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[AndarianTD]

The Academy for Modding Excellence is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2009 Veteran Author Award for Neverwinter Nights 2!

• Azenn -- Azenn won the AME's Debut Author Award in 2009 for Asphyxia. He's now earned a Veteran Author nomination as well for his 2009 module, Live Forever -- a story based module with thought-provoking ideas and entertaining characters.
• John McA -- John McA released the module Hyborean Hack in 2009. A prolific "crossover" author from NWN1, his Conan Chronicles modules were notable for their excellent storytelling and sense of drama.
• Markus "Wayne" Schlegel -- A prolific author of both NWN1 and NWN2 modules, Markus released the NWN2 module Lolthanchwi in 2009. He has also been recognized for his excellent NWN2 work in the past with the 2007 GDA for Most Replayable module for Pool of Radiance Remastered.

Congratulations to all of the finalists! The finals review for this category should be complete and the winners announced at the end of September.

The Academy for Modding Excellence is actively recruiting for new members to help us in our mission to give recognition to the content creators who keep this great community alive. Thanks to those of you who have already
answered our Call for Volunteers, three of our NWN2 2010 Awards categories have now been able to enter the finals: Veteran Author, Best Storytelling Module of 2009, and Best Roleplaying Module of 2009-2010. In the coming days and weeks we'll be posting the rest of the finalists for those awards, new categories as they are identified, and, of course, the winners.

We do, however, need just a little more help. In particular, we need at least one or two more active NWN2 members to reach the "critical mass" of voters and nominators required to get the NWN2 awards fully back on track again. Right now, for example, we have six additional NWN2 categories that are near or on the verge of qualifying for the finals, needing just one or two more votes or nominations to complete our review. So if you are an avid NWN2 player, modder or reviewer, and think you might be interested in helping with the AME's mission to give recognition to the
content creators who keep this great community alive, then please feel free to contact me (andarian at ame-gda dot net) about joining or learning more about the AME panel.

Andarian
Chairman, the Academy for Modding Excellence (AME)

Modifié par AndarianTD, 03 août 2011 - 12:08 .

[E.C.Patterson]

Congratulations to these and upcoming finalists. Looking forward to finding out more. Thanks for keeping this going Andarian et al.

[Arkalezth]

These are the finalists for the 2009 Best Storytelling Module Award:

Dark Waters III
Sands of Solvheil III: Crusaders of Shalihir
Serene

Congratulations to all the finalists!

Modifié par Arkalezth, 20 août 2011 - 12:44 .

[AndarianTD]

A news update from The Academy for Modding Excellence:

I’m pleased to announce that thanks to a continuing positive response from the community (as well as tireless recruiting efforts from some of our current staff), we have been able to add several new members during the course of 2012. We have about a dozen now supporting the NWN2 awards, and as I suggested in some of my previous announcements, this marks an important milestone for the AME...

"As a result, we expect to see a new stream of nominations and awards for those previous years (as well as for some current ones) from the AME in the coming months."

For more, see here:

AME News Update: Summer 2012

Andarian
AME Chairman

Modifié par AndarianTD, 26 août 2012 - 07:32 .

[AndarianTD]

An Awards Update from The Academy for Modding Excellence:

The AME is pleased to announce the results of our Mid-Summer 2012 Review!

The winner of the NWN2 2009 Best Storytelling Module is...
The finalists for the NWN2 2009 Debut Author Award are...

For more, see here:

AME Mid-Summer 2012 Review

Andarian
AME Chairman

[AndarianTD]

The Academy for Modding Excellence is pleased to announce the finalists for the NWN2 2010-2011 Debut Author Award!

NWN2 2010-11 Debut Author Finalists

Kamal (for Path of Evil)

“Villains have to start somewhere.” This is the motto of Path of Evil, where you play the unusual role of the villain of the story, from the humble begginings to the rise in power, until you become a serious menace to the realms.

Path of Evil is a huge sandbox module where you can do evil deeds while you explore the whole map of Faerun. Unlike in many other modules, you are the one who creates the story, always a step forward of the heroes who are trying to stop you. It also allows the player to be evil in an intelligent and manipulative way, rather than the usual psychopatic, mass-murderous one.

Matt Rieder (for The Wizard’s Apprentice)

As its name implies, the first installment in Matt Rieder’s acclaimed trilogy narrates - often in a Python-esque style - the story of a young wizard student and his/her early adventure days. Class-specific as it is, the module features a good deal of wizard-related content, as well as challenging combat and an increasingly complicated plot.

Shaughn78 (for Risen Hero)

Risen Hero is a story-driven module that carries the protagonist on a journey of self-discovery, from a mysterious beginning to an epic ending against a world-shattering threat. All along the way, the player has the opportunity to recruit an unusually high number of companions, as well as completing quests through stealth, smooth talking, or in many other different ways, making this one of the most replayable modules of its year.

Congratulations to all the finalists!

The Academy for Modding Excellence is actively recruiting for new members. If you are an avid NWN2 player, modder or reviewer, and think you might be interested in helping with the AME's mission to give recognition to the
content creators who keep this great community alive, then please feel free to contact me (andarian at ame-gda dot net) about joining or learning more about the AME panel.

Modifié par AndarianTD, 15 octobre 2013 - 03:18 .

[AndarianTD]

The Academy for Modding Excellence is pleased to announce the 2009 thru 2011 Winners of the NWN2 Debut Author Award!

NWN2 2009-2011 Debut Author Winners

NWN2 2009 Debut Author: Tsongo (for Serene)

This module, the first of three to date, has you playing the role of the younger sibling of your sister, Serene. The module opens with you following in her footsteps, initiating into the Order of the Moon — a group of monks who, you hope, will give you training, a life outside the small village you live in and a chance to see your sister again. Things don’t turn out the way you hoped, and you soon find yourself embroiled in a tale of deception and revenge — locked on a twisting path that you hope will lead you to your lost sister, before it is too late.

Serene is a strong first module and has been well recieved by the community at large. It is a linear, story led, module which takes you through a number of environments in your quest to find Serene. The areas are well made and the story well thought out, and the pace of the module keeps the player interested all along the way. It has good, well fleshed out NPCs and companions, and a challenging set of enemies to fight along the way. All in all a worthy first module and winner of the 2009 Debut Author award.

NWN2 2010-2011 Debut Author: Shaughn78 (for Risen Hero)

Risen Hero is a story-driven module that carries the protagonist on a journey of self-discovery, from a mysterious beginning to an epic ending against a world-shattering threat. All along the way, the player has the opportunity to recruit an unusually high number of companions, as well as completing quests through stealth, smooth talking, or in many other ways, making this one of the most replayable modules of its year.

Congratulations to the winners!

Modifié par AndarianTD, 09 février 2014 - 04:09 .

[AndarianTD]

The Academy for Modding Excellence is pleased to announce the winners of the NWN2 2009-2010 Best Roleplaying and 2009-2011 Most Replayable Module Awards!

NWN2 2009-2010 Best Roleplay Module Winner: The Maimed God’s Saga by Tiberius209

In The Maimed God's Saga you get the chance to play a cleric of Tyr, the Faerunian god of justice. Answering a call for help from one of the church's devotees in a remote village, you become involved in a dark and twisted plot that will take you from the most radiant cities to the harshest wilds.

The Maimed God's Saga includes some unique gameplay additions, such as praying in order to commune with Tyr and spellcasting through conversation. These and other interesting features increase the roleplaying value of the module and make the player feel like he or she is really walking the path of a true divine champion.

NWN2 2009-2011 Most Replayable Module Winner: Dark Waters by Adam Miller

Dark Waters is a series of three modules set in a customised world made up of a series of islands. The full version released in 2009 includes the third and final chapter of the saga and integrates it with the first two.

Littered with inventive scripting, custom content, interesting side quests and mini games there is plenty to keep the player coming back to this campaign, indeed the side diversions can, at times, keep the player from progressing the modules main story line. The story starts out very linear in construction but soon opens out allowing the player to engage in a more sand box style play. This is particularly the case with the bucaneering system allowing the PC to sail the seas in search of treasure and adventure.

The combination of a strong story, interesting npc’s and an ample serving of in game diversions in the form of mini games, makes this a worthy winner of the award for the most replayable module 2009 - 2011.

Congratulations to Tiberius and Adam for winning the awards!

Modifié par AndarianTD, 09 février 2014 - 04:08 .

[Kaldor Silverwand]

Honestly I find it shocking that none of my work has ever been nominated. Congratulations to those who have been, but considering the number of folks who credit my scripts, that King's Festival was the first campaign to use the SoZ party editor and is a pretty accurate conversion, and both the OC Makeover and the MotB Makeover are considered must-haves by many, I just don't get it. Fortunately I don't develop for accolades.

Regards

[Arkalezth]

Kaldor Silverwand wrote...

Honestly I find it shocking that none of my work has ever been nominated.

To be clear, only the finalists and winners are announced publicly. There are more nominations that are discussed on the private forums but don't make it to the finals. But despite the high quality of most of them, as with many other awards, there can only be a winner.

IIRC, the makeovers were considered but it was finally decided to leave them out of the module categories, as they are modifications of existing campaigns.

[AndarianTD]

Kaldor Silverwand wrote...

Honestly I find it shocking that none of my work has ever been nominated. Congratulations to those who have been, but considering the number of folks who credit my scripts, that King's Festival was the first campaign to use the SoZ party editor and is a pretty accurate conversion, and both the OC Makeover and the MotB Makeover are considered must-haves by many, I just don't get it. Fortunately I don't develop for accolades.

Arkalezth wrote...

To be clear, only the finalists and winners are announced publicly...

IIRC, the makeovers were considered but it was finally decided to leave them out of the module categories, as they are modifications of existing campaigns.

To be honest, I'm sympathetic to Kaldor's frustration. I haven't tried his OC or MOTB makeovers, but as Ark said, they wouldn't have qualified under any of our standard module categories since those are focused on new or remade adventure content. As script and/or UI systems, however, they would and do both qualify under our Best Custom Content and Community Contribution categories.

The problem is that those categories (along with several others) have seen no significant nominations activity in the last five years. And I'm sorry to be blunt, but that is due to lack of support from the NWN2 community. In particular, we currently have exactly zero active AME members from the NWN2 Custom Content community to make and review such nominations, and it's been that way for a long time. Kaldor is by no means alone in having his work go unappreciated in this regard.

So I apologize if I may be sounding like a broken record on this, but if anyone in the NWN2 community wants to see a more robust selection of awards coming out of the AME, there's a simple solution to help make it happen. Join us! Our workflow was revised a few years ago to a "do what you can when you can" method of operation, so concern about whether you have time doesn't have to stop you anymore. A few new members would make an enormous difference in our ability to step up our awards and re-start some of the categories that have stalled due to lack of activity.

I genuinely hope that some of you will consider it. Take a look at the AME Guidelines here, and feel free to PM or email me (a n d a r i a n @ a m e - g d a . n e t) if you think you may be interested.

Modifié par AndarianTD, 11 février 2014 - 11:39 .

[AndarianTD]

The Academy for Modding Excellence is pleased to announce the winner of the NWN2 2010-2011 Best Storytelling Module Award!

The Last Days of the Raven by PJ156
 

The Last Days of the Raven provides a strong and interesting story that includes plot twists, happy and sad moments, and well developed characters both old and new. A sequel to Caravan Club, the action takes place in Thunder Bay, a different setting than previous modules in the series. The combat is fun and complements the story by taking place when it makes sense, rather than as a hack and slash fest.

 

Last Days of the Raven starts after the eventful Caravan Club, bringing the player back on track after what only seemed a time of rest. Defining elements, such as the finely crafted environments and innovative sense of time, are brought to a height as exciting as the events surrounding Thunder Bay. At the same time, those searching for action are drawn to fights stacked against all odds. It provides an experience that is also backed by a soundtrack bound to sway the bravest adventurer.

Congratulations to PJ for winning the award!