Scummies 2009 Nominations

[mith]

Yes, contribution to the wiki would fall under Behind the Scenes or Mafia Discussion, depending on what it was. I don't see the need for an additional award there (we get few enough nominations for those categories as it is).

[mith]

A few nominations from the recently finished /in-vitational Game 4:

Funniest Role Claim

- PookyTheMagicalBear for this.

Funniest Player

- PookyTheMagicalBear for the above, as well as this post. He hasn't really been around enough this year to win a site award, but he deserves a shout for making us laugh when he's around.

Most Enjoyable Game

- The Players of /in-vitational Game 4. This was a pleasure to read and a joy to mod. This is traditionally a "mod award", but I think there are plenty of situations where the enjoyability is due to the players and the mod is just along for the ride (perhaps a separate award is needed).

[mith]

(I also support the VP Baltar, Papa Zito, and SerialClergyman

Most Outstanding New Player

nominations, though they've all got plenty at this point.)

[mith]

Nominate Ojanen for Best New Player

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Third.

[mith]

I was hoping to have fleshed this post out before I leave for the weekend, but I'm running out of time and that's not going to happen. So instead, I'll try to summarize any changes and if there are any questions about what an award is for, I'll get to them Monday, or the Scummies Planning group can clear it up.

This is the finalized list of Scummies for 2009... as always, it will be up to the judges whether an award is actually given, based on whether any deserving nominations are made.

"Body of Work" awards should be for a player's contributions/play over the year, rather than a single game - if you have nominated someone for one of these awards, you are encouraged to find examples of their play to back up the nomination.

Note that the "Best Performance" Oscars are now team-only. Nominations for individuals here and in the "Losing Cause" category will be merged as appropriate.

Some awards already have names that I was too lazy to look up and list. Some don't have names, and we are open to suggestions there.

The Scummies Planning team will be updating the nomination list soon to reflect these changes. We've got a little more time this year, but expect nominations to close sometime in January.

Player Awards

"Body of Work"

"Paragon of Mafia Hunters" - merge in individual best performance town and losing cause nominations
"Don Corleone" - merge in individual best performance mafia and losing cause nominations
Outstanding Newbie
Most Improved
Best Replacement - is this a body of work or single game award? there has been confusion on this in the past
Best IC
Funniest Player

Single Game/Thread/Post

Best Performance Pro-Town Team - merge in team losing cause nominations
Best Performance Scum Group - merge in team losing cause nominations
Best Performance Third Party (SK, Neutrals, Lyncher, Jester, etc.)
Best Role Claim
Funniest Role Claim
Most Enjoyable Game

Mod Awards

Best Setup
Best Role
Best Flavor Text
Best Mechanic/Mutation
"Smooth Operator" - for the "moderation" part of modding: vote counts, prodding, generally keeping the game running smoothly

Other Awards

Professor Mafia (Mafia Discussion/Wiki)
Behind the Scenes (List Mod/Administration/Wiki)
MishMash User (Player or Mod or Both)
MishMash Game
General Discussion Award

[mith]

Flay is correct, though in practice games/players/whatever with only a single nomination are typically eliminated quickly unless one of the judges makes a strong case for them.

Nominations will close in about two weeks.

I've mostly got the judges selected, and will probably be setting up the forums for them Monday so that they can get started.

[mith]

Scummies 2009 Nominations are now closed.

[mith]

I may need some emergency backup judges. If you are willing, semi-responsible, and have a lot of free time this week/weekend, let me know.