2010 Player's Choice MA Awards: Nominations (Over 1 billion in prizes)
By
airhead,
Posted on: 2010-10-22 13:19 in Mission Architect
I will just nominate this for now, not sure if I'll have time to get any more in:
Best Original Group
Dhahabu Kingdom and the Unfathomable Nightmare of Sand (453511) by @Zamuel
I'm nominating it for "best group" (the Changua Jinamizi) but if I could I would also nominate it for "best use of otherwise annoying map". I think it's one of the best arcs I've played recently so if @Zamuel didn't have an arc in "best heroic" already I would add this there too.
Winner of Players' Choice Best Villainous Arc 2010: Fear and Loathing on Striga; ID #350522
Seconding the following:
Villain
Unfair Trade #373846 by @Lazarus
Hero
In Pursuit of Liberty #344916 by @Gypsy Rose
Comedy
Outbroken #379017 by @Aehaed
Group
The Crush from The Vengeful Heart #454861 by @Jinkobi
WN
Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
I'd like to nominate:
Best Heroic/Vigilante:
Task Force Mutternacht (Arc ID#349522)
Best Villain/Rogue:
Until the End of the World (Arc ID#431270)
Best Comedy:
(My choice is already seconded, and I haven't played that many comedy arcs...)
Best Short:
(Haven't played enough of these to make a judgement call).
Best Original Group:
The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society (Arc ID#344596)
(I think this one is technically a second).
Best Lowbie:
(My choice already seconded).
M.A. Arcs
Intended for high level play: The Primus Trilogy (Arc #s 10931, 283821, 283825), "Freakshow U" (Arc #189073), Purification (Arc #352381, Dev's Choice!
)Intended for low level play: "Learning the Ropes" (Arc #100304), "Cracking Skulls" (Arc #115935), "The Lazarus Project" (Arc #124906)
Sorry for not giving too many nominations -- most of my choices were already seconded. That's what I get for replying too late! 
Heroic/Vigilante: Damage Limitation by @AP #447945 (this one is a level 15-19 arc, but I think it fits this category better... feel free to move it to lowbie if you want)
Comedy: seconding Captain Skylark Shadowfancy and the Tomorrownauts of Today! by @The Cheshire Cat #337333
-- Z.
Quote:
I noticed that this got changed from the original rules which allowed the same arc to be nominated in multiple categories. Was there a good reason for changing this? There's obviously overlap between the categories.|
Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
[*]An arc will only be allowed in one category. If there is any question as to which category an arc should be placed, it will be decided by the judges.
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If a single arc is the best hero arc of 2010 and the best comedy of 2010 and has the best custom group of 2010, it seems more correct to recognize this, rather than let this arc win only one category and allow other arcs to falsely claim victory over their categories.
For example, I will remind you of last year's Player's Choice Awards, where some of the judges didn't like any of the comedy entries, because the arcs they really thought were funny had gotten assigned to another category. One player who placed high in the comedy category said the award felt rather hollow as a result.
@PW - Police Woman (50 AR/dev blaster on Liberty)
TALOS - PW war journal - alternate contact tree using MA story arcs
=VICE= "Give me Liberty, or give me debt!"
If I remember correctly, even though we allowed arcs to be nominated in more than one category last year, we did take other categories into account when judging to generally make sure an arc wasn't placed in more than one category during the final voting stage.
And a reminder: Nominations close at 11:59 pm Eastern time tonight
I'd like to nominate
The Murders In The RWZ Morgue
by @FredrikSvanberg
Arc ID: 452144
for the Short Arc Category.
Eco.
MArcs:
The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)
Quote:
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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."
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My picks.
* Best Arc - Villainous or Rogue
The End of Saturday Morning #391934 by @Zamuel
* Best Arc - Heroic or Vigilante
In Pursuit of Liberty #344916 by @Gypsy Rose
* Best Arc - Comedy
The Ms. Manners Task Force #416951 by @Wrong Number
* Best Short Arc: 1 - 3 missions
Talos Vice #338380 by @PW
* Best Original Group Design
5th column (WW2/clone version in mission 5)
The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society #344596 by @Wrong Number