Sunday 24 January 2016

2015 Erins - Now Live!

Voting for the 2015 Erins is now live!

The voting form can be found at http://goo.gl/forms/1zDx5K7tVC

You have until the close of 7 February 2016 (GMT) to cast your vote.

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This year there are five categories (although you don't have to vote in all of them if you don't want to).

Game of the Year

This is for the 'best' (however you choose to define that) game of 2015.

The winner will be determined by the instant-runoff voting system. You can vote for up to three games, in order of preference.

Best Character

This is for the 'best' (again, however you choose to define that) character to appear in an eligible game in 2015. In this case, 'character' includes both player characters and non-player characters.

Because of the number of possible choices, write-in voting is being used. Please identify your choice as clearly as possible, and only vote for one character.

Best Sex Scene

This is for the 'best' (again, however you choose to define that) sex scene to appear in an eligible game in 2015.

Because of the number of possible choices, write-in voting is being used. Please identify your choice as clearly as possible, and only vote for one sex scene.

Best New Author

This is for the 'best' (again, however you choose to define that) new author to appear in 2015. A new author is anyone who released their first game in 2015.

The winner will be determined by the instant-runoff voting system. You can vote for up to three authors, in order of preference.

The Badman Memorial Award (aka the Hall of Fame)

This is awarded to the person who has made the greatest contribution to AIF over the whole of their involvement with the AIF community, not just in 2015.

You can only be inducted into the Hall of Fame once, so votes for previous winners will be discounted. If more than one person receives a significant proportion of the vote, they will all be inducted.

Because of the number of possible choices, write-in voting is being used. Please identify your choice as clearly as possible, and only vote for one person.

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This year's nominees are:

Coffee Date by Lamont Sanford
Condomocium by Octarine Flash
Enticing Ella by BeanBean
Hail to the King by Minterlint
Let Me In by BBBen
Teacher's Pet by Dr Realgood
The Heir by Efon
The Lost Hound by Palaverous
Working Man by Ice
You've Got Mail by Brokenknight

The new authors are:

BeanBean
Efon
Ice
Octarine Flash
Palaverous
Dr Realgood

Note that during the pre-voting discussion there was some disagreement as to whether all the nominees should be considered AIF. If there is a game on the list that you personally don't think is AIF, don't vote for it.

10 comments:

  1. I've added links for the games (except for Coffee Date, which I can't find a link for)

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    1. Never mind, found one.

      Let me know if any of the links are broken.

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    2. You've got mail is coming up as forbidden, maybe related to hotlinking?

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    3. Odd. I've changed the link to the directory. The game file is Mailman_1.11.gam

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  2. Seems like a good time for me to make my annual pitch for why A. Ninny should be in the Hall of Fame.

    He made a number of good games, including The Sex Artist (a personal favourite of mine) and won 4 Erins (and 10 second places) for them.

    However, it's what he did for the community that deserves recognition. Beta-testing (for which he won two Erins), organising the Minicomp in 2006 and 2007, and most impressively, editing Inside Erin for three years.

    A. Ninny for Hall of Fame!

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    1. I totally agree, I was planning to make a pitch for him myself. Probably players weren't aware of how important his beta testing was because only authors got to see it, but you can just take the testimony from authors who benefited from his help that he was excellent at it.

      For that, for holding the community togather and for his games he deserves the award as much as anyone ever did.

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    2. He's got my vote. Sex Artist is a classic.

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  3. I have a question:
    The game "Mailman", it looks like it was released in 2015, shouldn't it be among this year's nominees?
    (http://aifcommunity.org/games/tads/tads_2/)

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    1. Nevermind. I see now that it has a different name in the game list (You've Got Mail).

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  4. Good to see things kicking off! I have a pretty solid idea of my game of the year and character, and though it was close with a few I think I have my order for author picked out as well.

    The badman will be a bit tougher as I have a couple in my mind contending for the spot. And as for best scene, that one really has me at a loss. So many good choices even within the same game.

    I still have some time to think on it, but it may end up being the one category I don't actually cast a vote on!

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