Knights of Maggies

[Atelier]

Hello.

In total, there have been 255 MAGS entries over eight years, with an average of 32 per year. As there are 1253 games in the database at the moment, it means 18% of those are MAGS entries. In short, it's quite an achievement to be voted winner of an annual vote over 31 other people, as is being nominated for the AGS awards.

So I thought it would be a good idea to give Maggies winners a title under their avatar. Specifically, our eleven candidates for knighthood:

Mark Fozbee
jaz
Bernie
buloght
Dave Gilbert
Ben304
paolo
ProgZmax
abstauber
Ascovel
Baron

So, what's the general consensus on this? Another question is what the title could be. 'Maggies Winner [year]' keeps it simple but is a tad boring.

While I have the opportunity you can also leave feedback about MAGS in general, excluding supersession of the current host, who's doing a damn good job.

The floor is open.

[Stee]

His/Her Magesty 

[Igor Hardy]

His/Her Magesty 

The King/Queen of Maggots

[Atelier]

Order of the Maggot. I like that. Honi soit qui mal y pense.

Let's also hope there's never a Fortnightly AGS.

[Baron]

Order of the Maggot

I've been called worse.  Will someone design the appropriate heraldry for our coat of arms?

[Atelier]

Will someone design the appropriate heraldry for our coat of arms?

This is right up my street. I'm on it.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Not really something I need/care about.  I don't add trophies to my sig for the same reason, because I make games for the fun of it, not for any perceived reward (other than the enjoyment it gives and maybe a thanks).

[m0ds]

^ He also has 8 kids he's never met.



Well done though Knights! A little title would be awesome.

[Atelier]

The acorns remind us that from the tiniest ideas a game can grow, and the blue chalice shows we are all fraternally bound to serve AGS. The owls are symbolic of our nocturnal selves who emerge when the time is 23:59 before deadline day.

And of course, we live for Adventure Dulcis - sweet adventure.

[Igor Hardy]

Not really something I need/care about.  I don't add trophies to my sig for the same reason, because I make games for the fun of it, not for any perceived reward (other than the enjoyment it gives and maybe a thanks).

I on the other hand am only about awards and titles, so give me as many as you have please!

On the bright side though, by displaying trophies in my sig I'm keeping the lovely trophy-crafting industry alive - hence good coming out of greed and evil.

The acorns remind us that from the tiniest ideas a game can grow, and the blue chalice shows we are all fraternally bound to serve AGS. The owls are symbolic of our nocturnal selves who emerge when the time is 23:59 before deadline day.

And of course, we live for Adventum Dulcis - sweet adventure.

Literally sweet coat of arms, Atelier!

But doesn't "adventum" mean "the coming" or something like that?

[Atelier]

But doesn't "adventum" mean "the coming" or something like that?

I translated it on the first site I clicked on so by all means, probably Google says it's simply 'adventure' so I'll change it to that because Google never lies.

[Dualnames]

Add VinceXII plx
He totally deserves it in my honest opinion.

[Baron]

The coat of arms is nice, but..... where's the maggot?

Plus, I do think members of the Order should be able to invite other MAGS entrants to join, if their games were exceptional or memorable or just plain brilliant.  We're celebrating creative conquests against the clock here, not just the democratic formality of winning, right?  I intend to propose this at our first secret conclave, at any rate.

[Atelier]

The coat of arms is nice, but..... where's the maggot?

Inside the owl. Don't do an image search for maggot. Ever.

Plus, I do think members of the Order should be able to invite other MAGS entrants to join, if their games were exceptional or memorable or just plain brilliant.  We're celebrating creative conquests against the clock here, not just the democratic formality of winning, right?  I intend to propose this at our first secret conclave, at any rate.

Invitations sound good. It would make it less exclusive. On the other hand somebody would need to title them whenever a case for consideration comes up (I have no idea what the process involves). Apart from that, a lot of people have told me they aren't particularly bothered anyway, which is fine

[Radiant]

Nice coat of arms, but I think you should either have both words in English, or both words in Latin. "Adventure" is definitely not Latin, Google xlate has the habit of leaving words intact if it doesn't know what to do with them. I'd suggest trying something like dictionary.com instead.

[Igor Hardy]

Nice coat of arms, but I think you should either have both words in English, or both words in Latin. "Adventure" is definitely not Latin, Google xlate has the habit of leaving words intact if it doesn't know what to do with them. I'd suggest trying something like dictionary.com instead.

I checked that - it seems there's no direct equivalent to "adventure" in Latin. The word was apparently created in late Middle Ages from the Latin word "adventurus" which means "that which is coming/approaching (suddenly?)" - a grammatical form of the verb "adventare" - "to come/approach". There was also the Latin adjective "adventicius" which meant "sudden", "accidental", "unexpected".

I guess "adventurus" is the best possible equivalent.

[Baron]

With all those heroes of yore in the Roman religion there must have been a word for adventure, or quest, or interesting trip where you had to win your fortune and avoid your doom!

This Online Latin Dictionary offers quaestio as the translation for search/investigation (i.e. a "Quest"), and insisto as the beginning of a journey.  Odyssey is an obvious classical equivalent (unfortunately a Greek word....).  I've found no translation online but if Odysseus becomes Ulysses in Latin then it stands to reason that Odyssey becomes Ulyssey.  Argue with that!

[Igor Hardy]

With all those heroes of yore in the Roman religion there must have been a word for adventure, or quest, or interesting trip where you had to win your fortune and avoid your doom!

Seems logical. Too bad we don't have anyone that studied ancient epics in their original languages around here. Or do we? (Please put your hand up!)

This Online Latin Dictionary offers quaestio as the translation for search/investigation (i.e. a "Quest"), and insisto as the beginning of a journey.  Odyssey is an obvious classical equivalent (unfortunately a Greek word....).  I've found no translation online but if Odysseus becomes Ulysses in Latin then it stands to reason that Odyssey becomes Ulyssey.  Argue with that!

The Romans had their Aeneid as the equivalent (rip-off) of Odyssey, but it's also a title derived from the hero's name - a less well known hero at that - and as such I'm not sure it is a word that could stand for "adventure".

[Baron]

How about monstro et conitor: monstro meaning to show or point, and conitor meaning to press upon (the ancient equivalent of "clicking").

[TomatoesInTheHead]

Surely there must be someone in Vatican City who has played adventures. The "Latinitas Foundation" maintains a dictionary of latin words for current topics (they invented a translation for "abuse", hooray!), so maybe someone wants to send them an e-mail and ask how they would translate "adventure" in the sense of adventure games?