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Does Quake Need Its Own "Cacowards" Style Yearly Awards

Posted by DaZ on 2015/05/08 13:48:43

So I've (slowly) been making my way through the Cacowards over the last year and it got me thinking.

Because I don't really follow the Doom community at all, having a resource that brings the absolute best of the best to the forefront each year is incredibly useful!

So would, and how, would such an "awards show" work for Quake? Some questions:

1) Are there enough releases to make an awards show possible and/or useful?

2) What would the format be? Top 10 maps? Top 10 maps + mods? Source ports?

3) How would they be selected? Open poll? Peer review?

4) Where and how would it be presented? A new website? A new column on an existing website?

I would be really interested in hearing opinions on this as it is something I would quite enjoy working on. With Quake's 20 year anniversary coming up next year it would be a lovely time to have such a resource (with backdated years perhaps!) to show to the larger gaming audience that might come back to quake if there was a nicely presented and respected way to bring the best content to the top.

Discuss!

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#1 posted by Spirit on 2015/05/08 14:01:48

1) I'd say no. Better make it up to 5 year intervals?

2) Yes. Also fan-art maybe? It's "engine" or "client", not "source-port". ;)

3) Community is too small (and partially abusive) for open polls to output anything reliable. Get some known people as judges maybe. The more diverse the better.

4) Daz Livestream

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#2 posted by JneeraZ on 2015/05/08 14:38:38

5 year intervals sounds like too long. Nobody will pay attention at that rate. I think it needs to be yearly.

Re: 3.

#3 posted by oh, that person on 2015/05/08 16:24:28

Divided into categories by the collective of func (and others?)

Then selected by a committee, assembled from:

Shambler - long time PlanetQuake reviewer, spot on opinions about all things Quake, eloquent and hilarious. He'll never ever map for Quake but he can very well tell pearls apart from shite.

Daz - put more effort into promoting modern Q1SP mappery than arguably anybody else. Also a skilled designer, maybe not as consistent and prolific in output but he has a good grip on how to judge quality.

Spirit - put more effort into preserving the legacy of Q1SP mappery than, without argument, anybody else. Can also serve as the 'wildcard' judge, with his rather exotic opinions on some releases.

scar3crow - ardent and stalwart fighter for the "Quake was the best game ever made" cause. Has been around for virtually forever, got his mapping cherry popped with func_jam3. Manages to out-purist even me.

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#4 posted by Kingold on 2015/05/08 16:31:01

With Quadficted being there already, why do we need an award or a poll of any sort? Just list maps and sort them per their ratings.

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