[July 2015 Special Edition!] Rules and Nominations

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[July 2015 Special Edition!] Rules and Nominations

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Welcome, Amassment members, to another round of Shrine Spotlight! Have no idea what this is? No worries, check out the information here. Please go and re-read that thread for the newest updates that have been marked with "NEW!".

Edit 7/6/15 @ 11:02 PM CST: The new additional changes will not count for the recent winner post since not everyone knew of the updates.

It's the last month of the Old School Challenge so I figured we do this again with subjects that were released from January 1, 1901 and December 31, 2000 can be nominated for this month!

This means that all nominations of this month must focus on a subject from during that time period and it can be from anything - just as long as it hasn't won yet!



F.A.Q.
Does the Shrine need to be made by an Amassment Member? No. Any fansite/shrine you like can be nominated.

Does the shrine need to be listed in the Amassment directory to be nominated? No.

Can One-page shrines be nominated? Absolutely!

How many shrines can I nominate? Five at max now!

Can I nominate for myself? No, you cannot.

COIN BONUSES
For people who nominate shrines! And the earlier you nominate shrines, the more coins you will receive.

• If you nominate the first day nominations are open, you will receive 30 coins per URL you send us.

• For each day after the reward will be reduced by 1.

• If you nominate the day before nominations close, you will receive 1 coin per nomination.



Sites Nominated So Far
http://love-gala.org/otp/fox
http://sohryu.nu/eight
http://www.spocklives.com
http://www.celes-chere.net
http://rinoa.nu/schala
http://one.piratesboard.net/sephiroth
http://kero.merrymilkshake.com
http://snape.mirrorthesoul.net
http://wildfire.genkigirl.net
http://final.rayjah.net/vincent
http://chrono.piratesboard.net/robo
http://snow.ohmydarling.org
http://cereal.piratesboard.net/heatmiser
http://madness.rayjah.net/diary
http://one.skyblade.org/ps2
http://wish.redcrown.net
http://garnet.fenali.net
http://digital-wing.com/neonobility
http://rinoa.nu/rinoa
http://oceanflare.net/terra




Past Winners
These cannot be nominated. Not all are listed due to some being offline.

I just went ahead and posted all of them, despite some not being subjects of what can be allowed.

Animation


Live Action Shrines

Paperback Shrines (manga, books, comics)


People Shrines (actors, actresses, musicians, bands)

Video Games
Reply to this post or PM me with the url to nominate!
You have until the 16th to get them in!

If you're unsure if the subject isn't allowed or confused about the newest updates to the system, please feel free to ask.
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All added :D
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http://wish.redcrown.net/
http://garnet.fenali.net/
http://digital-wing.com/neonobility/
http://rinoa.nu/rinoa/
http://oceanflare.net/terra/

Oh dear, you don't know how painful it is to nominate until you go through the selection process yourself, struggling to decide what to leave out. ;___; (all the great ffvi and clamp shrines sob sob)

Early morning word vomiting ahead. My excuse is that new nomination system encourages the writing of blurbs when nominating. (Hopefully this is not too silly, especially since several of these people aren't on Amassment or currently inactive and I've browsed all previous nomination topics without seeing much talk - but I just love shrines so so so much, including talking about them, and I think Shrine Spotlight's purpose is, aside from honouring the many amazing creations, also to get people to check out shrines they're unfamiliar with and to grow as a community through inspiration, right? Just punch me if I'm supposed to keep things short in this topic and not to use this forum section for discussions idk.)

I chose these shrines because they all have amazing artistic vision, something that shows in their visuals, their structure, the topics they cover, or even their thoroughness, or what they bring to shrining as a whole.

death wish
A lot of long-time manga lovers around my age grew up with CLAMP, and if you were active in fandoms around 2000, you'll have seen Tokyo Babylon, or at least X, everywheeeere, whether or not you've read it. I love how this shrine gives a brief overview (or refresher, depending on the reader) over the two series as well as the characters' appearances in CLAMP's later work, and then JUMPS STRAIGHT INTO ESSAY MODE to explore the characters from a very intimate angle and through thematic points, rather than approach the subject from a "conventional way" (profile of each character involved, summary of the story, walkthrough of chapters, etc.), thus preventing a structural "disconnect".

Within the essays, it explores the way the respective scene or theme is embedded into the series as a whole, and makes connections to similar episodes within the series. Crucial and thought-provoking passages from the series themselves are quoted, giving the reader an impression (or making them relive) of the characters' voices, but also the mood of the series. Tokyo Babylon's characters' story is continued in X, albeit as part of a broader context, and I love how seemingly effortlessly the essays connect and switch between the two, especially since X itself has many narrative and visual throwbacks to TB. There's also quite some self-irony in the shrine, which is... a must considering the topic.

This shrine is so marvellous at what it does because it does because any of its essays pervade the series as a whole while putting the series' themes into perspective by organizing all those thoughts (and TB is such a thematically rich series!) - without adhering to a chronological structure and thus befitting a series where nothing is to be looked at in isolation.

Lilac
This shrine's initial charm is the small layout, including navigation and content space; I'm pointing this out because I associate FFIX with an unique quaint, idyllic and whimsical style, with each location hiding plenty of gorgeous detailed secrets and unexpected delights - as is the case with Lilac, in the way the navigation opens up and the unexpected topics in its structure, the careful embedding of quotes from various stages of the game to showcase Garnet's growth and the cute essay section. Browsing Lilac seems like opening a box of candy, and I feel the same way about FFIX. :heart:

Neo Nobility
Sailor Moon has always been such a huge thing - in the context of animanga, the Magical Girl genre, fandom, the influence it has had on people, and so on. Sailor Moon has sparked an immense amount of tributes in many different forms and yet, time and again, fans manage to bring something new to the fandom with their individual vision. Neo Nobility shows a different facette of Sailor Moon, one that, for the most part, does not take the frontseat, but is stashed away in various parts of the series, yet remains important at all times: its story's lore and background, the foundation of the series.

I don't think the first thing that comes to mind when speaking of Sailor Moon is its worldbuilding, nor the way the Senshi deal with their past lives, but without them, without the past and the future of the Silver Millennium and Crystal Tokyo, there's no Sailor Moon - and all of this is supplemented by Takeuchi's rich art, attention to detail and the many elements she draws from when creating Sailor Moon (the planets, mythology, gem stones, and so on). Neo Nobility takes all the "otherworldly" elements of Sailor Moon (the ones pertaining to those faraway places that make up the big part of my fascination with the series, as a kid and as an adult) and weaves them into one subject to look at them from the angle of Sailor Moon's royalty. In my opinion, it's an unique perspective that honours what lies at Sailor Moon's core.

Rebelling Princess
The amount of content in this shrine floors me: There's a recount of the story, the past, an exploration of the environment, gameplay information and how to use Rinoa as a party member, quotes, images from sooooo many different sources, so much interesting information regarding the creation of the character Rinoa - I haven't even read all of it yet.

What stands out to me the most and what I believe every video game shrine should strive for (and every video game even) is how it takes the nature of the medium into account to best explore a character: Video games are not just text. Video games are not just visuals. Video games combine many different things and add an interactive element on top of that, and employ many different elements and layers to encourage exploration: In a book, you explore the character as part of the story. In a video game, next to the story, you can run around to explore a character: NPCs can reval something. Mechanics can reveal something. Side quests can reveal something. Missable flavour text can reveal something. You choose where to go, who to talk to, when to do things. You aren't led in just one direction. It's the inclusion of details like where her dog can be encountered, what her body language looks like and says in different parts of the game (especially in battles), how mini game cards related to her can be obtained, how different characters at different times speak of her - and I think my point is best exemplified by the idea of looking at the world map from the perspective of one character.

Trust Your Heart
Perhaps I'm used to seeing game mechanics in character shrines being mentioned after exploring the character themselves, but I like how this shrine does it the other way while offering a brief explanation as to why Terra knows certain skills or wields certain weapons; it gives one a first look at the character through mechanics, which is how a player of the game first looks at any character (and in good games, those mechanics reflect what kind of character it is). Trust Your Heart first recounts the story of FFVI, but then, in a way, goes through it again, this time by focusing on Terra's circumstances and simultaneously sketching out FFVI's themes and world, and in a final step, explores her growth.

Of course, Terra's story is strongly linked with FFVI's world, but it's impressive to see just how much of that world is present in a character tribute.

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oops I don't know how this got so long :< :< :<

how am I even supposed to vote with all these amazing shrines
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Added and blurbs have been saved in Google Docs :D
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Last day to get these in! Even if it's just one~
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