World Weavers Awards 1998

 

This past Labor Day weekend saw the first World Weavers award presentation in a long time, and the first ever to be done live, in person. Those members who were able to attend the WW mini-con at ConFluence, in Mars, PA, received their certificates before an audience of their peers, and gave a brief speech indicating what had led up to the award being presented.

Due to the given infallibilty of the human body and brain, there may be some errors in this document. Please notify Brian Davidson or myself in the event of an error and we'll do our best to fix it for you.

Some units of World Weavers are unfortunately not represented in this document, mainly due to a bit of disorganization on our part and the sheer scariness of the volume of posts to go through. Remember, everyone, next year's awards will cover all posts from July 1998 to the end of May 1999, so write 'em down as you read 'em, and start thinkin' now!

 

Writing Awards

The first three are for the best in each category over the alloted time. The remainder are more general.

1) Most Moving Character Post

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2) Most Dramatic Plot Post

 

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3) Most Humorous Post

 

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Special Writing Awards

(These are for posts or events which make a significant impact, but were not necessarily eligible for one of the earlier categories. They may alsonot be for single posts.)

 

4) Significant Character Development -

for a post which gives everyone a major new insight into a character

 

5) Significant Creation -

for introducing something new, whether character, subplot, place, or object, which dramatically affects future play

 

6) Significant Plot Development -

for a post which influences the entire direction of a plot, without ignoring what has gone before

 

7) Great Save -

for untangling a seemingly hopeless contradiction (No specific posts were listed)

 

8) I Get Around -

for involving as many characters as possible in a single post, without forcing it

 

Special Recognition for Individual Units

(These were not listed as award categories, but were suggested by the players and admins in these units.)

 

USS CALVIN

 

USS DAMOCLES

 

USS JAVELIN

 

USS OBERON

 

DAERE Warren

 

KELDARRA Warren

 

Player Awards

for outstanding effort by a player, not restricted to one unit

 

1) Master Weaver

For weaving beautiful, engaging stories and exhibiting the best qualities of both a player and a mentor

 

2) Golden Spider

For weaving fascinating and complex relationships between characters in multiple units

 

3) Old Reliable

For consistently posting when other players have run out of ideas

 

4) Butterfly

For developing into a beautiful writer and inspirational player while writing with us in World Weavers

 

5) Spirit of Cooperation

For willingness to give up personal plot ideas, postpone plans, etc., in order to pick up someone else's thread and carry it along for the good of the unit

 

Administrator's Choice

(These awards are all for players who have contributed greatly to the running of the club itself, or distinguished themselves in ways unrecognized in other categories.)

 

Unit Savior

For stepping in when a previous admin leaves or steps down, and keeping a unit alive or reviving it

 

World Savior

As above, but for an entire World Weavers realm

Also included in this category, although Starfleet was never really in any danger of failing, are Martin Shaw and Greg Armstrong, for taking over administration of Starfleet when needed, and therefore taking an immense burden off of my shoulders.

 

Special Thanks:

and finally,

 

 

Congratulations to all of our award winners! This list will be posted on the WW Web site, as well as on the alt.shared-reality.sf-and-fantasy newsgroup, and E-mailed to all players.

Although there were quite a few awards, there could easily have been more. I hope to have things better organized for next year, so that more units and players will be able to respond in time.

 

-Brian Davidson, World Weavers Chief Administrator

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