Hall of Fame Nominations, First Running

[M_Sinner]

The majority of the games on this site are magnificent. In plot or characters or gameplay... any number and combination of things. But there are some that stand above the rest. Some that are nearly legendary.

Which are these, you ask? Well, that's for the members to decide!

Nominations for the Hall of Fame are hereby opened. What will this mean, you ask? Well, the selected games will simply be moved to a new forum, called the Hall of Fame. It will stand as a beacon of the kind of play that we all hope to achieve. Plus, there's just the whole honor of knowing that you participated in or ran a game that was hall-of-fame worthy.

Anyone with 100 or more posts on the site can nominate a game.

A game can be nominated if it meets the following requirements:

• The game must have been alive for at least one year. Longevity is one of the most sought-after aspects of games on the web.
• The game canNOT be run by a staff member. This is to avoid any claims of favoritism. In future nominations for the Hall of Fame, this rule may be changed.
• Archived games are eligible for nomination! Just because a game is finished or has died off, it doesn't mean that it's not a prime example of what we like to see.

This doesn't mean that any old game will be put in the Hall of Fame. Selections will be based upon quality of roleplay and OOC, something that cannot be quantitatively measured.

For this nomination period, there is no *set* limit for the number of games that can make it into the Hall of Fame, so feel free to nominate any games that you feel are worthy of the title! Not all will make it, but don't lose hope. There will be future rounds, and games that don't make the cut can be re-nominated. There's nothing to lose in nominating your game if it meets the requirements.

Nominations will be open until Saturday, June 9th. At that point, the Hall of Fame inductee games will be decided by Community Supporters (And, if you want a say in who makes the cut, it's not too late to get yourself a subscription. ).

Finally, the last requirement for submission? That you use this format:

Hall of Fame Nomination Name of Game: Put the name of the nominated game here. Link to the Forum: Alternatively, if you know how, just include the link to the forum in the title. Otherwise, put a link to the forum here. DM: Who DMs the game?! Reasons for nomination: Include here why you, particularly, think that a game should be nominated. Try to be specific, and raise the game up as much as you can! If you've got the time and energy, include links to particularly amazing posts in the game. This part of the application cannot be underdone, and applications with better parts in this section will be easier for CSers to review!

If someone nominates a game, and you wish to "second" it, make your own application. This will keep things kind of separate and clean, instead of a host of "second"ings.

So, have at the nominations! Throw out that special game that you've been lurking around, watching, or even participating in!

[Master of Monsters]

The Games Channel - Trouble Runs Deeper

DM: hvg3akaek

Reason: This game has been running for a year and seven months. It is a low level game, it started at level one. Hvg has come up with very creative special events to have in the game, including a guess the dinner game.. The main objective is to find a mole who is trying to sabatogue a mercenary like operation.

[DrTeeth]

So Krow's game Sweet Revenge which is at least one year old and has over 50,000 posts is not eligible? It also probably contains ¼ of the players on this board :P

[M_Sinner]

So Krow's game Sweet Revenge which is at least one year old and has over 50,000 posts is not eligible? It also probably contains ¼ of the players on this board :P

I know, Sweet Revenge and Indowen are two absolutely *huge* games on the site, long-lived, and incredibly fun. It was at the bequest of the staff that we leave these out for this run. There will be a limit on the number of games inducted, and we would prefer to see other games put in there first. Sweet Revenge and other staff-lead games will have their time, but first off we'd like to have attention drawn to other games.

For instance, I had never seen the game nominated by Master of Monsters until now, and it's a fabulous game!

[aerondor]

Dark Times in Thanedor
DM was gazzaverage

Many players, lasted a long time and everyone had a great time. A lot of PvP which normally doesn't appeal to me, but was very well managed.
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There was another game, (someone will have to help me out here) - can't remember the name or DM, called something like 'Rememberance'.. It was the story of an elvish empire destroyed by dragons. The party consisted of a members of each of the races, in a quest to avert a dragon led doom to the world.
It was a wonderful read, good high quality posting. Wish I could remember the name or DM :-(
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Lastly I'd like to add in
Dark Entries DMed by Blayz. Another great game, well paced and a lot of fun for all the participants.

Heck, there are probably heaps more, but three nominations should help get the ball rolling.

[Jondera]

Name of Game: Dissolution

DM: Qlydic

Reasons for nomination: The game has been running solidly since September 2005, with no player dropouts or long-term absences. Qlydic tells a really good story, and all of us are really wrapped up in it. It's a fun game in which keeping track of information and finding things out is just as important (actually, more important) than shooting up stormtroopers and thumbing our collective noses at the imperials.

[Neil]

Game: Thiam Chronicles
DM: LadyofHats

I'm not sure if this one is disqualified (from this round) on account of The Lady's artistic contributions to the news letter. That would be ironic since one of the reason I am nominating the game is -

Is so utterly amazing to see a picture of your PC in a scene from the storey.

Keep drawing Lady. Oh and the storey line is incredible too.

EDIT: Link added per Unko's post.

[M_Sinner]

Game: Thiam Chronicles
DM: LadyofHats

I'm not sure if this one is disqualified (from this round) on account of The Lady's artistic contributions to the news letter.

The game isn't disqualified. Only games lead by Red-named people are disqualified. We do need a link to the game forum, however.

[Eligre AiLoki]

Aundair Elite

DM: Nzar

Reason for Nomination:

Likely one of the oldest games I still participate in, this gem is finally coming to an end, and I'd like to honour it properly. You may see a number of the users on the first page of top rpxp and posts have "Nzarling" in their signature. This is one of three games that heralded such a group. The main reasons I feel Aundair Elite deserves this award is that throughout the whole trying affair of DMing 15-18 people, Nzar has almost always been able to update 5/week or more, and all quality posts on both parts of the DM and the players. Unique concepts from warforged who wish to remove humanity to preserve it all the way to undead ninjas who speak only in haiku all make appearances in the players. All characters interact often and work out issues in both morals and strategy, and though that usually happens in many games, it is all the more important with a DM not afraid to be realistic in combat. "Run into the fray, then die you may". Of course, the interaction with sometimes 18 characters in a group session requires a lot of effort on all parts, and players work hard with the DM for everything to go smoothly. Split into three squads, each with objectives, as the beginning worked out, Nzar made each objective react with the other teams appropriately in the same area. (Or so we'd like to believe. ) I can only really expand on the war stories of Group One, of the unfortunate demise of all but the captain of the first group, (through no fault of mine. ) and how the second group wanted the captain to prove himself, and taking out strongholds and other tales of victory and fleeing. The other two groups have had issues as well, though mostly I learn of these through the OOC...
You mention OOC quality as well, and not quantity, but I do need to say that I think the Aundair OOC is one of the most active on the whole site, and it isn't simply posts saying "yo", but sometimes social commentary, sometimes Nzarling activities, sometimes simply what you thought of Heroes. But every post (or almost every) adds more information to the discussion, tossing in a new viewpoint without mindless acquiescence, and it has all been managed with care and respect for all sides of the story.

The game is finishing up, and will likely be done by the summer, simply due to personal reasons, though both PCs and DM wish it could go longer. There has been downtime, and there have been problems along the way, people Fitzing off, but it has been an amazing experience for me and I've met most of my online friends directly or indirectly from this game.

Oh yes, I give all this, but did I mention it is, under all the fluff, a Roll-playing game? Our final battle is over 30 custom-made NPCs (and innumerable copies and generics) versus our PCs. That shows a different kind of DM quality.

(I can't nominate Nzar's previous game, since I didn't play in it, but if Embrodak or Anomalous are reading this, I think you guys should. Also, feel free to add anything. I can't get across the awesomeness in my post. )

In ending, I can't let myself play the haiku ninja without finishing with one:

Aundair Elite,
Fires of war and crash of dice,
Enlightenment dawns.

(Now imagine putting up with all one person's speech being like that. Or writing it for that matter, and you know the effort everyone puts into this.)

[Embrodak]

I have two games to nominate.

Game_1 Name of Game:Aundair Elite Link to the Forum:http://www.rpgcrossing.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3227 DM: NZAR Reasons for nomination: This game is one of the fastest games on the site, considering the number of players involved. It has been going on for over a year now and has over 9000 posts. It has even spawned a separate OOC dedicated to the DM that has 1200 posts in it alone. The game is set in Eberron during the last war. The players are in one of three elite units performing various missions for the Queen. Each unit consisted of six players each and the DM was able to maintain a near daily update of each thread as every player has maintained daily posting as well. It is primarily a combat oriented campaign, yet some how we players manage to puzzle the DM with a good amount of Role Play too.

Game_2 Name of Game:RttToEE Link to the Forum:http://www.rpgcrossing.com/forumdisplay.php?f=714 DM:EDGEV Reasons for nomination: The game has been going on strong for over two years. It is one of the first games I joined and the players constantly post in it. It is also the game of my favorite character: Trogdor "The Fair" Bloodreaver. He is a half-orc Paladin and I find delight in confounding the players with the next act of the Paladin.

[orcbane]

What Rough Beast

DM: Eoghan

Reasons for nomination: This was the first game I was ever accepted to, and was immidiately engrossed in thick, rich role-playing. Eoghan mixed adventure with character development in a way that allowed the game to continue without his interference or posting for long stretches of time, but never felt interupted when he did interject a continuation of the plot.

Eoghan's skill as a DM wasn't the only thing that made the game so great. His campaign setting was very rich, but with a great deal of room to fill. He encouraged his players to help him build the setting with their own work, and one of his campaigns went to an extreme by placing it earlier in the timeline, to allow the players to participate, and partically help mold what would come to be the setting's "present."

These two things could only be accomplished because of one important thing: quality players. Giving players an great playing environment only works if the players can appreciate and skillfully interact within it. It might be that Eoghan was exceptionally skillful at choosing players, but no matter the reason, there was an excellent crew.

[Zargain]

Originally Posted by aerondor

Dark Times in Thanedor
DM was gazzaverage

Many players, lasted a long time and everyone had a great time. A lot of PvP which normally doesn't appeal to me, but was very well managed.

Yeah, it was a great game. I just wish that I could have read the threads I wasn't in so I could at least have learned more about what was going on while my character was doing his stuff.

[Zanash]

Name of Game: Ravaged Soul: The Beckoning

Link to the Forum: http://www.rpgcrossing.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1877

DM: Daemos

Reasons for nomination:
Ultimate evil - check.
Ultimate evil's not so evil reasons for destroying the world - check.
Ultimates evil's eventual sacrifice for all of man kind - check.
A weird dragon kobold thing that scared the hell out of me. (Flikflak fan club - fan No.1) - check.

This game lasted for over a year, in which I had all of my greatest role-playing experiences :-p. This epic level game started back when I was barely into this site, and it is the reason I am still here. Daemos took the game from magical high to magical high as he carefully toyed with our characters lives, and after lives... :-/
Anyway, I played this game for...a long time...and enjoyed every minuite, this game is a chapter set in a multiverse full of...alot of very weird and wonderful beings...and thats just the Pcs. This game ended a couple of months back, since then next section of the game has begun, which im enjoying as an even more...well no hints about that character incase someone is reading :-p.
I was captivated by Daemos' skill almost from the word go, which was only enhanced by the other players :-). We did unfortunatly have a couple of players fall by the wat side as we went, but Daemos seemed to take this in his stride.

In summery - why I think this game deserves a place in the hall of fame...
-continously changing storyline that didn't let us get bored for a moment, (even if we wanted it to :-p).
-Superb Pcs (if your reading this, I loved playing with you guys!).
-Great Rp and posting (with great avoiding of meta-gaming, which always annoys me).
-Character development...(did I mention the shadow dojo thingy yet?).
-A great selection of friendly and fun people :-).
-Because you love me :-).

Well thanks from reading my rambles :-) (or at least skipping to here) I kinda went over the top, (but I have free time today for once :-D).

[Ithamar]

I'd simply like to second Eligre's and Embrodak's nomination of Nzar's Aundair Elite.

[Dinkleberg]

Originally Posted by Ithamar

I'd simply like to second Eligre's and Embrodak's nomination of Nzar's Aundair Elite.

Originally Posted by Da Rules

If someone nominates a game, and you wish to "second" it, make your own application. This will keep things kind of separate and clean, instead of a host of "second"ings.

...Right.

If I could, I would nominate The Price of Greatness, a Mutants & Masterminds game GM'ed by AlwaysCivilMike and Meanliar. Unfortunately, it hasn't been over a year since the game started. Maybe next time!