Crumbling stonework and marble arches create an ancient and vaguely classical atmosphere. It's only bleacher seating, but velvet cushions have been laid down specially for the occasion. Columns covered with frescos displaying scenes from IF history are scattered around, disappearing up into the sky before touching any sort of ceiling. The platform down below has a sign reading "2004 XYZZY AWARDS".

tilp arrives from the west.

Nathan arrives from the west.

Marvin arrives from the west.

katre arrives from the west.

K-Y arrives from the west.

Esrom arrives from the west.

Bishop arrives from the west.

klimas arrives from the west.

vbnz arrives from the west.

Jacqueline arrives from the west.

Jota arrives from the west.

TShatrov arrives from the west.

Eluchil arrives from the west.

rrafgon arrives from the west.

DavidW arrives from the west.

Jaybird arrives from the west.

zarf arrives from the west.

DorianX arrives from the west.

cendare arrives from the west.

Ferret arrives from the west.

BrenBarn says, "ah, the excitement"

Kwi arrives from the west.

Lieut arrives from the west.

Duchess arrives from the west.

Jacqueline finds a chair, arranges her dress.

inky hollers, "and we're open -- type 'xyzzy' to come here"

Bishop says, "I love the xyzzies. The MUD fills up with people we never see."

Jon says, "phew, found my way here"

Gunther removes his pants.

two-star walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.

Rob has arrived.

Sargent is done wasting his fingers to you idiots.

</Sargent> His humor is at the level of parodying an old hit song and calling it "Luggage Made by Samsonite."

vbnz says, "howdy all"

Rob takes a seat.

Bishop exclaims (at Gunther), "You were wearing pants in the first place? For shame!"

Rob whistles.

baf walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

Thrax takes Rob's seat.

StarAndDan walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.

Gunther says (to Bishop), "oh shit"

BrenBarn says, "I haven't been to the last couple of these"

Kwi says, "I knew I'd get in trouble with these shoes."

Eluchil shouts, "Check out the murals!"

DavidW says, "Now my outfit is visible."

<Tiko> Tiko has connected to ifMUD.

Rob says (to Thrax), "that was merely a decoy seat you took"

vbnz jumps for joy

(From Thrax) Joy avoids vbnz.

Rob has arrived.

Rob drops fake_Jon_Ingold.

BrenBarn says, "ha ha"

maga says (to Rob), "hooray"

vbnz pursues joy with his laser cannon

DavidW says, "ha"

zarf says, "Chalkboard needs wiped, dude"

Bishop asks (of Rob), "Heh. That's from... 2 years ago?"

Recchi arrives from the west.

Paul has connected.

inky carefully erases the chalkboard.

lpsmith walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

Nathan cracks his neck

Rob says, "let me savor my name on the chalkboard a minute longer"

</Tiko> Tiko has disconnected from ifMUD.

Rob cries

inky says, "aw"

klimas laughs.

BrenBarn says, "your moment of glory is past!"

Paul says, "Bah. Damned dropped connections"

Rob says, "it's going to be a while before I see it on there again, somehow"

BrenBarn says, "rkoif!"

Jon gets fake_Jon_Ingold.

TShatrov says, "x chalkboard"

Bishop can't even remember who this year's sundry nominees are.

Jon asks, "how do i burn this thing?"

Esrom says (to Bishop), "Neither can I."

inky says, "I think you have to duel it"

klimas asks, "use your finger?"

BrenBarn says, "if you burn it, you'll experience horrible voodoo pain"

K-Y asks, "Where are my pins?"

Gunther says, "hmm, no hugo"

Jacqueline says, "Oh it is all so exciting."

DavidW says, "There's an incinerator."

nm walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

BrenBarn says, "you are in the incinerator --- hey, wait a minute, you're french fried alive!"

Jacqueline says (to David), "Nice tux, man."

(From Bishop) Dilbon gets fake_Jon_Ingold.

DavidW says, "thanks"

half arrives from the west.

<neild> The ducks, the ducks, the ducks are the key to the whole damned thing.

Rob says (to BB), "heh"

Jacqueline asks (of David), "Better yet, nice Grand Marnier. Can I have some?"

Jota says, "ey, now we're allowed to look at Jacq."

Rob says, "mm, grand marnier"

</neild> Further Neil was moving to Santa Cruz and would stay "as long as it remains cool."

maga wishes he'd had the foresight to get booze beforehand

Jon walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

<reese> reese has connected to ifMUD.

Jacqueline hands maga a glass of champagne.

Jota says (to maga), "I thought you always kept some on hand."

Jota says, "Or possibly in hand."

zarf hands maga a bucket of gin

Tommy walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

Rob says, "next year, I want to arrive in a limo"

maga says (to Jota), "well, I do, but no mixers"

Marvin says, "I just spent half an hour hanging around a booze shop, and I forgot to buy any."

inky says (to Rob), "it was enough work just to teleport you in!"

Rob says (to Marvin), "ha ha"

Jacqueline says (to zarf), "Aw. You've upstaged me!"

vbnz says, "just serach for them"

Jota says, "I wonder if I should make popcorn."

zarf says, "http://www.xyzzynews.com/2004finalists.html"

Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Oh, I'll split the rental fee!"

Rob says (to inky), "there will be a year's improvement in transportation technology by then"

</BrenBarn> It reminds me of a French Canadian tennis racket, stuck to the back of a Venus snow-goon, bubbling out of my sister's Brazilian donkey -- I don't think I can make myself any clearer.

<BrenBarn> Swipe the paper from your neighbors, find a bench and read the comics, then look for pictures in the clouds.

maga pours the champagne into the gin and sips gingerly at the result

Fang exclaims, "Hey, mine too!"

K-Y says, "Ah, that's where the pins are"

Esrom says, "I just took a look. I've never even played most of those games."

DorianX enjoys the spiritsmaking abilities of Messieurs Guiness and Bailey.

zarf says, "I thought that was 'spiritsmacking'"

vbnz asks, "who is the announcer for this awards ceremony?"

Rob says, "spiritwraking"

Gunther says, "man, Future Boy is sure nominated a ton of times"

DorianX says (to zarf), "that will come later when the IF starlets are blasted out of their mind on angel dust at the after party"

Rob says, "I think lpsmith is the emcee this year"

vbnz says, "awesome"

baf exclaims, "Maybe the publicity it gets from this award will enable to sell an extra copy!"

Rob practices clapping

Jota asks, "Isn't it usually Nameless?"

(From BrenBarn) Rob misses his left hand with his right.

Rob says, "lpsmith-who-shall-remain-nameless, I mean"

lpsmith says, "Hee hee"

zarf says, "Nameless was busy with the movie awards in Beijing this year"

(From Rob) so that's the sound it makes

Gunther says, "spoilers!"

vbnz says, "there we go"

Fang asks, "Do we know who nominated Blue chairs for best puzzle yet?"

inky says (to zarf), "hee hee"

Tommy says (to Gunther), "Tessman got 9 nominations out of 10."

Rob says (to inky), "oof, it took me too long to get that"

Rob claps for 'the toilet'

Tommy says (to Fang), "I did. For the signs: I thought they were lovely."

Jon says (to rob), "up the toilet"

baf says, "Hope he wins at least one."

Rob claps!

K-Y says, "Woo!"

inky says, "hooray"

inky applauds.

DorianX says, "Kent got a lot, but he didn't beat the spread.\"

Paul cheers politely.

Jon claps

Eluchil applauds heartily.

Jota exclaims, "Hey, get off the stage, y'clown!"

Marvin says, "Hooray."

Bishop applauds.

klimas applauds.

DavidW claps

<Hugo> Hugo has connected to ifMUD.

Eluchil claps for all the nominees.

Jon smooches Fake_Jon_ingold

Tommy claps.

Kwi claps.

JoshuaH claps.

TShatrov claps

rrafgon claps

Jacqueline applauds.

Paul cheers rudely!

vbnz jumps for joy and misses again

Fang applauds.

Rob woof woof woof

Hugo walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

Jacqueline says, "Down boy"

BrenBarn says, "huzzah"

baf is all applaudy

Rob chants, "Hu-GO, hu-GO"

Jota says (to Rob), "Need a cough drop? It sounds like you've a dog in your throat."

half claps

Eluchil asks, "Only ants can cheer?"

vbnz says, "ok boss"

Jota asks (of lps), "Is that what we all look like from way up there on stage?"

Rob says, "once again, we completely disregard this request"

vbnz becomes an ant

(From Kwi) Ant cheers.

(From DorianX) Kent thinks Rob's shouting "You, go!" over and over, and leaves, crying."

Tommy falls off his chair.

DavidW claps!

Eluchil applauds heartily.

Rob runs up on stage, not noticing the elevator.

Jota exclaims, "Rob!"

Bishop exclaims, "Woo!"

maga exclaims, "medium rob!"

BrenBarn says, "whoop whoop"

zarf clap

vbnz cheers

Kwi cheers.

JoshuaH applauds.

eileen applauds and whistles

Jacqueline applauds for Rob.

TShatrov yays

vbnz asks, "what is the award anyway?"

Tommy gets back on chair and applauds

Thrax says, "the greatest engineering feat in the history of IF: the Rob wheeler"

BrenBarn says, "no one really knows what it's for"

JoshuaH says, "It's quite open to interpretation."

Jota says, "It's like Large, but less so."

TShatrov asks, "do you know [[Blue Chairs]] is up for deletion?"

<ifdhan> ifdhan has connected to ifMUD.

Fang asks, "Wah? Why would they delete Blue Chairs?"

Paul says, "Hee"

Thrax says, "the award for something that can't get any other award"

Tommy claps heartily.

rrafgon claps.

Paul exclaims, "Yay ATD!"

klimas says, "yay"

Paul claps for the bell

Jacqueline applauds.

JoshuaH exclaims, "Woo!"

vbnz cheers

half claps

Eluchil applauds loudy.

Tommy claps heartily again.

Recchi cheers

Guest1 walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.

Paul exclaims, "Yay FB!"

Thrax generally claps

Tommy claps heartily again.

Eluchil applauds heartily.

vbnz claps

Paul claps for returning to ditch day!

zarf says, "yay"

BrenBarn says, "woo mjr"

maga says, "woo"

Eluchil applauds sincerely.

zarf says, "extra yay!"

Tommy claps very loudly.

Paul claps for holding and dreaming!

klimas says, "yay helpfulness"

half applauds

lpsmith cheers.

Eluchil claps for all the nominees.

Jacqueline applauds for everyone.

vbnz thanks Mjr for the great TADS

Bishop says (to Fang), "Heh."

Thrax says, "the dreamhold is my favorite wrestling move"

Gunther breathes.

half cheers loudly!

zarf says, "yay!"

klimas says, "yay!"

Marvin exclaims, "Yay!"

maga exclaims, "yay!"

Jacqueline says, "HUZZAH!"

Fang cheers!

reese claps

Eluchil applauds sincerely.

BrenBarn says, "tarantaraaa"

rrafgon claps

Paul exclaims, "Woo dreamhold!"

Jon says, "go zarf"

Bishop applauds wildly!

Jota exclaims, "cheers!"

lpsmith exclaims, "Yay!"

JoshuaH claps.

Kwi says, "Woo! Yay, wrestling!"

K-Y says, "Yay"

vbnz cheers!

Gunther says, "woowooo"

two-star exclaims, "Yay!"

Thrax exclaims, "yay dreamhold!"

DorianX exclaims, "Huzzah!"

zarf capers

Jota cheers, even.

Recchi applauds!

Eluchil exclaims, "Congratulations, Zarf!"

Gunther asks, "when is it not?"

BrenBarn asks, "do you really want to see rob's tits?"

<Epsilon> Epsilon has connected to ifMUD.

Jota asks, "Hey, Zarf's started his acceptance recipe already?"

* vbnz has left the channel.

zarf stands up

Jacqueline says, "yay"

Rob claps

Jacqueline laughs.

(From Thrax) zarf says, "it's for Howard Sherman, though"

Fang claps, soviet style.

Marvin says, "You know, Dreamhold is probably the only IF I've played at all that qualifies for these awards."

zarf sits down

vbnz exclaims, "wow what a great speech!"

Nathan golf claps

Kwi claps.

Grocible asks, "What are the directions to the auditorium from the L?"

Fang says, "xyzzy, s, e"

Bishop asks, "So this year's recipe is for Roasted Zarf?"

Grocible says, "thanks"

inky says (to Fang), "temporarily redirected"

TheArtist says, "hey"

Rob says, "fight! fight!"

Fang says, "Surely the Artiste."

vbnz runs on stage. Hah! I snuck past you!

Hugo goes home.

</Hugo> Hugo has disconnected from ifMUD.

Rob says, "man, that game seems like 2 years ago instead of just 1"

TheArtist says, "I read that Oscar Wilde once said, 'It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of Art.'"

TheArtist says, "Arthur Conan Doyle wrote, 'I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.' Our first nominee is Dante in Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas."

Jacqueline applauds.

Eluchil applauds heartily.

vbnz woo-hoo!

Paul says, "Hooray for these quotes"

maga says, "yay"

inky says, "woo apropos quote"

JoshuaH cheers.

lpsmith cheers

vbnz exclaims, "yipee!!"

klimas laughs.

inky says, "ha ha"

TShatrov says, "yay chairs"

inky says, "I guess that was an easy one"

Fang applauds.

JoshuaH applauds.

vbnz laughs err... cheers

klimas says, "yay"

<Trumgottist> Trumgottist has connected to ifMUD.

rrafgon cheers

Paul says, "Hee"

TShatrov says, "yay for trolls"

Jacqueline claps.

<Hugo> Hugo has connected to ifMUD.

Trumgottist walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

ifdhan walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.

Eluchil exclaims, "Empress Emily was robbed!"

Jon says, "And with great responsibility comes great potential for punishment"

Hugo walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

Bishop exclaims, "Yay great power!"

</Jaybird> 3. Many cash registers still put the DVD in the piggywig and ZIL is the Infocom language of the Z machine.

<Jaybird> The onion is really high up there. Ah, there's that dish! Come here, dishie! Woops, here I come tumbling down with the ones in the mountains''

Jacqueline applauds.

klimas says, "woo"

inky says, "hooray"

Paul exclaims, "Hee hee hee. Yay ND!"

Ellison walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

Marvin says, "Woo"

Eluchil applauds wildly.

Recchi laughs

maga says, "woo ND"

Ellison says, "woo"

Fang digs out some dice from indecent places.

Eluchil applauds politely.

reese cheers

Bishop says, "Hee hee."

inky claps.

Fang claps.

klimas applauds.

Jacqueline applauds for Julia, who rocks.

Tommy cheers loudly for Julia's sass, class and ass.

Rob claps

maga says, "yay"

Rob claps!

rrafgon cheers

zarf claps much

klimas applauds!

maga exclaims, "woo!"

Fang exclaims, "Yay!"

Jota claps.

Paul exclaims, "Woo Julia! Hooray Sting!"

BrenBarn says, "huzzah"

reese claps wildly

Kwi applauds!

K-Y claps

JoshuaH applauds.

Tommy exclaims, "Hooray!"

Jacqueline applauds. "Wonderful! Yay!"

lpsmith cheers!

Paul claps a lot.

klimas says, "yay Julia"

Jon says, "good work tha"

half says, "Hooray!"

Bishop asks, "Is Jason Devlin actually here?"

Rob says, "he's busy sabotaging people and breaking into offices in order to manage to get here"

Ferret says, "Oh dear."

Jacqueline says, "Jason's pretty busy, I wouldn't be shocked if he didn't even know this was going on."

K-Y says, "Already I'm feeling the effects of not playing the games"

* Trumgottist has joined the channel.

Tommy asks, "Is he still a student?"

Jacqueline says, "Yes."

TShatrov asks, "where is fake_Jason_Devlin?"

Jacqueline says, "heh"

two-star asks, "Nobody sends the finalists emails?"

Bishop says (to Jacqueline), "Aw, that's sad."

Tommy says, "I'm not judging."

Kwi cheers for fake_Jason_Devlin.

klimas says, "yay"

Eluchil applauds heartily.

vbnz cheers wildly

Paul cheers for Dan and Star!

Rob says, "As!"

Gunther says, "Stardan!"

JoshuaH cheers.

Eluchil exclaims, "Yay, Dan and Star!"

BrenBarn says, "two presenters enter, one winner leaves"

vbnz says, "lol"

Rob says, "such lush victorian whiskers!"

zarf claps

vbnz laughs

Fang asks, "What's a bustle?"

Thrax says, "wait until you see the hustle"

DorianX says, "It's like a hustle"

Rob cheers

inky says, "it's basically a big pillow thing strapped to the woman's back"

Rob says, "they rule the 3-legged race though"

Jota says, "I think there's a noisy one up on stree-level."

Gunther says, "or, as Yoda says in German, "there is another heaven... heaven... ugh""

She pushes the emerald firmly.

inky says, "!!"

Rob says, "yay"

DavidW says, "yay Triage!"

Tommy says, "ah."

Rob applauds Triage

Eluchil applauds heartily.

maga points at the envelope

Paul says, "Can't wait to see the formatting"

BrenBarn says, "ha ha"

Gunther says, "this was fixed in the special edition"

vbnz cheers

Paul exclaims, "Hooray for the Finger!"

Rob claps.

klimas cheers!

baf exclaims, "There cannot be two skies!"

Rob says, "leave it to Hugo to get a nomination for giving us the Finger"

Gunther says, "anyway."

Rob claps

Jacqueline applauds!

maga says, "yay Audrey"

klimas says, "yay"

inky claps

vbnz exclaims, "yippy!"

DavidW cheers!

Jacqueline says, "Oh, Goddess!"

Paul claps for Audrey and ND

inky says, "feed m-- oh, wait"

rrafgon claps

Gunther asks, "YAY ROBB oh wait was that the winner yet?"

BrenBarn says, "woo woo woo"

Paul says (to inky), "Heh"

inky says, "Gogo Xojo"

Rob applauds!

<Jason> Jason has connected to ifMUD.

Tommy claps loudly

Eluchil applauds heartily.

Eluchil applauds loudy.

Eluchil applauds sincerely.

Eluchil applauds wildly.

Eluchil applauds politely.

rrafgon applauds

Recchi claps

Paul says, "Yay Xojo"

DavidW says, "yay Xojo"

JoshuaH claps.

BrenBarn says, "hip hip hooray"

Rob claps

Tommy exclaims, "Also yay!"

Jason walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

TShatrov exclaims, "todd!"

inky says, "dammit, jim, I'm a professor, not an MD"

(From Fang) Rob spouts some unintelligible gibberish. You feel doomed.

klimas applauds.

Rob says, "elementary"

DavidW claps

Paul exclaims, "Hooray!"

Eluchil cheers for all the nominees

Recchi claps

A large screen behind the pair lights up to reveal a close-up of Triage's screen.

Rob says, "ooooh"

Eluchil says, "aaaah"

zarf closes his eyes

TShatrov says, "eeeh"

Paul says, "Yay nifty presentation"

</vbnz> vbnz exits with a flash of brilliant light. The re-enters because he forgot his flashlight. Picks it up and walks off in less dramatic fashion by going around the corner to the local dump.

BrenBarn says, "ha ha"

Gunther says, "Woo hoo!"

Eluchil applauds sincerely.

lpsmith cheers!

Fang says, "Yay."

BrenBarn says, "hooray"

maga exclaims, "yay Robb!"

CONGRATULATIONS!

inky says, "hooray"

DavidW claps wildly!

Jacqueline says, "Excellent!"

Jon says, "nice one..."

Paul exclaims, "Hooray Robb!"

Marvin exclaims, "Yay!"

Recchi exclaims, "Wooot!!!"

TShatrov ûûûûûûûû

zarf asks, "who won?"

rrafgon cheers for Audrey

................

Kwi says, "Awesome!"

zarf says, "Oh. Yay!"

reese cheers

JoshuaH claps.

Gunther shakes Recchi's hand

Rob says, "recchi, recchi"

Kwi cheers.

Bishop exclaims, "Yay Robb!"

half says, "yay!""

klimas cheers!

Jota applauds.

BrenBarn says, "huzzah for Robb"

Tommy says, "Well done Robb."

Fang says, "Bedlam"

Rob says, "star and dan's game"

Paul says, "Slouching"

Rob says, "dude"

Jacqueline says, "Hm. We need to be able to set users a female, male, and plural."

inky says, "last year's winner"

Rob says, "the most talked about game of 2003"

Jota says (to Jacq), "You can theoretically be both."

vbnz walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

Fang says, "I need to play Necrotic Drift too, hmm."

Jacqueline says, "Right, but 'StarAndDan exclaims' should be 'StarAndDan exclaim'"

Jacqueline says, "We need a plural setting for s/v agreement!"

BrenBarn says, "I haven't played any of these games"

Jason says, "Hi, everyone"

BrenBarn says, "hooray for beta-testers"

Jota says, "Ah, for 'saymode'."

vbnz says, "amen"

Jota says, "If it were implemented, you know there'd be some obnoxious twit who'd set it and then hang around in the lounge talking like that, so I don't think it'd be a good idea."

maga says (to Jason), "if you're Jason Devlin, not too shabby"

klimas laughs.

Jason says, "That's me : )"

Jota says (to Jason), ">X CHALKBOARD"

Bishop exclaims (at Jason), "Congrats!"

Gunther says (to vbnz), "necrotic drift"

Jacqueline says (to Jason), "Better late than never. Congrats!"

Rob says, "Necrotic Drift"

Eluchil applauds sincerely for Jason.

vbnz says (to gunther), "oh good game I liked that"

Fang says, "Well done Jason."

Tommy Re-applauds Julia's sass, class and ass.

BrenBarn says, "hey, congrats Jason"

Rob gives fake_Jason_Devlin to Jason.

Recchi congratulates Jason

Jacqueline congratulates both Jason and Robb.

inky says, "hooray!"

klimas says, "woo!"

Rob gives fake_Robb_Sherwin to Recchi.

Thrax says (to Jason), "you missed your moment of glory"

two-star exclaims, "Yay!"

JoshuaH cheers.

Jacqueline applauds!

Eluchil applauds heartily.

vbnz claps wildly

Bishop applauds.

K-Y says, "Yay!"

Paul applauds again, this time for real.

DavidW says, "Congrats, Jason."

Jota exclaims, "Speech!"

Gunther says (to Jason), "acceptance speech"

Gunther says (to Recchi), "ditto!"

vbnz says, "please speak"

Gunther says, "er, +!"

StarAndDan walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.

Marvin exclaims, "Yay everyone!"

vbnz gold claps

Paul asks, "Oh?"

Jacqueline looks nervous.

vbnz is nervous

half says, "Great work Jason.""

Jacqueline laughs.

Ferret surreptitiously sets the table on fire.

Paul exclaims (at Ferret), "Ha!"

Rob says, "and equipped with more steampunk technology"

Tommy surreptitiously puts out the table.

BrenBarn says, "ha ha"

Rob says, "hee hee"

Kwi laughs.

Gunther says, "heh"

vbnz says, "lol"

zarf says, "sigh"

Paul says (to Jacq), "HA HA HA"

inky has arrived.

Tommy groans.

Jacqueline says, "snrk"

Rob says, "ha ha"

Jacqueline says, "But no promises."

inky says, "but once she gets to the bar & grill, look out"

Eluchil smiles broadly.

Thrax says, "either he's nervous or he had some very patient testers"

Thrax says, "(or maybe he lacks backspace)"

Tommy says, "I tested it. Grammar was far better there."

Fang applauds Jason's sass, smarts, and ass.

Rob claps

zarf says, "yay!"

Bishop applauds.

klimas cheers.

Jacqueline applauds wildly for Jason and his great game.

tilp claps

Kwi claps too, for good measure.

Marvin claps.

maga says, "yay"

K-Y clap clap

Paul exclaims, "Hooray Jason!"

Jota says, "Probably his first time on a MUD."

TShatrov goes home.

</TShatrov> TShatrov has disconnected from ifMUD.

Eluchil applauds sincerely.

Paul exclaims, "Yay Jon!"

</Dave> Dave goes home.

Rob says, "yay!"

Epsilon goes home.

</Epsilon> "Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing."

Tommy applauds Ingold.

DavidW says, "It's hard to write up witty stuff on the spot."

Kwi says, "Yay!"

Rob fake claps

BrenBarn says, "hooray real_Jon_Ingold"

vbnz applauds

Dave walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

DavidW says, "hhehe"

Rob says, "yes"

tilp leaves the auditorium to the west.

tilp arrives from the west.

inky says (to Gunther), "Recchi can't talk until we get the five-second-delay profanity filter"

BrenBarn says, "ha ha"

Rob says, "ha ha"

klimas says (to inky), "ha ha ha"

Paul says (to inky), "HA"

Recchi exclaims, "Yes, I just wanted to thank my keen testers!"

Gunther says (to inky), "well, fuck that then"

Recchi says (to inky), "Haha"

Gunther says, "oh shit"

BrenBarn says, "ha ha ha"

Fang says, "No."

Rob asks, "what?"

vbnz says, "no"

Gunther asks, "What about my wife?"

Eluchil asks, "What did you say?"

Dave says, "I got an e-mail from ifbyphone.com"

Marvin asks, "Mike? Who's mike?"

vbnz says, "no I can not hear you without your wife"

Rob clips a lapel mike to fake_Jon_Ingold's shoulder.

Paul exclaims, "Rob to the rescue!"

inky says, "yay a/v support"

Ferret surreptitiously changes a baby at his seat.

maga says, "aie"

Tommy says, "Baf's a trifle deaf."

Rob claps

Fang exclaims, "Yay!"

Eluchil applauds heartily.

zarf says, "Yay!"

(From Thrax) The mirror cracks from side to side.

half bites nails.

klimas says, "yay"

Bishop claps.

Recchi applauds

vbnz cheers crazily

Paul exclaims, "YAY!"

Rob claps for the whole game is the puzzle

Rob says, "yay toilet! what toilet? yay"

(From Bishop) Boston claps, then explodes.

DavidW says, "yay toilet!"

Jacqueline applauds.

Rob says, "ha ha"

Rob claps

BrenBarn says, "hooray for commodes"

Fang is confused, but cheers anyways.

zarf says, "woo!"

Paul says, "Also, hooray for Blue Chairs again"

half claps

Tommy cheers.

Ellison says, "woo"

rrafgon claps

Jota asks, "If BC wins, do we finally get to find out what the toilet puzzle is?"

fake_Jon_Ingold says, "Cracking a computer, apparently."

Rob claps

fake_Jon_Ingold says, "sorry about the spoilers"

Paul exclaims, "Oh yay, I loved that puzzle!"

DavidW claps

Thrax says, "very meta"

Gunther says, "yay footcha boy"

DorianX says, "WAYLAY COMPUTER"

Gunther says, "73"

Jota says, "Only about sevent of us."

Bishop says (to Rob), "Fine with me. The Xyzzies are usually insane."

klimas says, "yay dreamhold!"

DavidW says, "Hooray!"

zarf claps

Paul claps again for Dreamhold

rrafgon says, "yay"

half cheers.

Rob claps

Jacqueline applauds.

vbnz goes home.

</vbnz> vbnz exits with a flash of brilliant light. The re-enters because he forgot his flashlight. Picks it up and walks off in less dramatic fashion by going around the corner to the local dump.

Bishop cheers.

Rob claps louder

Emily walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice her approaching it from the other side.

Gunther says, "plus the crazy russians and their space station"

Rob claps for emily's arrival

Recchi applauds the Dreamhold

lpsmith whistles innocently.

Rob says, "but not zillions"

maga says, "I wonder if you could statistically predict the XYZZY winners by claps"

Rob says, "I forget what that other command I use during the xyzzys that lists user names in a column format"

DavidW says, "It's also the final day to vote for the AIF Awards."

Jota says, "I bet previous XYZZY awards include some mention of number of attendees inside the transcript somewhere (much like this one now does)."

klimas says, "yay nd"

zarf says, "yay"

Paul applauds ND again

Rob throws a blue chair at the poltergeist

Fang applauds.

rrafgon applauds

DavidW claps

Jacqueline applauds for a funny puzzle she could actually solve!

inky says, "er, window"

Gunther says, "oh that is the puzzle"

Eluchil smirks

Ferret says, "At last year's Smithie Awards for bad films, there was a ghost thwarted by a toilet."

Gunther says, "that's what she said"

Bishop says, "The bathroom by my office has a poltergeist living _in_ the toilet."

Rob gives fake_fingers to fake_Jon_Ingold.

BrenBarn says, "ha ha"

BrenBarn says, "you gave him the finger? the nerve!"

half falls off chair.

Fang hurrahs hurrahly!

Trumgottist claps wildly.

inky says, "hooray"

zarf says, "Yay!!"

Paul exclaims, "WOO!"

Thrax exclaims, "half a league, half a league, half a league onward!"

klimas says, "yay!"

Bishop exclaims, "Yay!"

two-star exclaims, "Yay!"

Rob goes back in time and applauds again!

lpsmith cheers!

K-Y says, "Woo!"

Thrax exclaims, "yay Tennyson!"

Paul claps and a half

rrafgon cheers

Eluchil applauds sincerely.

DavidW cheers

Tommy claps half.

Kwi claps.

Rob goes back in time and applauds again and then runs into himself and esplodes!

zarf says, "and applaud"

Recchi claps!

half falls back onto chair.

K-Y gets confused from still looking up at the stage

Gunther goes back in time to stop rob from running into himself

Paul is half sick of applauding, but the other half still loves it!

fake_Jon_Ingold falls over in the confusion

Thrax says, "goes back in time and disables the mud"

Thrax says, "er"

Rob says, "half, half, half"

fake_Jon_Ingold is extremely annoyed that someone just stood on his head

DavidW says, "Congrats, half"

BrenBarn says (to Rob), ""that's one and a half!"

inky says, "half a league onwards, with a hey nonny nonny"

klimas says, "yay"

</eileen> eileen has disconnected from ifMUD.

<eileen> eileen has connected to ifMUD.

eileen leaves the auditorium to the west.

Jota cheers and/or claps belatedly.

BrenBarn says, "hooray"

eileen arrives from the west.

Tommy says, "Whoops. Didn't mean to say that."

inky says, "oops, extra space"

Fang says, "Also, use brackets."

inky says, "oh yeah"

jon has arrived.

Jota says, "Yeah, what Rob said."

jon asks, "what did I miss?"

Jacqueline says, "As opposed to... nevermind."

(from Jota) inky slathers black paint over the bottom line.

jon says, "someone tied me up into this bloody time-travel game"

K-Y says, "Looks like he's missing some capitalization"

Kwi claps.

GregB says, "was mighty cool, half."

DavidW claps

inky has arrived.

klimas says, "yay"

Tommy cheers.

Rob claps

Fang exclaims, "Hurrah for insomnia!"

Eluchil applauds politely.

rrafgon applauds wildly

Jota exclaims, "Woohoo!"

K-Y says, "Hooray"

Rob claps

reese claps

DorianX says, "Play him off"

zarf says, "yay, I think"

inky says, "yowza"

(From Rob) Bill Conti strikes up the ifMUD orchestra.

Fang exclaims, "Yay for pain!"

JoshuaH cheers masochism.

baf applauds masochism REALLY HARD!

klimas says, "oh my"

Rob says (to baf), "ha ha"

Fang says, "heh"

inky says, "yay you"

Thrax exclaims, "anything for puns!"

lpsmith greets himself, yields the stage to himself.

Rob applauds half, then lpsmith

<eileen> eileen has connected to ifMUD.

Gunther half claps for half

Eluchil applauds heartily.

inky says, "Emily's City of Secrets"

inky says, "but she wasn't going to be here tonight"

inky says, "adding unexpected drama to the whole thing"

maga says, "maybe she's actually, y'know, hiding and employing lpsmith for her dark machinations"

(from Thrax) Emily says, "but it should be good for n

Emily says, "ha"

skousend says, "hah"

Bishop exclaims, "Yay self-insertion!"

JoshuaH cheers.

Paul exclaims, "Yay author-as-NPC!"

Jacqueline applauds for one of the best games of the year.

rrafgon cheers

zarf claps

Recchi applauds Chris

Rob claps

Paul exclaims, "Yay superhero-as-NPC!"

klimas says, "yay"

Gunther says, "YAY!!"

jon says, "claps"

Eluchil applauds politely.

Bishop exclaims, "Yay other-superhero-as-NPC!"

jon claps "says"

zarf says, "yay"

Recchi exclaims, "yay!"

Paul says, "heh"

Jacqueline claps.

Gunther says, "Also YAY"

klimas cheers.

jon yays clap

Eluchil says, "Yay PC as NPC"

Rob says, "best use of comic art as a feelie"

rrafgon claps

Tommy claps.

Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Definitely."

Recchi cheers for Paul!!

Fang cheers.

DavidW says (to Rob), "of course"

Eluchil applauds heartily.

maga says, "yay"

jon cheers up

Gunther says, "even more YAY"

Paul exclaims, "Yay slacker-roommate-as-NPC!"

rrafgon says, "lots of yay"

Rob jumps up, cheers, falls back down, gets hit by water and fire

Jacqueline says, "Hooray for Robb again."

Bishop says, "Damn, seeing these makes me wish I'd voted this year."

Fang says, "I'm going for BC, but I like drugs."

Tommy shouts excitedly.

Rob says, "I had trouble voting in a lot of categories this year"

JoshuaH says, "Yup - really stong category."

Bishop says, "Boo bitches! Er, I mean, yay bitches."

Recchi claps

maga exclaims, "yay!"

Marvin says, "Damn, seeing these makes me wish I'd played IF this year."

<eileen> eileen has connected to ifMUD.

Rob claps

Emily has disconnected.

Emily goes home.

DavidW cheers for all the nominees.

Eluchil claps for all the nominees.

Fang exhales.

klimas says, "yay!"

DavidW says, "WOO"

Eluchil applauds loudy.

Rob applauds

skousend exclaims, "way to go!"

Tommy exclaims, "Hooray!"

reese roars lustily

inky says, "woo"

Kwi says, "Woo!"

maga exclaims, "yay!"

Bishop applauds.

rrafgon cheers

Gunther says, "congrats"

zarf claps

inky cheers.

Fang cheers.

Paul exclaims, "WOO! A very deserving winner!"

JoshuaH claps.

two-star exclaims, "Yay!"

Eluchil goes home.

</Eluchil> Eluchil has disconnected from ifMUD.

half says, "Hooray!"

Trumgottist cheers.

maga claps

Fang collapses.

Paul exclaims, "Go Jason!"

K-Y Woo!

Jacqueline says, "Hooray!"

Jacqueline applauds for a very deserving game.

Thrax stings a wasp.

DavidW says, "Congrats again, Jason."

Jota exclaims, "Congratulations!"

Paul says, "ha"

Jacqueline says, "heehee"

Rob says, "argh"

Tommy asks (of Thrax), "How long have you been working on that?"

Thrax says, "two seconds"

Bishop says, "I'm hoping to see BC still take home a few, but I'm thinking it's a stronger contender in Best writing and Best game."

inky says, "yeah"

jon asks, "isn't best game a bit of a zarf-tastic?"

Tommy says, "I think best writing for BC."

inky says (to jon), "it depends how many votes PJ gets"

Fang says, "Be patient, folks."

Tommy says (to lpsmith), "He's busy putting on his shiny shirt."

Gunther says, "I'm still holding hope for FB"

Rob asks, "PJ?"

Gunther says, "Peter Jackson"

Fang tosses baf a bottle of something green.

Jacqueline says, "What Jason does not realize is that the party is RIGHT HERE."

<eileen> eileen has connected to ifMUD.

Jacqueline says, "Yay Jason. Well done."

JoshuaH claps.

(From Paul) Fans cheer!

Fang passes Jason a peanut from #peanut-gallery.

NamelessAdventurer has arrived.

Tommy claps (for Dan's Mystery House thing as well).

inky asks (of NamelessAdventurer), "what?"

Thrax says, "sure"

Rob says, "yeah, and it's already won for that"

NamelessSidekick has arrived.

Kwi says, "Woo!"

Rob says, "wow"

Thrax says, "maybe it's NamefulAdventurer"

Marvin exclaims, "Woo!"

DavidW says, "How interesting."

Paul says, "(did I just say that?)"

DavidW says, "mm food"

NamelessAdventurer eats the grapes!

lpsmith says, "Hee hee"

JoshuaH cheers.

Fang cheers.

DavidW says, "ha ha ha"

Kwi says, "Hahaha!"

maga exclaims, "eat the table!"

half laughs involuntarily.

Gunther claps!

Marvin exclaims, "Ha!"

Rob claps

zarf says (to NamelessAdventurer), "I name thee 'Katamari'"

Kwi is suddenly glad he didn't get a front row seat.

Rob says, "the front row wears plastic raincoats, like with gallagher"

Fang tastes no good. No good at all.

Marvin says, "Oh dear."

Paul says, "Oh hooray"

Kwi says, "Mmm, anti-gravity orange."

Fang exclaims, "Think of the children!"

inky asks (of NamelessSidekick), "ok, what's next?"

maga says, "yay"

Rob says, "I don't think I got that part either"

JoshuaH says, "Since it's floating..."

Jacqueline applauds.

klimas says, "yay"

rrafgon cheers

jon claps extremely sincerely for the maths game

Bishop exclaims, "Yay impossible construction!"

Paul exclaims, "Hooray visual demonstration! Also yay SC!"

JoshuaH cheers.

half cheers loudly.

klimas laughs.

Fang says, "heh."

Thrax says (to two-star), "TMI"

Rob claps

maga says, "yay"

Tommy cheers.

Jacqueline applauds.

skousend claps

Marvin exclaims, "Yay zarf!"

lpsmith hopes NamelessAdventurer doesn't give inky a goose egg.

Rob says (to lpsmith), "stop _______ing him"

NamelessSidekick gets a bit closer.

inky says, "er, yeah"

lpsmith asks, "He's holding something one a different URL?"

Rob says, "he's doing live comedy, cut him some slack"

Paul exclaims, "Yay dreamhold!"

<Rabbit> Rabbit has connected to ifMUD.

Rob says, "eww"

Gunther says, "!"

DavidW says, "I'm not cleanin' that up."

lpsmith cheers

Thrax says, "worst variation of Rock, Paper, Scissors ever"

klimas laughs!

Kwi says, "Yay!"

DavidW cheers

Rob applauds

K-Y claps for all

Tommy cheers mightily for Goose Egg Badger.

Rob applauds!

klimas says, "yay zarf!"

Fang says, "yay"

Marvin exclaims, "Yay zarf!"

Gunther recipes zarf

Paul exclaims, "Hooray dreamhold again!"

skousend cheers

K-Y says, "Yay"

DavidW says, "yippee!"

two-star exclaims, "Yay!"

Bishop applauds wildly.

Kwi cheers!

Trumgottist claps.

Tommy applauds.

JoshuaH claps.

Jacqueline appluads.

Thrax says, "yay orrererery"

half applayds wildly!

Jota claps.

rrafgon cheers

Recchi exclaims, "Hooray!"

DavidW claps loudly.

Rob squeezes some fire berries, shooting sparks over the crowd

Bishop asks (of Rob), "Stiffy Makane is squeezing your breasts?"

zarf stands up

Kwi says, "Yay! Speech!"

ifdhan exclaims, "good for zarf !"

Thrax exclaims, "shorter! too long!"

Tommy says, "Terse, but expressive."

zarf says, "We have nothing to cheer but cheer itself"

zarf says, "wait"

ifdhan asks, "the borogoves??"

DavidW claps

Paul cheers for Zarf and his speeches

Tommy says, "No, thank you."

klimas applauds.

Marvin exclaims, "That speech sucked! Yay!"

skousend claps

Paul says (to Thrax), "Also, ha"

Jacqueline says, "Well done, Zarf. The game. Not the speech."

Rob claps

Tommy claps.

Jota asks (of Zarf), "Then you wouldn't have bothered making up any speech at all?"

Rob says, "you should be working on notes for your next speech now"

Paul says (to Ferret), "Read it to us at the bar afterwards"

Thrax says (to Star), "YM 'the nominees is...'"

<Guest2> I'm not here to be entertained! Stop amusing me!

Paul exclaims, "Yay Rocket City!"

DavidW claps.

Rob says, "not necessarily"

Fang says, "I dunno. I like Mingsheng"

DavidW claps

Fang claps.

Jacqueline claps.

Guest2 walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.

JoshuaH says, "I liked both Mingsheng and Fire Tower for this. Tough pick."

klimas says, "yay mingsheng!"

DavidW cheers!

Paul exclaims, "Yay zen garden!"

</Hugo> Hugo has disconnected from ifMUD.

Fang claps.

Paul exclaims, "Yay New Haz!"

Bishop practices the applause stance.

Jacqueline claps.

half says, "Hooray for Mingsheng."

maga says, "yay"

klimas says, "woot mall"

inky says, "meet the new haz, same as the old haz"

Jacqueline applauds.

Paul exclaims, "Yay wizard's house!"

DavidW applauds.

Bishop claps.

Paul says (to inky), "Ha"

rrafgon cheers

JoshuaH cheers.

DavidW says, "hooray!"

BrenBarn says, "woo Jacq"

maga exclaims, "yay!"

Rob says, "go jacq"

klimas says, "yay fire tower!"

Paul exclaims, "Yay yay yay nature hike!"

jon claps for scenic detail

inky says, "yay jacq"

Gunther says, "whoa"

Thrax claps A. Lott.

Recchi applauds Jacqueline!

Ferret whees

DavidW says, "yay bear"

lpsmith says (to Thrax), "*thwap*"

Dan opens the envelope with a flourish.

Guest2 leaves the auditorium to the west.

Fang says (to Ferret), "Eww.."

jon says, "bear what-bear thwap"

Rob cheers!

lpsmith exclaims, "Yay!"

Fang hurrah!

Kwi says, "YAY!"

inky says, "yay!"

klimas says, "woot!"

Rob says, "yay!!"

Paul exclaims, "WOOOOOO!"

Gunther says, "Awesome!"

DavidW says, "HOORAY!"

skousend exclaims, "Yay!"

JoshuaH applauds!

two-star exclaims, "Yay!"

Rob says, "hurrah!"

rrafgon says, "yay yay."

Paul says, "So deserving"

Tommy applauds.

DavidW claps loudly!

klimas says, "yay!!"

Thrax says, "claps in an isquiesque fashion."

K-Y says, "Yay!"

zarf claps

jon exclaims, "!!!!"

Jota cheers.

Trumgottist claps hands.

BrenBarn says, "hooray for Jacq!"

maga says, "SPEECH"

Thrax also forgets how to emote.

DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Congratulations!"

Paul exclaims, "Hike to the stage!"

Rob asks, "what, the fire tower?"

Rob says, "I was aware of it, but I didn't play it until I was voting"

Thrax says, "you can stand in the corner with NamelessAdventurer"

Jacqueline thanks Star and Dan.

(From lpsmith) Jacqueline says, "But I guess not."

(from maga) Jacqueline says, "So that just goes to show how awesome I am."

Jacqueline says, "At any rate, thank you!"

Rob says, "yay"

(from Fang) Jacqueline says, "But they turned out to be cowardly weaklings. Go mE!"

JoshuaH claps.

DavidW claps again!

maga claps

inky says, "yay real speech"

klimas says, "yay!"

Gunther says, "yay Xyzzyesque"

Paul exclaims, "Hooray Jacq!"

ifdhan says, "congratulation jacq"

inky says (to Gunther), "hee hee"

Fang says, "well done."

BrenBarn says, "ha ha"

maga says, "if a bear does not present the award next year I shall be most disappointed"

rrafgon says, "yay"

Paul exclaims, "Yay BC!"

Fang exclaims, "Go chairs!"

Tommy cheers loudly.

inky says, "heck yeah"

inky says, "perhaps it will be presented by poison ivy"

klimas says, "yay futureboy"

Gunther says, "go kent"

DavidW cheers

Recchi claps for Kent

Paul exclaims, "Hooray FB!"

Ellison says, "woo everyone"

Rob claps

Thrax claps

Gunther applauds

Fang claps.

DavidW claps.

klimas says, "yay nd"

Paul exclaims, "Woo hoo ND!"

Rob applauds

Rob says, "yay"

<ctate> ctate has connected to ifMUD.

Tommy cheers again for misdirection.

rrafgon cheers.

ctate walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

Recchi claps!

Thrax says, "yay magic"

jon claps

Rob says, "yay"

DavidW claps.

Gunther says, "yay cabal"

JoshuaH claps.

Thrax says, "yay injoke"

klimas applauds.

Fang exclaims, "Yay for non-existent game!"

Paul exclaims, "Hip hip Cabal!"

Jacqueline applauds.

Recchi exclaims, "Yay, Stephen!"

Tommy claps in case they come for him.

Kwi says, "Yay!"

Paul says, "Indeed"

Rob claps for zarf

DavidW claps

klimas says, "yay zarf"

ctate skulks in guiltily and takes a seat at the back.

Paul exclaims, "Go Dreamhold!"

Rob says, "tough category"

lpsmith cheers.

inky says, "yeah"

(From Rob) A great spotlight beams down on ctate.

ctate cries!

(From Fang) It Burns! It Burns!

Rob cheers!

maga says, "YAY"

inky says, "hooray"

skousend cheers

BrenBarn says, "huzzah"

Paul exclaims, "HOORAY BC!"

JoshuaH applauds!

Bishop applauds wildly.

jon claps

Tommy exclaims, "Yeah, baby!"

ctate says, "WOOHOO"

rrafgon cheers

baf applauds insanely

Jacqueline stands up to applaud!

maga stomps

Kwi cheers.

two-star exclaims, "Yay!"

Paul claps claps hallucinates claps

Gunther says, "yay bee cee"

Rob claps

Fang exclaims (at klimas), "Well done!"

Jacqueline applauds some more.

StarAndDan exclaims, "Congrats!"

Jacqueline says, "YAY"

Rob says, "ha ha"

inky says, "ha ha ha"

Thrax says, "yay GWB scene"

JoshuaH says, "hahah"

ctate falls over.

Bishop falls over.

JoshuaH dies.

DavidW applauds for Blue Chairs

Ellison claps

klimas sits down.

Paul exclaims, "Huuuuuuuray!"

Kwi claps.

JoshuaH cheers.

Rob uuuus

Paul exclaims, "Wuu Huu!"

Thrax exclaims, "wear a muumuu!"

Jacqueline cheers.

Fang hands klimas some weird orange stuff.

maga says (to Jacqueline), "better have a doughnut with that"

klimas drinks it, natch.

Rob says, "I especially like the part with the toilet"

inky says, "best use of facilities"

klimas laughs!

Rob says, "speaking of which"

DavidW snickers

Jota says, "Hey, maybe whoever nominated that puzzle will read the transcript."

Ellison says, "I liked her game a lot"

Jota exclaims, "Whoever you are, what's the toilet puzzle? Please, tell us!"

Bishop says, "Oh, Callico."

inky says, "(I assume)"

Fang says (to Jota), "It's deep, dark, secret and smelly."

jon says, "(yeah, to her friends, of which I AM NOT ONE)"

klimas says, "ha ha ha"

Ellison says, "ehhe"

Rob says, "I wish there had been some better category for Act of Misdirection to shine in"

</skousend> and he played, and he played, and he played.

Jacqueline whistles.

Fang laughs.

Jacqueline asks, "Is it that easy, what lps said?"

Paul says (to Rob), "In a way it's perfectly suited for the stated meaning of Best Use...yeah"

Jacqueline says, "We should tell people."

</StarAndDan> StarAndDan has disconnected from ifMUD.

Gunther fires the punctuation cannon at lpsmith.

klimas says, "it's a thingamabobber in Word 2003"

DavidW claps!!!

JoshuaH cheers wildly.

Rob says, "yeah"

klimas says, "yay hugo"

ctate says, "yay FB"

DavidW applauds.

inky says (to Thrax), "Adam couldn't make it today"

rrafgon cheers

Thrax says, "ah"

Thrax says, "perhaps he fell asleep"

Paul exclaims, "Yay FB again!"

Rob claps

Paul exclaims, "Yay ND again!"

maga says, "yay"

Jacqueline woots.

DavidW claps

Gunther says, "N D hee hee hee"

klimas says, "yay nd"

ctate laughs.

Rob claps again

DavidW claps.

maga says, "woo"

Tommy cheers again.

Jacqueline applauds.

Rob says, "yay writers"

Ghogg walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.

maga says, "it was deemed to be too derivative of Ninja 2.0, Ninja 2.14 and Ninja XP"

Fang's breath has been truly bated.

two-star exclaims, "Yay!"

Gunther says, "woot"

zarf says, "yay!!"

JoshuaH hurrahs!

klimas says, "yay!"

Fang says, "Yay"

maga exclaims, "Yay!"

rrafgon cheers wildly.

Bishop applauds wildly!

Paul exclaims, "Right on! Go BC!"

Jacqueline stands up clapping!

jon good work thar

Jota says, "Congrats."

Kwi says, "Yay!"

Tommy exclaims, "YEAH BABY!"

half cheers wildly!

K-Y says, "Hooray"

Thrax applauds tamely.

Marvin hurrays rather a lot.

Recchi cheers!

Ghogg exclaims, "kli-MAS! kli-MAS!"

DavidW claps loudly

Jacqueline cheers, and actually starts to hop up and down a little.

Trumgottist claps his chair.

Rob says, "yay carcasonne"

Paul blue cheers!

lpsmith asks (of klimas), "Weren't you just here?"

Jacqueline says, "Go Chris!"

Fang exclaims, "klim-As!"

</Rabbit> Rabbit has disconnected from ifMUD.

inky says (to GregB), "now now"

klimas says, "So here are a few people I owe this award to, in part:"

lpsmith gives Best Writing 2004 XYZZY to klimas.

klimas says, "Graham Nelson, Curses: starting you in an attic."

GregB says (to inky), "okay, nevermind"

Rob claps

inky says, "ha ha more"

(from Thrax) klimas says, "My First Stupid Game: toilet-centric."

JoshuaH claps.

Ellison says, "yay"

inky says, "excellent"

DavidW cheers

Tommy exclaims, "Whoo!"

Rob claps

BrenBarn says, "zoop"

Paul klaps for klimas!

Rob applauds

Jacqueline applauds wildly.

maga exclaims, "yay!"

Jota says, "Hey, if ATD or ND wins, there'll be four people with a pair of awards each."

klimas says, "ha ha ha"

ctate says (to Bishop), "as if you couldn't tell before now"

Thrax says, "much like LYG and head-kicking"

two-star says, "I dunno. There are a lot of games with toilets."

K-Y says, "Forever settling the debate, at least"

Jota says (to Bishop), "Or s/with/without/, an equally dubious distinction, I think."

Bishop says (to ctate), "Yeah, but LYG actually has a head, and you can actually kick it."

Ellison says, "it's the Head-That-Kicks game"

JoshuaH says, "I only thank god that I never went in the bathroom."

Paul says (to **), "But few toilets nominated for prizes"

Rob claps

Ghogg says, "woo woo"

BrenBarn says, "woop eileen"

DavidW drops a drumroll. oops.

inky claps quietly

klimas claps!

Rob whisper-cheers

lpsmith cheers baby names starting with "Ell"

Paul cheers extra-loudly!

Thrax peekaboos

Thrax looks sheepish

Tommy sings a raucous lullaby.

jon goes home.

</jon> jon has disconnected from ifMUD.

lpsmith ensures that no blenders are left in the auditorium.

Trumgottist joins Tommy in the singing.

Thrax exclaims (at Ellis), "shake your booties!"

eileen says, "Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas"

JoshuaH applauds.

Jacqueline applauds.

rrafgon cheers

Tommy claps

Tommy claps

klimas applauds.

DavidW applauds

maga says, "woo again"

Gunther says, "FB!!"

Rob applauds

rrafgon cheers

Gunther says, "ND!!"

Tommy claps

maga exclaims, "yay!"

lpsmith cheers!

Fang chants, "Blue chairs, blue chairs, blue chairs, blue chairs..."

klimas cheers.

Rob says, "hugo, the martin scorsese of the xyzzys"

Gunther says, "DD!"

Rob claps for mjr

Bishop claps.

Tommy claps

lpsmith says (to Rob), "Hee"

rrafgon cheers

Jacqueline claps.

BrenBarn says, "hooray"

JoshuaH claps.

Fang cheers.

DavidW claps double time

K-Y stomps

Gunther says (to Rob), "it's a damn shame"

Gunther says, "DH!"

klimas cheers.

Tommy claps lots.

Thrax says, "which doesn't seem to affect Robb, of course"

ctate says (to Rob), "i wondered about that"

Ghogg says (to Rob), "mm yeah"

Rob claps

inky says, "ha ha ew"

klimas says, "ha ha"

maga says, "1894? um, that's, er, the sequel released to a few select fans"

Gunther leaves.

Thrax says, "1894: Cleaning Up"

BrenBarn says, "ha ha"

DavidW says, "uh oh"

Rob says, "heh"

Gunther says (to zarf), "riff on storme's olounge"

eileen frowns

eileen exclaims, "This is the doctor's note I got so that Ellis can join that baby swimming class!"

inky says, "ha ha ha"

(from inky) Baby snorkles!

Thrax exclaims, "doctor speech!"

BrenBarn says, "the winner is You Have Been Selected For Membership in the National Geographic Society!"

Kwi laughs.

Paul Hee

Trumgottist cheers merrily.

Ghogg says, "You May Have Already Won A Million Dollars"

eileen says, "Good thing I don't do the laundry so often anymore"

half says, "Hooray!"

Rob leaps to his feet and applauds and cheers!

Bishop applauds wildly.

Trumgottist exclaims, "Yay blue toilets!"

rrafgon applauds wildly.

Fang falls over.

inky says, "wow, hat trick"

Ghogg says, "woo woo"

JoshuaH chairs!

Rob says, "whooaaa"

zarf says, "yahoo!"

Jacqueline stands up again!

maga exclaims, "yay!"

reese applauds wildly

klimas says, "wow"

BrenBarn says, "huzzah!"

lpsmith cheers!

K-Y claps a lot

DavidW applauds!

Tommy cheers.

Jota applauds.

Gunther applauds some more.

Marvin exclaims, "Yay!"

Paul exclaims, "Whoa! Sudden Blue Chairs surge!"

Kwi applauds wildly.

Jacqueline applauds.

JoshuaH cheers, even!

Rob says, "wow, zap"

ctate says, "awooga awooga"

Fang gets up and delivers a standing ovation.

Bishop exclaims, "Congrats!"

Ferret exclaims, "Yay Dundalk!"

Recchi applauds!

Paul exclaims, "Hooray Chris!"

maga exclaims, "yay!"

cendare gets the clap -- no, wait, that's not right...

DorianX says, "I spend a lot of time in dundalk"

BrenBarn says, "yay"

Rob claps for all winners.

Rob claps for all nominees, too.

Trumgottist claps a lot.

BrenBarn claps for all games!

zarf applauds

BrenBarn claps for all of humanity!

klimas claps for everybody.

JoshuaH applauds.

Fang claps for non-nominees, nominees, and winners.

Jaybird yay

Rob asks (of BrenBarn), "what, even the bad guys and vermin?"

Trumgottist claps even more.

Tommy applauds.

reese claps and claps

rrafgon claps and claps and claps

K-Y claps on

Kwi applauds and cheers.

Paul claps as the credits roll.

Marvin claps and stuff.

two-star claps for all those who cannot clap!

BrenBarn says (to Rob), "yes, just this once"

Thrax says, "yay all nominees"

Rob says (to eileen), "thanks eileen!"

Fang applauds.

Thrax says, "I have no hands and I must clap"

eileen exclaims, "Thank you and you!!"

Rob says, "thanks to me! yeah! me, baby!!"

Trumgottist produces a trumpet and plays a fanfare for all the winners!

baf cheers generally

half claps for the presenters.

Gunther gives fake_hands to Thrax

klimas says, "yay everbody!"

inky says, "and to Eileen for the website and everything else"

Thrax says (to Gunther,), "hey, fake_Jon_Ingold needs those"

Bishop leaves the auditorium to the west.

Rob leaves the auditorium to the west.

maga says, "yay MCs"

baf leaves the auditorium to the west.

Thrax leaves the auditorium to the west.

BrenBarn leaves the auditorium to the west.

JoshuaH leaves the auditorium to the west.

Paul leaves the auditorium to the west.

klimas leaves the auditorium to the west.

Trumgottist leaves the auditorium to the west.

Jaybird steps north into the small closet. Then he disappears.

</Jaybird> 3. Many cash registers still put the DVD in the piggywig and ZIL is the Infocom language of the Z machine.

Kwi leaves the auditorium to the west.

Fang leaves the auditorium to the west.

Ferret leaves the auditorium to the west.

Ghogg leaves the auditorium to the west.

katre leaves the auditorium to the west.

GregB leaves the auditorium to the west.

two-star leaves the auditorium to the west.

Tommy goes home.

</Tommy> Tommy has disconnected from ifMUD.

zarf leaves the auditorium to the west.

</GregB> GregB has disconnected from ifMUD.

Recchi leaves the auditorium to the west.

cendare leaves the auditorium to the west.

rrafgon leaves the auditorium to the west.

DavidW leaves the auditorium to the west.

K-Y leaves the auditorium to the west.

reese goes home.

</reese> reese has disconnected from ifMUD.

ctate leaves the auditorium to the west.

lpsmith leaves the auditorium to the west.

</cendare> cendare has disconnected from ifMUD.

Duchess leaves the auditorium to the west.

</rrafgon> rrafgon has disconnected from ifMUD.

Grocible disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.

inky leaves the auditorium to the west.

Jason leaves the auditorium to the west.

a chalkboard listing the XYZZY Award winners disappears.