Best Male NPC (Erins)
From IFWiki
Awarded to the best male non-player character in a work of AIF.
From the 2005 ballot:
Best character categories: award to characters that were compelling to play (for PC's) or encounter (for NPC's), who contributed significantly to the overall telling of the story and who had some depth and created interest in furthering interaction (sexual or not) with that character.
2002
Note: A "first age game" was written prior to 2000; a "new age game" is one written on or after 2000.
- Best Male NPC in a First Age Game: Sam in Emy Discovers Life (Mkj; 1998; AGT).
- Best Male NPC in a New Age Game: Lothar in Sam Shooter II: Through the Dimensional Rift (One-Eyed Jack; TADS 2).
- Runner Up: Tim in Ideal New England Prep School (HI) (NewKid; TADS 2).
2003
- Best Male Non-Player Character: Damian in Lara Croft: The Sun Obelisk (Christopher Cole; ADRIFT).
- 2nd place: Alan in Dear Brian (Choices and Christopher Cole; TADS 3).
- 3rd place: David Keller in Netherworld: The Depths of Kavonar (Timberwulf; TADS 2).
2004
- Best Male Non-Player Character: Incubus in Sam Shooter IV: Children of the Damned (One-Eyed Jack; TADS 2).
- 2nd place: Vrix in Hell in Highwater (J. Arthur; TADS 2).
- 3rd place: Dongle in Santa's Little Helper (A. Bomire; TADS 2).
- 4th place: Eugene in British Fox and the Celebrity Abductions (Lucilla Frost; ADRIFT).
2005
- Best Male Non-Player Character: Calamaro in Tomorrow Never Comes (A. Bomire; 04-Feb-2005; TADS 2).
- 2nd place: Sir Richard in Weekend (Pierre; 26-May-2005; TADS 2).
- 3rd place: Jim in The Sex Artist (A. Ninny; Jun-2005; TADS 2).
- 4th place: Professor Stone in Ideal Pacific Coast University (NewKid; 22-Apr-2005; TADS 3).
2006
- Best Male Non-Player Character: Mike in The Camping Trip (GoblinBoy; TADS 2).
- 2nd place: Mildew Saggins in Gifts of Phallius 2: The Key to Eternity (GoblinBoy; TADS 2).
- nominated: Smythe in To Cage a Magpie (Lucilla Frost; TADS 2).
- nominated: Morcheck in Gifts of Phallius 1: The Baron's Plot (GoblinBoy; TADS 2).
- nominated: Vince McMahon in WWE - RAW’s New GM (A. Bomire; TADS 2).
2007
In 2007, the awards for Best Male NPC and Best Female NPC were combined. See Best Female NPC (Erins).