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Hey everyone,

This account has been updated for 2018. Throughout the year you should send your nominations for Best Quote to me, Sockys2018. Whenever the awards roll around next year we'll hopefully have a good stack of options.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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A - I would like more time to catch up with the awards already presented. Please take a 10 minute intermission!

B - Keep moving, I need more NOW.

Epignosis - "DharmaHelper as gorilla"
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Epignosis - "standing over body of dead wife"
Jackofhearts2005 - "sexual relations"

BEST QUOTE

Hello everyone and welcome to the presentation of the 2017 Socky Awards.



The awards team has been piecing this thing together over the last few months and we're all very pleased to be able to finally bring it to you. There's no need for extra drama or fanfare, so we're just going to get to it. The first award presentation will be arriving shortly.

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Voting terminates in 10 hours.

Votes are pouring in nicely, but we have SO many ties. New voters, the task is yours to break them!

The thread is now open for any discussion or questions, and you may begin submitting votes as soon as you are ready. Have fun with it, everyone!

Nominations for Best Quote already submitted:


You may vote for any of these quotes, but you are not restricted to them. You may vote for any quotes made on the site during the year 2017. I recommend that you share your preferred quotes during the voting stages so that other voters might have an opportunity to remember them.

This is a special new award we are introducing this year. This can be viewed as a sort of "Hall of Fame" induction, not to be confused with the Hall of Fame forum on this site where we keep statistical track of each game and player. This award does not refer only to 2017 game play. It refers to the entire body of work (referring specifically to their Mafia play and/or hosting) for a player's time on this website from the day they registered.

Not everyone is eligible to be inducted this year. This will function similarly to an athletic Hall of Fame, like those seen for professional sports. This year, only players who joined The Syndicate in the year 2013 or earlier are considered to be eligible for a Lifetime Achievement Award. If this award continues for next year's awards, the year of eligibility would move forward to 2014.

This link directs to the member list, ordered by date of registration. Eligible players continue into page 6.

You may vote for three players here, and three players will be inducted. In the event of ties, the Socky Awards team will convene to come to a solution.

Everyone is eligible to vote for this award, including those who are not eligible to receive it.

Categories for Indivdual GAMES
*Note that "special games" have been grouped with the most appropriate category based on size and duration.

Best Job -- Which 2017 game within the Jobs category do you feel was the most exciting, fun, and/or best built? Define this however you like. Eligible games are included in the following spoiler:


Best Side Mission -- Which 2017 game within the Side Missions category do you feel was the most exciting, fun, and/or best built? Define this however you like. Eligible games are included in the following spoiler:


Best Heist -- Which 2017 game within the Heists category do you feel was the most exciting, fun, and/or best built? Define this however you like. Eligible games are included in the following spoiler:


Best Burglary -- Which 2017 game (we've also included 2016 games which were not considered last year) within the Burglaries category do you feel was the most exciting, fun, and/or best built? Define this however you like. Eligible games are included in the following spoiler:


Best Theme -- Which 2017 game within any category do you feel boasted the best theme? Define this however you like. All games are eligible.

Most Hyped Future Game -- Which future game currently lying in wait in any of our queues (Heist, Side Mission, and Job) or elsewhere on The Drawing Board are you most excited about playing?

Best Civilian Team Victory -- Within which 2017 game do you feel the civilian faction performed the best? All games are eligible.

Best Mafia Team Victory -- Within which 2017 game do you feel a mafia team or the mafia faction performed the best? All games are eligible.

Categories for Indivdual PLAYERS

Best Host or Host Team -- Which host or team of hosts do you think provided the overall best Mafia experience of the year? All games are eligible.

Best Civilian -- Which individual player do you feel was the best performer as a civilian in 2017, either in reference to a single game performance or the full year in combination? Define this however you like.

Best Mafioso -- Which individual player do you feel was the best performer as a mafioso in 2017, either in reference to a single game performance or the full year in combination? Define this however you like.

Best Independent -- Which individual player do you feel was the best performer as an independent role in 2017, either in reference to a single game performance or the full year in combination? Define this however you like.

Best Newcomer -- Which individual player who played their first-ever game on The Syndicate in 2017 do you feel was the best performer, added the most to the community, and/or was the most entertaining? Define this however you like. Players who meet this criteria are listed in the following spoiler:


*If you feel you or someone else should be included here but isn't, please let JaggedJimmyJay know ASAP.

Best Role Use -- Which individual player do you feel used the mechanics of their role the most effectively or in the most entertaining way during a game in 2017? Define this however you like.

Most Valuable Player -- Which individual player do you feel was the best overall performer in the game of Mafia, regardless of role or alignment, in 2017? This may reference a single game performance or an overall body of work through the year. Define this however you like.

Additional Categories

Spirit Award -- This award is perhaps the most broad. Which individual player and/or contributor to the Mafia community here on The Syndicate did the most to promote a fun and welcoming playing environment for everyone else to enjoy in 2017? Define this however you like.

Funniest Poster -- Which indivdual player or contributor made you laugh the most in 2017? Define this however you like.

Best Quote -- In a post coming soon (to be linked here) I will provide a number of quotes submitted to this account throughout the year as candidates for this award. You may select among that group or vote for any other quote you may prefer from anywhere on the site during the year.

Best Banner -- Which banner for a 2017 game do you feel was the best looking, coolest, most interesting, or otherwise the one you most prefer? Define this however you like.

As the year approaches its end, it's about that time to determine who will be adding those delicious, wonderful Socky Awards to their trophy cases. It has been an eventful, active, at times challenging, and always fun year of Mafia on The Syndicate, and we're excited to celebrate it with another awards ceremony.

A team of Official Socky Awards Overseers, Administrators, and Thing Doers (OSAOATD) has been working together over the last month or so to decide what awards will be up for grabs this year. I have compiled them all and will share them with you in the following post. In this post, I will provide you with rules for placing your votes. Please read each award carefully, because there might be minor exceptions.

Voting Guidelines

~ You are eligible to vote in these Socky awards if you played in or hosted at least one of the eligible games listed in the spoiler at the bottom of this post.

~ You may place TWO votes in each category, though it is not required. There will still be only one winner named (barring unique tie scenarios); this allows for more people to be recognized.

~ All votes must be sent privately to this Sockys2017 account to count. Link

~ You are not required to vote in every category.

~ Voting will be open for about the next three weeks, with a hard deadline presently set for Friday the 19th of January at 11:59pm eastern US time.

~ You are allowed to discuss your votes in this thread or campaign if you so desire. Remember though that some element of surprise makes it more fun.

~ You are permitted to vote for yourself if you so desire.

If you have any questions, direct them to JaggedJimmyJay, juliets, G-Man, sprityo, DrWilgy, Long Con, or Dragon D. Luffy.

Games eligible for consideration (click spoiler)