announcement Info & Format: Trixies 2015-2016

[Hamish 1,369]

Nominations Open March 13^th - 

The Trixies are here, the Llamas are here, and this time we're heading back in time! 
It seems like an eternity since the Trixies were last held, and we can't wait to go all the way back to the start of 2015!

The Trixies are a celebration of all types of community contributions, ranging from STEX uploads to CJs, all the way to forum posts. It's the perfect opportunity to celebrate all the amazing content shared over the past two years, and give a special 'thanks' to your fellow members.

We last held the Trixies for the year 2014, so understandably, we have a lot to catch up on. So this year, things will be a little different. We won't be holding just one ceremony, but two at the same time: One each for 2015 and 2016. Since the previous awards were such a long time ago, there will be a prelude in the run-up to the start of nominations. Here we invite everyone to discuss content shared during 2015-2016. What were your favourites? Alongside this, we will also be posting special features, including retrospective lists of uploaded content, and interviews by some members, highlighting their experience over the last two years.

The purpose of this build-up intends to help everyone make informed decisions, with a broader perspective. Not be told who to nominate, but just reminded of who could be potential nomination candidates.

 

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The Prologue

Over the next 3 weeks we will be holding a series of events to celebrate the content uploaded over the past two years. This will start here in the Trixies Forum with a community discussion of memorable content which you can recall, or may otherwise be overlooked. The discussion will be complemented by retrospectives on uploaded content, where we post summaries of 2015-2016 content. There will also be interviews with members, giving their thoughts of notable contributions over the period.

 

Community Discussion

I can hardly remember what was for breakfast, let alone the memorable items some 700 days ago! So when trying to remember what happened in 2015 my mind goes blank. That's why we are hosting a way which everyone can discuss uploads, CJs, forum posts or just members in general who have shared amazing creations from the past two years. The principle behind this not to form a consensus on who or what is deserving of a Trixie. But instead, a place to discuss content we have admired over this time frame, or items which we think might be overlooked when thinking back on all the amazing creations from the past two years.

Use the link below to discuss content from the past two years.

 

Retrospective Lists

We want to make sure that there is a place which you can go to find everything that has been uploaded from the past two years, specifically in 2015 which is a long way to look back through in the STEX. In the coming days we will feature a series of lists which highlight content uploaded to the STEX from each year. CJs were harder to list, so we ask that for CJ retrospectives the Community Discussion topic is the best place to remember your favourite CJ. These lists should help you find STEX uploads, and remember items which you may have forgotten about.

 

Member Interviews

There will also be a series of interviews with different members on their experience with content from the past two years as well as their involvement with Simtropolis. We've tried to interview members which we haven't interviewed before, and these range from people you will have heard of and talked to before, to some members you might have only seen in passing. These interviews will try to highlight content which they have valued from the last two years, usually focusing on areas of the site which they are involved in. These are, at times, subjective, so we ask that you don't take their opinions as definitive fact, but rather as another view on what has been uploaded in the past two years. You'll find these uploaded in this forum, where you can comment on their interviews and they may respond to comments and questions that you have.

These are just opinions, and your final nominations can be of whom ever, and what ever, you feel deserving of the award.  

 

Award Category Ideas

As part of the build-up, a suggestions topic will be opened for the award categories. Here we invite you all to share ideas for the various awards you'd like to see make up the default set. Last time the list was greatly simplified, and looking back, this may have actually made the process more restrictive. So now, let your imagination run wild! There are BATs, but what about styles? There are CJs, but what about variations?

We can't promise all ideas will be selected, but whatever they are, we'd love to hear them. 

 

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Changes to Nominations

For these Trixies we are changing how to nominate members, and how many times a member can be nominated. Since the site upgrade of 2015, the old nominations system was made incompatible. So this year, things are going to be slightly different. We will expand on these changes closer to the nominations opening, but a summary of the major changes are listed below:

 

Forum Nominations

Previously nominations would be submitted via a dedicated page with a category selector and a plain text description box.

But this time, nominations will be submitted in a special forum which will open at the start of the nominations. This forum behaves differently than others, in that no one else except the Admins are able to view your submissions!

So post without hesitation in that forum knowing that your nominations will remain incognito. A major benefit of this method is that you are able to edit any of your posts throughout the submissions period. So as you keep remembering people to nominate, you can continue editing or adding new nominations until the closure date. While in previous Trixies you could continue submitting new nominations, this method means you see all of the nominations you have made, so it's easy to remember what/who you have or haven't nominated yet. An simple and straightforward way to stay on top of everything. So say goodbye to spreadsheets!

Once the categories are finalised, we'll provide a full list so that you don't miss any awards to choose from. Of course, you may also create custom awards which aren't included in the default set.

It may seem weird at first, but everything will stay private, we promise. 

 

Rule Changes

This year we are making a slight change to how many times you can nominate a member. Traditionally you could only nominate any given member for one award. But this time, this rule is being expanded. It used to be that someone would only create amazing buildings, or only write beautiful CJs. However, now we have members who cover lots of different parts of the site, for the previous Trixies it was increasingly difficult to nominate them for just one award.

This year we are making the change to allow you to nominate a member for up to 3 different awards. We hope that you submit multiple nominations for a single member to awards in different sections of the Trixies, but we aren't making that a specific rule as there are awards in sections which relate to very different skill sets. Use this new ability wisely…  

 

Cities: Skylines

It's time to welcome the latest city-builder to our great Trixie Awards! This will be the first year C:S participates in our great ceremony.

Just remember, the Trixies are a celebration of Simtropolis contributions, so only items here on the site are eligible to be nominated for an award. Understandably, there are thousands of Workshop items, so C:S content on the STEX is only a fraction of the overall selection. Considering this, Workshop items can be nominated, as long as they're created by an author who is a member here at Simtropolis.

 

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We can't wait to start sharing the love and celebrating what our community has to offer!

Here's to another memorable Trixies, let the party begin!

 

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

BOI THiS iS SOME CRAZY NeWS

[Hamish 1,369]

We also have our first featured interview launching right now! Ln X interviewed by _Michael, a great and insightful read about Ln X’s experience with content from the past two years. Give it a read, and feel free to post in that topic asking further questions which you might want answered!

 

 

[feyss 1,981]

[Haljackey 17,255]

The Llamas, they are returning

 

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Isn't that the video you posted at the start of last Trixies season, @Haljackey?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Dudes, I am so pumped.

[Lot Creator 304]

I can't even fathom... 

[Hamish 1,369]

1 hour ago, Haljackey said:

The Llamas, they are returning

Yes! The great annual llama chase! 

 

@NMUSpidey Dude! 

[Cyclone Boom 16,851]

Finally, 464 days later...

Yep, they're here folks!

The Trixies are back in full force, and thanks to @Hamish, so are the Llama Crew preparing for duty...
 

   Live Feed

 

Let the games begin!

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

OMG I love these llamas, it's so freakin cool 

It's great to know the Trixies are back

[Hamish 1,369]

@Cyclone Boom @JP Schriefer

 

Thanks, I thought it was about time that trixie really took over the site! She hasn’t been seen in so long, she was getting lonely waiting 

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[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Members of Simtropolis!

I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.

A day may come when we cease to play Simcity,

When we forsake our regions

And break all bonds of fellowship,

but it is not this day.

An hour of CTDs and vacant mayors,

when the age of Simcity comes crashing down,

but it is not this day!

This day we build!!

By all that you hold dear on this good Earth,

I bid you stand, Followers of Simcity!!!

 

--Aragorn , son of the Great Trixie .

[Fantozzi 4,067]

 

16 hours ago, Hamish said:

Use the link below to discuss content from the past two years.

I often thought to write an annual report, of course something personal (it can't be something speaking for everyone) about the highlights I had, the experiences made on the site, with the community, stuff found on the STEX. Not for recommending for others or teaching, more to add a diary or 'history book' to Simtropolis, remembering the funny and the sad moments. As I think this is something still missing. It's more like a newspaper, made for one day - for what is the news.

Or maybe it's time to create a Simtropolis quiz game:

Who said: " I am the Leonardo DiCaprio of the Trixies."

What is shown on the periodic table of 2012 Trixie wards?

How often the Trixie for the most chaotic SC4 CJ was won?

 

This site is full of stories. And the trixies awards - well, they are a way to keep some of them beyond daily news business.

So I like the idear to go back in 2015 and dig for the stories they were the headlines then. 

 

 

 

[Abrams 1,744]

Exciting! 

[_Michael 2,681]

[airman15 4,111]

I was wondering why there haven't been any Trixies in a while! There's been so much happening between now and the last round that it's going to be tough deciding which nominations to choose!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Thank for bringing the trixies awards back.

[Hamish 1,369]

7 hours ago, Fantozzi said:

 

This site is full of stories. And the trixies awards - well, they are a way to keep some of them beyond daily news business.

So I like the idear to go back in 2015 and dig for the stories they were the headlines then. 

 I believe @Cyclone Boom is intending to launch something like this very soon. A place to go and chat about content which you think had a big impact that year,  or that you think might be overlooked. Just a place to discuss the content of the Trixies,  rather than the Trixies themselves,  as we patiently await the start of the nominations 

[Cyclone Boom 16,851]

21 hours ago, Hamish said:

I believe @Cyclone Boom is intending to launch something like this very soon.

Yes, stand by for that very shortly!

As hinted in the opening post, there will be two additional threads:

EDIT: And here they are!

• A discussion on memorable content
• A place to share ideas for the default award categories

 

On 21/02/2017 at 5:27 PM, airman15 said:

There's been so much happening between now and the last round that it's going to be tough deciding which nominations to choose!

Absolutely, and hopefully that's where the build-up comes in.

  Edited February 22, 2017 by Cyclone Boom  
Added thread links.

[Terring 6,473]

The Great and Powerful Trixie approves!

[Mewds45 132]

AHHHHH SHIETTTT!

[jmsepe 2,038]

Trixies! Teiko had one. Hopefully, another one soon. 

[Hamish 1,369]

As we come closer to the nominations opening we will now start featuring a daily interview.

Today we have @rsc204 giving us a description of his work, and a great insight into his amazing texture mods alongside an interesting view of the content he has liked over the last two years. Read it at the link below!

 

[Hamish 1,369]

Hey everyone,

As we're building up to the Trixie nominations opening,  we've realised we'll need more time to get it just right. There is an amazing discussion going on in the Award Category Ideas thread, and we want to continue gathering your ideas on what awards we should offer as standard. We also have more interviews to come, and we'd like to give them the air time they deserve rather than hiding them in the rush of the nominations (they are just as good as what's come before, we can't wait for you to read them  ) and there is a good discussion happening in the Community Build-up Discussion. 

We've never really done a Trixies build up before, so we weren't sure how much time we'd need. Turns out it's about 3 weeks  We really want to do these Trixies right,  and we think that means having great feedback on what awards we should offer. We will close the Award Category Ideas thread on Wednesday so that the staff have the right amount of time to work through them and set up the nominations forum to include those awards. While we're doing that well still have discussion threads running in the Trixies forum,  along with more interviews and content retrospectives.
 

Nominations Open March 13th

We hope you all understand why we're pushing the nominations back  This will be the date nominations now open, there will be no further changes to this date

Hope you all join us in the festivities, and we're eagerly awaiting the start of the nominations 

[Fantozzi 4,067]

Ha! The STEX. Nothing can be so exotic, so strange that you wouldn't find it on the STEX.