View source for XYZZY Awards 1999

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The winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on [[ifMUD]]. (Link to transcript should go here.) (Link to the full list of nominees for 1999.)

== 1999 XYZZY Award Winners ==
* '''Best Game''': ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Writing''': ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Story''': ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''Best Setting''': ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Puzzles''': ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best NPCs''': ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Individual NPC''': Miss Sierra, in ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Individual PC''': Primo Varicella, in ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Use of Medium''': ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).

== 1999 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists ==
* '''Best Game''': ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''Best Writing''': ''<b>For a Change</b>'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''Best Story''': ''<b>Worlds Apart</b>'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Common Ground'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Setting''': ''<b>Hunter, in Darkness</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Erehwon'' ([[Richard Litherland]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Winter Wonderland'' ([[Laura A. Knauth]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''Best Puzzles''': ''<b>The Mulldoon Legacy</b>'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS).
** Finalist: ''Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina'' ([[Jim Aikin]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''Best NPCs''': ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''A Day for Soft Food'' ([[Tod Levi]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man'' ([[Neil deMause]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''<b>Hunter, in Darkness</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Break-In'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: Stopping the flood, in ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: The clone puzzle, in ''The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man'' ([[Neil deMause]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: Getting the light upstairs, in ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]).
*** <span style="color:red">Note: The gypsum flowers, in ''[[Jewel of Knowledge]]'' ([[Francesco Bova]]; Z-code), was never actually nominated. This was a joke made during the ceremony.</span>
* '''Best Individual NPC''': Miss Sierra, in ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: Anatoly Domokov, in ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: The wumpus, in ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: Princess Charlotte, in ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: Lyric/Echo, in ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''Best Individual PC''': Primo Varicella, in ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: The player character in ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: The cat, in ''A Day for Soft Food'' ([[Tod Levi]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: The wife, in ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: Sarah, in ''Winchester's Nightmare'' ([[Nick Montfort]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''Best Use of Medium''': ''<b>Aisle</b>'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Hunter, in Darkness'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Six Stories'' ([[Neil K. Guy]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
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