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Honored Story Arcs - From Contests, Articles or Other Souces

Bubbawheat

By Bubbawheat,
Posted on: 2011-10-09 09:17 in Mission Architect

 

Posted

This thread has been created as a consolidated list of arcs that were either honored by the dev team or the MA players through various contests and sources. If you are looking for some great story focused arcs to play, any off this list would be a worth a play.

2011

The Most Impressive, Creative and Just Plain Fun Player Made Missions
PC Gamer Magazine (September 2011)

Doctor Geist and the Scientific Method #11022 @Scuzzbopper

A Hero in Need...is a Friend Indeed! #375018 @Wrong Number

Captain Skylark Shadowfancy and the Tomorrownauts of Today! #337333 @The Cheshire Cat

By Any Other Name #398110 @Fetch

The Do-It-Yourself Casino Heist Project #404549 @Twoflower

Monthly AE Author Contest Winners from The American Legion

January
Tales of Cimerora: Of Feathers and Fur #12647 @Nebulhym

February
Suppression #374481 @Gypsy Rose

March
NOVA ROMA: American Empire #347594 @Liberty X

April
Day Job Hell: A Villain's First Day Job #322480 @Clave Dark 5

June
The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society #344596 @Wrong Number

July
The Golden Scepter #9852 @Mystic Fortune

August
Small Fears #12285 @Wall of Knight!

September
Save the Diver, Save the World #183832 @Ankylosaur


2010

2010 Annual Player Choice Awards

Best Arc - Heroic or Vigilante
The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society #344596 by @Wrong Number

Best Arc - Villainous or Rogue
Fear and Loathing on Striga Isle #350522 by @FredrikSvanberg

Best Arc – Comedy
Drakule vs. The Werewolf Bikers From Hell #340316 by @LaserJesus

Best Short Arc: 1 - 3 missions
Talos Vice #338380 by @PW

Best Lowbie Arc: designed for levels 20 or lower
A Hero in Need...is a Friend Indeed! #375018 by @Wrong Number

Best Original Group Design
The Wickerwork from Against the Wickerwork Khan #346904 by @Clave Dark 5

January 2010 Players Choice
Best New Arc
Hammer and Sickle of Paragon City #351727 @Tubbius

Best Unknown Author
The Long Road Back #340454 and The Union of the Mask #352400 @Sister Twelve

March 2010 Players Choice
Best 1 mission Arc
Storming Citadel #379488 by @MrCaptainMan

Best 2 mission Arc
Becky's Revenge #60197 by @New Age Ronin

Best 3 mission Arc
Drakule vs. The Werewolf Bikers From Hell #340316 by @LaserJesus

2009

Dev Run 2009 1st Annual Architect Awards (Runners Up)

Best Original Story
Death to Disco! - 84220 - @Wrong Number
Ctrl + Alt + Reset! Aka Time Loop - 137561 - @Bubbawheat

Best Hero Story
Teen Phalanx Forever! - 67335 – @PW
Escalation - 6143 - @FemFury

Best Villain Story
Redoubt Operations #2: Wrath of the Imperium - 269283 - @Andromeda
MacGuffin Delivery Service - 1567 - @Lazarus

Best Canon Story
Astoria in D Minor - 41565 - @The Chesire Cat
The Rikti Accession - 278757 - @Mekkanos

Best Villain Group
Operation #1: Fires Over Kalago - 1297 - @Andromeda
Areas for Improvement - 242962 - @Knightengale

2009 Annual Player Choice Awards

TO level range (1-15):
The Marconeville Horror #178278 @Footloose

DO level range (15-25):
The Invasion of the Bikini-Clad Samurai Vampiresses from Outer Space! #61013 @Aliana Blue

SO level range (25-40):
Teen Phalanx Forever! #67335 @PW

Best Epic level (40-50):
One Million Eyes #71933 @minimalist

Best short arc, 3 missions or less:
Celebrity Kidnapping #1388 @PW

Best arc with more than five missions:
The Consequences of War #227331, 241496 @Dalghryn

Best serious arc, or drama:
Tales of Croatoa: A Rose By Any Other Name #178774 @Silvers1

Best Comedy arc:
In Poor Taste #259920 @Wrong Number

Best use of mechanics:
The Next War on Drugs #245042 @anachrodragon

December 2009 Players Choice
Best Player Created Group:
The Wannabes (“Trademark Infringement” #2220 @Wrong Number)

Best Player Created Character:
The Firecracker Kid (“The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society” #344596 @Wrong Number)


Projectionist's MA Contest

Teen Phalanx Forever! #67335 @PW

Astoria in D Minor #41565 @The Chesire Cat

Pandas vs. Rikti #68930 @Shadowrush

Note - Please contact me with additions or corrections.

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

 

Posted

Here's a few more when I tried running some monthly or near-monthly Player's Choice awards. Annual is a much better idea.

January - Best New arc - @Tubbius Hammer and Sickle of Paragon City #351727
January - Best Unknown Author - @Sister Twelve The Long Road Back #340454, also The Union of the Mask #352400
March - Best 1 mission arc - Storming Citadel #379488 by @MrCaptainMan
March - Best 2 mission arc - Becky's Revenge #60197 by @New Age Ronin
March - Best 3 mission arc - Drakule vs. The Werewolf Bikers From Hell #340316 by @LaserJesus

 

Posted

Added Bubba's and PW's info in to the list. If you'd like this list to stick around (kinda the point of it!) Please request it gets a sticky from the forum mods.


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

 

Posted

What's the best way to get a sticky for this thread? I've not had much luck.


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