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I have now saved the GTDs listed in Ginny's post above to my hard drive, and sent a message (through e-mail or PM) to all participants (except for two persons who posted as guests) asking for their permission to use their words. (Many have already given their permission... thanks!)

Some slight editing will obviously take place, but if I get permission from everybody (so that I won't have to remove posts for that reason) it will be kept at a minimum. Spelling errors will be fixed, off topic remarks will be removed, that sort of thing, but it will stay mostly intact.

I also plan to keep the conversation nature of the GTDs, so all statements will be properly attributed to whoever said it. If you'd like to be called something else than your current forum alias (your real name for example!), just let me know.

Any suggestions or comments will be gratefully recieved and seriously considered.

Expect the old GTDs to start popping up at TCN after the TCN Awards has been handed out.

Now the nominations are counted and you can vote!

Ok, then I add it.

Should this first part be counted as a full game? Judging by the web site (I haven't played it), I'd say no. (I'd ask the author of his opinion but I can't find any contact info on his web site.)

Series like this are tricky, but I think that unless the parts really are complete games by themselves (like Apprentice) the games are better off considered as a whole where they're 100% done.

It's not in the TCN database at all... [Checks the list of games at this site, finds a link to the game, discovers it to be 66% finished.] It's not released yet, is it?

Reminder: There is now just a little more than 26 hours left until the deadline for nominations, so if you want to nominate but hasn't, now is your last chance. Or if you have nominated and have changed your mind (or maybe you'd like to nominate one of the games that were added to the list a bit late) you can alter your nominations until the deadline is met. A new nomination completely replaces your old one if you've nominated earlier.

[Takes a sneak peek at the current results: Interesting...]

Edit: 26+24 hours, actually, since it's still Thursday.

AGS-GD: Yes, I've seen it in the queue and added it. We are three persons with access to it, but nobody had time to do add it sooner.

And to remove some confusion, here are some details on the process:

The games in that list has not recieved any special nominations. It is automatically created from the TCN database of games, so any game marked as released in 2004 that hasn't got the special "not freeware" flag is on it. It's simply the list of games that can be nominated, and when someone informs me of a game that should be on the list but isn't I add it as soon as I can.

To nominate games for the TCN Awards, log in and visit the page with the list of possible nominations. You will then be able to select up to five games in each category to nominate.

When the nomination period is over (Saturday night), I (or rather the small script I made) will count the nominations and the five games in each category who got the most nominations will get nominated.

Then the second round of voting will take place, where you will be able to vote for one of the nominated games in each category. One man (or woman) - one vote. (Please don't try to cheat - there were such attempts last year and that just makes me sad.) The games with the most votes in this round will get the awards.

Fixed. (It was marked as still in development. You'd forgot to announce its completion.)

Looks nice.

Thanks.

(By the way, will there be an award for the best demo?Ã,  )

No. Like previous years, there are only five awards, and only for completed games. The number of awards seems to have worked, so the details around the voting procedure has changed this year. (This is the first year with a two-round voting system. Previous years, a game only needed a single nomination to be nominated.)

"Deluxe" is added to the short title of MM as suggested. It was before included in the full title displayed on the game page, but not in the short title used in game lists. I agree that it's better to use the full name there aswell, to avoid any confusion. The full name is short enough to have room anyway.

It is now on the list. If there are other games that should be on the list, please let me know as soon as possible, and it will be fixed.

It's that time of the year again. Time to look back at the year that has past and the games produced during that time. The nomination process for the TCN Awards has started. Visit The Crow's Nest, see the list of games, and nominate!

And Adventure Gamers Underground, OK?

1647 GUE!

Nobody? Well, then I start acting on it now.

Don't forget about The Crow's Nest (and since Erwin didn't point to AD, I suppose I should mention it too).

What of the original topic? Are the GTDs moving anywhere? Anyone against it? Anyone for it?

Maybe the only way to get it going would be to contact the contributors individually. If nobody else is on it, I'll do it unless somebody objects and stick them in the TCN article section after proper permissions has been gained.

No, it's not quite that time yet, but I've started my annual pondering on how to best organize the only publically voted awards for independent advneture games not restricted to a single engine. If you have anything to say on the subject (or if you're curious), visit a thread on the TCN Forums where I have placed my thoughts and opened up for comments.

Or if you are lazy, you may post in this thread. I will of course return here to read it.Ã, 

Forgive me for picking up a somewhat oldish thread, but I haven't been visiting this forum for a while, and since there has been no replys, I figured that even those who hate people bringing back old threads shouldn't mind.

I think it's a nice idea and if not AD wants to go with it, I'd be happy to post it on TCN (assuming the original writers doesn't mind, of course).

So many great games to choose from:
http://www.agsforums.com/games.php

I'm sure you meant http://trumgottist.com/crowsnest/games.php 

StarTopia - that's it!

I played a demo of an RTS that had a very nice (mouse driven) interface. I don't think it'd work well for a standard adventure game, but I can imagine it working well for something in the style of Gobliiins or Woodruff where there is a more clear distinction between player and player character. Hmm... what was the game called? Can't remember, but it was set on a space station with cute aliens (including the grey ones that make crop circles for fun). Does anyone know what I'm talking about?