XYZZY Awards Transcript: Winning Games of 2003 Jaybird hollers, "Auditorium now open! East, south, east from the lounge! Come on in!" Rob finds someone in his seat already. JessK finds a good seat. Artis Takes a seat in the back. Gunther says (to rob), "HA ha" zarf seats himself FreakBoy glues self to ceiling. kyria79 stands near the back Storme grabs a seat [peanut-gallery] mcp says, "lots of new folk this year" Paolo leaves the auditorium to the west. Bishop says, "Wow, coming to the auditorium was so much faster than last year." JessK says (to kyria), "Hey you may as well sit down." [peanut-gallery] RogerCarbol asks, "Who is the MC this year?" baf pulls up a chandelier and makes himself comfortable. Gunther says (to Bishop), "we eliminated the maze" [peanut-gallery] Adam says, "Hammer" Random-Q-Hacker sits in the folding chair he carries around everywhere. [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "Snow" kyria79 says (to jessk), "I want to keep an eye on all the miscreants" Rob asks, "but who will watch the ne'er-do-wells?" Gunther says (to Rob), "Biff and Darren" [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "This year I will amaze and astound you all by *working on my WIP during the ceremony itself*" inky says, "hey, Magnus" [peanut-gallery] mcp says, "i wonder whether our little community is going to start growing massively" DavidW says, "heh. Nice wainscoting." [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "oooh, ahhh!" eileen walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice her approaching it from the other side. [peanut-gallery] mcp says, "tipping point" [peanut-gallery] Gunther asks, "and *releasing it afterwards*?" [peanut-gallery] Storme says (to zarf), "ooooh" [peanut-gallery] JessK says, ""Woot zarf!" [peanut-gallery] zarf says (to gunther), "well, *afterwards*, yes." [peanut-gallery] Kwi laughs. Rob says, "hi eileen" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to zarf), "hee hee" Emmett asks, "Whew, are those last year's winners?" Gunther says, "we're all winners here" eileen leaves the auditorium to the west. [peanut-gallery] Bishop asks, "Anyone up for XYZZYSpeed?" Rob says, "bye eileen" Jaybird hollers, "Auditorium now open! East, south, east from the lounge! Come on in!" Matthew says, "WOO." Emmett says, "Not me, I just had to put up with a couple crazy IF writers. :)" eileen exclaims, "hi everyone!!" Rob says, "hi!!" Matthew says, "Hey eileen." mcp says, "yay eileen" J_J_Guest walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side. Chrysoula says, "Hello!" kyria79 says, "hi" [peanut-gallery] maga says, "I'd love to, but I've got things to do this evening" Rob claps [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "we should do a voice-conference xyzzy awards next time" Bishop says, "Hi, eileen." DorianX walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. Jacqueline says, "Hello, Eileen." [peanut-gallery] kyria79 asks, "at who's expense?" J_J_Guest says, "hello" [peanut-gallery] JessK asks (of kyria), "Isn't voice conference right up your alley?" Storme says, "hi eileen" two-star walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side. [peanut-gallery] Random-Q-Hacker asks, "Xyzzy-speed being what, a race to At End of Road?" [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to Gunther), "Now now, if the MUD was good enough for our ancestors, it's good enough for us." Emmett says, "I was a playtester on 'Slouching Toward Bedlam.'" zebulon admires the scenery [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says (to jessk), "and I know what the costs involved are" [peanut-gallery] Kwi is always up for SpeedIF, but anyone familiar with his SpeedIFs know how many xyzzy-awards you could have in the time he spends writing one. JessK says, "Yay playtesters." baf says (to Alex), "STD is standard deviation." inky looks at Jota. J_J_Guest says, "thanks, I'll try it" Emmett says, "This is so cool, though. I'm so happy that IF is alive and well." [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to kyria), "with voice-over-IP, zero" DorianX joins the chorus of the second best. inky says (to Jota), "hey, nice cummerbund" DavidW looks at Jota. Rob looks at Jota. FreakBoy looks at Jota. Bishop looks at Jota. Kwi looks at Jota. Storme looks at Jota. Jacqueline looks at Jota. zebulon looks at Jota. maga looks at Jota. JessK looks at Jota Scott looks at Jota. [peanut-gallery] RogerCarbol says (to inky), "Cruel." Rob says, "let the gold balls roll" kyria79 searches wainscotting zarf does not look at Jota two-star looks at Jota. DorianX walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. Gunther says, "too! many! golden! spheres!" Random-Q-Hacker does not look at Jota. Bishop exclaims, "Everybody stare!" [peanut-gallery] inky says, "hee hee" Jota says (to inky), "Thanks -- it was hiding in the back of my closet. I almost couldn't find it this year." [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "hee haw" [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "now look what you started!" Artis looks away from Jota. kyria79 looks at Jota. Gunther says, "well shiver me maintopgallantboom" inky erases the chalkboard, cleaning things up for this year. brut goes home. [peanut-gallery] JessK asks, "Do I have time for refreshments?" Jaybird says, "Another call..." Jaybird hollers, "Auditorium now open! East, south, east from the lounge! Come on in!" Chrysoula looks at Jota. zebulon tries to avoid staring Storme says (to Iain), "I saved you a seat!" DavidW takes a sip of his tea. [peanut-gallery] Jota says, "Also, transcript-readers will feel so left out, what with neither Ps nor Lieut joining in the stare." Iain says (to Storme), "Aw." Gunther says, "speaking of me maintopgallantboom, it's Iain" [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Hey, I periodically cut out to get coffee." Emmett says, "Daniel Ravipinto just walked by my office, saying 'Doom!'" maga puts his feet up Jacqueline takes a seat and sips her champagne. eileen adjusts her little black dress [peanut-gallery] (from RogerCarbol) inky says (to Jota), "And I love what you've done with the bell pull." [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "ha" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "yeargh" Artis turns off phone. Paolo sits down and takes out his notebook JessK says, "Hello Jacqueline!" yhlee looks embarrassed. Gunther says (to Jaybird), "ok, enough" Ghogg says (to Emmett), "Alas, these aren't the Golden Cybers" DavidW says, "hey yhlee" zebulon also turns of his phone Gunther says, "hey, it's Yoon" Jacqueline says, "Hello, Jess." Chrysoula waves at thlee. Chrysoula Waves at yhlee, too. Paolo takes a sizeable bite out of his notebook and munches with gusto yhlee says, "Hello! Yes, I'm here this year." Gunther asks, "also Magnus?" DavidW says, "The coolest thing about this is all the cool people." kyria79 goes to turn off her phone, but then realizes she left it in her other pants yhlee looks around and fights off vertigo, then grins. Sargent says, "hey yhlee!" Grocible wakes up Gunther says (to kyria79), "EMERGENCY PANTS" Storme asks (of kyria), "you're wearing pants?" inky says, "I don't have no other pants, man" Jacqueline says (to DavidW), "mmhmm" Rob says, "hidden amongst this crowd is every member of the secret cabal that doesn't exist" RogerCarbol says, "s/other//" [peanut-gallery] Random-Q-Hacker says, "After the 1up.com article, I picture the xyzzy as being a gigantic prompt won by hot anime chyx." kyria79 realizes she's not wearing any pants [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "It's great how people who aren't mudders but are nonetheless involved in the community come around for this. We never see some of these people socially. :-(" maga mutters, "Note to self: eliminate Wheeler" yhlee exclaims, "Oh no! You'll draw the Cabal Police!" JessK says, "Hi Yoon too :-)" Gunther says (to Rob), "and so carelessly named in that inform 6.3 beta post" Paul says (to Sarcasmo), "Hey there, Star." Emmett exclaims, "Hey, Sarcasmo!" Scott goes home. yhlee exclaims, "Hello Jess!" Jacqueline says (to maga), "heh" [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Hey, none of the interviewees had blue hair. I feel so cheated." Artis says, "Mmm... pants." Ghogg exclaims, "Pants...of....power!" Sarcasmo says, "Hello" Scott walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side. FreakBoy is starting to wonder if gluing himself to the ceiling was a good idea. neild materializes. Jacqueline says, "I'm not wearing any pants... but don't get too excited, I still have an evening gown on." Paolo yay! Sargent says, "shape of...knickerbockers!" [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "clearly I need to start writing really good IF" Kwi pulls a chair out of his box, sits. DavidW wonders where those rocket pants of destiny are now. Gunther says (to Jacqueline), "that can never stand" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Yes, you do." alkahest walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice her approaching it from the other side. [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "you get the secret Award of Distinction for your AIF" [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says, "well, someone needs to. I can't." [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "(okay, my hair isn't blue any more, but it was)" alkahest says, "hullo" Artis says, "is dressed in pure ASCII." [peanut-gallery] Storme says (to Gunther), "ha ha" [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "I'm disappointed that AAS Masters is not up for any awards" [peanut-gallery] maga says (to Gunther), "I WAS ROBBED" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "also, I hear on the grapevine that AAS will win best new development system" kyria79 asks (of davidw), "rocket pants of destiny?" Sarcasmo straightens her tiara Dino says (to alkahest), "Hello." [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "testing... testing..." [peanut-gallery] Bishop says (to Storme), "Anime-chick blue? I dispbelieve that real people have hair that color, even with heavy chemical assistance." Jacqueline says (to Sarcasmo), "Watchout... DavidW will take that from you." [peanut-gallery] JessK straightens her decorative cat. [peanut-gallery] Chrysoula says (to Bishop), "You would be wrong." [peanut-gallery] Storme says (to bishop), "I did at one point, but my hair tends to refect blue dye after a few washes" Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "Sorry to disappoint." Sarcasmo glues her tiara to her head [peanut-gallery] Ghogg says, "They might wear wigs all the time." DavidW says (to kyria), "They first showed up in Banana Apocolypse, then I think Doris de Lightning had them." [peanut-gallery] RogerCarbol says, "It's kinda odd seeing City of Secrets nominated, purely because it seems like it's been around for so much longer than just a year or so." Gunther asks, "Sarcasmo is Star Foster?" [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "er, reject" J_J_Guest what does emote do? Sarcasmo says, "Thanks Jacqueline" [peanut-gallery] maga says (to Bishop), "evidently a sheltered life" Gunther says (to Jacqueline), "I shall have a word with maga" Scott goes home. DavidW says (to Gunther), "yes" Sarcasmo says, "Gunther yes" Gunther says (to maga), "word" peccable waves. [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "it's been green and red and purple a few times, though" Emmett says, "Sarcasmo = Star Foster" J_J_Guest gets it. Jacqueline says (to Sarcasmo), "Sure thing." peccable says, ""Hi."" [peanut-gallery] Chrysoula says, "First you bleach all the color out of it. Then you dye it blue. I have a friend who has had anime-bright hair for like eight years." Random-Q-Hacker says, "It's a clone of neild." maga says (to Gunther), "recognise." neild2 says, "STADIUM BAD ARRRRRR" DavidW asks, "And peccable is Dan, yes?" Gunther says (to maga), "well, that's cleared up then" kyria79 checks watch Sargent says, "oh no it's the cloned neild_" peccable says, ""Darn. Found out already."" alkahest looks around. It's her first XYZZY award ceremony ... yhlee finds herself a floor cushion and sits, gratefully/gracefully. zebulon checks watch, clears his throat, expectantly JessK says, "Hey, that" [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Huh, wow." Gunther says (to Sargent), "here with his evil electric fingers" Dino says (to J_J_), "It makes it look like you did something instead of saying something." kyria79 says (to alkahest), "hey, I'm new here too" DavidW says, "Sorry. I visit websites." J_J_Guest thinks he understands now [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "yeah, the only trouble is that the ends of your hair frazzle after a few bleachings" Jacqueline leaves her auditorium chair and finds a floor cushion next to Yoon. Sarcasmo says, "I'm new to this too" Jacqueline asks (of Yoon), "Champagne?" yhlee says, "Same here." Gunther floats gently in midair Paolo me too Adam asks, "I am also new here. What is this place called again?" Artis decided yo watch the awards live for the first time. KevinL says, "this is my first trip here." Ghogg says (to Adam), "Earth." Gunther says (to Adam), "The if mud" zebulon snaps his fingers, causing a chair of pure light to appear in mid-air. lpsmith exclaims, "Three minutes! Three minutes to showtime, everyone!" alkahest says, "to kyria79 I've logded on a few times before ..." yhlee says (to Jacqueline), "Would be delighted, ma'am. Thank you." zebulon sits on the chair of light. kyria79 says (to adam), "crondike insane asylum" Gunther says (to zebulon), "OW MY EYES" Addreamy looks around in wonder maga says, "if y'all aren't going to use the real chairs, I'm going to stretch out." Scott walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side. alkahest says, "yarg ..." zebulon turns down the light level DavidW says, "I see no chairs here." Jearl just fricking sits down. God. Random-Q-Hacker sits in three of the chairs. Jacqueline says (to maga), "Indeed. Join us here. There's cushions aplenty." lpsmith disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. Gunther wears Neo shades. kyria79 finds a comfortable bean bag to slouch upon Bishop summons an episcopal throne and a cup of coffee, and takes a seat. atholbrose walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. Random-Q-Hacker sits in chairs and no chairs. eileen passes out champagne and Hershey's kisses to the attendees Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "Hello, Mr. Anderson." maga says (to Jacq), "personally, I was going to lie across the front row, but since you're inviting..." Gunther launches into a 30-minute speech about choice and inevitability. mcp gobbles down the chocolate JessK says, "Yay eileen!" Sarcasmo sits awkawardly in an auditorium chair J_J_Guest makes a pot of tea [peanut-gallery] Chrysoula says, "Yeah, my friend started out with waist-length hair but now barely manages to keep it shoulder-length." Emmett exclaims, "Kyria is slouching on a bean-bag... towards Bedlam!" Ghogg says, "Woo candy" mnovelli walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. DavidW sits on a personal floatation device. Gunther says, "hooray for chocolate" PeterN stands around looking confused. maga launches into a speech about truth-functionality that got cut out as too incomprehensible for movie audiences. yhlee says, "if LOGOS shows up, I'm running and hiding..." alkahest pulls a chair out of the ether and sits on it Ryan materializes. Jacqueline says (to maga), "Indeed. I have a bottomless bottle of champagne to share with those sitting near me." Sarcasmo wishes she had worn jeans instead of an evening gown (even if she does look smashing) stargirl materializes. Sargent says (to yhlee), "here, try these earplugs" Artis sits on the floor, back to the back wall. boucher materializes. Storme hastily goes to sit neat Jacqueline Gunther says (to Jacqueline), "hooray horn of plenty" DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "ooo. share." Psmith materializes. yhlee says (to Sargent), "Now there's a thought." inky says (to Sargent), "she can't hear you, she has a banana in her ear" FreakBoy suddenly falls to the ground as his glue fails. Sargent asks (of inky), "what?" DGlasser materializes. maga says (to Gunther), "keep your horn to yourself" inky says, "hee hee" Allen materializes. FreakBoy exclaims, "Aaarggh!" Gunther says (to maga), "in your ear" Nate materializes. Jacqueline says (to Gunther&maga), "Now, now. Boys." J_J_Guest picks FreakBoy up off the floor Dave materializes. Whizzard materializes. DavidW says, "hey Dave" Emily materializes. FreakBoy says, "Thanks." Oren materializes. Gunther says, "Whizzard "Whizzard" Wilson!" DavidW says, "and everybody" Random-Q-Hacker says, "That banana sure had to go through a difficult puzzle before getting there." Steve materializes. Jacqueline says (to Gunther&maga), "It's xyzzy day. Time to set that stuff aside for an hour." Sarcasmo says (to peccable), "You're looking very spiffy" peccable says (to sarcasmo), "I know." Emmett says (to Peccable), "You are a nancy boy." Gunther asks (of Jacqueline), "I can't fondle him for a whole HOUR?" Lionheart materializes. Sarcasmo sticks her tongue out at Peccable peccable laughs. lpsmith walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. kyria79 says (to gunther), "just not so others can see" Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "No. Wait until I'm gone." DavidW says (to Emmett), "He's not the only one." J_J_Guest says, "at least there is a ceiling this year" Gunther asks, "p inky = hey, can you boot jacqueline?" Gunther says, "oops" peccable laughs! Sarcasmo asks (of J_J_guest), "there was no ceiling last year?" Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "HEY!" [peanut-gallery] alkahest asks, "is this showing up in the peanut gallery?" peccable highfives DavidW JessK says (to j_j), "Yah, the outdoors was fun, but too bright." kyria79 says (to sarcasmo), "I hear it was outdoors" Paolo Ceiling? I don't see that here. [peanut-gallery] atholbrose says, "no" [peanut-gallery] alkahest says, "ah, good ..." [peanut-gallery] JessK says (to alka), "Yep." PeterN asks, "Do I need to join a channel for the ceremony?" Emmett watches the official handshake Sarcasmo says (to kyria79), "I bet that was nice" Sarcasmo sips her champagne Storme says (to petern), "#peanut-gallery is a good idea" maga says (to Peter), "I'd advise #peanut-gallery" DavidW says (to PeterN), "There's #peanut-gallery" lpsmith says (to Peter), "You can joing the peanut gallery if you like." Gunther says (to PeterN), "#peanut-gallery for a neverending stream of wisecracks, if you want" kyria79 says (to sarcasmo), "I bet... I wasn't there." Rob claps for no reason! PeterN says, "thanks" Gunther shows Rob the yellow card. J_J_Guest says, "I seem to remember there were walls but no ceiling" [peanut-gallery] kyria79 cracks a wise Chrysoula jumps up and down. [peanut-gallery] Random-Q-Hacker | petern joins the channel seven times. Bishop tosses Chrysoula a carrot. KevinL asks, "how do I join the peanut-gallery?" Bishop says, "(no, wait, that's my line)" JessK will sit for a carrot. Chrysoula catches! She adjusts her red hat, too! Gunther says, "type @join #peanut" Ghogg says, "type @joinc #peanut-gallery" kyria79 exclaims (at jessk), "don't sit on that carrot!" Gunther says, "then use "#peanut hello" to talk on it" Adam has connected. Guest2 says, "@join #peanut" KevinL says, "thanks" DavidW asks, "Does the carrot explode at 80 mph?" Gunther says, "Guests can't do that without an account" maga decides he's going to have to be reeeall drunk in order to be gracious to the winners, consumes more champagne inky says (to Guest2), "you can't join channels as a guest, though -- if you tell me a username I'll make you an account" kyria79 says (to davidw), "no, it travels through time" Paul says, "Man, I love these star-studded events." Bishop says (to DavidW), "No, it just goes back in time." DavidW says, "Even better" Gunther says, "mm, studs" Bishop says, "ARGH TIMING." zarf gazes at the stars and at the studs neild says (to Paul), "Except for the part where we're all burned to a crisp by the fiery corona" Guest2 asks, "Can I have Justin as a username?" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline asks (of maga), "Ah! So you mean RR is going to win. You admit it, and you're getting ready?" Ghogg says (to Paul), "and best of all, inky disposes of the papparazzi beforehand and stuffs them in the dumpster" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "ILAC" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "But who cares!" [peanut-gallery] JessK says, "Yay RR!" Guest1 goes home. Paul says (to neild), "Sure is pretty up till then, though." [peanut-gallery] maga says, "boo" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "I loved RR, myself." Sargent says (to Ghogg), "If they go in the closet, I hope Graham doesn't mind the company" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline sticks her tongue out at maga. neild says, "And last time my fiery corona didn't have any lime. I hate that" Gunther starts handing out little party treats [peanut-gallery] Jota says, "Mmm. Even if we assume several folks are ringers, we've still got 70-80 attendees already." Guest2 goes home. [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Wow" [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "time for the cabal to start booting people" kyria79 says (to gunther), "do you have those little cheesie weiners? I just love those" peccable exclaims, "Yay! Treats!" Sarcasmo would rather have a party hat than a part treat Rob claps Gunther says (to kyria79), "let me look" [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "Sarge, you *know* there's no cabal" Gunther produces a box. Rob says, "inky!!!" [peanut-gallery] Gunther asks (of Sargent), "yeah, you *of all people* (NNWW) should know that. eh? eh?" inky gives backstage pass to Ghogg. Rob applauds senselessly eileen dims the lights lpsmith steps forward to the front stage. kyria79 exclaims (at gunther), "thanks!" inky gives backstage pass to yhlee. lpsmith exclaims, "Hello and welcome to the Annual XYZZY awards for the Games of 2003!" inky gives backstage pass to PeterN. Jacqueline asks, "Scootch! Wait, why didn't you scootch here?" inky says, "woo!" Paul exclaims, "Yay!" [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "I'm sorry, before I can answer that we need to shake hands" [peanut-gallery] Chrysoula says, "ooh ooh one of my RL friends may come. Yay testers!" inky claps JessK says, "Yay!" Rob says, "hooray!" FreakBoy cheers! Paolo Yay! Sargent says, "Woo! Yay!" peccable cheers. Bishop claps. zebulon claps Sarcasmo applauds maga exclaims, "whoop!" Kwi says, "Woohoo!" Rob applauds Chrysoula cheers! Matthew claps. J_J_Guest cheers DavidW says, "yay!" Sargent spplauds. Addreamy claps Guest1 says, "@join #peanut" Paolo says, "her, yay" [peanut-gallery] alkahest exclaims, "yay!" Jota says, "Woot." lpsmith exclaims, "Our thanks again to Eileen Mullin, founder of XYZZYnews for hosting the event. The year just wouldn't be the same without it!" [peanut-gallery] Random-Q-Hacker asks, "There's a xyzzy awards for the games of 2003 every year?" brut says, "eeee-haaaa" Jacqueline applauds. yhlee waves her fan enthusiastically. Guest1 goes home. kyria79 says, "woo woo woo" Rob says, "Eileen! rah!" [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "HUGE fucking crowd. This transcript will be insane." [peanut-gallery] alkahest exclaims, "w00t!" eileen blushes and waves happily lpsmith applauds Eileen. Matthew claps. Rob stands up and claps Kwi claps. K-Y applauds. JessK says, "yay eileen!" neild exclaims, "Yayy!" atholbrose whoos. zebulon applauds Eileen yhlee cheers Eileen. Sargent says, "yay Eileen, as seen on Orkut!" Gunther readies the trebuchet. Emmett applauds maga wolf-whistles. Random-Q-Hacker claps with one hand. [peanut-gallery] zarf asks, "We have more attendees now than voters, right?" [peanut-gallery] Adam says (to Bishop), "Especially if they include #fucking" lpsmith says, "Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone to keep their arms, legs, and any other appendages in the auditorium at all times. With record attendance expected, but no budget for construction, we instead turned top IF scientists loose on the problem, and the result is the beautiful auditorium you see today..." eileen exclaims, "I couldn't do it without all of you. Give yourselves a big hand!" alkahest cheers [peanut-gallery] neild asks, "What are the rules again - talk here, applaud in the auditorium?" Sarcasmo claps wildly JessK applauds Sargent says, "hand-carved using lasers" kyria79 cheers peccable claps. DavidW claps [peanut-gallery] baf says, "I know I'm attending but didn't vote." Rob says, ">GIVE HAND TO SELF" Chrysoula cheers! [peanut-gallery] Jota says, "Snark here, cheer in auditorium, yeah." lpsmith says, "But as they explained to me a few minutes ago, the quantum tunnelers and time dilation nullifiers they used to create this place are not exactly stable, especially on the edges, and may cause unissirf." Adam says (to Rob), "In private, please" zebulon applauds somewhat enthusiastically [peanut-gallery] neild says (to baf), "Me too" Vodel screams in euphoria lpsmith pauses, squints at the paper he's holding in his hand, turns it upside-down. lpsmith says, "Frission, sorry." Gunther says (to Adam), "snrk" [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says, ".jessk did this work" [peanut-gallery] Jota says, "COmments such as 'SPEECH! SPEECH!' and such are to be expected in the room." [peanut-gallery] Jota says (to baf), "Likewise." Gunther says (to Adam), "so, are you happy with what you have..." lpsmith crumples up the paper. "Just, uh, be careful." eileen says, "hee hee" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "OW! Papercut" lpsmith exclaims, "So, we begin again, as we do every year, with our first award: Best Use of Medium!" [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "Only Markov and Alex in the lounge. Wonder what they'll say about us." lpsmith exclaims, "And here to present, the dynamic duo, Earth and Sky!" Rob claps! Storme says, "yay!" zebulon yays peccable cheers! Gunther says, "hooray" alkahest claps FreakBoy cheers. Jota exclaims, "Woohoo!" Dino claps JessK applauds! kyria79 whistles Matthew exclaims, "Hooray!" baf exclaims, "Yay weirdness award!" Sargent says, "Yay Earth! Yay Sky!" zarf claps Jearl says, "woot!" Paolo exclaims, "yay!" alkahest claps DavidW says, "hooray for Earth and Sky!" Matthew claps. Rob says, "part 3! part 3!" inky says, "here to save the day!" eileen applauds the presenters J_J_Guest claps! Sargent says, "Yay Fire and Water as well!" peccable exclaims, "Yay! Superheros!" Gunther says, "sandy and windy!" atholbrose whoos again. Addreamy claps Jearl says, "blow something up!" [peanut-gallery] JessK asks, "Earth, Sky, Star, Storm, what's next?" Vodel cheers There is a WHOOSH from above, and a blue-white blur speeds towards the stage. It stops being a blur at the podium, and instead becomes Sky, a college-aged woman in a thick blue body stocking with white streaks. K-Y applauds Rob says, "woo!" lpsmith cheers and yields the stage. Artis exclaims, "Yay sky!" Matthew exclaims, "Wow, what an entrance!" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "one of these is a real name though" Sky says, "Uh, hi everybody. I'm supposed to be presenting this award with my brother Austin. I'm not sure where he--" KERRRRASH! Bricks fly from the back of the stage, and through the sudden hole in the back wall steps Earth, a man in his twenties wearing another body stocking, this one grey with orange streaks. alkahest smiles and claps [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "Just wait until it starts raining zarfs in your home town" [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "yes indeed" Earth exclaims, "Oh yeah! Let's present an award!" Rob says, "ow! brick! in my eye!" [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "nice" Matthew claps. Kwi cheers. Sargent says, "EARTH SMASH!" Sky asks, "'Oh yeah?' What are you, the Kool-Aid man now?" Ced walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. Gunther says, "The 2004 trend: stockings instead of pants" [peanut-gallery] JessK says, "I've actually seen papers marked zarf :-)" Rob claps and squints zebulon cheers wildly [peanut-gallery] Adam says (to zarf), "Hallelujah!" peccable hands Rob a bandaid. "Well, I thought... I just wanted to make a dramatic entrance." Austin looks sheepish. J_J_Guest claps! [peanut-gallery] FreakBoy asks, ""Geez, could they wait until the last awards to destroy the place?" [peanut-gallery] Gunther asks (of zarf), "tonight for the first time?" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Definitely need an umbrella..." [peanut-gallery] Dino says, "pantaloons" [peanut-gallery] neild exclaims, "It's @tellroom playhouse!" [peanut-gallery] Jearl asks, "take off the roof and stay in bed?" [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to FreakBoy), "Boy, you're just NO fun at all." Sky looks warily at the ceiling. "You've just incurred a dramatic debt is all. I sure hope this place is insured against acts of superpowered doofuses. Now how about doing the award presentation before you bring this entire auditorium down?" Rob applauds crazy prose-like dialogue formatting [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "the roof, the roof, the roof is in Rob's eye" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "we don't need no water let the... nah, give him some" [peanut-gallery] baf asks, "Why do you think they're always whining about the construction budget?" [peanut-gallery] atholbrose says, "Sgt. Furious" "Oh, right, of course." Austin steps to the podium and clears his throat. "The XYZZY Award for Best Use Of Medium has a long and controversial history, beginning with a provocative post by Kathleen Fischer back in 1997, which argued that--" Sky asks, "AUSTIN! Would you please just skip to the good part?" [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "I thought the argument was a good part." Earth looks disgruntled, but agrees. "Yes, empress Emily. The nominees are..." Bishop wanders off to talk to worried-looking representatives of Damage Control. [peanut-gallery] maga says, "no, the next award is" Guest3 walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side. Guest4 has disconnected. Guest4 goes home. [peanut-gallery] (from Gunther) Emily takes notes. [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "Empress Emily of the Land of Brie" Earth says, "ASCII and the Argonauts, by J. Robinson Wheeler" [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "it actually sounded kinda interesting" peccable cheers. Sargent applauds. lpsmith cheers! [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "okay, I'm saying 'empress emily' for the rest of teh year." Storme says, "yay Rob!" Gunther says, "HOORAY" zebulon cheers Sarcasmo applauds kyria79 claps Matthew exclaims, "WOOOOOOO!" Bishop exclaims, "Yay ASCII!" [peanut-gallery] Jota asks, "Hey, should they be giving away their secret identities in front of everybody?" alkahest claps Matthew applauds madly. ZEUS APPLAUDS DavidW claps like Zeus wants him to. two-star exclaims, "yay!" Vodel screams in euphoria (again) atholbrose claps. JessK applauds ascii Kwi says, "I love you ASCII!" Paolo cheers [peanut-gallery] Matthew falls over. [peanut-gallery] (from Adam) John W. Kennedy says, "And so am I!" [peanut-gallery] yhlee asks, "Maybe it's a front and there's a secret *secret* identity?" Gunther says, "yay ZEUS" Sky says, "City of Secrets, by Emily Short" alkahest w00ts! peccable exclaims, "Yay!" Rob claps! Storme says, "yay Emily!" maga says, "yay" zebulon applauds Gunther says, "also yay Empress Emily!" Matthew applauds and cheers. JessK claps Sarcasmo cheers Addreamy claps DavidW claps. lpsmith claps. yhlee exclaims, "Hurrah!" Paolo exclaims, "yay Emily" Sargent says, "woo" FreakBoy x sky Sargent says, "City of Multiple Windows" alkahest exclaims, "yay Emily!" Jacqueline says, "Woo" Bishop says, "Yay CoS" atholbrose exclaims, "wuzz!" [peanut-gallery] baf says, "Nice timing on the "secret secret" ref" Gunther says (to Sargent), "now you gave away the secret, dammit" brut goes home. Sky begins to take a bow, then realizes they're cheering a different Emily. [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Hee." Kwi cheers wildly, slightly belated. [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "That was unintentional." Earth says, "Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre" Rob applauds! Sarcasmo claps Vodel turns on applause machine and sits back for a nap inky says, "Zzz!" kyria79 cheers peccable applauds. Jearl says, "woot!" zebulon exclaims, "yay!" lpsmith starts to cheer, but falls aslep. Addreamy claps alkahest exclaims, "yay Adam!" Matthew applauds and cheers again. Storme says, "yay Adam!" Gunther starts applauding but falls asleep Rob laughs yhlee smiles and claps. [peanut-gallery] zarf says (to yh), "No no -- always take credit and smile mysteriosuly" Sargent says, "Yay!" DavidW applauds. Paolo exclaims, "Yayay!" Gunther says, "dammit" lpsmith says (to Gunther), "HA ha" Artis covers ears. Matthew kick's Gunther's chair. JessK claps [peanut-gallery] yhlee smiles mysteriously. Gunther says (to Matthew), "ah, but I have no chair" Sky says, "Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster" Bishop exclaims, "Yay Glulx thingies!" [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Eek the lag." [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "inky wins" inky starts sleeping but falls into applause. DavidW says, "I liked the puffy window." zebulon claps wildly alkahest exclaims, "w00t w00t w00t!" peccable smiles. [peanut-gallery] Matthew asks (of Gunther), "And you must sit?" Rob claps [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "uh oh, sudden lag" Paolo exclaims, "yay Slouching" yhlee applauds. Sargent plays a recording of him applauding. DavidW claps as lag allows. lpsmith starts slouching but sleeps into applause. Gunther says, "mm, bedlam#" Bishop exclaims, "Woo Slouching!" Matthew applauds and cheers yet more still. Jearl claps kyria79 slouches further alkahest exclaims, "yay Bedlam!" Emmett asks, "How do I leave peanut-gallery?" inky says (to Emmett), "@leavec #peanut" DavidW says, "yay steampunk!" Addreamy claps some more neild says (to Emmett), "@shell" Earth says, "...and To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest" Scott exclaims, "yay Poodle!" zebulon applauds Rob applauds Matthew claps. FreakBoy cheer! eileen applauds all the nominees lpsmith cheers! Gunther applauds. Sargent claps. FreakBoy cheers! kyria79 exclaims, "yeah hell!" yhlee claps. JessK cheers Sarcasmo applaud Chrysoula cheers all the nominees! inky says, "balloon! mummy! trombone!" DavidW claps for poodleboy Storme claps K-Y applauds Ceryle claps. Rob says, "Aunt Gertie!" atholbrose yay! YAY! alkahest claps for all the nominees! Addreamy applauds Gunther says, "palimpsest!" Vodel exclaims, "The Nominess will triumph!" Sky says, "...and the XYZZY goes to..." Rob claps more kyria79 waits with baited breath Jacqueline leans forward. KA-BOOM! There is a brilliant lightning flash that blinds you for a moment, and when your vision returns, water vapor trails hang in the air, forming letters that read: atholbrose anticipates... Gunther says, "rob rob rah rah rah" J_J_Guest bites nails ASCII And The Argonauts, by J. Robinson Wheeler yhlee blinks to clear her vision. Matthew exclaims, "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" [peanut-gallery] kyria79 exclaims, "so dramatic!" Rob says, "!!" Gunther says, "YES!!!" Jota claps. inky says, "yay!!!" Sargent says, "Yay Rob!" peccable exclaims, "YAY!" Storme says, "yay!!!" Bishop applauds wildly! Chrysoula says, "WOOOHOO!!!!" JessK says, "hurray for ascii!!!" Paolo exclaims, "YAY argonauts!" zarf says, "Yay" DavidW says, "YES!!" Sarcasmo Applauds wildly yhlee exclaims, "Congratulations!" Chrysoula says, "Yay Rob!" lpsmith exclaims, "Yaaay!" alkahest exclaims, "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Storme says, "huzzah for Rob!" Jacqueline says, "Hooray for ROB!" Addreamy applauds wildly J_J_Guest claps! Guest4 exclaims, "Hooray!" Sargent says, "Speech! Speech! And only use ASCII!" Earth says, "Neat trick." Ghogg exclaims, "go old school!" zebulon cheers Matthew jumps to his feet and starts applauding like there's no tomorrow. Chrysoula says, "Yay SPeedIF!" eileen applauds wildly FreakBoy cheers. Dino says (to Rob), "Congratulations." Matthew exclaims, "BEST AWARD EVER!" Rob jumps up from his seat like Roberto Benigni alkahest exclaims, "ya yay yay!" Sky says, "That's called 'skywriting'." Kwi says, "WOOO! ASCII!!" DavidW says, "Congratulations Rob!" Vodel applauds a lot Bishop exclaims, "Hooray SpeedIF!" Sargent says (to Sky), "boo" inky says (to Sky), "hee hee" Chrysoula says, "Ooh! Ooh! Kiss Sky!" alkahest says, "congrats, rob" JessK says, "Well done sky" Rob runs up on stage, trying not to trip. J_J_Guest cheers! atholbrose says, "yay ROB" VOICE OF ZEUS BOOMS, "I AM PLEASED" zebulon waves a golden fleece Sky gives Best Use of Medium trophy to Rob. [peanut-gallery] Matthew exclaims, "Roberto Benigni... Rob... coincidence? I THINK NOT!" Rob says (to Sky), "Thanks!" Matthew cheers and cheers and cheers. [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "I really should've brought those earplugs..." [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Yay Zeus! Meet me in the Carousel Lounge in the form of a bull after the show!" Storme says, "two-word parser-style SPEECH!" Rob says, "Thanks to everybody who voted for this silly game" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait." [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "I AM IN A VERY FULL AUDITORIUM! THERE IS A ROB UP ON STAGE!" Sky asks, "My pleasure, artist-guy. Maybe you could... draw me sometime?" [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "eek" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to Jacqueline), "my pleasure" Guest5 says, "@join #peanut" [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "hahaha" [peanut-gallery] Adam says, "Oh my" Rob says (to Sky), "rowr" [peanut-gallery] Matthew exclaims (at Sargent), "YES!" Jaybird drops Note for the Xyzzy awards. [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "also, now I can't help but think "FORM OF... A BULL"" Sky blushes. [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "ha" [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to Gunther), "Hee hee." Rob says, "The only story I have to share is that last week, I was digging around on my old Apple II disks from 20 years ago, which had my first experiments with IF" Rob says, "And to my surprise, they all looked just like ASCII and the Argonauts" zebulon smiles, whistfully lpsmith laughs. [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "HE IS WELL PLEASED" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "YOU CAN SEE: *AWARD*" yhlee grins. Rob says, "So in fact it wasn't a Scott Adams parody, it was just a summoning of my sense of humor as a 12 year old" Guest6 says, "hi all from Italy :D" Guest5 asks, "whip jota excuse me, do you know how I can join the peanut gallery?" Rob says, "anyway, thanks!!!" [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "mm-hm" Jacqueline grins. Sargent says (to Rob), "You're welcome!" Rob returns to his seat, waving the award over his head Gunther says, "do not whip the Jota!" Storme says (to Rob), "yay!" Matthew applauds and cheers wildly. Jacqueline says, "Way to go, Rob." DavidW says, "Thanks for the game, Rob!" alkahest cheers for stuff IFers did in their pree-teen years Chrysoula says, "Yay Rob!" Psmith says (to Rob), "Yay!" Gunther says (to Rob), "rah rah rah" zebulon cheers Sarcasmo congratulates Rob [peanut-gallery] Dino asks (of Rob), "Seriously, those disks still readable?" JessK says, "Congrats Rob!"" Matthew exclaims, "YAY ROB and YAY ASCII AND THE ARGONAUTS!" peccable cheers. zarf claps Addreamy cheers [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "yep" lpsmith cheers, and approaches the stage again. Random-Q-Hacker says, "hit the jota with the whip instead." K-Y applauds DavidW says, "Rob Rob Rob" atholbrose claps and whoos. [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "That's so cool." zebulon exclaims, "Yay two-word parsers!" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "that was the first surprise of the evening" JoshuaH claps. [peanut-gallery] JessK says, "1:50 and 1 out of 10 awards." Bishop exclaims, "Hooray for adolescence and other silliness!" lpsmith coughs in all the smoke. alkahest claps for rob and the game kyria79 yawns, but recovers with more applause [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "I'm so pleased" [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to Gunther), "I hope it's not all downhill from here." [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "I think I was, what, 5 years old at the time? I feel callow..." [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "I really didn't know what my chances were" [peanut-gallery] Dino says, "Damn I have to check on some of my earliest code, also on Apple][ media." two-star clap clap clap clap. clap. clap. Guest5 says, "@joinc #peanut-gallery" [peanut-gallery] Matthew exclaims, "But at least the best game of the year got one award!" Gunther says (to guest5), "guests can't join that" [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "heh, thanks matthew" Guest5 sighs. [peanut-gallery] alkahest says, "i don't recall where my first game is ..." Guest5 says, "sorry. :)" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "the best retro game of the year, at least" lpsmith exclaims, "Congratulations, Rob!" [peanut-gallery] alkahest says, "but i know it was written in BASIC :)" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "we'll find out what best game is LATER TODAY" Guest5 goes home. [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to Gunther), "WELL WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT NOW WON'T WE." lpsmith says, "Next up, we have the award for Best Individual PC." Matthew claps. [peanut-gallery] baf says, "I remember my first game. It was a goldskull-like triviality called Frog Adventure." Rob claps zebulon cheers Gunther says, "Renee Zellweger! Oh wait" FreakBoy cheers! Addreamy claps peccable claps. [peanut-gallery] Iain says (to Rob), "Woohoo, well done." JessK yays. Sargent says, "woo" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "My first game, 10 print "Jacqueline is so cool." 20 goto 10, was not very interactive, but I enjoyed it immensely at age 8." kyria79 screams with pleasure lpsmith exclaims, "And here to present, the winner from last year, Pierre!" [peanut-gallery] Rob beams [peanut-gallery] Iain says, "And not well done to Roob or Roo as I nearly typed." [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to Jacqueline), "Ha ha ha." J_J_Guest claps! Sarcasmo exclaims (at Gunther), "Johnny Depp!" Chrysoula eeks. Gunther says, "Ello Pierre!" Sarcasmo applaud Sarcasmo applauds Paolo claps zebulon applauds Pierre Pierre steps to the podium [peanut-gallery] Spinster asks, "Uh. Where is everyone?" [peanut-gallery] Bishop, to his shame, doesn't even remember what game won last year. Storme says, "woo, Pierre!" Vodel exclaims, "Look to the west on the third day!" [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to Spinster), "The auditorium." [peanut-gallery] inky says (to Spinster), "type XYZZY" [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "Savoir-Faire" Spinster walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice Spinster approaching it from the other side. [peanut-gallery] alkahest says, "mine was a lot like a day for soft food, but written by a nine-year old in BASIC" Pierre bows professionally. [peanut-gallery] baf says, "e s e from the Lounge" DavidW bows to Pierre. [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Ah." Matthew claps. kyria79 concentrates, and disappears. kyria79 walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice her approaching it from the other side. [peanut-gallery] Spinster says, "Personally I hope 'Rape Pillage Galore' wins." maga says, "PIERRE" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "mine was a CYOA" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Oh dear." Pierre says, "Good afternoon." Rob says, "ZUT ALORS" [peanut-gallery] alkahest says, "it was about my kitty :)" Sargent says, "JE SUIS UN ROBO" Gunther says (to Rob), "Thanks, BrenBarn" [peanut-gallery] Rob says (to Sargent), "yay!" Gunther says, "SACRE BLEU" Storme says (to SArgent), "VICHY" Sargent says, "RAR" [peanut-gallery] JessK says (to Gunther), "mine too" DavidW says (to Pierre), "You still got it." Storme says, "yay" [peanut-gallery] Rob says (to gunther), "I couldn't help myself!" Jacqueline says, "MON DIEU! C'EST PIERRE!" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to Rob), "here, have my astrolabe" Pierre says, "I have taken your host's kind invitation to come here and present the 2003 award for Best Individual PC, but first I have some business to attend to." [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "And he's not speaking French. Damn." maga exclaims (at Pierre), "it had better be smooch-related!" peccable uh-ohs. Pierre straightens seriously. [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Helas." [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "c'est la vie" [peanut-gallery] inky says (to Jacqueline), "he's subtitled" [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Hmm, having Rob's game win reminds me: was the wacky Hamlet on the list of games this year? That had almost as much retro charm as ASCII." [peanut-gallery] kyria79 exclaims, "what's more important than these awards?!" Chrysoula sighs dreamily. Sarcasmo looks concerned [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "He's going to want us to take up a collection for him" [peanut-gallery] Jota says, "(Grr. I spend my attention carefully replying to Guest5 explaining about Guests not being able to join channels and creating characters and how to whisper, and he just does an @joinc and leaves.)" [peanut-gallery] brut says, "Chuvaki, neuzheli net russkih sovsem, a to i podelitsa ne s kem :(" eileen peers nervously over her playbill [peanut-gallery] JessK asks (of Bishop), "Wasn't that this year?" Pierre says, "It is a matter of grave -- dare I say, criminal -- concern, regarding a certain egregious culinary error that was brought to my attention." KevinL goes home. Matthew exclaims, "!" Storme says, "oh no!" peccable asks, "Does it involve cheese?" Rob gasps [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to brut), "um, er... polyushko pole, tovarich" zebulon gasps, twice Pierre says, "Involving something known as 'Cheez Whiz'." [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Yeah, that's why I wondered." Emmett says, "Someone got peanut butter in his chocolate." Storme says, "aie!" inky says, "ha ha ha" lpsmith peers back into the kitchen Matthew exclaims, "!!" Rob says, "hee hee hee" Pierre grimaces visably yhlee exclaims, "Oh no!" Sargent says, "ha!" peccable turns ashen. inky says (to Pierre), "it's Sargent's fault!" Gunther crosses self. Jacqueline says, "Oh no." maga exclaims, "le horreur!" Vodel weeps openly, then stops DavidW says, "We need! more! hollandise sauce!" Sargent says (to inky), "Those were bacon bars, I swear!" [peanut-gallery] brut (to gunther) )))))) Kwi shrieks in horror. [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Nem ert'em, bocs'anat." yhlee asks, "Ils mangent comme les vaches espagnoles?" [peanut-gallery] maga says, "bork bork bork" Gunther says, "fechez la vache!" Pierre says, "Yes. Yes. And I thought it my solemn duty to rectify this situation by presenting something much more palatable. Hence:" Pierre says, "Courgette & Brie soup: Add diced Brie to courgettes and onion simmered in chicken or vegetable stock. Purie, reheat and garnish with extra diced brie and crispy grilled bacon, cut into strips." JessK whets her lips [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "le yay!" [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "hee hee" [peanut-gallery] (from Gunther) Pierre says, "Vichysoisse soup avec rat hair" Rob says, "mmm!" J_J_Guest exclaims, "hooray for cheese!" zebulon makes mental note of recipe [peanut-gallery] maga says, "YAY" Storme says, "hey, I make that soup quite often!" [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "le yipe" Sarcasmo feels her stomach growl (She really should have eaten before squeezing herself into this dress) [peanut-gallery] Adam says (to Gunther), "That was a last-minute change, by the by" BoingBall walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. alkahest exclaims, "SOUP !!!!!!!!!!!!!" [peanut-gallery] Matthew asks, "What are courgettes?" Sargent says, "that contains no process cheese food product whatsoever!" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to Adam), "excellent" [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Small courges." [peanut-gallery] baf says, "Zucchini" [peanut-gallery] Adam says, "Originally it was just a regular soup, which became 'rat stew'" [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "zucchini" [peanut-gallery] Matthew says, "Ah." [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "(I am not kidding, I do make that soup)" [peanut-gallery] brut says (to gunther), "Bronja krepka, i tanki nshi bistri" lpsmith cheers courgettes, with the accomplished aplomb of someone who knows what they are. [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to Adam), "it's so much funnier" Pierre says (to Sargent), "And I expect you to be more responsible with your culinary choices in the future." [peanut-gallery] maga asks (of Storme), "where do you get your rat?" [peanut-gallery] Adam says, "But the higher-ups at Lucasarts were concerned that might disturb some people" Rob claps [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "not *that* soup" [peanut-gallery] Paul says, "Yay xyzzy recipes! I see a cookbook in our future..." [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "I remember courgettes as something Storme talks about more than the rest of us, for some reason." [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to brut), "sorry, I don't actually speak Russian" Sargent says (to Pierre), "I thank you for the correction, and will merely note that I don't *eat* these foods, I merely encourage others to do so." [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Now I'm starting to be embarrassed about my cooking." lpsmith laughs. [peanut-gallery] Storme says (to bishop), "that's because they're nummy" Pierre says, "Now, on to the other matter at hand, the nominees for Best Individual PC (player character) are:" (From Gunther) Sargent sprays Pierre with Cheez Whiz DavidW says, "Sarge: Cheez Whiz spokesperson." Guest5 walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side. alkahest claps [peanut-gallery] brut says (to gunther), "that's just a song about war 2" [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "Cheez Whiz Are It" Pierre says, "The PC in Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman." Rob claps! zebulon cheers alkahest all your cheez are belong to us peccable cheers. Addreamy claps Sarcasmo claps Gunther claps. alkahest claps DavidW claps. Storme applauds Matthew claps. zarf cheez J_J_Guest exclaims, "hoorah!" Sargent says, "yay!" lpsmith claps! Paolo says, "yay artist" two-star cheers. Paul exclaims, "Yay Autist! Er, Artist!" yhlee cheers. atholbrose cheezes... er, cheers. kyria79 whistles Photon walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. alkahest exclaims, "yay!" yhlee laughs. Pierre says, "The chef in Gourmet, by Aaron Reed." Rob claps! Jearl claps zebulon claps Addreamy claps alkahest exclaims, "yay!" Matthew claps. Gunther applauds. JessK says, "yay chef" Paul claps Storme applauds more peccable cheers! DavidW claps. FreakBoy cheers! Paolo exclaims, "YAY CHEF!" kyria79 claps JoshuaH appluads. Sarcasmo applauds lpsmith exclaims, "Zut alors!" Sargent says, "woo!" Vodel claps Rob says, "hurrah" yhlee appluads. Spinster whistles. atholbrose claps and claps. Paul exclaims, "Yay retro chef!" Dino claps Gunther says, "VOUS ETRE UN CHEF" J_J_Guest exclaims, "hooray for cheese! and Lobster!" alkahest w00t! Pierre says, "Eugene Oregon in Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre." Bishop says, "WHAT YOU ARE!"" Rob applauds! lobster clacks his claws Jacqueline claps. Matthew applauds. Addreamy claps Jearl says, "zzz!" DavidW claps. Paul exclaims, "Yay sleepy guy!" BoingBall claps yhlee claps. zebulon cheers wildly Scott claps Spinster jumps around Sargent says, "Yay Eugene" Sarcasmo claps atholbrose whooooooooos. JoshuaH claps. Paolo exclaims, "go Euguene!" Jacqueline scoots away from the lobster. Gunther says, "yoogene!" alkahest exclaims, "yay eugene!" lpsmith cheers! Pierre says, "Enra in Shadows on the Mirror, by Chrysoula Tzavelas." yhlee eyes the lobster hungrily. Matthew claps. Guest3 applauds with enthusiasm. Addreamy claps DavidW claps. Sarcasmo applauds maga says, "yay" Sargent says, "yay" Paolo claps Storme says, "yay" Jacqueline applauds loudly. Photon disappears because his wave function has suddenly collapsed. kyria79 pulls out a noise maker from new year's and goes crazy with it zebulon claps alkahest claps Gunther says, "yay shady mirror" peccable claps. atholbrose applauseseses. Bishop exclaims, "Woo weird psychic chyk!" lpsmith applauds! yhlee exclaims, "Hurrah!" Paul Yay mysterious PC! Spinster getting tired of clapping here. JessK says, "yay enra!"" Rob applauds Photon walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. Jearl claps Pierre says, "And lastly, Dr. Thomas Xavier in Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster." Rob claps Sargent applauds. Addreamy claps zebulon cheers Jearl says, "woot!" kyria79 cheers inky says (to Spinster), "the trick is to pace yourself" JessK claps Jacqueline claps. yhlee claps. Spinster says, "Hoorj" Gunther says, "yay Patrick Stewart" Paolo cheers DavidW claps a little louder. Storme applauds Vodel murmurs apologies, says something about pressing engagements and slips quietly out the back alkahest yay! Paul exclaims, "Yay Professor X! Er, Dr. X!" Emmett cheers wildly peccable laughs. Matthew applauds loudly. Bishop laughs.\ inky claps eileen applauds all of the nominees Vodel congratulates all the nominess and winners lpsmith yells "But he d--" He is immediately swarmed by the spoiler police. Rob asks, "wait, is that the PC or is it ... something else ...?" Rob says, "rrarr" inky says, "oooOooo" Vodel goes home. Rob claps instead Pierre says, "And the winner is...." FreakBoy starts drumroll. alkahest claps for the poor doctor Paul exclaims (at lpsmith), "Ha!" Gunther says, "MYSTERIOUS" Pierre takes out a snuffbox Random-Q-Hacker says, "/announceawardyes/" Paolo says, "don't make xavier speak if he wins" alkahest is on the edge of her seat ,,, Jearl swwons from the excitement peccable laughs. Emmett nominatedforawardmustdressnicely Matthew says (to Random-Q-Hacker), "Yay." Chrysoula bites nails yhlee gets out her banan--earplugs. Pierre opens his snuffbox, causing his envelope to open and burst with confetti inky says (to Paolo), "ha ha" Sargent says, "man, if Xavier wins, I won't be listening to next year's presentation" Jearl says, "yay!" Gunther says, "mm, confetti" brut goes home. Sarcasmo laughs FreakBoy continues drumroll. Pierre reads his envelope kyria79 is still waiting Pierre says, "The PC in Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman." Rob says, "whoa!" inky says, "!" peccable cheers! Rob claps! Guest4 exclaims, "Hooray!" Matthew claps. Gunther says (to Pierre), "*inside* the envel... oh, you got it" Paolo exclaims, "YAY ARTIST!" Sarcasmo applauds Addreamy claps thunderously, totally thrilled Bishop applauds. JessK says, "YAY" lpsmith exclaims, "Whoo!" inky says, "dark horse!" maga says, "boo" Guest2 goes home. Emmett applauds eileen applauds madly FreakBoy applauds. DavidW says, "wow." yhlee exclaims, "Congratulations!" K-Y applauds zebulon conjures up some birlliant fireworks Sargent says, "yay!" alkahest cheers and goes wild!!!!!!! kyria79 says, "waHOO" Paul exclaims, "RIGHT ON! I loved that PC!" Rob says, "unexpected new guy!" Storme applauds the winner Jearl applauds JessK says, "whoa again" zarf says, "yay" Gunther applauds. Spinster exclaims, "Boo! I mean, Yay!" Jota claps. two-star says, "Yay." atholbrose applauds! DavidW claps. J_J_Guest exclaims, "yay!" JoshuaH claps. Rob asks, "who needs eggs anyway?" Bishop exclaims, "Hooray unexpectedness!" Sargent says, "Congrats to the non-ageless, non-faceless, non-genderless adventurer!" DorianX says, "A little while ago, someone called my home" inky says, "hee hee" Iain asks (of Sargent), "Not non-adventurer?" alkahest exclaims, "YAY!!!!!!!!" zebulon exclaims, "Yay non-ageless, non-faceless, non-genderless adventurers!" Paolo says, "I guess he must be a great talker" Gunther says (to sarg), "AKA Nanf Nga" Rob applauds [peanut-gallery] Kwi says, "Wow, fast scrolling..." JessK goes home. lpsmith asks, "Do we have a Peter Eastman in the audience?" Guest4 is eaten by a grue. [peanut-gallery] Kwi could use a grep-tool right now. [peanut-gallery] Iain says, "Yeah, 80s Nintendo games have nothing on us." Gunther says, "me me no wait" Photon applauds. [peanut-gallery] kyria79 asks, "jess, where did you go?" brut goes home. [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to kwi), "you can always read the blackboard" two-star says, "Time to get the cardboard and the xacto knife." [peanut-gallery] kyria79 sighs in relief Rob checks under his seat inky says, "maybe Grocible could accept on behalf of Kodak" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Kerowyn, Kerowyn, where are you going...whoops, wrong setting." alkahest claps and claps and claps and claps ... Guest4 waves to jessk! <-- Quintin Stone (From Adam) Grocible says, "He's behind the picture frame." [peanut-gallery] Chrysoula says (to yhlee), "Yay!" Gunther says, "hee hee" J_J_Guest says, "hello Quintin" JessK says, "Yay Quintin! Good to see you!" lpsmith says, "Well, thank you Peter Eastman, wherever you are." [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "I thought q-stone was q-stone, not a guest" DavidW claps. [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "So did I." [peanut-gallery] inky says, "yeah, me too" lpsmith says, "We'll give your award to the guy with a chicken on his head." [peanut-gallery] Kwi says (to Gunther), "Hey, thanks for reminding me! That's neat." Gunther says, "Speech! Speech!" [peanut-gallery] Spinster says, "I think XYZZY awards is doing a 'return to origins' thing." Guest4 says, "I'm on vacation, not able to connect to my normal acct." peccable says, ""Yay!"" Sargent says, "Where have you gone, Peter Eastman? Heaven holds a place for those who don't really do much of anything." [peanut-gallery] Paul exclaims, "One of them must be an IMPOSTOR!" [peanut-gallery] maga exclaims (at Spinster), "hooray for crap!" lpsmith says, "I'm sure he'll give it to you." alkahest exclaims, "yay guy with chicken on head!!!" [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "nice surprising awards" [peanut-gallery] kyria79 exclaims, "bring in the imposter police!" yhlee exclaims, "go chickens!" Rob says, "yay chicken guy!" [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Yeah, so far this is pleasantly surprising." Gunther says (to yhlee), "that's what they say in Thailand" Emmett claps and b'gocks lpsmith says, "Well, without further ado, on to our next award which is..." [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Hm. I'm mixed on the pleasantness of it all." lpsmith consults his list. [peanut-gallery] alkahest says, "CHICKen ... CHICKen ... CHICKen ..." kyria79 cheers [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "unlike the oscars" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "But that's just me." Pierre bows unobtrusively Pierre leaves the auditorium to the west. Gunther says, "adieu!" Sargent says (to Pierre), "Wait! You forgot your summer sausage with velveeta!" lpsmith exclaims, "Best Individual NPC, as presented by Dan Shiovitz, aka 'inky'!" zebulon applauds Pierre yhlee exclaims, "Bon voyage!" Matthew claps. Jacqueline says, "Adi - il n'est pas ici encore!" Rob says, "hooray!" Matthew exclaims, "WOO INKY!" Sargent says, "yay inky!" Chrysoula says (to Sargent), "You say that now!" inky walks up on stage. Paul claps for inky. DavidW says, "Goodbye Pierre. We'll always have... Paris." inky says, "hi everyone!" [peanut-gallery] FreakBoy says, "cheers." BoingBall says, "yay inky" Storme says, "woo, an inky" Matthew claps and cheers. Gunther says, "inky is my favourite npc" Jota asks, "What was inky an NPC in last year?" alkahest exclaims, "yay inky!" [peanut-gallery] Spinster says, "Well, I personally slept with each of the judges to ensure my nomination." [peanut-gallery] Sargent says (to Chrysoula), "I know better than to say it when he's here!" kyria79 exclaims, "go inky!" zebulon claps maga says, "king of scootch" Dino exclaims, "Yay, inky!" [peanut-gallery] JessK asks, "Who won last year for NPCs?" Emmett says, "Best Anti-Aliased Font" Bishop exclaims, "Woo, inky!" Paolo says, "yay inky" atholbrose exclaims, "inky!" Kwi says, "Woo!" yhlee exclaims, "w00t!" Sargent says (to Jota), "Being Andrew Plotkin Being Dan Shiovitz in You Are a Chef" Gunther says, "you hear AWARD from WEST" Chrysoula says, "Yay inky!" Guest4 says, "Yay, inkly" Rob says, "yay" K-Y applauds for inky kyria79 whistles inky says (to Jota), "Boldo was scheduled to do it, but I'm afraid he's kind of laid up at the moment after a mishap trying to get the Jewelled Eye of Wossname" [peanut-gallery] Psmith says, "Boldo" [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Some day I need to put a MUDder in a game and win Best NPC with it, so I can co-opt their identity." inky says, "anyway, without further ado" Matthew says, "Aww." Jearl mutters, "I don't get it." DavidW says, "hee" inky fumbles with the envelope. [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "hah" [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "poor boldo" J_J_Guest puts a chicken on his head. NamelessAdventurer exclaims, "boo! boo!" Kwi says, "Aiee!" NamelessAdventurer climbs up on stage. [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "they could have taken musculo though" [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "I was waiting for Musclo to get brained by Rob waving his award" Rob gives NamelessAdventurer a band-aid inky asks (of Nameless), "hey, what are you doing?" [peanut-gallery] Paul exclaims, "It's a coup!" [peanut-gallery] BoingBall says, "I shall rename myself Boldo so that evil does not triumph" [peanut-gallery] baf asks, "Didn't Zarf get a best NPC nomination?" DavidW says, "I haven't seen Nameless in ages." NamelessAdventurer asks (of sa), "boo! what is this? a *player* giving the Best NPC award?" [peanut-gallery] Psmith says (to Paolo), "Musculo should be scheduled for Best NPCs." Guest7 says, ""Gimme a... J.J. Guest! Woo."" [peanut-gallery] Storme asks, "and best PC?" Gunther says, "BREAKING NEWS: NamelessAdventurer confirmed to be Guy Phillipe!" inky says (to Nameless), "sheesh, you can't even type" J_J_Guest exclaims, "Wooo!" [peanut-gallery] Spinster says, "The goat from Man From Defra." [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "oh, great" Jota applauds NA. NamelessAdventurer exclaims, "NPC rights! Viva la NPC!" alkahest exclaims, "w00t!" [peanut-gallery] Spinster says, "Optionally, Mover 008." kyria79 cheers NA [peanut-gallery] maga exclaims, "he doesn't need to type! he's not a player!" inky says (to Nameless), "hey hey wait -- you're a *PC*, not an NPC" Sargent says (to Nameless), "But you're a -- what inky said!" [peanut-gallery] Psmith says (to inky), "He was an NPC in Enchanter" NamelessAdventurer exclaims, "Hey, I've done my time! I've got a union card!" Rob's head swivels back and forth DavidW stares hard at Nameless. Gunther says (to Sargent), "stop peeking in inky's script!" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "unless some players are going around with 1337 voice-to-text interfaces..." [peanut-gallery] DorianX says, "Viva Quevec! Viva Jay sherman" Guest4 says, "NA was an NPC in Enchanter." lpsmith exclaims, "He was an NPC in Enchanter!" [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "next up will be Bobcat Goldthwait" Guest4 laughs. Rob says, "ha ha" NamelessAdventurer whips out his resume, with entries like "Frobozz Magic Support" and "Enchanter" prominently circled Rob claps Sky says, "There's an NPC union? Uh-oh..." Spinster says, "Zork's Troll Eye View, too." Guest4 applauds. DavidW asks (of Sky), "Who knew?" inky asks (of Nameless), "I was too! What about "Are you a Chef?" and "Badlands Machine"?" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "So that's why I couldn't get any NPCs to work for me. Need some NPC scabs..." lpsmith laughs! Rob claps alkahest exclaims, "w00t!" Storme says, "yay" NamelessAdventurer exclaims (at inky), "speedIF doesn't count! that's not paying union rates!" Gunther says, "Steel-cage deathmatch!" Sargent says, "yay!" Jacqueline says, "Yay Badlands Machine!" Jearl says, "hoo boy" Rob waves his award and says *AHEM* BoingBall laughs and laughs Addreamy grins [peanut-gallery] Matthew exclaims, "Politics grips the XYZZYs!" K-Y exclaims, "woo!" yhlee smiles. [peanut-gallery] baf says, "NPC union would explain the trend away from combat in IF..." lpsmith exclaims, "And that game where all those MUDizens were turned into vegetables!" Paul exclaims, "Resume battle! To the ***death***!" [peanut-gallery] Spinster exclaims, "A burst of violence! The clot thickens!" inky says (to Nameless), "ok, ok, look, I'm sure we can work something out; let's just go backstage for a sec" Storme says (to lps), "that *was* Are You a Chef!" Random-Q-Hacker writes a constitutional amendment banning NPC union. DavidW says (to lpsmith), "That's 'Are You A Chef?'" [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "uh-oh" [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "inky's going to come out with a blank mask on" lpsmith exclaims, "Yeah, that!" [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "namelessinky" [peanut-gallery] yhlee gulps. lpsmith says, "I'll be over here if you need me." Dino says (to rqh), "hehe" inky says, "Uh, I'm sorry, NamelessAdventurer is currently having a mishap trying to get the Jewelled Eye of Wossname" inky says, "I'm sure he'll be back soon" Rob says, "ha ha ha" BoingBall says, "hahaha" Chrysoula laughs! kyria79 laughs lpsmith laughs. Kwi laughs! yhlee chuckles. atholbrose says, "hee" Paul laughs. Sargent says, "yay!" Matthew laughs and laughs and claps. peccable laughs. Rob claps inky says, "in the meantime, let's hear those nominees" Jacqueline smirks. Bishop says, "Hee." DavidW says, "btw, let's mention Badland Machine again." Storme says, "heehee" alkahest smiles Gunther says, "The XYZZYs are spinning out of control for the most final of reasons" Rob says, "yay nominees" kyria79 says, "yeah!"" Guest7 giggles! Kwi says, "Woo!" JessK claps peccable exclaims, "yay! nominees!" inky says, "for Best Individual NPC, we have ..." inky says, "the Bookseller in City of Secrets, by Emily Short" Gunther says, "there is a DEAD HAND on the ASTRO-JEWEL" Rob claps! peccable cheers. FreakBoy applauds. zebulon exclaims, "Yay!" [peanut-gallery] maga says (to DW), "aww, thanks" Sarcasmo applauds Matthew claps. yhlee cheers. kyria79 cheers maga says, "woo" lpsmith exclaims, "Yay books!" Rob says, "emily! yay!" Addreamy claps DavidW claps. Paul claps for the bookseller! alkahest exclaims, "yay!" Gunther says, "yay empress emily!" Kwi says, "Yay, books!" [peanut-gallery] zarf says (to gunther), "ok, that was strained" Storme says, "yay cos!" two-star exclaims, "YAAY!" Paolo exclaims, "yay!" inky says, "Corvallis Oregon in Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre" Sargent says, "THE CODEX SAYS YOU MUST GO NOW" Paolo exclaims, "YAY VAL!" Photon claps. peccable claps. Sarcasmo claps Addreamy claps alkahest says, "hoorah for book sellers" Rob says, "yay!" Guest3 exclaims, "I used to live there!" lpsmith exclaims, "Corvy!" zebulon exclaims, "GoVal, go!" Rob claps yhlee claps. Jaybird says, "Do we need more guest accounts? We're up to eight." [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to zarf), "totally" Sargent applauds. Scott cheers. Matthew claps. inky says, "Iona in Scavenger, by the on-vacation Quintin Stone" Paul claps for Val! JessK says, "yay val" peccable cheers. Rob claps Jearl says, "woot!" Matthew claps. DavidW claps. Sarcasmo applauds JessK says, "yay iona too!" [peanut-gallery] Spinster asks, "Who was Corvallis? The sister?" Addreamy claps Random-Q-Hacker writes down applause. damn, late. Sargent says, "yay" yhlee waves her fan. [peanut-gallery] Matthew says, "Yes." Paul claps for scared little girl! Photon exclaims, "Yay Iona!" maga exclaims, "They mostly come at night! Mostly!" Bishop exclaims, "Yay cute little girl!" inky says, "Galen in Shadows on the Mirror, by Chrysoula Tzavelas" kyria79 applauds Guest4 hoorays Storme applauds Spinster exclaims, "Yay!" [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "yep" Sargent says, "woo" Matthew says (to maga), "Hee hee." peccable applauds. DavidW claps. Sarcasmo claps Rob claps! Addreamy claps Guest8 walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side. yhlee applauds. zebulon claps JessK yips Paul claps for mysterious sunglasses guy! Rob says, "yay chrysoula" Matthew claps. lpsmith cheers. maga claps brut goes home. Gunther says, "whee Iona and Galen" Bishop exclaims, "Yay weird guy-angel-thing!" inky says, "and Triage in Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster" Rob cheers! Guest3 clappity clap clap. Kwi claps. zebulon cheers alkahest nods and says "yay!" Gunther says, "also Triage" Addreamy claps Jearl woots for all and sundry Matthew applauds and cheers. J_J_Guest claps! yhlee cheers. eileen applauds all the nominees peccable blushes. Guest4 exclaims, "Woohoo!" DavidW says, "hooray!" Paul claps for talking box! K-Y says, "yay inanimacy" Spinster exclaims, "Triage, Triage, he's our man, if he can't do it nobody can!" lpsmith exclaims, "Yay creepy computer thing!" alkahest exclaims, "yay for triage!!!!!!!!!" Storme applaud appplaus OW MY HANDS inky says, "and the winner is ..." yhlee says, "Let's point Triage toward...nevermind." Paolo exclaims, "yay sentient machine" Photon points at Triage. [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "meanwhile, Nameless is being fed to the Nobras" DavidW says, "The NPC with the emerald eye!" Guest6 goes home. maga says, "[Error-459:IsPC()==Nil]" inky opens the envelope and looks inside with a puzzled expression. alkahest exclaims, "w00t for steampunk!!!!!!!!!" Paolo exclaims, "yay triage!" inky peers closer. [peanut-gallery] Matthew exclaims, "He's on a quest! He'll be back soon! inky said so!" inky says, "aiee!" Rob says, "gasp" (From inky) A large mechanical leg comes out of the envelope! Rob applauds! Matthew exclaims, "!" mcp exclaims, "yay!" peccable is scared. (From inky) Followed by the rest of Triage! zebulon exclaims, "!!!" Gunther says, "!" Storme says, "yay!" brut goes home. [peanut-gallery] Bishop says, "Aw, I was rooting for Galen." yhlee cheers, and backs away from the leg. eileen applauds wildly Matthew exclaims, "WOOOOOOOOOO!" Rob says, "yay!" Guest4 exclaims, "Hooray!" alkahest claps for triage!!!!!!!!!! peccable laughs! JoshuaH applauds. Matthew applauds and cheers. mcp applauds Paolo exclaims, "WHOO!" Kwi says, "Woo! YAY!" Photon exclaims, "w00t!" Gunther cheers. kyria79 claps Sarcasmo smiles lpsmith claps! zarf applauds nervously Bishop applauds. Rob says, "it won my heart when it climbed the stairs after me" Scott claps. [peanut-gallery] Jota says (to Matthew), "I just hope he can speak German, or he'll have a hard time understanding every third thing that happens to him." DavidW claps loudly. JessK applauds yhlee exclaims, "Hurrah for the Sephiroth-interpreter!" K-Y exclaims, "woohoo!" two-star claps [peanut-gallery] Matthew says, "Good point." Paul exclaims, "Fit a contraption like that in an envelope? Those Victorians could do *anything*!" DavidW says (to Rob), "yeah." [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to Jota), "snrk" inky says (to Triage), "uh .. I'll just be seeing after NamelessAdventurer, bye" [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "it's a bit square, but a generally good machine" inky flees backstage Paul exclaims, "Also, yay!" Rob points at award Matthew laughs. Chrysoula says, "Woot robots!" alkahest jumps up and down and claps! atholbrose applauds the robot! zebulon cheers alkahest says, "hurray for triage" [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "btw, take *that*, Esrom." peccable walks over to triage. Paolo claps hard [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "also, I'm getting a free update on all Bedlam injokes" [peanut-gallery] Spinster says, "UNIT(TRIAGE).STATUS: GOOD MACHINE" peccable pushes the emerald. It starts glowing. [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "I really really need to make time to play it now" Sarcasmo follows peccable up the stairs [peanut-gallery] Gunther asks (of davidw), "?" [peanut-gallery] Dino says, "Me too" peccable gestures toward the award. DavidW cheers Paolo points at triage itself and gets it in a stack overflow [peanut-gallery] Random-Q-Hacker had trouble with the taxis. [peanut-gallery] Jota says (to Gunther), "Yeah." alkahest pets triage. "good machine." peccable says, "Ok...it says..." [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "Esrom was silly enough to proclaim that Triage isn't an NPC." Guest8 says, "desc me =You see a well dressed man with a target where his head should be." peccable says, "CAT:TRIAGE.MESSA" Guest8 goes home. peccable says, "GE.UTIL:RESPONSE" peccable says, "REPLY.PART: yhlee squints at Triage's display. Rob claps peccable says, "ARASSMENT><PRIDE" [peanut-gallery] JessK says, "Me too Q" Rob says, "yay!" Gunther stares. peccable says, "><JOY>THANK.YOU." Jearl applauds Rob cheers! Matthew applauds and cheers yet more. Psmith says, "great speech!" Paul exclaims, "Great speech! Yay Triage!" peccable says, "VERY.MUCH.I.AM.H" DavidW says, "hooray!" [peanut-gallery] (from Dino) Guest 8 screws up the desc command and manages to boot himself. zarf says, "yay" yhlee applauds again. Paolo exclaims, "/WINgoodTHANKSspeakNOW>" peccable says, "ONORED.TO.RECEIV" K-Y says, "yay grid speech" peccable says, "E.THIS.AWARD...." peccable says, "Huh." Bishop falls over. peccable smiles. [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Ah, handy ellipses." J_J_Guest exclaims, "Hooray!" peccable exclaims, "Thank you everyone!" Rob claps more Addreamy claps even louder Emmett exclaims, "Noo-nee-noo-nee-noo!" Guest4 exclaims, "Woohoo!!!!" lpsmith cheers! eileen applauds wildly Photon applauds. DavidW clappity-claps. peccable wanders off stage and Triage follows. Matthew claps and claps. yhlee applauds. Jearl says, "wooooo!" Paul claps for all three! Storme applauds muchly JessK says, "yay stb!" Sarcasmo says, "thank you" alkahest says, "cheers" Gunther says, "recipe!" atholbrose exclaims, "yay!" K-Y applauds alkahest cheers Random-Q-Hacker did not read that as std. Sargent says, "woo!" Emmett cheers for STB DavidW says, "good job." lpsmith walks up to the stage, giving the exiting Triage a very wide berth. [peanut-gallery] kyria79 asks, "I didn't realize the awards took this long... I'm ordering pizza, anybody in?" Matthew claps. [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to kyria), "We're not even close to being done yet." inky peeks cautiously out from backstage and comes on as Triage leaves. [peanut-gallery] alkahest says, "mmmmm ... pizza" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "we've hardly begun" [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "we're halfway to the halftime show" [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says (to matthew), "I see..." inky takes his seat again hastily lpsmith says (to inky), "It's safe. I hope." peccable says, ""Thanks."" [peanut-gallery] alkahest exclaims, "or chinese food!" peccable smiles. [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "fortunately I bought danishes beforehand" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Had pizza last night." [peanut-gallery] Gunther asks (of Rob), "on a 5-second delay?" [peanut-gallery] zarf asks, "I have cookies. Anyone want a cookie?" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Wonderful Husband of Cooking +5 produced pancakes." [peanut-gallery] Spinster says, "I heard the chuds will be doing a musical." Chrysoula smiles at peccable. [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says (to alkahest), "but I had some bad chinese a couple nights ago" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says (to Zarf), "ooh! Me!" [peanut-gallery] yhlee exclaims, "Ooh! Ooh! I'll trade you an origami leaf for a cookie!" [peanut-gallery] Rob says (to yhlee), "hoooray" lpsmith says, "Next up! 'Best Individual Puzzle'." [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline asks, "Wait. What kind of cookie?" [peanut-gallery] Sargent says (to zarf), "only if there's cayenne in them" Rob claps [peanut-gallery] DavidW says (to yhlee), "ooo. nice." [peanut-gallery] Iain says, "Mnf nmf crackers chomp." Scott hands a slice of pizza to you. lpsmith exclaims, "And here to present, Adam Cadre!" zebulon exclaims, "Yay puzzles!" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "cheez-whiz cookies" Rob says, "yay Adam!" Matthew claps. Paolo exclaims, "yay adam!" kyria79 cheers JessK says, "yay" inky says, "yay Adam" DavidW claps. JoshuaH cheers. yhlee applauds. Paul exclaims, "Yay Adam!" Gunther says, "yay Adam" zarf says, "yay" Rob claps J_J_Guest exclaims, "Yay!" BoingBall claps Sargent says, "woo" [peanut-gallery] two-star is munching on plantain chips. Jearl says, "wooot!" K-Y applauds for Adam Iain says, "Adam, eh? He's a real puzzle, that man." Guest7 says, "cheer" Adam says, "Like Lucian just said, I'm presenting the award for Best Individual Puzzle" zebulon exclaims, "Yay Adam!" Emmett cheers J_J_Guest claps [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "I'd rather have an origami leaf, so give me the cookie please, and I'll trade with Yoon." Kwi exclaims, "Woohoo!" Matthew claps. Adam says, "The descriptions are pretty vague, so I'm including transcripts of the relevant portion after announcing each nominee" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Oooh. Dealin' and wheelin'." peccable cheers! Sargent asks (of Adam), "Wait, what are you doing?" Matthew says, "Yay." Photon claps. Rob says, "excellent" Paul exclaims, "Cool!" [peanut-gallery] yhlee winks. peccable says, "cool." [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "cool" Adam says, "The nominees are:" Jearl says, "spoilers!" [peanut-gallery] zarf distributes cookies liberally, and says "shush now." Matthew says (to Jearl), "HA ha." Adam says, "Escaping the quicksand in Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short" [peanut-gallery] Sargent says (to zarf), "yay!" [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "I thought about doing something like that" peccable applauds. Adam | Oh no! You have fallen into quicksand! Adam | [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Yes, Papazarf." Sarcasmo applauds [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says, "that's a mouthful" [peanut-gallery] JessK says, "munches cookie quietly" Matthew cheers and applauds insanely. Rob claps and laughs yhlee applauds. DavidW claps. [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, ">ESCAPE QUICKSAND" [peanut-gallery] Ced asks, "Just give us the solutions, why not?" lpsmith laughs and laughs. [peanut-gallery] Iain says (to Rob), "Well, you could give everyone a danish." Adam | >THRASH AROUND Adam | You only sink further into the quicksand! Only your head remains Adam | above the surface! Adam | maga says, "yay" Guest5 goes home. [peanut-gallery] yhlee passes the leaf to Jacqueline, and munches. Sargent says, "woo" zebulon claps Adam | >SCREAM Adam | Your scream attracts the attention of a malicious-looking Adam | adventurer, who grins and laces up a pair of steel-toed kickin' Adam | boots. "Terry, please, oh god you can't--" you gasp, but it is Adam | too late. Emmett cheers for Empress Emily! BoingBall exclaims, "yes!" [peanut-gallery] baf says, ">KICK HEAD" Dino disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. Jearl says, "eeeagh" Rob says, "yay" Matthew falls over. Gunther cheers. DavidW says, "hahaha" Paul exclaims, "Yay puzzle parodies!" Adam says, "Making the sandwich in Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short" Kwi says, "Eeaagh!" Psmith says, "eeeagh _and_ yay." yhlee laughs. peccable grins. "Evil." :) Rob applauds! Matthew claps and claps and claps. Rob says, "yay sammich" Paolo exclaims, "yay sandwich!" zebulon grins Adam | >PUT LETTUCE ON BREAD Adam | Done. Adam | Rob says, "hee hee hee" Gunther says, "yay dual nomination" Adam | >PUT TOMATOES ON BREAD Adam | Done. Adam | peccable says, "I love this puzzle." [peanut-gallery] Sargent says, "'Terry, please, oh God you can't put mayo on that--'" DavidW says, "yay" Adam | >PUT CHEESE ON BREAD Adam | Which cheese do you mean, the Montgomery Cheddar, the Emmenthal Adam | Reserve, or the Cave-Aged Gruyere? Adam | Rob can't clap for laughing inky says, "ha ha ha" [peanut-gallery] Paul exclaims (at Sarge), "yay!" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "s/mayo/cheez-whiz" Matthew laughs. Iain says, "Heh." Adam | >VELVEETA Adam | Sargent says, "woo!" Kwi laughs. JoshuaH laughs. lpsmith claps and laughs. Adam | C:\> DavidW says, "oh no!" [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "if only making the sandwich had been like that" maga says, "huzzah" Jearl asks, "what kind of cruel world makes such a confounding sandwich?" Gunther says, "HA HA HA" Paul exclaims, "HA HA HA HA!" Chrysoula giggles. yhlee groans and grins. Matthew falls over again. Jacqueline laughs. JessK says, "lol" Steve says, "HA HA HA" Sargent says, "Ha!" Photon laughs. peccable exclaims, "Yay! More evil!" Ced boos velveeta Emmett says, "That's 'Emmenthal,' not 'Emmett.' I am no cheese." Rob claps! alkahest says, "heheheh" inky says, "I coded the part with the tomatoes!" DavidW says, "hee hee" [peanut-gallery] Spinster asks, "Burger King, the text adventure?" [peanut-gallery] Dino says, "Somebody let me know when this award is done, I don't want to read these transcripts." [peanut-gallery] Matthew says, "Best. Presentation. Ever. (Or, if not, it's at least really great.)" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Note to self: Stick to PBJ..." Adam says, "Creating the black powder in Risorgimento Represso by Michael J. Coyne" Guest4 puts Cheeze-Whiz on his sandwich. [peanut-gallery] Ghogg says, "we'll need Pierre back to rescue us from culinary disaster" peccable pokes Emmett. Rob clapsa peccable says, "I think you are..." Matthew claps. yhlee applauds. Adam | They said you'd never be able to land a job at the finest Adam | restaurant in town, but you proved them wrong. And now, after Adam | fifteen long years as a dishwasher, you have finally been Adam | promoted to assistant waiter. There's just one line you need Adam | to learn. You practice it in the mirror every night. "Would Adam | you like some fresh ground pepper on your risotto?" "Would Adam | you like some fresh ground pepper on your risotto?" Adam | kyria79 cheers J_J_Guest thinks mmmm. Sandwich. lpsmith claps [peanut-gallery] Gunther says (to Dino), "they're made up" [peanut-gallery] Jota says (to Dino), "Read the transcripts." Photon exclaims, "Yay gunpowder!" [peanut-gallery] baf says, "Note to self: When a bottle says 'shake well', there's usually an implied 'with the cap on'." JessK says, "yay rr" peccable exclaims, "Risotto! Yay risotto!" zebulon smiles Adam | >DROP RISOTTO Adam | You place the risotto on the table in front of the customer. Adam | Dino walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. DavidW says, "yay" Adam | >SAY LINE Adam | "Would you like some fresh black powder on your risorgimento?" Adam | [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "lol" kyria79 exclaims, "go RR!" [peanut-gallery] Dino says, "I knew that." Gunther says, ""Risotto," Poot said to cat." Adam | ...dammit. Adam | Adam | "Er, I think so?" the customer says uncertainly. Adam | alkahest says, ":)" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Good thing we have these cookies, or I'd be, um, hungry. Or something." Adam | >GRIND PEPPER Adam | You create the black powder. Half an hour later you are Adam | back washing dishes. inky says, "ha ha ha" Matthew says, "Hee hee." Rob claps yhlee chuckles. Kwi says, "Woo!" Sargent says, "yay" DavidW claps Jacqueline says, "heh" Photon says, "haha" zebulon says, "Geez, everybody knows yu don't have black powder with risotto" Jearl says, "wacky" Jacqueline says, "yay" Adam says, "Getting into the farm in Risorgimento Represso by Michael J. Coyne" Paul says, "hee hee." Matthew claps. [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "no smoking in the kitchen, I guess" yhlee applauds. Photon climbs a tree. Chrysoula cheers puzzles! Gunther says, "yay other dual nominee" Adam | >ENTER FARM Adam | "Well, all raht, yew kin stay the naht," the farmer says. Adam | "Jes make sure yew stay 'way from mah innocent yit busty Adam | dawter Lurlene. Whut'd yew say yer name wuz, agin?" Adam | kyria79 says, "double-double nominees" lpsmith cheers! [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "Best award announcing ever." Rob says, "ha ha ha" [peanut-gallery] Iain says (to zarf), "Really? I must be doing something wrong." Jacqueline applauds in a delicate, ladylike manner. Adam | >GIVE BUSINESS CARD TO FARMER Adam | The farmer squints at the card. "All raht," he says, "I'll Adam | git yer room ready for yew, Mr. Makane." Gunther says, "ha ha ha" maga says, "hooray Farmer's Daughter" Paolo says, "eheh" inky says, "HA" [peanut-gallery] BoingBall says (to DW), "indeed, instant classic" Jearl says, "oh dear" Psmith says, "ha!" Storme says, "ha" Rob claps and claps Paul says, "heh" Bishop exclaims, "Ha!" Jacqueline says, "HA!" DavidW says, "ha ha ha ha" JessK says, "ha!" atholbrose giggles. Photon falls over laughing. Sargent says, "hee hee" Matthew claps. Random-Q-Hacker says, "The winner is...buying the farm from RR." Kwi laughs. zebulon laughs hysterically Jacqueline says, "Hooray." kyria79 says, "hehehe"" two-star gasps. "Oh, no..." Adam says, "The Purple Room in The Recruit by Mike Sousa" JoshuaH exclaims, "roffle!" Guest7 says, "applaud" Jearl says, "eeagh the horror" Rob claps Adam | ARRGH!! That dirty commie's bullet grazes your left thigh Adam | right as you plug him between the eyes with your assault Adam | rifle. But what did you expect? They always put the new Adam | recruits on the front lines. Adam | Jacqueline applauds. kyria79 rattles noise maker Chrysoula says, "Yay recruit!" Matthew claps. eileen applauds all the nominees peccable cheers. yhlee claps. Addreamy claps Adam | >N Adam | Purple Room Adam | You are in a room with some sort of animate cartoon Adam | character in the form of a slender young woman, dressed Adam | all in purple, with purple hair and a slight purple tinge Adam | to her skin. "Hello, I'm Purple!" she says. "Welcome back Adam | to your Young Lady's Illustrated Primer!" Adam | peccable says, ""Yay for puzzles!"" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, ">DOWNLOAD GOATSE PIC" Chrysoula says, "Yay!" [peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "oh geez, I suck" lpsmith exclaims, "Yay!" inky says, "hee hee" Sargent says, "woo" Storme says (to Adam), "heeheehee" [peanut-gallery] josh_g asks, "are the awards now?" Sarcasmo laughs Paul says, "Yay Stephenson ref" peccable exclaims, "Yay Neil Stephenson!" Guest1 says, "4q69[1[A[6~" DavidW says, "oh my" Matthew says, "Ha ha ha." Adam | >SAY I AM NOT A YOUNG LADY Adam | "You've no doubt come to me to talk about the changes Adam | your body is going through as you blossom into womanhood," Adam | Purple says. "But don't worry, honey, because I'm here to Adam | answer any questions you might have!" Adam | Jearl says, "eeagh!" peccable says, "I'm sure she is..." Storme says, "aie" Sargent says, "yow" Adam | >SAY I AM 22 YEARS OLD AND MALE Adam | "For instance," Purple says, "My sensors detect that you Adam | are bleeding. Don't worry! This is perfectly normal. It's Adam | all part of a process called menstruation!" Adam | Gunther says, "yay Neal Manners" DavidW says, "*GASP*" kyria79 covers her ears Paolo says, "ahah" yhlee says, "Oh dear..." alkahest says, "heheheheh ...." peccable blinks. Sarcasmo is scandalized Dino says, "heh" peccable says, "Wow..." Adam | >SAY I AM BLEEDING BECAUSE I WAS SHOT Adam | "See, every month the lining of your uterus thickens in Adam | case you become pregnant," Purple explains. "But if that Adam | month's egg is not fertilized, the uterus discards the Adam | lining, which is where the blood comes from!" Adam | [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "whoosh" Chrysoula snickers. Bishop falls over. Matthew laughs. Paul says, "ha ha ha" [peanut-gallery] josh_g frantically looks for a way to the award room, gets lost, smacks head into wall. zarf has a bag over his head Kwi says, "Won't somebody think of the children?!" Gunther says, "ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha etc." peccable laughs. Guest1 says, "[6~[5~u" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "'xyzzy'" kyria79 asks, "are there diagrams?" Adam | >SHOOT PURPLE Adam | Your commanding officer emerges from a hidden doorway Adam | as Purple screams and dies. "Good work, soldier!" he says. Adam | "For both exercising your Second Amendment rights and Adam | protecting your country from the scourge of sex education, Adam | please accept this medal from the Bush Administration!" DavidW says, "ha ha ha" josh_g walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side. peccable draws a face on zarf's bag.. Spinster says, "Uh, I have a paper from my parents that says I don't have to watch this scene spoiler." Sargent says, "Man, this is not at all what I expected from Photopia 2" Guest2 walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side. maga says, "yay" Paul exclaims, "HA HA HA!" Paolo says, "ah ah" Storme says (to Sarge), "yay" JoshuaH appluads. Iain says (to zarf), "That's due to a perfectly normal part of puberty called 'acne'." Ced laughs Bishop exclaims (at Sargent), "Ha!" yhlee rolls on the floor laughing... Gunther cheers Adam Paolo claps Matthew raises an eyebrow, but doesn't clap. alkahest exclaims, "HAHAHAHAH!" inky says (to Iain), "ha ha ha" Adam says, "And the winner is..." Sarcasmo laughs hysterically DavidW says, "HA HA HA" FreakBoy starts drumroll. Jacqueline says, "ha" kyria79 pauses atholbrose applauds for the presenting! brut says, ":)" Adam says, "...the Recruit by Mike Sousa!" Jearl . o O ( I remember more knobs in that room ) inky says, "woo!" Rob applauds! peccable cheers. Gunther says, "woo Mike" Matthew claps. Sargent says, "yay!" [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "great presentation" J_J_Guest exclaims, "Yay!" zarf says, "Yay!" Jearl says, "wooo!" eileen applauds wildly peccable says, "That was all kinds of crazy." Sarcasmo applauds Guest4 exclaims, "Hooray for Mike!" Rob says, "and a host of others" lpsmith cheers! Iain says (to Jearl), "Sheesh, stop lowering the tone." zebulon cheers Addreamy claps and cheers and whistles Paul exclaims, "YAY RECRUIT! GO MIKE!" peccable smiles. Photon applauds. JessK says, "hurray!" Storme clap clap clap Jota applauds. JoshuaH cheers. [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "I wish that had showed up in color on my client." Jearl says (to Iain), "hee" atholbrose applauds for the winner! huzzah! Guest7 exclaims, "Woo!" Iain says, "Yay Mike Sousa!" alkahest says, ":)" Iain says, "I hear he's a dude!" J_J_Guest exclaims, "woohoo!" alkahest exclaims, "yay!!!!" Random-Q-Hacker exclaims, "Hooray for sex education!" Dino claps! yhlee cheers. DavidW claps. Rob claps Storme says (to Iain), "ha" alkahest exclaims, "yay mike!" Kwi claps. Paolo exclaims, "yay surprising awards!" Gunther says, "Radical like Al!" DavidW gives presentation a standing ovation. [peanut-gallery] Dino says, "Wow, that was fabulously crazy." alkahest claps! Bishop exclaims, "Yay Recruit!" Photon claps for Adam. JessK says, "great presentation" [peanut-gallery] Chrysoula says, "Wow, indeed." zebulon cheers Adam [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "Jon will be so pleased to see Mike Sousa described that way" [peanut-gallery] kyria79 asks, "is there an award at the end for best presenter?" [peanut-gallery] Matthew says, "No." [peanut-gallery] Gunther asks (of Storme), "?" Rob whistles and cheers [peanut-gallery] alkahest exclaims, "should be!" [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to kyria79), "At least not an official one." [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Maybe there should be." [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "I'm still laughing." lpsmith heads up to the stage. [peanut-gallery] Paul says (to kyria), "Oh, we're not a competitive community" [peanut-gallery] Storme says (to Gunther), "every time Jon mentions Mike Sousa it's as 'hes *such* a dude!'" Jaybird says, "afjsdaoi" [peanut-gallery] Random-Q-Hacker says, "This year it'd have to go to some random player in the audience though." [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to Paul), "Timing, damn it." lpsmith says, "Well, since Mike is not here to accept his award in person..." [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says (to paul), "lol" lpsmith pulls a rope down from the ceiling, ties it to the award. yhlee blinks. mcp yays lpsmith opens the back curtains, revealing a huge machine filled with levers and pulleys. Guest4 exclaims, "Yay!" Addreamy hesitates maga says, "hee hee" alkahest exclaims, "hurrah!" lpsmith pushes a button. Chrysoula says, "Make it go!" Paolo exclaims, "yay!" kyria79 claps erratically Paul exclaims, "Let's see you claim your award NOW, dude!" DavidW says, "toys!" zebulon exclaims, "Yay machines!" JessK sets Kyria's timer Random-Q-Hacker exclaims, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" brut exclaims, "it's gonna blow!" Kwi says, "Yay, mechanics!" Jacqueline says, "heehee" (From lpsmith) The machine roars to life, flinging the award through the ceiling and out of sight. yhlee covers her eyes. inky says, "ha ha" Addreamy grins widely mcp laughs Spinster says, "At least it's not an Enigma machine" Gunther says, "hee hee" Paolo says, "you should have examinade everything first" kyria79 exclaims, "duck and cover, people!" lpsmith says, "There, I think that'll hit his house." maga exclaims, "triage vs. purple room! triage vs. purple room!" Paul laughs. Guest2 goes home. Matthew claps. peccable laughs. Sargent opens an umbrella, just in case. Paolo says, "ehr, examined" Jacqueline laughs. FreakBoy exclaims, "Tri!" alkahest heheheh FreakBoy exclaims, "Age!" mcp is still laughing FreakBoy exclaims, "Tri!" Sarcasmo tells Triage to sit down DavidW claps FreakBoy exclaims, "Age!" Jearl says, "two bots enter! One bot returns to destroy all humans!" two-star points at the levers Sarcasmo and STAY lpsmith exclaims, "Well, next up, Best NPC's!" peccable cheers alkahest joins FreakBoy [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "One bot to rule them all..." alkahest exclaims, "Tri!" Matthew claps. alkahest exclaims, "Age!" lpsmith exclaims, "And here to present, someone who claims he was indeed an NPC, inky!" [peanut-gallery] mcp says, "oh, man. the crossover possibilities" Matthew exclaims, "Yay inky again!" alkahest cheers! [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Oh yoon, you did not just say that." [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "heh" Sargent says, ">INKY, WALK UP ON STAGE" inky climbs back up on stage. Paul recheers! Sargent says, ">INKY, ADDRESS AUDIENCE" [peanut-gallery] yhlee blinks innocently. [peanut-gallery] zarf asks, "Are you *allowed* to quote both Tolkien and Mercedes Lackey in the same ceremony?" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline laughs. [peanut-gallery] JessK says, "Hurray for NPCs!" peccable cheers. josh_g says, "hooray" Rob claps [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "I should probably be unmade and cast into the void somewhere...later, later." inky says, "anyway, I guess I should present my NPC credentials before we go any further -- someone ask me a question only an NPC would know" [peanut-gallery] Sargent asks (of zarf), "wouldn't that be 'one magical pony to rule them all'?" [peanut-gallery] Jota asks (of yhlee), "No, no, it's *smile mysteriously*, remember?" DavidW claps for the inkyster. [peanut-gallery] Ghogg says, "you're toying with the fabric of the cosmos, at least" J_J_Guest cracks open a beer Sargent asks, ">INKY, HOW MANY AIRPORTS ARE THERE IN IRAN?" [peanut-gallery] zarf says (to sarge), "Yay!" Justin goes home. inky says (to Sargent), ""I don't know much about that."" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Oh, right. Right." Rob says, "ask inky about inky" [peanut-gallery] yhlee smiles mysteriously. (From DorianX) inky says "Audience. Auditorium. Ifmud USA [peanut-gallery] (from mcp) Gollum says, "My preciousssss. I must have my precioussssssss." ELIZA asks, "What makes you say your preciousssss. You must have your precioussssssss?" kyria79 says, ">ASK INKY ABOUT NPCS" Paul says, "TALK TO INKY" Jearl laughs and laughs peccable says, "Friends. Romans. Countrymen." Guest7 asks, "Where is the Union building?" lpsmith laughs. yhlee grins. Rob asks, "who is juan goat?" maga says, ">INKY, CARESS LEG" peccable says, "That *is* the question." inky asks (of Rob), "Does that question interest you?" FreakBoy says, ">SMILE AT INKY" Rob says, "aiee" Matthew says (to maga), "Take it to the TMI awards." Gunther says, ">ASK INKY ABOUT HER BREASTS" DavidW asks, "Where does the PC actually put all of his inventory, anyway?" Jaybird asks (of inky), "How many dentists does it take to change a lightbulb?" Kwi says, "HAHAHA!" Matthew says (to Gunther), "Hee hee." inky says, "(this version of inky does not support >TALK TO — use >ASK instead)" peccable says (to davidW), "You don't want to know..." Paul says (to Gunther), "hee" Guest4 exclaims (at Gunther), "Hahahahaha!" kyria79 laughs NamelessAdventurer staggers on from backstage. Spinster says, "In his loincloth. duh." alkahest says, "lol" NamelessAdventurer says, "Man, I am totally filing a union grievance against that Spodgeville guy" yhlee says, "Oh dear." DavidW says, "yeah, I know about the crowbar." Paul says, "ASK INKY ABOUT AWARD" [peanut-gallery] zarf RTA 'unicorn grievance' kyria79 says (to spinster), "his loin-cheese cloth" NamelessAdventurer says (to inky), "anyway, c'mon, it's my turn now" inky says (to Nameless), "ok, ok, fine" Matthew >INKY, PRESENT AWARD ALREADy inky sits down. NamelessAdventurer says, "that" NamelessAdventurer exclaims, "is better!" inky says (to Nameless), "(you still can't type)" Iain says, ">ASK INKY ABOUT "HELLO&&*& l337 buffer overflow exploit!^^! give inky_clothes transparent"" NamelessAdventurer exclaims (at inky), "hey, you didn't give me the envelope!" inky says, "oh yeah" Gunther says, ">ASK NAMELESSADVENTURER ABOUT HER BREASTS THEN" peccable exclaims, "Yay! Inform jokes!" [peanut-gallery] Rob says (to iain), "ha ha ha aiee" inky folds it into a paper airplane and wings it on over. [peanut-gallery] Sargent says (to inky), "that's because Nameless, like Alex, is written in Perl" maga says, ">ASK INKY ABOUT SCARF" [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to Gunther), "That joke just never gets old for some reason." NamelessAdventurer says, ">CATCH ENVELOPE" NamelessAdventurer says, "now, let's see" NamelessAdventurer says, "The nominees for Best NPCs are ..." NamelessAdventurer says, "City of Secrets, by Emily Short" [peanut-gallery] Paul asks, "Didn't he just prove he's not an NPC by typing a command?" alkahest says, "claps" Paolo applauds Gunther says, "arr" zebulon cheers Jacqueline applauds. [peanut-gallery] DavidW asks, "Which award are we on now?" Chrysoula cheers! peccable cheers. Addreamy claps Sarcasmo appaluds Guest4 cheers [peanut-gallery] Artis asks Gunther about his breasts. lpsmith cheers! [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "INDEED" Matthew applauds wildly. DavidW claps alkahest claps Storme says, "yay!!" two-star exclaims, "Yay, CoS!" Rob applauds! josh_g says, "hooray" Paul cheers! Photon cheers. Sargent says, "yay" NamelessAdventurer says, "Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre" Jacqueline says, "Go Emily!" Addreamy claps Sargent says, "zzz!" peccable claps. Matthew applauds. Rob claps! brut exclaims, "yay! yayayaaaaay!" DavidW claps Sarcasmo claps yhlee cheers. [peanut-gallery] Kwi says, "Heehee." J_J_Guest cheers zebulon cheers wi.ldly Paolo says, "go juan goat" Storme applauds NamelessAdventurer says, "Risorgimento Represso, by Michael J. Coyne" josh_g applauds. Gunther says, "yay" Paul applauds! Sargent says, "woo!" Matthew claps. JessK says, "yay rr" Chrysoula says, "Yay taco girl!" peccable cheers. DavidW claps Addreamy claps Rob claps yhlee claps. Gunther says, "and yay again" Sarcasmo applauds Storme cheers Paul claps! Paolo says, "yay" Chrysoula says, "Yay wizards!" zebulon exclaims, "cheers even more wildly" Jacqueline claps! NamelessAdventurer says, "Shadows on the Mirror, by Chrysoula Tzavelas" alkahest claps Paul hurrahs! maga says, "woo" Addreamy claps Matthew claps. Jearl says, "Juan Goat!" Rob applauds DavidW claps Sargent says, "woo!" [peanut-gallery] Skip watches amusedly. Bishop exclaims, "Yay Galen (again)!" Gunther says, "and more yay" Sarcasmo claps J_J_Guest exclaims, "yay!" Guest3 claps. JessK says, "yay mirror!" Storme yays peccable cheers. yhlee cheers. Jacqueline says, "Hooray." zebulon cheers the mirror [peanut-gallery] DorianX asks, "I haven't really been paying attention,. Have we made a clever time-delay joke yet?" lpsmith exclaims, "W00t!" alkahest cheers and says 'hurrah' for galen! maga exclaims, "yay best NPCs for game with only one NPC!" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "yes" [peanut-gallery] Ced says, "no, but we will" NamelessAdventurer asks, "I might have to take that one up with the union too -- can they really qualify for Best NPCs if they only hired one NPC?" [peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "ok, I can't actually stay for this, lousy work" brut goes home. NamelessAdventurer says, "and Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster" Sargent says, "woo!" eileen applauds all of the nominees Gunther says, "yay" [peanut-gallery] josh_g says, "but I will cheer wildly one last time just to make up for it" Storme claps JessK says, "yay slouch!" Paul raves! yhlee cheers. zebulon cheers even wildlier Rob claps Guest4 says, "Woohoo" Matthew applauds loudly. DavidW claps FreakBoy starts drumroll. josh_g cheers like a maniac! Addreamy claps josh_g has his little malformed hands on the Orb of Earth which we need. kyria79 cheers Photon applauds all nominees. NamelessAdventurer says, ">OPEN ENVELOPE. REMOVE PAPER. X IT" atholbrose applauds and cheers for all the nominees! [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "well, Earth ripped off part of Sky's --" NamelessAdventurer says, ">ASSUME DRAMATIC EXPRESSION" alkahest cheers and cheers and cheers ... [peanut-gallery] Rob says, "eee" Sargent says (to Nameless), "You forgot to do >SCRIPT OFF earlier!" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "stocking" [peanut-gallery] Storme says, "aie" [peanut-gallery] Iain says, "I thought those uniforms were untearable." [peanut-gallery] Paul says, "Not till halftime." Bishop drums his fingers on the edge of his throne in excitement. [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "I will try not to visualize that." [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says (to lain), "no, they were intolerable" NamelessAdventurer exclaims (at Sargent), "but then I couldn't see the teleprompter!" [peanut-gallery] maga says, "SMASH CLOTHING" [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline thinks seriously about leaving the channel. Sarcasmo tents her fingers thoughtfully [peanut-gallery] Dino exclaims, "Not another wardrobe malfunction!" NamelessAdventurer says, "and the winner is ... City of Secrets, by Emily Short" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "Sky is played by Zhang Ziyi!" Rob says, "yay!!!" Storme says, "YAY EMILY" maga says, "YAY" peccable cheers. lpsmith exclaims, "Yaaaaay!" Sargent says, "yay!" Gunther says, "YAY !" DavidW claps! Rob claps Sarcasmo applaud Matthew cheers and applauds! eileen applauds wildly zarf says, "Yay!" Chrysoula says, "Yay City of Secrets!" Guest4 exclaims, "Hooray!" Jota claps. Jacqueline claps wildly! Ghogg exclaims, "woo woo woo!" peccable says, ""yay!"" yhlee exclaims, "Yay Emily!" JessK claps for Empress Emily Addreamy cheers loudly Paolo exclaims, "Yay Emily!" Photon claps. JoshuaH claps. kyria79 exclaims, "go emily!" FreakBoy cheers. Bishop exclaims, "Woo!" maga says, "WHOOP WHOOP" Jearl says, "yay!" J_J_Guest cheers! Paul exclaims, "HOORAY! HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY!" alkahest exclaims, "yaaaaaaaaaaaaay! yay emily! yay CoS!!!!" ejl says, "hooray" zebulon cheers Jacqueline says, "Congratulations, Emily!" Grocible says, "yay Emily!" two-star exclaims, "Woot!" Storme says, "coding 5000 NPCs *does* pay off!" [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "I *so* need to play *any* IF from the past two years" atholbrose exclaims, "hooray!" (From Dino) The crowd goes wild! Gunther says, ">ASK HATMAKER FOR HAT" Sargent says (to Storme), "at fourteen cents an hour!" zebulon cheers wildly, causing a minor earttwuake in Timbuktu lpsmith claps! Paolo exclaims, "yay mysterious dark ladies!" Storme says (to Sargent), "heehee" Kwi says, "WOOO!!!" Matthew exclaims (at Sargent), "Hee hee hee!" Rob claps and claps [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "You're not alone...I'm incredibly behind. Silly pregnancy/2-month-old." Iain says (to Emily), "Woohoo!" maga exclaims, "sweatshop labour pays off again!" Storme says, "yaaaaaay emily!" alkahest exclaims, "yay coding many many npcs for our enjoyment!" [peanut-gallery] Jota asks, "Are there still people playing IF, or is it all just writers nowadays?" K-Y applauds atholbrose exclaims (at maga), "or not!" [peanut-gallery] Chrysoula says, "Yay playing current IF!" [peanut-gallery] Iain says (to yhlee), "Yeah, drat on those minor footling distractions." [peanut-gallery] Skip says, "I play IF, occasionally." [peanut-gallery] Dino says (to z), "I was thinking something similar. Also, what the hell have I been doing at work if not playing IF. Certainly not working." [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "someone must have voted" lpsmith steps up on the stage again. [peanut-gallery] Ghogg asks (of Jota), "I procrastinate, does that count?" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "I would play if I had the mental capacity these days..." [peanut-gallery] Matthew says (to Dino), "Hee hee." lpsmith says, "Emily is here, but she's slipped into a mild catatonic state." [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says (to yhlee), "I'm in the same boat" NamelessAdventurer has disconnected. NamelessAdventurer goes home. [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "also, I did play CoS, so there" [peanut-gallery] mcp needs to set aside big blocks of time to give good games the attention they require Sargent says, "not... a *brie coma*" lpsmith says, "If we can all act like NPCs for a moment, maybe we can wake her." (From Sargent) Orchestra sting. [peanut-gallery] brut says (to dino), "be afraid of Pizduli from chief" maga says (to Emily), "WAKE UP WHEN WE ARE PRESENTING AWARDS TO YOU" Grocible says, "Em's lifetime achievement award" Paul says, "Mmmmm... brie coma" DavidW says, "oh dear" Photon scratches his head. alkahest says, "hrrrm ..." Guest4 says (to lpsmith), "I don't know much about that." Paul says (to Emily), "TOPIC ACCEPTANCE SPEECH" peccable asks, "Is she here?" [peanut-gallery] JessK says, "Jen, you have a 2-month old?!?!" alkahest asks, "where is our emily?" Storme walks past emily, brushing her hand against Emily's wrist Matthew says, "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACT WHEN YOU PHRASE IT THAT WAY.." [peanut-gallery] Dino says (to brut), "If by 'chief' you mean my boss, he couldn't find his ass with both hands and his entire staff helping." Gunther says, ">FIRE ROCKET AT EMILY" Random-Q-Hacker fears Emily is trapped in the Dark. needs to come to her senses and solve this puzzle [peanut-gallery] kyria79 exclaims (at jessk), "the hell?!" Chrysoula slouches against wall near Emily. lpsmith says, "Until then..." FreakBoy administers smelling salts to Emily. alkahest taps em on the shoulder [peanut-gallery] JessK says (to kyria), "Oh.. never mind." lpsmith puts the award into a glass furnace, sets the dial to 'cheese', pushes the button. Iain says, "Well if Emily's in a coma I'm taking these rocket pants." Paolo says, "she's trying to solve her own sandwich puzzle" yhlee laughs. Psmith says, "She's probably just waiting to collect all her awards at once and get away with only making one speech." lpsmith pulls out the award, and sets it on Emily's lap. Kwi laughs. Rob claps Storme asks (of Iain), "you're going to depantsify emily in public?" Gunther says (to storme), "it's called halftime show" Sargent says, "he'll replace them with a kilt" J_J_Guest thinks "Mmmm. sandwich." Dino says (to Storme), "Considering it a form of hazing." Jaybird exclaims, "Halftime!" lpsmith exclaims, "Next up! The presentation for 'Best Puzzles', by our very own Rob Wheeler!" maga says, "clearly we need to smash the evil wossname" Gunther says, "ZEUS!" Matthew exclaims, "WOOOOOOOOOO ROB!" Matthew cheers! kyria79 cheers rob yhlee exclaims, "Woot!" Gunther says, "er, ROB" Guest4 exclaims, "Hooray for Rob!" Storme says, "yay Rob!" Chrysoula says, "Woot Rob!" Addreamy cheers Paul exclaims, "Yay Rob!" Paolo exclaims, "woo!" Jota claps. DavidW cheers for Rob. K-Y applauds for Rob alkahest exclaims, "yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ROB!" Photon claps. Sargent says, "yay ROB" Storme says, "ROB ROB ROB" Kwi says, "Woohoo!" zebulon cheers JessK says, "yay" atholbrose whoo! Ghogg says, "ZEUS SPEAKS" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "HE GONNA GETCHA" Jearl woooTs Rob says, "Gleaning the future from a bowl of cheese, firing a cannon, and flinging yourself over a fence are the challenges presented in Risorgimento Represso, by Michael J. Coyne." (From DavidW) Laura Petrie says, "oh Robbbbb" zebulon whoops J_J_Guest examines teleprompter for results of next one Paolo says, "woot risorgimento" Matthew claps. yhlee cheers. Jacqueline applauds. Storme yay zebulon cheers swinners goes home. Photon woots Addreamy claps [peanut-gallery] JessK asks, "Is Mr. Coyne here?" alkahest exclaims, "w00t w00t w00t!" [peanut-gallery] Paul says, "Don't think so." Rob says, "Opening a restaurant is never easy, as we discover when faced with uncooperative crustaceans, malfunctioning pneumatics, and the demanding patrons of Gourmet, by Aaron Reed." Sargent says, "yay" Sarcasmo applaud zebulon exclaims, "yay" Matthew claps. peccable cheers for everybody. Addreamy claps Sargent says, "and yay again!" atholbrose exclaims, "yay!" Storme applauds yhlee cheers. JessK claps Paolo exclaims, "YAY Gourmet!" atholbrose claps! kyria79 claps harder Paul exclaims, "Yay legitimate non-jokey awards presentation!" DavidW claps. Guest4 says, "Hooray" Photon ay yay! Jacqueline applauds. Ghogg says, "yay Oscar style speech" Dino claps. alkahest exclaims, "yay chef!!!!!!!!!!" [peanut-gallery] yhlee asks, "Is there ever such a thing as a *cooperative* crustacean?" Rob says, "Understanding that players approach the same puzzles in different ways is the key to navigating the unique obstacles of The Erudition Chamber, by Daniel Freas." JoshuaH cheers! Matthew claps. Gunther says, "yay billy crystal!" Addreamy claps [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "heh. No." DavidW claps! peccable claps. J_J_Guest exclaims, "Yay!" Sargent says, "woo" zebulon exclaims, "Maesters rule!" Sarcasmo applause alkahest exclaims, "yay chamber!!!!!!!!!!" lpsmith cheers! Paolo exclaims, "yay erudition!" kyria79 says, "woo hoo" [peanut-gallery] Jearl says, "well, they have to get it on somehow" Jacqueline says, "woo" Guest4 says, "wooho" yhlee exclaims, "Yay seers and warriors and elephants, oh my!" Ceryle goes home. Kwi says, "Woowoo!" Sargent says, "This is like Adam's presentation as filtered through PBS!" Rob says, "Reactivating the conduits of ancient machinery on an alien world reveals the story of what came before and why, in Inevitable, by Kathleen M. Fischer." Chrysoula says, "Yay Erudition!" eileen applauds all of the nominees [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "ha!" [peanut-gallery] baf asks, "Do alien crab monsters with mind control harnesses work?" [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "hee hee" alkahest jumps and claps Matthew claps. lpsmith exclaims (at Sarge), "Ha!" yhlee cheers. Storme claps lots Sargent says, "woo" ejl goes home. DavidW says, "yay Inevitable!" Jacqueline says (to Sargent), "Yay" Sarcasmo applauds Guest4 applauds. atholbrose says, "whoo" JessK says, "yay inevitable" peccable cheers. zebulon applauds Inevitable, inevitably Rob says, "Making your way through enemy territory, penetrating the radiation-flooded halls of a subterranean lab, and escaping alive with the prize are the puzzles, and the plot, of Scavenger, by Quintin Stone." [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says, "at least there's no crab people here" Matthew claps. Sarcasmo claps Sargent says, "woo" zebulon claps Storme says, "yay" Addreamy claps Paul cheers all the nominees! DavidW claps atholbrose claps with both hands! JessK says, "woot scavenger!" yhlee claps. peccable exclaims, "yay!" Guest4 grins lpsmith claps. Rob says, "Each of these authors deserves applause for their creativity in making puzzles the interactivity that drives their fiction." alkahest exclaims, "yay puzzles with multiple solutions!!!!!!" [peanut-gallery] atholbrose says, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a crab person" JessK applauds zebulon exclaims, "Hear, hear" Chrysoula cheeeerrrrs! kyria79 cheers and whistles Addreamy claps wildly lpsmith exclaims, "Woo-hoo!" two-star exclaims, "Yay each of the authors!" peccable exclaims, "yay!!!" Sarcasmo exclaims, "yay creativity!" Gunther, indeed, gives said applause. [peanut-gallery] Dino says, "That made me think of the brain slugs from Futurama." K-Y applauds [peanut-gallery] Artis exclaims, "Yay epilepsy inducing scrolling text!" DavidW says, "indeed" Chrysoula says, "Super puzzles!" Paul applauds all the authors for their creativity in making puzzles the interactivity that drives their fiction! [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "I will refrain from making Legend of the Five Rings jokes. I will refrain from..." Kwi applauds wildly. Rob says, "The Xyzzy Award for Best Puzzles 2003 goes to the game named by the acrostic I just created, and you all have ten seconds to shout it out before I do." brut exclaims, "hip hip hooray for scavenger and rob!" [peanut-gallery] kyria79 exclaims, "yeah futurama!" FreakBoy starts drumroll. alkahest claps for all IF authors! [peanut-gallery] Jacqueline says, "Man, this is like Rob and the Xyzzies meet Masterpiece Theatre." Emmett exclaims, "wh00-h00!" Photon applauds. yhlee cheers. eileen exclaims, "hee hee!" peccable huhs? Addreamy looks around J_J_Guest says, "everyone's gone quiet" Guest4 asks, "Guh?" JoshuaH exclaims, "yay Gourmet!" Rob says, "Gourmet, by Aaron Reed!" JessK says, "m...." Paul exclaims, "Gourmet! Rob rules!" alkahest exclaims, "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!" Gunther says, "Green gamut gone bad, reverse (7)" eileen applauds madly Grocible says, "Everyone's furiously going over scrollback" atholbrose 's eyes cross. Ghogg says, "woo woo woo" Matthew claps. Kwi says, "GOURMET!" yhlee exclaims, "Congrats!" JessK says, "Yay Gourmet!!" Chrysoula says, "Wooooot!" peccable says, "Ah...." Guest4 exclaims, "Hooray!" Storme says, "wooo!" J_J_Guest exclaims, "Yay Gourmet!" inky says, "hooray!" Jearl says, "woot!" peccable is kinda slow. :) Rob applauds JoshuaH zarf says, "yay" lpsmith cheers! inky claps for lobster Jearl says, "wacky!" Jota claps. Photon applauds. DavidW claps! Sargent says, "woo!" Ced says, "congrats to Aaron" Paolo exclaims, "YAY Gourmet!" brut exclaims, "rob rules, that's true!" inky says, "lobster vs triage" Addreamy claps lpsmith exclaims (at Josh), "Excellent!" Sargent says, "And yay acrostic puzzle!" zebulon claps kyria79 exclaims, "go gourmet!" Emmett says, "Rob is a sick, sick man." alkahest claps for gormet K-Y applauds [peanut-gallery] JessK says, "I'll have to wait for the transcript to see that one!" Guest1 says, "k" Jacqueline says, "Yay Rob! Yay Gourmet!" Gunther says, "Speech! Also, recipe!" atholbrose applauds! Rob applauds Aaron Reed, too! Paolo exclaims, "Yay uncooperative lobster!" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Same here." atholbrose exclaims, "Spinach! Spinach!" [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says (to jessk), "I know, I blinked" Dino claps some more. Sarcasmo applauds Gormet (and presentation) DorianX says, "Rob RUles is my favortie MTV relaity show." Guest2 goes home. Emmett says, "I like the Rob World vs. Rob Rules Challenge." Rob says, "I still think it needed a pie fight, though..." Paolo exclaims, "Yay maimed fingertips" [peanut-gallery] Paul exclaims, "It's the missing-recipient theme awards!" J_J_Guest drools... "Mmm. Lobster sandwich." brut exclaims, "Robs from around the world rules!" [peanut-gallery] yhlee says, "Heh." [peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "also missing-recipe" lpsmith says, "If Aaron Reed isn't here..." zebulon says, "Seems all recipients are either absent or comatose. Hmmm...." Jacqueline says, "aw" An angry-looking lobster scuttles up onstage, snatches the award, and crawls off backstage. lpsmith opens up a panel in the podium, revealing a pneumatic tube station. Gunther says, "IT IS A MYSTERY" Jacqueline says, "HOORAY!" Matthew laughs. Kwi says, "YAY!" Storme says, "YAY" Guest4 exclaims, "Horay fpr tube station!" lpsmith exclaims (at lobster), "Hey!" Matthew claps. [peanut-gallery] Paolo says, "eheh" DavidW takes a sip of his tea. kyria79 exclaims, "yehaw!" (From Adam) zebulon says (to peccable), "I'M TALKING TO YOU, PAL" [peanut-gallery] Paul says, "They're all playing clarinet at a club in NYC" lpsmith runs offstage after the lobster. alkahest exclaims, "gyaaaaaaaa ... they've been kidnapped!" Paolo exclaims, "catch it!" Rob returns to his seat. peccable blinks. Emmett asks, "Is this presentation going to be nominated for best puzzle at the 2004 awards?" Sargent starts a pot of water boiling. yhlee laughs. (From zarf) audience all starts running around after lobster Gunther says (to Sargent), "auntie em! there's no place like home! there's..." yhlee runs, obediently. Paolo exclaims, "corner it!" (From lpsmith) Your eyes are suddenly blinded by a weird pulse of green light. When you can see again, things seem... different. For one thing, there seems to be a lot more people in the audience. (From zarf) hilarity ensues Grocible says, "with a magnet" zebulon says, "peccable=Sorry" Sargent says (to Gunther), "hee hee" Adam says, "LEFT CLAW NORTH" lpsmith steps on to the stage, wearing a glittery blue suit you're sure he wasn't wearing a few moments ago. Emmett says, "When we catch it, let's throw it at Plotkin." Addreamy pulls feet off floor peccable laughs. Gunther gives magnet to lpsmith. yhlee grins. kyria79 laughs Sargent says (to Gunther), "yay" lpsmith exclaims, "As I'm sure you're all aware, 2004 marks the 100th anniversary of the XYZZY awards. To mark this auspicious occasion, we are proud to present: Great Moments in XYZZY History!" Guest4 says, "Whoa, Deja Vu" Guest5 goes home. Chrysoula cackles. kyria79 cheers loughly [peanut-gallery] zarf says, "uh-oh." Paul exclaims, "Oh, cool!" Matthew claps! alkahest exclaims, "yay!" JessK says, "Yay!" Jacqueline laughs. [peanut-gallery] Paolo asks, "?" yhlee cheers. peccable asks, "I know IF had a long history, but...?" Kwi says, "YAY!" alkahest says, "heheh" two-star says, "Yay binary." [peanut-gallery] kyria79 says, "man, I wish I could get my hands on some of that code from 1905" [peanut-gallery] Spinster says, "Babbage machine adventures" Sarcasmo gets her froody towel [peanut-gallery] maga says (to kyria), "reverse-engineer triage" Emmett says, "Peccable, if you can monkey with Inform to change the past, so can the presenters." eileen reflects on how she must be older than she thought [peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "This could be interesting." [peanut-gallery] brut (to spinster) )))) two-star says, "oh, that'd be 1000 years." peccable puts on his peril sensitive sunglasses and clutches his magical wishing stone. (it gloes!) peccable laughs. [jumbotron] [Here, lpsmith added everyone and their brother to the channel] lpsmith gestures to the ceiling. A large jumbotron descends from behind