It was a close call but we’ve finally decided on who ought to win our recent community competition that was held on the forums from the 11th to the 18th of January. We asked members what the Devil May Cry franchise meant to them and for them to answer in the most interesting and creative way possible, using any medium they liked. We had some stiff competition from some very talented members and now the staff of Devilmaycry.org would like to formally announce the winners with their entries posted in full for everyone to enjoy:
In third place, we have cheezMcNASTY with his video response:
In second place, we have AzureNight13 with a humorous post telling her history with the Devil May Cry games:
“What Devil May Cry means to me? If you asked me that 6 or 7 years ago, you would of gotten a total fangirl response. But hey! Lets go back into my childhood and see what my response would of been…..
*Azure opens a door to the past and all of a sudden a 15 year old Azure come running out*
Little Azure: *runs and hops around like a crazy person* VERGIL! VERGIL! VERGIL! OMG! *squeals* DANTE! YAY! I LOVE DEVIL MAY CRY! I LOVE VERGIL! *squeals again* NO VERGIL DON’T DIE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *cries*
Me: *grabs little Azure and throws her back into the past and slams that door shut and takes deep breaths* Holy Crap! I’m way to old to handle a younger version of me O.O
But yeah…. When I was younger, I was obsessed with Devil May Cry. I was aweful then. I won’t go into details. Because it was that bad. And I rather get to the point. Back when I was a kid, Devil May Cry meant so much to me. I hate to say it, but I felt like it took over my life then.
Anyway, what Devil May Cry means to me now? Honestly if you ask me now, I’ll tell you that it’s a video game series that provides me entertainment when I have the time to even play video games. I know. I know. You’re probably wondering what happened since I was 15. Truthfully….. I just grew up. Not to mention I ended up working at a job field which led me to give up the majority of my time. And I guess I should be somewhat thankful for that. For I have realized how rediculous my fandom was back then.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love the series. I just calmed down with the fandom….. ALOT. But what I find odd is that everytime I play a different game, I somehow always manage to find myself back to playing the Devil May Cry series. So I feel like my inner child is somehow reminding me on how awesome the series is. The story… The gameplay… Oh the gameplay. I love how simple it is. Ok I guess I still have fandom in me lol. Considering I like to make jokes conserning the characters in my Family Tree in the video game world lol
Also the Devil May Cry series gave me a good view on the world….. Balance. There will be light. There will be darkness. If you want peace, then there has to be war to get to that peace. If you want light, then there has to be darkness for that light. And vise versa. Otherwise the world will be thrown off and not make sense. Thats the way I’ve viewed the world since I played Devil May Cry. Which I know, it’s odd lol.
But if someone told me to give them a quick answer of what DMC means to me, I’ll have to tell them this…To me, Devil May Cry is an enjoyable series that I’ll play if I have any free time from my obnoxious work life. If anything, it’s one thing to keep me sane from this world, by kicking the demon’s (Or Nero’s) ass to realease any anger or stress (or any negative emotion) I have obtained due to my work life. It’s either that, or punching a hole wall….. Which will not be good.”
And last but by no means least, we have the first place winner and what was unanimously voted for as the best submission in the competition. Presenting our competition champion: Vergil’s Bitch with her excellent tale of two boxes:
“I’ve tried to leave out as much of the ‘sob story’ as I could…
What the Devil May Cry Series means to me… a tale of two boxes.
Back in 2005, I was swamped by College work, stress and counselling sessions.
Gaming was no longer a hobby that I enjoyed, and I hardly found the time for it.For a few months, I had been watching a trailer for a game that looked excellent. The focus for me? A man in a blue coat with a katana and white hair.
The only thing I knew about this game? It was called Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening.On Friday 6th, May 2005, two boxes changed my life. One was a box of tablets, the other was the game I had been looking at for months.
The game box was shiny and sealed and had my name written all over it (so to speak)From that day my life was Devil May Cry 3 and a box of anti-depressants.
I had to take time off from college while the tablets took effect, but my days and evenings were taken up by this new game.
As soon as the opening sequence appeared, I knew this game was going to be everything that I thought it would be… and more.
From Dante sitting in his office, scoffing pizza… all the way through to Vergil challenging Mundus, it was a roller coaster.It was the first time that I have ever played a game that had me hooked from beginning to end. I had never played anything like it before.
Dante was cool. His one-liners, ego-fuelled personality, and fighting styles were something on another level. He gets angry when his pizza gets stepped on, punches jukeboxes that don’t work, surfs on the backs of enemies… if that isn’t cool, I don’t know what is.Plus, who knew a sneeze could collapse a building.
On the other hand, there’s Lady. I wasn’t a fan of her and I’m still not. Had Sparda not sacrificed one of her blood relatives 2000 years ago, she wouldn’t be in it.
The only thing good about her was Kalina-Ann, the gun named after her mother. Which I found touching as it proves what her mum meant to her. I wouldn’t name a gun after my mum… Elizabeth Fay just doesn’t sound as cool (joke, then again, she doesn’t like having her photo taken).There are bits of Arkham that I can see in my dad… not that he’s sacrificed anyone… also, my dad really isn’t as clever as Arkham. But he is spiteful, and can twist situations to suit him.
Then there’s Vergil… the reason that I got into the series.
Its a bit odd to see someone stab their twin brother and think, “I like him… *drool*”
I can’t tell you what it was/is that I like about him, but It was like I was hypnotised (could’ve been the eyes).
He’s got such cool moves. It was as if he could just look at an opponent and they’d be dead.
My favourite Vergil cutscene will always be how he effortlessly killed Beowulf.
If it wasn’t for Vergil, I would never had bought my Katana’s, had an obsession for boots and long coats.
Also, my obsession with Vergil has lasted 6 years, it’s the longest time that I’ve ever ‘loved’ a character for. (I may just as well marry him.)After DMC3, came the original Devil May Cry. (Believe it or not, I was playing these in the right order.)
I enjoyed the first game in the series, but not as much as DMC3.
I also became a fan of Nelo Angelo, but It just wasn’t the same. Although I did enjoy trouncing Mundus. With every hit I was saying, “this is for Eva, this is for Vergil”… I got quite carried away.
Devil May Cry 2 was just as good and I loved playing as Lucia, in fact, I completed the game first time around with her. I loved her Devil Trigger. I was pretty amazed at the time because I didn’t know there was 2 discs.
I can remember having a major WTF?! moment with DMC4 and seeing Nero as the lead character.
I love playing as Dante over Nero, but It’s not a preferred game.So, what does DMC mean to me?
It was there when I was going through hard times, and it still is.
I would never have created Nite and taken up drawing again (a few years after my art tutor told me I was cr*p, just not in so many words).
Without it, I would never had joined the forums and made some awesome friends… especially those that put with with Vergil obsession/rantings”
Congratulations to all winners, commiserations to those who didn’t quite make it this time around and many thanks to everyone who got involved and supported the first ever competition to grace the devilmaycry.org boards.
Keep your eyes peeled for more competitions as the next one will be making an appearance VERY soon…
