2016 Socky Awards

#301

Cool. Cool cool cool.

Can I go to sleep now, juliets?

#302

MovingPictures07 wrote:Thanks to all our Socky Hosts for putting together this really awesome shindig for all of us this year. Seriously well-managed and an absolute blast. I look forward to the 2017 Sockys with incredible anticipation.

The awards ceremony was all G-Man's idea - very creative, you did an awesome job G!

#303

Ricochet wrote:Cool. Cool cool cool.

Can I go to sleep now, juliets?

No. You've got a 'sockys review' video to make.

#304

Congrats again to all the winners and also the finalists. Many of these were difficult votes, and that's because there are a bunch of great players and personalities around here. If you play Mafia with us, you're swell in my book.

Thanks for presenting the awards with such creativity, G-Man. It was a great idea and you saw it through beautifully. Also thanks to the rest of the Sockys crew for helping him out when I had to leave by surprise.

#305

There have been Cylons everywhere on the Syndicate for months and I'm upset that I missed the game they come from. Whatever was happening in there, I'm sure it's very well deserving of the win.
Rico got my vote. Like I said earlier, I'm bummed I had to bail on GY!BE. That was one of the most flavorful setups I've ever seen. I loved it.

#306

Ricochet wrote:Cool. Cool cool cool.

Can I go to sleep now, juliets?

Put that Best Quote Socky in your sig first!

#307

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Congrats again to all the winners and also the finalists. Many of these were difficult votes, and that's because there are a bunch of great players and personalities around here. If you play Mafia with us, you're swell in my book.

Thanks for presenting the awards with such creativity, G-Man. It was a great idea and you saw it through beautifully. Also thanks to the rest of the Sockys crew for helping him out when I had to leave by surprise.

His daughter, less so.

#308

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:
Ricochet wrote:Cool. Cool cool cool.

Can I go to sleep now, juliets?
Put that Best Quote Socky in your sig first!

Yes Rico you can go to sleep now!

#309

Golden wrote:
Ricochet wrote:Cool. Cool cool cool.

Can I go to sleep now, juliets?
No. You've got a 'sockys review' video to make.

I was the Arrival of this year, in terms of winning, and even got beaten by a sock.

Light to Decent 3

#310

Yes, congrats to all the winners. It was so much fun tallying the votes and seeing some swings. Many of the contests went right down to the wire.

#311

Ricochet wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Ricochet wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Ricochet wrote:*note to self: build games based on popular themes*
No. Build games and host them later in the year.
I did.
Or just be me, apparently.
I want to.

I voted for you Rico. I also voted Triskadewhatever as best heist. No offense to Hailu, I just didn't know much about it since I didn't play.

Hey Socky hosts? What qualified someone/thing as a finalist? Just curious.

#312

Congrats to all the winners, and thank you to Everyone for contributing to an excellent community full of excellent mafia games.

#313

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:
Ricochet wrote:Cool. Cool cool cool.

Can I go to sleep now, juliets?
Put that Best Quote Socky in your sig first!

I put it elsewhere.

#314

Sloonei wrote:Congrats to all the winners, and thank you to Everyone for contributing to an excellent community full of excellent mafia games.

This.

#315

Also, thanks Long Con for putting together these great banners. Awesome work as always.

#316

Spacedaisy wrote:Hey Socky hosts? What qualified someone/thing as a finalist? Just curious.

Being in the top 5 in the category (excluding people in voting ties that would have taken the finalist numbers past 5).

#317

Quin wrote:
Sloonei wrote:Congrats to all the winners, and thank you to Everyone for contributing to an excellent community full of excellent mafia games.
This.

Indeed, I cannot emphasize how much this community really means to me. You all are many of my closest friends, and I'm incredibly proud that the 'I'm going to start my own mafia site' vision that I developed in 2012 is still alive and burning now. It wouldn't be without all of you contributing epic games as hosts as well as incredible player performances. Thank you all so much for your continued contributions to this community, which really holds a special place in my life.

#318

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Also, thanks Long Con for putting together these great banners. Awesome work as always.

Agreed, top notch work! I'm proud to have won a Socky this year so I could display this awesome banner in my sig now.

#319

Ah cool. Makes me feel a liiiiiittle better about Lost Again 2 not winning best mafia win, lol. Seriously though, congrats to all! They were all well deserved wins! And thanks guys for hosting it this year!

#320

I always get a little giddy when I get to update my sig.

#321

Spacedaisy wrote:Ah cool. Makes me feel a liiiiiittle better about Lost Again 2 not winning best mafia win, lol. Seriously though, congrats to all! They were all well deserved wins! And thanks guys for hosting it this year!

I will never forget just how fucking floored I was when I found out you were mafia in that game. I was literally 100% confident you were town. It blew my mind for days. Lol. If Quin hadn't wiped the floor with town in Mad Max and more people paid attention to Heists, I think you might have pulled that win off for your performance in that game alone.

There were so many great baddie performances last year.

#322

Sloonei wrote:I always get a little giddy when I get to update my sig.

You control sig?

Maybe you should program him better so he doesn't get lynched Day 1 so much.

#323

Epignosis wrote:
Sloonei wrote:I always get a little giddy when I get to update my sig.
You control sig?

Maybe you should program him better so he doesn't get lynched Day 1 so much.

No. I need someone to deflect attention from me for when I'm eventually bad.

#324

Sloonei wrote:I always get a little giddy when I get to update my sig.

Yes?

Also congrats everyone all the awards were well deserved.

Thanks for all the votes for funniest poster. But since Scotty beat me I'll have to dedicate the next year on TS to killing/lynching him.

#325

sig wrote:
Sloonei wrote:I always get a little giddy when I get to update my sig.
Yes?

Also congrats everyone all the awards were well deserved.

Thanks for all the votes for funniest poster. But since Scotty beat me I'll have to dedicate the next year on TS to killing/lynching him.

I just wanted you to know that I had a salad for lunch and pasta for dinner.

#326

MovingPictures07 wrote:
Spacedaisy wrote:Ah cool. Makes me feel a liiiiiittle better about Lost Again 2 not winning best mafia win, lol. Seriously though, congrats to all! They were all well deserved wins! And thanks guys for hosting it this year!
I will never forget just how fucking floored I was when I found out you were mafia in that game. I was literally 100% confident you were town. It blew my mind for days. Lol. If Quin hadn't wiped the floor with town in Mad Max and more people paid attention to Heists, I think you might have pulled that win off for your performance in that game alone.

There were so many great baddie performances last year.

Heists are definitely underappreciated. I'm a big fan of simplicity, which bigger games often don't do.

We also need more burglaries. Please and thank.

#327

Can someone just PM me all the banners I won? I'm too lazy to go back through them all.

#328

Heists always end up being way more fun than I expect them to be. I should probably just expect them to be a lot of fun. Because that's what they are.

#329

Quin wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:
Spacedaisy wrote:Ah cool. Makes me feel a liiiiiittle better about Lost Again 2 not winning best mafia win, lol. Seriously though, congrats to all! They were all well deserved wins! And thanks guys for hosting it this year!
I will never forget just how fucking floored I was when I found out you were mafia in that game. I was literally 100% confident you were town. It blew my mind for days. Lol. If Quin hadn't wiped the floor with town in Mad Max and more people paid attention to Heists, I think you might have pulled that win off for your performance in that game alone.

There were so many great baddie performances last year.
Heists are definitely underappreciated. I'm a big fan of simplicity, which bigger games often don't do.

We also need more burglaries. Please and thank.

Heists have quickly become my new favorite game type, so I agree. It's a lot harder for mafia to hide since there are less players, but with a more quick game progression, it also can be tough to win as a town team as well. The games are just so tight too. Role madness games are always fun, but as a player I've found that nothing beats the simplicity of a three non-vanilla role limit. It's just that awesome core of mafia. I love Heists.

Burglaries were definitely a success too! I'd love to participate in and see more of them in 2017. We definitely need more volunteer hosts. Burglaries can happen anytime, not just special occasions, so let's get these things rolling again. If you're reading this and want to host a burglary, talk about it in the Burglary hosting thread!

#330

Glad everyone had fun. I apologize for the delays to write posts. About 1/3 of the time you were waiting I was trying to post but you guys wouldn't shut up in the thread!

Had I had an extra hour for prep, I could have pre-written some stuff to cut down the delay times and hashed out a plan to include the other Sockey organizers much more. Sorry for hijacking the awards show aspect. And thank you for jumping in when my daughter got sick. Thankfully it wasn't as heinous as what happened Thursday night. *shudders*

#331

Sloonei wrote:
sig wrote:
Sloonei wrote:I always get a little giddy when I get to update my sig.
Yes?

Also congrats everyone all the awards were well deserved.

Thanks for all the votes for funniest poster. But since Scotty beat me I'll have to dedicate the next year on TS to killing/lynching him.
I just wanted you to know that I had a salad for lunch and pasta for dinner.

Ew a salad.

Pasta though yum, bring me some I'm a poor college student.

#332

MovingPictures07 wrote:
Quin wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:
Spacedaisy wrote:Ah cool. Makes me feel a liiiiiittle better about Lost Again 2 not winning best mafia win, lol. Seriously though, congrats to all! They were all well deserved wins! And thanks guys for hosting it this year!
I will never forget just how fucking floored I was when I found out you were mafia in that game. I was literally 100% confident you were town. It blew my mind for days. Lol. If Quin hadn't wiped the floor with town in Mad Max and more people paid attention to Heists, I think you might have pulled that win off for your performance in that game alone.

There were so many great baddie performances last year.
Heists are definitely underappreciated. I'm a big fan of simplicity, which bigger games often don't do.

We also need more burglaries. Please and thank.
Heists have quickly become my new favorite game type, so I agree. It's a lot harder for mafia to hide since there are less players, but with a more quick game progression, it also can be tough to win as a town team as well. The games are just so tight too. Role madness games are always fun, but as a player I've found that nothing beats the simplicity of a three non-vanilla role limit. It's just that awesome core of mafia. I love Heists.

Burglaries were definitely a success too! I'd love to participate in and see more of them in 2017. We definitely need more volunteer hosts. Burglaries can happen anytime, not just special occasions, so let's get these things rolling again. If you're reading this and want to host a burglary, talk about it in the Burglary hosting thread!

Done

#333

G-Man wrote:Glad everyone had fun. I apologize for the delays to write posts. About 1/3 of the time you were waiting I was trying to post but you guys wouldn't shut up in the thread!

Had I had an extra hour for prep, I could have pre-written some stuff to cut down the delay times and hashed out a plan to include the other Sockey organizers much more. Sorry for hijacking the awards show aspect. And thank you for jumping in when my daughter got sick. Thankfully it wasn't as heinous as what happened Thursday night. *shudders*

Seriously, the theme was a huge win in my view. I loved the interaction and the write-ups. Thanks for your work on those, G-Man.

#334

Yes, well done team. You do better than the Academy Awards people.

#335

Epignosis wrote:Yes, well done team. You do better than the Academy Awards people.

Dammit, I just realised. You didn't win best host at all.

Seriously, I thought G-Man was going to go all Moonlight at some point, but he never did.

#336

sig wrote:
Sloonei wrote:
sig wrote:
Sloonei wrote:I always get a little giddy when I get to update my sig.
Yes?

Also congrats everyone all the awards were well deserved.

Thanks for all the votes for funniest poster. But since Scotty beat me I'll have to dedicate the next year on TS to killing/lynching him.
I just wanted you to know that I had a salad for lunch and pasta for dinner.
Ew a salad.

Pasta though yum, bring me some I'm a poor college student.

A wise man once said, "You don't make friends with salad." I suppose I should have listened to his advice.

#337

Golden wrote: Seriously, I thought G-Man was going to go all Moonlight at some point, but he never did.

I meant to, but between kid barf and no time to think between awards, it didn't happen.

#338

MovingPictures07 wrote:Nice, those quotes were definitely worthy of the win. Especially glad to see Ron Swanson win for his Pyramid of Mafia Greatness. Congrats, you two!

I just realized that marmots are at the bottom of the Ron Swanson pyramid.

#339

Thanks y'all for hosting this and taking over, despite me not being able to be around.

Just read through this whole thread, I missed out. Congrats winners on your well-deserved banners. We'll see you all again at next year's Sockys.

#340

Holy cow I missed all of this.

Congratulations to everyone that won and some of those finalists were just as deserving across the board.

I'm honored to be called funny. I'm more of a stray fart, IMO, but if I make you chuckle, then so be it!

Congratulations to Jay, Quin, LoRab, Sorsha, pretty much all you peeps who are just generally better at playing this game than I am. I'm glad I'm a part of this community, and am not going to give my tux back after the awards show because I never had one to begin with.

#341

Congratulations, to all the Socky winners and especially to:

- LoRab who thoroughly deserved her award for her performance in Mad Max.
- Quin for best newcomer (against some awfully stiff competition) and as best Mafioso
- G-Man for his award for Mad Max and
- My main man, Jay who was rewarded for his awesome skill as a Townie.

G-Man wrote: Sector A1 has revealed the Spirit Award:
Conrats to juliets!

Other finalists included Glorfindel and JaggedJimmyJay

And to whoever it was who voted for me for the Spirit Award, thank you - you are clearly a very kind soul

#342

Thanks Matty! You are deserving finalist for that spirit award. You play with a great deal of respect and that's an important quality.

#343

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Thanks Matty! You are deserving finalist for that spirit award. You play with a great deal of respect and that's an important quality.

Thank you, Jay. That means a lot to me coming from you

#344

Thanks y'all.

#345

LoRab wrote:Thanks y'all.

What did you do with your Mad Max role?

#346

Glorfindel wrote:Congratulations, to all the Socky winners and especially to:

- LoRab who thoroughly deserved her award for her performance in Mad Max.
- Quin for best newcomer (against some awfully stiff competition) and as best Mafioso
- G-Man for his award for Mad Max and
- My main man, Jay who was rewarded for his awesome skill as a Townie.

G-Man wrote: Sector A1 has revealed the Spirit Award:
Conrats to juliets!

Other finalists included Glorfindel and JaggedJimmyJay
And to whoever it was who voted for me for the Spirit Award, thank you - you are clearly a very kind soul

Must have been more than one, you were a finalist.

#347

Long Con wrote:
LoRab wrote:Thanks y'all.
What did you do with your Mad Max role?

Saved some poor schmuck at the last minute to win the game.

#348

Long Con wrote:
LoRab wrote:Thanks y'all.
What did you do with your Mad Max role?

I used an extra vote to create a tie, which gave us extra time, and caused a lot of confusion. It was one of the more stressful moments of mafia in recent memory. Also fun. In the old time mafia fun kind of ways.

#349

Sloonei wrote:
Long Con wrote:
LoRab wrote:Thanks y'all.
What did you do with your Mad Max role?
Saved some poor schmuck at the last minute to win the game.

#350

Spacedaisy wrote:
Glorfindel wrote:Congratulations, to all the Socky winners and especially to:

- LoRab who thoroughly deserved her award for her performance in Mad Max.
- Quin for best newcomer (against some awfully stiff competition) and as best Mafioso
- G-Man for his award for Mad Max and
- My main man, Jay who was rewarded for his awesome skill as a Townie.

G-Man wrote: Sector A1 has revealed the Spirit Award:
Conrats to juliets!

Other finalists included Glorfindel and JaggedJimmyJay
And to whoever it was who voted for me for the Spirit Award, thank you - you are clearly a very kind soul
Must have been more than one, you were a finalist.

Yes, you got quite a few votes. And you definitely deserve them.

Full Games	Civilian: Mafia: Independent:
Speed Games	Civilian: Fiddler on the Roof Mafia:
Heists	Civilian: MVP: RED vs BLUE
Burglaries	Independent: The Theme Is Literally a Burglary
Special Games	Civilian: Independent:

Full Games	Civilian: Mafia: Independent:
Speed Games	Civilian: Fiddler on the Roof Mafia:
Heists	Civilian: MVP: RED vs BLUE
Burglaries	Independent: The Theme Is Literally a Burglary
Special Games	Civilian: Independent:

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