View Award - Master Worldbuilder Medal
For efforts exceeding a well designed backdrop in a few posts or colorful singular arrangements. This award recognizes the marriage of planning and storytelling: world crafting merged within story which goes beyond just exposition. True master worldbuilding involves things such as geography, flora and fauna, arts and culture, history, myths, politics, faiths, key figures and events, and much more. The Master Worldbuilder serves as a guide, inviting readers to walk through and experience places we can only visit in the Worldbuilder’s imagination as it is shared with us.
Category: Both
Awarded: 3 times
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Commander Calliope Zahn 04 Mar 2024 @ 5:43pm |
For the three Old Flames Posts (Accidentally Briefed, Liaisons, P.S.) Those three posts have everything that makes a story memorable: witty dialogues, captivating descriptions where we can feel the heat and dust of Obsidian Planet, and a little dose of mystery and romance. A winning combination :) |
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Chief Deputy Marshal: Ridge Steiner - FMS 08 Jun 2023 @ 12:34pm |
Here’s a pencil, a book that was written 30 years ago, and a suggestion. Go forth and come up with something. That’s basically what we gave Polar. We had no real idea what we wanted going on the surface of Obsidian, only some basic set pieces provided by a decades old novel. But Polar took those random threads of trivia and with it has begun to weave a marvelous tapestry onto the face of the world OC orbits. For the depth of creativity and life he’s breathed onto the planet and culture of Obsidian, I’m giving Polar this award. |
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Lieutenant Commander Maurice Rubens 08 Jun 2023 @ 12:33pm |
When I built this mission, I had a general idea of what a Korin was. Fins, flippers, breathing underwater, generally bi-pedal on land. But that was about it. I had a very, VERY rough outline of them and really hadn’t figured to get too, too into the weeds on it. David asked if he could build on that and I reluctantly conceded. Boy was that the right call. He took what had been a stick figure drawing and turned it into a living, breathing, dynamic culture that exceeded my wildest imagination. As I read who the Korin were I couldn’t help but feel like I was a random reader seeing it all for the first time. Masterfully crafted and woven into the mission. That is why I am giving this award to David. |