Scummies 2007 Nominations Closed!

[Kelly Chen]

Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.

[Kelly Chen]

I move that we remove the "Most Prolific" scummy from the pool, because especially nowadays, we don't need to throw additional incentives around for people to join extra games. People should only join however many games they enjoy playing, and can handle. No sense

encouraging

overactivity.

Good post -- I agree. If this award is encouraging you-know-who (and I think it might be) then the sooner it is abolished, the better. I would support any award for prolific replacer: perhaps as a more general "Services to the Site" award.

hmm, i dont think an award for replacing makes sense in tha context. Whilst having people to replace into your game is obviously good, its probably better to have those active people in your game to start with. But i agree that the prolific player award should probably go.

But it's usually less desirable to replace into a game than start it new. That's the point of recognizing players who replace.

[Kelly Chen]

I don't know about Ibby (only game I was in with her, that I recall, and where she wasn't replaced, she was killed N1), but usually you'd expect a good protown player to die early.

You might be able to get good at surviving to endgame, but that's not the point of the game.

[Kelly Chen]

Flay, you should interpret my second paragraph generally, not in reference to good players only.

I am trying to agree with whoever CEScum is that by and large surviving to endgame isn't inherently impressive.

[Kelly Chen]

With Jdodge on ThAdmiral and Albert on xyz, I'm definitely saving my bullet.

Ahaha

[Kelly Chen]

I wonder why, didn't you say you were joking?

[Kelly Chen]

I think the

Luckiest Game

Award should be removed. I don't see the point in rewarding someone for being lucky.

Additionally, if we get rid of this award then they weren't that lucky after all. Two birds with one stone.

[Kelly Chen]

How about an award for whoever owns the most newbs? Or owns them the hardest? hehe

[Kelly Chen]

I came up with AitP, Crush, and (if Crush doesn't impress you) Vengeful.

[Kelly Chen]

All scum are brothers.

[Kelly Chen]

Nominate Rosso Carne for Best Town Performance in Kingmaker 2, for finding all the scum in it.

[Kelly Chen]

I think for a jester to be interesting, it needs to be open setup, and there should be something more difficult about the task than just "get lynched anytime anywhere." There should probably be a vig in the setup.

I agree that jesters undermine the ability to assume that everybody is trying to look town, and that this isn't a good thing. But perhaps the role can be made interesting enough to balance this.

[Kelly Chen]

I am skeptical that an "uncovered" jester would be lynched just to get him out of the way... Unless there were a lot of scum on the wagon...

[Kelly Chen]

Actually I think that's an ok role. You have incentive to act like town rather than like scum. You actually have incentive to make scum fear you as much as possible.

As a cheap way to win I can imagine this role trying to fake claim power roles. But this could backfire if they get doc protection, or are counterclaimed.

A nice thing is that even if the scum learn what your role is, it doesn't change anyone's incentives (unless the game ends when you're nked, of course).

[Kelly Chen]

I look forward to the inevitable fierce debate over which games made the deadline and which didn't.

[Kelly Chen]

Oh yeah, that debate too. Let's do that one first this year.

[Kelly Chen]

Is there some kind of "good effort (not in a game)" award I can nominate AniX for?

[Kelly Chen]

If there is some kind of Miscellaneous Award,

Nominate Skruffs for his invention of that legendary setup which i forget the name of, but when 1 player is lynched, they choose who dies next.

Wow what setup is this?

[Kelly Chen]

If there is some kind of Miscellaneous Award,

Nominate Skruffs for his invention of that legendary setup which i forget the name of, but when 1 player is lynched, they choose who dies next.

Wow what setup is this?

This sounds like Vengeful Mafia, no?

Yes but apparently this one hasn't been on the forums yet...

[Kelly Chen]

I must decline the nomination for Best Setup with respect to Crush Nightless. I'll take the other one though.