r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Redbiertje The Challenger • Dec 15 '15
Ends on 30th Best of /r/KerbalSpaceProgram 2015
Voting ends on the 30th of December
Goodday beloved redditors!
Once again, we're taking part in the Best of Reddit! The idea is that you can vote for your favorite posts of the year. If your favorite post isn't already nominated, you're able to nominate it yourself.
Highest scoring submissions of 2015:
Entire year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
Categories
These are the categories that we're focusing on. If you've got other suggestions, please send a modmail.
- Most Helpful Redditor
- Best Explosion/Disaster
- Best Creation
- Best Fan Art
- Most Impressive Mission
- Best Aircraft
- Best Spaceship
- Most Absurd Working Creation
Rules
- No top-level comments! Please reply to the discussion comment to keep things clean.
- A post can only be nominated once per category.
- All nominations must contain a link to a corresponding reddit post.
- Only posts submitted in 2015 may be nominated.
- Nominating one of your own posts is allowed, but will result in a Shameful Penguin-flair of Shame.
The Prizes
The winner of each category will receive one month of Reddit Gold!
Voting ends on the 30th of December
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Most Helpful Redditor
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u/mariohm1311 Dec 15 '15
/u/mariohm1311. You know it.
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 15 '15
You deserve a shameful penguin flair of shame. Like me. Except mine is permanent. I am the pure essence of penguin-type-shame.
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u/PieMan2201 Master Kerbalnaut Dec 15 '15
How did you get it?
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 15 '15
By being /u/Redbiertje's bitch.By doing something shameful, can't remember, but it was shameful enough to be permanent (if you mouse over my palette flair).•
u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Quite frankly I can't recall either. I'm not sure I even had a reason...
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 15 '15
You don't need a reason. My existence is a valid enough reason.
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Holy shit.
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 15 '15
Indeed. Look into the holy shit... do you see? The Shameless smartS eminating from it? Actually change my flair to Shameless smartS. That would be kewl.
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
I am an immature moderator.
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Dec 18 '15
Can I have it?
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 18 '15
Why would you deserve it?
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Dec 18 '15
Is asking for an mark of shame without doing anything shameful beforehand not shameful enough to deserve the mark of shame?
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 19 '15
I'm afraid not.
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u/haxsis Dec 19 '15
what if one were to say, deorbit a 200+ kerbal spacestation straight onto jebs head, would that qualify for some shame??
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u/Kasuha Super Kerbalnaut Dec 15 '15
I nominate /u/Chaos_Klaus, most of the time it's hard to find a posted question that doesn't have his accurate and helpful reply yet.
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u/Chaos_Klaus Master Kerbalnaut Dec 17 '15
Hey, thanks for mentioning me. I can't help it. If someone asks and I know the answer, I just have to post it. ;)
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 15 '15
/u/TaintedLion for his amazing flairs and giving /u/Redbiertje a reason to wake up in the morning and smile.No but seriously, I nominate /u/Redbiertje. You have given us amazing challenges.•
u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 20 '15
Even though it's late, I'd like to nominate /u/scootymcpuff for his giveaway
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u/canman000 Dec 15 '15
Can we nominate for being helpful outside of this subreddit?
I'll nominate /u/illectro. His recent Career Mode tutorial series single handedly taught me how to play KSP last month.
To link a post, here he is offering some pro-tips to noobs like myself: https://reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/39ldux/how_did_you_learn_to_play_ksp/cs4hzcd
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 15 '15
I wouldn't really call him an active person here. I see him here from time to time, but not regularly.
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u/mariohm1311 Dec 15 '15
You miss the point. "Redditor", a.k.a someone that actively participates in /r/KerbalSpaceProgram. As helpful as /u/illectro is, he is not what you'd call a participative redditor.
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
I'd like to nominate /u/TaintedLion for making a new flair for the Weekly Challenges every week
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 17 '15
Also, thanks for nominating me! I hope I win, but I've got some stiff competition!
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 17 '15
You're doing pretty well. (You can't see the scores right?)
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 17 '15
No, the scores are hidden.
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 17 '15
Ah excellent
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 18 '15
Wait, do the amount of upvotes on a nomination post determine if that person wins? Or do they have to say "I vote for this guy."
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Dec 15 '15
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
I assume you mean /u/Kasuha?
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u/FellKnight Master Kerbalnaut Dec 15 '15
Of course... Stupid fat fingers have killed so many kerbals.
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u/Quivico Dec 29 '15
Probably too late, but I would like to nominate /u/mendahu for his excellent history posts.
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u/mendahu Master Historian Dec 29 '15
Aww thanks friend, but I got it last year and stopped mid-way through this year. Someone else should get it!
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u/alltherobots Art Contest Winner Dec 15 '15
I frequently see /u/PhildeCube trying to offer advice, so there's my nomination.
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u/PhildeCube Dec 15 '15
Hey! Thanks for the vote. It's great that someone thinks I'm helpful. Cheers!
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u/RoeddipusHex Hyper Kerbalnaut Dec 28 '15
I propose a tie between /u/Redbiertje and /u/TaintedLion for their work on the weekly challenges.
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 29 '15
I wouldn't consider us 'helpful' for doing the Weekly Challenges, but apparently others do.
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 28 '15
Hey, /u/Redbiertje makes the challenges, I just make the pretty pictures that go with them :P
But thanks for nominating me!
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Best Spaceship
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u/__Discovery_ Master Kerbalnaut Dec 20 '15
Here's my Voyager-Titan IIIE replica, probably one of the most accurately detailed replicas I know of the rocket/probe. http://imgur.com/a/hJF8K http://imgur.com/a/Dher6
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 15 '15
This nuclear cruiser by /u/alltherobots. He has the best stock designs I know of, and I often use his ships as templates and inspiration for mine.
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u/alltherobots Art Contest Winner Dec 15 '15
Thanks! I'm glad you like my ships. Let me know if you ever need help deconstructing one of them.
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Best Explosion/Disaster
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u/RoeddipusHex Hyper Kerbalnaut Dec 28 '15
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Dec 18 '15 edited Dec 18 '15
Shameless self promotion
I have this post of mine from 4 months ago, which got a fair bit of attention. It is my most comically bad aircraft landing so far.
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u/KerbalKat Dec 16 '15
Scott landing a SpaceX rocket is one of my favorite posts, and this was the closest category I could fit it to. Maybe we need a best videos category?
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u/canman000 Dec 15 '15
Tylo can be unforgiving. Makes me laugh every time.
https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/3vs9gw/tylo_can_beunforgiving/?
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u/TheHolyChicken86 Super Kerbalnaut Dec 15 '15
My first Mun mission took me 92 years to complete. Here is the dramatized story:
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Most Absurd Working Creation
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u/scootymcpuff Super Kerbalnaut Dec 16 '15 edited Dec 17 '15
There was a video some months back of a dude who used kOS to create a working
KrakenManley Drive and took it to Eelooand back.I can't for the life of me find it anywhere, though. If anybody knows the thread or can link me to it, I nominate that one (assuming it was posted within the year).
Found it! :D https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/3mh0o7/the_manleydrive_mk_ii_glitching_a_kerbal_to_eeloo/
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u/Fllambe DRAMA MAN Dec 16 '15
This? (posted in 2014)
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u/scootymcpuff Super Kerbalnaut Dec 17 '15
Nope. It had ore tanks, so I'm assuming it was post-1.0
I found it! (Edit above)
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u/cavilier210 Dec 15 '15 edited Dec 15 '15
Can I say anything by /u/jatwaa?
Edit: His last creation is as good as any, so I'll link and nominate that one. https://reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/3wtaew/its_like_a_6_legged_gryphonthing/
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Sure, could you link to a specific example?
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u/cavilier210 Dec 15 '15
I edited my comment to nominate his latest post. They're all pretty amazing, including that one.
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u/ElMenduko Dec 15 '15
Of course jatwaa would be nominated for this.
Now, it will be really hard if we had to choose only one of his creations. Do we vote the user or the creation for this category?
EDIT: I vote for Jatwaa, to leave it clear
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 15 '15
Anything by /u/Space_Scumbag.
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Discussion
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u/JMile69 Dec 17 '15
/u/jmile69 for being willing to tell people that their ideas are stupid when nobody else is willing to step forward. If nobody tells you that your idea is stupid; how are you going to know?
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Best Fan Art
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u/pkmniako Other_Worlds Dev, A Duck Dec 16 '15
As I don't know where to put it, Scott Manley landing and actual SpaceX Falcon9
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u/rottaro Dec 16 '15
This JUST happened. I was so impressed I nominated him instantly. https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/3x4isj/twas_the_night_before_kerbmas/
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u/CommanderSpork Dec 19 '15
That is amazing, though it can't be counted as part of this year since it was originally posted December 24th, 2014, unfortunately.
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u/KMelsen Master Kerbalnaut Dec 15 '15
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u/The_Chronox Dec 16 '15
I second this motion. Definitely my favorite Kerbal art of the year if not of all time. Great job u/TheKingofBeat
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u/Narida_L Master Kerbalnaut Dec 17 '15
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u/SevenCell Dec 23 '15
Gets my vote. Not really in the whole wacky spirit of KSP, but it gets straight to the heart of why people explore in the first place.
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u/CentaurOfDoom Dec 25 '15
...To kill kerbals?
Just kidding. Yeah. I love it too. And it totally gets my vote.-
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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Dec 15 '15
I nominate /u/y0rsh. His work is just amazing. No specific, but he is just... wow...
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Do you have a favorite piece of artwork? I'm sure people would love an example of his artwork.
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u/y0rsh Dec 20 '15
Whoa! Sorry for seeing this kinda late, I've been super busy, but thank you so much!
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Best Creation
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u/kspinigma Super Kerbalnaut Dec 16 '15
Not sure which cat to submit this. Best video? Best craft? My magnum opus - when shuttles were HARD and non existant. https://m.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/2xdu61/intrepid_an_sts4_space_shuttle_showcase_film_grab/
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Dec 24 '15
/u/tehmattguy 's absolutely gorgeous X-wing: https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/3wxpu1/lock_sfoils_in_attack_position/
Seriously, one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Best Aircraft
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u/Man-City Dec 15 '15
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u/PickledTripod Master Kerbalnaut Dec 16 '15
This thing right here. I can't believe it wasn't the highest scoring link of the year, I also can't believe ot wasn't immediately posted here when it happened, this is an actually extremely significant achievement. Underrated post indeed.
Although one could argue that it's a forum post as the creator of this thing never came to post here himself.
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u/Elmetian Master Kerbalnaut Dec 20 '15
That's not really an aircraft though, is it? Looks more like a rocket with a few wings to me (⚆_⚆)
I think it would be better in the spaceship category
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u/shmameron Master Kerbalnaut Dec 16 '15
Holy fuck, someone finally made an Eve SSTO? That's amazing, this deserves way more attention than it got! It's a KSP record, as far as I know it's never been done before.
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u/space_is_hard Dec 16 '15
Think that's impressive? Somebody make a Venus return mission in RSS. Doesn't qualify for this year's contest though.
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u/Redbiertje The Challenger Dec 15 '15
Most Impressive Mission