like the Oscars, only even more frivolous

4 August 2006

When I met Steve shortly after we moved into our first year dorm at UVA, he was playing a game of Gran Turismo on his PS2. It was going to be a good year.

We've often debated the merits of Goldeneye 007 vs. Perfect Dark -- both fantastic FPSers on the N64, both from Rare, both long before frat guys were hyping the already overrated Xbox title, Halo.

Goldeneye multiplayer had some nifty post-match awards that we found ourselves squabbling over constantly. They seemed like a good idea for reddit, so we thought we'd give it a go. No Klobb required.

Chris put together the queries and Steve's fitting them into place. We'll be adding some more tweaks to this soon, along with some better documentation. Let us know what you think.

Watch out ousama, now everyone has a chance at some reddit fame ;-)

last updated 2 years ago #

Comments

I for one am in support of this. To bad I didnt get some sort of Reddit Award before, almost gives me something to work for.

ousama 2 years ago #

Cool, would be great to put alt text or something on each award with its definition (or at least a link to the page). Also would be good to link to the corresponding item(s) earning the award (like top scoring link, best comment, etc.).

hitsman 2 years ago #

Sweet, now I can get the reddit equivalent of the Lemming Award and Shortest Innings.

NovusTiro 2 years ago #

My friend and I used to spend 4 hours a day on 007 after school. He'd always get Most Dishonorable and I'd get ~Most Deadly~, but we were pretty much 50/50. We showed up at a friends house one afternoon while they were playing Perfect Dark. Needless to say, after 3 minutes of orientation, everyone was dead. I prefer 007 for it's level design. They're the only two games I own for my N64.

Favorite multiplayer level: Temple, Grenade Launchers, Turbo Cheat, No Radar Cheat (Throwing Knives on License to Kill is great too) Favorite single player level: Facility, All Weapons, Turbo, Ammo Cheat, enemy damage 1000% Favorite gun: Dual Silver PP7

I'm willing to play for pink slips ;)

...Anyway, awesome idea. It really shows the flexibility of the site.

deadfones 2 years ago #

Man, my weapon of choice was the Klobb ("Most Deadly"). That is until I learned that it was the weakest weapon :)

dfdeshom 2 years ago #

Since I can't vote up the comments here, I'll verbally second hitsman's suggestion to provide a link to the item earning the award.

felix 2 years ago #

How about a "most boring" award for the person with the most comments that no one mods or replys to?

deadfones 2 years ago #

GoldenEye. I still play it. I heartily recommend Black for the Ps2, best shoot em up I've played in yonks (once you get past the dull-as-shit opening credits).

blackrider 2 years ago #