Scummies 2011 Nominations

[Robocopter87]

Why on earth is andrew94 nommed for "Paragon of Mafia Hunters"?

Oh. [Low Key] nommed him. Then DRK seconded. I think the second was a joke. But I dunno.

I disagree with the Nom.

[Robocopter87]

NOMINATE:

Cyclic Experimentation Set x01 for best new mechanic (Grr Arg award I think it's called).

Nthing this.

It doesn't need this. But I have to show my support.

This was a depressing post.

[Robocopter87]

Yeah. But I gotta say No. It really wasn't a perfect game. I think RC's setup may have been slightly unbalanced.

[Robocopter87]

^Lol at the above.

I thought Vi already had been nommed for that. I guess not.

Vi deserves the title, was self nomming the best way to go about getting it? Eh, probably not.

But its said and done now. Vi self nommed. Its looked down upon but not totally banned. Usually it ends up in the selfnommer not getting the title due to acting selfish. But I think this is an entirely different scenario.

Again, Vi totally deserves this title. Without the self nomination I would Nth instantly. With the Self Nom. I am hesitating. But it wasn't the self nom that made me hesitate. It was the tone of the post.

Like, "I did this. I did this. I did this. Give me this title. Now. Its mine."

Yes its yours, Vi. But you can say please you know?

So yeah.

Hesitating is over now,

Nth

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[Robocopter87]

I think

Smoothest Operator

should be more of a Body Of Work award instead of a single game. A Mod can have a great game, and thats great. He could do a really good job, but if he doesn't show that same devotion and care to his other games, it doesn't really make him the Smoothest Operator.

I'm not suggesting actually moving it to Body of Work. But rather the nominations for it have more games than one.

Thoughts?

I also wanted to suggest Best List Mod. But I think that there probably is a lot of issues with a nomination like that.

[Robocopter87]

I think

Smoothest Operator

should be more of a Body Of Work award instead of a single game. A Mod can have a great game, and thats great. He could do a really good job, but if he doesn't show that same devotion and care to his other games, it doesn't really make him the Smoothest Operator.

This makes a lot of sense to me -- only concern is that it might stop a mod who only mods once a year winning but I see your overall point actually.

I think that these awards are very flexible. The point of the award stays the same, but the details of the nominations are different. I think we could figure out a way to make it work for both types of Mods.

Also,

Nominate Thor665 for Best Performance in a Losing Cause

For his work in this game, Newbie 1114.

I understand this is a Newbie, but let me sell it to you.

He replaces into the game Day One. So he pretty much played all game. They get a claim from the JK and they get a mislynch ( not on the JK). Then Night One they nail the Cop. Day Two his partner dies.

This is the part where this nomination comes in. Since the town had decided that the JK would Jail a specific player, Thor No-Kills. Hoping to get an easy mislynch. Unfortunately this fails, as the JK didn't send in an action. Making his entire plan go down the drain and he lost a kill. Then he goes into Day Two where mykonian steps up and pegs Thor as scum. But since mykonian was scummier than Thor665, he was mislynched. Thor being the grand architect of his death secretly. Then he goes after the JK, because now the JK thinks he is scum, so there is nothing he can do about it. So he attempts, failing due to JK.

Now its Day Four. The scum is either Thor or the JK. But because of two no kills. He would have to conduct two mislynches in order to win. Which was terribly unlikely. It was going to happen, it was a losing cause.

But Thor, being the sportsman he is, pulled out every card he could think of and played it against the Town. The Town almost decided to kill the Jailkeeper. Unfortunately, he did lose. But that does not mean he did not do any excellent job.

Not only did he play excellent, the entire time he was writing down the reasons for his actions in the Mafia QT so the Newbies post game could learn from his play.

If that doesn't call for a nomination, I don't know what does.

Yes, its a newbie. Yes, he did lose. But he did an excellent job.

[Robocopter87]

Wow, I'm a terrible Salesman. Still! My nomination still stands.

[Robocopter87]

Thanks. I forgot to post that.

[Robocopter87]

Whoa, that was quite classy. He dealt with that cryptography issue quite well.

2nd AurorusVox for Smooth Operator

Yes. He most certainly did.

Not too mention all the regular Votecounts. All the prods on time. Replacements.

Bravo, AV.

Nth.

[Robocopter87]

I also wanted to suggest Best List Mod. But I think that there probably is a lot of issues with a nomination like that.

Mneah... don't like this one. Too limited a pool of candidates, even with the changeovers this year.

That was the first thing I thought of. Which made me rethink that decision. But I did still write it down, in case somebody had a better idea for it.

[Robocopter87]

Nth Reck

Deserved.

[Robocopter87]

I personally think that the Best Performance in a Losing Cause is a very honorable award.

The fact that you knew whatever happened that you would lose and still playing to maximum just to try and turn it around. It really is a display of sportsmanship on the PLayers part to not just whine about how unfair things are for them and to just do their best.

Yeah it sucks to lose, I know, but I really highly respect those players who show that level of maturity and skill regardless of current circumstance.

The difference between best manipulation and best performance in a losing cause is best manipulation is working the long con all along and best performance in a losing cause is just fighting till the end.