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Gin-soaked reviews? Count me in. Probably for just one category, in case the relevant nominees turn out to be, like, Cryptozookeeper and Cursed and Mentula Macanus and The Lost Islands of Alabaz. But as for which category, anything's fine.

A little over a day to go for the first round. Quite a few categories are really close, so every vote counts. Also, if you don't vote I will KNOW and be dreadfully disappointed.

[eyes dart fearfully]

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Oh, Ghalev. You work so diligently to record your principled abstinence from beauty contests, I'd be more disappointed if you had voted.

Oh my, I hope it isn't mistaken for a matter of principle. It's entirely aesthetic, I promise

And the XYZZYs are different ... they're not a comp, so even aesthetically I think they rock. Even if I just plain forget to participate most of the time, on account of being a dork (my other problem is that I'm slow, and I often don't play a new game until it's two or three years new, at the newest ...)

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The nice thing about the XYZZYs vs. comps is that, being first-past-the-post rather than ratings-based, they tend to be more about voter enthusiasm than broad acceptability. I like comps, they're valuable things, but the XYZZYs are where my heart is.

Yeah, understood. I average about 5-10 years late to most media offerings. Try to make an exception for IF, but it's still hard to knock that average down to less-than-a-year.

(turns to address audience) Nonetheless! If you've played just one game this year that you feel deserves some kind of recognition, you're qualified to vote, and doing so is your sacred if annoying duty. (exit, pursued by bear)

I get weird errors when I try to submit my vote. I'll mail it to the organisers and hope that that will suffice.


Of course, according to voter enthusiasm, the greatest writers of the 20th century are Ayn Rand and L. Ron Hubbard. (I also find the list hilarious because, apparently, in the English-speaking world you can get away with saying "100 best novels" when you mean "100 best novels in English". Or maybe you can't get away with it, but it's not the first time I've seen it.)

The XYZZYs are, indeed, somewhat vulnerable to this kind of thing.

Although, luckily, our community does not seem to have attracted hordes of objectivists.