Award for Best Community Initiative

clavain

clavain
This was originally posted on the "Ask David" thread but did not get answered, so just thought I would post it again here to a broader audience and see what forumites think of this idea, and if it has any traction or not in the broader community.

David, some members of the community have contributed endless hours to organizing (herding cats) various informal community groups or forum threads,that have done wonderful things to bring the Elite Dangerous community together both in and out of the game, and to bring it alive with additional content and activities. Off the top of my head, commanders such as Arcanonn (the Unknown Artefact thread and activities), Erimus (exploration and the Community Galactic Mapping initiative and thread) and Surly Badger (the Fuel Rats) have created some great game experiences for the entire community and added to the many experiences available within the game as well as on the forums and elsewhere. I am sure there are others as well, these are simply the three I have had the most experience with.

I was wondering if Frontier had ever considered some sort of community award for such initiatives, perhaps on an annual basis, that the players and devs could nominate such individuals for and then vote on? Perhaps something like a lifetime expansion pass as a prize might be suitable? Just throwing it out there for consideration and your thoughts. Without folks like these many of us would not have stayed engaged and involved with the game for as long as we have, and they have done wonders for boosting the morale of players, and the profile of the game as well, for no reward other than enjoyment, and little to no recognition other than from their peers.
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What do people think (of the idea of having such an award, not necessarily the particulars of the three possible nominees mentioned)?
 
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Alex Brentnall

Alex Brentnall
Cody said:
No contest - Fuel Rats!
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Yeah for better or worse I don't know of a community initiative that has even come close to their acclaim and success. Although I am in favour of an award or appreciation from the Devs possibly even with a skin for participants before the award date (to prevent signups just for the skin). Would be a great way of re-paying those in the community that invent their own game rather than just complain :). As someone who wishes he had the time and money to visit the various events I'm sadly lacking on those unique skins :p

The galaxy mapping initiative whilst great doesn't seem to have the universal acclaim that the fuel rats have. The rats cater to every single element in Elite no matter what the player is doing they may require their services and their save-loss ratio is quite impressive, most often being hampered only by the game itself :)
 
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