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The 4th (Almost) Annual Phalla Awards! - Congratulations to all our winners!
SaberOverEasy
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The Fourth (Almost) Annual Phalla Awards
You recieve the envelope in the mail. It is golden and simple, yet elegant. There is no return address. You flip the envelope over, eager to see what is inside. A wax steal stops your finger as it slides through the seam between the envelope and its flap. In the crimson design, you can make out what seems to be an angel made out of the letters I N and F. One of the angel's outstretched wings seems to have a stylized SOE and the other has TRV incorporated into it. What could this possibly be?
You rush inside and sit down, eager to see exactly what this is all about. Inside, there is a black card with simple white writing.
card wrote:
Come to mourn the passing and honor the lives of three Phallateers!
December 10th, 2012
Penny Arcade Hall
Ceremony to follow viewing
People have died? That's terrible! Based on the initials you can deduce that it was Infidel, SaberOverEasy, and TheRoadVirus. With great haste you arrange for time off of work, as well as lining up some people to water your dogs and walk the bushes for you.
As you pull up to the hall on the day of the ceremony, you are amazed at the turnout. Well, not too amazed. These guys were pretty awesome. You walk in and find a seat with your name on it. You sit down and take a look at the program. It seems that you missed the viewing of the bodies but are just in time for... the reading of the will? You don't think you need to be here for that, right? I mean, you weren't particularly close-
"Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for attending," says a man you didn't notice before. He seems to have just.... appeared. "My name is Sir Ellingston Hallstings Dingdingworth the 3rd. I worked as manservant for these three gentlemen. I must say that my life seems to have little meaning without them, and that I am envious of heaven in its acquisition of the analytical, sarcastic, and sometimes insane angels that it has added to its ranks. If you are here, that means that you too have been blessed by knowing these truly maginficent individuals."
He produces a large briefcase seemingly out of thin air and slams it down onto the podium. "NOW, let us get down to business, shall we? Seeing as most of you knew these men from their Phalla careers, they decided that the bequeathing of their posessions should be done in a manner you will all be familiar with. We will go through categories two at a time. First, you will nominate yourselves or each other for these possessions, and will then vote on those with the greatest number of votes. We will continue in this fashion until all of the estate has been distributed.
The first round of nominations will close at 11PM on Monday, December 10th. Please help yourself to cheese platters and selections from the deceased’s wine cellars in the meantime. "
Rules
- Vote will close at 11 PM EST every day for the duration of the awards.
- Vote in an appropriate color for each award and make it clear which award you are nominating or voting for if there are two.
- Inactivus hungers, but we have some pretty sweet shielding over the ceremony, so don't sweat it!
- Any direct quoting of Role PM's may result in courteous shushing and mean stares.
- All pro board made during this game must be linked to the hosts, and they must be pretty damn great
- This is about roasting and toasting, not flaming and shaming. Speak your mind, but don't be the rain on our glorious parade
- We are looking for classy gents and dames for guest narration. If you’d like to class up (or party down) this shindig, let us know via PM!
- Games that are in progress may not be discussed.
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Everybody who has ever played.
Miscellaneous
These awards cover the period since the last phalla awards (August 2010). All games ending after August the 7th 2010 and before December 8th, 2012 are eligible. Phalla games from any PA Board are eligible if run during this time period.
For Reference, this is all mains between “It’s a Prinnyful Life” and “Unknown Armies” and all minis between “Competing Host Phalla” and “Phalla of Monkey Island.”
The list of old games can be found here
Here is a link to the previous awards.
Schedule
Day 1
CesareB wins Most Veteran Play by a New Player (Baby With a Shotgun) Award for Village of Phallandia!
Munkus Beaver wins The Best or Most Exciting or Coolest or Most Epic Role Claim or Reveal (The "IT IS I, INACTIVUS" Award) for MURDERBOT!
Day 2
Premium wins Most Improved Player (The "sniff... They grow up so fast... Now to mafia kill him day 1...") Award!
Bedlam wins Most Hilarious Single Blunder or Meltdown by a Player or Team in a Single Game (All according to plan Award)!
Day 3
Langly and INANTP win Best Duo/Team (Spectrum 5 Award)!
Cythraul and ObiFett win for Best Betrayal!
Day 4
INANTP wins Best Writing By a Host or Co-Host (The Bestselling Novelist Award)for Cereal Killer/Phalla of Cables
Egos wins Memiest Meme/Most Graphic Graphic (The Hilarious award) for his CRAZY mafia proboard diagram
Day 5
PHA/LLA wins Most Innovative Game Mechanics (The well its really a tabletop wargame award)!
The Phalla where Alegis got Ringo killed by Darian wins Most Chaotic Single Day for the night where Infidel got confirmed by Infidel
Day 6
Serial Killer Convention wins Best Mini!
Arivia wins Best Abuse of Game Mechanics (I read the OP award)!
Day 7
PHA/LLA wins Best Main!
Langly wins Best Player!
Bonus Awards (in some order and timeframe according to whim)
Will be announced in the previous days narration!
Questions I have for you
Are we missing anything critical that should be represented here? Of course not! We're great! (Tell us anyway)
The awards will follow last year's model. Nominations will occur one day. Any nomination which is seconded will be available for vote the next day. Please provide a link (if applicable or available) to give people a more informed choice.
Congratulations to all our Winners!
Do you want to narrate a night? Of course you do. PM me.
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I fully reserve the use of this space for additional shenanigans
I mean
OooOOooOOOOoooO
BEGIN!!
Only one ghost post allowed.
Watching him from behind the scenes in Phallance I had to keep reminding myself that that was his first game.
Absolutely! You are welcome to nominate as many people as you like for any award (though you'll only be able to vote for one). You can also feel free to nominate people jointly for a single award.
They sure have!
{Phalladia: Village of Dustin}
Also Figgy showed quite a bit of promise, but I can't seem to find the game where I saw it.
Link: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/23065537/#Comment_23065537
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/143569
KetBra with his "I AM THE GHOST OF DARTH HECATOMBE" reveal in Obi's phallacron mini.
- Terence McKenna
has made some pretty hilarious claims, if that counts. Sometimes oddly timed.
TMNT
Also
Phallaclave , which didn't work quite as well as hoped IIRC :rotate:
Murderbot.
Mains
Minis
Adding yet another nomination for Langly for Majora's Phalla, even though that was hardly his first big play and he was established at this point.
Perhaps he can win the deluxe award for most veteran plays by a new player.
well ok then.
Democrats Abroad! || Vote From Abroad
Do acronyms notify people?
Perhaps we should keep quoting this and find out together!
Sidenote: Most vulnerable player, Most mentally disturbing or disturbed narration or post or poster, and Most over the top player were nomination categories in the original awards but were demoted to bonus awards, but still appeared in every awards.
Most exciting reveal was added as a nomination category in the 2nd awards, and has been in each one since, along with best abuse of host or mechanics and most innovative game mechanics
But you can't @your name in acronyms
I bet I'll be up for Biggest Meltdown... I just hope I've improved, myself. I don't think I've lost my temper in a phalla game for a while now...
I can has cheezburger, yes?
no one
is going to top bedlam for biggest meltdown.
Why is that?
Legend says that armed with nothing more than his anger, he blew up three stars.
In doing so, he ruined so many birthdays
Disapointed enough to crash two awards together in a violent explosion.
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