[IF Comp] Complete list of winners
LucFrench
I've decided to post the complete list of winners (and losers) of IFComp 97.
For those of you who care, the game that finished in 34th place was "Coming
Home"; Rybread finished third from last, and CASK took up slot number 31.
Inform was the system of choice for the bottom five games. From my reading of
the list, (assuming Tempest was the highest placing game that didn't win a
prize), the author of E-MAILBOX got the award for "Best Newcomer", although
Babel was the higest placing of the first time entrants.
Don't ask me how I got this; my source made me sware that I would hide his
identity. (He got it from a friend who had entered the contest.)
Thanks
Luc French
>The Results:
>
> 1 - The Edifice Receives 1st Place Trophy too
> 2 - Babel Receives 2nd Place Trophy too
> 3 - Glowgrass Receives 3rd Place Medallion
>too
> 4 - She's got a Thing for a Spring
> 5 - A Bear's Night Out
> 6 - Sunset Over Savannah
> 7 - Poor Zefron's Almanac
> 8 - The Lost Spellmaker
> 9 - Sins Against Mimesis
> 10 - A New Day
> 11 - Zero Sum Game
> 12 - Zombie!
> 13 - The Frenetic Five vs Sturm und Drang
> 14 - Travels in the Land of Erden
> 15 - Unholy grail
> 16 - Friday Afternoon
> 17 - Madame Lestrange and the Trouble Spirit
> 18 - Sylenius Mysterium
> 19 - Phred Phontious, the Quest for Pizza
> 20 - Down
> 21 - Virtual Tech
> 22 - The Obscene Quest of Dr Auurdvarkbarf
> 23 - A Good Breakfast
> 24 - The Town Dragon
> 25 - The Tempest
> 26 - Temple of the Orc Mage
> 27 - E-MAILBOX
> 28 - Pintown
> 29 - Leaves
> 30 - Congratulations
> 31 - CASK
> 32 - Symmetry
> 33 - Aunt Nancy's House
> 34 - Coming Home
Jay Goemmer
lucf...@aol.com (LucFrench) wrote:
>I've decided to post the complete list of winners (and losers) of IFComp 97.
>
> For those of you who care, the author of E-MAILBOX got the award for
> "Best Newcomer",
<humbly> Thanks to all who voted for "E-MAILBOX." Luc's post is the
first I've heard of the honor. (I *really* should get out more.)
Cheers,
--Jay Goemmer
Brock Kevin Nambo
Jay Goemmer wrote in message <6boijl$2ie$1...@news01.micron.net>...
Hey, ...
I *LOVED* E-MAILBOX.
>>BKNambo
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HarryH
In article <19980210024...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, lucf...@aol.com
says...
>
>I've decided to post the complete list of winners (and losers) of IFComp 97.
It's certainly more polite to just e-mail it to appropriate person. Oh, well.
Anyway, now that we have the list, is it true that there is a (general)
co-relation between program size and ranking? It seems to me that the
shorter/smaller the game, the lower it ranks.
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Brad O`Donnell
Jay Goemmer wrote:
>
> lucf...@aol.com (LucFrench) wrote:
>
> >I've decided to post the complete list of winners (and losers) of IFComp 97.
A dubious decision, but it helps me clear up a few things.
> >
> > For those of you who care, the author of E-MAILBOX got the award for
> > "Best Newcomer",
>
> <humbly> Thanks to all who voted for "E-MAILBOX." Luc's post is the
> first I've heard of the honor. (I *really* should get out more.)
There is no "best newcomer" award. I should know, I'm the one not
giving it out :) The prize is in fact a "Novice Award" which is
only pickable by first-time entrants, with the additional stipulation
that should all contestants receive prizes, it will go to the highest-
ranked first-time entrant. What had not crossed my mind was what
might happen if it wasn't picked... Since Graham entered last year,
and Gary won something up higher for Dr. Aardvarkbarf, then you do
seem to be next in line for the prize. If so, that's great, and I'll
have to figure out how to send it to you.
If it was picked by someone higher up on the food chain, though,
then I would love to be informed so that I can send it to him or her.
Or, of course, there *is* a "best newcomer" prize, in which case I
don't know what's going on.
Has anyone been informed of the prize picks so far? If so, could you
e-mail me?
--
Brad O'Donnell
"A story is a string of moments, held together by memory."
LucFrench
>>I've decided to post the complete list of winners (and losers) of IFComp 97.
>
>
>
>Anyway, now that we have the list, is it true that there is a (general)
>co-relation between program size and ranking? It seems to me that the
>shorter/smaller the game, the lower it ranks.
I would point to Erden as a counter proof...
Thanks
Luc French
Jay Goemmer
"Brock Kevin Nambo" <newsm...@earthling.net> wrote:
> Hey, ...
>
> I *LOVED* E-MAILBOX.
Thanks. A few people (who shall remain nameless, so as to protect the
guilty) *didn't* get the point.
Didn't you say, "I laughed, I cried, I sent and received e-mail?"
(I'd have to check some files to verify same.)
--Jay Goemmer
Andrew Plotkin
Jay Goemmer (kill...@die.now.please.com.net.org) wrote:
> "Brock Kevin Nambo" <newsm...@earthling.net> wrote:
> > Hey, ...
> >
> > I *LOVED* E-MAILBOX.
> Thanks. A few people (who shall remain nameless, so as to protect the
> guilty) *didn't* get the point.
There was a point?
Er, what was it?
--Z
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"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the
borogoves..."
Trevor Barrie
In article <erkyrathE...@netcom.com>,
Andrew Plotkin <erky...@netcom.com> wrote:
>> > I *LOVED* E-MAILBOX.
>
>> Thanks. A few people (who shall remain nameless, so as to protect the
>> guilty) *didn't* get the point.
>
>There was a point?
>
>Er, what was it?
Don't tell him until he explains So Far.:)
The Glassers
Andrew Plotkin <erky...@netcom.com> wrote:
> Jay Goemmer (kill...@die.now.please.com.net.org) wrote:
> > "Brock Kevin Nambo" <newsm...@earthling.net> wrote:
>
> > > Hey, ...
> > >
> > > I *LOVED* E-MAILBOX.
>
> > Thanks. A few people (who shall remain nameless, so as to protect the
> > guilty) *didn't* get the point.
>
> There was a point?
>
> Er, what was it?
You sent email! And it was cool! And there was a joke relating to
Zork! And it was one of those games from the competition that, though I
wouldn't put them on a top 10 list, were fun while playing!
--David Glasser
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Jay Goemmer
tba...@ibm.net (Trevor Barrie) wrote:
> In article <erkyrathE...@netcom.com>,
> Andrew Plotkin <erky...@netcom.com> wrote:
>> There was a point?
>>
>> Er, what was it?
>
> Don't tell him until he explains So Far.:)
<humongus belly laugh> --Will do. ;-D
--Gome