2005
Awards
Categories:
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Explanation: |
| Best Male PC: |
Awarded to best male player
character. A named PC is not a requirement for this category.
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| Best Female PC: |
Awarded to best female player
character. A named PC is not a requirement for this category. |
| Best Male NPC: |
Awarded to best male non-player
character.
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| Best Female NPC: |
Awarded to best female
non-player character.
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| Best m/f scene: |
Awarded to best sex scene
involving only one male character and one female character.
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Best lesbian scene:
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Awarded to best sex scene
involving two or more female characters.
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| Best Orgy: |
Awarded to best sex scene
involving more than two characters of any gender or species.
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| Best Sex Overall: |
Awarded to the game with the
best sex overall.
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| Best Use of
Multimedia: |
Awarded to the game with the
best use of images and/or sounds.
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| Best Writing: |
Awarded to the game with the
best story, atmosphere and use of the language.
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| Best Technical
Implementation - Fewest Bugs: |
Awarded to the game that had the
cleanest technical implemenation.
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| Best Technical
Implementation - Innovation: |
Awarded to the game that best
stretched the limits of the parser, was the most creative in its
presentation and best redefined what is considered to be AIF.
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Best Puzzles
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Awarded to the game with the
best puzzles.
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Best Humor
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Awarded to the funniest game of
the year.
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| Best New Author: |
Awarded to the best author whose
first game was released this year.
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Best Beta-Tester
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Awarded to the best
beta-tester. This winner is to be selected by authors whose games
are eligible for 2005 Erin Awards.
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| Best Game of the
Year: |
Awarded to the best game of the
year.
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Vachon Memorial Prize
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A special prize for the worst
game of the year. The 2004 winner was Late Work by Vachon.
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| Badman Memorial
Lifetime Achievement Award: |
Awarded to one influential
figure in the AIF community that has helped direct and shape it into
what it has become today. Previous winners are Badman (2002), Choices
(2003) and NewKid (2004) so they are not eligible.
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