Modding competition winners
iBUYPOWER Skyrim PC Winner – SkyUI by Schlangster
The winner of the iBUYPOWER PC was decided by tallying up the file with the highest amount of endorsements from fellow recognised mod authors (recognised mod authors being members who have more than 1,000 unique downloads to their name on one Nexus site). It was perhaps no surprise, then, that SkyUI took this great prize after comfortably sitting at the top of the Nexus Top 100 of all time for many months now. SkyUI is more than a worthy winner of this prize.
2 x PNY GTX560Ti Skyrim Video Cards Winner – Warzones, Civil Unrest by MyGoodEye
The winner of the two Nvidia graphics cards was picked by myself based on a wide range of criteria. To simplify those criteria I was looking for mods with a large scope and good execution that brought something new, unique and exciting to Skyrim. Warzones – Civil Unrest is a perfect example of this (with a very well presented mod page, which I always like to see!).
1 x PNY GTX560Ti Skyrim Video Card Winner – Open Cities Skyrim by Arthmoor
For the final winner in the competition, taking home a PNY GTX560Ti I was looking for a mod that brought something essential to the Skyrim experience. When Bethesda changed the way they loaded cities in Oblivion I noticed a huge drop in immersion in my playing experience. They continued with this approach in Skyrim, so the Open Cities Skyrim project that ensures a fluid transition between the outside world and cities of Skyrim is a god send for me. At the time of judging the winners Open Cities Skyrim was crippled by the long running navmesh bug that has been present in many of Bethesda’s recent games. Word is that patch 1.6 for Skyrim has finally (FINALLY!) fixed this issue, so fingers crossed on that one.
Congratulations to all three of the winners of our competition, and a big thank you to both Nvidia and iBUYPOWER who approached me to run this competition because of their massive appreciation for the work the modding community does in making these games so much better.
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But other two mods, no way!
What a joke!?
But good work guys, Skyrim can't survive without y'all!
Also want to take a moment to thank TUNAISAFISH without whom I may never have navigated the mysteries of Papyrus! And to GOPHER for, y'know, everything.
I have greatly enjoyed mods and modding ever since I discovered the NEXUS during my second Fallout3 playthrough. Without the NEXUS, I'd never have found such an enjoyable (and surprisingly educational) hobby, never have met some great folks that I consider friends and never have enjoyed the sense of community that we have here.
I raise my morning coffee in salute to Robin and the NEXUS and those of you reading this with a beverage are encouraged to do the same. Thank you all so very much!