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The online award ceremony for [[IntroComp 2006]].

==Pre-Ceremony Chatter==
<blockquote>Massive Auditorium<br>
The auditorium has been nattily fixed up and the seats rearranged to form a semicircle around the stage at the front of the room. Over the stage hangs a freshly-painted banner reading "[[IntroComp 2006|INTROCOMP 2006]]", while a podium and microphone stand in the spotlight at center stage.<br><br>
You can see: READ THIS PLEASE, xyzzy drinking game, Note for the Xyzzy awards, a chalkboard listing the XYZZY Award winners<br>
Players: [[Sam Kabo Ashwell|maga]], [[Mordechai Shinefield|Mordy]], [[Greg Boettcher|GregB]], [[cendare]], [[Josef Svenningsson|Josef]], [[Jacqueline A. Lott|Jacqueline]], [[Stephen Granade|Sargent]], [[Dan Shiovitz|inky]], [[Gunther Schmidl|Gunther]], [[David Welbourn|DavidW]]<br>
Visible Exits: west</blockquote>

'''[[Adam Cadre|Adam]]''' is pure. He is gentle. He is pleasant. He is efficacious. He is not expensive. He is good for children. And he is from California.<br>
'''Adam''' says, "Hello"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Hello, everyone - let's give it a few minutes just to make sure everyone who wants to be here on time is here."<br>
'''inky''' asks (of Adam), "wait, did you play these?"<br>
'''Adam''' says, "I am just here to say that an Italian soda with milk or cream in it is called a French soda"<br>
'''inky''' says, "ha ha"<br>
'''inky''' says, "awright"<br>
'''Adam''' says, "Bye bye!"<br>
'''Adam''' gets a pretty good death. First he gets axed, then his head is rammed through a boat and his head catches on fire. Pretty decent way to go out.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Heehee"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "I didn't know that, but I'm glad to know that so many coffee shops are wrong!"

'''[[Christopher Tate|ctate]]''', '''[[Storme Winfield|Storme]]''', '''[[Michael Martin|McMartin]]''', '''[[Drew Mochak|DrewMochak]]''', and '''[[Michael Pruitt|NeoWolf]]''' arrive from the west.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Well, by the mud clock, it's time! So..."

==Start of Ceremony==
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Good morning/afternoon/evening, and thank you for dropping in for our humble little awards ceremony."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "For those of you who are just here because other people started wandering toward the lounge, [[IntroComp]] is an annual competition in which authors submit the *beginning* of a new, never before seen work of IF, as short or as long as the author likes, so long as it is a working, playable game and interactive fiction."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Then the community plays these introductions and votes on how much they would want to see the game completed.  Authors have one year in which to complete their games in order to claim prizes - which this year means cold, hard, cash."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "(Also, toward/away, lounge/auditorium, whatever...)"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "So this year's authors will have until July 16, 2007 to complete their games and collect their money."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Before I announce the results, I'd like to thank just a few people..."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Thanks to [[Neil deMause]], who came up with the idea for IntroComp so many moons ago."<br>

(cheers to Neil)

'''Jacqueline''' says, "And thanks to [[Eileen Mullin]] and [[XYZZYnews|XyzzyNews]] - as ever, Eileen makes coordinating IntroComp so much easier for me, and I really, really appreciate that.  Eileen is teh awesome."

(cheers for Eileen)

'''[[Zhou Fang|Fang]]''' arrives from the west.

'''Jacqueline''' says, "Thanks to [[Dan Shiovitz]] for this years spiffy last-minute banner in the auditorium."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' smiles at inky.<br>
'''maga''' says, "yay everyone"<br>
'''inky''' tucks paint can behind his chair.

'''Jacqueline''' says, "Thanks to everyone who voted and, in particular, to those who have or who are about to post reviews or in some way provide feedback to the authors - I stand by my eternal belief that *feedback* is the real prize in this competition."<br>
'''ctate''' looks nervously at the sound system.<br>
'''DavidW''' says, "yay feedback"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "So post those reviews and/or e-mail the authors!"<br>
'''Gunther''' says, "explode the PA"

'''Jacqueline''' says, "Finally, thanks to all the participants!  We had seven entries in this year's IntroComp."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Nobody gets a trophy this year, because instead I've put cash on the line."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Instead of trophies, everyone will receive a UOMe/IOU, which basically means "U O Me a game, I O U cash.""<br>

==The Four Honorable Entries==
'''Jacqueline''' says, "And on that note, I shall begin by announcing the four honorable awards."<br>
'''DavidW''' says, "ooh aah"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "These folks, should they finish their games by July of next year, will be the recipients of $20 (US).  Everyone gets feedback, and, potentially, everyone can get cash."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "The honorable awards, in no particular order (except, um, alphabetical, by title), go to:"

===The Art of Deception===
'''Jacqueline''' says, "[[The Art of Deception]], by [[she's long gone]]."

(applause)

'''Jacqueline''' says, "Is she's long gone here?  I don't know your handle, so if you're here, please speak up!"<br>
'''GregB''' says, "yay for art of deception, my second favorite"<br>
'''McMartin''' says, "Yay toys"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Well, if you're here, she's long gone, and you want it, please see me later for your UOMe/IOU, and congratulations!  I look forward to seeing what dangers await our spy protagonist!"<br>
'''Sargent''' says, "Dangerous cellphones! Deadly pagers!"<br>
'''inky''' says, "fearsome fax machines"<br>
'''Gunther''' says, "belligerent blackberries"<br>
'''Sargent''' says, "I PREPARED EXPLOSIVE TELEGRAM TODAY STOP"<br>
'''inky''' says, "ha ha ha"<br>
'''DavidW''' says, "ha ha ha"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' giggles.<br>
'''Gunther''' says, "IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU ARE DEAD STOP"<br>
'''Gunther''' says, "PS BOOM _END_"<br>
'''DavidW''' says, "ha ha more"<br>
'''Josef''' exclaims, "Hilarious!"<br>
'''DrewMochak''' should change his name to exploding telephone.

===Mechs===
'''Jacqueline''' says, "The next honorable award... if the comedians are done..."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "...goes to [[Mechs]], by [[Allan Crain]]."

(applause)

'''Mordy''' exclaims, "Yay for Jerry Garcia's!!"<br>
'''GregB''' exclaims, "Yay for games where you enter into VR!"

'''Jacqueline''' asks, "Is Allan here?"<br>
'''Mordy''' says, "Yay for games that use Xyzzy as a plot device."<br>
'''Josef''' thinks that it deserved a higher ranking

'''Jacqueline''' asks, "No Allan, eh?"<br>
'''DrewMochak''' says, "...He was here."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' asks, "Was he?"<br>
'''DrewMochak''' says, "On the MUD, I mean. Er, I think."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Hm.  Well, in any case, congratulations to Allan - your game sort of gave me some flashbacks to Infocom's Suspended - looking forward to more!"<br>
'''Gunther''' says, ">OPEN TANK"

===Sabotage!===
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Another honorable award goes to [[Sabotage!]], by [[Felix Plesoianu]]."

(applause)

'''McMartin''' says, "yay sizable maps in intros"<br>
'''DavidW''' says, "I rather liked that one."<br>
'''GregB''' says, "Yay Felix and his gadget-ful game"<br>

'''Jacqueline''' says, "No Felix, either?  Aw."<br>
'''inky''' says, "props for anti-gravity"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Well, congratulations to Felix - interstellar war is never a good thing, so I hope you finish your game so that we can prevent it from happening!"<br>
'''inky''' says, "ha ha"

===Unyielding Fury===
'''Jacqueline''' says, "And the last honorable award goes to [[Unyielding Fury]], by [[Michael Pruitt]] (who, I'm happy to see, is actually here)!"

(applause; wolf howls)

'''NeoWolf''' stands up and timidly waves.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Congratulations, NeoWolf - you wrote a game that goes from serene to horrific before you can say 'Plot twist!' and I hope to play more of this within the year."<br>
'''inky''' says, "yay present authors"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' gives IntroComp06 UOMe/IOU for the introduction to Unyielding Fury to NeoWolf.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' asks, "Want to say a few words?"<br>
'''Josef''' notices with fear that the moon will soon be full<br>
'''inky''' says, "start of a speech!"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "heh"<br>
'''Gunther''' says, "Romans, Countrymen, Fr"<br>
'''NeoWolf''' says, "Not sure what really to say other than I definitely plan to finish and keep the feedback I've gotten so far in mind."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' applauds for finishing and feedback.<br>
'''inky''' says, "awright"<br>
'''NeoWolf''' sits back down.<br>

==Dramatic Tension==
'''Jacqueline''' says, "And now... the top three!"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' pauses to build the dramatic tension.<br>
'''GregB''' gets nervous.<br>
'''Sargent''' says, "BRRrrrRRrrrRRRrrrm."<br>
'''DavidW''' says, "[insert musical interlude]"<br>
'''DrewMochak''' goes out to the lobby to get himself some snacks.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' looks around the room, enjoying the moment in which only she knows what's about to happen next.<br>
'''McMartin''' suddenly checks for sudden mutant gerbil attack<br>
'''Fang''' ducks.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Okay, okay, I'll tell you the top three."

==Second Runner-Up: Nothing But Mazes==
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Second runner up..."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "...a hilarious (not so little) introduction on the potential future of Earth, interactive fiction, and similarly important things..."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "...[[Nothing But Mazes]], by [[Greg Boettcher]]!"

(applause)

'''inky''' says, "(I never thought I'd say this, but) hooray for mazes!"<br>
'''Mordy''' exclaims, "Yay for neverending mazes!"<br>
'''GregB''' stands up<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Congratulations, GregB.  You've got just under a year left to complete Nothing But Mazes and collect your $40.  Best of luck to you!"<br>
'''GregB''' asks, "Is is where I get to make a speech?"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' gives IntroComp06 UOMe/IOU for the introduction to Nothing But Mazes to GregB.<br>
'''inky''' says, "please do"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says (to Greb), "It is!"<br>
'''Mordy''' exclaims, "Yay for pretty graphics and scary music!"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says (to Modry), "Indeed."

'''GregB''' says, "I have two things to say. First, if Ovan were here, he would express hope that this means the people of Earth are starting to appreciate mazes as they should"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Um."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' claps politely.<br>
'''Sargent''' says, "hee hee"<br>
'''Mordy''' exclaims, "Yay for puzzles that circumvent mazes!"<br>
'''GregB''' says, "eh... bad joke"<br>
'''GregB''' says, "Second, the full-length game will be playable on HyperTads. yay."<br>
'''inky''' says, "yay"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Woo"<br>
'''GregB''' sits down<br>
'''Sargent''' says, "good news"<br>
'''DavidW''' says, "yay the game that forces terps to upgrade!"<br>
'''Josef''' claps<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Thank you, Greg - really, really looking forward to more on that."

==First Runner-Up: Child's Play==
'''Jacqueline''' says, "First runner up, a great little twist on the slice-of-life game genre..."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' listens to the drumroll.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "...[[Child's Play]], by [[Stephen Granade]]!"

(applause)

'''inky''' says, "chew it to the man!"<br>
'''Josef''' exclaims, "Yay, my favourite!"<br>
'''GregB''' exclaims, "yay for baby protagonists!"<br>
'''Sargent''' beams.<br>
'''Mordy''' exclaims, "Yay for recalled Robodog toy!"<br>
'''McMartin''' says, "it (slightlly chewed)"

'''Jacqueline''' says, "Congratulations, Sargent.  Should you complete Child's Play in time, you'll be able to collect $60.  Good luck!"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' gives IntroComp06 UOMe/IOU for the introduction to Child's Play to Sargent.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' asks, "Speech, Sargent?"<br>
'''Sargent''' says, "Well."<br>
'''Sargent''' says, "I was going to tell everyone to look for Child's Play to come out in a year or so, but then I remembered that announcing a game ahead of time guarantees that you'll never finish it."<br>
'''Sargent''' says, "So I'll just say thanks!"<br>
'''inky''' says, "ha ha"<br>
'''DrewMochak''' starts to laugh, then remembers he's lost his coder and smacks his forehead.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' laughs.<br>
'''Gunther''' says, "TOO LATE"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Looking forward to seeing where that one goes, Sargent.  Good luck."

==First Place: Southern Gothic==
'''Jacqueline''' says, "And that means that this year's first place entry, a drama on many different levels, is..."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "...[[Southern Gothic]], by [[Mordechai Shinefield]]!"

(applause)

'''Mordy''' excitedly jumps up on his chair, but ends up toppling over to the floor.

(more applause)

'''Jacqueline''' says, "Congratulations to you, Mordy!  Just under a year left to finish Southern Gothic and collect a cool $100... can't wait to play the full version (hopefully by then I'll figure out the damn cannon)!"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' asks, "Care to address your adoring fans, Mordy?"<br>
'''Mordy''' says, "Thank you to everyone who voted for me, and for everyone who gave me tons of help on the i7 channel in writing the game."<br>
'''Mordy''' exclaims, "And despite Stephen's warning, you can all expect the full game. It's already been written (just not coded)!"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "HOORAY!"<br>
'''cendare''' exclaims, "Yay for full games!"<br>
'''DavidW''' says, "my goodness."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "I seriously want you all to finish and take the money from my wallet.  Seriously."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Though I am sort of glad that not all of the 17 intents ended up entering.  That would have potentially made me very, very poor."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "And that, my friends, concludes this year's IntroComp awards ceremony - thank you for coming!  Alex will be serving brie in the lounge later, do drop in and chat with us."

==Post-Ceremony Chatter==
'''inky''' asks, "how many intents did you have?"<br>
'''Mordy''' exclaims, "Yay for tardiness!"<br>
'''GregB''' exclaims, "Let's hear it for the comp organizer. Thanks, jacq!"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says (to inky), "17!"

(cheers for Jacqueline)

'''inky''' says, "good golly"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says (to inky), "I *know*."

(more cheers)

'''Jacqueline''' says, "Aw, shucks.  You're welcome, people."<br>
'''DavidW''' asks, "thanks Jacqueline? Doing this next year?"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says (to DavidW), "I suppose so - I really like what this comp does for people, even if they never finish, not that I'm mentioning any names (such as mine or yours)."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' coughs.<br>
'''McMartin''' whistles innocently, sidles away<br>
'''inky''' says, "hee hee"<br>
'''DavidW''' says, "I'll finish [[The Fox, The Dragon, and The Stale Loaf of Bread|mine]]. E-ven-tu-al-ly."<br>
'''GregB''' says, "I can surely say that I wouldn't have finished that part of my game as quickly without the July deadline."<br>
'''inky''' says, "that's the spirit"<br>
'''Mordy''' says, "David promised me he'd finish. :)"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "I am, believe it or not, porting [[The Waterhouse Women|Waterhouse]] to [[Inform 7|I7]] as we speak."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Hm... thought I gave it to you."<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "ILAW"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "oop!"<br>
'''McMartin''' says, "I can pretty easily believe that"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' gives IntroComp06 UOMe/IOU for the introduction to Southern Gothic to Mordy.<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Oops, even.  There's your IOU, Mordy!"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says (to McMartin), "Aw, thank you for your faith.  If it weren't me doing the work, I wouldn't believe it myself.  heh"<br>
'''Jacqueline''' says, "Anyway, see you folks in the lounge"<br>
'''Mordy''' exclaims, "Whee! Quantites of Fortune!"<br>
'''DavidW''' claps again.

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