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Quote:Wow, that's crazy good. Looks so much like her in-game character too.Originally Posted by Bayani
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I really hate the shriek too. I don't remember GFS having the shriek but I've respec'ed out of that a long time ago.
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I like Whisky_Jack's build quite a bit, but it differs from yours by having different pool picks, which may or may not fit your concept. His is far easier to soft cap (get to 45% in each position) largely because he has tough (so he can slot the Steadfast Res/Def - 3% def) and combat jumping which gives around 3% defense when slotted. Combat jumping also allows you to slot Blessing of the Zephyrs for some easy range and AoE damage.
However, your build has neither CJ or tough but instead has aid self, which is a valid choice, but one that I find isn't that necessary for a soft cappped build. Aid self is great if you're into soloing AVs without inspirations (like many people in this forum like to do), but if your ambitions are different, then it's largely unneeded (keep 2-3 greens handy). On my soft capped builds, I can go a very long time without using inspirations and I do not have aid self. I ascribe to the philosophy of having good native regen and some resistance on soft capped defense characters instead of using the tricorder.
Here's your build with some minor modifications and keeping your pool and power choices. I'm not completely happy with it because I'm sure it could be tweaked further, but it's the best I can do with the limited time I have this morning. It's soft capped to melee/range but only has 37% to AoE (which stinks when you're fighting things like Jack in Irons (foot stomp) and some AVs). In those cases, use 1 small purple before the fight.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.621
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Level 50 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Dual Blades
Secondary Power Set: Super Reflexes
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Power Slice -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(3), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), T'Death-Dam%(7)
Level 1: Focused Fighting -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(37), LkGmblr-Def(37), LkGmblr-Rchg+(37)
Level 2: Focused Senses -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-EndRdx(25), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(39), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(39), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(40), RedFtn-Def(40)
Level 4: Ablating Strike -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(9), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), Achilles-ResDeb%(11)
Level 6: Typhoon's Edge -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(13), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(13), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(15), Oblit-%Dam(17)
Level 8: Blinding Feint -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(17), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(19), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(19), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21), Mako-Dam%(21)
Level 10: Practiced Brawler -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 12: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(23)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Zephyr-ResKB(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(23), Zephyr-Travel(39)
Level 16: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 18: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(25), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(27), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(48), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(48), P'Shift-End%(50)
Level 22: Quickness -- Run-I(A)
Level 24: Vengeful Slice -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(27), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(29), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(29), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31), Mako-Dam%(31)
Level 26: Sweeping Strike -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(31), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Oblit-%Dam(34)
Level 28: Agile -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(42)
Level 30: Dodge -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def(46), LkGmblr-Rchg+(48)
Level 32: One Thousand Cuts -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(34), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(34), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Oblit-%Dam(36)
Level 35: Lucky -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(40), LkGmblr-Def(42), LkGmblr-Rchg+(43)
Level 38: Evasion -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42), LkGmblr-Def(43), LkGmblr-Rchg+(43)
Level 41: Aid Other -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A)
Level 44: Aid Self -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(45), Numna-Heal/Rchg(45), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(45), Numna-Heal(46), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(46)
Level 47: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 49: Physical Perfection -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(50), P'Shift-End%(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 4: Ninja Run
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Holy cr*p Smurphy. And I thought giving away billion plus on a costume contest was something to brag about. 20B. Wow, that'll even motivate me to become an AE architect. -
Quote:This isn't going to help but fireball is extremely good.Originally Posted by MunkiLord
Yes, it was your build that I based my first one off of. Of all the ones I looked at, I liked yours the best.
I'm torn. How good of an AoE is Fireball for Scrappers?
I always forget to record the damage it does, but it's a great AoE. This is my scrapper in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPW6ChUyY7Y -
Your first build looks a lot like mine:
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.621
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Flame Fencer Revised v3: Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Fiery Melee
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Blaze Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Fire Sword -- T'Death-Dam%(A), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(19), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(21), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(21), T'Death-Acc/Dmg(31), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31)
Level 1: Deflection -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(3), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(3), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(17), GA-3defTpProc(50)
Level 2: Battle Agility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(7), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(7), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(13)
Level 4: True Grit -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(5), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(5), RgnTis-Regen+(13), Panac-Heal(17), Panac-Heal/+End(40)
Level 6: Cremate -- C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(9), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(11), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(19)
Level 8: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 10: Active Defense -- HO:Membr(A), HO:Membr(11)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(27), Zephyr-ResKB(36), LkGmblr-Rchg+(37), Ksmt-ToHit+(43)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(15), Zephyr-ResKB(15)
Level 16: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Heal(37)
Level 18: Fire Sword Circle -- Armgdn-Dam%(A), Armgdn-Acc/Rchg(34), Armgdn-Dmg/EndRdx(40), Armgdn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg(46)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(23), P'Shift-EndMod(23), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(34)
Level 22: Against All Odds -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 24: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(25), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(25), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(33), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(34), GSFC-Build%(40)
Level 26: Incinerate -- Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg(A), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), Hectmb-Acc/Rchg(29), Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx(29), Hectmb-Dam%(31)
Level 28: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(33), RechRdx-I(33)
Level 30: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 32: Tough -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Aegis-ResDam(43), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(46)
Level 35: Shield Charge -- Oblit-%Dam(A), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(37), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(39), Oblit-Dmg(50)
Level 38: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(39), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(39)
Level 41: Char -- BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(A), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(42), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(42), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(42)
Level 44: Fire Blast -- Apoc-Dam%(A), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(45), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(46)
Level 47: Fire Ball -- Ragnrk-Knock%(A), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 49: Phalanx Fighting -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- HO:Micro(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 0: Ninja Run
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I have in-game friends who are perfectly happy with 20M at level 50. They buy SOs, the occasional -kb or stealth IO and are completely happy just with that. They have zero desire to slot inventions, not because they don't understand them, but because they're team oriented and IO set bonuses help their builds far less in those types of situations. They actually tend to be more generous than I am since they giveaway any purples or high value recipes that drop to people that need/want them.
Meanwhile I'm like Catwhoorg in that I have characters which have IOs that exceed 10B+ inf if you count their market value. For some of my builds, 20M is merely the difference in the variation of the current market price and not a significant amount. I tend to solo a lot so I prize what inventions can bring. -
Quote:You're doing it wrong.Originally Posted by KillfanB
Over the Double XP weekand I got my kin too 50 and I want to craft my build ASAP.
This build is for farming +3 and +4 Farms for leveling SG members and makeing influ.
You'd never farm +4s...that's too slow. Your sweet spot will depend largely on build/investment, but most settle on +2s.
Also, farming for influence is super inefficient. You're pretty much at the mercy of the random number generator for good purple drops. If you don't get them, then your influence generation is terribad.
If your goal is to make influence then learn to market, and farm on the side. I'll never get people who make a fire/kin for farmin' uber loot and find that it's largely a tedious and inefficient exercise. -
Quote:It is impossible to get perma hasten without purples on a spines/regen scrapper. I'd set your expectations to something far more modest. Perma-DP with modest amounts of defense (either smash/lethal or melee) is very possible to do without purples and PvP sets.Originally Posted by marvelous_woman
Alright so I'm pretty new to scrappers. What I was going for in this scrapper was mostly to perma Hasten and DP. As well as perma-ing those two I would like to get as much defense bonuses as possible from the sets. I don't have the money for Purples or PvP sets, but I can manage in a few LotGs and procs =). Here's my first attempt on trying to perma them both, though I didn't seem to reach it. Please give me your input on what to do to fix this!! =)
I don't have the time for a full critique, but I will tell you that you have a number of things in your build that are mis-slotted. IH, Instant Healing and Reconstruction are badly slotted. The regen secondary doesn't really get that much help from regen set bonuses and it seems that's what you were slotting for. Exchange out the Numinas for the most part with Doctored Wounds. Also, going for range defense isn't that optimal since you have mostly PBAoE attacks (spine burst, quills). You can take slots from those powers that grant that and shift them to melee (or smash/lethal) defense or go for recharge bonuses. -
Quote:My goodness, Bay, that's a heck of nice sketch for our winner!Originally Posted by Bayani
Haven't heard from the 2nd or 3rd place finishers...but anyways, here's art of the character Hi-Jinks requested...Monster Face. Lucky him...the artist (TimKelly.Deviantart.com) tossed in two more sketches on top of the final piece.
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Quote:Basilik's Gaze (hold) and Kinetic Crash (kb) are two popular sets that also give this bonus. Mocking Beratement does too, but taunt sets aren't as commonly used, especially for non-melee types.Originally Posted by Fulmens
5x7.5% (the only one I can think of is Manticore)
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Quote:I wouldn't consider someone who played the game 30+ hours a week to be casual by any definition. So I disagree. There is some correlation between time played and this intrinsic quality that we refer as "casual".Originally Posted by Nethergoat
the # of hours you play doesn't necessarily have any bearing on whether or not you're a "casual" gamer.
I'm playing maybe 5 hours a month lately, and I'm far from casual.
Someone else could be playing 30 hours a week but doing it in an unfocused, inefficient way that would meet anyone's definition of 'casual'.
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Quote:I've been very gratified about how this contest turned out, the quality of the costumes, and the sheer amount of participants. I do have a couple of more ideas for future contests, but I'll wait on those to allow the Virtue forum to return to its regular programming. As it was, I felt that the Virtue forum goers have been gracious about allowing this huge thread to intrude in their space.Originally Posted by Heroid
((This was a fun contest! In fact, this is one of the funnest things I've seen on the Virtue boards in a long time! We should do this kind of stuff more often! (But not too often -- don't want it to become trite.)
Congrats to all the winners! You really unleashed your creativity! Maor plz!
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So I wanted to thank the Virtue forum goers for their patience and support. It has been a pleasure in hosting / judging this contest.
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Quote:This isn't necessarily true. A while ago, I started a thread in the General forum asking for a definition of a casual player and whether or not the forum goers would fit that definition. My definition was that a casual player didn't play that many hours per week and didn't focus on the market.Originally Posted by Intrinsic
A truly casual player probably won't care that he can't afford the best enhancements out there. In fact, he probably wouldn't get involved with the invention system enough to know the full extent of what he's missing.
If a casual player does get involved with the invention system and the marketplace, he can potentially do very well since he can afford to be patient with bids and sales.
I think you might be obsessing over the wrong thing.
The responses I got back indicated that while many self described "casual players" didn't play that many hours, many indeed worked the markets. In fact, they felt that the market actually allowed them to be competitive with their more active brethren since they could gain inf while being offline. "Casual" players do play the market and many players who play hundreds of hours don't. -
Just ran into Commander and Oedipus Tex in game and gave them their winnings. Only two uncollected prizes remain. When those are complete, my last duties of judge/host for this event will come to an end.
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I just caught Hydrophidian in game, and with Deebs giving Galactoman his winning, our winner absentees are now:
Commander
Kyuuen - contact Deebs please
Oedipus Tex
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I have not heard from a number of the winners. I will send a PM later today and a global tell (if I have their globals) to let them know to collect their winnings.
So far prizes awarded to:
Hi Jinks - 1st place, 600M
Siberian Spring - 2nd place, best Manticore, 450M
Smersh - 6th place, 100M
Spadra - best Position, presentation, 100M
Sardonic Paladin - presentation, 50M
I have not heard from:
Commander
Galactoman - contact Deebs please
Hydrophidian
Kyuuen - contact Deebs please
Oedipus Tex
Wisecracker
I realize that it's double xp weekend and people are busy. In the event that I can't reach some of the winners at all. I will email the inf prizes to the winners with the advent of issue 17.
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Awesome! Thanks St0n3y for all the hard work!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Prime_Nighthawk
I liked these three
I really dig this costume, especially the pin-stripes, the boots, and the symbol. Only thing is that head is too out there. It looks like he has blue skin and hair, and that threw me off.
Probably would have went with this one by a small margin over Matt's, even though I don't like the metal boots.
Two of those were on our short list of choices. So maybe we're not as insane as you may think we are.
Even though we didn't end up with the choice you wanted.
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I'm in game at the moment, so if any of the winners see this, I'll happily give you your winnings. I'll be online for the next couple of hours or so.
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Quote:Heh. This sounds exactly like us when we were arguing about some of the choices.Originally Posted by Prime_Nighthawk
Fair enough, but personally I would have not picked that one based on the color choice. Whether you find it appealing or not, the silver look is a complete departure from the original costume which already lacked a lot of obvious defining characteristics. There's just not much in it that makes me think, "oh yea, this is Synapse". But I'm a sucker for homages and value finding a balance between updating and staying true to the original.
Still, there were some more original versions out there that I think would have been better choices than nitpicking over small details of the obvious spandex with lightning pattern that was done by so many.
I'd be interested to know which one you would pick if you couldn't pick your own.
As I related in the other post, a number of the final choices came down to the choice that is the next best if you couldn't have your favorite. I'm not trying to make excuses or anything, but if you eliminate a clear favorite or sometimes the top 2 choices, the decision making can get a lot tougher.
Ultimately, "best" is often subjective. You realize that whether you think that the criteria should be best balance of an update and a homage, or the costume that best goes against type but still is recognizable, it's a set of decision making blinders that you put on yourself...those blinders will be different for just about anybody. -
Quote:Yes. Unfortunately, just a pat on the back. I listed them just so the participants would know that the entry was highly considered. It's also an indication that the entry scored very well with at least one of the judges, maybe more than one. I've actually had other PMs about this issue so don't feel bad about asking it. It's better that I'm clear about it.Originally Posted by Bru_Tal
Honorable mentions are just getting a pat on the back, right?
No influence to gain?
You have no idea how many times I wanted to go socialist on you all and just split the entire 2.1B into 50 small prizes and declare everyone a winner. However, that's a cop out so we forced ourselves to make the decision that we publicized.
The quality of the entries was beyond anything any of us expected and, as you can imagine, made judging extremely difficult. -
Quote:Contests like these really boil down to subjective opinion no matter how much we attempt to add objectivity to them. We had an extremely difficult time with some of the entries because they looked so close. A better example than Synapse were the Numina entries, just about all of them had the magic bolero cloak for example and were primarily done in white/purple, including the winner. Manticore was similarly problematic and it's the one individual category where the judges deadlocked and a run off had to be used. Even then the best we were able to come up with was a tie.Originally Posted by Prime_Nighthawk
I know you judges had an impossible job, but I'm just curious what made the synapse winner stand out compared to several earlier entries that have very similar looks. Aside from the action shot, I don't see what this winner has over any of those other Synapses. And if I saw a picture of the original synapse and that one, I'm not sure I would really make a connection between the two.
I'm not trying to hate on Hydro. His fantasy edition was awesome and definitely deserved one of the top spots. I just don't see much originality compared to other entries or homages to the original in his 2010 synapse.
As for this particular Synapse, it came down to color choice, the expression of the character, the seemlessness of the costume instead of discrete boots, etc. Those are all subjective criteria. So it boils down to whether or not it grabbed the attention of the judge (i.e., did we like it).
I will let you know that some of the winners won on the basis of a majority vote versus consensus. If we had to go for a consensus on every single choice, the contest would be literally impossible for us to decide. Many times we had several favorites, or several close entries and the winner was decided by "if you can't have your favorite and had to vote for what one of the other judges picked, what would you pick" style of decision making.
Hopefully, this gives you at least a partial view on what we tried to do. -
Quote:I think that's a fair enough request.Originally Posted by Scrier
Any chance we can find out which costumes people got the honourable mentions on the individual designs for?
Fire Wyrm - Manticore
Hi Jinks - Numina, Statesman, Sister Psyche
Matt King - Positron
Bru tal - Manticore
Sweet ice t - Sister Psyche
Hydrothermia - Synapse
Commander - Statesman
Galactoman - Citadel
There were also individual costume award winners that would have qualified for an honorable mention had they not won an award. -
Deebs, Bayani and I are pleased to announce the winners of the Freedom Phalanx Costume Makeover competition.
The list below includes the announced prizes and a number of significant additions. The top three finishers of the Best Costume Entry have also won artwork (at a date to be named later) courtesy of Bayani. The top three winners should PM a head shot and three body shots to Bayani of a character of their choice.
I am also pleased to announce special awards and prizes given for outstanding presentations. Presentation award winners will receive 50M inf.
So without further ado...
Best Costume Entry
1st Place 600M inf prize, artwork - High Jinks
2nd Place 400M inf prize, artwork - Siberian Spring Steam Punk
3rd Place 300M inf prize, artwork - Commander 1st entry
4th Place 200M inf prize - Galactoman
5th Place 100M inf prize - Hydrophidian Fantasy Edition
6th Place 100M inf prize - Smersh Soviet Theme
Recognition for runners up
7th Place - Matt King
8th Place - Nurse Midnight
9th Place - Wisecracker 1st entry
10th Place - Spadra
Honorable Mentions - Best Costume Entry
Bubblegum Bomb
Sweet ice t
Best Individual FP Costumes
Best Statesman 50M inf prize - Kyuuen
Best Sister Psyche 50M inf prize - Hydrophidian 2010
Best Positron 50M inf prize - Spadra
Best Back Alley Brawler 50M inf prize - Commander
Best Manticore 50M inf prize each - Siberian Spring 3rd entry, Commander
Best Numina 50M inf prize - Oedipus Tex
Best Synapse 50M inf prize - Hydrophidan 2010 Edition
Best Citadel 50M inf prize - Sardonic Paladin
Honorable Mentions - Best Individual Costumes
Fire Wyrm
Hi Jinks
Matt King
Bru tal
Sweet ice t
Hydrothermia
Commander
Galactoman
Best Presentations
50M inf prize - Spadra
50M inf prize - Wisecracker multiple entries
50M inf prize - Hydrophidian for both Fantasy and Girl Phalanx entries
Award winners should do the following to receive their prizes.
First place, fourth place and Best Statesman winner should contact Deebs to arrange for a time to receive their influence. All other award winners should gfriend me (@Fury Flechette) and PM me with a time they are available. I will do my best in the coming days to get together with you.