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I feel strangely compelled to agree with Snarky, probably mostly because of his usage of varying font sizes and bullet point lists.

Best comedy and other genre awards isn't a bad idea, and it looks like most people want a plethora of awards so it probably won't be a problem.

I'm personally more worried about there being only one commercial award, seeing how my TSP might end up competing against games like Nellie Cootalot 2, Kathy Rain, the latest Blackwell iteration and whatever other titles WEG are pushing this year, probably resulting in not even a nomination for me

Back in the old day, when AGA's voice still hadn't broken, we used to have things called Ergos and Foregos and Penis awards and whatnot, so I thought why not regurgitate such an old and hardly time-honoured tradition?

I bet we could come up with plenty of silly categories. Discuss!

Alright, I've added a poll to guide us through these questions.

Note how there are 3 polls in 1 (each question having 3 options), which means you will only cast one vote per question. This instead of creating three different polls... I hope it's clear.

Let's throw in some more suggestions, and then we can start a poll and settle it once and for all.

How about two classes, with only 5 categories in each?
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Best commercial game
Best art in a commercial game
Best music in a commercial game
Best story in a commercial game
Best puzzles in a commercial game

Best free game
Best art in a free game
Best music in a free game
Best story in a free game
Best puzzles in a free game

Then we won't have to deal with dozens of obscure/redundant categories that nobody cares about, plus non-commercial games won't have to compete against commercial games, plus all commercial games won't have to fight for only one award.

PS:
I agree with Peder that not only AGSers should be able to vote, but if we open it up for the public, some sort of quick registration is probably in order - we don't want someone's 500 facebook friends popping in just to push a button.

What if there was a special class for commercial games, that involved all categories? Next year will see a lot of big commercial titles, and it would seem strange with only one award.

I don't mind you participating, on the contrary I think Primordia definitely deserves lots of awards - my post was more aimed at the rules per see. It's not like we could change the rules until next year either way.
Just voicing my opinion

Ok, I split the FYC thread and pasted the discussion posts here.

As I said, I have no personal interest in not seeing Primordia elligible this year, but I do think that principally, a game should contend the year it was officially released.

I think this because 1) it doesn't make sense that the database entry date should hold precedence over that actual release date - it just goes against all logic, 2) there's no reason Primordia could not have competed last year (it's not like the authors weren't aware of the awards, or that none of the team was around to put it up), and 3) people may suspect others of strategically witholding their games, to appear in a year with less competition instead.

I don't really care about which games are elligible or not since I don't have a game out this year, but I kind of think that a game should contend in the year it was officially released, and not when somebody finally decides to put it in the database. Was there a reason not to put Primordia up for the awards last year?

I heard they're splitting the final movie into two movies. And then they'll make a third movie on the credits alone, making a trilogy within the trilogy.

One a side note:
I saw it, and it was exactly how I had expected it to be - long, full of special effects, super ninja elves and whackiness.

Tell me more about this Ace Quest you speak of...

You can read all about it in this frequently updated web log:
http://jmaven.com/acequest/index.php

TL;DR

play Ace Quest.

Hello!
Looks like a fun game. I love how buildings zoom in and then open up as you enter them.
You can't submit it to the AGS database, if that's what you mean, but we can talk about it here in the Talk & Chat forum

My family finally agreed not to exchange gifts, which was the best decision ever. Only me and my girlfriend bought presents to each other, and we also bought a toy for my niece, aged 1 (soon).
We ended up spending money on food and beverages instead, which felt much better.

Dear diary.
Today I've gone through literally a gazillion voice files and cut them and adjusted the volume and renamed them and god knows what else. I really hope people will be listening to each and every line and not skip a single one of them, OR ELSE

Andail är du Svensk??? Det var som fan

Senast jag kollade i passet, så

On-topic:
Can I put the difficulty on lowest whilst walking around, and then set it to middle when I expect a battle? I don't want to whimp out of a challenging fight, but I would still enjoy roaming the surroundings freely without freezing to death every third minute.

Nice
And welcome back.

I congratulate thee for yon release!

I've played a bit, and it's looking pretty solid so far. As a Swede I'm amused by some of the names
My only gripe at this point is that the heroine's propensity to grow cold has hampered her exploration of the beautiful surroundings slightly. But maybe I've missed clicking on a big nice fur coat somewhere...

Ah, that's true, I stand corrected

What matters is that a bunch of ex-ezboard members have virtually the same reg dates, which don't tell at what point they actually joined the community. Not that it actually matters, of course...