Scummies 2012 Nominations (Deadline For Noms)

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Player Awards

Body of Work

• Best Mafia Catcher
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Paragon of Mafia Hunters” Award. Awarded to the player who, over the course of the entire year, has shown the best ability to discover and eliminate scum while playing in pro-town roles.
  • Nominated: Regfan First: mastin2 Second: Tierce
    Nominated: Cogito Ergo Sum First: Faraday Second: Mina
    Nominated: Nuwen First: Mina Second: MagnaOfIllusion
    Nominated: MattP First: izakthegoomba Second: Maestro
    Nominated: Fate First: MagnaofIllusion Second: kuribo
    
    
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• Most Cunning Manipulator
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Don Corleone” Award. Awarded to the player who, over the course of the entire year, has shown the best ability to lead his team to victory when playing anti-town roles. Judges may consider how well the player manipulates town, how well the player utilizes power roles, or any other factor that seems relevant to the judges.
  • First:
    Nominated: kanyeknowsbest First: Mist Beauty Second: XReckonerX
    Nominated: BBMola First: horrordude0215 Second: Mist Beauty
    Nominated: Haylen First: Oversoul Second: Amrun
    Nominated: MuffinMan First: kiwieagle Second: Magister Ludi
    Nominated: Magister Ludi First: Oversoul Second: None
    Nominated: GreyICE First: iStark Second: None
    Nominated: MattP First: TheTrollie Second: Mehdi2277
    Nominated: Twistedspoon First: mastin2 Second: Amrun
    Nominated: petapan First: BK201 Second: Ythan
    Nominated: JasonT1981 First: MagnaofIllusion Second: Om of the Nom
    Nominated: McStab First: rapidcanyon Second: Salamence20
    Nominated: Thor First: TeChNoWC Second: McStab
    Nominated: Salamence20 First: UberNinja Second: Klick
    Nominated: UberNinja First: mastin2 Second: drmyshotgun
    
    
    
  
  
• Rising Star
  
  
  Spoiler: Description

  This award is given to the player that is a rising star in the game of mafia, showing great promise to join the elite echelon of mafia players. This award replaces both the Best Newbie award and Most Improved Player awards, and judges may consider elements of both those previous awards in deciding this award.
  • Nominated: Tierce First: hiplop Second: Xalxe
    Nominated: Shadoweh First: DarthYoshi Second: Amrun
    Nominated: Tammy First: Faraday Second: DeasVail
    Nominated: Method First: Jackal711 Second: None
    Nominated: PiggyGal15 First: RedCoyote Second: None
    Nominated: Klick First: Nachomamma08 Second: mastin2
    Nominated: rob13 First: AngryPidgeon Second: roflcopter
    Nominated: MattP First: zoraster Second: quadz08
    Nominated: Mehdi2277 First: Jarvis Second: quadz08
    
    
  
  
• Best Replacement
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “White Knight” Award. Awarded to the player who, over the course of the past year, has been the most positive contributor as a replacement into games. Judges may consider how often a player replaces into games, especially those that are traditionally hard to find replacements for, and how well a player performs once he replaces in.
  • Nominated: Porochaz First: Gammagooey Second: Matias
    Nominated: Tierce First: Fate Second: Cogito Ergo Sum
    Nominated: Cogito Ergo Sum First: Faraday Second: Magister Ludi
    Nominated: Zorblag First: Robocopter87 Second: Mehdi2277
    Nominated: GreyICE First: MagnaofIllusion Second: I Am Innocent
    
    
  
  
• Best IC
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Jedi Master” Award. Awarded to the player who best exemplifies the role of IC. Judges may consider how well an IC performs his or her duties in acquainting new players to the game, the retention rate of new players from those newbie games, and how often a player ICs.
  • Nominated: Thor665 First: kdowns Second: Amrun
    Nominated: Nachomamma8 First: McStab Second: Nexus
    
    
  
  
• Funniest or Most Enjoyable Player
  Spoiler: Description

  This award is now given to the player who best creates a fun or enjoyable atmosphere in the games he or she plays in.
  • Nominated: Faraday First: hitogoroshi Second: Parama
    Nominated: PeregrineV First: mastin2 Second: None
    Nominated: IceGuy First: UberNinja Second: None
    Nominated: Shadoweh First: Quilford Second: DarthYoshi
    Nominated: hitogoroshi First: zoraster Second: None
    
    

Single Game/Thread/Post

• Best Performance Pro-Town Team
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Town Oscar.” Awarded to the pro-town team that performed the most impressively in winning their game. Judges may consider how much Town won the game by as well as how challenging the task of winning was.
  • Nominated: Town of Good vs. Evil First: mastin2 Second: None
    Nominated: Town of TM2012 White Flag First: zoraster Second: Nicodemus
    Nominated: Town of Always On First: zoraster Second: kdowns
    Nominated: Town of Otherworld Mafia First: Magister Ludi Second: Vi
    Nominated: Town of mini 1373 First: Crypto Second: petapan
    Nominated: Town of The Detectives First: GreyICE Second: Jarvis
    Nominated: Town of 1361 First: McStabb Second: mastin2
    Nominated: Town of Marketplace Mafia 2 First: MattP Second: StefanB
    Nominated: Town of Micro 24 First: Guy_named_riggs Second: None
    Nominated: Town of Open 427 First: Bitmap Second: Om of the Nom
    
    
  
  
• Best Performance Scum Group
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Scum Oscar.” Awarded to the anti-town team that performed the most impressively in winning their game. Judges may consider how much the anti-town team won by as well as how challenging the task of winning was.
  • Nominated: Scum of Arrested Development Mafia First: Mist Beauty Second: XReckonerX
    Nominated: Mastin's Mafia First: Oversoul Second: Amrun
    Nominated: Scum of AFFC First: Eddard Stark Second: Xalxe
    Nominated: Scum of Mafia 144 First: mastin2 Second: DeasVail
    Nominated: Scum of Otters vs. Tigers vs. Sharks First: Umbrage Second: Amrun
    Nominated: Scum of HMS Regalia First: RichardGHP Second: None
    Nominated: Scum of Judge, Jury, Executioner First: mastin2 Second: None
    
    
  
  
• Best Performance Third Party
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Hannibal Lecter” Award. Awarded to the player or players that performed the most impressively in winning their game as a third party.
  • Nominated: Chesskid3 for Lyncher in Red Dead Redemption First: Matias Second: Amrun
    Nominated: Petapan First: MattP Second: None
    Nominated: Guy_Named_Riggs First: Debonair Danny DiPietro Second: AururorusVox
    Nominated: Vi for Murer in the Louvre First: Tierce Second: DDD
    
    
  
  
  
• Most Memorable Event
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Kodak Moment” Award. Awarded to the player or players who were involved in the most memorable event in a game of mafia. Fake claims, funny claims, awesome exchanges, etc. may all be considered for this award
  • Nominated: havingfitz First: quadz08 Second: GreyICE
    Nominated: kanyeknowsbest First: Shamrock Second: MattP
    Nominated: Axxle First: quadz08 Second: UberNinja
    Nominated: Salmance for Disney Villains First: UberNinja Second: quadz08
    Nominated: Baseline for replace in post First: Dunhamganger Second: StefanB
    Nominated: PiggyGal15 for fakeclaim First: RedCoyote Second: None
    Nominated: Soul2277 for fakeclaim First: Faraday Second: OmoftheNom
    
    
  
  
  
• Most Enjoyable Game
  - Awarded to Both Moderator and Players of a Game
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Player’s Choice” Award. This award is given to both the players of a game as well as the moderator of a game. It is given in recognition of a memorable and fun experience for all players involved. Judges may consider any and all factors in the determination of this award, with the understanding that this is a group effort between all players on all teams and the moderator.
  • Nominated: Magua and Players for Paranoia Mafia First: UberNinja Second: None
    Nominated: Seacore and Players for Good vs. Evil First: mastin2 Second: Amrun
    Nominated: RichardGHP First: Malakittens Second: None
    Nominated: zoraster and Players for Always On First: xReckonerx Second: esuriospiritus
    Nominated: Guy_Named_Riggs and Players for Disney Villains First: UberNinja Second: Salamence20
    Nominated: Moneybags and Players for Jester... First: Parama Second: TraceyLyn11
    

Moderator Awards

• Best Setup
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Rube Goldberg” Award. Given to the moderator who designed the best setup. Judges may consider the roles involved in a game, how those roles interacted, how balanced a setup was, whether it furthered any particular theme, how the setup interacts with a mechanic, or any other factors the judges deem relevant. This award is distinct, however, from the “Best Mechanic” award in that it does not consider how good or bad any change to the basic way a Mafia game is played.
  • Nominated: Secret Society Mafia First: Empking Second: BBMola
    Nominated: Abarat Mafia First: Faraday Second: Seraphim
    Nominated: Acomist for MST 3k First: MagnaofIllnsion Second: None
    Nominated: Vi First: Nexus Second: Tierce
    
    
  
  
• Best Role
  (new or adaptation)
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Flying Pumpkin That Shoots Laser Beams Out Of Its Ass” Award. Given to the moderator who designed the best role.
  • Nominated: petroleumjelly for Knowledgeable Townie First: Llamafluff Second: Amrun
    Nominated: AIDS Infector First: DeltaWave Second: xReckoner
    Nominated: BBMolla for Venge-Cop First: Kcdaspot Second: Faraday
    
    
  
  
• Best Flavor Text
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Paperback Writer” Award. Given to the moderator who wrote the most compelling flavor text. Judges should consider the flavor text of all parts of the game, including Role PMs and Day/Night scenes. Where appropriate, Judges may consider how well the flavor works with the announced theme.
  • Nominated: Ghostling for Warlocks and Warewolves First: Tierce Second: IceGuy
    Nominated: CDB for West Wing Mafia First: Empking Second: Nobody Special
    Nominated: hitogoroshi for Abarat Mafia First: Mina Second: Equinox
    Nominated: Xalxe for RotT: The Encryption First: saulres Second: Amrun
    Nominated: Acosmist for Mystery Science Theater 3000 First: MagnaofIllusion Second: GreyICE
    Nominated: rainbowdash for My Little Pony First: Tierce Second: Vi
    Nominated: Glork for Weather Mafia 2 First: quadz08 Second: Xalxe
    Nominated: Magua for Paranoia Mafia First: Tierce Second: Oversoul
    Nominated: dazzy for open 397 First: kcdaspot Second: quadz08
    Nominated: XReckonerX/Untrod Tripod for Gay Mafia First: kuribo Second: Staeg
    Nominated: Vi First: Nexus Second: Tierce
    Nominated: hitogoroshi for Abarat First: Nexus Second: hinduragi
    Nominated: AurorusVox for Steam Library First: Kcdaspot Second: Katsuki
    Nominated: PapaZito for Mini1372 First: mastin2 Second: AngryPidgeon
    Nominated: Zar for Mystery at Lake Village First: Dunhamganger Second: StefanB
    Nominated: Zar for Rocky Horror First: saulres Second: Maestro
    Nominated: Shamrock for The Room First: Parama Second: None
    
    
  
  
• Best Mechanic/Mutation
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Grr, Arg” Award. Given to the moderator who figured out the most compelling way to change the basic mechanics of the game of mafia to increase player enjoyment. Judges shall consider both the basic idea behind the game as well as how well it was executed.
  • Nominated: kunkstar for Cyclic x2 First: RedCoyote Second: MagnaofIllusion
    Nominated: Darth Yoshi for Red Wall Mafia First: Zdenek Second: None
    Nominated: Seacore First: mastin2 Second: None
    Nominated: Zoraster for Always On First: xReckonerX Second: esuriospiritus
    
    
  
  
• Excellent Moderation
  
  
  This is now a Body of Work award
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Smooth Operator” Award. This award is given to the moderator who, over the course of the past year, exemplifies the best qualities of a moderator in the operation of the game, including but not limited to quality and frequency of vote counts, organization of the game, dealing with issues that arise, keeping players active, and so forth. Judges may consider how challenging the games a moderator ran were, but they shall not penalize a moderator for only running more basic games.
  • Nominated: rainbowdash First: Tierce Second: Vi
    Nominated: Seacore First: mastin2 Second: chesskid3
    Nominated: Equinox First: Llamarble Second: Oversoul
    Nominated: mykonian First: redff Second: None
    Nominated: zoraster First: Faraday Second: Amrun
    Nominated: AurorusVox First: Robocopter87 Second: Kcdaspot
    Nominated: Tierce First: Equinox Second: Zoraster
    
    

Site Awards

• Best Contribution to Mafia Discussion/The wiki
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Professor Mafia” Award. Given to the community member who produced the greatest advancement in the discussion of mafia. Judges should focus their attention on an individual product, but they may consider how the community member followed up with it.
  • Nominated: Yosarian2 First: Magister Ludi Second: Mr. Flay
    Nominated: The Fonz First: mastin2 Second: Vi
    Nominated: Psyche First: Debonair Danny DiPietro Second: IceGuy
    
    
  
  
• Behind the Scenes
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Name Should Be In Orange.” This award is given by mith to the community member or members who have best helped in the operation of the site.
  
  
• Outstanding MishMash Game
  Spoiler: Description

  Awarded to the person who runs the best game in the Mish Mash subforum. The Mish Mash Moderator will choose a panel to decide the best Mish Mash Game.
  • Nominated: Ether for Pictionary First: N Second: UberNinja
    Nominated: borkjerfkin for Bang Revival First: quadz08 Second: None
    Nominated: izak for Planetmafiascum First: Xalxe Second: Mehdi2277
    Nominated: Mewtwo for Survivor: Seafoam Islands First: Xalxe Second: Nicholas1024
    Nominated: mastermind for Spitfly First: Xalxe Second: None
    Nominated: Blackberry for The Agenda First: Xalxe Second: None
    Nominated: Blackberry for Survivorbots First: Xalxe Second: None
    Nominated: Magua for Arkham Horror First: RedPanda Second: Mehdi2277
    Nominated: Phillamon for Trouble in Terrorist Town First: RedPanda Second: Xalxe
    Nominated: Zoraster for Robobattle First: XReckonerX Second: inspirataloos
    
    
  
  
  
• The Community Contributor Award
  Spoiler: Description

  Also known as the “Dan Harmon” Award. This award is given to the community member who, outside of any official duty and over the past year, best contributed to making Mafiascum into a more cohesive, positive experience for all involved. Judges may consider anything they find relevant for this so long as it was not within the official role of a community member. This includes, but is not limited to, contributions to General Discussion, Mafia Discussion, organizing mafia scum meet-ups, and so forth. This is a "catch all" award.
  • Nominated: Thestatusquo First: SleepyKrew Second: Amrun
    Nominated: Singersigner First: Zoraster Second: Faraday
    Nominated: Fenchurch First: Nexus Second: Amrun
    Nominated: Faraday First: Nexus Second: Faraday
    Nominated: callforjudgement First: SleepyKrew Second: MattP
    Nominated: xReckonerX First: Starbuck Second: izakthegoomba
    
  
  

Policies

1. In order to be considered by the scummy judging committee, a nomination must be seconded.
2. Self-nominations are allowed. However, they are generally frowned upon, particularly where the sole winner will be the nominator. It is expected that Most Enjoyable Game will be a self-nomination
3. Nominations with LINKS and descriptions of why you wish to nominate a player or group of players are greatly appreciated.
4. Please
   bold
   who you are nominating and for what award.
5. Please note these are the official award categories of the 2012 Scummies. Suggestions will still be taken, but are unlikely to be implemented until the 2013 Scummies.

[Scummies]

oh god i have to create the 2012 thread.

MAD

[Scummies]

Updated. I

think

I got the ones we missed from the crash thanks to Tierce, but it's possible some slipped through. Feel free to renominate in that case.

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Okay. Should be up-to-date including pre-crash nominations. I still may have missed some. The majority of nominations were through the archived Scummies thread (thanks, Tierce), so most of the links on the front page will go there for now.

Also note that Smooth Operator is now a Body of Work award, meaning that judges will now consider the year's game history by a mod in giving the award. Links to individual games in a nomination are still appreciated and helpful!

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The 2012 Awards Are Now Out. Please nominate accordingly. Each award in the OP now has a spoilered description of it to help guide nominators and judges.

I want to especially direct everyone's attention to the

Community Contributor Award

, so if you feel like someone is doing something valuable for the community, please don't hesitate to nominate for the award. This award explicitly excludes official activities.

Changed awards are in

italics

. New or readded awards are in

bold

.

PLAYER AWARDS
Best Mafia Catcher
Most Cunning Manipulator

Rising Star

(Nominations for Most Improved and Best Newbie go here)
Best Replacement
Best IC

Most Enjoyable or Funniest Player

SINGLE GAME/THREAD/POST
Best Performance Pro-Town Team
Best Performance Scum Group
Best Performance Third Party
Most Enjoyable Game

MODERATOR AWARDS
Best Setup
Best Role
Best Flavor Text
Best Mechanic/Mutation

Excellent Moderation

(now a body of work award)

SITE AWARDS
Best Contribution to MD/Wiki
Behind the Scenes

Outstanding Mish Mash Game

Community Contributor Award

[Scummies]

Updated as of this post.

GreyICE did not receive enough nths to be added to the list yet.

[Scummies]

We have decided to put up a thread for comments on the scummies system in the Site Ideas forum. This is where any discussion about new potential awards, etc. should go. You can find that here

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updated. although I couldn't find the original Tammy nomination. I'm probably just overlooking it, Amrun?

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Updated. Please remember that nominations with LINKS are greatly, greatly appreciated. Even for a body of work award, it's helpful to link to a particular game.

[Scummies]

The nominations should be up to date now!

[Scummies]

Updated. Made some fixes.

Most Memorable Event aka the "Kodak Moment" award is now officially on the list. I took quadz' nomination of havingfitz for the role claim and placed it there. Quadz, let me know if you don't feel like that's an appropriate change.

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OP is up to date.

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OP is up to date. Please don't hesitate to point out my errors and shortcomings as a person/statue.

Please remember to include links to a game when you nominate if it's appropriate.

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Up to date. I will be keeping this thread up to date on a weekly basis from now until we close nominations. Please take a look for any nominations that have a NONE as the second nominator as these will not be eligible for consideration until they are seconded.

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Up to date

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Updated

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Updated.

ATTENTION:

You have until Friday, January 11th to submit your nominations. At this time, the thread will be closed. Any nominations without seconds will be disregarded.

You may nominate any game that ended in 2012.

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Scummies Writers Needed!

If you've got a knack for writing and want to help out on this year's Scummies, shoot us a line and let us know! Judging will be wrapping up soon and we want to get a head start on the writing.