Game Awards to Drive Role Play?

[Tarkan]

Had this thought about driving Role Play in the Airwaysim world

Airwaysim being the worlds leading aviation consultancy (in the rp world that is) could give the following awards away every year, for the world as a whole and for continents individually

1. Largest Airline By Fleet
2. The Peoples' carrier: Airline which carries the max no of people per yer
3. Most profitable airline
4. Biggest Meltdown (Airline which had the biggest bankruptcy, i.e. with the maximum loss etc)

One could even have one final award, Airline of the year, which is based out of all the airlines which have one of the above awards for the world. Out of the pool, all players get to vote on one airline of the year

Perhaps every airline who wins one of these awards is guaranteed a load factor increase or does not require to do company marketing, for a certain period of time or perhaps its just the prestige. You get a specially designed award which one can append like a forum signature or put on one's livery

The awards would be awarded by Airwaysim, and one could have nominated players who would write up the award (using a pseudonym or facelessly) for each continent, for the world as a whole etc.

Players would obviously then Rp having received the awards, some would gripe, others would declare their ambitions for the coming year, we could have an interview of the CEO with the biggest meltdown talking about coming back from the ashes etc, it could be quite interactive

The awards can be announced within 2 months of the new year beginning which is about 24 hours in game time..and then for the rest of the year is spent is left to talk it up or down..
What say everyone?

[toyotaboy95]

Good Idea. This would kind of be like Skytrax. With more awards, more people take your airline. Maybe boost your company image?

Or, overall best airline in the game gets 5 credits refunded

[ReedME]

BRILLIANT!

[masoniclight]

Dont forget these awards:

Best Regional Airline- for the company with the most regional flights or the company that has the most diverse number of domestic airports  it flies to.. something along those lines

The "True Grit" Award- for that company that has, through thick and thin, bad times and good times, stuck out making a living and maybe even has made a steady, if not spectacular, profit... this award would be to a company by nomination from other players and voted on by those participating in that game world... this award basically is to be given to the company that seems to work hard, willing to create routes to places that sometimes, quite frankly, dont make that company a lot of money but at least give passengers of that airport a place to fly out of, who will battle for slots in the larger airports against the big companies, this company may not have the newest, biggest planes, but this company knows how to fight, how to compete and even how to turn out a profit now and then (we all know companies like this in game)...

great stuff all... love the suggestions.

[woober]

Great idea Or maybe the winner can get an "AirwaySim" statue, which you can decorate your "CEO" computerdesk

[darthluke100]

also most people employed

[Yuxi]

I think this is a GREAT idea.

How about each award winner get like 2-3 credits off their next game, and the grand prize winner gets 5?

[DJRobbieD]

How about each award winner get like 2-3 credits off their next game, and the grand prize winner gets 5?

I dont know that Sami would allow that, but maybe +10 Image overall and +10 to every route.

Something along them lines.

If your image is already 100 then maybe +10 LF's

Robbie

[ReedME]

I think this is a GREAT idea.

How about each award winner get like 2-3 credits off their next game, and the grand prize winner gets 5?

Maybe going a little too far with credits for every award winner... although maybe 5 for best airline sounds not too bad

[zoohead]

I hear what you're but unfortunately, there are too many variables that make it impossible...

EG: Has anyone seen in the real world, one airline running 10flights ALL in 747's departing at the sametime to the same place?

Why should a player be rewarded for that? Yeah ok they have loads of aircraft, but a 5yo can schedule like that! I can order 200 aircraft tomorrow....but without some forethought and proper planning it is stupid.