Scummies 2008 Nominations! (Deadline: 1/15)

[Mr. Flay]

Valid nominations for this thread include games

ending

between January 1st, 2008 and December 31st, 2008.

See the second post for a list of currently valid awards; should a new category be needed/added, it will be open for nominations as well.

As usual, the nomination should be in the following format:

Nominate:

Playername

Award:

Awardname

Game:

[link]

Please provide a link, it makes the facilitator's job easier.

Someone can then second this nomination to have it made available to the judges. Thirding, etc is not necessary. Have fun!

[Mr. Flay]

Nominations and seconds so far:

• Player Awards:
  
  
  
• Best Role Claim
  - "Johnny Cochrane" Award
  • Albert B Rampage in Countdown of the Illuminati – nominated by dahill1
    
  • clammy in Newbie 586 – nominated by DizzyIzzyB13, seconded by Aegor
    
  • Claus in Akatsuki – nominated by L, seconded by Mastermind of Sin, thirded by MafiaSSK, etc.
    
  • Battle Mage in SSW II – nominated by Johoohno
• Funniest Role Claim
  - "George W Bush" Award
  • Greasy Spot in Open 61 - nominated by The Fonz, seconded by farside22, thirded by Killah Nine
    
  • Awesome Pans in Newbie 516 – nominated by destructor, seconded by gorckat, thirded by Incognito, etc.
    
  • windkirby in Newbie 536 – nominated by Surye
• Best Performance by a Team
  - "Goodfellas" Award
  
  Can go to either a Pro-Town or Anti-Town group
  • The Town of Open 58 - nominated by Incognito (self-nom)
    
  • The Newbies of NG 520 - Nominated by farside22 (self-nom), seconded by PokerFace, thirded by Adel, fourthed by Lawrencelot
    
  • Town in Mini 452 – nominated by Rogueben
    
  • Town in Darkstalkers (self-nom) – nominated by Claus, seconded by Gamma
    
  • Town in Mini 608 – (self-nom) nominated by skitzer, seconded by Gimbo
    
  • Town in Satin Doll Showdown – nominated by Tarhalindur
    
  • Scum for Mature Mafia – nominated by ZONEACE, seconded by PokerFace, thirded by Glork
    
  • Scum in Newbie 669 – nominated by farside22, seconded by nonny
    
  • Town in Mini 554 – nominated by Killah Nine
    
  • Town in Mushroom Kingdom – nominated by populartajo
    
  • vollkan and SCAM in Gangland – nominated by Ythill
    
  • Natirasha and Cult in Time Abuse Mafia – nominated by MafiaSSK, seconded by forbiddanlight
• Best Performance by an Individual (Pro-Town)
  - "Oscar" Award
  • VitaminR in Open 19 - nominated by Simenon
    
  • Albert B. Rampage in Mafia 72 - nominated by Mastermind of Sin, seconded by Porochaz
    
  • curiouskarmadog in Mafia 69 - nominated by cicero, seconded by Dead Rikimaru, thirded by ZONEACE
    
  • Kinetic in The War to End all Freaktowns – nominated by Pokerface
    
  • roflcopter in Open 72 – nominated by Macavenger
    
  • Glork in California Trilogy 2 – nominated by Thesp, seconded by Niv, thirded by Rogueben, etc.
    
  • The Fonz for Open 82 – nominated by thestatusquo, seconded by Oman, thirded by gorckat, etc.
    
  • Pokerface in Satin Doll Showdown – nominated by Elmo
    
  • armlx for Polygamist Mafia, nominated by Skruffs
    
  • PokerFace in Monty Python, nominated by Kinetic, seconded by Korlash, thirded by SpyreX
    
  • Hoopla – nominated by TAX
    
  • Ythill for Kingmaker’s Revolt (self-nom) – nominated by Ythill
• Best Performance by an Individual (Scum)
  - "Oscar" Award
  • Y in Newbie 546 - nominated by Scigatt, seconded by Hjallti, thirded by PokerFace
    
  • Crub in Mini 534 - nominated by gorckat
    
  • Peers in Mafia 69 - nominated by Mr. Flay
    
  • ShyGuy in Assassins in the Palace II – nominated by Zindaras, seconded by Cogito Ergo Scum, thirded by armlx
    
  • shaft.ed in House Mafia – nominated by armlx, seconded by Erg0
    
  • clammy in Newbie 586 – nominated by DizzyIzzyB13, seconded by Aegor, thirded by Dead Harper, etc.
    
  • Kison in Space Monkeys II – nominated by Adel, seconded by Oman, thirded by shaft.ed, etc.
    
  • q21 for Newbie 595 – nominated by W!nt3r
    
  • shaft.ed in Adel’s Nightmare – nominated by cicero
    
  • Kison in iPick – nominated by cicero
    
  • Adel in Mature Mafia – nominated by ZONEACE, seconded by PokerFace
    
  • Farside22 in Open 90 – nominated by Mirth, seconded by iamusername
    
  • Korlash in Eddie Izzard – nominated by Max, seconded by PokerFace
    
  • PokerFace for Black Fang – nominated by Albert B. Rampage, seconded by Empking, thirded by DrippingGoofball
    
  • Ythill for The Neighborhood – nominated by gorckat, seconded by crywolf20084
    
  • Kinetic for Read Your Role – nominated by charter, seconded by Caboose, thirded by Narsis
• Best SK
  - "Hannibal Lector" Award
  
  Possibly superseded by Best Performance by an Individual (Scum)?
  • MikeBurnFire in Mini 532 – nominated by thestatusquo, seconded by bird1111, thirded by shaft.ed, etc.
    
  • Battle Mage in Food Fight Mafia – nominated by The Fonz, seconded by Erg0
    
  • Oman for ATIP – nominated by farside22, seconded by Erg0, thirded by Mr. Flay, etc.
    
  • roflcopter in Mini 592 – nominated by alvinz95
    
  • pesco47 for Mini 671 – nominated by Moriarty147, seconded by Vi
• Best New Player
  
  
  should have joined the site no later than ~Oct. 2007
  • Mizzy in Newbie 520 - Nominated by farside22, seconded by AShadowedHeart
    
  • Jitsu for Mini 518 - nominated by Mr. Flay, seconded by Adel, thirded by curiouskarmadog
    
  • Pie in Newbie 622 – nominated by ChannelDelibird, seconded by thestatusquo
    
  • Llamafluff for Mini 595 – nominated by FaerieLord, seconded by OhGodMyLife, thirded by cicero, etc.
    
  • sthar8 for Newbie 609 – nominated by Alabaska J
    
  • Rhinox for Newbie 645 – nominated by Rishi, seconded by OhGodMyLife
• Best Mafia Catcher
  - "Paragon of Mafia Hunters" Award
• Most Cunning Manipulation
  - "The Don Corleone" Award
  • shaft.ed in Adel’s Nightmare – nominated by cicero
    
  • Kison in iPick – nominated by cicero
• Most Improved Player
  • Xtoxm, nominated by DrippingGoofball, seconded by Oman, thirded by Pokerface
    
  • Quagmire – nominated by thestatusquo, seconded by hasdgfas
• Best Performance in a Losing Cause/Cassandra Award

  ??
  New Award proposal - nominated by Sarcastro, seconded by Maz Medias, thirded by Glork, etc.
  • cicero in Lost Boys – nominated by Mastermind of Sin, seconded by Guardian, thirded by Adel, etc.
    
  • Kison in iPick – nominated by Guardian, seconded by ooba, thirded by Rogueben
    
  • shaft.ed for Adel’s Nightmare – nominated by cicero
    
  • Kison in iPick – nominated by cicero, seconded by DrippingGoofball
    
  • Tarhalindur for Satin Doll Showdown – nominated by hasdgfas, seconded by eldarad, thirded by PokerFace, etc.
    
  • thegeckoJ and Jshark for Newbie 649 – nominated by Flashstorm
    
  • Elmo, farside22, destructor in AoaDa – nominated by Incognito, seconded for Elmo by destructor (???), thirded by farside22
• Best Replacement

  ??
  New Award proposal - nominated by Guardian
  • Thok in Open 19 - nominated by Guardian, seconded by Adel, thirded by Marmalade
    
  • Skruffs (replacement mod) for Mafia 71 - nominated by Porochaz, seconded by Mr. Flay
    
  • Glork for Tree Stump – nominated by Guardian, seconded by mith
    
  • shaft.ed in Adel’s Nightmare – nominated by cicero
    
  • Kison in iPick – nominated by cicero
    
  • Guardian for Mini 553 – nominated by BridgesandBaloons, seconded by destructor
    
  • ShyGuy in Polygamist Mafia – nominated by Adel
    
  • Kinetic for Read Your Role – nominated by charter, seconded by Caboose, thirded by Narsis
• Best IC

  ??
  New Award proposal – nominated by Farkshinsoup, seconded by gorckat, thirded by thestatusquo, etc.
  Moderator

  Awards:
  
  
  
• Best Role
  (new or adaptation) - "Flying Pumpkin That Shoots Lazers Out Of Its Ass" Award
  • Mr Stoofer for Sigmund Freud – nominated by Guardian, seconded by Simenon
    
  • Guardian for Modkill Reviver – nominated by Macavenger, seconded by Rogueben, thirded by shaft.ed, etc.
    
  • Tarhalindur for Haruhi Suzimiya – nominated by iamusername
    
  • Farside22 for Voteless Random JOAT – nominated by Kmd4390, seconded by LlamaFluff, thirded by kloud1516
    
  • Tarhalindur for Lain Ikawara – nominated by forbiddanlight, seconded by MafiaSSK, thirded by pacman281292, etc.
    
  • petroleumjelly for Which-of-these-is-not-like-the-other Cop – nominated by Yaw, seconded by Empking
• Most Enjoyable Game
  (Large [free market/normal])
  • Dead Rikimaru for Mafia 69 - nominated by Mr Stoofer, seconded by Hjallti, thirded by ooba
    
  • Skruffs (replacement mod) for Mafia 71 - nominated by Porochaz, seconded by skitzer
    
  • Mr Stoofer for Pirates v Ninja – nominated by thestatusquo, seconded by ooba, thirded by Thok, etc.
    
  • rajrhcpfreak for The War to End All Freaktowns – nominated by Kinetic, seconded by Mastermind of Sin
    
  • Mr. Grey for California Trilogy 2 – nominated by Thesp, seconded by Niv, thirded by Rogueben
    
  • Lawrencelot for Mushroom Kingdom – nominated by populartajo
    
  • shaft.ed for Monty Python – nominated by PokerFace, seconded by farside22, thirded by imaginality, etc.
• Most Enjoyable Game
  (Mini [theme/normal])
  • Guardian for iPick – nominated by shaft.ed, seconded by hasdgfas, thirded by cicero
    
  • Dead Rikimaru for Darkstalkers – nominated by ooba, seconded by Flameaxe, thirded by Mokina, etc.
    
  • Albert B. Rampage for Akatsuki – nominated by L, seconded by Mastermind of Sin, thirded by MafiaSSK, etc.
    
  • somestrangeflea for Re-Infiltration – nominated by Guardian
    
  • cicero for Mini 626 – nominated by darkdude, seconded by forbiddanlight, thirded by Goatrevolt, etc.
    
  • Adel for Adel’s Nightmare – nominated by cicero, seconded by Porochaz, thirded by DrippingGoofball
    
  • Tarhalindur for Mind Screw – nominated by iamusername, seconded by ChanndelDelibird, thirded by MafiaSSK
    
  • Awesome Pants for Mini 621 – nominated by clammy, seconded by reborn537, thirded by Adel
    
  • Farside22 for Family Guy – nominated by Kmd4390, seconded by LlamaFluff, thirded by kloud1516
    
  • Porochaz for Batman Mafia – nominated by wolframnhart, seconded by kloud1516
    
  • Ythill for Gangland – nominated by thestatusquo, seconded by Empking
    
  • gorckat for The Neighborhood – nominated by Ythill
• Best Flavor Text
  - "Paperback Writer" Award
  
  formerly Best Night Scene(s)
  • NabokovNabokov for Mini 518 - nominated by Mr. Flay, seconded by Jitsu, thirded by Oman
    
  • undo for Mini 501 - nominated by Hjallti, seconded by DrippingGoofball, thirded by Oman
    
  • Dead Rikimaru for Mafia 69 - nominated by Claus, seconded by ooba, thirded by curiouskarmadog, etc.
    
  • petroleumjelly for Assassins in the Palace II – nominated by ShyGuy, seconded by Zindaras
    
  • DrippingGoofball for iPick – nominated by xyzzy
    
  • Dead Rikimaru for Darkstalkers – nominated by ooba, seconded by Flameaxe, thirded by Mokina, etc.
    
  • destructor for Nubigena – nominated by ooba, seconded by Incognito, thirded by gorckat
    
  • Mr Stoofer for Space Monkeys II – nominated by Kinetic, seconded by DrippingGoofball
    
  • OhGodMyLife for Satin Doll Showdown – nominated by Tarhalindur, seconded by PokerFace
    
  • Farside22 for Family Guy – nominated by Kmd4390, seconded by LlamaFluff, thirded by kloud1516
    
  • Porochaz for Batman Mafia – nominated by wolframnhart, seconded by kloud1516
    
  • Ythill for Gangland – nominated by thestatusquo, seconded by Empking
• Best Setup
  • 'Rebels in the Palace' by Xylthixlm - nominated by Guardian (setup has not been run yet, as of March 2008)
    
  • 'Masons & Mafia' by PookyTheMagicalBear - nominated by Guardian, seconded by TheSweatpantsNinja, thirded by Thesp
    
  • Contagion by Skruffs – nominated by Battle Mage
    
  • rajrhcpfreak for The War to End All Freaktowns – nominated by Kinetic, seconded by Mastermind of Sin
    
  • somestrangeflea for Re-Infiltration – nominated by Guardian
    
  • Mr. Grey for California Trilogy 2 – nominated by Niv
    
  • Adel for Adel’s Nightmare – nominated by cicero, seconded by shaft.ed
    
  • Guardian for iPick – nominated by cicero
    
  • Farside22 for Family Guy – nominated by Kmd4390, seconded by LlamaFluff, thirded by kloud1516
    
  • petrolumjelly for Read Your Role – nominated by Caboose, seconded by Kinetic, thirded by Yaw
  Non-Game

  Awards:
  
  
  
• Funniest Player
  - "The Coffee on the Monitor" Award
  • Thestatusquo for this post (among others) - nominated by Mr Stoofer, seconded by Mr. Flay
    
  • DrippingGoofball for this post (among others) - nominated by Mr. Flay, seconded by Marmalade, thirded by Battle Mage, etc.
    
  • Antithesis in Return of the Mafia – nominated by Battle Mage, seconded by JordanA24
    
  • Adel for this post – nominated by Guardian, seconded by neko2086, thirded by Oman, etc.
    
  • Pie_is_good for this post and others – nominated by Guardian, seconded by Mastermind of Sin, thirded by Oman, etc.
    
  • Battle Mage, nominated by JordanA24
    
  • shaft.ed – nominated by PokerFace, seconded by Oman, thirded by Kison, etc.
    
  • Skruffs – nominated by charter
    
  • korlash – nominated by Niv, seconded by Kmd4390, thirded by pacman281292
• Behind the Scenes
  - "Name Should Be In Orange" Award
  • Mr. Flay, nominated by Mr Stoofer
    
  • farside22, nominated by Adel, seconded by Lord Gurgi, thirded by LlamaFluff
    
  • Vel Rahn Koon, nominated by thestatusquo, seconded by Kison, thirded by Stef, etc.
• Best Contribution to Mafia Discusion
  - "Professor Mafia" Award
  • The Fonz for Open 82 – nominated by gorckat, seconded by Pokerface
    
  • Adel – nominated by Korts, seconded by Lord Gurgi, thirded by Kison, etc.

[Sarcastro]

Now that there's a new year of Scummies, I'd like to revisit my proposal for the

Leonidas Award

for Best Performance in a Losing Cause.

[Maz Medias]

Now that there's a new year of Scummies, I'd like to revisit my proposal for the

Leonidas Award

for Best Performance in a Losing Cause.

Seconded.

[Glork]

Emphatically thirded.

[Shanba]

Fourth (of random thing)

[Albert B. Rampage]

Fifth.

[farside22]

Since this game ended January 2 I have to put this here.
I would like to see if it can get the nom for best newbie game town. Most everyone talked and the game went really quick in comparison to other games. Plus both scum died with no town fatalities.

Nominate Newbie 520

viewtopic.php?t=6924

[Captain Bandwagon]

Nominate: Disciple Slayer

Award: Best Performance - Newbie

Link: http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6624

[Adel]

@farside:
1. quantity =! quality
2. Pie E7 with a mafia roleblocker who has to choose between killing and blocking is broken for the town, especially when the day 1 lynch is accurate for the town.
3. Self-nominations almost always fail on general principle.

You also might want to consider nominating the Category first. There isn't currently a separate award for Newbie towns, unless I seriously misread post 0 of this thread.

[farside22]

@farside:
1. quantity =! quality
2. Pie E7 with a mafia roleblocker who has to choose between killing and blocking is broken for the town, especially when the day 1 lynch is accurate for the town.

3. Self-nominations almost always fail on general principle.

You also might want to consider nominating the Category first. There isn't currently a separate award for Newbie towns, unless I seriously misread post 0 of this thread.

Who is going to know about it and acknowledge it if someone doesn't say something about it. I don't care that I was in it and I really don't notice other games of other people don't have that type of time. The catagory in general is I think under best newbie. If it is considered self nom then I will nominate Mizzy for said game

Nominate Mizzy

for best newbie

[JDodge]

Nominate: Disciple Slayer

Award: Best Performance - Newbie

Link: http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6624

no self-noms alt boy

i can tell it's you by the all-caps votes and the sudden disappearance of the DS account

[Captain Bandwagon]

Fuck. I got discovered.

[AShadowedHeart]

@farside:
1. quantity =! quality
2. Pie E7 with a mafia roleblocker who has to choose between killing and blocking is broken for the town, especially when the day 1 lynch is accurate for the town.

3. Self-nominations almost always fail on general principle.

You also might want to consider nominating the Category first. There isn't currently a separate award for Newbie towns, unless I seriously misread post 0 of this thread.

Who is going to know about it and acknowledge it if someone doesn't say something about it. I don't care that I was in it and I really don't notice other games of other people don't have that type of time. The catagory in general is I think under best newbie. If it is considered self nom then I will nominate Mizzy for said game

Nominate Mizzy

for best newbie

seconded (I clicked on the link and read the forum)

[Mr. Flay]

2. Pie E7 with a mafia roleblocker who has to choose between killing and blocking is broken for the town,

especially when the day 1 lynch is accurate for the town

.

True, but they do have to get the right lynch first... that takes some skill.

3. Self-nominations almost always fail on general principle.

True enough, but usually because no one will second. Let the judges sort it out...

You also might want to consider nominating the Category first. There isn't currently a separate award for Newbie towns, unless I seriously misread post 0 of this thread.

*shrug* I think you could mention it under the Pro-Town Oscar, if this category isn't the right fit (and it might not be unless both scum

were

the ICs, in which case it was all the more impressive of a win).

[PokerFace]

viewtopic.php?t=6924

I was in newbie 520 with Mizzy, farside, and Adel. I admit the town, which includes me, did very well in the game. It was my third forum game and I think i did pretty good. But I am a little too humble to nominate myself for anything. If someone nominated me for something I'd accept it but I have no desire to nominate myself for anything. A few coments should be made based on what Flay mentioned.

Only 1 of the scum were IC's.

Wether we had done the massclaim thing or not I fully intended on pushing for the lynch of the second scum come day 2. Me, Farside, and oprice all suspected him when day 2 began. The guy we lynched day 2 made most rational sence to have been paired with the scum we lynched day 1.

Half the reason the massclaim worked was because both the doc and cop lived to day 2. I was the doc who protected the cop and ensured that we made day 2 as the mafiakill failed. Had Pug, the last scum, been able to block too he said he would have targeted me with the block. I still think we could have gotten Pug lynched but the cop would have died as a result. The cop dieing would have ruined the massclaim.

A lynch of a goon in a situation where a roleblocker can NOT do both is exactly the same as lynching a roleblocker that CAN do both. The mafia face a serious disadvantage if both cop and doc survive to day 2 and the cop has investigated someone other than the doc. 3 confirms vs 1 mafia is unbeatable. Our town did good acomplishing that scenario.

If there was a Mafia Goon that did take out the cop and/or doc nights 1 and 2 and did win despite their roleblocking partner getting lynched day 1, they would deserve a scummy BIG time.

Because situations like these can arise and grant victory to those that earn them under conditions where their experiance is tested, I will nominate the catagories..

BEST NEWBIE GAME TOWN

and

BEST NEWBIE GAME MAFIA

not sure if that is too much like best newb performance but I'll throw it out there and you guys can think about it. If the catagory goes through farside can nominate our game for it if she wants, I am not going too.

Also I'll 6th support for the leonidas idea aswell while i am here.

[Adel]

second BEST NEWBIE GAME TOWN

second BEST NEWBIE GAME MAFIA

[Lawrencelot]

second BEST NEWBIE GAME TOWN

second BEST NEWBIE GAME MAFIA

Third

[Albert B. Rampage]

I disagree with the best newbie game town and mafia.

Just nominate them for best town or best mafia if they were extra-ordinarily, history-in-the-making games. There are 2 ICs in each newbe anyway. 3 out of 5 of the newbes don't stick around for more than a few months. Also, beginner's luck applies a lot more than really ingenious solid play from start to finish; remember that game where the town killed all the mafia in 3 pages without a single casualty ? Newbe games are training grounds, where the ICs focus on winning is deterred by their focus to show the newbes how to play and the social norms of MS. I don't think newbe games are all that memorable to MS as a whole, and there shouldn't be any awards for them. That's my take on it.

[farside22]

I disagree with the best newbie game town and mafia.

Just nominate them for best town or best mafia if they were extra-ordinarily, history-in-the-making games. There are 2 ICs in each newbe anyway. 3 out of 5 of the newbes don't stick around for more than a few months. Also, beginner's luck applies a lot more than really ingenious solid play from start to finish; remember that game where the town killed all the mafia in 3 pages without a single casualty ? Newbe games are training grounds, where the ICs focus on winning is deterred by their focus to show the newbes how to play and the social norms of MS. I don't think newbe games are all that memorable to MS as a whole, and there shouldn't be any awards for them. That's my take on it.

I agree and disagree with this. There are some newb games were the newbie try really hard and work on finding the scum (unless they are scum). My first newb game I had to go it alone and my scum partner when awol and somehow I ended up winning the game. I didnt' think it was a great game because most of the work was done by the IC's. So I think in general you can find both newb games fun and fustrating. If people find some that helped and they did good they should be rewarded. Just my two cents.

[Maz Medias]

My take on it is that Newbie Games should not be viable candidates for Best ____ awards, but individual newbies should be legitimate candidates for individual performance awards.

[Albert B. Rampage]

Thank you Maz Medias, my view entirely.

Farside, I don't think being on the site for 3 weeks and being a quick learner deserves 5 players an award. If they did really well, give them a best town award. No such thing as best newbe town.

[Guardian]

nominate: Thok

for best performance as a replacement in Open 19: Nightless.

I think that's a good category to have, and Thok's play fits perfectly there. If we are unwilling to have that category, I think he merits consideration for best performance, town.

[Adel]

second: Thok

link
Have fun reading the 88 pages, I'm sure Thok did.

[Simenon]

Nominate VitaminR for best performance: town

Game: open nightless, check adel's link.

(not that I think Thok was better or worse, but both deserve at least some chance to be nominated).