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PERC Presents: Mr. and Ms. Paragon Universe 2010 - Freedom Server

destiny_morna

By destiny_morna,
Posted on: 2010-10-02 22:04 in Freedom

 

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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!

06:00 - Gathering
06:20 - Judging Begins
06:40 - Semi-Finalists Announced
06:45 - 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.

 

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This is coming up this weekend! Can't wait to see the turnout!

~*~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

 

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I loooove this contest and hope to see a lot of people there!

J-Man- Lieran, if you were Paris Hilton, I'd be the chihuahua in your purse.

 

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the contestants get to beat up on my tank Little Sexy Kitten so I hope You will enjoy it.

 

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Thanks for hosting this today, it was fun.. Sad I didn't win but hey there is always next contest

I really liked beating you up Sexy kitten even though I didn't do much damage to you lol. Still was fun

 

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Originally Posted by WIFE AGGRO View Post
Thanks for hosting this today, it was fun.. Sad I didn't win but hey there is always next contest

I really liked beating you up Sexy kitten even though I didn't do much damage to you lol. Still was fun
You did more damge then some of the lvl 50's. I am still disappointed in the turn out of the event. We were supposed to have 8 male contestants, and 8 female contestants for the second part of the contest, alas that did not happen. I am glad for those that did show up.

 

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Originally Posted by LSK View Post
the contestants get to beat up on my tank Little Sexy Kitten so I hope You will enjoy it.
Man, I missed out on EVERYthing, this week. ;( Anyone take screenies/demos of the event, by chance? Hope everything went well!

 

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Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
Man, I missed out on EVERYthing, this week. ;( Anyone take screenies/demos of the event, by chance? Hope everything went well!
Yes on of the judges did, like I said the turn out was not that many people showed up I guess no one wanted to beat up on my tank Little Sexy Kitten. But some of the costums where great. We will be posting the pics and winners soon.

 

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Yup, there were fewer attendees this time around. But, I'm not complaining. <_<

I still enjoyed the contest. There were some great costumes that I saw. The new additions to the rules were pretty fun too.

 

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IMHO it was too early in the evening for Freedom. I was going to try and attend until I saw the 6:00pm start time. I for one am barely home from work at that time. Oh well, I suppose some servers have to be early. I would love to see the screen shots that were taken.

 

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Funny thing is that an hour before the contest I went and made a brand new costume just for the contest. However when I got there another toon had on a costume that was pretty close (same colors and a few other things that matched) so I switched mine back to another costume. Then when we got into the arena I found out that he had switched out of that costume and into a different one so I could have used it... lol but at the same time sad.

Can't wait to see the photos though. There were some sweet costumes there.

 

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Ok first off I found out that I am now one of your PERC reps for freedom, second off here are the 2 winners ShadowRush for Mr. Paragon, and Medusmagdalin for the Ms. Paragon. As for the screen shots they will be posted as soon as I could get them. And thank you all who participated. On a side note, I had fun using my tank as the Punching bag.

 

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Congrats on becoming the PERC Freedom rep I'm thinking that it would be kinda fun to do.

 

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Hi everyone! I see that LSK has already told you the winners, but I wanted to add my congratulations to the winners of Mr. and Ms. Freedom 2010. These two winners will represent Freedom at the overall finals on the test server (November 6th). Please feel free to join in and cheer for your server!

Mr. Freedom 2010: Shadowrush
Ms. Freedom 2010: Medusa Magdalene

I was very impressed by all of the interesting costumes the we had to choose from and truly enjoyed judging for Freedom this year!

Thank you for your participation and hard work!

-MP

~*~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

 

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Congrats Shadowrush and FSH! Good luck in the finals!

 

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Congrats to you both! Great to know we have y'all representing Freedom. Good Luck!

destiny morna lvl 50 emp /psi defender
mysteria morna lvl 50 ice/kin corruptor

 

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Thanks everyone.

Wasnt really actually aware that there was a perc cc. I kinda go to log in and just saw somewhere in a channel that there was a cc in pocket d that was gonna happen in a few minutes. glad i joined.

It was a fun event and innovative too, as for the first time, toons were able to showcase their power customization stuff -- in action.

Everyone who attended had really nice costumes/themes/bios so i guess i just got lucky to be chosen.

Well, thanks again and lets all have fun in the grand finale.

 

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Gratz to Shadowrush and FSH.

I've been a fan of Shadowrush, since his tour de force at our Mega J-Force CC awhile back. When it comes to hitting home runs with costume designs Shadowrush is Barry Bonds without the suspicion of PED's or enlarged cranium.

FSH: Are you sure you want to let on that you are a Filipino Super Hero? Matt Fraction might try to randomly blow you up!

 

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Ok I think we need to test shadow for using illegal cc drugs . But seriously I want to congratulate the winners again.

 

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For the Finals tonight, test is being a little wonky.

If your test is updated -- you can get in by making a shortcut to the cityofheroes.exe (not the updater, but the file) and after the " of the target add -project cohtest and yes there needs to be a space between the " and -

This will allow you to get on to the test server.

Contestants who are absolutely unable to get onto test, please contact me in game @Madame Pistacio and we will work something else out. Hopefully everyone should be able to use this fix and get on.

~*~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

 

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hi all.

tried getting in test for the finals..
tried the shortcut too.
but all i get is "Connecting .."
got to "Connecting.. #12" and restarted..
so now im back to "Connecting.. 1"

anyway will keep trying

 

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Mr. and Ms. Paragon Universe went through many changes this year. We included bios, power customization, costumes, and asked each player about their characters. We wanted to thank the community for making this a memorable event as you all do every year. This event is always hard to judge and this was no exception. All of the finalists had amazing concepts and put on a great show for us. Tonight was a special event and we want to thank everyone that participated. We would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding through technical difficulties. We are proud to say that every single server finalist was present and judged tonight!

The Overall Winners

Mr. Paragon Universe, From the Liberty Server
Vilhjalmur


Ms. Paragon Universe, from the Virtue Server
Desert Owl

Both characters not only had great costumes, but awesome concepts. They put on a phenomenal performance. Congratulations to you both and thank you to everyone that participated!

 

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Sorry for the quality of the shots, these were taken on the fly by a PERC member. I tried to lighten them up a bit. Great job all!

~*~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

 

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Congrats to the winners!

Great character concepts all around from all the server winners in the contest. I really enjoyed the event. Thanks PERC for organizing it again this year. ^_^