about modder awards: we should add some other kind of awards

**DAVIDE** · November 12, 2009, 10:23 AM

If i well remember, the modder awards includes many categories for each version of total war game, subcategories who goes from location to historical era etc. etc. and personal awards are set in a way too generic.

my point of view:

1) we should add the "best mini-mod" award:
Actually, usually the people who votes in the polls for mod awards remember more easily the biggest mods they play and team who made them (as a sort of some kind of fan-boyism). And this is can be frustrating for modders who releases great mini mods to community, modders who chose to stay indipendent... but they have not the fame (involuntary for external reasons) or visibility of great mods

2) we should add the "best indipendent modder" award:
As i reported before, not all the modders works for great modifications around TWC. Some of them chose to stay indipendent for their personal reason i dont want to investigate, but they should have anyway the possibility to see their work "reconignized and awarded" by community, in the same way of modders of great modifications (people which are more remembered by the masses because of the "fame" of their mods).

3) we should add the "best indipendent texturer" award:
for the reasons explained on point 2

**Augustus Lucifer** · November 12, 2009, 10:48 AM

This thread should be moved to the Curial main since the Modding Awards aren't handled by the Curia and as such wouldn't be directly affected by a proposal.

In regards to your suggestions, the first category is something that is liable to be included and has come up before. The other two are a bit more finicky, since it's too difficult to classify what an 'independent modder' constitutes. Some large mods are one-man or small team projects, such as Dave Scarface's KGCM, AlphaDelta's For King or Country, and B. Ward's Libertas Vel Mors. All of these have high publicity and are major works, but have just as much right to lay claim to being an independent modder as someone who produces a unit pack, map, tool, or small sub-mod.

**DAVIDE** · November 12, 2009, 11:02 AM

understood

**Каие** · November 25, 2009, 04:59 AM

What's the status of this proposal?

**Halie Satanus** · November 25, 2009, 06:46 AM

This thread should be moved to the Curial main since the Modding Awards aren't handled by the Curia and as such wouldn't be directly affected by a proposal.

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**Aradan** · November 25, 2009, 07:53 AM

Do you mind if I move to the General TW discussion or the Q&S instead?

**Halie Satanus** · November 25, 2009, 10:11 AM

I don't mind at all, thanks for asking though.

**Каие** · November 25, 2009, 11:35 AM

That would be preferable Aradan, thanks.

**Killerbee** · November 25, 2009, 12:47 PM

Good ideas, I myself would also like to have a "Best Newbie Modder" award or something like that. Will certainly motivate new talentfull modders like hocca !

**ray243** · November 30, 2009, 12:54 AM

How about best Intro videos in a mod?

**Augustus Lucifer** · November 30, 2009, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by ray243

How about best Intro videos in a mod?

The candidates for this award would be far too few. May as well call it the "Third Age Award for being Third Age and having intro videos". If people can name 5-10 mods that have substantial introduction videos, it could make a case for being a category.

**ray243** · November 30, 2009, 10:56 PM

EB, RTR, SS, LOTRTW, Zhan Guo Total war, BC total war, IB I and II.

More than enough.

Bear in mind that I'm factoring trailers and etc.

**Aradan** · December 01, 2009, 04:06 AM

These are definitely not enough, given the award would be for videos produced in 2009, for mods hosted on TWC and preferably belong to the same category (trailer, main video, faction intro)