Starvault, Mortal Online’s developers, have hosted a Machinima Contest, abbreviated MMC 2009, over these last few weeks. Dozens of entries were submitted. Most of them showed an impressive amount of work and skill. In fact, SV had so much trouble deciding on just three winners, the original spots for recognition, that they had to take another day just to discuss this and in the end decided to take on two more winners. The winners were announced this week and here they are. The winners of the 1st MMC, 2009.

1st Place

Zomgi – The Fall of the Paladins

The story of the two paladins who travel the beautiful lands of Myrland ending with an “epic” fight against the minotaur. SV liked thid this so much they said they were watching it over and over again in the SV office(s). They believe Zomgi truly captured the feel and spirit of Mortal Online and that this entry is a well deserved 1st place. Zomgi’s winnings include a Nvidia Geforce GTX 295, 3 beta keys, and a custom forum avatar.

2nd Place

Saladin – Awake

According to Starvault, “Saladin’s ‘tour’ through Myrland and his original take on music and editing is more than compelling. Wonderful takes and a great flow ensured him the 2nd place. Well done.” Saladin was awarded 2 beta keys, a custom forum avatar, and a user forum title.

3rd Place

Kopatc – Another Day

Starvault had this to say about Kopatch’s entry. “Kopatch’s entry tells you the story of a slave who tries to escape his captors. A very nice and very well executed RP entry. Congratulations to 3rd place.” The award for third place was 1 beta key, a custom forum avatar, and a user forum title.

4th Place

Udprod – Translucent Downfall

Starvault’s take on Uprod’s entry is the following. “Uprod’s clip starts out slow and calm but then threw us into an action packed PvP scene. Very original take on editing – we loved it.” 4th place’s award was a user forum title.

5th Place

Stewker – Reav’Fros: The Beginning

Lastly, Starvault described Stewker’s entry as such. “Another brilliant PvP/RP video. Watch how the guys from the Frostreaver Clan defend their town against some vicious raiders.” Stewker was awarded a user forum title. Ed. – This is the same Stewker as NNN’s editor.

Final words:

We want to thank all of you who took the time and made an entry video for the competition, we hope you had as much fun making them as we did watching them and we’re looking forward to the next MMC in 2010. Be sure to check out the other entries of the MMC here.

Scream112, the founder of MO Radio, has organized an awards event for Mortal Online and the overall community. The awards cover a wide spectrum of categories, from your favorite developer, to the most annoying player in the beta, and everything else in between. There has been much that has transpired this year in the greater MO community and awards and possibly a few tomatoes are certainly due. The deadline for making your nominations is Sunday, December 20th, at 10:00 PM GMT. To submit your nominations simply email them to, bestof2009@mo-radio.com.

The award categories are as follows.

Dev You Would Most Like to Have Babies With (Your favorite developer)

Worst Troll on MOFO

Most Helpful Poster on MOFO

Most Epic MOFO Thread

Most Annoying Player in Beta

Most Helpful Player in Beta

Best PvPer in Beta

Best Bug Report

The Best Fan Art

Most Successful Guild

Mortal of 2009 (You can nominate anyone, simply provide a reason why)

For more information about the Best of 2009 Awards, please check out the designated forum thread located within the Mortal Online Forum Boards. You can find a link to the thread, here. If you have comments or questions regarding this article, please leave a comment below. As results pour in, we will continue to follow the award process and will make sure to give you the results here, on NNN.