RetroUprising Awards 2010 Nominations [Archive]

Seahawk

11-19-2010, 03:05 PM

The year 2010 is almost over, and that means it's almost time for the annual RU awards.

This thread is where you can NOMINATE (NOT VOTE) users to received the following awards. Remember that nominations must be based on events for 2010 ONLY. Of course, the year isn't over yet, so if something happens between now and January 1, 2011 that you feel is worthy of a nomination, feel free to add it.

Best Gamer - This is, in your opinion, the best overall game player for the year, whether he/she consistently placed high scores, or beat hard games,
this player was a force to be reckoned with in the arcade in 2010.

Best Mod - This is the moderator who you think was the most helpful, who you could count on to help you solve your problems the most.

Trophy Thief - This is the player who consistently steals trophies from you and everyone else, who you expect to find the PM from saying "Your score was beaten by XXX".

Trophy Defender - Opposite of a trophy thief, this is a player who's score you keep on beating, only to have him/her come back and post a higher score constantly.

Best Forum Participant - This is the user who you think made the forums
the most entertaining and lively.

Best Newcomer: The new member (must have registered in 2010) who you think made the biggest positive impact to the RU forums or the arcade.

Retro Uprising All Star - To the member whose contributions in the arcade, forums, and chat room have made RU a better place. This person is the Sean Connery of RU, they set the gold standard in skills, wit, sportsmanship, and intellect.

Most Impressive Mastery - This is the player who beat that game that you thought couldn't be beat, but then someone did it anyways, sending your jaw dropping to the floor. Feel free to nominate one of your masters even if you do not think you will win.

Most Impressive Score - This is the high score that you think is the most impressive overall for the year, a score that in your opinion will stand for a very long time. Feel free to nominate one of your scores even if you do not think you will win.

Worth repeating: Remember that nominations must be based on events for 2010 ONLY.

The following two awards are automatic and will be determined when January 1 rolls around.
Highest Rated Post (automatic)
Biggest Donor (automatic)

On January 1, 2011 this thread will be closed, and then we'll get to actual voting for each award.

Who will come out on top of this year's RetroUprising awards? We'll see.

Happy nominating and good luck to all candidates!

-=EDIT=-
Retro Uprising All Star should not take into account mod duties. Mods are eligible but for this category just judge them on their site participation as a normal user.

You can nominate yourself for any award. Especially for Most Impressive Mastery and Most Impressive Score because there are probably several great scores that will be overlooked unless you post your own.

Because Tenser and Kong are the admins they are not eligible for these categories.
Best Mod
Best Forum Participant
Retro Uprising All Star

CrispyChicken

11-19-2010, 03:53 PM

Best Gamer - Elrod, Seahawk. Just amazing gaming guys

Best Mod - Tails: constantly helping me out with anything!

Trophy Thief - Elrod, Seahawk :beat-up:

Trophy Defender - Elrod, not only does he take my high scores, he topples the ones I try to steal from him! XD

Best Forum Participant - Starfoxfan, Tenser, Dudebro, JoeGrotowski

Best Newcomer: Elrod, coolest newcomer around 8)

Retro Uprising All Star - Winnebagel, Kong. Always contributing to the game.

Most Impressive Mastery - Seahawk's 1943 Modified Midway Naval Battle :bulgy-eyes:

Most Impressive Score - See above :laugh:

Good luck to everyone!! :D If I didnt nominate you for anything...I still love you :p

joz

11-19-2010, 04:56 PM

My nominations are

Best Gamer: WB, Dojah, Elrod, Fogelmir, Josephjo and Seahawk

Best Mod: All mods are entered.

Trophy Thief: Fogelmir, Elrod and Josephjo

Trophy Defender: Elrod

Best Forum Participant: DB, Wolfman and Robot

Best Newcomer: Elrod, Hackeynut, Preach43, Enemy Ace, ChrisP and Bearhawk72

RU ALL STAR: this one is a bit tough and I'll have to thing about it for a bit

Most Impressive Mastery: Hackeynut Retro Uprising - Arcade - Grand Striker 2 (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/7937/) , Josephjo Retro Uprising - Arcade - Vigilante (World) (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/6597/) , Seahawk Retro Uprising - Arcade - 1943 Modified - Midway Naval Battle (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/7/) ---I might add another person.

Most Impressive Score: Get back to you on this one.

Winnebagel

11-19-2010, 05:07 PM

Best Gamer - Agnostic79, Josephjo, Seahawk, and Gamenguru.

- All great gamers who always bring it and have brought it whether it's for trophies, for masteries, in competitions, etc.

Best Mod - Tails

- Tails always tries to help wherever he can.

Trophy Thief - Dojah

- Sadly Dojah is not on much anymore, and it's sometimes easy to forget what happened in the earlier parts of the year, but since this is about the whole year, I think Dojah definitely takes the award without question.

Trophy Defender - Seahawk and Dojah

Best Forum Participant - Dudebro, JoeGrotowski, Jozman, and Stevencassidy13

Best Newcomer: Elrod.

- Elrod has done some great things since his time here, and I know there will be more great things in store for the future.

Retro Uprising All Star - Dudebro, Tenser, Tails, Seahawk, and Gamenguru

- When I think of Retrouprising this year, I think about these guys.

Most Impressive Mastery - Pit Fighter (Agnostic79) & Impossible Mission (Josephjo)

- Tough games.

Most Impressive Score - Seahawk's Speed Coin

- Great score there Hawk.

CatalystiCam

11-19-2010, 05:26 PM

Best Gamer: Seahawk (Twin Bee and Speed coin was some crazy stuff), Winnebagel & Bluej (consistently proving their gaming awesomeness)

Best Mod: Tenser, Seahawk & Steven

Trophy Thief: Bluej, Seahawk & Enemy Ace

- All gave me a run for my money by topping my scores especially in contests

Trophy Defender: Dudebro, Joz and myself

- I don't know if I can nominate myself but to explain my case as well as DB's we both have several long-standing scores left.

Best Forum Participant: Kong

Best Newcomer: CrisP, Elrod

Most Impressive Mastery: Wb's 1945K III (was it this year?)

Most Impressive Score: Bluej's Pururun & Seahawk's Speed Coin

DrunkN

11-19-2010, 06:55 PM

Most Impressive Mastery: Wb's 1945K III (was it this year?)
That was this year, yes.

Gamenguru

11-19-2010, 07:45 PM

Best Gamer - Winnebagel, Agnostic79, Seahawk, and Josephjo

- These guys are the best of the best, and all have serious skills.

Best Mod - Tails

Trophy Thief - Seahawk

- I know Seahawk was a serious contender for this award last year, and he has taken top spots in a lot of games throughout this year as well.

Trophy Defender - Dojah, Seahawk and Winnebagel

Best Forum Participant - Dudebro, Winnebagel, Jozman and JoeGrotowski

Best Newcomer: Elrod

- Over the last several months Elrod has really demonstrated that he has some pretty impressive gaming skills, but he also takes an active roll in the forums and is a nice guy as well.

Retro Uprising All Star - Dudebro, Tenser, Winnebagel and Seahawk

- Every one of these guys puts a lot of time and effort into the site, and RU would not be the same without them.

Most Impressive Mastery - Winnebagel's Hugely Epic win in 1945k III during the Team Marathon II contest. A game which no other player on four teams could beat then, and no one has beaten since.

Team Marathon II - Page 24 - Retro Uprising (http://retrouprising.com/showthread.php?t=8673&p=115330)

Most Impressive Score - Speed Coin (Seahawk)

Kugyince

11-19-2010, 08:21 PM

Best Gamer - Sabby
Best Forum Participant - Dudebro
Best Newcomer - Elrod
All-Star - Bagel

Kong

11-19-2010, 08:22 PM

Tenser and myself are not eligible for these.
Best Mod
Best Forum Participant
Retro Uprising All Star

Also Retro Uprising All Star should not take into account mod work. Mods are eligible but just judge them on their site participation as a normal user.

You can nominate yourself for any award. Especially for Most Impressive Mastery and Most Impressive Score because there are probably several great scores that will be overlooked unless you post your own.

CrispyChicken

11-19-2010, 08:41 PM

Best Forum Participant- Since I nominated for Tenser this, I will change it to Jozman.

Retro Uprising All Star- Nominated Kong, changing to Gamenguru.

splatglobe 95

11-19-2010, 08:59 PM

what's this all about? the awards stuff.

Mareeps

11-19-2010, 09:00 PM

Best Gamer - Seahawk, who stuck through and solo'd speed coin.

Best Mod - Not too sure here...

Trophy Thief - Not too sure here either, as I don't let my trophies get taken away easily.

Trophy Defender - Again, not too sure : \

Best Forum Participant - Jozman

Best Newcomer: ChrisP

Retro Uprising All Star - Dudebro

Most Impressive Mastery - Winnebagle, with 1945KIII

Most Impressive Score - Seahawk

Dudebro

11-19-2010, 09:03 PM

what's this all about? the awards stuff.
It's mainly for fun but the winners do get badges. It's a way of showing our appreciation for each other and to give people incentive to be an active member.

Kong

11-19-2010, 09:35 PM

Most Impressive Score - SeahawkShould be a specific score, not just a person.

Mareeps

11-19-2010, 10:42 PM

Should be a specific score, not just a person.
Okay.

Most impressive score: Seahawk, with his Speed Coin score.

Wolf

11-19-2010, 11:28 PM

Best Gamer - Elrod, Enemy Ace, and Winnebagel

Best Mod - Steven Cassidy, Dudebro, and Tenser

Trophy Thief - Elrod

Trophy Defender - Winnebagel

Best Forum Participant - Starfoxfan, Tenser, Dudebro, Steven Cassidy, and Samejamesbond

Best Newcomer: Elrod and Enemy Ace

Retro Uprising All Star - Winnebagel, Tenser, Kong, Steven Cassidy, Dudebro

Most Impressive Mastery - Winnebagel's 1945k III I know this was before mastery came out but still impressive

Most Impressive Score - Seahawk 1943

Slime Slayer

11-19-2010, 11:34 PM

Best Gamer: wb,sh,ea,sc13

Best Mod: sc13 obviously, tails, sabby, db, sh, jozz... probably sabby though.

Trophy Thief: runhippierun, he took 2 from me so hes my vote, feel free to veto his nomination if you think he is not worthy, and sc13

Trophy Defender: n/a what I wants, I takes so... sc13

Best Forum Participant: jim, db, sjb, ten, sc13

Best Newcomer: elrod, enemyace, and sc13

RU ALL STAR: sc13

Most Impressive Mastery: enemyace for cisco heat, sc 13 for whatever I got credited for, I never submitted

Most Impressive Score: SH's 1943, SH's flicky, jake whatshisnuts's bubble bobble, sc13's 1943k 3

(all votes subject to change)

So looking back, I don't like the categories. There should be more that cater to the less than obvious nominations. I'm just thinking about members that I value juat as much and sometimes more so. Maybe next year we could include user specific categories, for example Wolfman for his active chat or whatever.

Kugyince

11-19-2010, 11:48 PM

Tenser and myself are not eligible for these.
Best Mod
Best Forum Participant
Retro Uprising All Star
.

Tails

11-20-2010, 08:17 AM

Best Gamer - WB

Best Mod - Seahawk

Trophy Thief - Jozman

Trophy Defender - Elrod

Best Forum Participant - Doodbro

Best Newcomer: ChrisP

Retro Uprising All Star - WB - was hoping to not have two..

Most Impressive Mastery - Seahawk's 1943 Modified Midway Naval Battle

Most Impressive Score - Whoever has the Kung Fu NES score now.

StarfoxFan2009

11-20-2010, 01:10 PM

Best Gamer - WB

Best Mod - Dudebro

Trophy Thief - Jozman

Trophy Defender - Elrod

Best Forum Participant - SFF, Wolfman, GG, JoeGrow, JosephJo

Best Newcomer: ChrisP

Retro Uprising All Star - Wolfman
Most Impressive Mastery - Seahawk's 1943 Modified Midway Naval Battle

Most Impressive Score - Whoever has the Kung Fu NES score now.

Demon-Mask

11-20-2010, 03:00 PM

Best Mod - Tails, Dudebro,

Best Forum Participant - Tenser, Dudebro, SJB, SC13, and I hate to be the jerk who nominates himself, but: Demon-Mask

Best Newcomer: ChrisP

elrod21

11-21-2010, 03:33 AM

Best Gamer - Winnebagel - I haven't been here very long but from my experience he is number 1 on the site for a very good reason. :)

Best Mod - Stevencassidy13

Trophy Thief - Josephjo - Great rivalry there. Have had a lot of fun defending from him and pushing myself further.

Trophy Defender - Winnebagel. He always seems to come back when I do take trophies from him.

Best Forum Participant - There are so many I don't know who to pick.

Best Newcomer: ChrisP and EnemyAce. Both great guys. ChrisP we need to find a way to get you a new PC so you won't ever have to hear your scores submissions weren't counted for low FPS.

Retro Uprising All Star - Winnebagel and Dojah. Both these gentlemen have been very welcoming to me since I got here. Both real Class Acts all the way. It is refreshing to see gamers who are on the top of the pile and don't act like Jerks about it.

Most Impressive Mastery - Winnebagel 1945k III. I wasn't here when this happened but having a quick look at the game and it starts out hard and doesn't let up. It's easy to see why others picked this Mastery.

Most Impressive Score - Seahawk - Speed Coin. Having been involved in the round this game was played in and having played this game a lot in a short period of time, this score by Seahawk blew me away. This game messes with your sanity and Seahawk was on the ropes going into that round and he more than rose to the occasion where others might have been taken out.

StarfoxFan2009

11-22-2010, 01:51 AM

Well, i may not get nominated , but at least it's fun to decide who does...

Dudebro

11-22-2010, 01:58 AM

Well, i may not get nominated
There's always next year! ;)

Btw guys this topic is for nominations not voting remember? There's really no need to repeat names since you can only be nominated once.

On a related note I'd like to denominate myself for Trophy Defender. Any old scores I have are likely only still mine due to lack of interest not tenacity on my part. Also, my oldest score was beaten recently and I didn't even bother playing the game again and I deleted the PM. Sorry to be a downer cam, thanks for the thought though.

StarfoxFan2009

11-22-2010, 02:06 AM

Although with those hacks, it's no big deal as long as i've contributed

Dudebro

11-22-2010, 02:10 AM

Slime Slayer

11-22-2010, 03:12 AM

You bring up a good point. No one should feel like they need to be nominated for their contributions to be appreciated. As much as we try to fight it this is a popularity contest and we all know those are seldom fair or accurate. No offense to anyone nominated or the contributions that got them there.

That's why I was saying we should diversify our categories, to include the broadest range of potential candidates.

And seriously:
Best Gamer
Trophy Thief
Trophy Defender
Best Mastery
Most Impressive Score

Couldnt these have been boiled down to just 2 or 3, and open up more room for some more interesting categories? I don't know about you but I couldnt care less who the best trophy defender is, and on top of that just about everyone will have a different answer depending on what games they enjoy.

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Also I realise I should have spoken up a long time ago but I was a really busy dude while all this was going on and didnt have time to think about it.

Seahawk

11-22-2010, 03:41 AM

I don't know about you but I couldnt care less who the best trophy defender is, and on top of that just about everyone will have a different answer depending on what games they enjoy.

Then do something sensible like Demon Mask and Tenser and don't nominate anyone at all for those categories (instead of nominating yourself for everything). Only follow what interests you. For the record I don't care about best newcomer or forum participant, but that's just me. You can't please everyone.

Slime Slayer

11-22-2010, 04:59 AM

Then do something sensible like Demon Mask and Tenser and don't nominate anyone at all for those categories (instead of nominating yourself for everything). Only follow what interests you. For the record I don't care about best newcomer or forum participant, but that's just me. You can't please everyone.

Personally I could care less about the awards all together, but I would prefer if they were broader categories so that every active member could be at least nominated for something. That was my point, I wasnt complaining, I was trying to start a discussion so that maybe next year we could have more people included.
The site is supposed to be about fun for everyone, not a social climbing competition.

And for the record, this is based on looking out for all the valued members on the site so that they don't feel left out watching a contest made by the big dogs for the big dogs, from the sidelines.

Dudebro

11-22-2010, 05:21 AM

@steven- For the record this has been open to suggestion since the first time we did it. If you have a suggestion let's hear it. As you know there's no set in stone rules about this so we'll just keep tweaking it until we get it right or close enough for everyone.

Slime Slayer

11-22-2010, 05:34 AM

Dudebro

11-22-2010, 05:42 AM

I wasn't trying to scold you for not speaking up sooner or anything like that. What I was saying is just speak up and we'll keep improving the awards as we go along.

Best Taste in Video Games
Wouldn't this mainly be everyone voting for themselves?;)

Josephjo

11-22-2010, 06:16 AM

I know I should have spoken up earlier on the subject, like I said I was busy and didnt have time to think about it. I'm not trying to undo any of the work that has already been put into it, I'm just thinking about next year. A few categories of the top of my head:

Youngest Member
Oldest Member
Best Taste in Video Games
Memeber that trolls the most
Biggest Game Collection
Best Video Game Story
Best Game Reviewer

Again these were off the top of my head and some of them might be a little retarded, but it illustrates the kinda thing I'm going for here.

You're beginning to make a lot more sense now. After reading your first few posts I wondered if you were anti the awards because you hadn't been nominated for enough!:p

I'm all for involving more people that may feel left out if the awards are predominantly all about what's gone on in the arcade. The more the merrier as these things are usually just a light hearted look back at the year. Hopefully if the awards you've mentioned get listed then a lot more of the 'non arcade active' peeps can feel part of this.

FWIW I'm glad R.U has an annual awards as they can be fun. Maybe there should be a few more light hearted categories such as funniest/grumpiest poster etc. I can't believe anyone on here takes these awards too seriously. Do you honestly think if W.B or Seahawk won best gamer they'd spend the whole year reminding everyone? Looking back at last years thread there were a lot more catergories that haven't been mentioned yet. Maybe now you've spoken out a few more will be added. There's plenty of time yet til January.

And for the record, this is based on looking out for all the valued members on the site so that they don't feel left out watching a contest made by the big dogs for the big dogs, from the sidelines.

Based on this there is another award that could be added but I think it's in the bag.:p
http://i55.tinypic.com/20ubzia.jpg

jim5cents

11-22-2010, 08:20 AM

I think everybody worth mentioning has already been nominated. Lets get this show on the road.

joz

11-22-2010, 08:30 AM

Youngest Member
Oldest Member
Best Taste in Video Games
Memeber that trolls the most
Biggest Game Collection
Best Video Game Story
Best Game Reviewer

Again these were off the top of my head and some of them might be a little retarded, but it illustrates the kinda thing I'm going for here.

I like your ideas Steve. Oldest member would be a one time deal though. Best Game Reviewer would really help with boosting that part of the forums. We should try and stay away from negative awards though.

How's about these ideas?
Most Games Played: the member who's played the most games total in RU
Most Helpful Tips and Tricks: the one who's helped the most with tips and tricks. (would also boost that section)
Won't you be my neighbor?: the member who puts the most effort in getting new member more active with forums and games and brings in new members.

Kugyince

11-22-2010, 09:00 AM

For the record I attempted to move away the awards from just pure gaming twice when we were discussing the topic. My suggestions were pretty much ignored so I assumed no one else felt the same way.

Winnebagel

11-22-2010, 09:54 AM

For the record I attempted to move away the awards from just pure gaming twice when we were discussing the topic. My suggestions were pretty much ignored so I assumed no one else felt the same way.

I don't remember seeing that. Maybe I just missed it. I like the idea of having broader categories myself since RU is such a diverse place, and people visit for different reasons.

joz

11-22-2010, 10:00 AM

So Seahawk, would it be ok to add a few more awards to the list? I think we got some good ideas.

Seahawk

11-22-2010, 10:26 AM

Tails

11-22-2010, 10:29 AM

I say make it the best it is.. the best it was.. and the best it will ever will be.

What about one for those who tend to lay low key in the background but do a lot? Example would be Sabby and Tiamat at one point.

joz

11-22-2010, 10:31 AM

I say revise. And to everyone, please feel free to input your ideas and opinions. The more people who are involved the better :)

Josephjo

11-22-2010, 10:35 AM

I say revise. And to everyone, please feel free to input your ideas and opinions. The more people who are involved the better :)

Not just 'The Big Dogs'?:p

Tails

11-22-2010, 10:49 AM

Not just 'The Big Dogs'?:p
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/5/56/210Granbull_GS.png

Like him huh?

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Retro Uprising All Star - WB - was hoping to not have two..

^ ammending this since I really didn't want to have two people in my nominations. I choose Jojo in replacement.

Winnebagel

11-22-2010, 11:03 AM

Sure, there's still a month in the year so we have time. But if we do this I think it will be a good idea if the current nominations thread is closed.

Let's do a quick vote.
Should we add more awards or keep it the way it is now?

If we decide to revise it let's try and make it final this time.

I vote to add more categories. +1 on that.

Of the ones suggested, I like these:

Most Games Played: the member who's played the most games total in RU
Most Helpful Tips and Tricks: the one who's helped the most with tips and tricks. (would also boost that section)
Won't you be my neighbor?: the member who puts the most effort in getting new member more active with forums and games and brings in new members.
Best Game Reviewer

Tails

11-22-2010, 11:28 AM

Most referrals for said year?

joz

11-22-2010, 11:31 AM

how are referrals tracked anyways?

Winnebagel

11-22-2010, 11:32 AM

Most referrals for said year?

That might work, although that category is always spotty because so many referred people don't list who referred them. It might be nice anyway, though.

Tails

11-22-2010, 11:34 AM

That might work, although that category is always spotty because so many referred people don't list who referred them. It might be nice anyway, though.
Or you don't wanna be known to know them. :p

@Joz: Registration has a part where you type in the user name of who referred you.

joz

11-22-2010, 11:37 AM

@Joz: Registration has a part where you type in the user name of who referred you.

I don't even remember seeing that when I registered

Tails

11-22-2010, 11:46 AM

Only on the new RU, can't remember if you did that or not. I know stats don't show users I referred years back.

Slime Slayer

11-22-2010, 01:48 PM

How about most active in the arcade? This goes to the person whos name is always at the bottom of the screen. (as in my sig)

joz

11-22-2010, 02:15 PM

How about most active in the arcade? This goes to the person whos name is always at the bottom of the screen. (as in my sig)

this

Most Games Played: the member who's played the most games total in RU

Kong

11-22-2010, 02:22 PM

joz

11-22-2010, 02:24 PM

The idea about having an award for the Tips and Tricks is to provide an incentive to actually putting work into creating and making the Reviews forum more active.

sabby

11-22-2010, 02:44 PM

The idea about having an award for the Tips and Tricks is to provide an incentive to actually putting work into creating and making the Reviews forum more active.

Then maybe this should be a 2011 award.

Tails

11-22-2010, 02:48 PM

I agree Sabbs.

Winnebagel

11-22-2010, 02:49 PM

I don't think we should add a bunch of new categories just for the sake of adding more stuff.

"Best Reviewer" or "Best Review" or both would be a good addition.

"Most scores submitted" or "Most Masters" or "Most Game Club Points" or "Most Time Spent submitting scores" could be automatic awards.

"Most top 10 scores" could also be automatic but it would be for all time, not just 2010.

"Most Helpful Tips and Tricks" There was 4 submissions this year. I don't think that is enough to have a competition.

Combining Trophy Thief and Defender makes some sense to me.

"Most Active in Chat"??

I like all these. They would all be good additions IMHO.

I do think that Trophy Thief and Defender should still be separate though. The reason I think this is that there are some people who just take all the scores they can without ever taking lost ones back. That is different than taking back every one lost.

Tails

11-22-2010, 02:58 PM

I like all these. They would all be good additions IMHO.

I do think that Trophy Thief and Defender should still be separate though. The reason I think this is that there are some people who just take all the scores they can without ever taking lost ones back. That is different than taking back every one lost.
So you want to award someone who spams the arcade with 100 pt scores?

Kugyince

11-22-2010, 02:59 PM

Most referred.
Best contest.
Best new game added.
Worst/best contest game.
Most helpful (non-mods only)

joz

11-22-2010, 03:06 PM

I do think that Trophy Thief and Defender should still be separate though. The reason I think this is that there are some people who just take all the scores they can without ever taking lost ones back. That is different than taking back every one lost.

Agreed

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So you want to award someone who spams the arcade with 100 pt scores?

been through this before. Better to see 100 pts rather than 0 pts. Besides, this would allow for bigger odds on stealing and defending trophies IMO

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Most referred.
Best contest.
Best new game added.
Worst/best contest game.
Most helpful (non-mods only)

Most helpful and referred are good.
But best new game and contest game.are we going to give the winning game a badge???

Kugyince

11-22-2010, 03:16 PM

I'm more interested in those for reference in future contests.

joz

11-22-2010, 03:24 PM

Then maybe this should be a 2011 award.

agreed. but is should be promoted or else nobody will know about it.

Tails

11-22-2010, 03:25 PM

been through this before. Better to see 100 pts rather than 0 pts. Besides, this would allow for bigger odds on stealing and defending trophies IMO
Well, I just think it floods the board, but to each their own. I just don't think we should award a badge just for flooding. Now do what Elrod does, that is great to see. he plays it, and he does his best.

But best new game and contest game.are we going to give the winning game a badge???That would be interesting with a new category on the front page with most liked contest games of 2010.

Demon-Mask

11-22-2010, 06:01 PM

I like the idea of Best Reviewer/Best Review as a category.

CrispyChicken

11-22-2010, 06:05 PM

I like pretty much all the new ideas.

Kong

11-22-2010, 06:05 PM

Best new game added.
Click Retro Uprising - Arcade (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/)
Sort by "Added" "Descending"
First 40 pages were added this year.
32 of those pages are Amiga.

Seahawk

11-30-2010, 11:07 PM

Winnebagel

12-01-2010, 07:28 AM

Time to get back to work on this.

So far, I see only a few good ones that don't sound automatic.

Best Game Reviewer - Self explanatory
Most Active Member- This award goes to who has no life ;) who is most active on RU, who you see logged in all the time. Maybe it should replace All-Star. Or maybe it is covered by All-Star already. Discuss.
Most Helpful Member - I'm thinking we should cancel Best Mod and replace it with this one.

The New Year approaches fast, so lets keep this discussion going if you want some changes.

Besides the automatic ones that Kong suggested here:

"Most scores submitted" or "Most Masters" or "Most Game Club Points" or "Most Time Spent submitting scores" could be automatic awards.

I like the idea of Most Active, but I don't think it should replace All-Star.

I also like the idea of Most Helpful Member, but I also don't think it is quite exactly the same thing as Best Mod.

joz

12-01-2010, 08:34 AM

Mods should not be eligible for Most Helpful Member. I think it's a good idea to add.

Winnebagel

12-01-2010, 08:52 AM

Mods should not be eligible for Most Helpful Member. I think it's a good idea to add.

I agree. I think they should be separate categories and Mods should not be eligible.

Kugyince

12-01-2010, 03:09 PM

Most helpful (non-mods only)

I agree.

Gamenguru

12-01-2010, 03:09 PM

Mods should not be eligible for Most Helpful Member. I think it's a good idea to add.

Agreed. That category should exclude mods.

sezthemank

12-01-2010, 04:16 PM

Yes because the mods have best mod for that?

Hey any female related awards going?

Best Northern English female juggalette whos name begins with S?
Aww go on.............
I could do with an award, Ive been here for years and Im getting old dudde.
Give me some achevement in my sad pathetic life

maybe worse spelling :/ .....Or most changed
Because believe me over the years I have changed,
Im a grown up now xD
(really proud smiley ^)

Kugyince

12-01-2010, 04:35 PM

Sez, you have improved tremendously from when you first registered to this site.

sezthemank

12-01-2010, 04:49 PM

Aww Thank you Tenser! :love:
Just so I know and can carry on improving, what have I improved on the most?

Seahawk

12-05-2010, 09:38 PM

Officially, I'm adding

Best Game Reviewer
Most Active Member
Most Helpful Member (non mods only)

due to popular demand to the list. Best Mod stays as a separate award.

Best/Worst Contest Game isn't being added, this could be handled by a poll or in the contest thread after each contest.

No more new awards will be added.

Nominations are open until January 1st, feel free to keep them coming or revise until then.

Enemy Ace

12-11-2010, 03:11 PM

Best Gamer - stevencassidy13, for survive alone much of the last tag-team tournament. And Josephjo, my good amigo, for kicking my butt almost every time we compete...

Best Mod - I cannot choose one. All are thoughtful and helpful.

Trophy Thief - Elrod.

Trophy Defender - Seahawk. Is extremely difficult to take a trophy from him; and, if you succeed, he'll do everything to get it back... fast!

Best Forum Participant - samejamesbond and Dudebro.

Best Newcomer - Elrod and Josephjo. Great players, excellent people.

Retro Uprising All Star - Winnebagel.

Most Impressive Mastery - sabby, playing Logic Pro. That was great!

Most Impressive Score - Seahawk, playing Speed Coin. He should be practicing yoga, or, otherwise, be incredibly determined to get the score he did.

Demon-Mask

12-12-2010, 12:36 PM

Best Game Reviewer
SJB, Cam, and myself.

Seahawk

12-24-2010, 03:18 PM

This is a reminder that nominations end on January 1st. So if you feel like you need to revise or edit your nominations, do it now.

CrispyChicken

12-24-2010, 09:26 PM

Best Game Reviewer -ECInc, SJB, Jozman
Most Active Member -SJB (Or is this automatic?)
Most Helpful Member (non mods only) -SJB, SFF

Tails

12-24-2010, 11:15 PM

@ChrisP: You yourself know that the activity indicator is broken.

Mine:

Best Game Reviewer - Can't really choose since I seldom look at this.
Most Active Member - Jojo
Most Helpful Member (non mods only) - SFF

CatalystiCam

12-25-2010, 03:08 AM

You yourself know that the activity indicator is broken.

Really, it's always seemed to be accurate to how active I've been.

Mareeps

12-26-2010, 07:40 PM

For most helpful non-mod, I'll go with cam.

Thunderlips

12-30-2010, 08:49 PM

Being new I left this to the last minute to have a decent sampling to nominate from.

Best Gamer Winnebagel, he's number #1, he's not arrogant about it, enough said.

Best Mod They all seem dedicated but Jozman has been the most helpful to me thus far.

Trophy Thief Seems bias but seeing he joined this year Elrod has stolen a ton of trophies.

Trophy Defender Seahawk doesnt let any of his hardware leave for long. Must also say he's one formidable player at shooters.

Best Forum Participant Sezthemank seems to bring alot of color to the forum.

Best Newcomer me.............................no its Elrod heh

Retro Uprising All Star Winnebagel

Honorable mention to Josephjo as the guy who space aliens in video game land fear the most. He holds almost all the records of this genre is seems.

CrispyChicken

12-31-2010, 12:22 PM

@ChrisP: You yourself know that the activity indicator is broken.

Yeah, considering how my Activity jumps from 50-100-50-etc constantly XD I just did it on whoever I see around most of the day :p

Kong

12-31-2010, 12:35 PM

The activity bar isn't broken. Everyone's activity fluctuate so each person's % fluctuates. It works.

Kugyince

12-31-2010, 12:43 PM

I say it's broken! >:(

Slime Slayer

12-31-2010, 12:53 PM

It's broken in some ways, I'll maintain a high percent even if I log on to the site 6-7 times for 1 or 2 minutes a day. It seems to be based on how often you log in rather than how long you are logged in.

Dudebro

12-31-2010, 04:24 PM

Not true. I only actually log in once a day and I leave the site open the rest of the time. It may not be 100% accurate but it does the job well enough I think.

sabby

12-31-2010, 04:36 PM

There must be something else involved with it too. I have it online for over 9 hours a day, five days a week and my percentage is really low.

joz

12-31-2010, 04:44 PM

I notice my percentage go down when I don't post as often. DB is should usually be at 99% and up due to his constant banters...err collective insight and gracious comments. Also playing games often boosts your activity I think.

Dudebro

12-31-2010, 04:47 PM

Yeah I know I'm not a good measure of if this works on not, thanks for pointing that out though Joz. :(

joz

12-31-2010, 04:51 PM

I ment no offence buddy. Got nothing but love for you homie. Now come here and give me a hug :cat:

Dudebro

12-31-2010, 05:00 PM

Not to continue this derail even further but what does the cat have to do with a hug?:lol:

joz

12-31-2010, 05:06 PM

Just trying to cheer you up :p

Kong

12-31-2010, 05:34 PM

It doesn't measure activity in games, just the forum and other parts of the site. And it doesn't measure time, just actions. Number of times you search for new posts, or make a post, or send a PM, or look at someone's profile etc. It looks at the last 28 days of activity and gives one person 100% and everyone else is compared to that person to get their percent.

jim5cents

01-01-2011, 12:43 PM

It must be broken...I demand a full investigation. This is an outrage.

Seahawk

01-01-2011, 01:42 PM

Happy New Year to all regions.

No more nominations will be accepted.

CrispyChicken

01-01-2011, 10:21 PM

Awesome, I can't wait to see the results :D

warghoul

01-05-2011, 01:05 AM

uhm I win everyone meet me at the bar and we'll have an award thingy on me.

StarfoxFan2009

01-08-2011, 01:03 AM

good luck guys :)

---------- Post added 01-08-2011 at 01:03 AM ---------- Previous post was 01-05-2011 at 01:07 AM ----------

btw shouldn't this be locked ???

Kong

03-01-2011, 11:38 PM

And the 2010 winners are...

Most donations:Gamenguru http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_biggest_donor_2010.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/gamenguru/)
Highest Ranked Post: drunkninja http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_highest_ranked.png
Most impressive score: Seahawk http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_speed_coin.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/seahawk/)
Trophy Defender: Winnebagel http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_trophy_defender.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/winnebagel/)
Most Impressive Mastery: Winnebagel http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_impressive_mastery.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/winnebagel/)
RU All Star: Winnebagel http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_all_star.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/winnebagel/)
Best RU Gamer: Winnebagel http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_best_gamer_2010.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/winnebagel/)
Trohpy Thief: Josephjo http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_trophy_theif.png
Best Newcomer: Elrod21http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_new_user.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/elrod21/)
Best Reviewer: Cam3ron36 http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_best_reviewer.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/cam3ron36/)
Best Mod: Tails http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_best_mod.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/tails/)
Best Forum Participant: JoeGrotowski http://retrouprising.com/images/misc/level/award_best_poster.png (http://retrouprising.com/members/joegrotowski/)

2010 Donations
Gamenguru $ 310
Josephjo $210
Winnebagel $160
Bluej $95
timh $50
sky1989 $35
Smittycal $25
Enemy Ace $20
kiwinavega $20
902silverminer $10
Cam3ron36 $10
cecil $10
Dudebro $10
Impr3ssion $10
jim5cents $10
ninjatiamat $10
RJN182 $10
stevencassidy13 $10
The Hitman $10
treshamj $10
mrorangebritt $5

This is how many scores each mod approved last year. It is not very accurate, it was only tracked for the last couple months of the year and for part of that time it wasn't tracking everyone correctly. But it gives a general rough idea of who is approving your scores. The first number is how many scores they approved. The second is how many score movies they watched from start to finish to verify no cheats were used.

Seahawk 737 - 191
jozman3000 633 - 68
Winnebagel 576 - 73
Tails 391 - 4
Josephjo 307 - 61
Kong 182 - 6
stevencassidy13 162 - 0
Gamenguru 150 - 116
Tenser 105 - 38
Dudebro 13 - 1
jim5cents 9 - 2
Dojah 1 - 0