Popular Post Dragon-Archon Posted November 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) PSNProfiles is proud to announce the fifth annual That's right PSNP community, it's that time of the year again. We are delighted to reach this milestone and to hold this competition for the fifth year now. In the previous 11 months 410 guides were published, 46 more than this time last year. That's about 1.2 guides per day! All that effort and dedication deserves a worthy event to find out which guides are among the best. Just like the previous times we'll be awarding prizes to the best three guides published by 1st of December, but more about that later. This gives you a little over 3 weeks to write a couple more guides, which will be eligible for this contest. Maybe this is the time to finish that one guide you have been working on for ages, but could never find the motivation for to continue? For those of you who have been thinking about writing their first guide, now's a good time as any to start. Check out the PSNP Guide Manual for more information. So, five years already. Is there anything new? Yes, I'm glad you asked. Like last year, we are going to find out which three guides will run away with the glorious GotY Award: which guide is the most exceptional piece of guide writing? However, this year your chances of winning are much higher, since there are several categories for guides in addition to the best overall top three guides. These new categories are for: Exceptional Walkthrough Guide: A well made, extremely helpful walkthrough of a game or overall trophy list. Exceptional Gameplay Guide: Anything that isn't a walkthrough such as a collectible guide or a supplementary guide Exceptional DLC Guide: Guides for pieces of DLC or patches that add trophies. Exceptional Niche Game Guide: These include guides for indie games, imported games (JP, KR, etc), and non-AAA games. Exceptional Use of Formatting: Some writers make their guide so clean and organized it's like an artwork by making great use of headings, colours, images, etc. Exceptional Quality Upkeep: A writer keeps their guide updated, listens to feedback, & interacts with guide comments (they don't just publish and disappear). Exceptional Use of Original Content: Some writers go the extra mile and make their own videos, images, and combination of these within their guide. Here are the rules: Starting on December 2nd, the community will be able to nominate guides for the overall top 3 and a guide in each category that are worthy to be considered for the GotY Award. When nominating, a minimum of 4 are required: at least 3 categories and a nomination for the overall top 3. A special nomination thread will be created on December 2nd. You will be required to give solid reasons for your choices. Every guide published on PSNP between December 2 2017 and December 1 2018 will be eligible, a list will be provided in the nomination thread. Keep in mind that the guide team needs time to review a guide and it may need revisions, so please don't wait until the last day to submit a guide for review. The nomination thread will be closed after two weeks. The top ten guides with the most nominations will go on to the next round. During the next round the PSNProfiles staff (Sly, mods, and the guide team) will pick the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The total number of nominations for guides in the top ten is irrelevant for our decision. The guides which get the most nominations is not necessarily going to win, the staff will review all ten guides and the only thing that counts is quality! Since we don't want to rush this, expect this to take another 2-4 weeks. Due to the added categories, we may even need longer, as this is the first time we're adding new categories. Since the staff will be deciding the winners, their guides will not be eligible! Co-op guides with staff members will be eligible, in case a co-op guide ends up in the top 3, the non-staff writer will get the whole prize. In case a guide has more than 1 writer, the prize will be split between all guide contributors, so long as they contributed a meaningful amount to the guide. We track all edits so this will be checked. That about covers it all. Wait a minute, didn't you say something about prizes? Ah right, almost forgot about this. And now what you've all been waiting for, the GotYA 2018 prizes are as follows: Every Guide Writer: The Ultimate Prize: is the satisfaction of helping gamers all around the world. Give yourself a well-deserved pat on the shoulder. Overall Top 3: 1st Place: a cash prize of $100 2nd Place: a cash prize of $80 3rd Place: a cash prize of $60 Exceptional Categories: 1st Place: a cash prize of $50 2nd Place: a cash prize of $40 3rd Place: a cash prize of $30 Besides that, the winning guides (both overall and categories) also obtain an awesome seal, so that everyone will know you did an outstanding job and won a Guide of the Year Award! This means almost endless internet fame and glory, it's worth much more than those silly prizes! So, what are you waiting for? Use that secret stockpile of Halloween candy to stay awake, tell those family members you dislike during Thanksgiving there's some important "homework" that needs to be done, write a high-quality guide, and you might win this thing! Nominations start December 2nd, see you then! Edited November 9, 2018 by BlindMango 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoef_NL Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 No category for VR games :'(. Well.. Let's finish that Persistence guide Hehe! It's nice that more players are earning some money/gift cards instead of 1 player who earns the jackpot. @Smzthy we can do this shizzle . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMango Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) We wanted it to where there can be more winners this year for more things and have ways of recognizing more things in particular, and this can also make nominations more fun too! Hope everyone enjoys Guide of the Year Awards this year! 9 minutes ago, knoef_NL said: No category for VR games :'(. We really thought about this one too, but ultimately wanted to focus on 7 this year and see if we can pull it off before deciding to expand to more Edited November 9, 2018 by BlindMango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 YES I'm excited for this, I might actually win this year ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgins Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Exciting stuff! Good luck to all my fellow guide writers. Should be fun to see what all happens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyondthegrave07 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 @Dragon-Archon Do other countries even have Thanksgiving? I was under the impression that it's more of a U.S. thing... Also, I'm also always ready for a good pat on the back! I wish everyone realized that they are winners. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMango Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Beyondthegrave07 said: @Dragon-Archon Do other countries even have Thanksgiving? I was under the impression that it's more of a U.S. thing... Also, I'm also always ready for a good pat on the back! I wish everyone realized that they are winners. Yeah I found that interesting he typed that too, especially since Dragon is from the Netherlands 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killivincent Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 A question: Could there be any category for Japanese guides? A prize award for guide writers who write guide for Japanese/Korean/Chinese version? Just a thought I had, since there is lot of helpful Japanese guides in the site that I'm pretty sure many people have found helpful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesopithecus Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, BlindMango said: Yeah I found that interesting he typed that too, especially since Dragon is from the Netherlands Apparently, Thanksgiving is observed in the Netherlands by the orthodox Protestant church on the first Wednesday in November, but it doesn't look like it's a public holiday and not really celebrated with feasts and parades etc. like it is here in the US. I know that Canada also celebrate Thanksgiving but I think that was around mid-October 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoef_NL Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, BlindMango said: Yeah I found that interesting he typed that too, especially since Dragon is from the Netherlands I will pay @Dragon-Archon a visit and we will make our own thanksgiving with turkey's and games! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) I'm glad to see the addition of these new categories. In previous years, guides for DLC and niche games often didn't get the recognition they deserved, and the same goes for gameplay guides. It's nice that guide writers are encouraged to update their guide as well. I apologise if I just missed this, but can the same guide be nominated for multiple categories and guide of the year? I can think of some guides that qualify for more than one. Edited November 9, 2018 by Undead Wolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMango Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, killivincent said: A question: Could there be any category for Japanese guides? A prize award for guide writers who write guide for Japanese/Korean/Chinese version? That's something we kept putting on and off the table multiple times. I personally love the idea but it's something we couldn't quite figure out between the team. For this year we're thinking just based on trying to figure out all the categories and how they'll all be managed, however definitely nominate those under the Niche game category or any other one that applies when the time comes! 2 minutes ago, Undead Wolf said: I'm glad to see the addition of these new categories. In previous years, guides for DLC and niche games often didn't get the recognition they deserved, and the same goes for gameplay guides. It's nice that guide writers are encouraged to update their guide as well. I apologise if I just missed this, but can the same guide be nominated for multiple categories and guide of the year? I can think of some guides that qualify for more than one. We're still looking into nomination rules, but a single guide will only be able to win one award overall and a writer can't win more than one award within in a single category 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSFan001 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Wow very cool new idea with the awards! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, BlindMango said: We're still looking into nomination rules, but a single guide will only be able to win one award overall and a writer can't win more than one award within in a single category Hmm, okay. This creates an interesting dilemma where it will be hard to decide whether to nominate a guide for a category or guide of the year since it can only win one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XjaegerbombX Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) if you would like my vote for your guide, simply look at my PROFILE -- look at my list and determine which game needs YOUR guide. I will then favorite that guide & vote for it. Make sure the guide you give me is not only your BEST but for a game I have NOT yet platinumed. Edited November 10, 2018 by dokkanexpert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FilmFanatic Posted November 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, dokkanexpert said: if you would like my vote for your guide, simply look at my PROFILE -- look at my list and determine which game needs YOUR guide. I will then favorite that guide & vote for it. Make sure the guide you give me is not only your BEST but for a game I have NOT yet platinumed. This is not how voting works. Nobody tells you how to vote. You decide which guides are nominated for which categories yourself. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesopithecus Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 @BlindMango Will there be a list made of all the guides from 2018? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMango Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mesopithecus said: @BlindMango Will there be a list made of all the guides from 2018? Yep! Be sure to give a huge thanks to @ddracarys who has been hard at work at creating the list! We'll post that with the nomination thread 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1rvine Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I already know exactly which guides are getting my nominations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin Head Cthulhu Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 good luck everyone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Big fan of the new categories, they’re a great solution to make sure “smaller” guides don’t get overshadowed again. On a sidenote it’s crazy that this is already the 5th time you’re doing this. Feels like it’s been 3 years at most. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 14 hours ago, Beyondthegrave07 said: @Dragon-Archon Do other countries even have Thanksgiving? I was under the impression that it's more of a U.S. thing... Also, I'm also always ready for a good pat on the back! I wish everyone realized that they are winners. 14 hours ago, BlindMango said: Yeah I found that interesting he typed that too, especially since Dragon is from the Netherlands As ironic as this is going being a guide team member, I'll still say it: don't sweat the details . 13 hours ago, killivincent said: A question: Could there be any category for Japanese guides? A prize award for guide writers who write guide for Japanese/Korean/Chinese version? Just a thought I had, since there is lot of helpful Japanese guides in the site that I'm pretty sure many people have found helpful. We had a category for that, but in the end decided to scrap a few since there were too many and use this as a test run to see how things will work out. 13 hours ago, knoef_NL said: I will pay @Dragon-Archon a visit and we will make our own thanksgiving with turkey's and games! Sounds like a plan, I'll start brewing the special drink: Dragon Fire, a booze so spicy it makes you breathe fire . 1 hour ago, Happy said: Big fan of the new categories, they’re a great solution to make sure “smaller” guides don’t get overshadowed again. On a sidenote it’s crazy that this is already the 5th time you’re doing this. Feels like it’s been 3 years at most. Yeah time really flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuthg21 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 14 minutes ago, Dragon-Archon said: As ironic as this is going being a guide team member, I'll still say it: don't sweat the details . We had a category for that, but in the end decided to scrap a few since there were too many and use this as a test run to see how things will work out. Sounds like a plan, I'll start brewing the special drink: Dragon Fire, a booze so spicy it makes you breathe fire . Yeah time really flies. Hit me up for that Dutch thanksgiving, we will eat stuffed turkey with stroopwafels =) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, Wuthg21 said: Hit me up for that Dutch thanksgiving, we will eat stuffed turkey with stroopwafels =) This guy knows: stroopwafels FTW!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuthg21 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dragon-Archon said: This guy knows: stroopwafels FTW!!! Grand prize for the guide of the year, a year long dutch treats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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