AGS Awards and FOREGOs results 2005

AGA · Sat 18/02/2006 23:20:58

AGS Awards:

Best Game Created with AGS: Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 4 - Horror at Number 50

Best Gameplay: Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 4 - Horror at Number 50

Best Story: Prodigal

Best Dialogue Writing: Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 4 - Horror at Number 50

Best Puzzles: Cedric and the Revolution

Best Player Character: Emily Enough: Imprisoned

Best Non-Player Character: "Invisible guy" from Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment

Best Background Art: Stargate Adventure

Best Character Art: Mind's Eye

Best Animation: Mind's Eye

Best Programming: Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment

Best Use of Sound: Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 4 - Horror at Number 50

Best Music: Apprentice 1 Deluxe

Best Documentation: Anna

Best Short Game: Cedric and the Revolution

Best Demo: Star Wars Shadows of the Empire: Graphic Adventure - TECH DEMO

Best Non-Adventure Game Created with AGS: Missing In Action

Best AGS Resource: AGS Wiki

The P3N1S Award (Worst AGS Game): No, I Am Spartacus!

FOREGOs:

Most helpful Beginners Tech forum person: Ashen

Most helpful Technical forum person: Ashen and Pumaman (CJ)

Best constructive criticiser in Games in Production forum: Darth Mandarb

Most helpful hinter in Hints/Tips forum: jane

Best overall contributor in Competitions and Activities forum: ProgZmax

Most helpful artist in Critic's Lounge: Loominous

Most helpful musician in Critic's Lounge: Geoffkhan

Best debater: MrColossal

Best overall contributor: Pumaman (CJ)

Funniest AGSer: Pumaman (CJ)

Worst n00b: Flukeblake

Best newbie: Becky (Shentirag)

Best #AGS (AGS IRC) user: Hajo (dasjoe)

Sexiest AGSer: The Ivy

CJ's best deed: Existing

Best moderator: Darth Mandarb

Best avatar: Darth Mandarb

Most awaited game: Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 5 - Land of the Living Dead

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the ceremony, and of course to SSH for all his work in administrating the awards.

A complete log of the ceremony (with the magical ability to hide the applause) can be found here.

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 18/02/2006 23:29:49

Thanks to both AGA and SSH for taking the time to organise and present the awards etc

See you all there again next year! (but hopefully the winners will be present

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Pumaman · Sat 18/02/2006 23:34:57

Congratulations to all the winners; and indeed to all the nominees, and in fact everyone who made a game in 2005. It's you guys churning out top-notch stuff that makes this place what it is

Sorry for blowing you guys off to go and watch a movie rather than attending the Awards, but please, let's be civilised and not hold these things on Saturday nights

And er finally, thanks to everyone who voted for me in the FOREGOs, but I'm afraid I must admit that I'm not actually going to add those features you wanted in return ... so too bad, suckers!

Thanks of course to DGMacphee for inventing the Awards in the first place, to SSH for organising them, AGA for running the ceremony, and to everyone else who helped out but I've forgotten.

QuoteMost awaited game: Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 4 - Horror at Number 50

Shurely you mean Case 5 ...

EDIT: Oh also, I've updated the Games page so that the winning games should now have the AGS Awards listed on their game pages ... let me know if I've made any mistakes.

AGA · Sat 18/02/2006 23:42:56

I edited that mistake (while you were typing your post, I guess), CJ.

Grundislav · Sat 18/02/2006 23:43:49

Hooray! Ã,Â Thanks to all who voted, it's really an honor having won. Ã,Â I was actually in the Florida Everglades with Farlander and Lorena during the awards, so that's why we were not there! Ã,Â

Ashen · Sat 18/02/2006 23:51:47

Do more of the winners usually show up, then? I would've been there, but my tux is at the cleaners. Also, I didn't expect to win 'owt, and didn't want you all to see me cry.

Gosh, one-and-a-half awards, and I don't have a speech prepared. Trisk's suggestion of a deathmatch to decide between CJ and me is tempting ... but I fear the inevitable backlash after I put the smackdown. Thanks all - it's an honour, and I'm a little more emotional than I should be, being stone-cold sober. And congratulations to the other winners, especially Grundislav who seems to be the big winner of the evening. To the other nominees: HAHAHAHAHA! LOSERS!

(Can you tell I don't win much?)

m0ds · Sun 19/02/2006 01:37:44

Well done to the winners, and to the team that ran the awards - and SSH for all his hard work. It seemed to go smoothly! Looks like some decent planning went into the actual award ceremony - if you made it all up then you did really well, it was enjoyable!!! Congratulations again to the winners!! & to those who were nominated, too

Well done Grundislav

And great closing line, Xenogia

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Sun 19/02/2006 02:31:39

Thanks for the votes, and remember to get the new version!

Kinoko · Sun 19/02/2006 03:07:25

Aww, I missed it! I didnt even know it was on ;_;

Congrats to everyone!!

Sam. · Sun 19/02/2006 10:44:06

is there going to be a log of the eveing posted somewhere soon?

EDIT: oh.

Privateer Puddin' · Sun 19/02/2006 10:54:31

did you read his post?

Quote from: AGA on Sat 18/02/2006 23:20:58
A complete log of the ceremony (with the magical ability to hide the applause) can be found here.

Bernie · Sun 19/02/2006 15:39:12

Aww... I wanted to be there but had nightshift on that day.

Congratulations to all the winners & nominees!

Darth Mandarb · Sun 19/02/2006 15:50:32

Thanks to AGA and SSH for puttin' it all together!

I would have liked to have attended the ceremony but I haven't been home in a few days.

Thanks for all the votes and congrats to the other winners!

xenogia · Mon 20/02/2006 08:21:55

I woke up at 8.00am and missed 95% of it, goddamn pacific time

Gregjazz · Mon 20/02/2006 08:58:29

Quote from: Kinoko on Sun 19/02/2006 03:07:25
Aww, I missed it! I didnt even know it was on ;_;

Congrats to everyone!!

Same here. Dag yo, I guess that's what happens when you don't check the "adventure game related chat" forum in a while.

Nikolas · Mon 20/02/2006 09:19:14

Well to everybody that missed it:

It was nothing special really. I didn't win shit!!!!!!!! BOOO HOOO HOOO!

Moreover ProgZmax was named as ProgZZZZZ (and as ou can gues he was almost there...)

Nothing mroe really...

Congrats to my rival Greg! He desrevd it! And also to Becky Congrats!

And yeah, to everybody else congrats! I've been here for less than a year but I think that it was a great year for AGS!

Yay! to us all!

Vel · Mon 20/02/2006 09:24:54

It should have been properly advertised.

SSH · Mon 20/02/2006 10:05:22

Yeah, I mean a post in both AGC and GG forums for more than two weeks obviously isn't enough.

AGA · Mon 20/02/2006 13:55:45

If you're not in touch enough with the community to read the forums regularly, you don't DESERVE to be presented with an Award

edmundito · Mon 20/02/2006 15:03:28

Quote from: AGA on Mon 20/02/2006 13:55:45
If you're not in touch enough with the community to read the forums regularly, you don't DESERVE to be presented with an Award

And that's why you weren't presented with one... and don't tell me you were behind AGS Wiki!

AGS Awards and FOREGOs results 2005

m0ds