The Obies 2007!

Rules: Nominations are made from Amber games actually played during one of the Slots during the relevant year of ACNW. (Golf games, drinking games, head games etc. are not eligible.) Each Ambercon Northwest member may submit as many nominations per category as they wish. Please do not submit the same nominee more than once in a single category. You may, however, submit the same nominee in a different category. Nomination forms, ballot boxes and rules are available at registration and in the Winery Wing near the games posting. Presentation and Awards: The Awards Ceremony is held during the post-convention party on Sunday. Winners are presented with a Trump bearing the image of Oberon as the Black Rabbit - an "Obie." Winners are also posted on the ACNW web site. Small Print: This "contest" (meant to be a helpful descriptor, not a legal definition) is open to all ACNW members regardless of age, rank or Shadow of origin. House Lightfoot and the "Obies" competition are not affiliated with Ambercon Northwest. ACNW organizers, volunteers, and staff of the McMenamins Edgefield are in no way responsible for its content or competence. Nominations, like courtesans, are judged by frequency and quality of their submission. All entries become lost property and are tabulated non-scientifically by the Amber Northwest Academy of Skills & Silliness (A.N. A.S.S.) Decisions of A.N. A.S.S. are arbitrary and may not be appealed to any higher authority including the Unicorn, the Serpent or the Simone. All awards have no cash value and may be declared to be non-existent. Special thanks to - Cort Oderkirk and Chris Lightfoot for Obie Art, Simone Cooper for hosting ACNW, and the staff of the McMenamins Edgefield.

Our mission is to recognize and possibly ridicule excellence in role-playing at Ambercon NW.

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This year's winners:

Best Original Dialogue or Quote

Winner - Jules Morley as Marcus Agrippa

Game: The Chamber Opens
Description: While trying to make money, Marcus discovers that 1) his rival, Marc Anthony is alive, 2) slavery is not okay and 3) e-Bay is a black market, he then states "Can we sell Marc Anthony on this Internet?"

Runners-Up

Game: Night of the Edwardian Dead
Nominee: Jules Morley as Georgie Bottlesworth, omnipresent manservant
Description: "Awfully sorry, sir, but I'm afraid Mr. Mason has been eaten by the help."

Game: Sign of the Heffalump
Nominee: Glen Gyldersleve as Cthuki
Description: Faced with a wave of Heffalumps bearing down on him, Cthuki responds "I summon a non-Euclidean Cadillac of inconceivable pink."

Most Heinous Betrayal or Offense

Game: Nine Pardners in Amber
Description: Sheriff Julian of Amber Flats sent out a 'posse' of dead-beat townsfolk to die in an ambush.

Runners-Up

Game: Monster Mayhem III
Nominee: Ben Bernard as Robert Noble
Description: Robert's faithful servant, Pippi, had been electrocuted tyring to open a door. Robert then used her dead body to try and smash the door down. But when Ketz asked if he could 'have some for later', Robert replied "No, that would be disrespectful."

Game: Resevoir Hellhound
Nominee: Randall Trimmer as Blake
Description: Using the dead body of a cousin to soak himself in blood so he could Trump into a burning room. He held the dripping body over his head for added protection.

Outstanding Performance by an Item/Creatue/Shadow in a Supporting Role

Game: The Sable Game
Description: 642 sticks of dynamite were placed in a UFO and detonated, leading to a cataclysmic explosion that destroyed five Shadows.

Runners-Up

Game: Ashes and Sparks
Nominee: Simone as the GM of the 'adorable mewing monsters'
Description: A plague-induced haze reduced the dark and grim monster-filled game to mewing adorableness.

Game: Supervillany!
Nominee: John Schippers as Dr. Demos
Description: Dr. Demos used a paperclip and an iPod to build an EMP system so the supervillans could escape.

Most Gratuitous &/or Inappropriate Use of a Power or Ability

Game: Unknown
Description: As the highest Warfare character in a deadly game, Bernadette chose kitchenware as her weapons of choice, including throwing a rolling pin to knock out an NPC who was in the center of the Pattern. Repeated use of pie tins as missile weapons was also evident.

Runners-Up

Game: Brave New Savageland
Nominee: Nick Lightfoot as Lobo
Description: Pantsed Galactus.

Game: Through the Door with a Gun
Nominee: Jeremy Zimmerman as Harry Catriz, private eye
Description: Harry concentrated a little too heavily on the sexy card of Jasra, nearly leading to a heavy-breathing Trump Call.

Special Acheivement in Spontaneous Plot Detonation

Game: All of Them
Description: "You've either had it or you're going to. Taking out entire games with a single stroke, no one was immune to its effects."

Some of the games affected;

The Prince Brand Memorial Award for Necrotic Merit

Game: Monster Mayhem III
Description: Pippi, the purchased servant of Robert Noble, was highly annoylingly announcing him everywhere he went. Pippi died or was killed by PCs no less than 13 times on camera. Once during character description. Pippi was...

Runners-Up

Game: Hamlet
Nominee: Stephanie Itchkawich as Claudius
Description: Claudius was stabbled through by both Hamlet & Laertes. He made a classic speech, cursing them both in beautifully Shakespearian language saying that Denmark was ruined and that Hamlet was unfit to rule in Iambic Pentameter.

Game: Johann's Panzers
Nominee: Joe Saul as Johann
Description: He took a dead lieutenant and propped him up in the cuppola to attract snipers. Later the head was replaced with a pumpkin.

Honorable Mentions