Dear DROD Friends,
I have taken upon me the task of hosting the 2018 Deadlies. In this post, I will sort all 2018 holds into their correct award categories and collect nominations for Best Community Contributor.
Although I did play a fair number of all 2018 holds, I havent played all of them and I definitely need a bit of help
(questions in red) to sort things out. In particular with all RPG-related things.
I will keep this top post updated to reflect the latest developments. Within the next one or two weeks, all nominations should be as complete as they will get and Ill set up the polling business.
What do you mean: 2018 Deadlies
You dont know about the Deadlies? Let me explain.
The DROD forum has this nice tradition, where we collectively sing praise to all architects striving to design the most nifty and awesome holds for the players community. For some reason unknown to me (but probably known to the more senior forum folk), this annual Celebration goes by the name of Deadlies.
And now Im hosting the award. No grand stage, live broadcasting or world-class musical acts, but an award nonetheless. Youve got to start somewhere.
The entries for 2018
All holds that have been published in 2018 are eligible for praise & honour in this years Deadlies.
I would suggest that collaborative holds are just listed like normal holds and the compiler will receive any credits where applicable. I am confident that said compiler will be willing to share her/his joy with the other contributors in the event of a win in one of the categories.
DROD holds from 2018 in chronological order
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Combined Hazards Dying Flutchman 7.5 brains
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BRAINLORD 2018 Xindaris 4.5 brains
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The Island of Doom Doom 9 brains
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Blind Race #5: Dead or A-Five Dragon Fogel (collaboration) 6 brains
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The Blank Dungeon azb 6 brains
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The Untold Tales of Gunthro Budkin mauvebutterfly (contest compilation) 6.5 brains
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Delta Dungeon Dali 4.5 brains
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Tinytall Tower Trickster 8 brains
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Ghostsmiters: Prequel Bent 7 brains
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Cramped Confines Someone Else 7 brains
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Dont Play This Dumb Hold disoriented 6.5 brains
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Decadent in Chrysalis BoyBlue 7.5 brains
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Chronometry Confusion navithmastero 7.5 brains
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The Untold Untold Tales of Gunthro Budkin superluminal 5 brains
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Blockerture Science Laboratories Xindaris 6.5 brains
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Quick Lunch Break Hold #1 disoriented 4 brains
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Secret of the Blank Dungeon azb 7.5 brains
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Quick Lunch Break Hold #2 disoriented 5.5 brains
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Gentryiification Dying Flutchman 7.5 brains
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...she'll carry a really big sword. Insoluble 7 brains
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Quick Lunch Break Hold #3 disoriented 5.5 brains
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Swarm of monsters Romain673 8 brains
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S A N D by Xindaris 6.5 brains
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Deadly Square of Death by navithmastero 9 brains
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The Twelve Days of Christmas by Nuntar (contest compilation) 8 brains
DROD RPG holds from 2018 in chronological order
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Royal Rescue Bomber50 4.5 brains
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Great place komachi 7.5 brains
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Goblin King's Fortress - kieranmillar - 4.5 brains
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Goblin Hollow Bomber50 3.5 brains
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Throw Xindaris 4 brains
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2018 Year of RPG Compilation kieranmillar (contest compilation) 4 brains
Categories
Below is a list of award categories with all eligible entries for that award. I am just listing all holds that could be sensibly placed into these categories. No quality selection from my side is implied. If you fin that I missed some entries, disagree about my selection or have any other remarks, Id be very happy if you would share your thoughts below. Im also available for PM.
1) Best Custom Game Element
DROD:
* The blocks from Blockerture Science Laboratories (Xindaris)
* The water barrels from S A N D (Xindaris)
RPG:
* x2 from Exponentiate! from 2018 Year of RPG Contest (Xindaris)
* Attack and Defense Amplifiers from Amplified Arena from 2018 Year of RPG Contest (Hyperme)
2) Design Excellence in a Modification or Addition
* DROD online by Skell
3) Technical Design Excellence in Scripting
All non-custom element scripting included here.
DROD:
* Puck-Fellow (pacman in DROD) from Blind Race #5: Dead or A-Five (disoriented)
* Room transitions from Ghostsmiters: Prequel (Bent)
* Chain straightening explanation from Gentryiification (Dying Flutchman)
RPG:
* Restocking shop from The Hostile Hotel from 2018 Year of RPG Contest (Nuntar)
* Backpack script from The Heist from 2018 Year of RPG Contest (kieranmillar)
* Ether from In Your Atmosphere from 2018 Year of RPG Contest (LuckyLuc)
4) Technical Design Excellence in Layout and Aesthetics
All holds go here.
Collaboration entries will be listed separately where this makes sense.
Consider checking the layout of the holds using the
map tool
5) Technical Design Excellence in Concept
All holds go here.
Collaboration entries will be listed separately where this makes sense.
Nuntar has provided a nice explanation below:
"
The Concept award honours holds that have an awesome overarching concept for the hold, e.g. last year's joint winners were Roaches and Walls (the hold uses only the most basic game elements) and This and That (two linked holds with a unique metapuzzle)."
6) Creative Design Excellence in Storyline
All holds go here.
Collaboration entries will be listed separately where this makes sense.
7) Creative Design Excellence in Difficulty
I have included all holds with a forum rating of 7.5+ brains in this category:
* Combined Hazards (Dying Flutchman)
* The Island of Doom (Doom)
* Tinytall Tower (Trickster)
* Decadent in Chrysalis (BoyBlue)
* Chronometry Confusion (navithmastero)
* Secret of the Blank Dungeon (azb)
* Gentryiification (Dying Flutchman)
* Swarm of monsters (Romain673)
* Deadly Square of Death (navithmastero)
* The Twelve Days of Christmas (compiled by Nuntar)
8) Creative Design Excellence in Entertainment
All holds with 7- brains go here.
* BRAINLORD 2018 (Xindaris)
* Blind Race #5: Dead or A-Five (compiled by Dragon Fogel)
* The Blank Dungeon (azb)
* The Untold Tales of Gunthro Budkin (compiled by mauvebutterfly)
* Delta Dungeon (Dali)
* Ghostsmiters: Prequel (Bent)
* Cramped Confines (Someone Else)
* Dont Play This Dumb Hold (disoriented)
* The Untold Untold Tales of Gunthro Budkin (superluminal)
* Blockerture Science Laboratories (Xindaris)
* Quick Lunch Break Hold #1 (disoriented)
* Quick Lunch Break Hold #2 (disoriented)
* ...she'll carry a really big sword. (Insoluble)
* Quick Lunch Break Hold #3 (disoriented)
* S A N D (Xindaris)
9) DROD Hold of the Year
All holds go here.
10) DROD RPG Level Set of the Year
All sets go here.
11) Best Voice Artist in a Distinct Role
* CuBEOS in Blockerture Science Laboratories (Xindaris)
* Beethro in Blockerture Science Laboratories (disoriented)
12) Novice Architect Award
* Trickster
13) Erik Hermansen Award for Lifetime Architectural Achievement
Criteria are:
* Release a non-collaborative hold this year
* Not previously won the award
* Have 4 or more non-collaborative releases with an average vote of 7 or more fun.
* First non-collaborative release was at least 3 years ago (2016 or earlier).
This implies the following list:
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navithmastero
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disoriented
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Xindaris (
RPG)
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Bomber50 (
RPG)
14) Best Community Contributor
Please send your nomination(s) to me through PM. Include a short (!) motivation of your nomination(s). Dont even think of nominating yourself. Thats very bad style
15) Best DROD Let's Player
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Chaco
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mauvebutterfly
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ThemsAllTook
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Xindaris
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Autocorrect is
not my friend. Apologies for the typos.
[Last edited by Dying Flutchman at 04-07-2019 09:09 PM]