2025 Homecoming Base Contest (Rules & Entries thread)

[ModernFaun]

• Your character name Page of Wands

• Your Global handle @Storm Sprite

• Your base’s name Save Percy

• The shard it is located on Everlasting

• The passcode for entry SAVE-17800

• The category your base is entering under Nature

• Contributing builders’ names n/a

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand One semi-hidden area - it does not need to be considered part of the base 

[Wreaththuu]

• Your character name: Poe Lahr Bear

• Your Global handle: @Wreaththuu

• Your base’s name: The Grotto

• The shard it is located on: Torchbearer

• The passcode for entry: GROTTO-15183

• The category your base is entering under: Fantasy

• Contributing builders’ names n/a

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: Experimental base used to work out how to build floating island base. This base was used by two commissioners as inspiration for their bases as the commissioners like the otherworldliness of this base. 

[Snarky]

• Your character name: Snarky

• Your Global handle: Snarky

• Your base’s name: Limbo

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: Limbo-10586

• The category your base is entering under: Arcane

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: I take full credit for this crap

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: I offer hefty bribes...

Edited March 27 by Snarky
Arcane base

[BlackAtom]

• Your character name: Sanguinox

• Your Global handle: @monster x

• Your base’s name: Whisper

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: WHISPER-37321

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: None

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: This is a small, thematic, functional base for a space pirate vampire character. 

[voltaicsylph]

• Your character name (Red Star Holder)  BILL DING

• Your Global handle @CRASH-ALT

• Your base’s name  SYNCITY

• The shard it is located on EVERLASTING

• The passcode for entry SYNCITY-3879

• The category your base is entering under REALISM (DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A COH ZONE)

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles (Up to 5, including yourself. Don’t forget to credit your builder if different from the owner!)

• Custom (small) COH Zone created for an RP group, containing specific items they required - many working doors, some hidden, for particular required areas 

Edited March 27 by voltaicsylph
Original entry had wrong owner, needed more detail

[NyxiaSnow]

• Your character name: Moxx

• Your Global handle: @Nyx-Astraea

• Your base’s name: Radio Mayhem

• The shard it is located on:  Reunion

• The passcode for entry: MOXX-6279

• The category your base is entering under: Misc

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: Just me 🙂 

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand:  Moxx is a Mastermind (Thugs/Sonic) who is part of the Crusader faction of the resistance and uses her sonic abilities to control people. After crossing through the portal, she's now hiding out in Boomtown (the location of the base) gathering supplies and 'supporters' from refugee Praetorians.

[SpookTheHerd]

• Your character name: January King Cabbage

• Your Global handle: @SpookyBuddies

• Your base’s name:  Bloomtown

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: JKCBloom-34600

• The category your base is entering under: Nature

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: only me

• Any additional information: visscale 4, familiarity with Boomtown War Walker pit enhances the experience

[kieraoona]

• Your character name: Milliner

• Your Global handle: @kieraoona

• Your base’s name: Mantua & Makers (and the Raveyard)

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: MAKERS-35446

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @kommando (for assistance with portals) and @kieraoona (primary account and primary builder) (edited to add info)
  Are you the base owner: Yes (edited to add info)

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand:  The base entry doesn't face the correct direction due to the orientation of the base itself (can't change it without changing the entire base layout).  The gravestone markers with arrows point towards the Raveyard portion of the base.  There is also a hidden base owner respite domicile that is floating above the mall with a secret entrance, as well as another secret entrance for private parties.  The overall vibe of the base is that it's built on a destroyed mausoleum that has been retrofitted and rebuilt into a mall like atmosphere with amenities for heroes, and villains,  including a super suit tailor shop, and party rooms in the lower levels, and additional portals to get around for people that would be considered "staff"  Loads of spaces for RP potential, or hosting a party.

Edited Sunday at 07:54 PM by kieraoona

[beastman]

Your character name (Red Star Holder): Time Blaze
Your Global handle: @ImJoe
Your base’s name: Hope in Heroes
The shard it is located on: Reunion
The passcode for entry: HOPE-4836
The category your base is entering under: Realism

[speeed4ce]

• Your character name (Red Star Holder): Professor Tachyon

• Your Global handle:@speeed4ce

• Are you the owner? Yes

• Are you the builder? Yes

• Your base’s name: S.P.E.A.R.H.E.A.D.

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: DELTA-34296

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @speeed4ce

• Additional Information:

I felt since this was my first base, and I've really only been playing for a short while, that I should put it in the "novice" category, though, if I were more confident, it'd be in the Sci-Fi/Tech category.

 

This base is meant to be a scientific think-tank, a kind of science-forward laboratory and defense contract company like Global Dynamics from Eureka, that also happens to host it's own superhero taskforce.

 

It has several nods to some of the other members of the supergroup scattered throughout the base, and an easter egg here and there, namely in the Hangar. There is an arcane laboratory located through a portal in the second dormitory on the left when entering the hallway. There are even exploration badges that I wish we could program for funzies.

 

Edited 20 hours ago by speeed4ce
"Additional Information", updated submission info

[Cryptek_Fashionista]

• Your character name: Mykitinos

• Your Global handle:  @Derrek Blackmourn

• Your base’s name: The Eden Falls Wetlands

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: GLADE-37587

• The category your base is entering under: Nature

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @Derrek Blackmourn

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: 
  
  My base is a re-imagining of a portion of the Eden hazard zone, converted into a swamp and free of Devouring Earth. While it's possible to fly around, and I've left the base without invisible walls to allow other builders to 'peek behind the curtain', the base is meant to be explored on foot.
  
  Exploration, actually, is one of the core themes of the base. While functionality suffers in the sense that the teleporters or other noteworthy landmarks may be tricky to find, or the camera is obscured unless drawn in tight, the wetlands is made to be an adventure. Bring your camera in close, take in the naturalized details and don't be afraid to explore. Jump from lily pad to lily pad, leave the boardwalks and beaten paths to chase a distant light or flicker in the fog. I've tucked little 'easter eggs' to find, some are cute, others a bit grim, or peeks at the life lost, or renewed within the fallen neighborhood block. In fact, if you spot glowing blue 'mushroom spores', it might be a hint that there's something there to see. Then again, sometimes a spore is just a spore. Whatever you may think of this mix of ruined civilization, untamed nature, and creature comforts amidst the wild, I hope the one thing every guest takes away is a bit of the joy of wanderlust.
  
  Oh also /visscale 5 reccomended.

Edited Sunday at 12:05 AM by Cryptek_Fashionista

[Felmacar]

 

• Your character name: (Red Star Holder) Arcane Gravity Witch

• Your Global handle: @Xilefa 

• Your base’s name: Arcane Coven of Wisdom

• The shard it is located on: Torchbearer

• The passcode for entry: Arcane-14495

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: None

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: Two portals take to two different "hidden" rooms. One is in the room with the fireplace and the other in the hall connecting the medical hall and storage room.

[Spectre7878]

• Your character name: Mistress’ Mu

• Your Global handle: @Marvel Ann

• Your base’s name: The Palace of Mistress Mu

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior 

• The passcode for entry:

• CRIMSONRED-35184

• The category your base is entering under: Other 

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: N/A

[Jivotma]

• Your character name VAIZMOD

• Your Global handle @Jivotma

• Your base’s name Galjiahourne Federation H.Q.

• The shard it is located on Excelsior

• The passcode for entry GALJIA-34747

• The category your base is entering under Sci-Fi/Tech

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles @Jivotma

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: Please Adjust sound fx to your preference when entering "Zayin Point" Also best viewed in /visscale 5 for best visual distance

[Forager]

• Your character name: Forager

• Your Global handle: @Forager

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: The Apparatus

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: FORAGER-18887

• The category your base is entering under: Realism

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: Just me.

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: Visscale 5. The door at the end of the long hall will take you outside. That is the only hidden thing you need to view the base. Travel points are hidden in the vehicles inside as the base was also meant to be functional. There is a hidden area in the alley if you want to take a bit of a trip, but it's not technically part of the base. It's behind the barrel, next to the door marked "authorized personnel only." You will need fly there.

 

There are several areas that are not for the public and are not accessible. Their presence is either for decoration or private use. The danger room, club preview, my office and the military base are not publicly accessible.

 

Background Story:

Spoiler

During the gentrification of Dark Astoria, city officials attempted a project which was supposed to be called Little Cimerora. The locals started calling the area "The Ruins" when imported Cimeroran ruins were piled onto the ruins of Dark Astoria. With very few actual Cimerorans involved, the project failed miserably, causing real estate prices to plummet and most of the area businesses to close. The only things left are Club Twilight, which is still considered the best high-end nightclub in Paragon City and The Apparatus, a training and supply company for street-level and Natural origin heroes.

 

Edited yesterday at 04:58 PM by Forager
Edited to add background story.

[EnnVee]

• Your character name: Chilly Down

• Your Global handle: @EnnVee

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: Goblin Castle

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: GOBLIN-19218

• The category your base is entering under: Fantasy/Arcane

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: N/A

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: This is a homage to the movie Labyrinth but is not meant to be an exact replica. The base also has teleporters/storage/general function needs all located in the Goblin Castle. Upon entry you can go Left or Right, be sure to explore both paths as they have different rooms until you land in the fiery forest (iykyk) which leads to Goblin Castle

[thunderrage]

• Your character name: Thunderstruck

• Your Global handle: @Teamstark

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: The A-Hole

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: THEASSOCIATION-1519

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @Teamstark

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: I have a few hidden areas. One real easy to figure out. One slightly harder one to find. Curios if you can find them. 

 

[Pilchenstein]

• Your character name: Dr Knifegun MD

• Your Global handle: @Pilchenstein

• Are you the owner?: Yes

• Are you the builder?: Yes

• Your base’s name: Secret Volcano Lair

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: SOCIALISM-25993

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @Pilchenstein

[Archanarchist]

• Your character name: Yellow-Cake

• Your Global handle:@Archanarchist

• Are you the owner? yes

• Are you the builder? yes

• Your base’s name: Tardis Corp

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: TARDIS-13977

• The category your base is entering under: Sci-Fi
  Additional info: base central area and gimel point out the police box door is finished. but yodth point out the arachnos door & wall portal is not finished/populated fully yet.
  while i havnt entered before the base has been around a while and i have been building bases since live so i probably dont belong in novice category
  base is public access and was envisaged as a travel/utility base so if anyone wants the button my macro is  /macro_image "v_archetypeicon_mastermind" "Tardis" "enter_base_from_passcode TARDIS-13977" 

Edited yesterday at 09:23 AM by Archanarchist
spelling mistakes

[Dacy]

47 minutes ago, Archanarchist said:

Additional info: base central area and gimel point out the police box door is finished. but yedeth point out the arachnos door is not finished.

Judging does not start until May 4th, so you have some time to finish this. Bases need to be complete to be judged, unless they look and feel complete without whatever it was you were going to finish. However, an unattached teleport point will be pretty obvious.

 

49 minutes ago, Archanarchist said:

while i havnt entered before the base has been around a while and i have been building bases since live so i probably dont belong in novice category

The novice category was created for both the new builder, and the casual builder.  If you're not hiring out for commissions, or entering contests and building prolifically, you probably are just fine in the novice category. If you feel like you should not be in novice due to your skill level, by all means, feel free to switch categories, as the "novice" tag will also be reflected in any title earned. 🙂

 

[ssutcliffe]

On 3/22/2025 at 2:31 PM, Easter Bunny said:

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• Your character name: Princess Indalira

• Your Global handle: @Azurette

• Your base’s name: Realm of the Mermaids

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: MERMAID-22039

• The category your base is entering under: Fantasy/Arcane

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: Just me 

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: Visscale 3 or better is reccomended if flying above the water to prevent pop-in.   While flying is fine, especially to look over the top of things on the Island, it was designed for walking, especially in the underwater areas, since toons walking there will be swimming.  Most portals have signs, and all should be clearly visible.  (I hate invisible, often hard to click door portals - I much prefer them to be obvious and not a click fest to find.  But that's just me!).  It is located in Independence Port, and was hidden from humans until the Rikti invaded - and set the Hydra on them!  

•  

• I hope you have fun exploring the underwater home of the Mermaids of Independence Port! 

 

Edited yesterday at 07:40 AM by ssutcliffe

[Terranator]

Your character name: Widow Wisp

Your Global handle:@BustaMoves

Are you the owner? Yes

Are you the builder? Yes

Your base’s name: Planet Terra

The shard it is located on: Everlasting

The passcode for entry: terra-36638

The category your base is entering under: Novice

 

Its a small but functional base. Enjoy.

[TurboSpecter]

• Your character name: (Red Star Holder) PARAGON SOLDIER

• Your Global handle:  @TurboSpecter

• Are you the owner: [Yes/No] Yes

• Are you the builder: [Yes/No] Yes

• Your base’s name: JLU

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: JLUPW-34234

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: Just me

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: My base design is a decommissioned supergroup base that has been converted to a museum and hero outreach program that is open to the public.