And the Atlas goes to... (or, if COH had its own Oscars)
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Dark_Respite,
Posted on: 2012-02-26 20:42 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
the final ITF map is still probably the coolest
"The Atlas Awards." I like it!
But if this were done, I think it would have to be confined to content released over the past year, same as any award program. Otherwise, there would be obvious repeats.
I'm all for it!
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The past year in which timeline?
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Originally Posted by Winterminal
But if this were done, I think it would have to be confined to content released over the past year, same as any award program. Otherwise, there would be obvious repeats.
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Originally Posted by Winterminal
"The Atlas Awards." I like it!
But if this were done, I think it would have to be confined to content released over the past year, same as any award program. Otherwise, there would be obvious repeats. I'm all for it! |
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Originally Posted by dugfromthearth
The past year in which timeline?
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That last is a debatable one because it raises the question of "should each released set of missions qualify on its own merits, or should it only be judged when the arc in its entirety is released?".
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
That last is a debatable one because it raises the question of "should each released set of missions qualify on its own merits, or should it only be judged when the arc in its entirety is released?"
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@Golden Girl
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No, for theming, I think it would have to be the third mission on the Katie Hannon TF -- the one that's a tunnel map dressed up with all sorts of Underhill improvements.
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Originally Posted by dugfromthearth
the final ITF map is still probably the coolest
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"But in our enthusiasm, we could not resist a radical overhaul of the system, in which all of its major weaknesses have been exposed, analyzed, and replaced with new weaknesses."
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We'd need to go by the individual SSA episodes.
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Way back in Tha Day™, the Dev's actually did give out awards here on the forums.
One of my SG's, PCSAR, won the best SG on Infinity award (long before I joined them) and even had a page on the official forums with the badge(long since erased)
I always wondered why they stopped doing that...
Perhaps it was a CuppaJo deal. If so, I'm sure ZWill may be onboard for reviving it!
Maestro Mavius - Infinity
Capt. Biohazrd - PCSAR
Talsor Tech - Talsorian Guard
Keep Calm & Chive On!
Personally, I'm thinking more of a way for the playerbase to rate the official content...
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
With the Oscars on tonight, I got to thinking, "You know, we have a lot of these categories in our game... and I think it would be seriously spiffy if we, the players, could vote for certain arcs, characters, etc as the best of the year." And name it after the most famous statue in the game, of course!
For example:
Best Original Score - Some cutscenes have seriously cool music.
Best Cinematography - Those really spiffy custom maps? There ya go.
Best Visual Effects - Rain on maps? Lightning effects in the sky? Adding a videocamera overlay?
Best Film Editing (cutscene) - The cutscenes that come across as cinematic.
Best Film Editing (trailer) - A reason for Paragon to put out more ads.
Best Cutscene - Speaks for itself.
Best Trailer - Natch.
Best Short Arc - "Short" would need to be defined, of course. This covers writing, cinematics, NPCs, etc - the whole thing must be a polished, well-conceived whole.
Best Long Arc - Same goes for "long".
Best Costume Design - Some NPCs are better looking than others...
Best Writing - Not quite the same as "Best Short/Long Arc", this one is primarily about the writing and storyline.
The cutoff is Jan 1st to Dec 31st of each calendar year - and the content must be LIVE on the servers (Beta does NOT count!) for it to qualify. The community mods could come up with a preliminary list of nominees, and the players have a short time to voice additional possible contenders. Then the actual voting, and in April, to coincide with the anniversary of the game, VOILA!
"And the Atlas goes to..."
We could even U-stream it, and get Zwill to host! He can even sing!
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)