Welcome one and all to the pre-awards ceremony academy meeting!
Thanks to Theory/Robz888/Galzria for trusting me with this role as Forum Awards coordinator. As your selected host, I promise I'll do better than James Franco at the Oscars.
I'm posting the planned categories for this year. Post in this topic if you have commentary on the format of the categories themselves. Future posts will outline the nomination process, which I expect will start in late November.
Also, please note, I scoured my own Game Index and previous awards to decide what games are eligible for this year's awards.
Game-based Categories:
Best "Normal" Game
Best "Non-Normal/Non-BM" Game
Best "Bastard/Drunk" Game
Best In-Game Moment
Player-based Categories:
Best Town Performance in a Single Game
Best Scum Performance in a Single Game
Best Townie
Best Scum
Best Newbie Performance
Player of the Year
Mod-based Categories:
Best Original Set-Up
Best Original Role
Best Flavor
Mod of the Year
A few notes:
--Normal games eligible for inclusion begin with Mafia XV (Switch). Games that end before the nomination process begins will be eligible.
--"Non-Normal/Non-BM" means any game in the RMM, Blitz, or Newbie categories.
--RMM games eligible for inclusion begin with DoMafia I. Games that end before the nomination process begins will be eligible.
--All Blitz and Newbie games are eligible this awards year.
--Bastard games eligible for inclusion begin with BMVII (Morgrim's game). Games that end before the nomination process begin will be eligible.
--All game eligibility decisions were based on game end dates.
--Best Town/Scum Performance in a Single Game is just that. Best Townie/Scum is based on the totality of performances over the year, and have a minimum of three games in either alignment.
--Games eligible for "Best Newbie Performance" include the first three games of any player's career during the awards year.
--Threads for each award will go into further depth when it comes to eligibility.