2023 Homecoming Base Contest (Rules & Entries thread)

[Easter Bunny]

Hello!

It’s CR Dacy and your friendly base-hopping CR Easter Bunny here to announce that the HC Base Building Contest has returned!

And it’s right here! You’re reading about it RIGHT NOW!

As before there is no theme, alignment or shard requirement. Nearly all bases are welcome! (See Fine Print for details)

Bases will be judged in one of three categories that are divided by item count, for a total of six winners! Plus, the return of the Community Choice Winner! The 2023 categories are:

• RP Base Over 7K Items
• RP Base Under 7K Items
• Utility Center Over 7K Items
• Utility Center Under 7K Items
• Multipurpose Base Over 7k Items
• Multipurpose Base Under 7k Items
• Community Choice Winner

– An RP base is one where the purpose of the base is to provide context, story, or setting for RP; either no services or minimal services are provided.
– What we're defining as a Utility Center is a functional base where the focus is on the convenience and services a base can provide. However, for this contest, how it's presented should be cosmetically pleasing and coherent.
– A Multipurpose Base is a base where full services are provided, but RP is also provided for, and base functions are integrated into the design accordingly. This base would need to meet the considerations for both the service-oriented base and the RP-specific base.

Winners will be awarded a total of 5,000 merits, which will be divided among contributors if there are more than one, and the golden title "2023 Base Building Champion" for all involved (up to 5 for each winning entry, including the base owner). Base owners also win if they are not the builder, and base builders also win if not the owner, provided said participants did not enter a separate base. (Fine Print).

⭐ The submission deadline is Sunday, April 9, 2023 * ahem * 🐰 at 6pm Eastern (11pm UTC). ⭐

How to Enter

Bases must be submitted by the Base owner (the character with the red star in the 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 base’s name.
• The shard it is located on.
• The passcode for entering the base.
• The Base Category you are entering under.
• The item count of your base. Full item count can be determined by clicking Upgrade Plot from the entrance room or by typing /editbase 3 while in your base. If you like, post a screenshot of your item count to be sure it's the correct one.
• The character names or Global handles of any members that contributed to building the base; up to a maximum of five, including yourself (don't forget to credit the Builder if different from the Owner!).
• Only one base submission per person (Please refrain from entering under multiple accounts – there will be more contests).

The judging panel will consist of your Base Building Community Reps (Dacy and I) and the previous Winners from the last HC Base Building Contest in 2020 (should they decide not to enter this year's contest with a different base).

After the deadline passes, the judges will take some time to go through and score each of the entries using a rubric (attached below) so that each base is evaluated as fairly as possible. Depending on the number of entries this may take some time. We'll do our best to work through them as quickly as possible!
Once the highest scoring bases have been determined we will reach out to the owners to arrange tours for a guided look at the finalists. After the tours have been completed, we will compile the top scoring bases for the consideration of the Community Choice award. Once that winner is chosen by community vote, we will announce all of the winners and award prizes.
Please note, we'll not be taking any tours with individual players before this phase, 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 Fine Print - the land of ifs, ands and buts

• The only bases ineligible for this contest are the Runner-Ups, Finalists and Winners of the 2020 HC Base Contest (Gold Title winners). All other bases are fair game and welcome!
• For those builders that do contract work or are involved in group projects: You can only enter one base and be entered to win with one base. If you happen to have worked on another base, and someone involved with that base enters it, you do not get to share in their spoils should they win. You must choose which one base you want to represent you and your chances to win. 
• Similarly, for our judging panel: Judges are unable to directly enter their own work. But their clients or other owners of a base may still enter bases that were built, all or in part, by a member of the judging panel. In this situation a judge may not score their commissioned work. A GM (thank you @GM Willow!) has volunteered to step in as guest-judge in the event that a judge must recuse themselves from an entry. Should the judge's entry score well enough to place among the High Scores their base would still be ineligible for the 2023 Base Building Champion Title, and will instead only be eligible for the Community Choice poll.

Lastly, as referenced above, a copy of the judging rubric has been attached to this post so that it's clear what we judges will be looking for in your beautiful works of art!

We're very much looking forward to seeing all of your wonderful hard work!!

- Your Base Building Community Reps,
Dacy and Easter Bunny

* successfully resists urge to sign off with something like, "May the odds be ever in your favor" *

 

Please ONLY use this thread for submissions! Discussion can be had in the thread linked below:
 

 

Base Contest Rubric.pdf

Edited May 7 by Easter Bunny
Added link to discussion thread

[Easter Bunny]

To kick things off and for ease of use, here is an entry form layout you may follow to enter the contest:

And remember, the deadline for the contest is Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 6pm Eastern (11pm UTC).

Character name:
Global:
Base or SG Name:
Shard:
Passcode:
Item Count:
Category for Contest:
Other associated contributors; up to 4 more people (don't forget to credit the Builder if different from the Owner!):
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note:

Edited January 25, 2023 by Easter Bunny

[COH-KittyKat]

Character name: Ladon Over Rook
Global: @pbkat
Base or SG Name: The Station
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: STATION-19116
Item Count: 3384
Category for Contest: RP under 7K items

Other associated contributors, (up to 4 more people): N/A
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: The Park and The Pool Hall built in an old basement Boiler Room

  

For those interested in the origin story of The Station - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_-bPozsNnHGDNrKOAbNUhOEQJ8KG9m47S1lsVTH-vU8/edit?usp=sharing

Edited January 24, 2023 by COH-KittyKat

[Starforge]

Character name: Fracture
Global: @Starforge
Base or SG Name: Hall of Heroes
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: Hall-22329
Item Count: 11,974
Category for Contest: Multipurpose Base over 7k items
Other associated contributors (up to 4 more people): N/A
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: (Use /visscale 5 when touring the base)

The Hall of Heroes is on an island off the coast of Rhode Island. Non-powered visitors are able to utilize the Paragon City ferry service to arrive.

Upon arrival to the Hall of Heroes, visitors are immediately greeted by the large outdoor plaza. Food vendors line the lower sides of the raised fountain platform which itself serves as a memorial to fallen heroes (also a nice spot for Costume Contests :P).

The main floor inside the Hall of Heroes contains a lounge, museum and training simulator. The main entrance is also lined by two elevators; one to the bottom floor which houses a cafeteria, training room and library; while the upper floor contains offices for the leaders of the Global Defense Force as well as a meeting area. Behind the meeting area is a secure access elevator to the secret base below the Hall of Heroes which contains a large medical bay, hangar and workshop/teleport hub for the GDF.

Edited March 26, 2023 by Starforge
Updated description/pictures/item count.

[Rhouric]

6 hours ago, Easter Bunny said:

Character name: John Sardic
Global: @Spec Ops FiST
Base or SG Name: Saracen Armories LTD.
Shard: Everlasting
Pass code: theshop-24628
Item Count:  3360
Category for Contest: Multipurpose Base Under 7K.
Other associated contributors (up to 4 more people): N/A

Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note:  *Saracen Armories is located in the Old Sloth section of Kalisti Wharf.  It is the manufacturing and repair center for Black Friday's featured services known as "The Limited."  Producing, custom weapons, armor, and equipment for all patrons and VIP members.  From creation of special devices to the repair and restoration of vintage firearms, and personal equipment Saracen Armories does it all.*  (Note that the owner operators home is above the shop.  Special interest in the CNC machines as they are also Enhancement Storage racks.  If you need an Enhancement or help filling out a Build this is what the actual purpose is. )

 

Edited January 24, 2023 by Rhouric

[Nandez]

Character name: Tsunamica
Global: @Nandez
Base or SG Name: Beneath the Waves
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: Zealantis-22652
Item Count: 
Category for Contest: RP Base under 7k Items

For those interested in lore/headcanon for the base and Zealantis: tinyurl.com/Zealantis

Notes for those viewing (Screenshots for visual):
Edit: A jetpack or flight powers is recommended for exploring a specific section of the base.  This is meant to imitate swimming in the specific section.  Not required, at all, but adds to the effect intended for that specific section of the base.

 

There is a "hidden/ooc" portal to the south after entering the base and stepping into the area that leads directly to the "capital" part of the base.  This was put there for quick travel from base entrance to the main city for RP purposes/etc - 

 

There is also a portal to the "Champion Chambers" within the city that is often overlooked by some.  It is marked by a flag in front of a door - 

Edited January 24, 2023 by Nandez

[Mike Arclight]

 

 

Character name: Dr. Fizzbang
Global: @st. mike
Base or SG Name: Rift Jumpers
Shard: Excelsior 
Passcode: Jump-9611
Item Count: 8,605
Category for Contest: Multi over 7k
Other associated contributors, (up to 4 more people): ---
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note:

 

 

Additional Notes: Flight is not necessary, but may be desired. There is tele points to and from ground. Nothing is hidden, per se, but there are a lot of nooks and crannies. Most of the staterooms 'tell a story' about their occupant. 

This SG base is meant to tell the story of a ship rendering aid in a time of cataclysm; there are depictions of death on the ground. 

Edited January 28, 2023 by Mike Arclight
Updated Information

[ScarredSilencer]

Character name: Build'It Bill
Global: @ScarredSilencer
Base or SG Name: The Dark Coven
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: DARKCOVEN-5519
Item Count: 6,999

Category for Contest: RP Base Under 7K Items
Other associated contributors, (up to 4 more people): Not Applicable

Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: The primary method of seeing areas in this base is by doorways. They will just be open doorways, and need to be walked through to enter new rooms. However, certain other areas are accessible via teleporters hidden into surfaces that look like doors. Some of these are decently well-hidden. This base will be most easily shown off via base tour as there is a lot of twists and turns.

The base itself is a Vampire run Industrial/Metal Goth nightclub. It is heavily inspired from Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines, and World of Darkness. While also serving as a nightclub, it is also a well protected sanctuary for vampires and their kindred to work with one another under the watchful eye of Baroness Eris, a tall and foreboding vampire figure having lived a great, yet unknown, number of years with one goal in mind. Raise their kind from the ash and shadow, and eliminate the Brotherhood of the Moon, a rival clan of werewolves.

Easily missed locations/Must-Sees:
A - The door directly to the left of the entrance portal has a teleporter to access an apartment that's a well detailed portion of the base.
B - In through the main door of the nightclub, directly to the right, behind the bar, is a hallway. This hallway leads to a great many areas, but through the hallway, there is another doorway on the right entering into a secondary lounge/bar area that's a must-see.
C - In the area directly mentioned in B, there's teleporter doors to a rainy side street with a truck. Check the back of the truck for a super secret teleporter. 😉
D - Back on the main dance floor, up on the stage, there's a doorway that leads into an office area backstage. Continue through this area until you reach a set of stairs leading up to a teleporter door. This teleporter door leads to a main office, that's a well detailed portion of the base.
E - In the main office mentioned in D, there's a teleporter door to a bedroom. In the bedroom, there is a hidden teleporter behind a plant, that leads down into a whole secret crypt area.

... and much more.

Screenshots:

Edited January 25, 2023 by ScarredSilencer

[Crystal Dragon]

Character name: Seluna Silverheart
Global: @Crystal Dragon

Base or SG Name: Pellean Sanctum
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: NEXUSSTATION-24135
Item Count: 3097

Category for Contest: Multipurpose under 7K items
Other associated contributors, (up to 4 more people): Not Applicable

Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: 

Originally designed as a ruins setting discovered buried on the outskirts of St. Martial's, this base quickly grew into a memorable echo of a realm long lost to the Tirikan refugees of Prime. Over the span of about 9 months, this has been worked on, edited, adjusted, and revamped as the story unfolded of how these ruins emerged buried within an archaeological dig some 17 miles from the central reaches of St. Martial's and the Rogue Isles. Temporally displaced, and ravaged by time, these ruins had been slowly restored by several temporal specialists, unraveling a sealed door that held behind it a number of surprises for the Tirikan, and their allies. That seal was broken and the surprises contained within unleashed on Prime - but not without it's own price for the Tirikan race. The Refugees of Pellea now inhabit these ancient foreign halls, living, and working as any other citizen of Prime now does. But this base is only a small fragment of their expanded history. Admittedly, I never thought I'd submit this, didn't think it was worth a glance by some of the pro builders I've seen here, but after some encouraging words from my RP circle and long time friends, I submit The Pellean Sanctum, as my personal base submission for the competition. May the best shine with pride. The base is open for exploration, I ask those that wish to RP in it, to please be polite and remember this is the home of many of the tirikan refugees that fled to Prime from their universe, and be considerate. *bows formally with a gesture to explore freely.*

 

 

"The First Tirikan"

Entrance way

The Seven Sisters Memorial

Shrine of the Fallen

So much more to see, do explore at your leisure.

Edited January 29, 2023 by Crystal Dragon
Submission information and a few teaser screenshots added. Good luck everyone! <3

[Fermi]

Character name: Encantrix
Global: @Fermi
Base or SG Name: Old Park
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: OLDPARK-18827
Item Count: 3782
Category for Contest: RP Base under 7k Items
Other associated contributors; up to 4 more people (don't forget to credit the Builder if different from the Owner!😞 None
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: There's a secret area. Send me a tell in-game and I'll escort you there.

 

 

[Jiro Ito]

• Your character name: Jiro Ito
• Your Global handle: @jiroito
• Your base’s name: Scorpio Industries
• The shard it is located on: Torchbearer
• The passcode for entering the base: SCORPIO-10781
• The Base Category you are entering under: Utility Center Under 7K Items
• The item count of your base: 1400
• The character names or Global handles of any members that contributed to building the base:  nobody

 

The island lair of the Ito Family, with all the amenities and trophies you would expect to find in a superpowered individual's base of operations.

 

 

Edited January 26, 2023 by Jiro Ito

[PoptartsNinja]

Character name: Alex St. Croix
Global: @Thunderchild
Base or SG Name: Crash Castle
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: CRASHCASTLE-26019
Item Count: 3823 at time of application, may be a little higher or lower because I tend to fiddle with things as the mood strikes and/or my frustration with base drift mounts
Category for Contest: RP Base Under 7K Items
Other associated contributors: None
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: A Freakshow-themed castle in Crey's Folly. Check out the scenic water purifier, fight club, car-tapult, outdoor stage, or even the dancefloor!

 

Edited January 28, 2023 by PoptartsNinja

[Kataklysm]

Character name • Izick
Global • @Kataklysm
Base • Firebrand island

Shard • Everlasting
Passcode • Fortune-13524
Category • RP Above 7k
Item Count• 17,342
Builder • Izick/ @Kataklysm

https://discord.gg/2BPAQsVfWc

Edited February 2, 2023 by Terius

[captainstar]

Character name: DarkDemon
Global: @StarVoid
Base or SG Name: ALPHA CORP
Shard: Excelsior
Passcode: 2345678-22229
Category for Contest: Decorated utility base. 7k Items
Other associated contributors: @lucaslsr

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sXP3Ju6NcT0VbjB2_feRG24NvzTjp8rP/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tWyQfNZMFGnpu52J-KjSYblSbMNXPj_9/view?usp=sharing

Edited February 22, 2023 by captainstar
fixing an information

[LokiRavens]

Character name:  Cedarwing
Global:  @LokiRaven
Base or SG Name:  Peace Park (SG: Peace Garden)
Shard:  Everlasting
Passcode:  PEACEPARK-16417
Item Count:  6493

Category for Contest:  RP Base Under 7K Items
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: Significant Landmarks include the Market Street at the at the entrance, a simple Maze, a Stage, a Lake, as well as various little date spots and and other locales for all your sitting, chatting and parking needs.

It is also home to at least 12 "Hidden" Rubber Duckies throughout the Park, some are hidden significantly better then others. Good luck finding them all! (Note: Finding them all is not required, I've forgotten where I've placed them all so seriously, Good Luck.)

Edited February 10, 2023 by LokiRavens

[EmperorRiptide]

Character name: Deep Six
Global: @Riptide6
Base or SG Name: The Deep Star
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: DEEP-16353
Item Count: 10953
Category for Contest: RP base over 7k items
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note:
There are multiple levels to the base, and the fastest way down to the floor is to hop into the Submarine/Monorail thingy off the dock (follow the signage). Inside is a portal that will take you down below. To get to the second story, there is an elevator at the back of the pool/arcade. And Six's lair has 2 entrances. One hidden away on the surface past the Movie Screen on the mountainside.  And another in the second story of the Deep Star via a water portal opposite the kitchen galley.
There is also a volcano room tucked away in the Submarine bay off to the Left side of the room once you enter (Labeled Power). 

 

Edited February 15, 2023 by EmperorRiptide
Adding clarification to comment

[Tallydupp]

Character name: Kai Vai
Global: @Ramage
Base or SG Name: Stillwaters
Shard: Torchbearer
Passcode: STILLWATERS-319
Item Count: Less than 7,000
Category for Contest: Utility base

Edited February 16, 2023 by Tallydupp

[Dacy]

I'd like to put in a comment designed to clarify something:

 

A Utility base is one where it offers services, but the location, although it can be decorated and thematic, was not intended for RP. Examples would include my home base, OVERKILL-2729 (Everlasting), RIPOFF-27314 (Everlasting), or TBTP-7677 (Torchbearer). (using examples of my own work here, but TBTP was a buff up project for a class.)

 

A Multipurpose base IS intended for RP, but has worked in all the services in a thematic way. This means that things like seating will accommodate characters. However, the focus of the base is to provide a role-playing environment as part of a story, as a base of operations for a thematic super/villain group, or a place people would visit in the course of various RP stories. It must have BOTH all of the services AND be functional for RP (places will accommodate characters to sit, stand, move, whatever). Examples from previous HC winners would include ONES-5030 on Excelsior, and RATCITY-2259 on Everlasting.

 

An RP base may have some services, but does not have to have any or all of them, and  its focus is solely to provide a backdrop for RP stories or be a place characters might visit in everyday life. Examples from past winners would be (all are on Everlasting): The Pagoda GHOST-1471, Paragon Galleria PSHOPPING-13668, and Grimmsel College, which I don't have a current code for.

 

Please be sure you enter in the correct category, and there are perhaps a few? bases already entered that might want to reconsider which category they belong in. Being in the correct category is important to be judged correctly and appropriately for the base you've entered. Thanks!

 

-Dacy

[lemming]

Character name: IcePirate
Global: @Lemming
Base or SG Name: Protectors Academy
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: PROTECTOR-25007
Item Count: 224 (as of Feb 24, might add a few more bits of decor, but not many based on how long it took to place the dang coffee pot)
Category for Contest: Utility way under 7000

 

Definitely a base that is not going for the prize, just an example of bare minimum with a couple added fluff pieces

[Emerald Fusion]

Character name: Space Kid
Global: @Emerald Fusion
Base or SG Name: Fusion Force Legends Orbital Battlestation
Shard: Torchbearer
Passcode: FFLEGENDS-2882
Item Count: 20,000
Category for Contest: Multipurpose Base Over 7k Items
Other associated contributors: @Kaasha
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: There are so many things to see! The half-mile tall space station extends from the top of the base map to the very bottom. Feel free to explore both inside and outside the space station!





Here's our public Grand Opening announcement on the Torchbearer forum with more info about each deck:
https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/36365-fusion-force-legends-orbital-battlestation-grand-opening/

Thank you for your consideration and good luck to all the players with base contest entries!
Emerald Fusion

[Supernaturalnerd13]

Character name: Gothic Athena
Global: @Gothic Athena
Base or SG Name: MYTHIC GUARDIANS
Shard: Excelsior
Passcode: MYTH-21961
Item Count: 507
Category for Contest: Multipurpose Base Under 7k Items
Other associated contributors; up to 4 more people (don't forget to credit the Builder if different from the Owner!): None
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: Visit the museum in the SW Quadrant

 

[Chrono-Bot]

Character name: Lykossia
Global: @Chrono-Bot
Base or SG Name: The Orange Bagels
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: ORANGBAGEL-22506
Item Count: 217 items
Category for Contest: RP under 7K items
Other associated contributors; up to 4 more people (don't forget to credit the Builder if different from the Owner!): N/A
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: It's both an indoor and outdoor base! Please check above as well as below!

[Flintlock Burnfur]

Character name: .Canadienne (yes, with a period at the beginning)
Global: @lady skald
Base or SG Name: True North Legion
Shard: Everlasting
Passcode: CANADA-27298
Item Count: roughly 3000 (item count fluctuates as base is still being added to, but is also at role play point)
Category for Contest: RP Base under 7K
Other associated contributors; up to 4 more people (don't forget to credit the Builder if different from the Owner!): @Baroness Winter
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: The common room/living quarters, the hockey rink (because of course there's a hockey rink), the Tim Hortons (again... because of course there's a Tim Hortons), the clinic and the medical centre just off the training area (for that sweet, sweet universal health care), and the jump ships in the landing zone named in order: TNL-Peart, TNL-Downie, TNL-Lightfoot, TNL-Murray, TNL-Cochrane and TNL-Aaron with the carrier named TNL-Kanata (internet cookies if you can recognize the names).

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Giovanni Valia]

I wasn't going to enter this contest, seeing as I've already won a different base contest in the past, but a friend told me to enter anyways.

This is my Arachnos themed supervillian lair.

• Giovanni Valia
• @Gio Valia
• Shades of Arachnos
• Excelsior
• Passcode: 315-6811
• Multipurpose Base, over 7k items
• I am the sole builder of this base
 

[EnnVee]

Character name: Queen's Side
Global: EnnVee
Base or SG Name: Check-Mate
Shard: Excelsior
Passcode: checkmate-23172
Item Count: 519
Category for Contest: RP BASE UNDER 7K
Other associated contributors: NONE
Additional Info / Must-See Areas of Note: this is intended for league in-base PVP; 2 leagues of 17 each playing on a full size chess board and PVP for the square if held by an opponent ! (Its simple, but worth a peek if you have time to stop in)