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2008 XYZZY Awards Ceremony Transcript

On March 28th, 2009, at 3:00 P.M. EDT, the XYZZY Awards Ceremony was held at ifMUD. Below is the transcript of the event, not including side-comments that those in attendance made on the #peanut-gallery channel. Should you wish to see those comments, a version with those comments is also available.

 

inky says, "Lucian would have liked to present the Best Puzzles award himself, but unfortunately he is off at an academic conference. So, he left some instructions for me instead."
inky says, "let's see, what was step one ..."
inky exits through the back door, re-enters from the front, disappears through a trap
inky asks, "Escapade!, by Juhana Leinonen."
inky is about to read the next name, when a lobster appears and chases him around the
inky asks, "Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian!?"
inky is about to read the next name, when a gust of wind from the overactive air
inky asks, "Piracy 2.0, by Sean Huxter!"
inky looks around for anything else odd to happen, but when nothing does, relaxes, and
inky asks, "Etbyj Myfre, Ere Viol Ese!"
inky frowns.
inky rearranges some letters.
inky asks, "Violet, by Jeremy Freese!"
inky asks, "And the winner is..."
inky says, "that doesn't seem right at all!"
inky says, "this puzzle is way too confusing"
DavidW says, "someone jinxed your chalk, inky"
inky exits through the back door, re-enters from the front, disappears through a trap door behind the podium, reappears traversing the catwalk, then leaps on a rope, which lowers him gently onto the stage. He removes an envelope tied to the rope.
inky says, "Escapade!, by Juhana Leinonen."
inky says, "(much better)"
Lucea claps
Jacqueline applauds.
Jota applauds.
violet claps
maga says, "yay"
radix exclaims, "hooray!"
Firion w00ts.
McMartin cheers before the Screaming Communists arrive
nm claps
vimes clapplauds
TJSay joins in.
inky is about to read the next name, when a lobster appears and chases him around the podium. Timing it just right, inky tips over the podium, trapping the lobster! Triumphantly, inky stands on the podium, and reads:
Cornelius claps.
inky says, "Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian!"
Guest2 exclaims, "Yeah!"
Gunther says, "death-defying!"
vimes applaps
Jacqueline says, "Hooray!"
inky says, "(what does he think this is, Gourmet?)"
olethros claps
JimMunroe effing lobsters!
Maryam leaves the auditorium to the west.
inky is about to read the *next* name, when a gust of wind from the overactive air conditioners blow the paper out of his hands, and it gets stuck on an inaccessible spot on the wall.
inky says, "hrm"
radix gasps.
inky frowns, pulls out the blueprints to the auditorium room, makes some alterations, pushes a button on the podium, and disappears. A couple seconds later, a ladder shimmers into existence, built into the back wall. inky then reappears, climbs the ladder, grabs the paper, and triumphantly reads the next nominee: "Piracy 2.0, by Sean Huxter!"
djfletch says, "arrrrrrr"
Nate walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.
inky looks around for anything else odd to happen, but when nothing does, relaxes, and reads the next nominee:
inky says, "Etbyj Myfre, Ere Viol Ese!"
inky frowns.
inky rearranges some letters.
inky says, "Violet, by Jeremy Freese!"
Maryam arrives from the west.
vimes beats his hands together, making culturally appropriate encouraging noises
olethros says, "woop woop woop!"
olethros says, "opa!"
Fang says, "woo"
Ellison claps
TJSay joins in again.
Taleslinger claps
inky says, "and the winner is .."
inky pulls out an envelope and tries to open it.
Jacqueline leans forward.
Fang pushes the SAVE button.
inky realize the envelope is sealed with 69,105 locks.
radix leans back.
McMartin clears the blast radius
DavidW says, "Suddenly the lights went out!"
Taleslinger keeps Jacq from falling over
McMartin also prepares the smoked salmon
inky says, "oh, to heck with this"
Jacqueline says (to DavidW), "Yay Earth Hour!"
inky turns on debug mode and bamfs the envelope contents out.
inky says, "Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian!"
olethros says, "hooray!"
Lucea claps
DavidW says, "HOORAY"
Maryam claps
radix cheers, louder than ever before.
Jacqueline stands up to applaud.
maga says, "woo"
vimes says, "huzzah!"
Fang says, "yay"
Guest2 claps.
Pacian looks appropriately surprised.
Cornelius claps and cheers.
Jota applauds.
djfletch claps
TJSay cheers.
Taleslinger fires a few shoots into the air,
JimMunroe shoots guns into air.
violet applauds
Pacian takes the stage and grabs the award with both hands.
inky says, "speech! or some silent pantomime accomplishing more or less the same thing"
Pacian says, "Well, I don't know what to say."
olethros throws guns in the air and shoots at them.
Pacian exclaims, "Is Nameless here? Most of these puzzles were about bring harm to NPCs, and I'm not sorry about that, either!"
Taleslinger says, "Most? All!"
NamelessAdventurer fills out the lawsuit paperwork.
Pacian says, "I guess I just want to thank George, Terry and Konstantinos for their support and feedback. And everyone who played and voted."
Pacian exclaims, "Cheers!"
Pacian returns to his seat.
McMartin says, "Not quite all."
NamelessAdventurer . o O ( I'm not sure 'they needed killin' is going to hold up in court )
Jacqueline says, "Heehee"
McMartin . o O ( But when killed then increase your score )
vimes says, ""I needed that last lousy point" is a good defense, though"
radix holds up the 'Kill Violencers' sign
Lucea . o O ( but all the witnesses are dead )
djfletch shoots at the sign

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