User:ChromiumCurium/Rockets on Prisoner

Rockets on Prisoner is a [Halo (video game)|Halo]] machinima awards show, serving a function similar to the [[Academy Awards], which was started in 2003. The Rockets on Prisoner awards continue to this day, and are seen as an important and honorable awards ceremony in the Halo community. The awards do not serve a purpose commercially, however, they are sponsored by various sites from the Halo community.

History
The Rockets on Prisoner awards were started in 2003 by Cobaltnova, more specifically by Emil of that same site, originally as a way to create a CD of the best Halo machinima available. The franchise was originally intended to act as a way to gather a list of videos for a "best-of" style CD, but that idea soon faltered. The awards instead became another part of the Halo Community, as they were mentioned on the Halo.Bungie.Org homepage. The Rockets on Prisoner awards were originally hosted by Cobaltnova, however, the year afterwards (2004), they switched to Sector 7 Halo, and the following year, 2005, the awards moved once again to their current home at That Weasel Television. The hosting changes have never affected the actual competition, which has always remained more or less the same.

Awards
The Rockets on Prisoner awards are given in many categories. The most recent awards were given out in 16 different categories, not just dealing with the movies themselves but also characters and series. The awards started out, however, with just 6 categories, which dipped to five the year afterwards. The winners are viewable on the | history page of the current hosts, This Weasel Television, and also on their |"Winners" page for the year of 2005.

Sumbission and Judging
Unlike the Academy Awards, the entries, nominees and winners are all selected entirely by public vote. The movies are first submitted ("nominated") to the host, and are added to a list like the current one. Afterwards, the winners are chosen by a public vote and, at least in the case of the 2005 awards ceremony, the winners present acceptance speeches much like the real Academy Awards.