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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: Katarn on May 05, 2011, 06:56:06 PM
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An idea I came up with while thinking about the number of DFRPG Games on-site. We, as a community, should recognize excellent games, gamers, and GMs. My idea is for impromptu awards (June 15th- Nominations until June 1st). Winners will be decided by popular vote.
General Guidelines:
*The nominee must have premiered 2010- the game must have begun official play before January 1st. The PC/NPC/quote must have also been presented before January 1st, 2011.
*Anyone can make a nomination, but it needs two votes of approval from members not involved with the relevant game.
*The game must be able to verified (aka game members on-site have heard of the nominee- PbP on site are the primary example, but a well-known game off-site, such as Undertown, can be nominated).
*Voting will be June 1st- 14th, the winners announced the day after.
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.
Best DFRPG Game Overall: The best game overall- plot, dialogue, NPCs, combat, through-and-through-the-best.
Also, if someone has a more fitting Award Name OR more categories please PERSONAL MESSAGE me and I'll consider changing it.
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Fully-Nominated:
Favorite PC:
*Alphonse LaChaise (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,21472.msg936092.html#msg936092)
*Faraday Church (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23151.msg994897.html#msg994897)
Favorite NPC:
*Thor Badass McAwesome (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18030.0.html)
Best Quote:
Best Plot:
*The Highway to Hell (A cityless DFRPG Campaign)
Best Location or City:
*Twin Cities (available in .pdf format)
Player of the Year:
*Mal_Luck
*Buscadera
*KOFFEYKID
*HobbitGuy1420
*Falar
Best Sounding Board:
*KOFFEYKID
*HobbitGuy1420
*Amelia Crane
*crusher_bob
Best DFRPG Board Contributor:
*Sanctaphrax
*Deadmanwalking
*Devonapple
GM of the Year:
*AdmiralDuckSauce (GM of "The Highway to Hell" game)
*Mij (GM of "Undertown")
Game of the Year:
*The Highway to Hell (A cityless DFRPG Campaign)
*San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations (Undertown RPG group)
*Big Fish In A Little Pond
*A Hard Rain Falls (Seattle)
*Dresdenized Seoul Adventure
Disqualified:
Game of the Year:
*Forced to Fight (Philadelphia)- Began 2011.
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Example:
Best DFRPG Game Overall: A Hard Rain Falls (Seattle)
Since I did not participate/was not involved in that game, this counts as 1 of the 2 votes for full nomination
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Do we post the nominations here?
If so, here
Best DFRPG Game Overall: Forced to Fight (Philadelphia)
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Do we post the nominations here?
If so, here
Best DFRPG Game Overall: Forced to Fight (Philadelphia)
Yes, post them here, but unfortunately FtF began in 2011 (January 2nd).
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How do you feel about dead games being posted here? Should we count their deaths against them?
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How do you feel about dead games being posted here? Should we count their deaths against them?
*Any game is ok, as long as actual gameplay occurred. Most of the games that started in 2010 are in fact dead since it's so far into 2011 (I meant do do this in January :P ).
*The double nomination/voting should clear out any deadwood among nominations.
*If a GM lets a game die or it crashed for any bad reason, it should reflect in the final voting.
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I would like to nominate a category of Best DFRPG Board Contributor. It would be for those who have been incredibly helpful, gave enciteful opinions, and has been generally positive on the board in general.
If this is an acceptable Catagory I would like to nominate Sanctaphrax for all of his efforts towards the Resource Board and the DFRPG wiki which he helped set up.
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^Excellent Idea. And I'll be the 2nd person to nominate Sanctaphrax.
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I have two nominations to throw in...
Game of the Year: The Highway to Hell (A cityless DFRPG Campaign)
Seriously... I want to be a part of this game, it's that good.
GM of the Year: AdmiralDuckSauce (GM of "The Highway to Hell" game)
This guy seems to work really hard at making the game as enjoyable as possible for all of his players. Has his plans laid-out, including soundtrack, but is willing to let it all go to hell for a well-spent fate point "that could make it MORE AWESOME."
I invite you all to read for yourself http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,21813.0.html (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,21813.0.html)
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Thanks for posting. I'll second the nomination for the game (I'll let someone knows more about ADS second his nomination).
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Thanks, guys. :) I'll nominate Mij (Undertown) for GM of the Year. I can't imagine the kind of cat-herding willpower it takes to organize a bi-weekly chatroom game. And then he's working on releasing the city writeup to boot!
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Thanks, guys. :) I'll nominate Mij (Undertown) for GM of the Year. I can't imagine the kind of cat-herding willpower it takes to organize a bi-weekly chatroom game. And then he's working on releasing the city writeup to boot!
You beat me to it.
He should get an award for the writeup which I am hoping everyone gets a chance to read before nominations are over.
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Alright, that's 2 nominations for Mij. If you want to nominate the game as well for one of the other categories, please indicate so for Best Plot or Game of the Year.
I'll nominate "The Highway to Hell" for Best Plot.
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Thanks for the praise, guys. I'll try to live up to it.
I'll second the admiral's GM nomination. I don't know him personally, but if his posts here are even remotely indicative he deserves that award.
Nominating a game:
Big Fish In A Little Pond (GM'd by Crimson Overcoat) for Game of the Year.
I was really dissapointed when this game died. It was a lot of fun to read.
Nominating a person:
Deadmanwalking for Best DFRPG Boards Contributor.
This guy's my inspiration when it comes to DFRPG. He isn't around anymore, but he was very prolific through most of 2010.
I'll look around and see if I can find likely candidates for other categories.
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Another nomination for Game of the Year: Dresdenized Seoul Adventure
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1st nomination for Player of the Year thus far: Mal_Luck.
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ADDED NEW CATEGORY (at Sanctaphrax's recommendation): Best Location or City
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I nominate the Twin Cities by Falar, the complete city can be found as a PDF file in my Terror In The Twin Cities game in the PbP area.
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I nominate the Twin Cities by Falar, the complete city can be found as a PDF file in my Terror In The Twin Cities game in the PbP area.
Begging your pardon, but did actual gameplay ever occur (sorry I'm really tired & having trouble following the multiple threads):
*If actual gameplay occurred, link please.
*If not, it can still be up for Best Location or City.
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I was nominating it for Best City, not best game...
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I was nominating it for Best City, not best game...
Ah I see. Alright since you're involving with the game, you don't count towards the 2 nominations. However, this is one of the best write-ups I've seen, period, so I'll be one of your 2.
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That city I had nothing to do with designing, it was done over a year ago by a group Falar was apart of, my using it is incidental, its akin to like me using one of the nevernever locales in a game getting not counted if I rec'd it. I am simply using it for my game because I think its the best one for the job.
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That city I had nothing to do with designing, it was done over a year ago by a group Falar was apart of, my using it is incidental, its akin to like me using one of the nevernever locales in a game getting not counted if I rec'd it. I am simply using it for my game because I think its the best one for the job.
Oh in that case full nomination then- thanks for the clarification.
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Nomination for Devonapple for board contributor. He's always been extraordinarily encouraging to new players and generally positive in his responses.
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I'll second that nomination, likewise I will do the same for Deadmanwalking.
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Nominations noted, thanks guys.
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Nomination for best NPC/PC: Thor Badass McAwesome ;D
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18030.0.html
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I nominate the Twin Cities by Falar, the complete city can be found as a PDF file in my Terror In The Twin Cities game in the PbP area.
Geez, I'm ... uh ... I'm very flattered. To say the least.
... uh ...
Okay! Cool!
And, if Deadmanwalking needs anymore, I definitely throw him on. He was probably the most powerful DFRPG online force during 2010, IMO.
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Nomination for best NPC/PC: Thor Badass McAwesome ;D
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18030.0.html
Wait is he a PC or an NPC? He'll have to go for one or the other (personally I'd recommend NPC)
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I'd like to nominate San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations for going ALMOST a year! But alas, no longevity award.
The GM, Mij should also get the "herding cats" award for running it by chat/forum and not needing hospitalization. ;)
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I'd like to nominate San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations for going ALMOST a year! But alas, no longevity award.
The GM, Mij should also get the "herding cats" award for running it by chat/forum and not needing hospitalization. ;)
Next year we'll consider a longevity award (the game's still so new it'd seem moot- I am keeping track of longest PbP game though, including multi-chapter games for next year). I'll second that nomination for San Fran.
Mij is fully nominated, and should be. It's one thing to run PbP, another entirely to run real-time chat. Best of luck to all nominees.
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Wait is he a PC or an NPC? He'll have to go for one or the other (personally I'd recommend NPC)
My inclination was NPC, as I don't know if he's ever been played, but not knowing I figured I would put it to others to confirm/deny.
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I'll second or third or fourth Thor Badass McAwesome for NPC.
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I'll second or third or fourth Thor Badass McAwesome for NPC.
Alright, NPC it is.
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I would like to nominate the following for Best Player of the Year
1) KOFFEYKID
2) HobbitGuy1420
3) Mal_Luck
4) Buscadera
5) Falar
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Second (or third)ing the nod for Mal.
And I'd like to nominate (or second) the Philadelphia Forced to Fight game. There's been some really great roleplay in that one.
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I would like to nominate the following for Best Player of the Year
1) KOFFEYKID
2) HobbitGuy1420
3) Mal_Luck
4) Buscadera
5) Falar
Alright, I'll second Buscadera and you boost Mal_Luck onto the list.
And I'd like to nominate (or second) the Philadelphia Forced to Fight game. There's been some really great roleplay in that one.
Unfortunately, that game began in 2011 (albeit January 2nd). It will be more than qualified for the 2011 awards next year (which will hopefully take place Jan. '12 and not be half a year behind :D.
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Ah. whoops.
I don't know if being part of it disqualifies me from being a supporter, but if not I'd like to second Big Fish. I was really sad when it fell apart - I loved the characters, and I was looking forward to seeing where they went together.
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Ah. whoops.
I don't know if being part of it disqualifies me from being a supporter, but if not I'd like to second Big Fish. I was really sad when it fell apart - I loved the characters, and I was looking forward to seeing where they went together.
(Yea I wish it had started 2 days earlier- it's a great candidate).
You can't count as 1 of the 2 nomination votes since you were involved with it, but I'll give it the boost it needs in lieu of yours.
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I'll second Koffey and Hobb for players of the year.
Could I suggest another category? 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. I'd nominate HobbitGuy1420 and KOFFEYKID for this. In chat, they are some of the people I talk to most when trying to suss out a character idea, or stunt/power, or plotline.
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I'll second Koffey and Hobb for players of the year.
Could I suggest another category? 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. I'd nominate HobbitGuy1420 and KOFFEYKID for this. In chat, they are some of the people I talk to most when trying to suss out a character idea, or stunt/power, or plotline.
Very well, I'll add the category and your nominations.
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Added crusher_bob for Best Sounding Board.
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I'd like to add my vote for Koffeykid and hobbitguy1420 on the Best Sounding Board category.
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I'd like to add my vote for Koffeykid and hobbitguy1420 on the Best Sounding Board category.
Roger, updated.
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In order to keep this progressing, there is no longer a nomination process. Anyone can be nominated with a single vote (even by a player of the game or self-nomination), provided the game began in 2010.
So please, nominate away!
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I'd like to nominate Alphonse from Big Fish... for Best PC.
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I'd like to nominate Alphonse from Big Fish... for Best PC.
Updated. I added Faraday Church (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23151.msg994897.html#msg994897) from Forced to Fight & the Seattle game.
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Today is the last day to nominate! I'll throw in a few more nominations as well.
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Is this still on?
If so, I hereby vote for everything that I nominated.
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Is this still on?
If so, I hereby vote for everything that I nominated.
Yes this is still on- can you refresh my memory on what you nominated? Please post your votes in the following format:
(also, 1 vote per category, 1 set of votes per user)
Example:
Katarn
Favorite PC: Faraday Church (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23151.msg994897.html#msg994897)
Favorite NPC: Thor Badass McAwesome (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18030.0.html)
Best Quote: <NO NOMINEES>
Best Plot: The Highway to Hell (A cityless DFRPG Campaign)
Best Location or City: Twin Cities
Player of the Year: Buscadera
Best Sounding Board: Amelia Crane
Best DFRPG Board Contributor: Sanctaphrax
GM of the Year: Mij (GM of "Undertown")
Game of the Year: The Highway to Hell (A cityless DFRPG Campaign)
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Falar
Favorite PC: Alphonse LaChaise
Favorite NPC: Abstain
Best Plot: Abstain
Best Location or City: Twin Cities
Player of the Year: Buscadera
Best Sounding Board: Hobbitguy1420
Best DFRPG Board Contributor: Deadmanwalking
GM of the Year: Abstain
Game of the Year: Abstain
Note: Most of my abstentions were for categories where I did not have enough experience with the subject matter to feel good making a qualified vote.
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Just in case anyone wants it, he's a code of the format so you can just copy+paste to your post.
[i][u]Your Name Here[/u][/i]
[b]Favorite PC:[/b]
[b]Favorite NPC:[/b]
[b]Best Quote:[/b]
[b]Best Plot:[/b]
[b]Best Location or City:[/b]
[b]Player of the Year:[/b]
[b]Best Sounding Board:[/b]
[b]Best DFRPG Board Contributor:[/b]
[b]GM of the Year:[/b]
[b]Game of the Year:[/b]
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Mal_Luck
Favorite PC: Abstain (I'm one of the nominees.)
Favorite NPC: Abstain? (Only one Nominee, don't they auto-win?)
Best Quote: <NO NOMINEES>
Best Plot: Abstain? (Only one Nominee, don't they auto-win?)
Best Location or City: Abstain? (Only one Nominee, don't they auto-win?)
Player of the Year: Hobbitguy1420
Best Sounding Board: Hobbitguy1420
Best DFRPG Board Contributor: Sanctaphrax
GM of the Year: Mij
Game of the Year: Abstain (I don't feel comfortable voting for a game I was in.)
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I left out all categories that either have one or fewer contenders.
There are also some where I didn't feel qualified to comment, so I didn't vote there either.
Sanctaphrax
Favorite PC: Alphonse LaChaise
Best DFRPG Board Contributor: Deadmanwalking
GM of the Year: admiralducksauce
Game of the Year: Big Fish In A Little Pond
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In case anyone wants to look over the Twin Cities setting, I tossed it up on Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JHD8MCE4
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Voting:
GM of the Year:
*Mij (GM of "Undertown")
Game of the Year:
*San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations (Undertown RPG group)
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Voting:
GM of the Year:
*Mij (GM of "Undertown")
Game of the Year:
*San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations (Undertown RPG group)
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Voting:
GM of the Year:
*Mij (GM of "Undertown")
Game of the Year:
*San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations (Undertown RPG group)
Ditto
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I have to abstain from all but one category, either due to my own involvement in the category or due to lack of information on the subject with which to vote responsibly. The only category in which I feel comfortable voting is:
Best DFRPG Board Contributor:
*Sanctaphrax
For the others, if my vote matters, figure I vote for me if applicable. :P
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For the others, if my vote matters, figure I vote for me if applicable. :P
Yes, you can vote for yourself (if this adjusts anyone's voting please make a NEW post noting this so I catch it).
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well if Hobb votes for Al for Favorite PC, I'm voting for Faraday ;D
I'll vote Seattle as the game of the year as well.
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Voting:
GM of the Year:
*Mij (GM of "Undertown")
Game of the Year:
*San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations (Undertown RPG group)
Me too, absolutely. They should call the GM award the 'Xanax' or something.
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Admiralducksauce
Favorite PC: Alphonse LaChaise
Favorite NPC: Thor Badass McAwesome (there may only be one nomination but that name needs to be seen more often)
Best Plot: Highway to Hell
Best Location or City: Twin Cities
Player of the Year: HobbitGuy1420
Best Sounding Board: HobbitGuy1420
Best DFRPG Board Contributor: Sanctaphrax
GM of the Year: AdmiralDuckSauce (shameless promotion!)
Game of the Year: The Highway to Hell (have I no shame? I do not!)
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Xanax? Huh?
Anyway, it looks like Mij's players like him a lot. Good for him. I should get his input on the "What Makes A PbP Game Last?" thread.
Anyway, if you'll permit me to campaign against myself (and for Deadmanwalking) for a moment:
These awards are for 2010. While Deadmanwalking might not be around anymore, his contributions last year were excellent. Back then, I was still finding my feet with this system (you'll notice distinctly lower quality in my earliest characters). Devonapple and I started posting later that year, so we were still rank newbies during the period that these awards are supposed to be about. So yeah, vote Deadmanwalking.
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^Duly noted. I changed my vote to DMW (but I am so voting for you for next year's 2011).
To reiterate, the votes counted are from 10 individuals (if you're not on here please make a new post):
Sanctaphrax, Katarn, Falar, Mal_Luck, Enojorous, synobal, Fyrchick, HobbitGuy1420, Aine, admiralducksauce
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Hm. I'd hoped to see more people voting. Maybe it would be a good idea to directly ask people to vote with PMs.
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Hm. I'd hoped to see more people voting. Maybe it would be a good idea to directly ask people to vote with PMs.
As did I. I've contacted all the nominees, at least. If you'd like to help me send out PMs, I'll contact you in a PM on how to split this up.
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I've not been around that long, nor have I been reading any of the games so I don't feel qualified to vote for most of these categories but based of personal experience I'll vote for
Best Sounding Board:
*crusher_bob
Best DFRPG Board Contributor:
*Sanctaphrax
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Llayne
Player of the Year: Mal-Luck
Best DFRPG Board Contributor: Deadmanwalking
Game of the Year: A Hard Rain Falls (Seattle)
I was gone for a good chunk of the year so I abstained from most of the categories.
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4 MORE DAYS TO VOTE!
12 Voters Counted:
*Sanctaphrax
*Katarn
*Falar
*Mal_Luck
*Enojorous
*synobal
*Fyrchick
*Hobbitguy1420
*aine
*admiralducksauce
*Team8Mum
*Llayne
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Here be my votes!
Best Sounding Board:
*HobbitGuy1420
Best DFRPG Board Contributor:
*Sanctaphrax
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Here be my votes!
Best Sounding Board:
*HobbitGuy1420
Best DFRPG Board Contributor:
*Sanctaphrax
I also vote this :)
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Only 3 days left to vote! Show support for your fellow members and community.
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2 Days left! Please vote!
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LAST DAY TO VOTE! We have tiebreakers, so vote away!
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THE WINNERS:
Favorite PC: Alphonse LaChaise (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,21472.msg936092.html#msg936092), by HobbitGuy1420
Favorite NPC: Thor Badass McAwesome (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18030.0.html), 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
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Congratulations, everyone.
Nothing here that isn't deserved, except for maybe my own victory.
But hey. Undeserved glory is even better than the deserved kind sometimes.
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Congrats everyone!
You like me... you really like me...!