On March 9, 2002, at 4:00 P.M. EST (9:00 P.M. GMT), the 2001 XYZZY Awards Ceremony was held at ifMUD. Below is the transcript of the event, with comments made on the #peanut-gallery discussion. Should you not wish to see those comments, an expurgated version is also available.

eileen says, "OK, next up, we have the award for Best Puzzles..."
AlliterativeAdventurer walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.
[peanut-gallery] neild says, "We could make #emit, and totally spoil the jokes."
Rob says, "yay!"
DavidW exclaims, "Yay yay puzzles!"
[peanut-gallery] maga_dogg says (to rc), "though not, sadly, from pre-prepared speeches"
[peanut-gallery] Paul says, "Oh yes."
Gunther says, "oh no! only 8 minutes left for this award!"
ctate says, "puzzle props!"
dfan-usa says, "Oh lordy"
BoingBall exclaims, "hooray for alliteration!"
AlliterativeAdventurer steps to the mike.
eileen exclaims, "Let me introduce our next presenter: the AlliterativeAdventurer!"
Jota says, "Mmm, tasty puzzles."
DavidW does the happy fun puzzle dance.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline asks (of rc), "Which drinking game are you using? The drink everytime someone claps or says yay?"
neild applauds aimlessly.
[peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "ok, this is going to rule"
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Presenting ..."
AlliterativeAdventurer exclaims, "Puzzles prize!"
Thrax exclaims, "Astounding alliterator! Avanti!"
katre says, "mr montfort"
rc cheers cheerfully.
Carrad2 says, "Ah, there we go, puzzles makes sense"
maga_dogg says, "YAY"
[peanut-gallery] Paul says, "Oh yes yes yes"
AlliterativeAdventurer exclaims, "People proffered perplexing programs, promising players pleasure, presenting pleasantly perturbed passages!"
Gunther says, "yay yngwie!"
DavidW applauds AA.
maga_dogg says, "YAAAY"
[peanut-gallery] Paul exclaims, "YES YES YES!"
Emily says, "yaaaay!"
[peanut-gallery] Thrax says, "woo hoo"
Ander exclaims, "Hooray!"
BoingBall exclaims, "badabadoom!"
Dennis_Jerz says, "Nice, nick."
Noura says, "Sry guys I'm leaving"
Aris exclaims, "Ouch for alliteration!"
[peanut-gallery] Thrax says (to Paul), "TSD"
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "(Now naming nominees.)"
Jacqueline says, "YAY!"
Noura has disconnected.
Noura goes home.
[peanut-gallery] mcp says, "and now, those who bet on P as the letter of choice go collect their winnings in vegas"
Rob reels.
[peanut-gallery] Hjalfi says, "This is getting silly now."
Photon exclaims, "yyyy!"
josh_g lauds lengthy literacy.
[peanut-gallery] Hjalfi says, "I approve of that."
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Paladin's posthumous paradox ... plus, pig! Degeneracy, Leonard Richardson."
[peanut-gallery] ctate says, "okay, we need a Best Xyzzy Presenter award now."
Rob claps.
inky says, "yay!"
dfan-usa says, "Woo woo"
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Present/past progression -- First Things First, J. Robinson Wheeler."
Marvin exclaims, "Yay!"
DavidW claps.
BoingBall says, "hee hee hee"
Gunther says, "yay"
Marvin exclaims, "Yay!"
atholbrose exclaims, "Yay! and Yay!"
Jacqueline claps.
dfan-usa says, "woo woo!"
ctate says, "woo woo!"
Emily says, "woo!"
maga_dogg says, "wooo"
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Prefer pejorative penis puzzles? Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country, Adam Thorton."
DavidW exclaims, "Yay FTF!"
[peanut-gallery] Duchess says, "nm's presentation is prolly longer than all the speeches we have had so far combined"
Recchi cheers for great gaming titles!
Marvin says, "yay"
mcp laughs
Emily laughs
Rob laughs, claps.
Gunther exclaims, "HA!"
Bishop says, "Heh."
dfan-usa says, "Woo woo woo!"
Thrax exclaims, "wonderful wordplay! Woo!"
atholbrose says, "Yay!""
[peanut-gallery] jwalrus says, "ha!"
maga_dogg says, "yaaaay"
inky says, "snork"
Photon exclaims, "yay!"
BoingBall says, "hee hee"
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Problematic palaver! Peculiar pronunciation! The Gostak, Carl Muckenhoupt."
DavidW claps.
Jacqueline claps. "Hehehe"
Marvin exclaims, "Yay!"
atholbrose says, "Yay!""
Rob claps.
dfan-usa says, "Whee"
Psmith says, "Superb."
maga_dogg cheers wildly for anything nm says
DavidW claps for all the wonderful puzzles.
Gunther says, "whee"
Jacqueline claps.
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Plutonian premonition, pleasing packaging: The Weapon, Sean Barrett."
Rob applauds!
Gunther says, "woo"
Marvin exclaims, "Yay!"
Dennis_Jerz says, ""prepared parlance? Probably.""
Jacqueline claps.
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Piercing periodicity: Vicious Cycles, Simon Mark."
Thrax exclaims, "Peachy!"
Photon claps wildly for AA.
Marvin exclaims, "Yay!"
inky says, "yay!"
Gunther says (to Dennis_Jerz), "never!"
(From dfan-usa) liza says, "Yay"
Rob claps.
[peanut-gallery] Paul says, "Perfect."
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Packaged paper, please."
Whizzard groans.
Gunther says, "Phenomenal Presentation"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "A hush...."
<Guest1> <Guest> <Gues> <Gue> <Gu> <G> <>
neild says (to Gunther), "ITYM 'preposterous!'"
[peanut-gallery] rc says, "Cue the dramatic drumroll."
Kiz tries not to crack lungs laughing
neild says, "(Timing, tragically)"
Gunther says (to neild), "possibly"
[peanut-gallery] jwalrus says (to gunther), "phonetic failure"
[peanut-gallery] maga_dogg asks, "wow, only one guest so far?"
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Parrot, please provide prize pronouncement."
Dennis_Jerz plays premonitory percussion.
[peanut-gallery] Jota says, "Q? That's a bit above even nm's skillz, I think."
Thrax says, "perspiration..."
markm says, "Pretty Psneaky, Psis."
inky says (to markm), "hee hee"
[peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "quality quantum or somethinh"
AlliterativeAdventurer says, "Paper procured. Paper's place: pants pocket. 'pologies."
ctate laughs.
Bishop applauds wildly.
Gunther says, "yay cheating!"
maga_dogg says, "yay"
[peanut-gallery] Paul says, "YAY YAY YAY"
josh_g laughs loudly.
AlliterativeAdventurer exclaims, "First Things First prevails!"
DavidW praises puzzle presenter.
[peanut-gallery] BoingBall exclaims, "yes!"
Thrax says (to AA), "'Problem"
Ryan says, "'pplause! 'pplause!"
Bishop exclaims, "Woo!"
inky says, "yay!"
Rob says, "!!"
dfan-usa says, "Woo!!"
Emily says, "YAY FTF!!!!!!!!"
Jota cheers Rob.
maga_dogg says, "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY"
katre says, "yay!"
Marvin exclaims, "WOO!"
jwalrus says, "wooo!"
Gunther says, "YAY ROB"
veek cheers
Kiz cheers
josh_g says, "yay!"
BoingBall says, "wooooooooooooooo"
devil claps
atholbrose exclaims, "Plaudits!"
Paul exclaims, "Woo hoo FTF!"
dfan-usa says, "J. Robinson!!"
buzzard says, "woo"
DavidW cheers muchly! "HOORAY!"
neild exclaims, "Yay Robble robble!"
Hjalfi claps.
Duchess says, "yay Rob"
ctate stomps strenuously!
Paul exclaims, "FTFFFFFFF!!"
mcp cheers
Photon exclaims, "Yay FTF!"
Dennis_Jerz perfectly pleased
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Jacqueline applauds.
Psmith says (to Rob), "Yay."
Rob stands up nervously.
Tanan applauds
Ryan says, "Yay for the one game I actually played this year!"
Aris says, "FTF!""
eileen'pplauds profusely
Recchi cheers for FTF!
Gunther says, "YOUR MAGIC BOOTS WON'T HELP YOU NOW!"
Rob gets up on stage.
DavidW exclaims, "yay FTF!!"
maga_dogg says, "WOO"
Thrax exclaims, "Peroration!"
[peanut-gallery] Duchess presents Best Presentor award to AlliterativeAdventurer
Gunther says, "sPeech!"
Jota says, "Quick, go back to before the ceremony to warn yourself to write a speech."
Hugo wildly waves Wheeler.
AlliterativeAdventurer claps.
Thrax exclaims, "Preach! Pronounce!"
[peanut-gallery] Duchess says, "I am not good enough to do that in alliteration unfortunately"
[peanut-gallery] (from buzzard) Rob says, "Oops, so much for that speech I wrote in the last ten minutes that DOESN'T alliterate P's"
[peanut-gallery] inky says (to Jota), "yay"
Photon waits for a time machine to arrive.
[peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to buzzard), "yay"
Thrax exclaims, "Pontificate!"
NamelessAdventurer has arrived.
Rob says, "Well, it just goes to show that spending five years working on the same set of puzzles can eventually pay off."
NamelessAdventurer gives Best NPCs trophy to Rob.
DavidW cheers Rob.
<Guest1> <Guest> <Gues> <Gue> <Gu> <G> <>
Gunther says (to Rob), "that's what Whizzard said!"
Dennis_Jerz says, "prepared pronouncements probably please peanut protesters."
[peanut-gallery] baf asks, "Shouldn't that be 'Primal paths previous' or something?"
Aris exclaims, "Please playing people!"
Emily says (to nameless), "hey!"
Photon applauds Rob.
[peanut-gallery] neild says (to Rob), "That's how I've been playing Trinity."
josh_g says (to Rob), "praise procrastination!"
AlliterativeAdventurer shakes Rob's hand.
[peanut-gallery] Paul exclaims (at dj), "hey pretty good for off the cuff!"
Rob says, "I should thank a lot of people who contributed to the game, but they're all thanked in detail in the CREDITS part of the game."
dfan-usa says, "Best puzzle: stealing the Best NPCs trophy, by NamelessAdventurer"
buzzard says, "hee"
Gunther says (to dfan), "Ameri-Tastic, dfanman!"
NamelessAdventurer exclaims, "Whoops!"
Rob says, "But let me mention Admiral Jota, Vincent Lynch, DJ Picton, and Doug Jones for their help with testing and refining these puzzles."
[peanut-gallery] Hjalfi says (to paul), "An acuteness at alliteration alerts admiring acquaintances. Admirable."
[peanut-gallery] Paul is not worthy.
DavidW claps for the testers.
Gunther says, "Watch for Rob's next game, Blowing the Cow, coming soon!"
[peanut-gallery] maga_dogg says, "it has to happen once every ceremony"
Hjalfi claps.
Rob says, "And I should mention that the game is still technically in development so it'll be even better later on"
Gunther says, "wait, TSD"
Rob says, "But yay! woo! thanks!"
ctate says, "woo vaporware!"
Thrax says (to Gunther), "to be written by Bruce"
Marvin exclaims, "Yay!"
Jota exclaims, "Yay, FTF for XYZZY '02!"
Paul exclaims, "Yay FTF! Yay Rob!"
Gunther says (to Thrax), "ye gods"
Jacqueline says, "Yay! Congrats!"
dhan-spain exclaims, "congratulations!!"
Emily says (to Rob), "BUT I THINK YOU HAVE MY TROPHY"
Guest1 arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "yay and now I must go"
(From dfan-usa) liza says, "Yay!"
NamelessAdventurer gives Best NPCs trophy to Emily.
josh_g is tired of being frozen in terror.
</josh_g> I'll be back with your doom in just a moment.
Rob says, "and Fred and the squirrel thank you too"
Rob sits.
NamelessAdventurer asks, "It was a PUZZLE, okay?"
Emily says, "yay Fred"
inky says, "It's a whopper!"
Guest1 hello
ctate says, "yay squirrel!"
Emily says (to NamelessAdventurer), "oh."
eileen steps back up to mike
Emily says, "I'm no good at those."
NamelessAdventurer runs away and hides.
(From dfan-usa) liza says, "Yay!"
[peanut-gallery] Paul asks, "Mike's here?"
NamelessAdventurer has arrived.
NamelessAdventurer gives Best Puzzles trophy to Rob.
[peanut-gallery] Gunther asks, "mike who?"
eileen exclaims, "No worries, we'll straighten out all the trophies!"
Rob says, "thank you"
ctate cheers again!
Rob claps for eileen.
[peanut-gallery] jwalrus says, "Mike O'Phone, apparently"