XYZZY awards transcript

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<Magical> I have no system for understanding this messy person in front of me.
<Guest5> Alex says, "Awwwk! Word on the street is that you are... um, seven?"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says (to parsergirl), "(happy birthday)"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon asks, "Are we an institution?"
[peanut-gallery] dfabulich asks, "is there a jumbotron channel this year?"
Massive Auditorium
Vast golden pillars flank the stage and podium, still smelling of last-minute cleaning products.
Overhead, a banner reads XYZZY AWARDS 2015. Spotlights overhead swivel to illuminate the stage and
the murals of famous IF scenes on the walls, while the rows of velvet-covered couches look
indulgently comfortable. The exits are to the west.

You can see: READ THIS PLEASE, a chalkboard listing the XYZZY Award winners, kitten
Players: jojo, bphennessy, mycroftiv, robinjohnson, Khalisar, Ghogg, Miseri, Draconis, Peregrine,
maga, zaphod, Emily, willbuntu, Teaspoon, PaulS, juxi_, Felix, DavidW, CMG, Jacqueline, PerrySimm,
Guest1, olethros, dastridly, Dominia, Flourish, katherine, jmac, nm, gavininglis, Doug, Sequitur,
prevtenet, Guest2, ParserGirl, Nitku, Guest3, dfabulich, furkle, Guest4, Guest5, marc
Visible Exits: west
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "mature or otherwise."
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says (to dfabulich), "#jumbotron"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "The 20th Annual Interactive Fiction Awards"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Parrrp."
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says (to furkle), "No, I think the announcements are made in the room and we chatter on the channel"
<Owlor> Owlor has connected to ifMUD.
[peanut-gallery] maga says (to dfabu), "not in use"
[peanut-gallery] dfabulich says, "gotcha"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "okay so like this"
[peanut-gallery] Ghogg says, "hello furkle"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "hello all"
[peanut-gallery] ParserGirl says, "Bunch of cheapskates. I only came for the sweet jumbotron."
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "I believe awards will get tweeted as they're announced, Dan."
Owlor arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "The XXth Yearly Zinteractive Ziction awYrds"
<Guest6> This little guesty went to market.
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "I didn't realize the XYZZYies were that old. Goodness me."
Draconis heads back home.
</Draconis> Vale, munde.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Clever"
<Draconis> Salve, munde!
Draconis arrives from the west.
maga says, "So, without further ado, let's honour some of the best work being done in interactive fiction. (Which is getting so broad a field that we can scarcely honour all the bits of it that deserve honouring.)"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "gah"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Alrighty."
Jacqueline applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine asks, "Who's the best?"
zaphod claps
Sequitur claps politely.
dfabulich claps
willbuntu claps too.
<Guest7> This is a test. This is a test of the Guest Connection System. This is only a test.
gavininglis applauds.
Peregrine applauds. Fireworks explode from behind him and he jumps.
Draconis applauds.
dastridly claps
Doug claps with hono(u)r.
maga says, "First up: Best Use of Multimedia, the award that reminds us that 'multimedia' is totally still a word that the cool kids are using."
ParserGirl claps.
robinjohnson claps
Guest7 arrives from the west.
Peregrine claps with one hand.
CMG applauds.
maga says, "The nominees are:"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis asks (of Peregrine), "What does that sound like?"
dfabulich claps in 3DVR
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "multiple media are my favourite media"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "nothing."
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "the BUM award"
olethros is silent, not that you need to know.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "awww yes let's all get information superhigh again"
[peanut-gallery] dastridly says, "say use ALL OF THE MEDIA"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "awwww yes I recycle jokes"
maga exclaims, "Secret Agent Cinder, for art that demonstrates just how much field-artillery you can fit under a crinoline!"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Good for the environment."
zaphod cheers!
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "environmentally friendly comedy, 100% recycled jokes"
Jacqueline applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine asks, "Secret Agent Cinder?"
katherine claps
</Sequitur> Sequitur has disconnected from ifMUD.
<Sequitur> Sequitur has connected to ifMUD.
olethros waves the fuse-lighting rod
Emily claps
Draconis claps.
maga says, "Sorcery! 3, for a million fancy effects *and* those creepy 80s-gamebook illustrations"
willbuntu claps.
Guest7 says, "@joinc #peanut-gallery"
Peregrine claps for fear of revealing that he hasn't played any of these games.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "those monomedium games are old and busted"
olethros says, "hooray"
Draconis claps.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline opens up a thesaurus entry to look at alternatives to the word 'applaud' and is not impressed.
jmac claps for creepy!
zaphod claps
Jacqueline claps.
Sequitur ovates
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "HAND SLAM"
maga exclaims, "Summit, for creepy atmospherics and creepier art and some really slick layout!"
robinjohnson ovates
katherine claps
dfabulich claps disturbingly
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "bestows congratulation by the collision of his palms."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon cheers
Draconis claps.
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "clap"
Peregrine estows congratulation by the collision of his palms.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "fuck, lag causing unintentionally selective clapping"
maga says, "Sunless Sea, for that goddamn earworm tune as you draw nearer to home waters."
willbuntu applauses.
olethros throws a feathered cap in the ear
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Yay"
Draconis claps.
zaphod applauds.
Jacqueline cheers a lot.
Owlor claps wildly
Teaspoon claps zealously.
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "get one of those badboy palms right next to the other one"
maga says, "And We Know the Devil, for excellence in Sailor Moon fan-art."
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to bph), "tsd"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "oh huh, I think I turned the sound off for Sunless Sea and forgot."
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline exclaims (at Doug), "!!"
Emily claps
katherine claps
zaphod cheers wildly!
Draconis claps.
willbuntu applauses.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Doug), "It's not too late to buy the soundtrack..."
Jacqueline claps.
Teaspoon cheers.
maga says, "And the winner is..."
Jacqueline leans forward.
dastridly drumrolls
zaphod holds breath
Peregrine chokes.
willbuntu rolls drums.
dfabulich eats a drum-sized cinnamon roll
Peregrine chews off his fingernails.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon asks, "cinnamon roll?"
</zzo38> This is not a pipe. (It is actually a disconnection message.)
maga exclaims, "Secret Agent Cinder!"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon exclaims, "Yay!"
Sequitur applauds.
bphennessy exclaims, "WHOOOOOOOOO!!!"
zaphod cheers!
<Guest8> Be our guest, be our guest, put our @boot skills to the test.
jmac claps!
robinjohnson applauds!
Jacqueline yells, "Huzzah!" and stands to applaud.
olethros says, "hip hip hooray"
gavininglis claps!
willbuntu cheers wildly YAHoooOOOooo!!!
PaulS claps
CMG exclaims, "Hurrah!"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "That's a really quite beautiful game."
katherine has disconnected.
katherine has connected.
[peanut-gallery] dastridly exclaims, "vive la revolution!"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "let's all dance with the dauphin!"
dfabulich woots
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy exclaims, "that game!!! is good as hell!!!!"
katherine concentrates, and disappears.
katherine arrives from the west.
ParserGirl says, "Woot."
Magical claps
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine makes a mental note to play 'Secret Agent Cinder' sometime in the immeditae future.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Yeah, you should."
[peanut-gallery] zaphod says, "It's really great."
[peanut-gallery] CMG exclaims, "Interactive webcomic. Very good!"
[peanut-gallery] Emily says, "it is super"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline asks (of bph), "Is hell good?"
[peanut-gallery] Emily says, "also very funny"
[peanut-gallery] olethros says, "yes"
<Guest9> You all know our next guest -- let's have a big hand for TV's "Fish", Abe Vigoda!
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "Hell is good... if You Know The Devil"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "smells fishy"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "This joke would have been EXCELLENT if YKTD had won, shut up"
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "obvs. (also I don't know how to talk someone specifically)"
maga says, "Next up, we have Best Technological Development, which this year has an uncontested winner."
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "heh"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, ".bphennessy Two dots and then their name."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says (to bph), "";..bph""
Guest9 arrives from the west.
maga says, "Who we should all be very excited about nonetheless."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine asks, "Technological development?"
maga eyes the audience sternly
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "except it seems I can't whisper on channel..."
Ghogg asks, "yay?"
olethros trembles
Emily claps!
Draconis claps.
willbuntu applauses.
Emily says, "yay tech developments!"
Teaspoon claps.
Jacqueline applauds, afraid of what might otherwise happen.
CMG applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says (to bphennessy), "and put another dot at the end if you want it to complete the name.  ..bph."
(From katherine) maga says, "It's 'interactive fiction'!"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "fuck"
Jacqueline laughs.
zaphod claps timidly
jmac exclaims, "Finally!"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "that was intended for here"
Peregrine slaps his hands together repeatedly.
maga exclaims, "For wrangling Undum into a more user-friendly state: Raconteur!"
Emily says, "yay!"
robinjohnson cheers
zaphod applauds!
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says (to katherine), "we got us a mud newbie over here"
Teaspoon cheers.
Sequitur says, "For some value of "user-friendly", "state", "wrangling", and "Undum", yes."
gavininglis applauds.
jmac says, "Nice."
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "yay Sequitur! yay Coffeescript!"
prevtenet applauds
Felix applauds!
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "makes mental note to check out Raconteur."
Jacqueline claps.
DavidW applauds!
<flathead> flathead has connected to ifMUD.
Owlor whoo
Peregrine claps
bphennessy exclaims, "BRUUUNOOOO! Whoo!"
willbuntu applauses very loudly!!
Peregrine offers a round of firecrackers.
PaulS claps loudly!
CMG exclaims, "Hurrah Raconteur!"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "bru-no"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "bru-no"
zaphod politely takes a firecracker.
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "bru-no"
robinjohnson takes a firecracker, lights it and puffs
Owlor:accepts firecrackers.
katherine applauds
Sequitur says, "Thank you so much for this; this might be the last year this category is awarded in its present form, to which I say: SUCK IT, I GOT MINE WHILE THEY WERE BEING HANDED OUT."
olethros claps without knowing why
Draconis takes a firecracker, holding it carefully away from himself.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "the best trash can ever"
Emily says, "ha ha"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "god damn"
jmac nods agreeably.
willbuntu applauses very loudly again!!
zaphod laughs
robinjohnson exclaims (at sequitir), "well done!"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "uncontested in the category of: Being a Trash Can"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "meant for peanut-gallery, oops"
olethros says, "nevertheless, a great achievement"
dfabulich LOLs out loud
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "ouch"
olethros wonders what happens next year
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "uh, context: http://brunosmartcan.com/"
[peanut-gallery] CMG exclaims, "And a vacuum!"
maga says (to Sequitur), "we will almost certainly do *something* with it"
Sequitur says, "Good. I take this to mean I am now uncontested champion of tech development for all time henceforth"
vimes materializes.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "until we combine categories we don't yet have Being a Trash Can That Sucks"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "bruno the award-winning cyborg"
[peanut-gallery] Emily says, "hee"
jojo claps belatedly.
maga says, "Yes, yes, if that makes you happy."
Sequitur says, "In all seriousness, recognition in all forms means a lot, and this community has been a lovely home to me for over a year and oh no is this the band playing me out I hear"
</flathead> bows to the audience and dissolves into a thin whisp of smoke.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "(I can make these jokes because based on current trends startups will never apply women's names to smart tech appliances, only digital assistants and disembodied presenter voices)"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to vimes), "That's creepy when you just materialize like that."
<josh_g> the ballpoint pen is spicy
[peanut-gallery] Emily says (to katherine), "sad trombone"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "I feel bad for all the parents who named their kids 'Alexa' like two years ago tho"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "or the kids whose parents named them siri like one year ago"
Jacqueline applauds for Sequitur.
maga exclaims, "Thanks again, Bruno!"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Sequitor), "ha"
zaphod applauds!
[peanut-gallery] josh_g asks, "how do I get to the auditorium?"
[peanut-gallery] dfabulich says (to katherine), "https://sen.se"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "xyzzy. s. e. I think."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "XYZZY, S, E"
[peanut-gallery] olethros says (to katherine), "i never thought about this, but it is true!"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "practice, practice, practice"
josh_g arrives from the west.
Sequitur bows and gets off the stage.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "or the parents who named their kids Suri -- wait"
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "thanks"
maga says, "Next up: the elegantly named Best Use of Innovation."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Oooh"
Jacqueline applauds the innovators.
vimes applauds the users.
robinjohnson applauds innovatively
Guest4 goes home.
</Guest4> </Guest> </Gues> </Gue> </Gu> </G> </>
[peanut-gallery] willbuntu exclaims, "So is innovation a resource that one can just draw upon? Interesting; I want some of that!"
Sequitur claps.
olethros claps uncertainly.
willbuntu claps interestedly.
katherine claps
CMG applauds.
robinjohnson gives a standinnovation
jmac claps inventively.
Peregrine gives a thumbs up to all the innovators.
maga says, "IF has long been a forward-thinking, disruptive medium."
josh_g claps innovatively.
<Guest4> <Guest> <Gues> <Gue> <Gu> <G> <>
maga says, "And we remain committed to transforming the market through innovative practises like 'using words good' and 'having our best ideas nicked by someone with the money to actually develop them.'"
Guest4 arrives from the west.
katherine claps disruptively, until asked to stop
zaphod claps transformatively.
jmac disrupts the claposphere
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "uses a soundboard app on his phone to disrupt clapping with an airhorn noise"
Jacqueline laughs.
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "christ"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine summons the demons of applause from the innermost circles of Entertainment Hell.
maga asks, "Who has been transforming the most paradigms this year?"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine exclaims, "I have!"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon asks, "Have you?"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Just kidding."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "JSYK, for the xyzzies this year I am listening to the Grim Fandango soundtrack and it is a great match"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "Nice."
</Guest6> This little guesty stayed home.
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "I just started the Sunless Sea OST."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "Do they make cheese paradigms? I'd like to transform a cheese one, please."
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "i am listening to the WKTD soundtrack and it is also appropriately spoopy"
olethros mutters
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "best use of #influencers"
maga exclaims, "Aspel, for disrupting the adventurer market by relying on a flexible workforce of freelance contractors!"
katherine claps
zaphod cheers!
Jacqueline calps.
Draconis claps.
Sequitur claps enthusiastically.
olethros cheers, but feels cheated by the markets
willbuntu claps wondering what that description means.
Jacqueline clears her throat after calping and claps.
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "Emily "Labour dispute? What labour dispute?" Short"
Teaspoon claps.
Magical claps
maga exclaims, "Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory, for disrupting the parser by making stuff happen!"
Peregrine applauds, baffled.
Emily says, "ha and yay!"
Draconis claps.
zaphod applauds loudly!
katherine does not clap.
Sequitur claps loudly
katherine calls it disruption.
jmac exclaims, "Stuff!"
willbuntu claps decidedly.
Jacqueline claps a bunch.
[peanut-gallery] Emily says (to Sequitur), "I'll just put on my Capitalist Oppressor outfit"
Teaspoon starts a Mexican wave.
dfabulich uses his hands to signify clapping
katherine reaches the end of the clapping synonyms.
willbuntu continues Teaspoon's wave.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Made in China."
<Guest6> This little guesty went to market.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "it's like Uber for having albatross-corpse visions"
maga exclaims, "Midnight. Swordfight, for innovations in the long-stagnant 'messing around with time' field!"
Emily claps!
zaphod cheers!
Sequitur applauds!
katherine does not clap until you go 15 minutes into the future.
jmac makes record-scratching hand gestures
Magical claps
Draconis claps.
Miseri goes 15 minutes into the future.
katherine claps!
jojo claps!
willbuntu claps two minutes into the sideways-past.
Teaspoon juggles. Er, claps.
josh_g claps recursively.
Doug claps counter-clockwise.
Ghogg goes home.
</Ghogg> Ghogg has disconnected from ifMUD.
maga says, "SPY INTRIGUE, FOR DISRUPTING LOWERCASE TYPE"
Jacqueline applauds.
zaphod APPLAUDS
jmac claps softly
Emily says, "WOO"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Argh"
dfabulich leaves ifMUD without any non sequiturs at all.
</dfabulich> dfabulich has disconnected from ifMUD.
Draconis claps.
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "MUCH CLAPPING"
robinjohnson APPLAUDS
katherine CANNOT CLAP GIVE ME A MINUTE SHIT
Sequitur CLAPS
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Sorry that came out wrong."
jojo claps intriguingly.
Draconis is a rebel who still uses lowercase letters.
Owlor CAPS
PaulS CLAPS!
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "incidentally how do you actually clap"
willbuntu ClApS a BiT
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "Aw I just realized "jmac GOLF CLAPS" would have been funnier"
josh_g claps horribly, but if you put up with it a bit longer it starts sounding great
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "`:applauds`"
Teaspoon CLAP
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "shortcut for emoting is :"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis :claps
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur is like /me on IRC
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says (to furkle), "":claps""
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says (to furkle), "just stick yr hands together da doi"
furkle possesses a clap
</genericgeekgirl> This is not a true ending! Try again with your friend.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says (to bphennessy), "I thought that's how you whistle"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says (to furkle), "You should see a doctor about that."
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "nope i'm very very healthy"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "It depends on where your mouth is."
maga says, "Aaand Sunless Sea, for disrupting boat games by putting lots of words in them."
DavidW claps, ignoring lag problems
Emily claps
katherine claps!
Draconis claps.
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "also belated claps for Synesthesia"
zaphod applauds
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "claps for everyone"
Sequitur claps pointedly
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "generalised applause"
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says (to katherine), "you know how to whistle don't you? what? you don't? lol. fucking noob. lmao."
jmac tl;drs!
josh_g claps like a foghorn.
Jacqueline claps.
willbuntu exlaims hooray!!
ParserGirl clappa clappa
maga fumbles with the envelope
maga says, "And the winner is..."
</Guest8> Bring a heart that's full of wonder and a cork nut for Alex.
Doug claps until sunk by pirate fusillades
olethros says, "aaaieeeee"
maga exclaims, "Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory!"
Emily says, "yay!"
<zarf> has connected.
Sequitur claps excitedly!
Draconis cheers!
josh_g says, "YAY!"
Sequitur exclaims, "Whoo!"
zaphod cheers!
gavininglis applauds.
Teaspoon cheers
bphennessy exclaims, "YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!"
robinjohnson cheers
willbuntu exlaims hoorah!! even LOUDer!!!
olethros says, "w000t"
zaphod says, "Nice!"
zarf arrives from the west.
vimes clarps!
katherine says, "Uh."
CMG exclaims, "Hurrah Synesthesia Factory!"
furkle claps
jmac autogenerates generative applause into his home directory!
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "the sound of someone frantically trying to invent a speech they didn't prepare"
DavidW says, "nice!"
dastridly loud colorful clapping!
<Ghogg> Ghogg has connected to ifMUD.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "quick, put on the synpiece!"
Jacqueline applauds wildly for Katherine.
Ghogg arrives from the west.
katherine says, "I am very proud to accept this award for Innovation in the time honored IF tradition of 'doing things with z-code that z-code wasn't ever meant to do.'"
Jacqueline smiles and applauds.
[peanut-gallery] zarf says, "awkward tablet mudding"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Aw."
jmac cheers for horrible, horrible Z-machine abuses!
katherine says, "I look forward to inspiring a future generation of people to horribly navigate around the parser's intended function in ways that may not have been intended. Who knows? We might even get a new Resets the System Clock!"
zarf claps
olethros does the wave
Emily claps
robinjohnson claps the colour of the smell of fresh tarmac
DavidW applauds
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "swipe left to applaud, swipe right to pull the bellrope"
Owlor says "hear, hear!"
</Guest6> This little guesty stayed home.
katherine says, "In all seriousness, though, thanks all -- this was a pleasant surprise, and I will plan to see you all back here in... let's see... 2024!"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "is "reset my system clock" the parser equivalent of the "fuck me up fam" haircut meme"
josh_g cheers
maga claps
Peregrine applauds wildly.
prevtenet applauds
willbuntu exlaims clap.
Sequitur cheers
katherine is suddenly not on stage anymore, which is odd, because she never used a command to do so.
jmac hurrays
gavininglis claps.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "one windows executable comp entry apparently reset the system clock"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "There was a game several years ago that actually did reset the player's system clock."
[peanut-gallery] Doug asks, "anyone want to take charge of the chalkboard?"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "oh yeah i know"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Good grief."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "Ahh, Windows before UAC"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis asks, "\...why?"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "i just mean for future-tense usages"
Doug ?
[peanut-gallery] dastridly says, "&#55357;&#56399;"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "we may get a new Drops All Database Tables"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "I can take chalk board duty."
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "good old bobby tables"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "Little Johnny Tables' Big Day Out"
maga says, "OK, the next award is for Implementation, or 'doing difficult things while making a fool of oneself relatively little.'"
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "heh"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine writes more of his top-secret novel.
[peanut-gallery] jmac says (to furkle), "ha ha"
katherine incompetently claps while making a fool of herself.
Teaspoon cheers.
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "Ah, yes, the Dark Souls of Xyzzy Awards"
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "deathmatch comin' up"
willbuntu goes home.
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[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Maybe I'll win this prize next year."
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "YOU IMPLEMENTED"
CMG applauds.
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "two authors enter, one author leaves"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "Cannot make Vorple work without the secret rite"
zaphod implements clapping.
maga says, "This was actually a very well-populated category, but due to the vagaries of voting we only have two nominees, who were way out ahead of the rest."
Guest9 goes home.
</Guest9> We'd like to take a short break now. Our next guest will be Nipsey Russell, so stay tuned!
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Oh, I guess I won't do the chalkboard, because you need a Xyzzy pass, and maga doesn't know how that works. But may I remind everyone that results are being posted to twitter at https://twitter.com/XYZZYawards"
maga says, "Those nominees are:"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "haha, tech secrets lost with the Old Ones"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "It's inky's chalkboard, yeah."
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson asks, "what WAS a "chalkboard"? How did our ancestors use it in their lost rituals?"
maga exclaims, "Midnight. Swordfight!"
zaphod cheers!
robinjohnson cheers
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Yay"
Ghogg goes home.
</Ghogg> Ghogg has disconnected from ifMUD.
Draconis claps.
Jacqueline applauds.
Emily says, "yay!"
Peregrine claps.
Doug. Applauds.
katherine claps at everything in the room.
maga exclaims, "And Laid Off at the Synesthesia Factory!"
jmac puts on a clapper suit.
katherine reaches the end of her clapping text again.
zaphod applauds!
Emily claps further
Draconis claps.
jmac also puts on a weird AR thing.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "further yay"
jmac says, "So many verbs"
PaulS goes home.
</PaulS> PaulS has disconnected from ifMUD.
Jacqueline applauds.
<Guest6> This little guesty went to market.
josh_g applauds
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "hoping that laid off at the swordfight factory wins tbh"
maga says, "And the winner is..."
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "the most anticlimactic of games"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to furkle), "heh"
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "ha ha"
Guest4 goes home.
</Guest4> </Guest> </Gues> </Gue> </Gu> </G> </>
[peanut-gallery] Draconis asks, "Swordfight factories?"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "OSHA enforcement must be difficult..."
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "They manufacture reasons to have duels."
maga exclaims, "Midnight!? Swordfight!"
katherine applauds!
josh_g applauds
Draconis cheers!
robinjohnson applauds!
Jacqueline stands to applaud.
gavininglis claps.
Emily says, "yay!"
zaphod claps!
furkle applauds
[peanut-gallery] dastridly exclaims, "WHOOO!"
[peanut-gallery] zarf says, "sword off at the hm"
bphennessy says, "WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
zarf says, "yay!"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson exclaims (at CMG), "congratulations!"
maga says, "I believe we have a Groover in the house"
Sequitur claps loudly
olethros waves a metallic stick in the air
Teaspoon hurrahs.
CMG kisses implementation award.
Doug >KISS XYZZY
Doug loses!
jmac exclaims, "Marble!"
jmac says, "Er, yarble"
maga says (to CMG), "Keep your mind on the game."
jmac autocorrects!
Khalisar claps
CMG says, "Kissing is the most important verb. That's today's lesson."
DavidW makes a note.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "That's one to grow on, kids."
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "as true today as it was in 2015"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says (to bphennessy), "these *are* the 2015 awards"
zaphod ponders.
CMG exclaims, "Uh, I don't have a speech or anything. Just, kissing. It matters. Thank you!"
Jacqueline laughs.
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "ILU2 Jam is coming up, speaking of the most important verb."
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says (to katherine), "um but it's currently 2016 SO."
DavidW claps.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "#kielbasa-gallery"
Emily applauds this excellent message
josh_g applauds and kisses a baby
jmac cheers
maga says, "Words of wisdom to future implementors, indeed."
Guest2 goes home.
</Guest2> Well THAT was certainly... interesting.
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "I mean, I actually have this 5-month old cutie pie on my lap here so I might as well smooch the top of his head"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "kissing is also known to make one lose track of time"
Guest6 arrives from the west.
Felix hugs Guest6!
Guest6 exclaims, "Hi, Felix!"
Guest6 says, "hug felix"
Felix says, "Shh! ^^"
katherine says, "ah, Guest6, you just missed the kissing part"
CMG leaves stage that he never actually got on.
Guest6 says, "^^"
maga says, "Next up: the coveted Best Individual awards, the first of which is Best Individual PC."
Jacqueline claps.
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "these awards determine who is the best individual"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "*covet*"
ParserGirl claps.
CMG applauds.
katherine claps, individually.
Teaspoon oohs.
josh_g claps once.
jmac claps with agency.
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "someone wake me up when we get to best individual furkle"
maga says, "Let's see whose heads we inhabited in 2015."
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to furkle), "Wake up, furkle. The answer was inside you all along."
[peanut-gallery] dastridly says, "and best individual furkle goes to LEONARDO DICAPRIO"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "I thought it went to pitbull"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis asks, "Dammit, are you eating the ballots again?"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says (to bphennessy), "do you see these? ? :bird: :trophy:"
maga exclaims, "Diffident #teen and saviour of humanity, Bridget from Birdland!"
katherine claps with great tenacity!
Sequitur #claps
zaphod cheers!
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "nice"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "oh shit it's #jumbotron again"
Guest6 listens..
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "claps"
Draconis claps.
maga exclaims, "Ancient vampire and nemesis of humanity, Martin Voigt in Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire, Chapter 1!"
katherine claps with great melancholy.
Jacqueline applauds for Martin.
bphennessy claps!!
Khalisar claps
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Well, it's kind of obvious who wins."
Emily waves multi-pointed sun flag
Draconis claps.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon asks, "Is it?"
maga exclaims, "Flustered witch and also nemesis of humanity but, y'know, kind of like on a journey about re-evaluating that: Opal from Oppositely Opal!"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "claps until my pale, dead skin starts to ever-so-slightly rouge"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "the PC wins"
DavidW claps for the 8 evil rays.
Emily says, "yay Opal"
zaphod applauds!
Jacqueline applauds.
katherine claps oppositely.
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "when are we gonna get best individual mac though"
bphennessy claps, magically
Khalisar claps
Peregrine applauds. (Finally a game he's played!)
robinjohnson opallauds
Draconis claps.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "my twitter feed disagrees but I think the best individual mac would include pulled pork"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "my twitter feed disagrees but I think the best individual mac would include pulled pork"
Doug says, "yay Opal!"
DavidW casts reversed-reversed applaud spell.
maga exclaims, "And faithful hound and window into the unspeakably sordid condition of humanity, Toby from Toby's Nose!"
robinjohnson claps doggedly
bphennessy woof
zaphod barks
katherine develops paws and claps them!
DavidW smells clappily
Peregrine transmogrifies into a cat.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "woof woof"
Jacqueline applauds.
Draconis claps.
furkle woof
jmac cheers belatedly
maga says, "And the winner is..."
furkle snuffles
furkle licks nose
Guest6 hees :)
robinjohnson says (to furkle), "stop that"
zarf walks off through the wall; pale violet light flares briefly around him.
</zarf> has disconnected.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine exclaims, "Plotkin has lost the plot. Oh dear!"
maga exclaims, "Bridget, from Birdland!"
katherine applauds!!
[peanut-gallery] furkle exclaims, "ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
Draconis cheers!
robinjohnson exclaims, "..applauds!"
Teaspoon goes yay.
gavininglis applauds.
bphennessy exclaims, "!"
Khalisar applauds.
zaphod says, "Hooray!"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "Brid of Birds!"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "take that you stupid birds"
Emily says, "yay Bridget!!"
CMG exclaims, "Hurrah Birdland!"
bphennessy exclaims, "aaaah I won one yay!"
Sequitur applauds profusely
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "interesting. I'll have to play that one."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur exclaims, "whoo Brendan!"
dastridly truimphantly caws!
jojo applauds!
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine asks, "Why are all the winners games I've never played?"
Peregrine calps.
Magical chirps
jmac exclaims, "Bridget is the best human at birdfighting!"
bphennessy exclaims, "okay this is the one I secret wanted the most because Bridget is just an exaggerated version of teen me. therefore this award represents the personal validation I am constantly seeking. Thank you everyone!!!"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson makes a note not to let Peregrine play his games & ruin his xyzzy chances
katherine says, "Demonstrate the function of an award speech."
gavininglis cheers.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "yay :bird::national_park:"
Jacqueline applauds for Bridget!
Emily says, "ay!"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "All this is teaching me that I succeeded at playing more of last year's IFComp games than I thought I did, so this is validating for me too."
[peanut-gallery] Magical belatedly realizes they haven't actually played any of the games this year
<Guest2> I'm not here to be entertained!  Stop amusing me!
maga exclaims, "OK, everyone, give it up for Brenget one more time!"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "homework assignments all around!"
Emily says, "wooo!"
jmac birbs
Guest2 arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "jmac's secret: he has never played an if comp game ever."
Teaspoon cheers.
Guest6 claps!
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "scandal"
Guest2 says, "@joinc peanut-gallery"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "It's true."
bphennessy:D
Dominia leaves the auditorium to the west.
CMG applauds!
Guest2 says, ">:("
[peanut-gallery] * Dominia has joined the channel.
<Ghogg> Ghogg has connected to ifMUD.
Dominia arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "he only plays the callout Twines"
Ghogg arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] furkle asks, "brenget?"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "I played that one bit in Frog fractions and I did really good at it"
maga says, "And now, the constantly-othered counterpart to Individual PC: Best Individual NPC."
Emily says, "yay"
[peanut-gallery] CMG says, "Brendan + Bridget = Brenget"
jmac claps daemonically
CMG applauds.
Teaspoon says whoot.
Sequitur cheers
bphennessy whoop
maga says, "Even putting an NPC in your game is a terrible idea that will haunt your sleepless nights, so to everyone who did that this year: you beautiful, beautiful fools."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "Criminal tho that there's no best NPC nomination for The Devil"
Guest6 giggles.
[peanut-gallery] gavininglis says, "If you appear in the Tarot deck you are ineligible I think."
Jacqueline laughs.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "he was Beet"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "God got a best NPC nom in 2006"
maga says, "The foremost products of this foolery are:"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Oo, he's in my upcoming game."
</Ghogg> Ghogg has disconnected from ifMUD.
<Ghogg> Ghogg has connected to ifMUD.
maga exclaims, "Bell Park, from Birdland!"
Draconis claps.
gavininglis claps.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "I'm pretty sure He is in every game. :pray:"
Sequitur claps loudly
Teaspoon claps.
Jacqueline claps.
maga says, "Dmitri, from Midnight. Swordfight."
katherine applauds!
Emily claps for both Dmitri and Bell Park
gavininglis applauds.
Doug says, "yay chatty Dmitri!"
Peregrine claps belatedly.
Draconis claps.
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "'Bell Park'? Sounds like a location, not an NPC."
maga says, "Recipient of the special 'hunh, I guess she *was* an NPC' award: Hana from Hana Feels."
[peanut-gallery] furkle exclaims, "it's both!"
Teaspoon does some clapping.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "she was named after Bellwoods Park"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "It's not 'Best NPC Name'"
Draconis claps.
Jacqueline applauds.
bphennessy claps for the evil time goof and the sad scottish lady
jmac cheers unironically for more romantic leads in weird text videogames
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "now I want to see nominations for Best NPC Name"
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "STRONGLY AGREED"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Second that motion"
maga exclaims, "And Winter Storm Draco, from Winter Storm Draco!"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "thirded and carried (that's how it works, right?)"
gavininglis claps.
Draconis claps.
Jacqueline applauds for all of these nominees.
robinjohnson applauds longwindedly
Emily says, "yay Hana"
jmac claps up a veritable gale
Teaspoon goes yay
bphennessy me claps with mittens on
[peanut-gallery] Emily says, "whee, laggy"
Emily claps
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "I have played all these games. I am best at game"
[peanut-gallery] CMG says, "Winter Storm Draco wins best NPC name. Indisputable."
zaphod dies of exposure!
DavidW claps for ice cold Draco
maga says, "And the winner is..."
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says (to CMG), "word"
DavidW clutches his scarf.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "still a little sad that Killjoy from Oppositely Opal didn't get a nomination"
Draconis cheers!
[peanut-gallery] josh_g says (to CMG), "that is tough to beat"
Draconis cheers!
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "gah autocompletion"
maga exclaims, "Bell Park, from Birdland!"
katherine applauds!
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "See, Killjoy might have gotten in for Best NPC Name..."
Sequitur exclaims, "WHOO!"
Draconis cheers!
josh_g says, "yay!"
gavininglis applauds.
maga says, "POWER COUPLE"
Emily claps
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "cheers."
bphennessy says, "WHAT"
Magical claps
zaphod says, "Hooray!!!"
jmac exclaims, "Holy Hannah!"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "This truly is the Year of Brendan"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Killjoy could have also won 'Best Hint System'."
CMG exclaims, "Hurrah Birdland!"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "Best Hint System Name"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "the year of #teens"
Jacqueline exclaims, "Huzzah for Birdland!"
bphennessy says, "aaaah thanks oh god."
robinjohnson flaps
[peanut-gallery] DavidW asks, "wait, Best PC and Best NPC from the same game? Has that happened before?"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "yay more :bird::trophy:"
bphennessy says, "Okay this award clearly illustrates the tremendous power of #shipping and #teens."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Impressive that."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Well, Whiplash won three Oscars, so why not."
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Has it not?"
Guest6 has some games to check out!
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "That is exciting."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "I don't know."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "hashtag love wins"
bphennessy says, "I hope going forward everyone makes a whole bunch of cute games with kissing and romance."
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "kissing really IS the most important thing!"
jmac says, "Hear hear"
Emily says, "+1"
Felix says (to Guest6), "Don't remind me... my wishlist always grows, never shrinks."
jojo leaves the auditorium to the west.
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "I don't remember it happening before; I'd have to check."
[peanut-gallery] Dominia says, "you're all a bunch of weirdos and ilu dearly"
Guest6 awr. "Yeah..." she says to Felix with a grin.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine asks, "Whatever happened to wacky humor?"
bphennessy says, "in conclusion CMG was right and kissing is the most important thing. THANKS. *runs away*"
[peanut-gallery] Magical says (to DavidW), "Yes. Lost Pig won both in 2007."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says (to Magical), "oh cool"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "I was wondering if Bell had been nominated for best PC in her own game but that game only got a best NPC nom (for -bitmap-zer0-)"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "Ha ha yay"
maga claps as he returns to the stage
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "Not since Grunk and Pig has IF seen such a bond."
Jacqueline applauds wildly for the speech and the great game.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "heh"
Peregrine drops a kitten bomb. Everyone is showered with fluffly, cuddly kittens.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "BOOM"
Guest6 ee, kittens! <3
Teaspoon sits on the kitten.
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "Teaspoon!"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "oops"
maga exclaims, "And now, Best Individual Puzzle!"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "kittensquisher!"
Teaspoon cheers
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "wrong kittens"
CMG applauds.
bphennessy says, "whooo"
Draconis tries to figure out how to clap--the solution can't be that simple, can it?
Peregrine enacts a baseball match while applauding and memorizing 14-digit codes and obscure spells that only work backwards.
maga says, "The following games have done exemplary work in obstructing the player and preventing them from just getting on with it, already."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine exclaims, "ZORK!"
Jacqueline laughs.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine exclaims, "JIGSAW!"
jmac snorts.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon asks, "Do you do this every year?"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine asks, "Who, me?"
maga says, "Understanding how the RPS cannon works, in Brain Guzzlers from Beyond."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Yes."
Peregrine's brain is eaten. Drat.
Emily applauds
zaphod shoots applause everywhere!
Jacqueline applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "No, this is the first time"
maga says, "The Hard Puzzle, in The Hard Puzzle."
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "oh god"
DavidW claps for puzzles
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon exclaims, "It could very easily become a tradition!"
Peregrine groans.
Draconis claps.
zaphod claps with great difficulty.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "heh"
jmac lies down
maga says, "(That is The Hard Puzzle 1, if it wasn't clear.)"
Teaspoon claps.
CMG raves wildly!
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "The winner will shortly be announced, in encrypted form."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "There's a game called Hard Puzzle?!"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Yeah"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "I tried it and OMG"
Doug claps, after getting a hint.
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "Yes. And it contains a Hard Puzzle."
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "I actually haven't even -- Whoa, seriously DavidW? Dood get on that."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "I guess I must."
Ghogg goes home.
</Ghogg> Ghogg has disconnected from ifMUD.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=81afnluyffpxa8iv"
katherine is gonna get back baby bad balls to you, love, cretin.
katherine has disconnected.
maga says, "Catching the fairy in Oppositely Opal."
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "It's another Ade McT joint from just after last year's comp."
zaphod unclaps!
Draconis claps.
Doug says, "yaaay pixie puzzle"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Catching the fairy is actually a fair puzzle"
Emily claps
Peregrine cheers.
DavidW says, "yay pixies"
[peanut-gallery] maga says, "The Actually Fair Puzzle tested less well with focus-groups"
Doug says, "dunno why she's called a fairy but whatever works"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "To say nothing of marketing."
<rocketnia> rocketnia has connected to ifMUD.
maga says, "The skull in Sub Rosa."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Pixie = fairy + dust"
Draconis claps.
Peregrine drums on the skulls of previous players. Gothic.
zaphod subclaps
rocketnia arrives from the west.
maga says, "And identifying the murderer, in Toby's Nose."
Draconis claps.
jmac throws metal horns
Peregrine decides that Draconic committed the crime, and claps him.
zaphod smells like applause
<Ghogg> Ghogg has connected to ifMUD.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "says CHEER"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Cheer"
DavidW cheers for olfactory
Draconis doth protest too much.
Doug says, "The murderer was the fairy, in the skull room, with the RPS cannon!"
Guest2 goes home.
</Guest2> Well THAT was certainly... interesting.
Ghogg arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] * rocketnia has joined the channel.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "ilaa"
maga gets both thumbs and a big toe caught in the envelope
maga says, "And the winner is:"
Peregrine dies of suspense and is resurrected by Draconis
zaphod squints at maga.
jmac furtively peeks at the walkthrough
Draconis cheers!
katherine arrives from the west.
maga exclaims, "Understanding the RPS cannon, from Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!"
Sequitur claps
Draconis Walkthroughs for all!
bphennessy exclaims, "Whoo!"
zaphod cheers!
Teaspoon goes whoo
katherine claps!
Draconis says, "ilac"
Jacqueline exclaims, "Huzzah!"
robinjohnson cheers!
jmac exclaims, "Yar!"
Doug says, "yay for understanding!"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "Walkthroughs for all!"
Magical claps
gavininglis applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "and it happened again! The only game I played to the end didn't make it."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "huh. I love the game, but I wasn't expecting it to win for that puzzle."
CMG says, ""Hurrah RPS!""
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "My favourite puzzle in BGFB was the spork"
maga asks, "Do we have a Steph Cherrywell in the house?"
bphennessy exclaims, "Ro! Sham! Bo!"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "but the RPS cannon was cool too of course"
zaphod peers around the auditorium.
[peanut-gallery] Magical says (to Peregrine), "Clearly you have poor taste in games"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Or maybe I don't have the time to play many."
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "I think she was Eaten By A Grue."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "What with a graduate degree and all."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says (to Draconis), "For what it's worth, I did write a walkthrough for Brain Guzzlers."
maga says, "No? Well, we'll make sure the trophy gets to her somehow."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "or did I? I know I started one."
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "In sooth I did not play this one because I played through the first 20 moves a thousand times in order to test Glulx graphics on ifcomp.org, and it kind of burned me out. I bet it's been long enough now."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine throws peanuts at maga. How juvenile.
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "I got past it in Brain Guzzlers, but for some reason games that start in cars always seem really difficult to me"
<dfabulich> dfabulich has connected to ifMUD.
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "It gets to be a blur after a while what I've done and haven't done."
dfabulich arrives from the west.
maga says, "Moving right along, we come to Best NPCs."
maga says, "The nominees are:"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "maga"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "and inky"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "and maybe alex."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW asks, "What was that game mostly in a car? Shadow on the Mirror?"
maga says, "Birdland: hashtag #teens"
<Hunter> Hunter has connected to ifMUD.
Draconis claps.
[peanut-gallery] Emily says (to DavidW), "that certainly was such a game"
katherine says, "clapping is lame, we only snapclap now"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "I don't know that one. I don't drive and manage to avoid being in cars much in real life, so it's always very unintuitive"
Teaspoon goes clap clap
katherine asks, "clapchat?"
zaphod hashclaps
maga says, "Brain Guzzlers from Beyond: wholesome characters from a more innocent time. Like the Wife of Tomorrow."
Draconis claps.
Peregrine applies a special soothing balm to his sore palms.
robinjohnson applauds
katherine claps in an entirely wholesome and innocent fashion.
bphennessy is voted most likely to clap
rocketnia claps snappily.
maga says, "The cast, crew, and cameos of Hollywood Visionary."
Teaspoon does that clapping thing.
DavidW asks W.I.F.E. for a scotch.
bphennessy embraces a wide diversity of clapping partners
Draconis claps.
DavidW waves a spring-coloured scarf for Hollywood
rocketnia claps too.
katherine applauds like a goddamn auteur.
maga says, "The dissolute, violent aristos of Midnight. Swordfight."
Emily says, "aw yeah"
katherine applauds with, for some reason, a sausage.
bphennessy claps two kielbasas together
Draconis claps.
DavidW cheers for the swordfight
dfabulich claps his troters
zaphod applauds dissolutely.
Peregrine explodes.
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "Wait, where did the sausage come from? I was sure I had..."
rocketnia applauds from the moon.
maga says, "And the principals of a dysfunctional industry and a way more dysfunctional relationship: Nowhere Near Single."
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "three different conversation systems!"
Draconis claps.
katherine claps and is immediately torn apart on gossip message boards.
bphennessy me claps and claps and claps and
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "oh my god did you *see* her clapping"
dfabulich claps dysfunctionally
Teaspoon experiments with clapping.
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "ugh this thing so looks like irc I can't help /me ing"
[peanut-gallery] maga says (to katherine), "it's already a gif"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "Lot of good choices in this category."
DavidW claps double
rocketnia claps.
furkle washes hands, is immediately accused of talking about That Review before i even get a chance to dry my hands off
maga says, "And the winner is..."
[peanut-gallery] dfabulich says (to DavidW), "I strongly agree"
Guest6 oh dears.
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia /me s as well
robinjohnson shivers in antici...
robinjohnson...pation
Peregrine trembles like jelly.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "In text, the suspense is even more unbearable."
maga exclaims, "Birdland!"
Draconis cheers!
robinjohnson applauds
dfabulich applauds
zaphod says, "Hooray!!"
bphennessy says, "_WHAT_"
Sequitur cheers loudly!
rocketnia whistles
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "AAAAAAAAH"
Peregrine is stupefied. Birdland? Again? It must be really worth playing.
CMG says, ""Hurrah Birdland!""
</Hunter> Hunter has disconnected from ifMUD.
Jacqueline exclaims, "Huzzah again!"
katherine applauds!!
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "I am ashamed for not having played Birdland now..."
jmac cheers!
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "me too"
gavininglis claps.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "Never too late to play it."
Magical claps
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says (to Jacqueline), "Very true."
[peanut-gallery] Ghogg says, "character sweep woooo"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "it's pretty user-friendly"
<BrenBarn> Swipe the paper from your neighbors, find a bench and read the comics, then look for pictures in the clouds.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, ">PLAY BIRDLAND You can't do that."
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, ">LAND BIRD"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine exclaims, "The bird lands, and explodes. Doh!"
bphennessy exclaims, "haha uh wow. okay. Thanks again you are all very nice!!"
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, ">BIR THE LAND"
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "Bird."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "You don't know how to do that."
Jacqueline smiles.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, ">BIRD TROLL The troll becomes all covered in feathers."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Must be nearly over now, I guess"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "okay this is entirely off-topic but why is the mud on a site called port4000 but accessed through port 4002"
[peanut-gallery] dfabulich says, ">BIND LARD"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "it's driving me insane"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says (to furkle), "I'm on port 4000 and it seems to be working."
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "did the prior two ports get worn out over time"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "huh, I thought I connected through 4000"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "This is the third win and fourth nomination for Brendan Hennessy. Birdland this year is also nominated for best writing, story, and game."
bphennessy sweats and crouches down very small
maga says, "Can someone help Brendan back to his seat? Thanks."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says (to furkle), "It's port 4000 for telnet, 4002 for the web interface"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "There's still Best Puzzles, Best Writing, Best Story, and Best Game, I think."
katherine says, "small like a..."
katherine says, "A BIRD!!"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "BRILLIANT"
katherine says, "AN INFILTRATOR"
bphennessy says, "nO"
[peanut-gallery] Ghogg says, "I have always connected with 4000"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "TAKE HIM AWAY, BOYS"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "Same, I find it very relatable"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "ah thanks bruno"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "ba dum tish"
maga says, "Let's get on to Best Puzzles so that Brendan can be adorably flustered in peace."
maga says, "The nominees for Best Puzzles this year are:"
Guest3 goes home.
</Guest3> The guest digest will list the next guest request. It's the best!
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Best puzzles? In principle, the best puzzle is an unsolvable one."
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "like... the puzzle of LIFE"
maga exclaims, "Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "that is a weird principle."
katherine claps
dfabulich claps
Draconis claps.
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia asks, "What about the puzzles we don't even know exist?"
[peanut-gallery] inky says (to Peregrine), "hunh, that is an interesting comment"
zaphod applauds!
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "My favourite crossword setter said the goal of the setter is to lose gracefully"
rocketnia claps.
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "I think that applies to puzzles in general"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "life is a puzzle, a mystery"
maga exclaims, "Pulling the rarely-attempted compete-against-yourself trick: Chlorophyll!"
Draconis claps.
bphennessy whooop
robinjohnson applauds
[peanut-gallery] (from katherine) katherine says, "everyone must stand alone"
katherine claps
[peanut-gallery] inky asks, "are you using "best" to mean "most difficult"?"
[peanut-gallery] Emily says (to Peregrine), "it's really easy to write an incomprehensible puzzle"
[peanut-gallery] Khalisar asks, "wondering: after this, will the actual number of votes per game be released?"
DavidW cheers
Doug says, "yay cherrypuzzles!"
rocketnia claps.
[peanut-gallery] Emily says, "writing a puzzle that is satisfying but solvable is much harder"
maga exclaims, "Oppositely Opal!"
[peanut-gallery] Khalisar says, "(just wondering how close or not-close some victories were)"
katherine claps!
[peanut-gallery] maga says (to Khalisar), "no"
Draconis claps.
zaphod cheers!
DavidW claps lively
dfabulich leaves ifMUD without any non sequiturs at all.
</dfabulich> dfabulich has disconnected from ifMUD.
maga exclaims, "Scroll Thief!"
olethros says, "wooot"
<Guest2> I'm not here to be entertained!  Stop amusing me!
Jacqueline applauds.\
Emily says, "woo scrolls"
[peanut-gallery] Felix says, "I erred on the side of easy in City of Dead Leaves, and it paid off."
Guest2 arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "woot!"
jmac rezrovs!
Draconis scrolls down
katherine applauds
Teaspoon claps.
maga exclaims, "Sub Rosa!"
Draconis claps.
rocketnia yonk claps
DavidW says, "woot!"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "Love puzzles."
Khalisar claps
katherine claps!
DavidW says, "oh yeah"
zaphod claps!
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "a buffet of good puzzles"
maga exclaims, "And Toby's Nose!"
Draconis claps.
rocketnia claps
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "HECK OF GOOD PUZZLES ON THIS LIST"
zaphod applauds!
Peregrine claps in 26 dimensions.
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "Puzzles everywhere!"
DavidW oh nose
[peanut-gallery] Felix says, "I hate puzzles. Needed a few to pace the game and make the player visit all the map, is all."
katherine claps!
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon exclaims, "Hurrah!"
olethros says, "!"
maga says, "And the winner is..."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says (to Felix), "oh dear."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "puzzle puzzle puzzle puzzle"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "PUZZLE PUZZLE"
maga exclaims, "Sub Rosa!"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Good interactivity is what matters most"
Jacqueline applauds for Sub Rosa.
vimes applies lauds!
katherine applauds!
Draconis cheers!
robinjohnson cheers!
zaphod says, "Whoa!"
jmac claps his spindly appendages!
DavidW says, "wow"
rocketnia claps!
CMG says, "Hurrah Sub Rosa!""
gavininglis claps.
Teaspoon cheers quite a lot.
Magical claps
Peregrine checks out Sub Rosa on ifdb, and then remembers to clap.
bphennessy exclaims, "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
Doug claps clandestinely
Sequitur claps surreptitiously
furkle clap
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine asks, "Do they ever run out of ways to applaud?"
DavidW says, "Round obloid berries for everyone!"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "Ugghhh Sub Rosa is so good. (I waited until this year to actually play it I think.)"
Emily claps
Peregrine eats obloid berry.
[peanut-gallery] Ghogg asks, "jojo is still in the next room?"
Peregrine leaves the auditorium to the west.
Peregrine arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "flesh-eating beetles for everyone!"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine screams.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "we played in on Club Floyd and had a good itme."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine asks, "What's tomorrow's game?"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "nice"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "jojo's in Cavernous Cavern"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "We'll decide in the morning."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Cool"
maga says, "We did have Joey Jones in here until just a few minutes ago..."
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "jojo go east!!"
Peregrine leaves the auditorium to the west.
jojo arrives from the west.
Peregrine arrives from the west.
zaphod says, "Yay!"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine exclaims, "he's there!"
jojo asks, "Hello?"
rocketnia applauds
Emily says, "the hero of the hour"
jmac laughs
katherine applauds!
Peregrine points at JoJo. 'He's the winner!'
DavidW says (to jojo), "Looking for secrets or the washroom, I suppose."
[peanut-gallery] Khalisar says, "was too distracted to clap (I do that a lot), but Sub Rosa is a *great* game"
maga says (to jojo), "Get up on the stage, you."
olethros says, "yay"
Peregrine kicks Jojo onto the stage.
jojo stumbles forward.
Jacqueline updates the BEST USE OF MULTIMEDIA entry on the chalkboard.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon exclaims, "three cheers!"
maga exclaims, "Let's try this again: And the winner for Best Puzzles is... Sub Rosa!"
Magical exclaims, "Speech!"
jojo exclaims, "Wow!"
zaphod cheers!
Peregrine clamours for speech.
rocketnia applauds.
zaphod stamps feet.
Guest6 claps!
Jacqueline updates the BEST USE OF INNOVATION entry on the chalkboard.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Sorry, folks, just got the Chalkboard working..."
jojo says, "I'm moved."
[peanut-gallery] maga says, "moved into the Auditorium, indeed"
DavidW cheers!
gavininglis applauds.
Jacqueline updates the BEST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT entry on the chalkboard.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine asks, "he's got stage fright?"
Jacqueline updates the BEST IMPLEMENTATION entry on the chalkboard.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Don't mind me. I'm just writing VERY LOUDLY on the chalkboard until someone gives a speech."
jojo says, "I am able to speexh tight now but I tust in all of your imaginayions"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "jojo confirmed for chuck tingle"
Emily applauds distantly-transmitted jojo
[peanut-gallery] Doug says (to Jacqueline), "haha"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says (to furkle), "omg"
Ghogg goes home.
</Ghogg> Ghogg has disconnected from ifMUD.
Jacqueline updates the BEST INDIVIDUAL PC entry on the chalkboard.
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "jojo, the truest buckaroo"
maga exclaims, "Sub Rosa, everybody!"
maga claps
Jacqueline applauds that speech from jojo.
Draconis claps
DavidW says, "yay Sub Roba!"
katherine applauds!
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "jojo: sent from my iPhone embodied"
DavidW says, "er Sub Rosa!"
Peregrine applauds jojo's beautiful silence.
Jacqueline updates the BEST INDIVIDUAL NPC entry on the chalkboard.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon asks, "yaness?"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Ahem. Yay."
Jacqueline updates the BEST INDIVIDUAL PUZZLE entry on the chalkboard.
Jacqueline updates the BEST NPCS entry on the chalkboard.
Jacqueline updates the BEST PUZZLES entry on the chalkboard.
[peanut-gallery] jojo says, "Apologies"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "Next year, I should try to wear a pellucid llama suit to the awards."
[peanut-gallery] Emily says, "you will be the talk of the town"
olethros says, "some nice games this year"
maga says, "Aww, man, Best Setting. IF is so good at this, you guys."
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline rubs her chalk-writing-hand.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says (to Jacqueline), "aww, but yay thanks"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "This is such a competitive category this year."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "oh, I forgot about the Best Setting award."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "oooh"
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine offers balm to Jacqueline
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Thank inky, he got the chalkboard working. :)"
maga says, "The nominees this year:"
<PaulS> PaulS has connected to ifMUD.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline takes the balm from Peregrine. "Thanks."
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "SO MUCH GOOD"
Guest6 nods, it's lovely how much feeling words can evoke. ^.^
maga exclaims, "Beautiful Dreamer!"
Jacqueline applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "thanks, inky. thinky."
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine exclaims, "Long Live IF!"
PaulS arrives from the west.
maga exclaims, "Chlorophyll!"
Jacqueline claps.
zaphod claps!
bphennessy woohoo
maga exclaims, "Neon Haze!"
DavidW says, "oh yes. Wonderful setting."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Mmm, yes."
furkle claps until my hands fall off
furkle continues clapping with feet
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine says, "Am going to bed."
Jacqueline claps some more.
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson exclaims, "g'night!"
Peregrine claps sleepily.
zaphod cheers!
katherine claps!
maga exclaims, "Sub Rosa!"
robinjohnson catches up on clapping
Jacqueline applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Peregrine exclaims, "good night everyone!"
zaphod applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "G'night"
Peregrine hops into the DeLorean and heads off to the future.
[peanut-gallery] Felix exclaims, "Nini!"
maga exclaims, "Summit!"
</Peregrine> Peregrine has disconnected from ifMUD.
Jacqueline claps.
zaphod claps.
maga exclaims, "And Sunless Sea!"
Jacqueline applauds.
ParserGirl goes home.
</ParserGirl> I know this, for I am Antonio Awesome.
zaphod claps.
Guest6 ooh, Back to the Future <3
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "EDGE OF SEAT"
maga says, "Aaaand the winner is..."
<ParserGirl> "Hey this a weird symbol" said watson.
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "Is.........."
maga opens the envelope. Stillness. The soft lapping of waves. A rumble in the stomach.
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "GOD"
maga exclaims, "Sunless Sea!"
Sequitur claps very profusely indeed!
DavidW claps
Draconis cheers!
gavininglis cheers!
bphennessy claps in the dark
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Interesting result"
dastridly tentacled clapping!
zaphod says, "Woo!"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur exclaims, "All is well, all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well!"
katherine applauds!
CMG exclaims, "Hurrah Sunless Sea!"
jmac claps
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "(Alternatively: Praise E SUN. THE SUN. THE SUN. THE SUN. THE SUN. THE SUN. THE SUN. TH"
Emily looks around to see whether anyone who is properly an employee of Failbetter is here, but suspects not
jojo woos.
robinjohnson applauds!
gavininglis exclaims, "Go Emily!"
maga says (to Emily), "if any feckless freelancers wanted to accept it on their behalf, I'm sure they wouldn't mind"
Jacqueline updates the BEST SETTING entry on the chalkboard.
Emily says, "I did not remotely anticipate this situation and therefore did nothing to prepare for it, but I think I'm the only person here who worked on Sunless, so"
Sequitur says, "I mean Visage is the best island anyway, so might as well be you"
furkle says, "speach"
zaphod says, "Speech!"
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "whoooooop"
Teaspoon cheers
Draconis says, "Speech!"
furkle says, "spaach"
Emily says, "however: thank all of you for acknowledging Sunless Sea, which is a rich and strange place even for those of us who worked on it"
Emily says, "and I think I am not breaking any deep confidences to say that more Sunless Sea setting is coming in the form of DLC and that I have been working on it just this week"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "sweet"
rocketnia oooohs.
Emily says, "and at the same time I should use this opportunity to say how great it is that a company like Failbetter exists, doing commercial interactive fiction and making money and employing people to make it"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "the sun never sets on Sunless Sea setting!"
Guest6 oohs.
Owlor goes home.
</Owlor> Owlor has disconnected from ifMUD.
bphennessy says, "hear hear"
Emily says, "they've been hugely supportive to this community, helped me host meetups in London, and given out loads of advice and guidance to new authors"
Felix says, "I'll drink to that."
robinjohnson applauds
gavininglis applauds.
Emily says, "so here's to Failbetter, and to its departing but certainly unforgettable founder Alexis Kennedy, without whom none of that would exist"
zaphod claps!
maga raises a glass
Emily raises glass with tentacles coming out of it
jmac cheers!
Jacqueline exclaims, "Hooray for Failbetter!"
Sequitur raises a glass
CMG applauds.
rocketnia applauds.
Jacqueline backs away from Emily.
zaphod drinks!
bphennessy cheers!
katherine applauds some more!
Teaspoon eats toast.
Emily sits
PaulS applauds.
Magical claps
prevtenet applauds
maga says, "OK. Best Story."
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "cool story bro"
Doug chinhands
maga says, "Jon Ingold, who won last year, said that he didn't think that 80 Days really *had* a story."
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "like really bro the best"
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "I was going to say that! Heh."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "I remember that humblebrag"
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "a likely story"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "lol you scrubs i didn't even do that and i still beat all of you"
maga says, "This is nonsense, because every game has a story, even if it's just 'the spaceship blew up a lot of other spaceships' or 'some numbers were arranged on a grid.'"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "what a bunch of story wimps"
maga says, "(Although I should hope that you lot can do a little better than that.)"
Felix says, "I hope so too."
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "the classic stories: man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. number grid"
zaphod chuckles.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "I was just reading the Digital Antiquarian make an argument that Pac-Man has a story."
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "The parable of the grid"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "Pick Up The Sudoku And Die"
[peanut-gallery] vimes says, "grid vs. grid"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "Pacman is clearly a prescient game about the '90s rave scene"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "teen vs. bird"
Guest6 oohs.
[peanut-gallery] vimes says, "bird vs. pig"
maga says, "Here are this year's Best Story nominees. And no trying to weasel out of having a story this time, nerds."
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "popping pills in dark rooms, listening to repetitive music"
maga exclaims, "Arcane Intern (Unpaid)!"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "I need to get a snack. Just assume I'm applauding desperately for the next 12 minutes"
katherine claps, then asks whether she's getting paid for it.
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "PAC-MAN totally has a heist plot."
zaphod applauds!
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "Or survival horror."
[peanut-gallery] Doug says (to Teaspoon), "https://www.threadless.com/product/751/the_madness_of_mission_6"
[peanut-gallery] Magical says, "Oh, hey, a game I actually played"
maga exclaims, "Birdland!"
Doug says, "yay magical interns!"
Draconis claps.
bphennessy claps for the sad wizards
Sequitur claps for birds and sad wizards.
zaphod says, "Bird-LAND! Bird-LAND!"
katherine demonstrates the behavior of applause.
maga exclaims, "Cape!"
bphennessy exclaims, "DEATH TO THE STATE!"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "I wonder who would buy that t-shirt..."
katherine claps in a dystopian way.
zaphod cheers!
Doug says, "yay street-level superheroes"
maga exclaims, "And Map!"
rocketnia claps!
Magical claps for unpaid intern
Draconis claps.
katherine maps!
zaphod maps!
bphennessy claps in many different rooms
Doug says, "yay growing houses"
rocketnia claps for the sad hero too.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "yay all"
robinjohnson me maps, no clapes, no wait
Magical claps in general
maga says, "And the winner is..."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "..."
maga opens the envelope, raises an eyebrow
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "Eyebrow Story!"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "cranes neck trying to see envelope"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "this is cruel and unusual"
maga says, "I'm sorry, Brendan, we're not done with you yet."
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "Growing up eyebrow"
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "cool story, brow"
maga exclaims, "Birdland!"
bphennessy exclaims, "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "whoah"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Wowza"
Sequitur applauds profusely.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "sweeeeep!"
katherine applauds!
</Fang> A half-eaten piece of chocolate speaks poignantly to the transient nature of life.
<Fang> BRACE YOURSELF FOR GREATNESS
zaphod says, "Hooray!"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "I think we broke him"
CMG says, ""Hurrah Birdland!""
zaphod says, "Speech!"
gavininglis applauds!
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon exclaims, "speech!"
Jacqueline says, "w00t w00t"
bphennessy says, "i'm actually dead now. i am all the way deceased."
rocketnia cheers!
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "We still have two more to go..."
Jacqueline revives bphennessy.
katherine says, "what's a good story without some death"
robinjohnson says (to bphennessy), "too bad you only wrote three speeches"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "Best Writing and Best Game, isn't it"
[peanut-gallery] josh_g finally catches up with recap after lunch-for-kids-and-guest idling
Magical claps!
josh_g claps!
bphennessy says, "Okay I didn't start writing Birdland with the intention of writing a cute gay #teen story but I'm very glad that I ended up there. So uh thanks specifically to the long list of queer twine authors that preceded me and made me feel comfortable about making this thing"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "good speech"
josh_g yays
Jacqueline stands to applaud that.
Felix joins in.
zaphod cheers!
katherine applauds.
Fang arrives from the west.
Draconis cheers!
DavidW claps
Jacqueline updates the BEST STORY entry on the chalkboard.
robinjohnson applauds bphennesy and all those authors
rocketnia claps!
CMG applauds!
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "cheers everybody generally."
Fang exclaims, "congrats!"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "I really must play this game."
bphennessy says, "I don't even know which ones because there are I guess a billion? which is so wonderful. But Porpentine and Anna Anthropy stand out specifically as early influences and people that were very kind and helpful to me as a new author."
[peanut-gallery] Fang says, "it's just a really warm, fun game"
bphennessy says, "So thanks. and now I'm completely dead. okay bye."
zaphod stands and applauds!
Emily claps
maga says, "Thank you, Brendan."
jmac exclaims, "Argh hooray!"
Fang claps
Guest5 claps
Teaspoon claps.
maga says, "Best Writing! This is the one which always makes me envious."
[peanut-gallery] Draconis asks, "I know, write?"
Felix goes to add Birdland to his wishlist, finds it already there. Hmpf.
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "Sorry"
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "That was bad"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "i like words and shit"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "tbh all the games in this category were a bit disappointing"
[peanut-gallery] Felix rolls up the requisite newspaper.
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "especially that all-caps one"
[peanut-gallery] Fang says, "there shoule be an award for Best Reading"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "Best Arithmetic"
maga says, "Writing is really the thing that makes IF such a big deal for me, personally, and it's one of the fields where we routinely equal or outdo the best that the wider games world has to offer."
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "Best Writhing"
maga says, "Not that I'm putting y'all on a pedestal or anything."
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "Best Riding"
maga says, "This year's nominees are:"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "text is so good you guys"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "we all have pedestals today"
maga exclaims, "Birdland!"
[peanut-gallery] bphennessy says, "words are so good"
rocketnia claps!
zaphod cheers wildly!
katherine applauds for the corpse
Fang claps.
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "Birds are the words"
jmac flaps!
maga exclaims, "Midnight. Swordfight!"
Guest6 adds Birdland to hers too, has never used Twine though.
katherine applauds!
robinjohnson applauds
Emily applauds
zaphod claps!
rocketnia claps!
bphennessy claps furiously behind a polar bear
maga exclaims, "Laid Off from the Synesthesia Factory!"
Fang claps in a blue wat
furkle claps while kissing my hands
Emily claps
katherine overclaps.
furkle claps
rocketnia claps
zaphod applauds!
maga exclaims, "And SPY INTRIGUE!"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Belatedly, furkle, you can't be serious. There was some great writing in these nominees."
katherine APPLAUDS
bphennessy makes the sound of the colour orange
rocketnia CLAPS
Sequitur CLAPS
Fang CLAPS.
bphennessy EXTREMELY CLAPS
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Oh, oh. I get it. Nevermind."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "I believe that was a self-deprecating joke- yes"
robinjohnson SPY-CLAPS
zaphod hoots and hollers!
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "hee yeah no i'm totally joking"
[peanut-gallery] furkle says, "the writing this year is fantastic and i don't mean my own"
Emily says, "hooray!"
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "Best Joking"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "Best Self Deprecation"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline is voted most likely to not get the jokes.
maga says, "And the winner is..."
Emily leans forward
Jacqueline gets her chalk ready.
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson says, "readies a stiff drink for Brendan, just in case"
maga exclaims, "Birdland!"
Jacqueline updates the BEST WRITING entry on the chalkboard.
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "so much suspense"
[peanut-gallery] Emily says, "ha ha ha ha"
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson hands it over
katherine applauds!
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "heh"
Fang says, "Woo"
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "claps"
robinjohnson prods the corpse
zaphod says, "Well done!"
bphennessy hdkasdg
CMG says, ""Birdland sweep!""
maga claps
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "See, at this point, we're doing it just to annoy bph."
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "oops"
rocketnia claps
<Guest3> The guest should just rest, lest it head west for more quests.
Magical cheers
zaphod says, "More speech!"
Guest3 arrives from the west.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon asks, "Do we keep shouting for speech, or wot?"
bphennessy says, "Augh this one is embarrassing because everyone else was so good."
Doug waves a big broom
bphennessy says, "OKAY SO I HAVE SEEN A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THIS CHAT SAY THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED SEVERAL OF THE NOMINEES THIS YEAR"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "extra-peanut-buttery-speechiness"
[peanut-gallery] maga says, "ok, what's the procedure for resetting a Canadian after validation overload"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "best at writing BUT NOT SPEECH WRITING AMIRITE"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur asks (of maga), "Sorry?"
bphennessy says, "IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED SPY INTRIGUE, MIDNIGHT SWORDFIGHT, OR SYNFAC, GO AND PLAY THEM IMMEDIATELY"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says (to maga), "I think you make jokes about moose"
Jacqueline applauds for all the awesome writing.
bphennessy says, "they are literally like three of my favourite IF games ever written for three very different reasons and I love them and also you and I'm still dead okay thanks"
maga claps
robinjohnson claps
zaphod applauds!
PaulS claps!
Draconis claps
rocketnia cheers for all of them! And again for Birdland!
katherine applauds!
prevtenet claps
DavidW says, "Best speech evar."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon asks, "erm, synfac?"
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "Is it time for the big one? I think it's time for the big one."
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "synesthesia factory"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "oh, right."
Guest6 hasn't played any of the nominees, been away from IF for several years. :(
Emily says, "(not to interrupt bph's moment, but FB's Paul Arendt sends his thanks and delight for the Sunless win)"
Emily says, "(which I promised to pass on)"
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "abbreviated more and more until I just, like, nod and telepathically communicate it"
maga says (to Emily), "yay"
robinjohnson asks, "moment"??"
Emily says (to robinjohnson), "the current moment in a succession of moments"
bphennessy says (to Emily), "wheee"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "series of moments"
Doug says, "SOY BOMB"
zaphod claps some more
maga says, "OK. Before we get on to Best Game, a few announcements! Because everybody loves announcements."
Teaspoon has forgotten how to clap.
katherine says, "I don't"
katherine says, "(kidding)"
DavidW says (to Guest6), "IF is always waiting for you when you're ready for it."
zaphod applauds for the announcements!
[peanut-gallery] Magical says, "Best Announcement"
maga says, "First off, the afterparty is on the &if euphoria channel: http://euphoria.io/room/if/"
Teaspoon cheers instead.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "Don't eat the brown acid."
Guest6 smiles, "Yeah." She nods her head at DavidW, not sure how to (says to DavidW) yet.
[peanut-gallery] DavidW starts attempting to connect to euphoria now.
maga says, "It is just as weird as the MUD, but differently."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "It's weird in an empirically better way"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "My connection woes may make this impossible."
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "There are emoji"
[peanut-gallery] PaulS says, "Nothing is as weird as the MUD."
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "there are emoji here! :bird: :trophy:"
Draconis says (to Guest6), "Two dots, then the name, then your text."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW asks (of Doug), "Is that how it's done?"
Miseri is very disappointed in you.  Earlier, he may have ransacked your office, but he is *very* disappointed in you.
</Miseri> Llama llama duck
maga says, "Second, I should extend my thanks to everybody who has contributed to getting the XYZZYs to happen over the past two decades, especially Eileen Mullin, Dan Shiovitz, Lucian Smith, David Welbourn and Jacqueline Lott."
katherine applauds!!
robinjohnson applauds
Doug applauds!
zaphod cheers!
Guest6 says (to draconis), "Thanks! :)"
Draconis applauds!
Teaspoon remembers how to applaud, and does so.
PaulS applauds
olethros jumps on the chandelier.
rocketnia claps
Emily claps
CMG applauds.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "way better than a memorial reel!"
Guest6 cools.
DavidW rasies a glass to Eileen, wherever she is.
Emily says, "yay for community infrastructure supporters"
jmac cheers!
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur says, "I mean, literally anything is better than Dave Grohl playing Blackbird"
Sequitur says, "Hear hear."
Sequitur raises a glass
bphennessy cheers
DavidW says, "raises"
Jacqueline clinks glasses with DavidW to toast Eileen.
maga says, "This is a weird little event, but I think it's important for IF in a number of ways, and it's kind of amazing that it's lasted as long as it has."
olethros says, "here's to next year"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "here's to many more"
Doug chants, "twenty! more! years!"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "Do I have a congratulatory @IFComp tweet cued up whose content is based on statistical inference? Maybe I do."
gavininglis cheers!
Draconis says, "Cheers!"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to jmac), "ha"
maga says, "OK, enough of that. Let's do Best Game."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon exclaims, "yes!"
zaphod says, "Do it!"
[peanut-gallery] maga says (to jmac), "good thing you didn't try that nonsense last year, 's all I'm saying"
maga says, "The finalists for Best Game 2015 are as follows:"
Guest6:)
maga exclaims, "Birdland!"
olethros says, "w00t"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon exclaims, "SURPRISE!"
[peanut-gallery] jmac shrugs sympathetically
zaphod claps and stamps feet!
Sequitur applauds!
maga exclaims, "Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!"
katherine looks over at the periodically zombified corpse, then applauds!
katherine recycles the previous applause for this game because it wouldn't *not* fit!
jmac aoogas!
zaphod says, "Hooray!"
bphennessy WHOOOOOP
maga exclaims, "Hollywood Visionary!"
katherine applauds famously!
Khalisar claps
zaphod cheers!
olethros says, "yiipppee"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "This is some pretty excellent cross-platform representation."
Emily says, "yay!"
Draconis cheers!
maga exclaims, "Midnight. Swordfight!"
robinjohnson cheers
DavidW claps for every entry
katherine applauds from the bottom of a fountain!
olethros issues a challenge
bphennessy claps visionarically
maga exclaims, "SPY INTRIGUE!"
zaphod claps excitedly!
katherine WOULD APPLAUD BUT HAS DIED OF APPLAUSE MUMPS.
bphennessy APPLAUDS
Teaspoon slaps hands together.
[peanut-gallery] Felix says, "The variety of platforms is one of the best thing we have these days."
jmac rotates serenely
olethros claps stealthily
maga paces the stage
Magical claps clappliy
maga says, "And the winner..."
Flourish goes home.
</Flourish> Adios, amoebas!
Teaspoon...
[peanut-gallery] robinjohnson suspenses
Guest6 claps for games she has yet to play!
zaphod.......
maga exclaims, "Is Birdland!"
olethros prepares to clap thunderously, is momentarily surprised, and then claps so hard the schock waves dislodge plaster from the ceiling.
Fang stands up and claps!
katherine applauds!!
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP"
zaphod ovates!
jmac exclaims, "Whee!"
maga says, "Come on up, dead man."
robinjohnson exclaims, "double hattrick!"
bphennessy falls down
olethros ovulates!
prevtenet applauds with winged vigor
CMG says, ""A total sweep!""
Doug says, "I've heard of that game"
Guest3 applauds
dastridly chants BIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD
gavininglis applauds.
PaulS claps until he collapses.
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "hits 'Tweet'."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Wow"
[peanut-gallery] jmac says, "Boop."
katherine says (to CMG), "more like a total swoop amirite"
zaphod says, "SPEEEEEECH!"
Magical tweets
[peanut-gallery] Draconis says, "Sweep!"
bphennessy says, "okay. okay wow."
Draconis applauds!
[peanut-gallery] Sequitur exclaims, "Whoo!"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Boggling."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "Well done"
[peanut-gallery] olethros says, "a first!"
Fang throws a bag of feathers into the air.
Jacqueline updates the BEST GAME entry on the chalkboard.
jojo applauds incomprehensibly.
bphennessy says, "okay so I've been looking on some aspects of the IF scene from afar since I was in like high school basically. But in the two-ish years I've actually been involved I've met a ton of wonderful people and been made to feel incredibly welcomed."
<Guest4> <Guest> <Gues> <Gue> <Gu> <G> <>
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "????"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Aw."
Khalisar look chalkboard
[peanut-gallery] Khalisar says, "oops"
Guest6 smiles, "That's great, bphennessy." :)
Felix ^^
[peanut-gallery] Fang says, "now to announce the award for Best Birds, Best Land, Best Story Set In A Camp Involving Birds"
bphennessy says, "so thank you to everyone, because you are all wonderful people. specific thanks to jmac for running IFComp, maga for running this thing, Bruno for running euphoria, and all the lovely people I chat with on the regular."
Sequitur raises his glass.
bphennessy says, "I am actually super happy right now and I think maybe my heart is going to blow up."
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "now you have to write one new game for every award"
Jacqueline raises her glass.
[peanut-gallery] katherine says, "it's the rules"
CMG applauds.
maga raises his glass, and takes a very deep pull
Guest5 goes home.
</Guest5> Alex forgets about the guest. "Now I don't believe in anything!"
[peanut-gallery] nm says, "yay ... see you all later"
nm goes home.
</nm> </n> </> <> >
Dominia leaves the auditorium to the west.
zaphod applauds!
DavidW says, "oh, I guess it's booze time now."
bphennessy says, "oh ALSO 2015 was an amazing year for interactive fiction in general and like even the huge list of amazing nominees didn't capture all the insanely good stuff that came out last year so yay for the continued health of text games as a thing. Okay now let's all go afterparty and have hugs."
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon exclaims, "Hurrah!"
jmac bows.
Emily cheers
</Dominia> Dominia has disconnected from ifMUD.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "exploding hearts and hugs!"
zaphod applauds some more!
robinjohnson cheers, heads to &if via some real-life chores
Felix says, "It was a big year for story games in general."
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline exclaims, "Everybody wins a hug! Everbody wins a hug!"
robinjohnson offers the Amulet of Yendor to Chih Sung-tzu...
</robinjohnson> Newington gets knocked down.
PaulS shouts hooray.
maga exclaims, "Once again, afterparty at http://euphoria.io/room/if/ . And that's a wrap, folks! Thank you all, and goodnight!"
DavidW says, "yay hugs and text games"
[peanut-gallery] olethros asks, "is this the same version as the one submitted to ifcomp?"
Sequitur applauds profusely.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "ditto"
[peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Also, wow. Three hours."
gavininglis cheers!
Felix grins.
zaphod cheers for maga!
prevtenet is finally caught by the Time Police and vanishes in a temporal paradox.
</prevtenet> prevtenet has disconnected from ifMUD.
Fang 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] Teaspoon asks, "Why the switch to euphoria?"
Doug says, "thanks maga!!!!"
Doug says, "glad to keep the tradition alive."
jmac exclaims, "Woohoo!"
jmac exclaims, "IF!!!"
jmac says, "words, y'all"
<Guest5> Alex says, "Awwwk! Word on the street is that you are... um, seven?"
gavininglis says (to maga), "Thanks for the terrific MCing.""
[peanut-gallery] Doug says (to Teaspoon), "muds are out of fashion :("
Felix waves! "I'm off to bed. Midnight here. Luckily without a swordfight."
Guest1 says, "????????"
Guest1 says, "????"
Guest1 goes home.
</Guest1> Well THAT was certainly... interesting.
Sequitur disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
</Sequitur> Sequitur has disconnected from ifMUD.
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "It still went speedily."
Teaspoon picks up a sleepy-looking kitten.
Guest6 exclaims (at felix), "Goodnight!"
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "So, that was an experience."
[peanut-gallery] Doug asks, "we can still have an afterparty here too. Where is it usually?"
Felix hugs Guest6.
Guest6 hugs Felix so much, her dear friend. :)
Guest6 says, "An IFfy friend. :D"
Guest6 hee.
DavidW says, "g'night Felix"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "Carousel Bar & Grill is traditional."
Felix exclaims, "Heehee!"
Felix goes home.
</Felix> Felix has disconnected from ifMUD.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon asks, "how do we go there?"
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "It's up from the Round Room."
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "https://euphoria.io/room/if/"
[peanut-gallery] rocketnia says, "oh, wrong "there""
Doug leaves the auditorium to the west.
[peanut-gallery] Fang says, "xyzzy, up"
katherine concentrates, and disappears.
[peanut-gallery] Doug says, "up from the Long Hall, you mean."
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "I imagine most of the chat will be at euphoria, though."
Draconis concentrates, and disappears.
DavidW leaves the auditorium to the west.
Teaspoon concentrates, and disappears.
[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "oh, is it up from Long Hall then? It's been a while."
Guest2 leaves the auditorium to the west.
</Guest2> Well THAT was certainly... interesting.
[peanut-gallery] Fang says, "maybe most of the booze will be here though"
vimes 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] Teaspoon says, "There don't seem to be any drinks to order."
</Draconis> Vale, munde.
<Draconis> Salve, munde!
rocketnia concentrates, and disappears.
jmac goes home.
zaphod goes home.
zaphod has disconnected.
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
PerrySimm goes home.
</PerrySimm> PerrySimm has disconnected from ifMUD.
gavininglis concentrates, and disappears.
maga disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Nitku has been discontinued.
</Nitku> Damn thee, pants. Damn thee to hell.
Guest3 goes home.
</Guest3> The guest digest will list the next guest request. It's the best!
CMG exits.
</CMG> CMG has disconnected from ifMUD.
furkle goes home.
</furkle> furkle has disconnected from ifMUD.
Guest6 blinks.
dastridly goes home.
</dastridly> dastridly has disconnected from ifMUD.
Guest7 goes home.
</Guest7> Had this been a real Guest, the preceding logon would have been followed by inane questions.
olethros says it takes the safety of donkeys "very seriously"
</olethros> for sufficiently small epsilon, an if-MUD containing olethros is indistinguishable from one that does not.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "erm, I meant Zork 2 and 3."
</ParserGirl> I know this, for I am Antonio Awesome.
[peanut-gallery] Teaspoon says, "(silly, yes)"
josh_g concentrates, and disappears.
<Miseri> My soul belongs to Portneuf yet my heart belongs to cheese.
bphennessy goes home.
</bphennessy> bphennessy has disconnected from ifMUD.
Guest6 hmms.
</Guest5> Alex forgets about the guest. "Now I don't believe in anything!"
Guest6 waves.
Guest6 goes home.
</Guest6> This little guesty stayed home.
Khalisar goes home.
</Khalisar> Khalisar has disconnected from ifMUD.
</Guest4> </Guest> </Gues> </Gue> </Gu> </G> </>
Olly arrives from the west.
Olly concentrates, and disappears.
[xyzzyawards] Zach says, "Huh, surprised that Sunless Sea is IF"
[xyzzyawards] Doug says, "yeah, there was some discussion of its eligibility on the forum."
[xyzzyawards] Doug says, "I only played a little bit of it but I was kind of annoyed by the arcade-game parts. But I believe there's more text stuff than I saw"
[xyzzyawards] Zach says, "There is plenty of story, but I probably spent most of the game sailing"
juxi_ goes home.
</juxi_> juxi_ has disconnected from ifMUD.
[xyzzyawards] Zach says, "I wonder how a story heavy RPG with dialogue trees would do next year"
Emily disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
[xyzzyawards] Zach says, "Should have nominated Fallout 4"
</gavininglis> gavininglis has disconnected from ifMUD.
[xyzzyawards] Zach says, "Definitely going to nominate Dark Souls 3 next year"
[xyzzyawards] Doug says, "well maga pre-screens before the nomination stage"
[xyzzyawards] Doug says, "first step is to make an IFDB entry."
[xyzzyawards] Zach asks, "Does IFDB have guidelines as to what games can be included?"
[xyzzyawards] DavidW says, "Some, yes."
[xyzzyawards] DavidW says, "And the guidelines have changed over the years."
</Fang> A half-eaten piece of chocolate speaks poignantly to the transient nature of life.
[xyzzyawards] Doug says, "I don't think anyone ever deleted entries though"
[xyzzyawards] Doug says, "err, deletes."
[xyzzyawards] DavidW says, "Generally, it's any work of IF released in a completed form during the award target year that has a page on IFDB."