{"id":173,"date":"2012-01-14T23:25:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T07:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ame-gda.net\/ame-home\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2012-01-15T07:18:04","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T15:18:04","slug":"2011-finalists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ame-gda.andarian.net\/home\/goldendragon\/2006-finalists-2007-cycle\/2011-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce the Golden Dragon Award finalists for the NWN 2011 AME cycle (awards for 2010)!<\/p>\n<h3>Recognition and Custom Content Awards<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>NWN1 2010 Community Contribution Award<\/u><\/strong><strong><u> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwnpodcast.com\/\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/www.nwnpodcast.com\/\">The Neverwinter Nights Podcast<\/a>   &#8212; The only podcast devoted to the Neverwinter Nights roleplaying   games, it does absolutely invaluable work in creating a sense of a   community that is still thriving, still producing things, and still   worth getting excited about.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&amp;id=7848\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&amp;id=7848\">NWNCQ\u00a0by Chico400<\/a>   &#8212; This amazing piece of work completely revamps most of the default   Bioware tilesets. An essentially &#8220;drop-in&#8221; update, it allows modders to   quickly, easily, and radically update and improve the look of areas   built using them the default game resources.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/social.bioware.com\/forum\/1\/topic\/191\/index\/3254793\" _fcksavedurl=\"..\/..\/..\/forum\/1\/topic\/191\/index\/3254793\">The Custom Content Challenge<\/a>   &#8212; This outstanding contribution has breathed new life into the NWN   community, inspiring and encouraging both CC veterans and beginners   alike to produce custom content on a regular, nearly monthly basis for   themed compilations of brand new, high quality work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>NWN1 2010 Veteran Author Award: Modules <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&amp;id=5693\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&amp;id=5693\">Baldecaran<\/a>   &#8212; Author of the highly acclaimed Hall of Fame modules &#8220;The Cave of   Songs&#8221; and &#8220;Honor Among Thieves&#8221;, he&#8217;s been providing the community with   quality modules since 2003. His chef-d&#8217;oeuvre, the continueing   &#8220;Prophet&#8221; series, features one of the most clever and intriguing plots   ever seen in a NWN module, the equivalent of a perfect page-turner.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&amp;id=4984\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&amp;id=4984\">Fabien Cerutti<\/a>   &#8212; His genuinely original and extensive series about &#8220;The Bastard of   Kosigan&#8221; (translated from French by Ginni Swanton) steeps in a real   knowledge of and appreciation for European history, with lots of complex   ideas, roleplaying opportunities and witty dialogue. He&#8217;s seriously   committed to the series and his enthusiasm and dedication shine through   in all of his work.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&amp;id=79355\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&amp;id=79355\">Andarian<\/a>   &#8212; &#8220;Sanctum of the Archmage&#8221; is an ambitious story with a  rich  setting that&#8217;s heavy on character interaction and believable  romance,  and another of its prominent features is the ongoing support and  high  level of polish. Andarian has regularly upgraded and completely   overhauled the available chapters over the years, which now include some  of the community&#8217;s best available custom content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>NWN1 2010 Veteran Author Award: Custom Content <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.Profileid=59802\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.Profileid=59802\">Lord of Worms<\/a>   \u2013 is widely recognized in the NWN community as one of the finest CC   builders in its long and illustrious history. He&#8217;s a three time GDA   finalist for Undersea Tiles in 2006, Seasonal Forest in 2007, LOW&#8217;s  Creature Pack in 2008, and winner of the NWN 2007 Best Tileset GDA for  his legendary Seasonal Forest tileset.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.Profileid=108290\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.Profileid=108290\">Six_Six_Six<\/a>    \u2013 Gavin &#8220;Sixes Thrice&#8221; Jones is in the forefront of excellence of    tileset building in NWN. He works tirelessly and diligently to produce    the finest work in NWN and is the author of Wildwoods, Wildlands &amp;   Wildlands Winter, Undead Redux 2, Dwarven Chasms \/ Catecombs \/ Dwarven   Lands \/ Deep Dungeon \/ Undercity Sewers, and Colossal Arena \/ Spectral   Woods \/ Rural Interior.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing%20id=63095\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing%20id=63095\">Helvene<\/a>    \u2013 Helvene has shared her work with the NWN community since 2006 &#8211; a  lot   of it tileset-related (original, reskins, merges and fixes) but  also   placeables with very nice texture work. Her 2006 reskins of (and  additions   to) BioWare&#8217;s Castle Interior tileset include <strong>White Marble Castle<\/strong> and <strong>Arcanum Castle<\/strong>. Her <strong>Maze<\/strong>    (2006) is a limited set with few tiles, but with beautiful mosaic  textured walls, and a mini map version of empty squares that prevents  the   players from cheating their way out. She is the author of the  famous <strong>Wood Elven Interiors<\/strong> tileset (2006\/07) that&#8217;s also part of CEP 2 now, as well as the <strong>Suspended City<\/strong> (2008\/09) tileset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>NWN1 2010 Best Tileset Award <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&amp;id=7947\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&amp;id=7947\">Wild Woods by Sixesthrice<\/a>   &#8212; This is a truly extraordinary NWN tileset, both in terms of visual   quality and creative use of effects. Wild Woods is gorgeous, effective,   and has an efficient design that doesn&#8217;t try to be everything &#8212;   allowing for greater depth to the design as a result.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&amp;id=7750\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/nwvault.ign.com\/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&amp;id=7750\">Senemenelas&#8217; Underdark Tileset<\/a>   &#8212; This tileset package brings Terror back to BioWare&#8217;s tamed   Underdark, along with both claustrophobia and agoraphobia. 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