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There have been many devoted players of Escape Velocity contributing tons of material to the game over the years. I'm just curious to find out who everyone thinks has taken that extra step to new levels. I propose a nomination/voting system to find out. We'll let this thread be a nominating string and set up another for the actual voting in a week or so. Votes need not be cast for those nominated, but the nomination can serve as a good idea of who has done what. The top ten shall stand as the most influential people in EV history.
If people think this idea sucks, we can just let it die in committee.
I'll list a few nominees that I consider to have been very influential to the development of the Escape Velocity community and it's resources to get things rolling.
EVula. We all know him, we all love him, and we're all well aware of his self-promoting shameless advertising tactics. The fact is, he's been around forever and, simply put, is still here. He runs the largest information/resource site the community ever seen and has unarguably touched more people inside and outside of the community than anyone else. I've heard mention of evula.com from at least a couple of people I know, Mac users and not.
David Arthur. Need his knowledge of EV be contested? I think not. Another ancient in the EV community with knowledge and willingness to help people that has few rivals.
Sparks - EV Weekly coordinator, writer of the Dash Riprock storyline, and infamous clown of the EV boards of yesterday. Also played a significant role within the Hotline community. Anybody whos been around has at least heard the name Sparks2002
Skyhawk - Author of Final Battle, long-standing Admin of the boards, and operator of the most popular EV hotline server in history. Love him or hate him, just about everyone knows him.
Regulus - Reg is responsible for more random EV-Related stuff than anybody I know. From his recent mission map to his planet graphics, he's done just about everything. Also an influential member in the Hotline world and commander of a wealth of EV-Related knowledge.
Tofu - For those old enough to remember what a good dose of EVFG felt like. Also a part of (correct me if I'm wrong) several plugins, large and small.
Soul - This nomination is based on his work on the plugin Pale. A solo-job with good beta testing, this plugin dominates the field with it lack of bugs. Cleanly written, produced, and coded, it stands as an example of what every plugin should be. Definatly an influence on plugs since it's release.
Matt Burch - No introduction needed. Should we include him?
I know there are at least a few deserving people I didn't mention here so hopefully, somebody else will nominate them.
-AJ
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lest we forget: Captain Skyblade
I suggest that the actual pole is conducted on my webboard due to the fact that we have a pole option when making new topics
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If we can vote for ourselves, I vote for myself. If we can't, I vote for David Arthur.
Also, I don't think mburch should count; he did create the game, after all, so it's pretty much impossible for anyone to touch the community more than he did.
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I also vote for the all powerful (url="http://"http://jager.evula.net/")EVula.com(/url) wait I mean EVula
After considering the campaigns and the bribe funds I've recieved from each candidate, I vote David Arthur, for being impossibly knowedgable and obsessed with the games we all love. That is if mb doesn't count.
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EVula and David all the way. I haven't done nearly as much as most of these folks listed have, I've just always been there to make your gaming graphic experience all the better.
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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade: ...I've just always been there to make your gaming graphic experience all the better.
Good enough.
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Originally posted by Luke: **Good enough.
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Glad to hear that. I've practically wandered away from EV graphics because folks didn't seem to really appreciate them. But I'd like to start working on them again soon.
I should like to nominate Captain Scurvy - currently a moderator emeritus - who served as the administrator of the original escape-velocity.com, many moons ago.
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(quote)Originally posted by Captain Skyblade: **EVula and David all the way. I haven't done nearly as much as most of these folks listed have, I've just always been there to make your gaming graphic experience all the better.:)
On which note, I would vote for EVula or Regulus in all likelihood.
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Another worthy candidate is Tim Isles , author of the popular Empire Trilogy plugs. His work has inspired fan fiction and one upcoming webstory, and Isles has announced two more Empire plugs and one unrelated plug in the works.
I think David Arthur. I also think CelticStarbase should be mentioned as well, eventhough he worked more on the EVO boards.
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My vote goes to (url="http://"http://evula.com/")EVula(/url), the largest (url="http://"http://evula.com/")Contributor(/url) to the EV Community and (url="http://"http://evula.com/")other games(/url).
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(quote)Originally posted by Mazca: **Without meaning to offend you, I agree. While you are surely an upstanding member of the community, there is no way you compare with the likes of EVula;)
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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade: **EVula and David all the way. I haven't done nearly as much as most of these folks listed have, I've just always been there to make your gaming graphic experience all the better.;) **
We're the few, the proud, the crazy graphic artists workin on an ancient game with little recognition. But it's just so much fun, isn't it?
Originally posted by AJ: ** We're the few, the proud, the crazy graphic artists workin on an ancient game with little recognition. But it's just so much fun, isn't it?
And worth every bit of time, I say. Fun indeed.
Originally posted by Phil Barron: **I should like to nominate Captain Scurvy - currently a moderator emeritus - who served as the administrator of the original escape-velocity.com, many moons ago.
Yes, I'd agree that many of those old administrators deserve a lot of recognition for keeping the community alive and making it possible to grow to what it has become.
So...
Jay Tingley Mason Simms Geoff Kinnel Mark L. (CS)
et al.
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I can't nominate anybody since I am so new here. I do want to say that I cant believe how many EV fans also like Hotline -- I loved Hotline but fell out of the loop... Know any good HL Servers? Anyway I would like to create some game graphics too. I have eight years graphics experience and a limited knowledge of resedit... I understand my alpha channels, color palettes and transparency... drop me a line if you want help...
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Nominations (in no particular order):
Peter Cartwright Martin Turner Matthew Dailey Pontus Ilbring Ben Chess all the gang at ATMOS Software
All of these have, in one way or another, "taken that extra step to new levels" - none should need introduction or explanation to anyone who has been around for a while.
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Originally posted by Tiamat: I can't nominate anybody since I am so new here. I do want to say that I cant believe how many EV fans also like Hotline -- I loved Hotline but fell out of the loop... Know any good HL Servers?
I used to have one. It was awesome, too, but I had to close it down. Then came Starlight, but that's rather dead, too... Meowx has one now, although I've only been there a couple of times. The IP escapes me at the moment, but it's on the Dev Board under a topic by Meowx.