The AGS Awards - Nominations start February 20th and end March 6th!

[Pesty]

No joke, this is FOR THE REALS. Yes, the time has come for you to nominate your favorite AGS games for the big awards! Go here: http://www.sylpher.com/AGSAwards/ for everything you'll ever need.

Nomination voting starts today (February 20th) and ends March 6th.

If there are any questions or if you notice anything wrong with the game list, feel free to pm me. If I get a lot of the same kinds of questions, I'll put them up here with the answers for all to see.

So why are you still here? Go and vote already!

[Problem]

No music award this year?

[Gord10]

YAY! Finally But damn, I can't see the nominations! It says I have to be logged in I wonder the demo category so much.

[Pumaman]

My bad with the music award, I missed it off the nominations page. It has now been added.

You need to right-click the nominate link and choose "Open in new window", otherwise it will say you're not logged in.

[Gord10]

Thanks, fixed now.
So won't be there the Best Demo Award this year?

[Pesty]

Thanks, fixed now.
So won't be there the Best Demo Award this year?

Nope. Listing all of the demos was a lot of work and I wanted to put more emphasis on finished games. So I replaced it with Best Hour Game. Sorry to everyone who felt that their only chance of winning an award was best demo, but that's kind of sad. You should worry about finishing your games, not about winning an award for your demo.

And I've fixed the nominations link, so it should say you're logged in. If you're still having trouble, let me know.

[Radiant]

Great work Pesty! Yay!

When I click on the Registered Games List of 2004, I get a 404 file not found. http://www.sylpher.com/AGSAwards/reglist2004.htm

[Sam.]

Ah poop. I accidentily nominated a certain game that was not made this year? i assum that my voted for that game will be discounted, it will not affect any of my other votes?

[m0ds]

Excellent stuff! Even Trapped with Hell gets a chance.. Votey vote vote timee!

[Vel]

It's time for those banners saying 'If you don't vote for X, I'll burn your house!'

[Pesty]

Great work Pesty! Yay!

When I click on the Registered Games List of 2004, I get a 404 file not found. http://www.sylpher.com/AGSAwards/reglist2004.htm

I don't know why that is. It works fine from the link on the front page...I'll investigate further.

Zooty, don't worry, I have to sort through the nominations myself so if you want to re-nominate a game in place of that nomination, pm me.

Edit: Aah, I have discovered it. Somehow it got saved as a .html instead of an .htm Where did you get the link that leads to the .htm?

[Sam.]

nah, there is nothing in its place, i just thought it was nomination worthy

[SSH]

Exile was released in 2004?

[Chicky]

wow, you actually bothered to add Paranoid to the list?

I'm flattered

[desimaui]

Are all the games available off the AGS website?  And can you vote for more than one?

[Ghormak]

And can you vote for more than one?

This is just the nomination process, you can vote for 10 different games (or less, if you don't want to nominate 10) in each category. After the deadline, the games with the most nomination votes end up as the five nominees in each category for the final voting, and in that final vote you'll only get to vote for one in each category.

[Pesty]

Like I said, if you find something wrong with the list, like a game that wasn't released in 2004 on there, let me know. I went through the announcement forums, and got what I could, but there's bound to be a few mistakes, like games from 2003 in there.

[big brother]

Shouldn't "The Historical League of Bouncy Boxing" qualify as a non-adventure game?

[Pesty]

Shouldn't "The Historical League of Bouncy Boxing" qualify as a non-adventure game?

Yes, it should. I knew I missed a couple non-adventure games when I sorted my list. I thought I had gotten that one, but it slipped under my radar. Sneaky boxing games.

[Kinoko]

I'm so excited I may just eat my hat!! >_<

(Luckily, I wear a bowl of fruit like Carmen Miranda)

[sergiocornaga]

JamesBond should be in non-adventure games, methinks.

[Developer]

How do you vote? 

Man, those pages are un-clear!

[Gilbert]

Why? You can't vote yet, it's just the nomination period.

[KrisMacDee]

Why is 7 Days a Skeptic under the 'F' List 

[jetxl]

CRAP! I pressed Enter, when I wanted to press Backspace.

Why is 7 Days a Skeptic under the 'F' List

Maybe because it's between #(number) and F?

[Pesty Guesty]

How do you vote?Ã, 

Man, those pages are un-clear!

What's unclear about going here: http://www.sylpher.com/AGSAwards/reglist2004.html Finding the games that you want to vote for, then going here: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/awards.php?action=nominate (after you've logged into the forums) and filling in the nominations? You're only nominating the games, then the games that get nominated will be voted on in two weeks for the winners.

And yes, '7 Days a Skeptic' starts with a number, so it's under the "#- F" list.

[SSH]

I dunno if its possible but it would be nice if the page disabled the Enter=Submit key binding, becuase I justdid what JetXL did. Either that, or people who have submitted nominations can still submit more on categories they havent filled in....

[Pumaman]

Ok, I've added some javascript to the page which should in theory disable the enter key, so that you can't accidentally submit the form.

[Developer]

I think Leisure Suit Larry 2 Point and Click by redruM deserves a few awards, that game was very well done.

[Vel]

Yeah, Al Lowe rocks.

[AGA]

If you don't think redruM deserves a lot of recognition for his work on the remake, you're an idiot. Whether or not it was originally made by someone else, it's a great piece of work.

[Developer (GUEST)]

If you don't think redruM deserves a lot of recognition for his work on the remake, you're an idiot. Whether or not it was originally made by someone else, it's a great piece of work.

I totally agree.

[Vel]

I think he should only be allowed to enter the categories he did, like programming.

[jetlag]

I think we should vote for that.

[He-Man]

Hello there.

Mafioso Over Kill (made by the most powerful man in the universe) should also be in the non-adventure game section!
But on the other side, it's not like it's going to win anything.

Cheers
Your pal
Niels

[InCreator]

There was THAT MUCH games released last year? 
Aw crap. Gotta start playing...

* German, Italian, etc games -- most of them are not played by majority of voters, so there's not a fair competition

[Pesty]

Thanks for telling me about the non-adventure games, I'll get them moved to the right list when I get a chance.

It's not really that big of a deal if something is in the wrong category, it just helps make things easier for people to find. I mean, if they want to vote for it, they'd better know what kind of game it is.

Increator: I listed every game I found released in 2004, no matter what language it is. That's as fair as I can make it. It's not my fault games haven't been played by a majority of people, I'm just here to organize things.

[Pumaman]

* German, Italian, etc games -- most of them are not played by majority of voters, so there's not a fair competition

Well then, that's a good incentive for people to release an English translation of their game, isn't it

[Mr. Mozzarella]

I'm still very new and have played only one 2004 game. So I can nominate only one game. Can I at least nominate that one game several times a category?

[Phemar]

Ags awards finally... happiness!

[Pumaman]

I'm still very new and have played only one 2004 game. So I can nominate only one game. Can I at least nominate that one game several times a category?

There's still a week to go before the nominations deadline -- that's plenty of time to play another couple of games

[Joacim Andersson]

I released Melrin: The disciple ordeal and Melrin: The pendant quest during 2004,, but only Melrin: The dragon menace is listed.

[Pesty]

I released Melrin: The disciple ordeal and Melrin: The pendant quest during 2004,, but only Melrin: The dragon menace is listed.

Oh, really? I thought they were released in 2003. Sorry, I'll put them on the list!

[Joacim Andersson]

Oh, really? I thought they were released in 2003. Sorry, I'll put them on the list!

Well, I did release the first part of the first Melrin game (The Disciple Ordeal) back in 2003. But after the feedback I got I made a total remake of it and also extended it to the full four part game that was my intention in the first place. I also released it at the same time as the second game, which was on July 27, 2004.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=15624.0

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Argh! How could I have missed this! Well, it's done now - I voted. Yay! And, I noticed no plugin or utility was listed... I think this year we won't have nominations for that. Pity netmonkey didn't get his Media Manager plugin done in December or earlier...

Oh, and just a quick note -

I think he should only be allowed to enter the categories he did, like programming.

I understand what you mean, and you know what? I agree with you in that most things were not mine. But I DID do more than programming, and I just wanted to point it out. I also added music and sound effects (I didn't MAKE them, but the game now has, courtsesy of me, 99% more music and sounds than it used to) plus responses to every single interaction, responses that Al Lowe didn't write - I did. Just, you know, FYI. But again, I agree to you, in general. Just saying I did a bit more than just programming.

[Mr_Frisby]

Cudos pesty - everything looks tikkety boo.


I like the voting system - its cool - but you know what would be cool to add? Another page like the list of games except with tick boxes so everyone can tick the games that they have played.
Then there can be another award - for most and least played games by voters or something. It's pretty cool - then you can kinda gague how popular your game is even if it doesn't win an award.
The results could be in a kinda graph or something. This would probably take alot of work to do - so its just an idea and doesn't need to become a reality.

that is all . .
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VOTE POCKETFLUFF.YAY! YOU LIMEY BASTARDS!!!

[jetxl]

b.t.w.

• Board Quest - Jet X.Carrot Quest â€" Hindersh

should be

• Board Quest - Jet X.L.
• Carrot Quest â€" Hindersh

[subliminal message]Nominate board quest for best non-adventure game.[/subliminal message]

[Pesty]

b.t.w.

• Board Quest - Jet X.Carrot Quest – Hindersh

should be

• Board Quest - Jet X.L.
• Carrot Quest – Hindersh

[subliminal message]Nominate board quest for best non-adventure game.[/subliminal message]

Yeah, that kind of stuff is easy to miss. I haven't had a chance to fix the lists, but when I do, I'll make sure to change that.

[LucasFan]

No Reality-On-The-Norm games?

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

There haven't been all that many RON games in 2004 anyway, have there? I think.

EDIT - I just noticed, didn't there use to be a "Best Manual" entry?

[Pumaman]

EDIT - I just noticed, didn't there use to be a "Best Manual" entry?

There still is -- "Best Documentation"

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Aw! I didn't notice it! Damn, I didn't vote for it! I meant to. Pesty, I'll PM you my votes, ok? I still have time, right?

[SSH]

So, are we going to hear the noms, or what? 

[Pesty]

So, are we going to hear the noms, or what?Ã, 

I can't turn off the nominations myself, so I have to wait until CJ gets back on to do that. Then I'll have to sort through the nominations and make a list. I'll hopefully have it done by tomorrow.

[Sektor 13]

be sure to add a nice BOLD text under threads (forum) like sign for voteing "click here" to se results or something..

[Pumaman]

Done -- nominations are now closed.

[Vel]

And the nominees are....?

[MillsJROSS]

I'm sure counting all the votes will take a bit of time. Be patient...it'll all be available in due time.

-MillsJROSS

[Sektor 13]

i thought that they have somekind of program that counts games votes and report the results..  :

[Pesty]

i thought that they have somekind of program that counts games votes and report the results..Ã,  :

Yes, that program is called Pesty and A Piece of Paper.

I get the feeling many people think that I do have a program of some sort that lists all these things, but there isn't. It's all me, which is why it's taking so long. It's not an easy task and all I ask is for people to be patient. It's not a life or death situation, it's not gonna hurt being a day or two late.

[Sektor 13]

i thought that they have somekind of program that counts games votes and report the results..  :

Yes, that program is called Pesty and A Piece of Paper.

....  it's not gonna hurt being a day or two late.

Hmm you never know

[MillsJROSS]

The reason there isn't a program, is there are too many variable within the voting process. Because we had to type in the games, there is bound to be spelling errors. So making a program to count everything won't be accurate.

-MillsJROSS

[AGA]

Given there was a list of all applicable entries, the more sensible option would have been to have a checkbox system for all the voteable games in each category. It would have made the page a little larger, but collating votes at the end would have been much, much simpler. Maybe an idea for next time 'round...

[Pumaman]

I think the reason we decided against that last time was because there's always one or two games that get left off the list accidentally, and people wouldn't be able to nominate them if it was a fixed list.

However, don't worry -- the actual voting stage is a selection from the fixed list of nominees, so the vote counting is automatic.

[edmundito]

Thanks, Pesty, for taking over the Awards this year.


It just sounds like you have a lot of counting to do with this "Pesty and Piece of Paper" software. Who made it, was it that Chris Jones?

[MillsJROSS]

Given there was a list of all applicable entries, the more sensible option would have been to have a checkbox system for all the voteable games in each category. It would have made the page a little larger, but collating votes at the end would have been much, much simpler. Maybe an idea for next time 'round...

The trick with this technique, is you have more work in the actual set up process. I think our real problem, lies in our slack to do this until it's actually time. If someone kept updating the new games comming out consistently throughout the year, the workload would be less when it comes to nomination time.

As far as a check box technique, I agree this would be better. We could always add an other option next time, should there be any games that were missed. Of course, this is all easy for me to say, considering I'm not doing any of the work.

-MillsJROSS

[SSH]

Surely sorting the results into alphabetical order, even if there are typos, will make the counting a lot easier?

[AGA]

If someone kept updating the new games comming out consistently throughout the year, the workload would be less when it comes to nomination time.

I actually did this as part of my Underground work until about the middle of last year, but then I got lax and forgot all about it. Then I deleted the list because I'm stupid.

One way of doing this next time around would be for CJ to add a date-added field to the AGS games database, assuming there isn't already one. Or some kind of plugin to the forums that made an addition to a list every time a new Completed Game Announcements thread was started. Both would take minimal time for a 1337 programm0r like CJ, and would make next year's Awards organiser's job a lot easier.

[Sektor 13]

this is getting ZZZ  I think "brain" computer needs more RAM   joke

[Pumaman]

One way of doing this next time around would be for CJ to add a date-added field to the AGS games database, assuming there isn't already one.

Ooops, I meant to do this ages ago and then totally forgot. It's now added to the game Detail pages.

Of course, you'd still need to check the forums to compile the Awards list, since not all games get added to the Games page.

[Pesty]

So here's an update. This week has been insanely busy for me and I haven't had time to finish up the nomination tallies. This, coupled with the fact that the week after next I'll be gone from the 19th to the 26th, I'm going to announce the nominations and start the voting on Sunday, March 13th and the ceremonies will happen the day after I come back (hopefully). This gives you all two weeks to vote for the winners. I'm very sorry for the delay, midterms are a bitch.

[DGMacphee]

I sympathise Pesty. Last year, I had to tally and announce the nominees and make sure everyone could vote a few hours before I packed my bags and left for a trip to Melbourne.

[alkis21]

This is really disturbing for me.. I was away in Buenos Aires on a business trip and I only saw that thread today! I really hope some people nominated Other Worlds.

[Radiant]

Three cheers for Pesty!!!

   

[auhsor]

Cheer!