From: eileen@interport.net (Eileen Mullin) Subject: The XYZZY Awards: The nominees are... Date: 03 Feb 1998 Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction,rec.games.int-ficiton The votes are in for the XYZZY Awards for best I-F of 1997. In each category, the top five vote-getters have been designated as the nominees. The winning games will be revealed at the second annual XYZZY Awards ceremonies, to be held at a live, real-time online event on ifMUD (http://fovea.retina.net:4001). The ceremonies start at 4 pm EST (that's 9 pm GMT) on Thursday, Feb. 5th, and will continue until we run out of things to announce. :-) If you're new to MUDs, you may want to try out the MUD in advance to get the hang of creating characters and interacting with the environment. This year's awards will be presented by the winners of the 1996 XYZZY Awards. If your game is nominated but you will be unable to attend, please let me know if you can send a representative in your place...! Without further ado, the nominees (in alphabetical order) are... Best Game: A Bear's Night Out (David Dyte) Babel (Ian Finley) Glowgrass (Nate Cull) Interstate Zero (Adam Cadre) The Edifice (Lucian Smith) Best Writing: Babel (Ian Finley) Interstate Zero (Adam Cadre) Sunset Over Savannah (Ivan Cockrum) She's Got a Thing For a Spring (Brent vanFossen) The Space Under The Window (Andrew Plotkin) Best Story: Babel (Ian Finley) Glowgrass (Nate Cull) Interstate Zero (Adam Cadre) Madame L'Estrange and the Troubled Spirit (Ian Ball and Marcus Young) Mercy (Chris Klimas) Best Setting: A Bear's Night Out (David Dyte) Interstate Zero (Adam Cadre) Mercy (Chris Klimas) She's Got a Thing For a Spring (Brent vanFossen) Sins Against Mimesis (Adam Thornton) Best Puzzles: Babel (Ian Finley) Everybody Loves a Parade (Cody Sandifer) Heist (Andy Phillips) The Edifice (Lucian Smith) Zero Sum Game (Cody Sandifer) Best NPCs: Everybody Loves a Parade (Cody Sandifer) Interstate Zero (Adam Cadre) She's Got a Thing For a Spring (Brent vanFossen) The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang (Neil deMause) Zero Sum Game (Cody Sandifer) Best Individual Puzzle: Setting the digital clock in Heist (Andy Phillips) Pick Up the Phone Booth and Die (R. Noyes) The language puzzle in The Edifice (Lucian Smith) Defeating the Kunkel in Sins Against Mimesis (Adam Thornton) Building the sand castle in Sunset Over Savannah (Ivan Cockrum) Best Individual NPC: Taco Junta girl in Interstate Zero (Adam Cadre) Bob in She's Got a Thing for a Spring (Brent vanFossen) The devil in Sins Against Mimesis (Adam Thornton) The Stranger in The Edifice (Lucian Smith) The cow in The Lost Spellmaker (Neil James Brown) Best Individual PC: The bear from A Bear's Night Out (David Dyte) David in Babel (Ian Finley) Tracy Valencia in Interstate Zero (Adam Cadre) Improv in The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang (Neil deMause) Mattie in The Lost Spellmaker (Neil James Brown) Best Use of Medium: A New Day (Jonathan Fry) Interstate Zero (Adam Cadre) Sunset Over Savannah (Ivan Cockrum) The Space Under the Window (Andrew Plotkin) The Tempest (Graham Nelson) That's it -- all 10 categories. See you Thursday!!! Eileen