info Trixie Nominations Now CLOSED!

[Hamish 1,370]

The Nominations are now CLOSED!

 

The greatest time of year has arrived, the Trixies are upon us and the nominations have officially opened. 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. This year things are little different. We won't be holding just one ceremony, but two at the same time: One each for 2015 and 2016. Since we last held the Trixies Simtropolis has been through a lot of change, which unfortunately means we’ve had to change the way were conducting the nominations this year. However, we think these changes will make it easier for you guys to nominate members, and continue to nominate throughout the nominations period.

The biggest difference is that you will be posting your nominations on the forums. Don’t worry though, no one apart from the admins will be able to see your nominations, just like it was before! Let’s go through how this is all going to work.
 

Nominations Closed on April 5th
 

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How To Nominate

As we’ve mentioned before, nominating members for awards will be a little different this year. Read the guides below to know how you are going to be nominating members for awards this year, and take note of some slight rule changes which will allow you to nominate members for multiple awards.

Where To Nominate

This year, all your nominations will be submitted as posts in the forum linked below.

Submit Trixie Nominations Here!

This forum behaves differently from every other forum on Simtropolis. No one else can see any of the posts or topics you create within it. In lieu of our traditional nominations system, which is now incompatible with ST, this will be where all of your nominations are submitted this year. This comes with some great benefits though! You’ll be able to see all of your nominations at all times, so you can remember what you have nominated and who you have nominated, and you’ll be able to edit these at any time just in case you nominated someone for the wrong award.

It may feel a bit weird at first, but trust us that only admins will see your nominations. 

Submitting and Formatting your Nominations

Since everything has changed, how will you be submitting nominations? Its easy, just follow our guide below!
 

1. Firstly, take a look through the List of Trixie Awards for 2015 - 2016.
 

2. You’ll first find an award which you want to nominate someone for and copy its award title.
 

3. From there navigate to the Submit Trixie Nominations Here! forum and create a new topic.
 

4. Paste the award title into the topic title box, and add a couple of tags:

• The name of the member you are nominating.
• The year you are nominating them for.

5. Then in your post, please include the following information:

• The Title of the award.
• Who you are nominating.
• The Year you are nominating this award for.
• A short Description as to why you think they deserve this award.

To help ensure you include these details, feel free to copy and paste the following template into your posts to match the guidelines:

Quote

Award Title

Member Name

Year

Short Description

 

Don’t forget to add this info for each of your nominations, or else they may not be counted.

I’ll repeat these briefly below:

• Topic Title: The Award Title.
• Tags: Nominated member, and Year.
   
• Post Text: Award Title, Member Name, Year, Short Description.

To submit another nomination, simply start another topic.

Ceremonies for both 2015 and 2016

We last held the Trixies for the year 2014, and due to issues we weren’t able to open up the nominations last year for 2015’s content. During these nominations we invite you to nominate content from 2015 as well as 2016. In the end, we aren't just holding one ceremony, but two at the same time: One each for 2015 and 2016.

During the run up to the nominations opening we’ve had a series of discussions, interviews, and retrospectives aiming to highlight content from 2015 and 2016 in the hopes that you won’t forget what has been created during those years.

This is why it is important for you to distinguish what year you are nominating a member for.

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 time we are making the change to allow you to nominate a member for up to 3 different awards in both 2015 and 2016. 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 in the Trixies

Over the past two years we’ve seen the release of a new game which has swept Simtropolis, Cities: Skylines. In the past we’ve never had another city building game which made as much impact on our community as SimCity 4 originally did, so this is the first time the Trixies have had to accommodate another game. You’ll notice that most of the descriptions for awards no longer call out any specific game, that is because all of these awards are intended to be relatable to both games.

When nominating, remember the great content created for both games these previous two years, rather than the content from a single game.

Quick FAQ

• Multiple or single threads for nominations?
  Posting each nomination in its own thread is preferred, as this helps with the processing.
  Really though, it's up to you. If posting in a single thread is easier for you to manage or edit, that's perfectly fine. At the end of nominations, the Llama Crew will attempt to count anything inside the forum.
   
• For both years, how many nominations per user?
  In each year, you may nominate any individual member up to 3 times.
  So this means for both 2015 & 2016 combined, you could nominate someone up to 6 times.
   
• Who can I nominate?
  Any Simtropolis user (member or staff) can be nominated for any award. The processing will determine whether a given user is eligible.
   
• How many custom "Ad Hoc" awards may I nominate?
  As many as you'd like!
  Feel free to be creative with the title & description if a default award isn't suitable for what you have in mind.
   
• Is there a limit to how many nominations I can submit?
  Yes, the sky.

Final Words

We hope you have a great Trixies...
And remember, Nominate early and Nominate Often! 

 

[Haljackey 17,398]

All right, two different award ceremonies? I simply assumed 2015/16 would be bleneded into one award show.

 

Also, two quick things:

1. Your " Submit Trixie Nominations Here!" link sends me to an error page, code 2F176/1. EDIT: FIXED!

2. What is the date that nominations close?

[CorinaMarie 29,898]

8 minutes ago, Haljackey said:

Your " Submit Trixie Nominations Here!" link sends me to an error page, code 2F176/1

It's currently set for Staff Only. It'll work as soon as it goes live.

[Hamish 1,370]

26 minutes ago, Haljackey said:

1. Your " Submit Trixie Nominations Here!" link sends me to an error page, code 2F176/1

This should be all sorted out and it is now ready for everyone to start submitting nominations  

 

27 minutes ago, Haljackey said:

2. What is the date that nominations close?

Was just finalising that as the post was going live, they will close April 3rd. Should give everyone plenty of time  

[Cyclone Boom 17,032]

1 hour ago, Haljackey said:

All right, two different award ceremonies? I simply assumed 2015/16 would be bleneded into one award show.

They will be announced at the same time, maybe even in the same thread (whatever is more accessible).

However, there will be separate awards for both 2015 and 2016.

E.g.

BAT of the Year 2015
BAT of the Year 2016

Etc.

 

1 hour ago, Haljackey said:

code 2F176/1

That would mean a llama got locked in the server room, so the forum went into self-preservation mode.

It's now been carefully moved to safety, and all should now be in working order!

 

1 hour ago, Haljackey said:

2. What is the date that nominations close?

Yes, April 3rd is the closure date, so 21 days from now.

So everyone knows to the minute second, a countdown timer will also be added shortly...

EDIT: Done!

[rsc204 21,867]

Congrats to all those who put in a lot of hard work behind the scenes to get us here.

Trixies Party!

Best of luck to everyone.

[kingofsimcity 5,740]

It's here! 

I have a quick question. For a category such as Modd of the Year, how should I go about nominating members if it's a project that clearly has multiple contributors? Do I just create a topic for Modd of the Year with each individual member?

[Hamish 1,370]

47 minutes ago, kingofsimcity said:

For a category such as Modd of the Year, how should I go about nominating members if it's a project that clearly has multiple contributors? Do I just create a topic for Modd of the Year with each individual member?

Either nominate the team, or nominate a member and write in the description that it's for the entire team. We'll work with teams to make sure an awards resulting from nominations go to all members.

[slickbg56 778]

I'll be at a conference all next week. I plan to use some of the down time to browse the previous content and nominate. 

[Easy Bakes 253]

Some one should Nominate Annoymoose

 

[Hamish 1,370]

6 hours ago, Easy Bakes said:

Some one should Nominate Annoymoose

 

I'm sure Trixie would want to honour him in some way. That llama was always very fond of him. 

[Cyclone Boom 17,032]

Just a few things to clarify about the nomination process (also added to the OP):
 

• Multiple or single threads for nominations?
  Posting each nomination in its own thread is preferred, as this helps with the processing.
  Really though, it's up to you. If posting in a single thread is easier for you to manage or edit, that's perfectly fine. At the end of nominations, the Llama Crew will attempt to count anything inside the forum.
   
• For both years, how many nominations per user?
  In each year, you may nominate any individual member up to 3 times.
  So this means for both 2015 & 2016 combined, you could nominate someone up to 6 times.
   
• Who can I nominate?
  Any Simtropolis user (member or staff) can be nominated for any award. The processing will determine whether a given user is eligible.
   
• How many custom "Ad Hoc" awards may I nominate?
  As many as you'd like!
  Feel free to be creative with the title & description if a default award isn't suitable for what you have in mind.
   
• Is there a limit to how many nominations I can submit?
  Yes, the sky.

Anything else we'll be happy to answer...

[Cyclone Boom 17,032]

With still just over a week to go:

I'm pleased to report the total nominations have now reached the century mark...

Thanks everyone and keep them coming!

[Hamish 1,370]

On 3/27/2017 at 5:17 AM, Cyclone Boom said:

I'm pleased to report the total nominations have now reached the century mark...

Thanks everyone and keep them coming!

Wow, we have quickly passed that mark! Keep it up guys 

[_Michael 2,681]

I can neither confirm nor deny that all of my nominations are now submitted.  

[TekindusT 3,809]

Hadn't too much time lately to go elbow deep on the last two years of CJing, but will find some time before the nomination period ends. Expect an increase of 20 or so on the counter from me.

[Hamish 1,370]

Looks like we've just passed 300 nominations!

 

There's just over a day left to submit your nominations,  so if your still waiting,  now is the best time to nominate 

[rsc204 21,867]

*PHEW*, it's been a busy few weeks of RL here for me... but I just managed to get my nominations in today.

To all those yet to make a nomination, please consider a little of your time to acknowledge those who make the community what it is. Not long left.

[T Wrecks 10,210]

I hope I'll manage to squeeze my nominations in when I'm back from work.

EDIT: Ok, that's 13 down, approximately another time as many to go... I wonder if we'll make it far beyond 400? Do you guys & gals think 450 will be reached?

[Cyclone Boom 17,032]

With this late surge, I'd say 450 is still very much a possibility.

Just shows the power of deadlines doesn't it?

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Well, I'm exhausted now. Got 26 nominations out - still not half of what I think would deserve a Trixie, but it's the best I managed.

[Cyclone Boom 17,032]

Nominations Extended!

OK, as you may have noticed, due to a surge of recent nominations, we've decided to extend the deadline another 48 hours. So if you were planning on submitting any last night and ran out of time, here's a bit more leeway to do so.

This means nominations will now close at 22:00 EDT tomorrow (Wednesday).

(The absolute final, final deadline)

[TakemeThere 5,834]

56 minutes ago, Cyclone Boom said:

Nominations Extended!

OK, as you may have noticed, due to a surge of recent nominations, we've decided to extend the deadline another 48 hours. So if you were planning on submitting any last night and ran out of time, here's a bit more leeway to do so.

This means nominations will now close at 22:00 EDT tomorrow (Wednesday).

Cool, definitely a good idea. Btw I've added few more nom's in the placeholder threads I had set up before so please check my page for updated threads if you haven't yet  
 

22 hours ago, T Wrecks said:

Well, I'm exhausted now. Got 26 nominations out - still not half of what I think would deserve a Trixie, but it's the best I managed.

Agreed, it's exhausting! But much deserved as well. The good thing about putting in a large amount of nominations is that it really forces you to take a look at a wider range of work because of the nomination limit per person(3). But the biggest problem is that we're dealing with is two-years worth of trixies. Though I get the feeling that 2015 will be probably under represented.



I know I argued in favor of it and of course it's too late to change it this time around but I think there needs to be some trimming in future years. One-hundred-and-one trixie's is a bit much imo  The good thing is I think there is perfect way of pruning out which trixie's categories might be not be needed. Currently we have 437 nomination for a total of 202 trixie's(over two years) which equates to just over 2 nom's per trixie. However some categories are going to have a lot of nominations, such as the best BAT & BATer, best LOT & LOTer, and many of the CJ categories. While others will have very few, possibly even none and that will tell us exactly which trixie's to trim out.
 

[Cyclone Boom 17,032]

42 minutes ago, Takingyouthere said:

Btw I added about a half dozen more in the placeholder threads I had set up before(might have a couple more today) so please check my page for updated threads if you haven't yet

Think I've got them all.

They're being counted per thread, and then adding those with multiple nominations inside (I added a special tag on these to find them easily). So as long as it's posted inside, it'll be included in the total. We may see the final count amended slightly once everything is validated, although the current figure should be fairly accurate.

 

42 minutes ago, Takingyouthere said:

I think there needs to be some trimming in future years.

Since this Trixies is very much a learning experience (especially with the awards list), there's certainly room to tweak the format going forward. Much like the first series of a TV programme, there are mistakes to learn from and refinements possible. For the awards themselves, yes, it's possible that far from all will receive any nominations, and then clusters for the more general awards. I guess a lot here depends on the types of content for each year. As we are dealing with both years, the broader list hopefully has provided greater choice.

But for sure, I guess we'll have to see how it plays out. There may yet be a few surprises...

[Hamish 1,370]

1 hour ago, Takingyouthere said:

I know I argued in favor of it and of course it's too late to change it this time around but I think there needs to be some trimming in future years.

We will for sure be doing some trimming for Trixies 2017. But it is so hard to get that balance right, 2013 and 2014 had lists which were probably too short,  2015 and 2016 have lists which are probably too long. I think we'll be able to find that balance for 2017. Either way,  the community discussion we had helped us to reform what the base awards are, now we can use nominations to decide which ones are appropriate to continue on to the next ceremony. 

[Cyclone Boom 17,032]

Nominations Now CLOSED!  

After some more late nominations, the final unratified total stands at:

Thanks to all who took part!

Next begins the counting and validation process, followed of course by the awards ceremony.

There isn't an estimated timescale of how long this may take. It very much varies depending on the types of nominations, and also the extent of background checks required. However one thing is for certain, with the Llama Crew in full force, all will be revealed much sooner than the 5 months needed to announce the 2014 Trixies!

In the meantime, feel free to post any comments in anticipation below...

How was your experience with the new nomination process?

[madhatter106 3,931]

I'd be curious to see what the delineation was between 2015 noms and 2016 noms. 
Would it be possible to see at a glance if the 528 nominations were split fairly evenly between those two years?

[Hamish 1,370]

At a glance we can't be sure, but we will for sure let you know what the split is when the counting has finished!

Even if 2015 gets a third of the nominations,  that's much better than 2014. But we will let you know what the numbers are when we have them!

 

There were a lot of default awards this year, we came to these by getting suggestions from the community, taking the ones which were suggested the most, and then pairing these down by staff consensus on what makes the most sense to include. Going forward we will be reducing these again, this time we will use nomination counts to help us make this decision. I think, as an experiment, the list building worked really well, thank you to everyone who helped out. Now it's on us to continue the development of these lists so that they stay appropriate to the content being created and nominated for.

Now, off to start counting!

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Yeah, we made it past 500!

On the award categories, I also noticed some difficulties when nominating. I'm just thinking aloud here now, but maybe it would make sense to follow up the Trixies with a discussion about how the categories worked out for the voters - what was hard to understand or which categories were hard to tell apart from another? Now the impressions are still fresh. In the run-up to the Trixies 2017, much of what has been noticed now may already be forgotten.

[raynev1 1,887]

Good luck to everyone that was nominated .