The 2007 AGS Awards: DOWNLOAD THE CEREMONY!

[SSH]

Latest voting update: 5 categories still with 1 or two votes in it, and one category which is a two-way tie!

[SSH]

Awards ceremony will be somewhen on Sunday afternoon or evening. Sorry, I'm busy Saturday (sorry Vince!)

[Akatosh]

Excitement!

[Radiant]

We shouldn't call it pimping  . May be we can say bumping

I've been meaning to respond to this... I did a bit of analysis, and I don't think there's all that strong a correlation between "games being mentioned in the FYC thread" and "games nominated". There were a large amount of games this year that were either not mentioned in FYC at all, but nominated nevertheless, OR discussed at length in FYC and not making the cut for nominations at all. Public opinion may be subjective, but it is apparently not as easily swayed by something as simple as being mentioned in a thread.

Aside from that, it would seem that "best programming" (or, as it was called some years ago, "best scripting") is the hardest category to adjudicate. On the one hand, it is easy to say "I like this game therefore it probably has the best programming", which isn't quite the point. On the other hand, it is also easy to think "it was hard for me to program this game and therefore it has the best programming", which isn't really the point either.

[SSH]

Results are up

Remind me to have a separate voice acting category next year. And an AGS resource category.

[nihilyst]

Nice presentation, SSH!

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees. 2007 has been a very productive and good year. We had many many great games. Let's hope that 2008 will be as good or even better.

[ThreeOhFour]

Yes, I agree, what an awesome year for games.

Very nice presentation, congratulations to all the winners.

[auriond]

Congratulations to winners and nominees alike, and thank you to SSH for making such a lovely presentation. I could never catch the previous AGS awards due to the time difference.

I love how Nelly Cootaloot dominates the awards by the sheer size of her, um, visual presence... 

[Nikolas]

Congratulations to all the winners! The results find me in huge agreement in all categories in reality! Those awards represent me largely I think! and music as well! Well done Thomas!

[Ponch]

Congrats to all the winners (and nominees). Also, nice presentation SSH. It was nice to have a front row seat. It would have been torture had I been a seat filler somewhere in the back. All I would have been able to see was Nelly tearing across the stage like some adorable Godzilla, terrorizing the smaller sprites.

I really liked the inset shots of the backgrounds. Maybe next time you could do a small shot like that for each game in all the categories. Truth be told, it's been a while since I played some of those games and had a hard time remembering which one looked like what. Might be nice to see a little pic of each nominee.

So kudos to the winners. I hope you all make the most of the fame, the adulation, and the big cash prizes that come with every trophy. But watch out for the paparazzi and all the hangers-on that come with fame. We don't want you guys to turn out like Britney Spears.

- Ponch

[veryweirdguy]

I like the presentation this year hero, good job!

I haven't played as many AGS games this year so I didn't really think I was qualified to vote, but I will tell you how pleased I was to see Nelly do so well: very!

EDIT: Oh yeah, and congrats to all those who won, and comisserations (commisses?) to those who didn't. BUT THAT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT.

[Pumaman]

Congratulations to all the winners, nominees -- and indeed everyone who made a game in 2007! It's been another great year for games, so here's to 2008!

Also, thanks to SSH for running the Awards once again, and writing the ceremony!


EDIT: I've updated the AGS Games pages for the winners, if I've made any mistakes with any of the entries please let me know.

[LimpingFish]

Well done to all the nominees and winners. And to SSH for presenting such an exciting ceremony.

[Vince Twelve]

Haha, well done SSH.  And big congratulations to everyone!

[MashPotato]

Heehee, that was a great ceremony   Congrats to all winners and nominees!

[The Ivy]

Bravo! Top notch! Let's do this again next year, hm?

[Akatosh]

Thanks for the award, commitee... but I'm still waiting for the award in the mail. 

[thomasregin]

Thank you very much for the award! I'm honored and proud! Thanks to all who liked the music in Blackwell Unbound and voted for it!

Now, when's the award show after party with champagne, drugs and girls ad libitum?? 

/Thomas.

[SSH]

Oops, forgot to thank everybody who donated .CHA files for their characters to appear. If I'd been more organised I'd do Jan's suggestion and have more screenshots. I hope no-one minds the thank-you speeches I wrote for them! 

Also thanks to CJ for doing the underlying voting scripts, etc. And thanks to everyone who voted, especially if you did the right thing and actually tried to play most of the games first.

Hey, if everyone liked it so much, perhaps this years ceremony might win an award next year

[m0ds]

well done peoples!