[size=200][b]MFGG Awards 2016[/size][/b] An interesting year has concluded. And we all know what the dawn of the new year means - MFGG Awards ballots! As a reminder, MFGG Awards consists of two phases - the Nomination Phase and the Voting Phase. In the Nomination Phase, you nominate a member name (in the individual categories) or a game title (in the games categories). The five people/games with the most nominations per category will move on to the final voting in two weeks. After the final voting ends, the staff will tally the winners and announce them in another topic. The winners receive an MFGG Awards 2016 badge. Who knows - somebody might even nominate you! [b]Here's how the nomination phase works:[/b] 1. Copy this list of categories: [spoiler][b]Individual:[/b] BEST SPRITER Who consistently makes outstanding sprites? BEST COMPOSER Who makes you feel all kinds of emotion through music? BEST REVIEWER So thorough, helpful, and well-written! BEST PROGRAMMER Who writes amazing code and helps other people out of programming tight spots? MOST POSITIVE CONTRIBUTOR Who does the most and best work for MFGG's mainsite, forums, and wiki? JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES This person's good at just about everything. MOST HELPFUL Always there to point you in the right direction. BEST ARTIST Who makes the most impressive artwork? BEST NEWCOMER Which new member has contributed the most to the MFGG community? [b]Fan Game:[/b] BEST GAME OVERALL There can be only one. BEST NON-MARIO GAME Because even Mario Fan Games Galaxy has some non-Mario stuff. BEST DEMO I can't wait until I get to play the final version of this game! BEST MINIGAME Maybe it's not a full game, but it's still awesome. BEST SPRITES I love those Yoshi's Island-styled zombie manatees you used! BEST ENGINE Wow, this feels just like a real game! BEST LEVEL DESIGN Because nothing is worse than an impassable chasm. MOST POLISHED Everything about this game is great. MOST OVERLOOKED For that diamond in the rough that people haven't seemed to find yet. MOST ORIGINAL GAMEPLAY Whoa, this is new and exciting! MOST REPLAY VALUE Let's play again! MOST ANTICIPATED We just can't/couldn't wait for it. BEST STORY I was so involved! BEST CONCEPT Not your standard "Mario rescues the princess" game. BEST SECRETS They just kept you searching, and it paid off with awesomeness incarnate. BEST SETTING Because your standard grassland gets boring now and again. BEST USE OF SITE RESOURCES Special thanks to MFGG. BEST BOSSES This game's bosses really stand out! FUNNIEST GAME What game had the wittiest dialogue and the goofiest gameplay? [b]And a few more things just for fun![/b] FAVORITE ORIGINAL CHARACTER Who's your favorite original character to appear in an MFGG game, past or present? UGLIEST BADGE This badge isn't as beautiful as you are. FRIENDLIEST INACTIVE MEMBER This old acquaintance should not be forgot! SADDEST CELEBRITY DEATH 2016 was a rough year to be a famous person.[/spoiler] 2. Enter ONE name per category Please enter the name instead of the description. Remember that you're not allowed to nominate yourself. 3. Send your nominations [b]per PM[/b] to: [url=http://phpbb.mfgg.net/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=compose&u=2799]MFGG Awards[/url] Nominations end on [u][b]Sunday, January 15[/b][/u] at 11:59 P.M. Eastern time, and then we will tally up the results and begin the Voting Phase. Please try to fill out as many categories as possible. We reserve the right to omit a category in the final voting if only a few people vote in the nominations phase. If you need ideas for the game categories, take a look at games that won Game of the Month awards or Minigame Competitions in 2016, as well as submissions that consistently earned positive reviews on the mainsite. For the individual categories, I recommend exploring the MFGG forums to find examples of quality work that you might've missed. If you're unsure about anything, don't be afraid to ask!

I sent mine in already! Have you sent yours? Rock The Vote MFGG!

When voting for characters and members for Favorite Original Character and Friendliest Inactive Member respectively, can we vote for anyone as long as they were in MFGG's history, or are we only allowed to vote for those that showed up in this year? Also, guys, I would like to say that the Super Competitions and Joke Game Contests in 2016 also have some games you could take a look at, if you are trying to find ideas for what games to vote for. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing how this will go!

I have done the thing!

Oh gosh. What even came out in 2016?

[quote="Willsaber"]Oh gosh. What even came out in 2016?[/quote] Super Charisma Bros. 8, Mario Pong, Mario Visits His Great Uncle in the USSR, and Spoopy Maryo Typing

I too will mention my works for 2016: [url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/467380/]Khimera: Destroy all Monster Girls[/url] [url=http://phpbb.mfgg.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19344]Final Boss EX[/url] [url=http://www.nintendocfc.com/booth.html?id=81]War Girl NCFC Demo[/url]

Your nominations for Favorite Original Character and Friendliest Inactive Member don't have to be games released in 2016 or members who registered in 2016. Saddest Celebrity Death should be someone who passed away in 2016, though. For the game categories, however, all nominations should be for games released in 2016, or at least games where the developer posted proof that they were actively working on the game in 2016. Furthermore, I would recommend limiting the "Best Game" categories - Best Game Overall, Best Non-Mario Game, and Best Minigame - to games that have actually been released. In recent times, there's been a lot of discussion about unreleased games winning the "big" awards. We haven't set a firm rule about this issue, but I think it makes sense to focus on finished projects for those categories. I'll hop aboard the "what I made in 2016" train, too. [list][*][url=http://phpbb.mfgg.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19302]Cheerwine Deluxe 3[/url] - Complete [*][url=http://phpbb.mfgg.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18777]Lucina & Little Mac Go to Dreamland[/url] - Complete (albeit a short joke game) [*][url=http://wiki.mfgg.net/index.php?title=Career_Fantasy]Career Fantasy[/url] - In progress[/list]

[b]Mario Pong For Every Category 2016[/b]

[quote="Friendly Dictator"][b]Mario Pong For Every Category 2016[/b][/quote] It's spoopy maryo but good

[quote="Kirby's Adventure"][quote="Willsaber"]Oh gosh. What even came out in 2016?[/quote] Super Charisma Bros. 8, Mario Pong, Mario Visits His Great Uncle in the USSR, and Spoopy Maryo Typing[/quote] Wow, 2016 was on [i]fire[/i]. Especially that first and third one, I heard Mario Visits His Great Uncle in the USSR changed lives - you can't make stuff like that up. I salute you, video game ;n;7 Gonna submit some sick nominations soon, WATCH OUT

Vote me for everything Yes, including Ugliest Badge, Friendliest Inactive Member and Saddest Celebrity Death

Since a couple others are doing it, I decided to show a list of games I made in 2016: [list] [*][url=http://wiki.mfgg.net/index.php?title=Beat:_the_Game]Beat: the Game[/url] - Complete (though, it's pretty short). [*][url=http://wiki.mfgg.net/index.php?title=Battle_in_the_Future]Battle in the Future[/url] - In progress (a demo is available). [*]Bob-Ball vs. Toads - In progress, the following are links to some of the screenshots of the game that were posted on 2016 (ordered from first to latest): [url=http://www.quintonland.com/MFGG/bb_t_cats.PNG]1[/url], [url=http://www.quintonland.com/MFGG/bb_t_title_screen.PNG]2[/url], [url=http://www.quintonland.com/MFGG/bb_t_options_3.PNG]3[/url].[/list] I also contributed to Super Mario Flashback, by making some sprites for it. If you want to know which ones I did, the sign and ! Switch mugshots (the former of which was edited by Mors a bit) were sprites I did that are seen in the latest demo.

As mentioned in the original post, feel free to look at what won a Game of the Month award to see some generally good picks for nominations. Likewise, I'll post what I released this year too: [list][*][b][url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/tfbuxdop4jipsqu/Annalynn%201.0.1.zip?dl=0]Annalynn[/url][/b] - A simple arcade game made for a Super Competition. Play as a miner girl seeking to collect treasure while avoiding the dangerous Venom Brood. [*][b][url=http://mfgg.net/index.php?act=resdb&param=02&c=2&id=32881]Super Mario 64: Really Good Edition[/url][/b] - Quite obviously a game in the joke game category, this parodies the N64 classic in ways that are...less than serious. Play as Mario350 and collect Power Starmen for whatever reason you collect things in a derp game. [*][b][url=http://phpbb.mfgg.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19368]Pac-Man Megamix[/url][/b] - Probably my personal favorite, this is a game that takes the simple formula of the arcade original while also adding bonus features, new and old. Pac-Man isn't exactly rocket science (eat dots, avoid ghosts), but hopefully you get something more out of this than you did the original. [*][b][url=http://phpbb.mfgg.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18776]Psycho Waluigi: The Return to Unconcia[/url][/b] - [s]Probably my greatest accomplishment this year, this surely blows the orignial cult classic out of the water. It's so good! Even better than Super Mario 64: Really Good Edition! Play it now! Or never! Or both![/s] (no idea why this would win a nomination but if you want it to, there you go)[/list]

Honestly, why best composer? It should be by all means best musician. Music isn't just about composing

i made charisma 8 you should go vote for that it's the last charisma ever so you gotta [b]pay your respects[/b] [quote]Honestly, why best composer? It should be by all means best musician. Music isn't just about composing[/quote] while this isn't entirely untrue, I don't suppose you know anyone who frequents MFGG who is only a performer of music and not a composer and/or arranger, do you? come to think of it, I barely know any musicians period on MFGG apart from myself and CoN. There's always Doc, but he posts so little nowadays I'm not sure he counts I don't see CoN a lot either anymore, huh

[quote="Conan O'Brien"]I don't see CoN a lot either anymore, huh[/quote] Apparently Can of Nothing has been absurdly busy. Or, that's what I've been told.

[quote="Conan O'Brien"]i made charisma 8 you should go vote for that it's the last charisma ever so you gotta [b]pay your respects[/b] [quote]Honestly, why best composer? It should be by all means best musician. Music isn't just about composing[/quote] while this isn't entirely untrue, I don't suppose you know anyone who frequents MFGG who is only a performer of music and not a composer and/or arranger, do you? come to think of it, I barely know any musicians period on MFGG apart from myself and CoN. There's always Doc, but he posts so little nowadays I'm not sure he counts I don't see CoN a lot either anymore, huh[/quote] Music isn't only about composing and performing either. The concept of music is huge and there's much more about it than what we all know. I should learn more too, definitely. Admitting you don't know something is the first step to learn something new.

[quote="Iroha Nekomura"][quote="Conan O'Brien"]i made charisma 8 you should go vote for that it's the last charisma ever so you gotta [b]pay your respects[/b] [quote]Honestly, why best composer? It should be by all means best musician. Music isn't just about composing[/quote] while this isn't entirely untrue, I don't suppose you know anyone who frequents MFGG who is only a performer of music and not a composer and/or arranger, do you? come to think of it, I barely know any musicians period on MFGG apart from myself and CoN. There's always Doc, but he posts so little nowadays I'm not sure he counts I don't see CoN a lot either anymore, huh[/quote] Music isn't only about composing and performing either. The concept of music is huge and there's much more about it than what we all know. I should learn more too, definitely. Admitting you don't know something is the first step to learn something new.[/quote] I think Best Composer is fine. It's much more specific than "Best Musician", in that you're simply picking who you believe writes the best music.

"Best Composer" seems fine to me. All the musicians I can think of off the top of my head (Nite, Vit, CoN, Doc, and Q-Nova... iirc?) have done composition work. There is always arrangement stuff like what OC ReMix does, but MFGG doesn't really have a whole lot of that at all.