On March 12th, 2006, at 5:00 P.M. EST (11:00 P.M. GMT), the XYZZY Awards Ceremony was held at ifMUD. Below is the transcript of the event, including side-comments that those in attendance made on the #peanut-gallery channel. Should you not wish to see those comments, an expurgated version is also available.

 

lpsmith exclaims, "We welcome once again, our host Eileen, to present the nominees and winner of this year's Best Game!"
inky says, "woo!"
Gunther says, "yay eileen"
Kelby exclaims, "Eileen!"
Emerald applauds.
Eluchil exclaims, "Yay! Eileen!"
eileen hurries over to the podium
McMartin claps for Eileen
olethros says, "ei-leen!"
VictorGijsbers applauds.
Newington claps this and and everything else
Ben cheers for Eileen.
DavidW applauds loudly
kate claps.
djfletch claps.
lpsmith claps!
eileen exclaims, "I think this may be the quickest (or at least one of the quickest) XYZZY Awards ceremony on record yet!"
Rob claps
Gunther says, "speedxyz"
Eluchil claps
lpsmith exclaims, "It's easy to coordinate when there's only four presenters!"
McMartin exclaims, "Yay efficiency!"
RootShell_ifreviews clpas
RootShell_ifreviews says, "ups... im nervous"
eileen says, "Yes, and I guess the brief and postponed acceptance speeches have something to do with that too..."
inky says, "but packed with suspense!"
Kelby applauds for IF.
RootShell_ifreviews sits down and watchs silently
Eluchil says, "Less cheese"
eileen says, "I have my two-year-old underfoot, so I hope you'll forgive the brevity of my remarks too."
VictorGijsbers is overwhelmed by the suspense.
Rob says, "squish!"
Baryon holds breath
eileen says, "The award for best game is the highlight and culmination of this ceremony..."
eileen says, "An event that every year reminds me anew of what a great community this is."
lpsmith says, "Aww."
[peanut-gallery] kate says, "(hopes Eileen's child does not take the opportunity to pour mashed potato flakes on the floor)"
RootShell_ifreviews blushes
Eluchil nods
[peanut-gallery] lambda pats everyone one the back
Kelby starts panting because of the overwhelming tension.
[peanut-gallery] inky says, "in a surprise upset, potato flakes win best game"
Gunther cuts the tensor
[peanut-gallery] Allen asks (of lambda), "pats everyone one the back normally, or masculinely?"
[peanut-gallery] kate says, "at least, best use of medium"
[peanut-gallery] Rob says, ">ADD WATER. MIX. WIN GAME"
[peanut-gallery] lambda asks, "Masculinity?"
[peanut-gallery] jscott says, "It was totally potato flakes' year"
[peanut-gallery] inky says, "ha ha"
eileen pauses to lead a round of applause to everyone present, the nominees and winners, and to all those who wrote games in 2006
HairBrain says, "Alt-W! Alt-W!"
lpsmith claps and cheers!
Eluchil claps
Rob claps
Emerald applauds obediently.
Kelby applauds thunderously.
kate cheers wildly for all those great games!
Ben claps
Marvin exclaims, "Hurrah!"
VictorGijsbers applauds to the entire community, who made it all possible.
lambda claps, claps, claps...
Allen says (to HairBrain), "Ctrl-G! Ctrl-G!"
djfletch follows round of applause.
DavidW hooray!
Baryon applauds with suitable gusto.
olethros says, "boing boing boing"
[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "gee I don't think I wrote a game in 2006"
jscott sweeps the crowd with one of those camera cranes that go zoom zoom zoom
RootShell_ifreviews claps claps claps
DarkStar claps loudly
eileen says, "The nominees for 'Best Game' this year are..."
lpsmith applauds with suitable gnusto.
inky says, "hee hee"
[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "for the first time since 1997"
[peanut-gallery] Allen asks, "so what have you accomplished since you've been away?"
[peanut-gallery] McMartin asks, "You updated FTF, that coutns, right?"
olethros says (to lpsmith), "yay"
eileen exclaims, "Floatpoint, by Emily Short!"
[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "I released a new version of FTF though"
Rob claps
kate cheers!
McMartin claps
Eluchil says, "Yay"
olethros says, "hooray"
lpsmith cheers!
DavidW claps
Emerald cheers.
Newington catches up on applause
DarkStar claps
Baryon cheers.
Kelby applauds.
Recchi cheers!
Ben cheers wildly!
eileen exclaims, "The Baron (a.k.a. De Baron), by Victor Gijsbers!"
Rob claps
Recchi applauds!
McMartin exclaims, "yay!"
DavidW claps
Kelby cheers.
inky applauds
Fang arrives from the west.
eileen says, "(Yes, this a.ka. was cut-and-pasted too)"
Emerald applauds.
Ben applauds
DarkStar claps
lambda cheers for Floatpoind and The Baron
[peanut-gallery] olethros says, "it is around this time of year that I try to think what language I should program my game in and decided that none will do"
RootShell_ifreviews says, "yet another great year for Emily"
[peanut-gallery] Allen says, "writing your own language never works, though"
eileen exclaims, "The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve!"
olethros says, "hooray bron"
Recchi cheers
olethros says, "Hooray enigma!"
Kelby claps.
inky claps more
lpsmith cheers some more!
djfletch says, "yay games"
Emerald claps.
DarkStar cheers
DavidW claps
Ben claps
[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "I have some hopes of writing and releasing something by the end of this year, but man, it's march already. wtf"
Baryon claps.
Rob claps
[peanut-gallery] nm says, "hey now"
lambda applauds wildly
eileen exclaims, "The Primrose Path, by Nolan Bonvouloir!"
[peanut-gallery] nm says, "it worked for a few people, like Graham"
kate cheers wildly!
DavidW says, "woo!"
Kelby cheers wildly!
lambda cheers with vigour
Rob claps
Ben claps
Emerald claps.
McMartin claps
[peanut-gallery] olethros says, "Graham is methodical"
Baryon applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Allen says (to nm), "and Hugo! er, wait"
djfletch shouts for games!
lpsmith claps.
inky says, "yay primrose path"
Recchi claps
[peanut-gallery] olethros says, "hehehe"
DavidW says, "raindrops!"
eileen exclaims, "The Traveling Swordsman, by Mike Snyder!"
McMartin cheers
Kelby cheers!
Recchi exclaims, "Woooo!"
lambda exclaims, "Hooray!"
Ben claps.
Emerald claps extravagently.
olethros says, "hooray, primerose! A friend of mine lived there you know. Maybe he still does."
lpsmith waves his hands in the air for the Swordsman.
Rob says, "it's good to want bonvouloir"
DavidW claps
Baryon cheers.
RootShell_ifreviews says, "hoooorraaayyyyy"
eileen pulls out the envelope
Rob claps
[peanut-gallery] (from a_magical_me) eileen says, "And the winner of Best Game is... PTGOOD 8*10^23
eileen says, "And the winner is..."
[peanut-gallery] inky says, "I'd rather have potato flakes"
[peanut-gallery] olethros says, "yum"
[peanut-gallery] McMartin says, "The flakes have more realistic NPCs"
eileen exclaims, "The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve!!!!"
RootShell_ifreviews says, "..."
Rob says, "!!!"
Emily says, "woo!"
Emerald checks her dictionary and tries clapping extravagantly instead.
[peanut-gallery] olethros says, "yeah, the sequels are never as good as the originals"
McMartin claps
Gunther says, "!!!"
Kelby exclaims, "!"
Rob applauds for Eric Eve!
DavidW says, "yay!"
Flit's discombobulation-o-meter is off the charts! Hail eric!!!
kate woots
Rob says, "hooray"
olethros says, "yay!"
Recchi exclaims, "Cool!"
Newington Yay!
olethros says, "awesome"
DarkStar cheers loudly!
lambda exclaims, "Hooray! Yay!"
Ben hollers.
inky says, "surprise upsets are the best upsets"
a_magical_me cheers
lpsmith exclaims, "woo-hoo!"
inky claps
Rob says, "a surprise!!!"
cendare claps loudly!
Allen says, "hey, cool, unexpected!"
Merk exclaims, "Congrats to Eric Eve!!!!"
VictorGijsbers congratulates Eric Eve.
RootShell_ifreviews says, "Congratulations Eric...."
Rob says, "excellent"
Kelby cheers too loudly, and strains his throat.
JDC cheers even more loudly!
[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "that makes me happy somehow"
[peanut-gallery] olethros says, "yeah"
djfletch screams!
Emerald applauds
[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "also it seems like eric could use a pat on the back and some recognition"
inky leaves the auditorium to the west.
inky arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] Allen says, "now I gotta play all these games"
Guest1 goes home.
nm claps for Eric
[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "eric eve, the scorsese of IF"
RootShell_ifreviews says, "great game..."
[peanut-gallery] McMartin says (to Allen), "Yes"
[peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "time to work on a handicap system for repeat winners"
[peanut-gallery] Allen asks, "scorses? You don't mean Huston??"
[peanut-gallery] McMartin says (to Allen), "I seriously had trouble allocating my votes this year"
[peanut-gallery] Rob asks, "why would I mean Huston?"
cendare keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future.
[peanut-gallery] kate says, "Scorsese? I always pictured him as more, oh, I don't know..."
[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "unless Eric Eve has a father and a daughter who are also xyzzy winners"
Merk exclaims, "Gotta go all! Glad I got to be here for some! Later!! Congrats to winners and nominees, and thanks again!!!"
[peanut-gallery] Allen says, "I don't know... I didn't play any of them, but I wanted to make a movie joke"
inky says, "bye Merk! congrats!"
Merk goes home.
eileen leaves trophy in the big FedEx pile
Kelby exclaims, "Congrats to all!"
RootShell_ifreviews says, "... got stuck several times but will play it soon"
Ben jumps up and down with excitement.
eileen says, "It has been wonderful to have all of you with us today... tonight"
Eluchil concentrates, and disappears.
Eluchil walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.
Rob says, "thanks Eileen"
djfletch applauds everyone.
Gunther says, "yay MCs"
lpsmith, on the west coast, yells, "This afternoon!"
Kelby applauds blatantly.
eileen exclaims, "Thank you all again for your support and enthusiasm!"
Flit exuberates
Allen says, "DRINKS ON ME LATER IN THE LOUNGE"
Kelby exclaims, "Yay!"
RootShell_ifreviews says, "I would like to congratulate everyone who took care of organizing this Ceremony, because it was even better than reading it in a log file, you are really amazing !!! KEEP UP the good work :)"
olethros says, "enthusiasm is almost fere"
Rob says, "splash"
olethros |free
Eluchil claps for Eric
VictorGijsbers thinks he should really go to bed now.
Ben exclaims, "Wooo!"
Emerald says, "Out of ten awards... *counts* I made five correct predictions."
dfan disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Kelby exclaims, "Woot! Woot!"
eileen exclaims, "A big round of applause to our presenters and organizers!"
lpsmith says (to Root), "Aw, thanks."
inky says (to Victor), "congrats!"
Rob applauds
McMartin applauds and cheers
VictorGijsbers says (to inky), "Thanks. :)"
aaronius exclaims, "Congrats to all and farewell!"
Newington applauds!
Gunther clap clap etc
Kelby cheers with blasting force for all the great authors!
eileen says, "Let's take it on out to the lounge"
aaronius goes home.
DarkStar says, "thanks all, it was fun :)"
Eluchil claps for presenters
Rob says (to Victor), "congrats Chhhhhijsbers"
Marvin leaves the auditorium to the west.
inky says, "yeah, thanks to everyone who pitched in -- DavidW in particular, who wasn't up on stage but did all the hard work of compiling the game list"
(From Roger) A hollow voice congratulates all present.
Newington disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
olethros says, "and now, sleep"
JDC cheers all
RootShell_ifreviews says, "emerald, what will be the 5 magic Euro Millons numbers? :)"
Ben leaves the auditorium to the west.
VictorGijsbers exclaims, "Have a fun party!"
eileen exclaims, "Well, I have bedtime stories to read, but the rest of you, go have fun!"
Allen disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
lpsmith says, "Yes! Thanks again, David."
olethros goes home.
McMartin leaves the auditorium to the west.
[peanut-gallery] Jota asks, "Has the ceremony started yet?"
Roger leaves the auditorium to the west.
DarkStar leaves the auditorium to the west.
[peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "it ended"
lambda juggles some more
VictorGijsbers goes home.
djfletch leaves the auditorium to the west.
lpsmith says, "For those of you more unfamiliar with the MUD, 'lounge' will take you to the lounge."
Jaybird concentrates, and disappears.
Gunther disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
[peanut-gallery] Roger asks, "Hey, where's the carousel lounge, anyway?"
eileen hugs and kisses DavidW, inky, lpsmith in no particular order
Emerald disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
kate disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
schep disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Eluchil goes home.
DavidW says, "thanks"
Recchi disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
inky asks, "wait, you mean *eileen* is the kissing bandit?"
[peanut-gallery] Ben says, "xyzzy.u."
Emily says, "or perhaps you are already there"
[peanut-gallery] Roger says, "Found it; thanks."
Fang disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
nm disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
eileen exclaims, "hee hee hee!"
Emily says, "rowr"
lambda disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
HairBrain leaves the auditorium to the west.
inky says, "I thought that moustache looked fake"