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Ozzy ([personal profile] karohemd) wrote2005-08-18 03:25 pm
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Odd way of doing an award

[livejournal.com profile] muskrat_john just posted the winner of the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming: Ticket to Ride.
Oddly, the other two contenders were an RPG (Dogs in the Vineyard) and a online chat RPG (Code of Unaris).
Those are three completely different types of games you can't really compare which makes it a bit unfair, IMHO.

It's like giving an award for the best item of clothing and the shortlist consists of a pair of boots, a lumberjack shirt and a pair of combat trousers.

[identity profile] angusabranson.livejournal.com 2005-08-18 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Depending on the boots they'd get my vote. Combat trousers second.

[identity profile] feanelwa.livejournal.com 2005-08-18 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Combat trousers win every time, you can't keep your stuff in the others.

[identity profile] eddyfate.livejournal.com 2005-08-18 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, the "online chat RPG" is actually a book. It's just a system that's geared to be USED via online chat. But yes, two RPGs against a board game is a bit odd.

[identity profile] gbsteve.livejournal.com 2005-08-18 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Last year they had 4 rpgs (3 tabletop, 1 LARP) up against the Scandanavian Gaming Community. I don't know who would have picked up the award had the Scandanavians won.

But I don't mind, I like the crazy mixed up idealism of the whole thing. It's more fun than the Origins, at least the Diana Jones people have an award ceremony.

[identity profile] kyrthira.livejournal.com 2005-08-18 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
But what kind of boots?

[identity profile] jholloway.livejournal.com 2005-08-18 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Unaris, rather than Uranus. But yeah.

[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2005-08-18 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, I only copied and pasted...