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1999 Xyzzy Awards Winners

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.)

Best Game: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: For a Change (Dan Schmidt; Z-code).
- Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; Dos).
- Finalist: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
Best Writing: For a Change (Dan Schmidt; Z-code).
- Finalist: Exhibition (Ian Finley; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; Dos).
- Finalist: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
Best Story: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Aisle (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
- Finalist: Common Ground (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; Dos).
- Finalist: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
Best Setting: Hunter, in Darkness (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: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; 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: Varicella (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 Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Break-In (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
  - Baf's lists this as a finalist; Dylan's XYZZY page does not.
- 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: The gypsum flowers, in Jewel of Knowledge (Francesco Bova; Z-code).
  - Dylan's XYZZY page lists this as a finalist; Baf's does not.
- Finalist: Getting the light upstairs, in The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold).
Best Individual NPC: Miss Sierra, in Varicella (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 Varicella (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: Aisle (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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 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.)
-* '''Best Game''' &mdash; ''<b>Varicella</b>'', by [[Adam Cadre]].<br>Finalists: ''For a Change, Lunatix, The Mulldoon Legacy, Worlds Apart''.
+* '''Best Game''': ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
-* '''Best Writing''' &mdash; ''<b>For a Change</b>'', by [[Dan Schmidt]].<br>Finalists: ''Exhibition, Lunatix, Varicella, Worlds Apart''.
+** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).
-* '''Best Story''' &mdash; ''<b>Worlds Apart</b>'', by [[Suzanne Britton]].<br>Finalists: ''Aisle, Common Ground, Lunatix, The Mulldoon Legacy, Varicella''.
+** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; [[Dos]]).
-* '''Best Setting''' &mdash; ''<b>Hunter, in Darkness</b>'', by [[Andrew Plotkin]].<br>Finalists: ''Erehwon, For a Change, The Mulldoon Legacy, Winter Wonderland, Worlds Apart''.
+** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
-* '''Best Puzzles''' &mdash; ''<b>The Mulldoon Legacy</b>'', by [[Jon Ingold]].<br>Finalists: ''Lunatix, Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina, Varicella, Worlds Apart''.
+** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
-* '''Best NPCs''' &mdash; ''<b>Varicella</b>'', by [[Adam Cadre]].<br>Finalists: ''A Day for Soft Food, The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man, The Mulldoon Legacy, Worlds Apart''.
+* '''Best Writing''': ''<b>For a Change</b>'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).
-* '''Best Individual Puzzle''' &mdash; The maze, in ''<b>Hunter, in Darkness</b>'', by [[Andrew Plotkin]].<br>Finalists: ''Break-In, For a Change, The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man, The Mulldoon Legacy''.
+** Finalist: ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]).
-* '''Best Individual NPC''' &mdash; Miss Sierra, in ''<b>Varicella</b>'', by [[Adam Cadre]].<br>Finalists: ''Exhibition, Hunter, in Darkness, Worlds Apart''.
+** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; [[Dos]]).
-* '''Best Individual PC''' &mdash; Primo Varicella, in ''<b>Varicella</b>'', by [[Adam Cadre]].<br>Finalists: ''Aisle, A Day for Soft Food, Exhibition, Winchester's Nightmare''.
+** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
-* '''Best Use of Medium''' &mdash; ''<b>Aisle</b>'', by [[Sam Barlow]].<br>Finalists: ''Hunter, in Darkness, Six Stories, Varicella, Worlds Apart''.
+** 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]]; [[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]]; [[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]]).
+*** <span style="color:red">Baf's lists this as a finalist; Dylan's XYZZY page does not.</span>
+** 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: The gypsum flowers, in ''Jewel of Knowledge'' ([[Francesco Bova]]; [[Z-code]]).
+*** <span style="color:red">Dylan's XYZZY page lists this as a finalist; Baf's does not.</span>
+** Finalist: Getting the light upstairs, in ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]).
+* '''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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