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UPDATE: CONTEST IS CLOSED! Thank you for participating! There's been a dearth of contests in the Let's Play Subforum as of late, so we figured it was high time to remedy that. What with the weather changing and holiday time on the horizon, we figured we'd give everyone one more reason to stay indoors. So please allow me to introduce the...   Wooooo! Contest! The goal of this contest is decide which snow level in a game is the single greatest snow level of all games and then prove why to the rest of the subforum. Since this is the Let's Play subforum, I know we all have access to a plethora of games with snow levels as well as the means to record them, whether it be as a VLP or an SSLP. To enter this contest, all you need to do is the following:
And that's all! There will be two winners: one selected by the LP Subforum through a vote, and one selected by the LP Moderation team. The prize will be the winner's choice of a Platinum Upgrade, Archives Upgrade, or New Avatar. There are no restrictions regarding LP styles. It can be funny, informative, narrative--whatever. You decide. If your chosen game takes place entirely in snow levels (e.g., Lost Planet, The Long Dark, etc.), please choose the best parts to show off rather than LPing the entire game. While we don't want to give a time limit for entries, do try and avoid submitting entire Let's Plays. I have thrown together a couple examples of what a VLP or SSLP contest entry might look like. They are linked below. The contest will run up to Christmas Eve at Midnight! Good luck, and have fun!   RESULTS: Congratulations to nine-gear crow and ACES CURE PLANES for submitting the winning entry, and to Faerie Fortune for winning the Mod's Choice Award. Sally fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Jan 8, 2017 |
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Further clarifications: 1) We'll have the public vote first, and the mods will pick our winner after that. We won't pick the same winner as you. (You'll never know if we would've if we could've) 2) You can submit entries individually, or as a group of up to four. If you submit as a group and win, we'll pony up for a prize for each of you. Make us proud, LP!
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Dec 6, 2016 01:35
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The greatest snow level, it so transpires, was within us the whole time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ice9EbfhCg
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Dec 6, 2016 02:40
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And now, the theme song of this contest: Ice World
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Dec 6, 2016 02:47
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The prize should be Blind Sally probating Crow for 6 hours once a week until he finishes PoP2008 
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Dec 6, 2016 08:44
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Lunethex posted:The prize should be Blind Sally probating Crow for 6 hours once a week until he finishes PoP2008 That's only if he loses. If he wins he gets to probate someone for 24 hours 
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Dec 6, 2016 09:11
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Counterpoint: Every game with a snow level is terrible since it reminds me that the concept of winter exists.
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Dec 6, 2016 21:53
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cant cook creole bream posted:Counterpoint: Every game with a snow level is terrible since it reminds me that the concept of winter exists. Please submit this in the form of a Let's Play for it to count as an entry.
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Dec 6, 2016 22:01
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I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to win.
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Dec 7, 2016 07:32
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Jenner posted:I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to win. Disqualified for not recording it yourself. 
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Dec 7, 2016 07:35
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 A Good Snowman is Hard To Build, but don't worry! We can do it together!
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Dec 7, 2016 16:35
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So, here's my submission. Rocket League: Snow Day! I originally did the first level of TimeSplitters 2, and decided to just talk over it immediately after recording it, which resulted in me failing to actually talk about why it's the best snow level ever. But that's fine, it's only the second best snow level ever, Snow Day takes the cake. Anyway, this is not a submission, but since I made the video I want to show it regardless. Go here if you wanna see some vintage 2002 console FPS action
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Dec 7, 2016 22:10
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Disqualified for not recording it yourself. Maybe I recorded the other person's gif with gif cam. You can't prove I didn't. Potentially recording was involved. I think you neglected to hug Louise. 
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Dec 8, 2016 10:00
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I've never heard of this game before but it looks really good!
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Dec 8, 2016 14:05
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Its a very good, very sweet little game and I'm very glad I stumbled upon it!
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Dec 8, 2016 14:37
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Miz Kriss posted:And now, the theme song of this contest: ... because here's the ice world from the Brawl in the Family creator's game!  Snowfall Lake from Tadpole Treble. Tadpole Treble is an auto-scrolling rhythm game where you have to guide a newborn tadpole called Baton through a series of levels so she can make her way back home. Each level is set on a musical stave, and unlike most rhythm games, the notes are obstacles to be avoided rather than hit. This gives the creators a lot more freedom for interesting level design. Speaking of creators, the composer and lead artist for the game is Brawl in the Family's Matthew Taranto, and the level designer (and one of the programmers) is his brother Michael. So if you're a fan of BitF's general sense of humour and musical comics, you might just enjoy this as well. Snowfall Lake, the game's seventh level, is Tadpole Treble's obligatory ice world. It's pretty nice as ice worlds go though - most of the slipping and sliding is deliberate tobogganing from Baton, and she seems to be having fun with it! That's partially why I think it should win - it's an ice world (in a game by people who are very aware of the pitfalls that most ice worlds fall into) that's designed to be more a piece of light relief than anything else. The video consists of three runs of the level - a casual run where I mostly show off the mechanics, an S-Rank run where I aim for as high a score as I can, and an F-Rank run where I aim for as low a score as I can. The F-Ranks in this game are usually harder than the S-Ranks! And if you haven't heard enough of this music after listening to it three times , you can find just the tune itself here(PS apologies for the cursor on screen. First time trying to use OBS to record something to my hard drive, and I'm more used to using in-built emulator recording facilities for this stuff. Plus I had a lot of S-Rank attempts I had to scrap because of either a) messing up in-game or b) getting the S-Rank but then learning that, say, I hadn't recorded sound or had the resolution too low or something. By the time I got that sorted, I just went "screw it" when I saw the cursor. Oh well. I'm not expecting to win. I just wanted to show off a neat game that I thought got overlooked in the general rush of games that was 2016 on Steam). Paul.Power fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Dec 8, 2016 |
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Dec 8, 2016 22:00
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My goodness, I completely forgot the BitF guy was making a game. I'll need to remember to look that up (and read your post again ) when I'm not stuck behind a work proxy.
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Dec 8, 2016 22:30
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That game is legitimately cute as heck.
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Dec 10, 2016 03:11
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It inspired me to roll up some giant balls of snow and stack them on top of each other. It was a very productive day.
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Dec 10, 2016 04:36
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I kept thinking there was gonna be a jump scare when you hugged the first snowman and the camera started to zoom in. 
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Dec 11, 2016 07:43
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What game can eight people play at once (sort of) on an Atari 2600 (if they're already sick of Summer Games)? Winter Games! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB490NVyujg
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Dec 12, 2016 09:55
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True story, Modern Warfare 2 has the best snow level of all time. It's especially good in comparison to the other snow level in the game that starts off with a lame rear end "sneak and snipe" segment that becomes a "try to not get mauled to death by dogs" segment pretty quickly. Also, it's Craig Fairbass that was in Cliffhanger, not Kevin McKidd. Both are in MW2, though.
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Dec 15, 2016 02:54
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derp wrong tab
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Dec 15, 2016 23:18
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Come and have some fun in snowy Stalingrad!
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Dec 16, 2016 02:02
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Mine will be a screenshot-based contribution, though I think it makes a good case for why the snow level described therein is the "greatest."
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Dec 17, 2016 06:43
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If you've seen my posting around here, you perhaps know that I love making stupid loving joke videos. So of course I made one for this. The first few days this thread was up, I was already asking JossiRossi if I could use one of his Goon Holiday Album entries, over the past week I've prepared a loadout and some Forma'ing and Riven rerolling for this, and yesterday I spent a few hours finding just the right missions to run, recording, timing, re-recording, realizing I was on the wrong cosmetic loadout, re-re-recording, and editing it all together. I'm not submitting that video. I'm not even going to link it. Because I remembered something that actually deserves this title. Me, forgoing a video shitpost. That's how genuinely good this is. The Greatest Snow Level:  Lost Constellation
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Dec 17, 2016 11:25
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Please enjoy the greatest snow level(s) of all time in SSLP format, from Secret of Mana on the SNES. I could tell you why it's the greatest snow level, but spoilers. How Randi Saved Christmas From You (Yes You) Also, there is a current LP of this game which hasn't got to this point, so if you are following that blind then probably don't read.
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Dec 18, 2016 01:28
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Thanks to all you wonderful people who have already submitted entries! They have sustained me on these cold winter days. Just a reminder to anyone else who is interested in entering: December 24th at Midnight is the deadline for entries. Afterwards, I'll set up a poll and allow people to vote on their favourite submission for BEST SNOW LEVEL.
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Dec 22, 2016 01:04
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SSX3, the winter game so good it was hard to pick a best level. Welcome to The Intimidator.
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Dec 22, 2016 18:46
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 Quite coincidentally aligning with my own LP, and thanks to a timely seasonal update from Flying Wild Hog studios, here's my contender for my favorite winter level: Christmas in Calamity Town!
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Dec 24, 2016 08:38
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i wanted to show off dr lunatic supreme with cheese's snow level(s) but something something windows compatibility crash on launch screen yay
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Dec 24, 2016 16:20
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I really wanted to gush over the opening of Darksiders 2 but only just managed to get to a recording-capable computer. Oh well, guess it's next year.
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anilEhilated posted:I really wanted to gush over the opening of Darksiders 2 but only just managed to get to a recording-capable computer. Oh well, guess it's next year. The day isn't over yet, there's still time!
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I've just noticed that the OP says "Christmas Eve at Midnight" which I am assuming is an error and should be Christmas Day at Midnight. I've also noticed that BSal did not specify a timezone but I am assuming something in the UTC-6 band or thereabouts, so there's still time I guess? Merry Christmas from GMT, though.
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Dec 25, 2016 01:05
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a thousand pardons to baldurk after I'm clumsily messed up making a batch uploader testpost and lorepost but I should post what I have 
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Dec 25, 2016 06:55
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAJYvgJNurg Hold onto your butts, I'm going to blow you away. 
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Dec 25, 2016 07:15
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It's not Midnight yet on PST!
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Dec 25, 2016 07:15
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Alright people it's now definitely Christmas in every timezone (and Boxing Day or whatever it is you call it in at least one) so submissions are closed! Stand by while we finish doing whatever it is we do on Christmas Day and we'll get right to rigging up some sort of voting contraption.
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Dec 25, 2016 13:01
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Happy Holidays, everyone! (Thanks for catching that typo, Fedule). Submissions are indeed closed and a poll is forthcoming. Enjoy the morning!
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Voting closed.
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