Scummies 2009 Nominations

Mr. Flay · Post Post #15 (isolation #0) » Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:12 am

MeMe, JEEP, and I have all won BHS in the past, I believe. VRK is nominated for 2008?

I also think it's premature to nominate for it now, but if a nominee were to flake, I'm sure the Judges would correct it come judging time.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #25 (isolation #1) » Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:42 am

Shanba wrote:Is there a rule that says no player can win the same award twice?

Nope, but for me at least it raises the bar for a second awarding.

Also,

I second Llama Fluff for Best Player (Scum)

in Mafia 86. Nice work.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #41 (isolation #2) » Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:18 pm

Nominate JDodge for Professor Mafia for empirically/scientifically showing a glaring hole in the Open Game Nomination process.

Original setup post and nomination: http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopi ... 84#1470584
Analysis/expose: http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopi ... 91#1493891
Game thread: http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10486

Mr. Flay · Post Post #87 (isolation #3) » Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:49 pm

Breaking a setup sounds like Professor Mafia to me.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #91 (isolation #4) » Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:41 am

charter wrote:..But not when you create the setup so you can break it.

Huh? I thought we were talking about Kinetic, not JDodge.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #96 (isolation #5) » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:49 pm

Elmo wrote:If you had a hypothetical setup with a role whereby you can kill all the scum at any time by PMing the mod "go", and didn't shoot the mod in the head, would you still be able to live with yourself??

Fixed for you.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #146 (isolation #6) » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:33 am

Stef wrote:I propose a new award:
Most Enjoyable Marathon Game

Seconded.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #168 (isolation #7) » Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:38 am

Player:

q21

Game:

War in Heaven II

Award:

Either

Best Effort in a Losing Cause

or

Best SK

, despite the fact that he ended up losing.

Details:

q21 got an SK role (Satan) in a 20-player mostly-Nightless game. In addition to that, he had to deal with a posting restriction, and that his kill-method looked decidedly anti-town. He managed to play middle of the road for the first half of the game, then claimed

Michael the Archangel

to explain his extra abilities. If things had gone just a hair different, he'd have locked up the endgame and won handily. I gave him an extremely difficult role and he didn't bitch about it once, but played it to the hilt.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #173 (isolation #8) » Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:01 am

Adel wrote:y'all must have really liked it.

I'm not sure they always liked it (I heard more "oh god kill me now" in this game than any other I've run, and that includes Lost Boys), but they certainly engaged with it! And right up until the end of the game it was anybody's game to win...

Some days had more than 400 posts. No, not Game Days; 24-hour periods.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #230 (isolation #9) » Tue May 26, 2009 5:32 pm

Simenon wrote:What is the Best Role Claim award for- the finesse of the claim itself, or its impact on the game?

I think it's usually done for the finesse of the role claim itself; if it has a huge impact on the game it tends to get rolled into one of the 'bigger' Scummies like Best Individual Performance. YMMV.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #239 (isolation #10) » Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:24 am

Don't bloody well nominate/second yourself. It's poor form.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #332 (isolation #11) » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:23 am

Slicey wrote:Thirded. Most complicated game ever run to completion.

Fixed for you. (I know we don't do anti-nominations, but...)

I don't think it's a good example of a Scummy-winning game, and it eventually boiled down to a Game Mechanics puzzle. There was almost no scumhunting, which helped lead to a bizarre 7-man endgame and Scum win.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #356 (isolation #12) » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:03 pm

It was last year, by mith at least.

It would probably help if it was under Site Awards, to emphasize the global nature of the qualifications.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #501 (isolation #13) » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:37 pm

shaft.ed wrote:While activity is a good thing, giving out awards for it is not a great idea. Having competitive levels of posting throughout games could have unintended side effects.

He didn't say activity for activity's sake; he said it was an enjoyable level. Considering all the complaints we've had recently about games dragging, what do you think the unintended side effects will be?

CSL wrote:
Nominate Newbie 830 for "Most Enjoyable Game"

Activity makes a game, and we (Me and the rest of the players) made that game happen. I enjoyed reading it to the very end, even though I did get lynched Day 1.

Seconded.

Mr. Flay · Post Post #512 (isolation #14) » Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:10 am

Albert B. Rampage wrote:General Discussion Award? I don't think so.

I'm all for it, actually. There's a small segment of GD that's not dreck, and highlighting that segment isn't a bad thing.

I'll probably have noms later. Meeting now (and me w/no laptop).

Mr. Flay · Post Post #587 (isolation #15) » Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:58 am

Vi wrote:Don't forget - nominations that aren't thirded aren't judged!

Are you serious? Where is this mentioned?

Mr. Flay · Post Post #590 (isolation #16) » Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:13 am

Vi wrote:
Mr. Flay wrote:
Vi wrote:Don't forget - nominations that aren't thirded aren't judged!
Are you serious? Where is this mentioned?
I'm pretty sure that's the implication of "we don't pay attention to fourthing, fifthing, or Nthing of nominations".

Oh, that's not how I read that at all. In previous years there have been fifths, sixths, sevenths, which just spam up the thread. Mith's point is that it doesn't add anything to the nomination to have those vocal supports.

If he's said that thirds are required or the Scummy Planning Team has decided something else, that's cool.