PERC Presents: Mr. and Ms. Paragon Universe 2010 - Champion

P.E.R.C. Presents Mr. & Ms. Paragon Universe
Beginning Friday, October 15th, 2010 in Pocket D

“A Tradition Returns: Announcing the Fourth Annual Mr. & Ms. Paragon Universe Character Concept Contest!"


Drop the beats and cue the lights; it’s time to strike a pose!

P.E.R.C. is very excited to be celebrating the 4th anniversary of this incredibly popular event, starting this year on Friday, October 15th, 2010 in Pocket D.

This time around, Heroes, Villains, and Praetorians will be fighting it out under one roof for the chance to be crowned the City of Heroes Mr. and/or Ms. Paragon Universe!

We’d like to thank you all for three (3) great years of participation in the past and hope you will celebrate it with us again! As the game continues to evolve it is critical that you review all the information below. With this special fourth year, PERC has made many changes, updates, and improvements in order to meet the needs of the amazing additions the game has unleashed. Categories, dates, judging times, prizes, and the contest rules are all covered below; please make sure to familiarize yourself with them as we’ve made some nice improvements from last year.

Thank you again for all your participation and support. We’ll see you all on the catwalk.




With the release of Going Rogue the categories of Hero & Villain have merged into one! This year Heroes, Villains, and Praetorians will all be under one category but the battle of the sexes will rage on.

The titles up for grabs this year are:

Each Server Finalists:
• Mr. Server Name 2010 (Male)
• Ms. Server Name 2010 (Female)

Overall Winners:
• Mr. Paragon Universe 2010 (Male)
• Ms. Paragon Universe 2010 (Female)



The contest dates are as follows for individual servers:

Friday, October 15th, 2010: (times in EST)

8:00PM - Liberty

10:00PM - Champion

Saturday, October 16th, 2010: (times in EST)

2:00PM - Infinity

4:00PM - Guardian

6:00PM - Freedom

8:00PM - Victory

10:00PM - Justice

Sunday, October 17th, 2010: (times in EST)

2:00PM - Pinnacle

4:00PM - Protector

6:00PM - Triumph

8:00PM - Virtue

Saturday, November 6th, 2010:

The Finals - Test Server - 8:00pm EST / 7:00pm CST / 6:00pm MST / 5:00pm PST

*Note: If you make the finals you must attend this date for the final judging or be disqualified.




The following is the schedule this event will follow. It is important to arrive on time in order to be judged!

10:00 - Gathering
10:20 - Judging Begins
10:40 - Semi-Finalists Announced
10:45 - Semi-Finalists Judging Begins
Finalists will be announced once the Semi-Finalists judging is complete!




Every server finalist will receive the following:
* 2 Costume Codes (Winners Choice)
* 1 Billion Influence
* In-Game Gold Title: Mr. or Ms. (Server Name) 2010

Overall winners will additionally receive the following:
* 2 Costume Codes (4 Total)
* 1 Billion Influence (2 Billion Total)
* 1 Party Pack (The Emote Pack)
* 1 Five (5) Year Tee Shirt
* In-Game Gold Title: Mr. or Ms. Paragon Universe 2010

*Note: In order to receive the prizes finalists MUST attend the finals.




Contest Basics:
• Any Hero or Villain may enter.
• Only one entry per server allowed.
• Characters must be at least level fifteen (15) to participate.
• No late entries accepted. Arrive on time if you want to be judged.
• No member of PERC may enter (since PERC Reps will be judging).
• Huge body type heroes/villains will be determined to be male. Monster heroes/villains will be determined male or female by body type, and/or name and biography if necessary.

Costume Rules:
• Customized Weapons are allowed. This includes shields, blades, guns, etc. Players are asked to only draw weapons however and not utilize power animations.
• Powers Usage is limited: We understand that i16 has brought with it a variety of power customization opportunities however we have found that powers can effect other players unintentionally and can also diffuse attention away from other character components. We would prefer players limit their use of powers and utilize them for Aura purposes. Examples of powers allowed include but are not limited to Fire Shield, Rock Armor, Personal Force Field, and Invincibility.
• Be very careful in your power choices and avoid overusing multiple powers.
• Powers that effect other players will result in automatic disqualification from the event. Examples include but are not limited to Steamy Mist, Lightning Field, Hotfeet, and Shadowfall.
• Please contact a P.E.R.C. Chair Representative if you have any questions about a specific power.

Judging Rules:
• A panel of P.E.R.C. Representatives from other servers will be compiled to judge this event.
• Players are urged to utilize costume choices, weapons customizations, emotes, and auras in building their concept for display.
• Judging for the contest will be scored based on concept, costume, and creativity.




Semi-Finals:
• New to the contest this year is the Semi-Finals.
• Semi-Finals will take place in the Pocket D Arena.
• Judges will pick a total of 16 contestants (8 Male / 8 Female) at the end of the Server Judging Round to move on to the Semi-Finals Round.
• Each Semi-Finalist group will be taken into the Arena separately. Males first, followed by females.
• The PERC MC will start the Arena Event and set up the teams so that it is Judges vs. Semi-Finalists.
• Each contestant will have 1 minute to show off their powers!
• A "dummy" or "test subject" will be announced for the person to target.
• During this round it is IMPORTANT to listen to the MC & PERC REPS for any additional rules & details.
• Anybody who griefs and / or kills another contestant inside the Arena will be disqualified.
• All attendees, who do not make it to the Semi-Finalists, are invited to observe the Semi-Finals event once it starts.

Finals:
• The finals will be based both on concept / costume design (same rules as above) and additionally on a series of short interview questions.
• Questions will be provided to the finalists following the finalists announcements.
• Questions however will be asked LIVE at the finals only. Contestants do not answer the questions until the LIVE finals event.
• Costume scores will be formulated the same way as they were in the individual server contest rounds.
• Judges have the right in the event of a tie to refer to character biographies and how they apply to the character concept.




• Characters must be at least level fifteen (15) to participate.
• Players are allowed to enter on multiple servers.
• Power customization will now also be judged.
• A NEW Semi-Finalists judging round will occur inside the arena.
• We will be looking at biographies in the finals.

Just popped in to answer this. PvP is not part of the contest. We will be using the arena so that we can have the best possible lighting to view the semi-finalists' costumes in. Also, in order to really see power customization (as part of the character concept) players need to be able to use their powers on an enemy.

I am looking forward to viewing some great costumes from the players of Champion!

~*~Madame Pistacio~*~
Guardian of CHRYSALIS
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Newest event- The Great Makeover

Praetorian characters cannot get to RWZ, but they can get to Pocket D.

~*~Madame Pistacio~*~
Guardian of CHRYSALIS
Victory Limitless- /chanjoin "Victory Limitless"
P.E.R.C. First Chair- P.E.R.C. Site, Victory Over Hamidon

Newest event- The Great Makeover

Ah. Gotcha.

Let's say a player wins two different server contests, and therefore has two entries in the finals.

1) Is this even allowed? If not, the second question is moot.

2) Will there be allowances made for this person since they won't be able to have both characters logged in at the same time?


I just saw that bit and these thoughts popped in my head, and I was just wondering if these bases will be covered.

Good luck to the participants tonight. Go Champion!

Only 1 win per global. If you win tonight on Champion, you cannot win again.

"I'M THE TARGET! I'M THE TARGET! THE STALKER HAS SHARKS! AP...AP!!"
@Sepultura
‎'You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.'

Thank you so much for posting! Sorry I didn't sooner. It was a great turnout and you guys rocked the server! We had some amazing semi-finalists too! I cannot remember them off the top of my head but I will get with our Secretary and get those posted too! Maybe even some screenies! Thanks all for supporting PERC and our events! We love you!

Whenever PERC judge a female CC the winner is the person who looks like a clone of Miss Liberty. I wish I had the screenshots on me to prove it but seriously the past 4-5 CCs I have been to the female winner has been a blonde woman with fat hips wearing a red and blue spandex/miniskirt costume. I still feel dirty from winning the Party Pack competition by creating a blonde "Miss Liberty goes partying" costume, lol.

Meh, Champ will never win the overall prize so long as we send clones to the finals, especially clones who only have 57 badges total and 3 exploration badges, no accolades at all and no set bonuses whose name is a jokey pun and whose global was something like "pimpstress".

At least you didn't choose Santa this time

(I'm just bummed since I burned something like 42 temp powers during the arena demonstration round, including an HVAS and nukes but also the original limited blackwand, clockwork connection and the old rikti rifle ).

More seriously, with no "villain" categories, it will be rare for an evil-looking character to win and represent their server. It's quite an "all-or-nothing" situation for a judge to choose a villain over a well-made but stereotypical heroic costume.

What the bloody Hell do exploration badges, set bonuses, and someone's global name have to do with what is essentially a costume contest? Sour grapes are sour.

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considering this year the contest was open to anyone that wanted to jump servers to enter.. only stipulation was that they had to be lvl 15 to join.

mmm

First off: Host your own Costume Contest if you do not like how things are run.

Second: Having five billion trillion temp powers is not showing off "Power-Customization" that you originally took with your build. More of a hey lookie here, let's see all of the content that I went through/or not.

Third: A few of us do not spend hours upon hours getting every single badge on our toon, I personally save that for a 50, also provided that some people these days accumulate their accounts in different means. So being a badge-floozy should be out of the question.

Enjoy.

"I'M THE TARGET! I'M THE TARGET! THE STALKER HAS SHARKS! AP...AP!!"
@Sepultura
‎'You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.'

true story