Blappy
2nd: Warrior's Journey

Best Short
1st: Becky's Revenge
2nd: Forget the Rose

Best Comedy
1st: In Poor Taste
2nd: Verner Von Grun's...

My vote for best multi part Arc:

1: The consequences of war part 1 and part 2

2:The Audition


Lucy

My last vote is Best use of Mechanics:

First Place: Macguffin Delivery Service #1567 @Lazarus
Second Place: The Next War on Drugs #245042 @arachnodragon


Thanks so much to Bubbawheat for setting this up and for all of you who helped select the finalists. This was an awesome idea! I played some amazing arcs and had so much fun.

Best Serious Arc

Tales of Croatoa: A Rose By Any Other Name #178774 @Silvers1
The Storyteller: Sabrina's Tale #1237 @Redbone1

This was a ridiculously hard category to narrow down.


WN

Here are my votes for Best Epic Arc - a category that I honestly thought was *very* close; this was an extremely difficult decision and I want it known that the arcs I didn't vote for I still thought were excellent arcs, and were very close to the ones that I did cast my votes for. Very, very well done!

1st Place: One Million Eyes, #71933 @minimalist
2nd Place: A Warrior's Journey: The Flower Knight Task Force, #260284 @PW

It's looking to be an extremely busy week and weekend, so I'm guessing that's going to have to be the last of the votes I'll have time for - I might make a play for getting through 'short arcs' tomorrow (since they're short), but we'll see.

finished enough arcs to vote another category with an informed decision:

Best TO Range Arc (1-15)

1st: Mercytown, the one with the fish #6017 @Tangler

2nd: The Marconeville Horror #178278 @Footloose



Hm. 6 more days to vote, 20 more arcs to play (since the multi-parters are 9 arc between 4 stories). This could be tight. If only I could skip a day of work....

Trying to be a fully-informed "academy member" is hard!
(actually it's fun way to engage the MA and find better stories than normal. Thanks again to Bubbawheat and everyone who helped make this happen)

Here are some more from me. This is probably all I will get to before the end of the week:

Best TO Range
1) The Marconeville Horror #178278 @Footloose
2) Mercytown, the one with the fish #6017 @Tangler

Best DO Range Arc
1) Sibling Rivalry #118690 @Sister Flame
2) Ctrl + Alt + Reset #137561 @Bubbawheat

Best SO Level Arc
1) Teen Phalanx Forever! #67335 @PW
2) Astoria in D Minor # 41565 @The Cheshire Cat

Best Short Arc
1) Celebrity Kidnapping #1388 @PW
2) Forget the Rose, Send Me the Thorns #8925 @Hydrophidian

Best Serious Arc
1) Blight #140423 @Witch Engine
2) Tales of Croatoa: A Rose By Any Other Name #178774 @Silvers1

Best Comedy Arc
1) Captain Dynamic, the Great, Faces the Great Face #190069 @Aehaed
2) In Poor Taste #259920 @Wrong Number

I changed it at some point in time to allow for one extra weekend of play.

I think I will extend the deadline for voting *only for the multi-part arcs* for one additional week and possibly 1-2 more of the categories that were posted late. Let me know what you think of this. Of the later categories, Comedy has 11 total votes, Mechanics has 13 total votes, and Serious has 14 total votes. For comparison, DO range arcs have the most votes with 21.

Best Short Arc:
The Monster Hop #27861 @Big Daddy Vio - 1st
Celebrity Kidnapping #1388 @PW -- 2nd

Votes for best comedy. Once again a tough choice that I thought was going to be easy, but I finally played the Vernon Von Grun arc and really enjoyed it. In the end, I picked my choices based on the current results, going with the underdogs rather than the current leader by a fair margin.

1st: Captain Dynamic, the Great, Faces the Great Face
2nd: Vernon Von Grun's Extraordinary Extradimensional Excursions

Best Epic Level Arc (40-50)
One Million Eyes #71933 @minimalist
The Most Important Thing #266877 @Aisynia

Best Short Arc (1-3 missions)
The Monster Hop #27861 @Big Daddy Vio
Celebrity Kidnapping #1388 @PW

Best Multi-Part Arc (2+ arcs)
The Audition Part 1 #221240 and Part 2 #221241 @MRCaptainMan
Turg Fiction: Ghost in the Machine, Acts I and II #1013 #174557 @Turgenev

Best Serious Arc
Blight #140423 @Witch Engine
Turg Fiction: Ghost in the Machine, Act I #1013 @Turgenev

Best Comedy Arc
In Poor Taste #259920 @Wrong Number
Seeking Men #169114 @Fatare

Best use of Mechanics
Macguffin Delivery Service #1567 @Lazarus
The Beating Heart of Astoria: A Play in Five Acts #170547 @The Cheshire Cat

Bubba,

My votes for Best SO Level Arc are in your PM box.

Bubba - I'm in agreement with extending the deadline for any categories you see fit. More plays for everyone is only a good thing IMO.

Eco.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow [The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."