| Best Supporting Tyrant |
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- John Randall as Uric the Dread Usurper Game: The Chronicles of Corwynne Stormlord Description: Eric's 6" action figure. Every step of the way his 6" sister, Jilian would undermine him because, "We can't trust you. It says right on your box: 'Usurper'." |
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| Runners-Up Game: Whose Throne Is It, Anyway? Nominee: Jenn Edwards - GM - as Dworkin Description: As the players are examining the 'smiley face' in place of the Pattern, Dworkin says "Welcome to my fun house!" Game: Out of Heaven's Hands Nominee: Sean McGuiness as Indichi Description: A healer who freed the Angel of Death from her bonds, and thereby made himself eligible to take the Throne of God. |
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| Best Original Dialogue or Quote |
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- Jeremy Zimmerman as Davan Maguire Game: Asylum Description: Upon discovering that he was tied to a chair: "Before we start, I want you to know my safeword is zucchini." Upon discovering that his chair had been flipped over face-first onto the floor: "Zucchini! Zucchini!" |
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| Runners-Up Game: ShadowWorld Nominee: Andi Blija - OOC Description: "It's like playing whack-a-mole, but with satellites." Game: Amber Shadows Nominee: John Kim as Mio Description: Son of Dierdre: "... and if we don't stop him, he will commit bloody, bloody murder." Mio: "Good murder or bad murder?" |
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| Most Heinous Betrayal or Offense |
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- Lee Bynum as Gwen Game: Of Patriots & Tyrants Description: Funneled cursed Trump power to assist another player walking the Pattern - and thereby destroyed it. |
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| Runners-Up Game: Whose Throne Is It, Anyway? Nominee: Carrie Varley as Corwin Description: While under the influence of the lust-bespelled crown of Amber, Corwin lip-locks that 'fine figure of a man', Julian. Game: A Festive Romp Nominee: Jeremy Zimmerman - GM Description: From a player: "When I signed up, it was never disclosed until FAR too late that being in his game meant also (sometimes) being in another game where we had to help pathetic sucky crap shadow versions of ourselves achieve *their* objectives. AND we had to spend time in *their* pathetic suck version of Amber." |
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| Special Achievement in Costuming or
Props |
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| Winner
- Sara Mueller as Dixie Delaney Game: ShadowWorld Description: The $12 rhinestone jeans. For "that southern effect." |
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| Runners-Up Game: Amber Pirates Nominee: Ann Sasahara - GM Description: Ann's Pirate Costume Game: After all, what are friends for? Nominee: Amy Edwards as ? Description: The Halloween costume her character wore was... divine! |
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| Best Improvised Storyline based upon an Unexpected Plot Twist |
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- Todd Worrell - GM Game: The Forms of Things Unknown Description: Took the scribbled line on a map drawn by another GM indicating the tunnel past the Pattern Room and used it to lead players to the source of Oberon's power. "That corridor in the Castle off the Pattern Room no one goes to? Yeah, we found out. Poor, poor Corwin." |
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| Runners-Up Game: ShadowWorld Nominee: Rob Haight as Duncan McArthur Description: Challenged Mab to a personal duel after killing the Captain of her Guard. Game: Of Patriots and Tyrants Nominee: Sean McGuiness - GM Description: Took advantage of a player character's attempt to be helpful by destroying her. |
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| Outstanding Performance by an Item/Creatue/Shadow in a Supporting Role |
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- Emma Sansome - GM - as Marvinwheel Game: The Shadowwalker's Guide to the Universe Description: Brilliant depiction of an uber-depressed Trump Artifact. Under-appreciated, ignored and disrespected. "Emma's portrayal of 'Marvinwheel', manically depressed construct with a brain the size of a shadow, was fantastic and hilarious - definitely the best of the Con." "Awesome performance as a depressed construct. Emma so perfectly captured the essential element of the Marvinwheel character. One of the characters was irritated to the point of telling Marvinwheel to SHUT UP!" "Set the perfect tone... Outstanding!" |
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| Runners-Up Game: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Nominee: Simone Cooper - GM - as the "Corpse of Flora" Description: The mice crawling out of her chest cavity... brilliant! Game: The Silver Glass Nominee: Meera Barry - GM - as the Black Unicorn/Shroudling Description: Herding a dreamlord to inscribe/heal a Pattern of Dreams then stabs him with her horn. |
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Honorable
Mentions
Best Original Dialogue or Quote
Game: The Chronicles of Corwyn Stormlord
Nominee: Ameer Tavakoli as Blaze the Gay Blade
Description:
Brand: "I don't want Blaze to screw me in!"
Blaze: "Do you want someone who's never done it before?"
Game: Princesses in Rebma
Nominee: John Kim as Morganthe
Description:
Alleya: "Is there something important I should know?"
Morganthe: "No."
Alleya: "So there's really nothing important."
Morganthe: "There's nothing important that you should know."
Game: Pulp Chaos
Nominee: Karrin Jackson as Vinnie the Bat
Description: "You know Dagger Ways. It's the kind of place you crawl out of the Pits of Hell and think 'This is the kind of place I want to raise and possibly eat my young in.'"
Game: Merry Hell
Nominee: Michelle Haberman as Ulysses the Weir Ambassador
Description: "This is what humans *have* to learn from the Weir: if something's wrong with a cub, you gotta kill it. If it's something you can fix by licking, great! Otherwise, kill em."
Game: Random's Regular Game
Nominee: Casey de Groof as Julian
Description: "I *don't* f#ck squirrels, okay?!!!!"
Game: Random's Regular Game
Nominee: Karrin Jackson as Martin
Description: To Bleys - "How many times did you hit your head falling down Kolvir?"
Game: The Unicorn School of Trouble
Nominee: Leslie Lightfoot as Lydia (the Kid Who's Not Right in the Head)
Description: "Peanut Butter works great against stick figures but NOT against Hell Maidens."
Game: Whose Throne Is It, Anyway?
Nominee: Chris Lightfoot as Bleys
Description: "Strap on. Strap off. The Strapper." With clapping sounds. (referring to Random's concern that he would be "surprised from behind" by Dierdre.)
Most Heinous Betrayal or Offense
Game: Princesses in Rebma
Nominee: Lee Short as Random
Description: Abandoning a teenage girl to the emnity of either Bleys or Brand (or both)!
Game: Polaris
Nominee: Val Conder as Er Rai
Description: Left the city he was a knight guardian of because of his love for a demon princess - one of the demons assaulting the city.
Game: Amber That Was
Nominee: Jim Holthaus as Audrey
Description: As a Logrus-maddened Hendrake escaped the Logrus Gardens, Audrey chased him down, shot him when he climbed a tree and shot him twice more on the ground.
Best Improvised Storyline based upon an Unexpected Plot Twist
Game: A Symphony of Memory and Motion
Nominee: Louisa Djerbib and Sean McGuiness - GMs
Description: Beautifully dealt with an unexpected twist whereby Marius *did not* kill Peter and thus fractured reality.
Outstanding Performance by an Item/Creatue/Shadow in a Supporting Role
Game: Jurisfiction
Nominee: John Worsley as Dewey Decimal
Description: For best character voice as a shadow hunter in 'Circle of Ciridan.'
Game: Jurisfiction
Nominee: Chris Lightfoot as Professor Perry Altman
Description: Best Orator/Narrator of the Circlet of Ciridan as a character
Game: The Shadowwalker's Guide to the Universe
Nominee: Amber Cook - GM
Description: Amber Cook's Naming of the character "Dworkibartfast"
Game: Ship of State
Nominee: Ye Mei as Begma
Description: She guided Begma in the Golden Circle from Ethiopia to a Super Power.
Game: After all, what are friends for?
Nominee: Jason Ray as the Player Piano
Description: Tailored the music to the activity. Awesome!!
Game: The Forms of Things Unknown
Nominee: Todd Worrell - GM - as Daisy
Description: Daisy - Dworkin's play-doh homunculus. Hee, hee, hee!
Game: G.A.S.H. - The Great Ambercon Scavenger Hunt
Nominee: Trish Hart's Digital Camera
Description: Held 3 different needed items in its memory, including a picture of Simone Cooper of Shadow Earth.
Game: Being Prince Benedict
Nominee: Jules Morley - GM - as Alphonse the Sous-Chef
Description: Caine? Sure, he's scary I guess... but Alphonse rules the kitchen. You don't want to piss him off... well, he'll rule it once he kills off the Head Chef... and he's so STRICT!
Thanks to all who made the 2005 Obies the rip-roaring success they were.
Special thanks to Linda Cottrell and Murray Whittle for the photos.
Game: The Chronicles of Corwyn Stormlord
Nominee: Ameer Tavakoli as Blaze the Gay Blade
Description:
Brand: "I don't want Blaze to screw me in!"
Blaze: "Do you want someone who's never done it before?"
Game: Princesses in Rebma
Nominee: John Kim as Morganthe
Description:
Alleya: "Is there something important I should know?"
Morganthe: "No."
Alleya: "So there's really nothing important."
Morganthe: "There's nothing important that you should know."
Game: Pulp Chaos
Nominee: Karrin Jackson as Vinnie the Bat
Description: "You know Dagger Ways. It's the kind of place you crawl out of the Pits of Hell and think 'This is the kind of place I want to raise and possibly eat my young in.'"
Game: Merry Hell
Nominee: Michelle Haberman as Ulysses the Weir Ambassador
Description: "This is what humans *have* to learn from the Weir: if something's wrong with a cub, you gotta kill it. If it's something you can fix by licking, great! Otherwise, kill em."
Game: Random's Regular Game
Nominee: Casey de Groof as Julian
Description: "I *don't* f#ck squirrels, okay?!!!!"
Game: Random's Regular Game
Nominee: Karrin Jackson as Martin
Description: To Bleys - "How many times did you hit your head falling down Kolvir?"
Game: The Unicorn School of Trouble
Nominee: Leslie Lightfoot as Lydia (the Kid Who's Not Right in the Head)
Description: "Peanut Butter works great against stick figures but NOT against Hell Maidens."
Game: Whose Throne Is It, Anyway?
Nominee: Chris Lightfoot as Bleys
Description: "Strap on. Strap off. The Strapper." With clapping sounds. (referring to Random's concern that he would be "surprised from behind" by Dierdre.)
Most Heinous Betrayal or Offense
Game: Princesses in Rebma
Nominee: Lee Short as Random
Description: Abandoning a teenage girl to the emnity of either Bleys or Brand (or both)!
Game: Polaris
Nominee: Val Conder as Er Rai
Description: Left the city he was a knight guardian of because of his love for a demon princess - one of the demons assaulting the city.
Game: Amber That Was
Nominee: Jim Holthaus as Audrey
Description: As a Logrus-maddened Hendrake escaped the Logrus Gardens, Audrey chased him down, shot him when he climbed a tree and shot him twice more on the ground.
Best Improvised Storyline based upon an Unexpected Plot Twist
Game: A Symphony of Memory and Motion
Nominee: Louisa Djerbib and Sean McGuiness - GMs
Description: Beautifully dealt with an unexpected twist whereby Marius *did not* kill Peter and thus fractured reality.
Outstanding Performance by an Item/Creatue/Shadow in a Supporting Role
Game: Jurisfiction
Nominee: John Worsley as Dewey Decimal
Description: For best character voice as a shadow hunter in 'Circle of Ciridan.'
Game: Jurisfiction
Nominee: Chris Lightfoot as Professor Perry Altman
Description: Best Orator/Narrator of the Circlet of Ciridan as a character
Game: The Shadowwalker's Guide to the Universe
Nominee: Amber Cook - GM
Description: Amber Cook's Naming of the character "Dworkibartfast"
Game: Ship of State
Nominee: Ye Mei as Begma
Description: She guided Begma in the Golden Circle from Ethiopia to a Super Power.
Game: After all, what are friends for?
Nominee: Jason Ray as the Player Piano
Description: Tailored the music to the activity. Awesome!!
Game: The Forms of Things Unknown
Nominee: Todd Worrell - GM - as Daisy
Description: Daisy - Dworkin's play-doh homunculus. Hee, hee, hee!
Game: G.A.S.H. - The Great Ambercon Scavenger Hunt
Nominee: Trish Hart's Digital Camera
Description: Held 3 different needed items in its memory, including a picture of Simone Cooper of Shadow Earth.
Game: Being Prince Benedict
Nominee: Jules Morley - GM - as Alphonse the Sous-Chef
Description: Caine? Sure, he's scary I guess... but Alphonse rules the kitchen. You don't want to piss him off... well, he'll rule it once he kills off the Head Chef... and he's so STRICT!
Thanks to all who made the 2005 Obies the rip-roaring success they were.
Special thanks to Linda Cottrell and Murray Whittle for the photos.