The Hype RPGs 2010 Awards!

[Byrd Man]

Welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome one and all to the Hype RPGs 2010 Year End Awards. I'm your host/presenter/dictator Byrd Man.

The year 2010 may not have been our most active year, but it was certainly a great year in terms of storylines, character development, and overall quality of posts.

Let's take a look back at this years categories and nominees:

OOC Awards

Overall MVP (in all categories):

Byrd Man

Andy C.

Keyser Soze

Batman

wiegabo

MVP (in Marvel):

bkhedr

Andy C.

Spider-man9x17

MVP (in DC):

Batman

Byrd Man

wiegabo

Watchman

MVP (in Misc):

wiegabo

Carnage27

NiteMare Shape

trustyside-kick

RPG Lifetime Achievement Award:

Batman

Keyser Soze

Watchman

Byrd Man

Spike_x1

MST3K_4ever

Harlekin

RPG of the Year:

One Universe RPG

Ultimate DC RPG

All-Star Marvel RPG

Create-A-Hero RPG

Word of Heroes DC RPG

Hype Horrors 2

Best Game Master Award:

Byrd Man

wiegabo,

NiteMare Shape

Trustyside-kick

Breakout Player of the Year:

Carnage 27

Eddie Brock

Syn (Mercenary)

Rain Dog

Catman_prb

Nitemare Shape

Bounce

wiegabo

Most Improved Player:

Syn (Mercenary)

Blacklight

sabetoonth

SuperFerret

Catman_prb

Karem-Knight

Batman

Eddie Brock

Mr. Majestic

sabetoonth

Best Newcomer:

Bounce

sabetoonth


IC Awards

Best Multiple PC Story Arc:

Sta'rro (Catman_prb, Batman, et al, UDC)

Final Crisis/Blackest Night (Watchman, et al, World of Heroes)

Invasion in Lost Haven (NiteMare Shape, Johnny Drama, et al, CAH),

Superhuman Registration (Catman_prb, wiegabo, Carnage, Eddie Brock, et al, OU)

The Night Sal Maroni Died (Batman, Spike_x1, Eddie Brock, et al, UDC)

Best Solo Story Arc:

Ultimate Holiday (Byrd Man, UDC)

Superman in the Multiverse/Source Wall (Andy C., WoH)

Rotta Rising (Rain Dog, Star Wars RPG)

Life pwns Hal Jordan (Keyser Soze, WoH)

Major Crimes Unit (Byrd Man, OU)

Best Hero:

Hal Jordan (Keyser Soze WoH)

Batman (Batman, UDC)

Spider-Man (Andy C, ASM)

Superman (Andy C., WoH)

Luke Skywalker (wieagbo, SW)

The Flash (Byrd Man, UDC)

James Gordon (Byrd Man, OU)

Best "Walking The Line" Character:

James Gordon (Catman_Prb, UDC)

Sinestro (wiegabo, WoH)

Rotta Desilijic Tiure (Rain Dog, SW)

Edward Nygma (Byrd Man, UDC)

Damian Wayne (Bounce, WoH)

The Invisible Man (wiegabo, CAH)

Best Villain:

Joker (Keyser Soze, WoH)

Bane (Spike_x1, UDC)

Reverend Madlove (Raindog, CAH)

Lex Luthor (Andy C, UDC)

Darkseid (Watchman, WoH)

Admiral Thrawn (Wiegabo, SW)

Ultima (Johnny Drama, CAH)

Norman Osborn (Andy C, HvV)

Best Developed Character:

Sinestro (wiegabo, WoH)

Loki (Keyser Soze, HvV)

Damian Wayne (Bounce, WoH)

Spider-Man (Andy C., ASM)

Selina Kyle (Eddie Brock, UDC)

Edward Nygma (Byrd Man, UDC)

Lex Luthor (Karem-Knight/Catman_prb, OU)

Best Team-Up:

Jason Todd & Damian Wayne (trustyside-kick & Bounce, WoH)

Superman & The Flash (Spike_x1 & Byrd Man, UDC)

Team Bartowksi & The A-Team (wiegabo & Byrd Man, FTPO)

Wonder Woman & The Flash (Andy C. & Byrd Man, UDC)

Joren Kel & Huc Vondar (Nitemare Shape & Carnage27, SW)

The Avengers (Spiderman9X17, Keyser Soze, bkhedr, et al, HvV)

Superman & Batman (Eddie Brock & wiegabo, OU)

Best Fight:

Sabretooth vs. Daredevil (Bkhedr & Byrd Man, HvV),

Batman vs. Bane (Batman & Spike_x1, UDC),

The Trial of Sinestro (Keyser Soze, Wiegabo, trustyside-kick, et al)

The Justice League & Teen Titans vs. Amazo (Karem-Knight, wiegabo, Carnage27, et al)

Darkseid vs. the DCU (Watchman, Keyser Soze, Andy C., et al, WoH)

Thor, Captain America, Iron Man vs. Hulk (Andy C., Sabetoonth, Red_Robin77, et al, ASM)

Archangel vs. The Guardians (trustyside-kick, NiteMare Shape, et al, CAH)

Best Post:

Howard The Duck & His ****tastic Friends by Rain Dog

The Amazing Years by The Question

Guy Gardner Sees the Light by Byrd Man

Not Fast Enough by wiegabo

Tough Love by Keyser Soze

Hal Jordan Breaks by Keyser Soze

UDC's Final Montage Pt. 1 Pt. 2 by Spike_x1 and only Spike_x1.

The End by Byrd Man

Curtains for Joker by Keyser Soze

This is gonna go on through multiple days as we head towards the new year.

Here's our schedule so far. Keep in mind the schedule is subject to change.

IC Awards

December 24th

Best Post
Best Fight
Best Team-Up
Best Developed Character

December 25th

Best Solo Story Arc
Best Multiple PC Story Arc
Best Villain
Best Hero (Presented by MB)

OOC Awards

December 26th

Best Newcomer (Presented by trusty)
Most Improved (Presented by Blacklight)
Breakout Player(Presented by wiegabo)
Best Gamemaster

December 27th

RPG of The Year (Presented by Andy C.)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Misc. MVP
DC MVP (Presented by Catman_prb)
Marvel MVP
Overall MVP

 

[Byrd Man]

Anybody who wants to present an award, feel free to let me know and I'll let you.

 

[Saved]

You forgot a closing parenthesis in my name!

 

[Byrd Man]

There!

 

[Saved]

Thanks!

 

[Byrd Man]

Present something, ****er!

 

[Saved]

Sure. But I can't present anything tonight - I can do it after midnight or something.

 

[Byrd Man]

What about one of the ones tomorrow or the coming days?

 

[trustyside-kick]

The trophy is similar to the 2007 template but I made small changes that most of you may not notice.

So if you don't like it, then FUC--it's ok.

 

[Spike_x1]

You still included my name in the list of writers for the UDC finale.

 

[Byrd Man]

You still included my name in the list of writers for the UDC finale.

One of your characters was included in the montage.

Deal with it, mother****er.

 

[trustyside-kick]

You still included my name in the list of writers for the UDC finale.

Take credit for what isn't yours. It is the way of things.

 

[Spike_x1]

I'm not taking credit for something I didn't write any part of. It's your mistake, Byrd. Fix it.

 

[Byrd Man]

There! It's fixed! Happy now?!

First award is coming up.

 

[Spike_x1]

Success.

 

[Batman]

Failure.

 

[Byrd Man]

Best Post

Posting, it's what makes the RPGs tick and go around. Without our IC posts, we're all just a bunch of ****ing lunatics talking about sodomy, superheroes, and sheep-****ing.....what? Oh, we already do that? Oh, okay.

Well, here are the nominees for Best Post.

Best Post:

Howard The Duck & His ****tastic Friends by Rain Dog

The Amazing Years by The Question

Guy Gardner Sees the Light by Byrd Man

Not Fast Enough by wiegabo

Tough Love by Keyser Soze

Hal Jordan Breaks by Keyser Soze

UDC's Final Montage Pt. 1 Pt. 2 by Batman, Andy C., Eddie Brock, Catman, Syn (Mercenary), et al.

The End by Byrd Man

Curtains for Joker by Keyser Soze

And the Hyper goes to.....

Yep, it's a tie.

Spoiler

 

[trustyside-kick]

Putting in spoiler tag just because don't want people to see this post before they see who won the award above:

Spoiler

Yea, that's why you didn't have to worry Spike. No way I can fit so much text on the trophy so it is to the UDC RPG Members since it is a montage anyways.

 

[Spike_x1]

And now I apparently get sole credit according to the intro post, and mention of the other UDC members is merely a formality for the trophy. My takeover plan is well underway.

 

[Saved]

What about one of the ones tomorrow or the coming days?

Good to go, homie.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Hmmm.....

Spoiler

It appears that my writing ability is about equal with everybody who posts in UDC, combined.

But seriously, thank you so much for the recognition here, guys. This was a post that I almost never wrote at all. It had first been planned back when I was playing Hal Jordan in Season 7, but I went back and forth on whether I wanted to go through with it. I worried it was going too far. But in the end I'm glad I did it, as it's something I can look back at and be proud of, and will dictate the character arc of Hal Jordan throughout the remainder of World of Heroes.

So the only thing to worry about was that everyone else would hate it. You guys' opinions mean a lot to me, as I respect you as a community of writers and creators who know what makes a good story. So your stamp of approval with this award means a lot to me. Thanks again.

 

[Saved]

Hmmm.....

Spoiler

It appears that my writing ability is about equal with everybody who posts in UDC, combined.

But seriously, thank you so much for the recognition here, guys. This was a post that I almost never wrote at all. It had first been planned back when I was playing Hal Jordan in Season 7, but I went back and forth on whether I wanted to go through with it. I worried it was going too far. But in the end I'm glad I did it, as it's something I can look back at and be proud of, and will dictate the character arc of Hal Jordan throughout the remainder of World of Heroes.

So the only thing to worry about was that everyone else would hate it. You guys' opinions mean a lot to me, as I respect you as a community of writers and creators who know what makes a good story. So your stamp of approval with this award means a lot to me. Thanks again.

I thought that first part originally too, Keyser.

...

Congrats, bro.

 

[Byrd Man]

Spoiler

Congrats to Soze. I know that was a mother****er of a post to write and you were constantly on the fence about it. Great that you went through with it and it was a blast to read.

And congrats to all my UDC homies. I posted the montage, but you all made it happen. It was a great way to cap off the season and I loved reading everyone contributions as they rolled in to my PM box.

 

[Batman]

So for our award, will we alternate ownership between the weekends?

 

[Byrd Man]

So for our award, will we alternate ownership between the weekends?

It stays at my house, but ya'll can come over and look at it.