Hey there, I'm hoping I've posted this in the correct section. Machinima Union is a recently opened site, and we thought since this is a forging community, some of you may be interested in machinima and therefore the 2012 Machinima Union Awards. So, without beating around the bush too much, here's the original post from our site. If you're interested in nominating at all, feel free to reply to this thread, as we'll check it regularly. Thanks! Hey everyone, we here at the recently formed Machinima Union are ready to reveal to the world our latest undertaking. We are going to be starting up a Machinima Awards Show! We’ve been planning and working on this for several weeks, and we are quite excited about the things we have in store. There will be an Awards Show video being made as well hosted by the ever so talented Tori Kamal. We have some Special Guests and awesome guys involved in the community working alongside us. We want to make this show awesome for you guys! The process of events will be split up into Three Phases: Phase 1: Nomination Phase – December 22 – January 1 Phase 2: Final Nomination Voting Phase - January 2 – January 16 Phase 3: The Show - February 2 Phase 1 is Self-Explanatory. Nominate machinimas that you deem to be worthy of excellence. If you don't know how this works, all of the rules for nominating will be explained in full at the bottom of the thread. Phase 2 is where we will have all of the nominees listed up in the categories they were nominated in, and you shall vote for who you want to be in the final set of nominees. Each Category will have five nominees in total. From then on, the final nominees will be reviewed by our committee of Staff Members and we shall discuss who shall win. Alongside that, there will be a Viewer's Choice Category, where we compile all of the nominated videos and you vote for your Top 3 Favorite out of all of them. We'll tally up all of the votes and announce the Viewer's Choice winners during the show. Phase 3 is the big show. The whole thing will be made in advance and streamed live on the Cineware Youtube Channel. If you end up missing it, do not fret, as after it is aired live it will go up in its entirety afterward and be available whenever you want. This shall consist of special guests, skits, trailers, previews and winners. Alright, now that I have all of that covered, let's go ahead and introduce all of the Categories: Best Male VA Best Female VA Best Director Best Editing Best Story Best Halo Picture Best Minecraft Picture Best SFM Picture Best Original Music Best Music Video Best Action/Drama Best Action/Drama Series Best Comedy Best Comedy Series Best Cinematography Best VFX Best Feature Length Best Production Group Now let me lay down some general rules about nominating videos. All nominated videos must have been released between Jan 1st, 2012 to Dec 31st 2012 You can nominate yourself and any other machinima filmmaker You can nominate as much as you want, and each video can be nominated for as many categories as you want To nominate in certain categories, you must have between 1-3 videos that fits the criteria for the category that physically shows us what the machinima or individual person is being nominated for. These categories will say if they need it in the format, and that category will be marked with a * And here is the Format for Nominating in the Specific Categories: *Best Male VA: 1. VA’s name and/or his online alias 2. A link to 1-3 machinimas that the Voice Actor has acted in that were made between Jan 1st – Dec 31st 2012 *Best Female Voice Actor: 1. VA’s name and/or her online alias 2. A link to 1-3 machinimas that the VA has acted in that were made between Jan 1st – Dec 31st 2012 *Best Director: 1. Director's name and/or their online alias 2. A link to 1-3 machinimas that they made that were made between Jan 1-Dec 31, 2012 Best Editing: 1. The name of the editor and/or their online alias 2. A link to the machinima being nominated. Best Story: 1. The name of the Writer and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link to the machinima being nominated Best Halo Machinima: 1. The Director’s name and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link to the machinima being nominated 4. MUST be in Halo engine (Halo 3, ODST, Reach, Halo 4) Best Minecraft Picture: 1. The Director’s name and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link to the machinima being nominated 4. MUST be made in Minecraft Best SFM Machinima 1. The Director’s name and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link to the machinima being nominated 4. MUST be done in Source Filmmaker Best Original Music: 1. The name of the composer and/or their online alias 2. A link to the machinima being nominated Best Music Video: 1. The director’s name and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link to the machinima being nominated Best Action/Drama: 1. The Director’s name and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link to the machinima being nominated *Best Action/Drama Series: 1. The Director’s name and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link of 1-3 episodes released within Jan 1st – Dec 31st 2012 Best Comedy: 1. The Director’s name and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link to the machinima being nominated *Best Comedy Series: 1. The Director’s name and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link of 1-3 episodes released within Jan 1st – Dec 31st 2012 Best Cinematography: 1. Cinematographer’s name and/or their online alias 2. A link to the machinima Best VFX: 1. The name of the VFX person and/or their online alias 2. A link to the machinima being nominated Best Feature Length: 1. The Director's name and/or their online alias 2. Their Production Group (if any) 3. A link to the machinima being nominated 4. The machinima in question must be 30 minutes in Length or longer *Best Production Group: 1. The name of the Production Group 2. A link to 1-3 of their videos made between Jan 1st – Dec 31st 2012 Remember, Nominations End on January 1st at 11:59 PM EST. Hop to it people!