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Welcome all, to the 2018 Gameplay Awards! As can easily be ascertained by the nation posting this, it shall be hosted by the ever-[insert epithet] me. This version of the awards claims no affiliation with any previous version of Gameplay Awards, except for being better than them.

General Schedule of Events:

• The Nomination period is from now through midnight on the 26th
• The Voting period is from the close of Nominations through midnight on the 31st
• Awards will posted by the 3rd of next year

Nomination Rules & Guidelines

• Nominations by those generally blacklisted for OOC reasons will be voided
• Nominations of individuals and regions generally blacklisted for OOC reasons will not be counted
• You may make as many or as few nominations for each award as you wish
• Nominations may only be made in this thread
• Self-nominations in the Individuals Awards category will not be accepted. If you can not get others to nominate you, you don't deserve it
• Explanation of nominee is greatly appreciated but not required
• Nominations require a second to move to the voting stage
• Nominations will close when I am online to close them and not before

Voting Rules and Guidelines:

• As before, votes by those generally blacklisted for OOC reasons will be voided
• One vote per award
• Voting will conclude when I am online to close them and not before

Nomination & Voting Form:
Be sure to read the Award explanations on the next post.

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[b]Raider of the Year:[/b]
[b]Defender of the Year:[/b]
[b]Up and Coming Raider:[/b]
[b]Up and Coming Defender:[/b]
[b]Politician of the Year:[/b]
[b]Most Influential Gameplayer:[/b]
[b]The Armchair Award:[/b]
[b]Gameplayer of the Year:[/b]

[b]Raider Military of the Year:[/b]
[b]Defender Military of the Year:[/b]
[b]Independent/Unaligned/Other Military of the Year:[/b]
[b]UCR Region of the Year:[/b]
[b]GCR Region of the Year:[/b]
[b]Best New Region:[/b]

[b]Invasion of the Year:[/b]
[b]Defense of the Year:[/b]
[b]Political Event of the Year:[/b]
[b]Failure of the Year (IC only):[/b]
[b]Event of the Year:[/b]

[b]News Operation of the Year:[/b]
[b]Best Thread/Essay/Long-form Dispatch:[/b]
[b]Quote/Short-form Dispatch of the Year:[/b]
[b]Most Popular Award:[/b]

• Raider of the Year - The most villainous, the exemplar of evil, the paragon of raiding in the last year.
• Defender of the Year - The doer of good, the leader of righteousness, the stalwart defender of the last year.
• Up and Coming Raider - That new person to the art of raiding who shows the most promise. Nominations may be made of those new to raiding in a longer time-frame than the last year, within reason.
• Up and Coming Defender - The best recruit of the side of righteousness who shows the greatest promise. Nomination requirements are the same as above.
• Politician of the Year - Ah, the infamous profession. This award is for those who have power & influence by position, and have used it the best.
• Most Influential Gameplayer - The equal and opposite of the above, this award is for those who don't have powerful positions, but somehow end up influencing and/or in the room where it happens anyways.
• The Armchair Award - The oft-maligned award, this goes to the individual whose activity level is most inverse to how much they talk about what is going on.
• Gameplayer of the Year - The crown jewel in any awards cabinet, this award is for that person who is the best Gameplayer around (or at least in the last year).

• Raider Military of the Year - Given to the military that has best demonstrated the crushing of natives for the past year.
• Defender Military of the Year - That Military that did the most to protect the mostly-innocent masses from raiders this year.
• Independent/Unaligned/Other Military of the Year - An award for the undecided militaries among us that play on both sides.
• UCR Region of the Year - The user-created region that did exceptionally well this year.
• GCR Region of the Year - Supposedly an award for the game-created region that did the best this year, we all know that's code for most popular.
• Best New Region - That new region everyone is talking about, and looks to be doing the best.

Invasion of the Year: Even the most epic of invasions deserves more accolades.
Defense of the Year: The defense that most showed what defenders can do.
Political Event of the Year: - Treaties, wars, and political intrigue oh my! This one is for the big things happening in Gameplay politics.
Failure of the Year (IC only): - Missed triggers, opsec leaks, and more! This is the IC event (OOC stuff is out) that gets the dubious distinction of being dubbed the greatest failure of the year.
Event of the Year: - The biggest thing in Gameplay to happen in the last year.

News Operation of the Year: - Regular journalism, yellow journalism, and tweets. This goes to the operation deemed the best at putting out the news we all sometimes care about.
Best Thread/Essay/Long-form Dispatch: - The thread or similarly long thing deemed to arbitrarily be the best.
Quote/Short-form Dispatch of the Year: - That witty/funny/weird comment we all like.
Most Popular Award: - The silliest and most arbitrary of awards, this award is for whoever or whatever we all evidently like the most.

Pergamon: Never underestimate Cormac.
Pergamon: The only advantage we have is that the world doesn't listen to him and thinks he is as f***ing bonkers like some prophet on a soapbox shouting: "THE END! THE END IS COMMING! I SAW IT!"(edited)
Ark: Lmao
Pergamon: Don't laugh.
Pergamon: NEVER underestimate
Pergamon: Cormac.
Pergamon: K?
Ark: I never underestimate anyone, tbh. Least of all a serial couper.
Pergamon: Sorry for being so stern in regards of Cormac
Pergamon: But rather be no fun and save
Pergamon: than sorry

Aguaria Major wrote:The Black Hawks is essentially a regional equivalent of Heath Ledger's Joker: they just want to watch the world burn

Reploid Productions wrote:Okay guys, let's mind the spam some, lest a mod have to come in and yeet the thread.

John Smitherssen saved 21 chickens which were thrown out of the 18th storey of an apartment in Ervillen, in the Marple Poleski Region. Mr Smitherssen, 21, said, "I just had to. I could not bear to witness the deaths of so many chicken lives," as he steamed some chicken wings that he had bought earlier.
The police have investigated and found the culprit, who turned out to be Man Farall, 35, a notorious murderer and thief, that was trying to 'eliminate all witnesses to the crime'. After robbing the apartment block, he tried to rid of the chickens by throwing them down the building.

Farall has plead guilty to several charges, which are theft, murder, animal cruelty and killer litter. He is to be imprisoned for 10 years and fined $200000 as well. On somehow managing to catch Farall, Mr Smitherssen says, "I'm happy that such a man who murders and enjoys killing animals is put to justice, and I hope he learns his lesson," as he salts his chicken wings thoroughly and readies his table.