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    First Ever Homecoming Base Contest!

    in Events & Contests

    Posted · Edited by Blushield

    On 9/12/2020 at 5:01 PM, GM Miss said:

    Hey everyone! 

     

    You guys have created some of the most amazing, inventive, and unique creations I have ever seen and I want you to share them with the CoX world, so I am so very beyond excited to announce our first ever 🏘️BASE CONTEST!🏡

     

    There’s no theme, alignment or shard requirement. All bases are welcome!

     

    How to Enter

    Bases must be submitted by the Supergroup owner (the member with the red star in the Supergroup member list). Please post in this thread with the following in order to enter:

    • Your character name (the character with the red star)
    • Your global handle
    • Your Supergroup name
    • The shard you’re on
    • The passcode for entering the Supergroup base
    • The character names or global handles of any Supergroup members that contributed to building the base (up to a maximum of five, including yourself if you contributed)
    • OPTIONAL: Up to five screenshots of your base
    • One entry only please.

    The submission deadline is October 31st, 2020 at 6pm Eastern (11pm UTC)

     

    Prizes

    • First place:
      • A pool of 5,000 Reward Merits that will be divided evenly among the base contributors
      • A  golden title (Base Contest Winner) for each contributor
    • Second place:
      • A pool of 5,000 Reward Merits that will be divided evenly among the base contributors
      • A  golden title (Base Contest Finalist) for each contributor
    • Third, Fourth and Fifth place:
      • A pool of 5,000 Reward Merits that will be divided evenly among the base contributors
      • A  golden title (Base Contest Runner-Up) for each contributor

    Judging

    After the deadline passes, the Game Masters will take some time to go through each of the entries to pick the winners. We’ll aim to post the winners up by November 15th, but this may take a bit longer if there’s a large number of entries.

     

    We can’t want to see all of your bases. Good luck and have fun!

    *Adding a small note since we have gotten a few questions. We aren't taking any tours with individual players (we will be touring the bases on our own time), so please add any extra info you would like to the post if you have hidden areas or something you don't want us to miss! 

    The Vanguard League on Everlasting is running our 3rd version of a Base Building Contest with 20 Billion in prizes, pretty much in the same time frame.

     

    Seems like we should cancel ours now. Looking for guidance from the GMs.

     

    "1 MONTH TO GO!! The Vanguard League, Everlasting’s most chillax SG, is happy to announce it’s 3rd Best Base in Paragon Contest. Grand Prize 5 Billion inf. 20 Billion in total! Entry deadline is 18 Oct 2020 Details: https://tinyurl.com/y2y7727m"

     

    -Blu

     

    Best Base in Paragon City, 3.0!

    in Everlasting

    Posted · Edited by Blushield
    Added Maze catgory

    Greetings Everlasting!

     

    The Vanguard League is once again running our semi-annual SG Base Building Contest! We've upped the prize money to more than 15 20 Billion influence in cash and prizes!  You have 2 or so months to enter the contest and complete your base or it's upgrades.

     

    We’re very pleased to announce a special guest judge has been added to our roster! Last Spring's Grand Prize Winner Veracor (@Veracor) of Castle Simulacrum ( SIMULACRUM-6940)  will be serving as our 3rd judge in this contest.

     

    Guidelines:

    1) Deadline for Entry to the contest is 18 October 2020. No entries will be considered after that. Please register your SG by including the name of the SG, the base passcode and a contact either here (reply  in this thread) or in an in-game email to @Blushield. Incomplete entries will not be counted.

     

    2) Prizes will be awarded in on Saturday,  7 November 2020 at 7:30pm US Eastern.

     

    3) 2 judges from the Vanguard League will begin scheduling tours about 2 weeks before the awards. Bases will be judged broadly on Theme, Creativity and Technical merit by each judge. The consensus of the committee is final.

     

    4) Previous contest winners and judges choice winners (winners in the May 2, 2020 contest) may not enter this contest (to give others a fair shot at it).

     

    5) SGs are welcome to open their bases to the general public for viewing, but are not required to do so.

     

    PRIZES!

    1st PRIZE:  5,000,000,000 inf

    2nd Prize: 3,000,000,000 inf

    3rd Prize: 2,000,000,000 inf

    These are the "Best Overall" Category. It's possible to start out in the categories below and end up here (SGs will only be awarded 1 prize however).

    Other prize categories include:


    Best Base RP/Public/Club: Bases in this category are generally open to the public/have public facilities. Theme is an important component of judging and we're looking for a consistent, well executed concept that defines the club. If your RP base is closed to the public, that's fine, but you'll be judged in the Functional HQ category.  Note: The ENTIRE base does not need to be public. You can have public facing facilities and private base rooms/offices etc.
     

    Best Base: Small: Looking for tight, well designed bases that would be considered "small", e.g. single person bases, travel hubs,. etc. If you are using half of the largest plot, you're probably not "small".

     

    Best Base: Functional HQ: Does your SG fight crime from your orbital satellite? Will you finally "show them all!" from your underground lair? Looking for theme, but also function, e.g. does the base serve the daily needs of the SG?

     

    Best Base: Maze (new!): Because people like Mazes!

     

    Judges Awards: These are at the discretion of each of the judges. There aren't many rules here, just "Hey, I like it".

     

     

     

    Every time we've done this, we've seen amazing creativity from the Everlasting Community! This is your chance to shine!

     

    Good Luck everyone!

     

    NOTE: While the GMs have seen fit to run their own, server-wide contest in roughly the same time frame as ours, the Vanguard League has decided to continue forward with this. After all. our prizes are much better 🙂

    Before you ask, yes, AFAIK you can enter BOTH contests.

    Let's make sure that Everlasting wins the server competition, we've had both practice and a head start!

     

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    Best Base in Paragon City: 3.0

    in Everlasting

    Posted · Edited by Blushield

    Heroes!

    The Vanguard League of Everlasting is happy to announce plans are firming up for the 3rd Base in Paragon City Contest!

    We'll make a more detailed announcement as the contest gets closer, but the highlights so far:

     

    Date: 15 October 2020

     

    Top Prize: 5,000,000,000 (Five Billion Influence)

    Total Prize Money: 15,000,000,000 (Fifteen Billion)

    New Categories!

     

    Special Guest Judge: Veracor

     

    You've got a little more than 2 months and we'll make more details available as we go, but this is your heads up to START BUILDING!

     

    -BluShield

    Feedback Requested: Best Base in Paragon Contest this Fall

    in Everlasting

    Posted

    Hi Everyone!

     

    The Vanguard League is getting ready for this Fall's Best Base in Paragon City contest in October, and we'd like to pick your brains a bit.

    Currently we judge bases on Theme, Technical Merit and Creativity, e.g. Do you have a well defined theme and are sticking to it? Does the base do interesting or innovative things with the tools and objects we have available? Is it's design creative and unique, or is it one in a long line of common bases?

     

    The problem is, with these parameters we sometimes end up comparing apples and oranges. We've tried to address this with Judge's Awards so that bases that resonate with a judge (or two) get looped in, even if they may not have perfect construction or use the existing object set in conventional ways.

     

    This time we'd like to try something different. Stealing a idea from cinema awards, we are thinking about establishing some categories that contestants could join. Just like the Oscars have "Best Actor", "Best Supporting Actor", "Best Key Grip" etc., we'd like to add a FEW (no more than 4) categories to the contest, so we can better compare like to like.

     

    The question before the house: What should those categories be?

     

    For Example: Best RP Base, seems logical and obvious, but what else should we think about?

     

    I'm going to leave this thread up for a few weeks, so mull it over and let us know what categories you'd like to see and why.

     

    I can't promise we'll use them, and certainly we won't use them all (more than 4 or 5 categories will dilute the prize pool too much). But chime in and contribute your ideas for categories.

     

    -Blu

     

    Windfall not working

    in Bug Reports

    Posted

    Windows: Twice now I have gotten Windfall from a Lords of Winter Pack, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Looking at my influence gain both before and after using it, it's the same! Also it doesn't look like my drop rate for recipes is any larger than it was before I used it.
     
    Alt: Everlasting server, Quillamina, running Terminator Fire Farm.
    The first time I had 5 teammates, and they all reported getting the same influence as I did, which I thought was weird. The second time I ran the same fire farm alone.
     
    Unfortunately, I didn't capture a screen shot.  I did write down the inf I was getting:

    128164 - EB

    64081 -Boss

    20504 -Lt.

    5979 -Minon

     

    Then re-ran the test after Windfall expired and got exactly the same numbers. I couldn't really tell if the drop rate was higher.

    I'll file this on the bug site.

    Best Base in Paragon, 2.1 !!! (Use this thread)

    in Everlasting

    Posted

    Apologies. Re-reading this, I see we were not clear on the process. A number of folks contacted us  through in-game email and we were able to schedule almost all of them. We visited all the bases and announced ourselves. In a few cases, we got tours right then or set them up for later.

     

    Sorry for being unclear, and I'll make sure we're more explicit about how to get that set up for next round in the Fall.

    Best Base in Paragon, 2.1 !!! (Use this thread)

    in Everlasting

    Posted · Edited by Blushield

    Congratulations to our Winners, and thank you everyone for participating!

    We'll see you again in the fall!

     

    First Place:  Simulacrum

    Second Place: Black Friday

    Third Place (tie): R.A.T.S

    Third Place(tie): Price-Chatterton Estate

    Honorable Mention: Kamen Fighters

    Honorable Mention: Justice Sentinels of America

    Honorable Mention: Adamant Factor

    Blu Judge's Choice: The Sanctum of Shadows

    Ferrera Judge's Choice: The Craglows

    Deep Six Choice: Hallowed Grounds

     

    List of participant bases and codes (NOTE: SGs may change these at any time):

     

    Super Group

    Pass code

    The Lion's Den

    LEO-6594

    Justice Sentinels of America 

    JSAUNITED-5122

    The Sanctum of Shadows - Wedding Edition!

    SANCTUM-2764

    Mercy Island Slums

    SLUMS-11408

    Legion of Valor

    Valor-30

    Peacekeepers

    PEACE-1570

    Erstwhile Bounties Inc.

    EBINC-12975

    Adamant Factor

    ADAMANTFACTOR-2993

    River Styx

    Styx-13041

    New Praetorians Initiative

    BRIX-10044

    Joker's Wild

    JOKERS-5378

    MA Block

    MONK-11958

    The Craglows

    CRAGLOWS-3450

    Cu Sidhe Wilds

    Sidhe-12413

    Penumbra

    PEN-13614

    The Black Sheep

    DIAMOND-8022

    The Vampirum Sanctum

    SANCTUM-12813

    Price-Chatterton Estate

    MANOR-7356

    Naraka Confinement Facility

    NARAKA-13039

    Kamen Fighters

    HUB-7871

    Simulacrum

    SIMULACRUM-6940

    Big Shiney Heroes

    BIGSHINEYHEROES-6548

    Omagatoki

    OMAGATOKI-11464

    R.A.T.S

    RATCITY-2259

    Hallowed Grounds

    GHOST-1471

    Howe Avenue

    DEFENDERS-6615

    Canine Chic

    CHIC-10348

    Black Friday

    BLACKFRIDAY-4066

    The Watchpoint

    WATCHPOINT-13202

    The Blu Line

    BLU-8439

     

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    Best Base in Paragon, 2.1 !!! (Use this thread)

    in Everlasting

    Posted · Edited by Blushield
    update for afterparty

    The votes have been tallied!

    Come to Kallisti Wharf TONIGHT AT 7:30PM EASTERN!

     

    We will be awarding BILLIONS in prizes and, of course, bragging rights to having the Best Base in Paragon City!

     

    Party immediately afterwards at OASIS-3471

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    Best Base in Paragon, 2.1 !!! (Use this thread)

    in Everlasting

    Posted

    As of this morning, Sunday 26 April 2020, Entries to the contest are no longer being accepted. We expect we will be doing a similar contest in the October time-frame. In total,  31 SG/bases have registered for this round.

     

    The judges have already made some preliminary visits. During the next week we will continue to try to narrow down the choices and should announce prizewinners next Saturday, 2 May 2020 in KW.

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