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


==1999==
==Links==
* <b>Best Game: Varicella</b><br>Finalists: For a Change, Lunatix, The Mulldoon Legacy, Worlds Apart
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.xyzzynews.com/99nominees.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912041702/http://www.xyzzynews.com/99nominees.html|Nominees for 1999}}. First-round voting deadline was Thursday, January 27, 2000, midnight EST.
* <b>Best Individual NPC: Varicella</b><br>Finalists: Exhibition, Hunter, in Darkness, Worlds Apart
** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/138201ccb38fd122/e525b3abab6ace40 Nominees announced for 1999 XYZZY Awards] - raif thread, begun January 29, 2000.
* <b>Best Individual PC: Varicella</b><br>Finalists: Aisle, A Day for Soft Food, Exhibition, Winchester's Nightmare
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.xyzzynews.com/99finalists.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183432/http://www.xyzzynews.com/99finalists.html|Finalists for 1999}}. Second-round voting deadline was Friday, February 11, 2000.
* <b>Best Individual Puzzle: Hunter, in Darkness</b><br>Finalists: Break-In, For a Change, The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man, The Mulldoon Legacy
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.xyzzynews.com/99winners.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624144926/http://www.xyzzynews.com/99winners.html|Winning Games of 1999}}.
* <b>Best NPCs: Varicella</b><br>Finalists: A Day for Soft Food, The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man, The Mulldoon Legacy, Worlds Apart
* The award ceremony itself took place on Saturday, February 12, 2000 at 4 pm EST on [[ifMUD]].
* <b>Best Puzzles: The Mulldoon Legacy</b><br>Finalists: Lunatix, Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina, Varicella, Worlds Apart
** [http://www.eblong.com/zarf/award-transcript3.html XYZZYnews Award Ceremony: 1999] - Ceremony transcript by [[Andrew Plotkin]], presented in a large table with the peanut-gallery comments in the second column.
* <b>Best Setting: Hunter, in Darkness</b><br>Finalists: Erehwon, For a Change, The Mulldoon Legacy, Winter Wonderland, Worlds Apart
[[Category:XYZZY Awards]] [[Category:1999]]
* <b>Best Story: Worlds Apart</b><br>Finalists: Aisle, Common Ground, Lunatix, The Mulldoon Legacy, Varicella
* <b>Best Use of Medium: Aisle</b><br>Finalists: Hunter, in Darkness, Six Stories, Varicella, Worlds Apart
* <b>Best Writing: For a Change</b><br>Finalists: Exhibition, Lunatix, Varicella, Worlds Apart

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