Now that I think about it, a kudosu ranking of the month would be enough and would be similar to this. Heck, add a "top kudosu earner of the week/month" and multiple times, and you have a much better incentive than this.
As stated earlier you would be better off modding maps. Incentive? It won't do much; okay, so one person can get an award once a month. It's not going to do much to inspire. Why?
The only people who would be interested in this would be the ones who are already modding frequently! The probability of winning the award is very low, and since most people will believe that a BAT or someone that already mods frequently will win, they won't bother.
All the time and effort that would be used to do this... the judges would have to already be capable of modding anyways. What if they *gasp* modded maps which would help, instead of doing something that won't serve as a good incentive and be very time-consuming?
Now kudosu, that's measurable, and would be throughout the month. That means that if you care, you know how much you need to mod.
Summary: This whole thing is counterproductive; it'll waste time that could be spent modding while not making the incentive you are going for. Just have a monthly kudosu chart and a badge for that; since it's measurable and you know if you can get it or not, it's much better incentive while, once it's up, it won't waste time that could be spent modding maps instead of modding mods, and maps are what need modding.
I mean, it would work for like a month. Then modders wouldn't really care, and it just would be extremely counterproductive, if you're trying to create an incentive.
As stated earlier you would be better off modding maps. Incentive? It won't do much; okay, so one person can get an award once a month. It's not going to do much to inspire. Why?
The only people who would be interested in this would be the ones who are already modding frequently! The probability of winning the award is very low, and since most people will believe that a BAT or someone that already mods frequently will win, they won't bother.
All the time and effort that would be used to do this... the judges would have to already be capable of modding anyways. What if they *gasp* modded maps which would help, instead of doing something that won't serve as a good incentive and be very time-consuming?
Now kudosu, that's measurable, and would be throughout the month. That means that if you care, you know how much you need to mod.
Summary: This whole thing is counterproductive; it'll waste time that could be spent modding while not making the incentive you are going for. Just have a monthly kudosu chart and a badge for that; since it's measurable and you know if you can get it or not, it's much better incentive while, once it's up, it won't waste time that could be spent modding maps instead of modding mods, and maps are what need modding.
I mean, it would work for like a month. Then modders wouldn't really care, and it just would be extremely counterproductive, if you're trying to create an incentive.