2nd Annual Borden DFRPG Awards (2011)

[Katarn]

As another year closes, it's time to acknowledge those game/people that have been phenomenal in the DFRPG.

Link to Last Year's Thread


General Guidelines:
*The nominee must have premiered before 2012- the game must have begun official play before January 1st, 2012.  The PC/NPC/quote must have also been presented before January 1st, 2012.
*If the game/character/individual is nominated and has been around for more than a year, their efforts in 2011 are what should be considered.
*An off-site nominee must be able to verified (aka a well-known game off-site, such as Undertown, can be nominated).
*Nominations begin today (December 28th, 2011)- January 31st 2012.
*Voting will be February 1st-12th 2012, the winners announced the day after.
*If applicable, please include links to character sheets, game threads, etc.


Categories:
Favorite PC:  The crowd favorite- the most memorable or inspiring Player Character.
Favorite NPC: A classic villain, murderous Fae, iconic hero, or conflicted anti-hero? As long as it wasn't a Player Character.
Best Quote: The quip from battle you still laugh about.  Pop culture references encouraged.
Best Plot: The all-important plot hook~ it doesn't have to be unique, just great.
Best Location or City:  Setting-based award.
Player of the Year: This person (who has played 1 or more games) is the ideal player- he knows the rules, is a clever strategist, and helps make the games he/she is in fun.
Best Sounding Board: 

It'd be for those that give help to others when building characters or cities. Sorta similar to Best Board Contributor, but on a more personal level. They are some of the people I talk to most when trying to suss out a character idea, or stunt/power, or plotline.

Best DFRPG Board Contributor: 

for those who have been incredibly helpful, gave enciteful opinions, and has been generally positive on the board in general.

 
GM of the Year: This Game Master (of 1 or more games) allows for fluid gameplay and a fun, memorable, epic time.
Game of the Year: The best game overall- plot, dialogue, NPCs, combat, through-and-through-the-best.

2010 WINNERS:

Favorite PC:  Alphonse LaChaise, by HobbitGuy1420
Favorite NPC:  Thor Badass McAwesome, by pogoman
Best Quote:  <NONE>
Best Plot:  The Highway to Hell, by admiralducksauce
Best Location or City:  Twin Cities, by Falar
Player of the Year:  HobbitGuy1420
Best Sounding Board:  HobbitGuy1420
Best DFRPG Board Contributor:  Sanctaphrax
GM of the Year:  Mij (GM of "Undertown")
Game of the Year:  San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations (Undertown RPG group), by Mij

[Katarn]

Nominations
Favorite PC:
4*Elena Blackcloak, by Belial666
2*Georgia Flanagan, by Falar
Favorite NPC:
1*Monica Childs, by Richard_Chilton
1*Eustace Delacroix AKA Dr. Kramer, by Katarn (no full write-up by dialogue explains the character pretty well)
3*Jake J, by Richard_Chilton
1*General Josef Wartberg, by Sanctaphrax
Best Quote:
3*Elena Blackcloak, Enduring the Apocalypse
*Stanley Johnson, RtT III: Lust of Berlin
4*Gen. Josef Wartberg (NPC), Enduring the Apocalypse
Best Plot:
2*Enduring the Apocalypse, by Sanctaphrax
2*Forced to Fight, by ZMiles
*Highway to Hell, by admiralducksauce
1*Redemption through Trangression (2 parts: Paris and Berlin), by Katarn
2*San Francisco: Shaking The Foundations, by Mij (Undertown RPG group)
Best Location or City:
3*Hecate Strait Freehold, by Belial666
4*Liverpool, by Team8Mum
Player of the Year:
*stitchy1503
3*ZMiles
Best Sounding Board:
*crusher_bob
1*Katarn
*Richard_Chilton
2*Sanctaphrax
*Silverblaze
1*Sinker
1*Tedronai
4*UmbraLux
2*Wyvern
Best DFRPG Board Contributor:
*ComputerKing
*Devonapple
*MightyBuzzard
10*Sanctaphrax
GM of the Year:
*admiralducksauce
2*Katarn
6*Mij
2*Sanctaphrax
*ZMiles
Game of the Year:
4*Enduring the Apocalypse, by Sanctaphrax
1*Forced to Fight, by ZMiles
1*Highway to Hell, by admiralducksauce
*Redemption through Trangression (2 parts: Paris and Berlin), by Katarn
4*San Francisco: Shaking The Foundations, by Mij (Undertown RPG group)


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[Sanctaphrax]

Hey, it's this again!

I'd like to nominate Team8Mum's Liverpool as Best City.

Will nominate more things soon.

[sinker]

I'd nominate Sanctaphrax and Devonapple for board contributor.

[Silverblaze]

I'd nominate Sanctaphrax and Devonapple for board contributor.

Seconded.

Also MightyBuzzard.

[Sanctaphrax]

I'd like to put Redemption Through Transgression, Highway To Hell, and San Francisco: Shaking The Foundations up for game of the year.

[Katarn]

I'm adding Enduring the Apocalypse for Game of the Year as well.

[Sanctaphrax]

We need more nominations, people. This is your chance to gush about things you like. Don't be afraid to nominate yourself if you think you're the best.

Now, to practice what I preach:

You can probably copy the nominations for best game into best plot and best GM.

Kinda spoiled for choice when it comes to sounding boards. I'm going to think about this a bit more and maybe just nominate everyone.

I'd rather not nominate my own for best PC, NPC, or player. I don't want to play favourites. If I come across someone great in another game, though, I'll put them up.

My best line this year was probably this. Will nominate more quotes as I come across them.

If nobody else nominates a location I'll toss up some of my Nevernever locations. I don't think they're as good as Liverpool, but I want there to be more than one entry in each category.

[Silverblaze]

Sounding boards:

I'll throw up some options.

Sanctaphrax
Wyvern
Tedronai
Sinker
Silverblaze

All of the above have been playing for a while I think.  All of the above have strong opinions, but can see things from other points of view and many times offer a fresh perspective though perhaps not always a postive one.

I don't PbP or haven't been invited to.  Also my time is already hard to manage, thus I shall abstain from voting upon many things related to those categories.  I think I can vote on quotes though.

[sinker]

Nomination for NPC: Monica Childs from Richard_Chilton

[polkaneverdies]

I nominate belial666's Elena from ETA for favorite pc. I have lost count of the number of jaw dropping moments I have had reading her posts. Most of her ideas are brilliant but also the sort of thing a group of pcs would be trying to stop in a normal game.

[Katarn]

I'll add at least one entry for several categories
*For Favorite NPC, I nominate my own Eustace Delacroix.  He's an eccentric WCV aliased as a doctor
*Best Quote- polkaneverdies, as Stanley Johnson
*Best Plot- Copying the current applicants for Game of the Year
*I'm adding my 2 longtime players, ZMiles and stitchy1503, for players of the year.
*Best Sounding Board- adding Crusher_Bob
*GM of the Year- copying Game of the Year nominees
*Game of the Year- adding Forced to Fight, by ZMiles

[sinker]

Hey, that list is looking more like it. 

More nominations:
UmbraLux and Richard_Chilton for sounding board
Computerking for board contributor (his questions are always interesting)

[Sanctaphrax]

I read through Spare Character Concepts and Character Request Game, and now I have a nomination for best NPC: Richard Chilton's Jake J. It was kinda tempting to nominate something of my own, but I've decided that I like Jake J better than anybody I wrote up this year.

Also, I scrounged around a bit and found a decent competitor for Liverpool: Belial666's Hecate Strait Freehold.

And for the Best Quote category, I present a modified Tolkien poem that Elena Blackcloak used as part of a ritual.

PS: Has anybody listened to the City On The River podcast? Is there anything there worth nominating?

[Katarn]

PS: Has anybody listened to the City On The River podcast? Is there anything there worth nominating?

How long is it, and do you have a link?