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Winter 2009 Role Playing Forum Awards

Welcome to the Winter 2009 RPF Awards!

Please be sure to review the entire post (even if you?ve done this before) to ensure that everything runs as smoothly as possible.

Purpose of the Awards
Our role playing forums are very special ? unique in their quality and community. We come here to play, but also to work. It?s not easy to build a successful game or navigate through the galaxy with a character. It?s especially challenging now, with three distinct forums dedicated to different aspects of role playing. Many of you dedicate significant amounts of your free time to make this place the best it can be.

These awards have been established in recognition of the extraordinary efforts of you ? our users. The VIPships and publicity awarded to winners are meant to serve as both a reward for a job well done and a way to increase visibility. It is hoped that others will learn from their example, and that they will continue to serve as leaders of these role playing forums.

How it works
Awards are held four times per year, in April (Spring), July (Summer), October (Autumn) and January (Winter).

The four categories for awards are:

Best GM
Best Roleplayer
Best RPG (Star Wars and Non-Star Wars)
Best New RPG (Star Wars and Non-Star Wars)

New RPGs are defined as any active game less than three (3) months old and have over 50 posts at the time of nomination (once a game crosses the 50 post threshold, it may be nominated so long as the window to do so is still open). RPGs must be active (no locked threads may be nominated).

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Voting will consist of two rounds:

[b]Round 1:[/b]
[ul][li]Lasts for five (5) days[/li]
[li]A time to nominate any active RPG or player[/li]
[li]Users may [i]not[/i] nominate themselves for awards. Self-nomination will lead to the offender being disqualified.[/li]
[li]All users may make a total of two (2) nominations per category[/li][/ul]

[color=red]Any RPG that wins an award (Best and New Games) becomes ineligible for next season's awards, to ensure fairness and variety. For example, if a game wins in the Spring Awards, it is ineligible for the Summer Awards, and then is re-eligible in the Fall). Any players who win awards (and thus colors) will be ineligible until the next year. A person who wins in Spring 2003 will become available to win again in Spring 2004.[/color]

[b]Round 2[/b]
[ul][li]Begins immediately after the results of Round 1 are posted[/li]
[li]A list of all the nominees will be compiled for members to pursue[/li]
[li]You then have seven (7) days to [b]PM[/b] your votes from the choices to the host[/li]
[li]Users have the option of voting for up to three (3) people in the Best RPer and best GM categories, and up to two (2) games in the Games categories[/li][/ul]

[b][color=red][u]***Campaigning (ie, soliciting votes and/or nominations) at any time during the awards, in any thread, in any forum, is absolutely not allowed!***[/u][/color][/b]

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[b]The winners will be announced at the end of Round 2.[/b]

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[color=darkgreen][b]Prizes[/b][/color]
As always, the part you've all been waiting for.

The winning [b]GMs[/b] and [b]Roleplayers[/b] will each be awarded VIPship (with the ability to choose custom colors) for one week. In addition, they will earn a place in the "RPF Hall of Fame" in the Community Centre. The winning [b]RPGs[/b] will receive a special place in the introductory sticky thread, as well as the right to the title of "Best RPG," until the next season's winners are announced. Moderators are allowed to win Awards, but their prize will be limited to recognition alone. When a moderator places in the Best GM/RPer category, the top three contenders will be recognized, with the two non-mods getting colors. Two non-moderator users are guaranteed colors for every awards season.

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[color=darkgreen][b]The "RPF Stars" Awards[/b][/color]

Winners of the RPF Stars Awards will not receive titles

 

My first ever nominations ballot. Interesting.

Best GM:
1. Imperial_Hammer
2. TheManinBlack

Best RPer:
1. RC-1215
2. blubeast1237

Best Star Wars RPG:
1. The Galaxy at War Part III: Schism of the Sith
2. blank

Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. DUNE - Chronicles of the Imperium
2. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Best New Star Wars RPG:
1. 40 ABY - Shadow Games
2. ~100 ABY, The Force Cold War~

Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. DUNE - Chronicles of the Imperium
2. Oz: The Heart of Emerald

RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: BobaMatt
2. Funniest GM: TheManinBlack
3. Most Educational GM: TheManinBlack
4: Best Game Design: Sinrebirth
5. Best Character Design: Kahn_Iceay
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: Oz: The Heart of Emerald
7. Most Social User: Sarge221
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie: LightWarden
9. Most Eager Newbie: RC-1215
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Ktala

 

Best GM:
1. JEDI_TEEGIRLOO
2. ----

Best RPer:
1. Trimaj
2. Ktala

Best Star Wars RPG:
1. * Dark History: Tears of the Force *
2. ----

Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. ~*~<=Way of the Ninja=>~*~
2. ----

Best New Star Wars RPG:
1. Picks already nominated.
2. ----

Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. See above.
2. ----

YOU MAY ONLY MAKE ONE NOMINATION PER CATEGORY IN THIS SECTION

RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: Sinrebirth
2. Funniest GM: JEDI_TEEGIRLOO
3. Most Educational GM: Ktala
4: Best Game Design: Imperial_Hammer
5. Best Character Design: Trimaj
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: ----
7. Most Social User: ----
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie: ----
9. Most Eager Newbie: Qui-Gon-Reborn
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Trimaj

 

Best GM:
1. JEDI_TEEGIRLOO
2. Imperial Hammer

Best RPer:
1. Trimaj
2. Chuckles38

Best Star Wars RPG:
1. The Force Cold War
2.

Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Oz The Heart of Emerald
2.

Best New Star Wars RPG:
1. The Force Cold War
2.

Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Oz The Heart of Emerald
2.

RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: Imperial Hammer
2. Funniest GM: JEDI_TEEGIRLOO
3. Most Educational GM: JEDI_TEEGIRLOO
4: Best Game Design: --
5. Best Character Design: Trimaj
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: --
7. Most Social User: Jag4Me
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie:
9. Most Eager Newbie: --
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Chuckles38

 

Best GM:
1. Lightwarden

Best RPer:
1. Ktala


Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Oz The Heart of Emerald


Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Oz The Heart of Emerald


RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: Saintheart
2. Funniest GM: Saintheart
3. Most Educational GM: Saintheart
4: Best Game Design: N/A
5. Best Character Design: N/A
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: N/A
7. Most Social User: N/A
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie: Lightwarden
9. Most Eager Newbie: N/A
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Ktala

 

Best GM:
1. Lightwarden
2. RC-1215

Best RPer:
1. LiviWan(Markus is magically played and very realistic)
2. Sarge really deserves this, but since he can't be nominated I will leave this blank.

Best Star Wars RPG:
1. 41 ABY: Shadow Games(Intellectually stimulating and very fun)
2. Legacy: The Last Gamble(Vintage R_Zion Game Management and a creative supporting cast)

Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Tears of Scarlet(Took a while to start, but the most interesting NSWRPG in a while)

Best New Star Wars RPG:
1. 100ABY: The Force Cold War

YOU MAY ONLY MAKE ONE NOMINATION PER CATEGORY IN THIS SECTION

RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: Bobamatt
2. Funniest GM: Bobamatt
3. Most Educational GM: Imp_Ham
4: Best Game Design: Imp_Ham(OZ)
5. Best Character Design: Reynar(The SLeeping guy in OZ) and Ramza(Munchkin Professor)
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: Shadow Games
7. Most Social User: Ramza and Nick
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie: Saintheart
9. Most Eager Newbie: Ramza
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Trimaj

Imp, Saint, have we ever restarted the Awards from scratch and let anybody and everybody be nominated despite the past. Maybe it should happen like every 1.5-2 years. It would allow for some really competitive awards. Think about it dollface.
-B-

 

A proverbial year of RPF awards Jubilee! I think the idea has some merit...

Nominations to come in a bit!

 

I'm flattered, blu, but I'm not eligible.

 

Actually, Matt, it says everyone's eligible for the Star awards. Hence my "Most Entertaining GM" nod.

 

Did you really just use the term dollface, beast?

 

No...

Yeah.

-B-

 

ok... definitely didn't anticipate being on that many nom lists...

Best GM:
1. Chuckles38 (Is very descriptive and helps you to see what you're doing, and what's available to do what with)
2. Hammer (Do I really need an addendum here?)

Best RPer:
1. Chuckles38 (Playing the Harley to my Joker, and doing so amazingly well)
2. Qui-gon_Reborn (She has honestly shocked me with how quickly she got the basic way you RP, and how she has turned into one of those people who's posts I am vaguely in awe of the writing/descriptions)

Best Star Wars RPG:
1. Force Cold War
2. Shadow Games

Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Oz
2.

Best New Star Wars RPG:
1. Force Cold War
2. Shadow Games

Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Oz
2.

YOU MAY ONLY MAKE ONE NOMINATION PER CATEGORY IN THIS SECTION

RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: Sinrebirth (He's letting me set a galaxy afire... how much more entertaining does it get than that?)
2. Funniest GM: Chuckles (Seriously... Lola)
3. Most Educational GM: Sinrebirth
4: Best Game Design: Hammer
5. Best Character Design: Ktala (Never ceases to amaze with her creativity)
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: Shadow Games (No clue what's going on, but I sure wanna find out)
7. Most Social User: Qui-gon_Reborn
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie: Lightwarden
9. Most Eager Newbie: Qui-gon_Reborn
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Sinrebirth (No clue how he keeps up with everything)

:snoopy

 

Important Announcement
In the fast-evolving tradition of never having an awards session without one small hiccup, here's the one for Winter 2009: I left some "do not nominate" people off the list who should not have been left off. Thanks to Hammer for pointing this out to me...

Please review the list again. If you've nominated a person who is un-nominate-able, please feel free to resubmit your nomination for that person.

 

Re-submitting via ^^^.

Best GM:
1. Chuckles28
2. JEDI_TEEGIRLOO

Best RPer:
1. Trimaj
2. Chuckles38

Best Star Wars RPG:
1. The Force Cold War
2.

Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Oz The Heart of Emerald
2.

Best New Star Wars RPG:
1. The Force Cold War
2.

Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Oz The Heart of Emerald
2.

RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: Chuckles38
2. Funniest GM: --
3. Most Educational GM: JEDI_TEEGIRLOO
4: Best Game Design: --
5. Best Character Design: Trimaj
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: --
7. Most Social User: Jag4Me
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie:
9. Most Eager Newbie: --
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Chuckles38

 

Should be good now.

 

That should cover it.

 

just take hammer off my last post for best GM, and it's all good. don't have a replacement.

:snoopy

 

Best RPer:
1. ArgenPalos - Always a pleasure to read his posts! Full of description and imagination.


Best Star Wars RPG:
1. Galaxy At War


YOU MAY ONLY MAKE ONE NOMINATION PER CATEGORY IN THIS SECTION

RPF Stars Awards

6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: Sorry, I do not understand what this means.

8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie: Ominous...Even his name says it all!

 

Best GM:
1. Chukles38


Best RPer:
1. BartSimpson-SithLord
2. darthramza

Best Star Wars RPG:
1. Leá Monde


Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen


Best New Star Wars RPG:
1. ~100 ABY, The Force Cold War~


Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. Oz: The Heart of Emerald
2. D U N E - Chronicles of the Imperium



RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: Chukles38
2. Funniest GM: BobaMatt
3. Most Educational GM: Saintheart
4: Best Game Design: Imperial_Hammer
5. Best Character Design: Ktala
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: greyjedi125 - Tears of Scarlet
7. Most Social User: darthramza
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie: LightWarden
9. Most Eager Newbie: Qui-Gon_Reborn
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Radiance

 

If you haven't got your nominations in yet, guys, then get them in soon: nominations close two days from now (as most of you would know.)

As a purely observational point of view, at the present moment the field's turned out to be an interesting one. Intriguingly there are only two Best New RPG nominations apiece for both the Star Wars and Non-Star Wars categories. And there's almost an equal number of Best RPG nominations as between SWRPGs and NSWRPGs. I take that as an indication that NSWRPF punches somewhat above its weight notwithstanding the smaller traffic, but anyway...

A wide field for Best RPers: 10 at last count, and 5 nominations for Best GM.

 

My two credits worth

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Best GM:
1. TheManinBlack
2. JEDIGUNSHIP

Best RPer:
1. darthramza
2. blubeast1237

Best Star Wars RPG:
1. The Galaxy at War Part III: Schism of the Sith
2. When Galaxies Collide: A Major AU RPG

Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. DUNE - Chronicles of the Imperium
2. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Best New Star Wars RPG:
1. 40 ABY - Shadow Games
2. ~100 ABY, The Force Cold War~

Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. DUNE - Chronicles of the Imperium
2. Oz: The Heart of Emerald

RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: BobaMatt
2. Funniest GM: TheManinBlack
3. Most Educational GM: JEDIGUNSHIP
4: Best Game Design: chanbill5390
5. Best Character Design: Kahn_Iceay
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: When Galaxies Collide: A Major AU RPG
7. Most Social User: Sarge221
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie: LightWarden
9. Most Eager Newbie: Darth_Larousse
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Ktala

 

Winter 2009 RPF Awards Voting
Welcome to the voting stage! In this stage, we'll pick the winners from the list of nominees.

The Rules:
1. You may only vote for people/games on the list.
2. One ballot per person, please. You may not use socks to vote!
3. Voting is by PM only. Any votes posted in this thread will not count.
4. Votes must be in Saintheart's inbox no later than Wednesday, January 21 at 7:00 p.m. Board Time.

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Voting Ballot:

Best GM:
1.
2.

Best RPer:
1.
2.

Best Star Wars RPG:
1.
2.

Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1.
2.

Best New Star Wars RPG:
1.
2.

Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1.
2.


YOU MAY ONLY VOTE FOR ONE PERSON IN THIS SECTION

RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM:
2. Funniest GM:
3. Most Educational GM:
4: Best Game Design:
5. Best Character Design:
6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening:
7. Most Social User:
8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie:
9. Most Eager Newbie:
10. Longest Posts in Every RPG:
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The List (in no particular order):
Best GM:
1. TheManinBlack
2. JEDI_TEEGIRLOO
3. Lightwarden
4. RC-1215
5. Chukles38
6. JEDIGUNSHIP

Best RPer:
1. RC-1215
2. blubeast1237
3. BartSimpson-SithLord
4. Trimaj
5. Radiance
6. Chukles38
7. Livi-Wan
8. Qui-gon_Reborn
9. ArgenPalos
10. darthramza

Best Star Wars RPG:
1. The Galaxy at War Part III: Schism of the Sith
2. * Dark History: Tears of the Force *
3. ~100 ABY, The Force Cold War~
4. 41 ABY: Shadow Games
5. Legacy: The Last Gamble
6. Lea Monde
7. When Galaxies Collide: A Major AU RPG

Best Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. DUNE - Chronicles of the Imperium
2. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
3. ~*~Way of the Ninja~*~
4. Oz The Heart of Emerald
5. Tears of Scarlet

Best New Star Wars RPG:
1. 41 ABY: Shadow Games
2. ~100 ABY, The Force Cold War~

Best New Non-Star Wars RPG:
1. DUNE - Chronicles of the Imperium
2. Oz: The Heart of Emerald


RPF Stars Awards
1. Most Entertaining GM: BobaMatt, Sinrebirth, Chukles38

2. Funniest GM: TheManinBlack, JEDI_TEEGIRLOO, BobaMatt

3. Most Educational GM: TheManinBlack, Saintheart, Ktala, JEDI_TEEGIRLOO, Imperial_Hammer, Sinrebirth, JEDIGUNSHIP

4: Best Game Design: Sinrebirth, Imperial_Hammer, chanbill5390

5. Best Character Design: Kahn_Iceay, Trimaj, Ktala

6. Best Opening / Most Potential At Opening: Oz: The Heart of Emerald, Shadow Games, Tears of Scarlet, When Galaxies Collide: A Major AU RPG

7. Most Social User: Sarge221, darthramza, Jag4Me, NickLitYouAFlame, Qui-Gon-Reborn

8. Most Disgruntled Oldbie: LightWarden, Saintheart, Ominous

9. Most Eager Newbie: Qui-Gon-Reborn, RC-1215, darthramza, Darth_Larousse

10. Longest Posts in Every RPG: Ktala, Trimaj, Chukles38, Sinrebirth, Radiance

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Send those PMs!

* Any problems with this ballot, feel free to PM me and be sure to check this board if something happens. I am enforcing the original ?top 3? rule for RPF Star Nominations ? that is, only the three nominees with the greatest number of nominations are available to be voted for in the RPF Star categories. Hence not all persons nominated for RPF Stars may appear on the list.
However: I have made an exception where, in a given category, a tie resulted between two or more candidates vying for the last position in a category. For example, if one candidate received four nominations, a second candidate two nominations, and three other candidates one nomination each, all five candidates would be rendered nominees since I can?t arbitrarily pick who would take that third spot. Thanks!

-Saintheart

 

voted

:snoopy

 

Ballot submitted. Good luck to all the nominees!