Poll: Best Unit of the Year 2012

[Balthasar]

Welcome to the Best New Unit of the Year 2012 competition. This year's contest is an exciting one, with some of our best and most experienced unit makers represented. To get into this competition, each of these units had to win one of our monthly competitions, often winning against units every bit as good as those found on this list. Every competitor also had an extra hurdle this year; finding the submissions thread, as responsibility for the contest was passed from Pounder, to Kyriakos, and finally, in early October, to me. And that's when I learned something important: they don't pay you to do this.

This year there were two ties, in July and October, so this year's field has expanded to fourteen. So here are our Monthly Winners and nominees for Best New Unit of the Year 2012, presented in the order in which they won:

Civilian by Vuldacon

WW1 U.S. Heavy Artillery by imperator 1961

Detective by Vuldacon


Veteran Terror Bird Rider by Supa


Orcish War Machine by Grandraem


Ka-27 Helix by gwendoline, Ares de Borg



Super Yamato Class Battleship by Delta_strife, Ares de Borg, Wyrmshadow, Yamatoforever Molke2005


M2A3 Bradley by Wyrmshadow, Ares de Borg


All Terrain Vehicle by gwendoline, Ares de Borg


Choson Terminator by LizardmenRule!


Zigra by Supa


MBB Bo 105 by gwendoline, Ares de Borg



Rio de Janeiro Class Dreadnought Battleship by Delta_Strife, Ares de Borg, Wyrmshadow


Chocobo Rider by Hikaro Takayama

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Good luck to all of the competitors. We ask that voters make themselves acquainted with all of the units before voting; long hours were put into this work, and they each deserve your full consideration.

Also, while we wait for the results, anyone who'd like to post an honorable mention to one of the many other excellent units made this year that didn't make it into this contest is encouraged to do so. Nice to remember them, too.

For reference:
Monthly Competitions Submissions Thread II (Pounder) - 2012 begins pg. 25, post #495.

Monthly Competitions Submissions Thread III (Kyriakos) Aug. - Oct. 2012

Current: Monthly Competitions Submissions Thread IV (Balthasar) since Oct. 2012
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[Ares de Borg]

What a year in unit making. Awesome.

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

Couldn't agree more: Too many great ones among the list and as if that wouldn't make it a very tough choice indeed, a fair few creators have got multiple - and equaly amazing - entries.

 

[utahjazz7]

A lot of wonderful units—it was tough to choose one.

 

[wuhjah]

As someone who has never created a unit, I'd like to express my appreciation to all these creators/contributors for their hard work. Without the units, we'd just be looking at pictures.

 

[aaglo]

Oohh, nice units

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Utah? aaglo? Where have these guys been hiding?

 

[aaglo]

In the deep dungeons of the world.

Nah, I was actually captured by one of those orcish war machines...

 

[Gojira54]

Utah? aaglo? Where have these guys been hiding?

... and YOU! Plenty of legendary unit makers posting here

 

[Don Pepito]

Lots of very nice and most useful units! To choose just one was a difficult decission...

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Who knew that there would be not one, but TWO giant bird riding units that made it into the annual competition....

 

[Wyrmshadow]

@Hikaro, probably because most voters are in fact bird brained. 53% by my count.

 

[Civinator]

In my eyes every unit-creator who does a good unit, deserves a price, because it´s you -the unit creators-that keep alive Civ 3 for so many years.

 

[Jerry'sGoldfish]

treu words indeed, civinator...

 

[scratchthepitch]

In my eyes every unit-creator who does a good unit, deserves a price, because it´s you -the unit creators-that keep alive Civ 3 for so many years.

All these units are very much appreciated and their creators deserve standing ovations for their skills. I never vote in these contests for this reason, since I feel everybody's work deserves an equal amount of praise, whether you like the kind of unit or not.

 

[Plotinus]

These are a really impressive bunch.

 

[Balthasar]

Congratulations Vuldacon! Your Detective has been chosen by the voters of the forum to be the Best New Unit of 2012! Your name and unit will have a place of honor in our Hall of Fame!

Congratulations to the runners-up! This year's contest was first-class!

 

[Vuldacon]

This is a Surprise and I am honored to win amongst such Great Units for 2012.
Thanks to all who voted for the Detective and I congratulate all of the Unit Artists for creating and sharing their excellent work.

 

[Plotinus]

Well done, Vuldacon - and to everyone taking part. There are really some standout units in there.

 

[LMR]

Congrats mate, well done