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BKA and BDA Voting: February '09
Topic Started: Mar 1 2009, 01:55 AM (3,364 Views)
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It's that time again, so come on down and vote for your favourite kill and death. As always we request that you read or re-read EVERY kill and death, especially this month and there was some phenomenal writing done on the part of our wonderful members.

Rules are as always: One vote for BKA, one vote for BDA, with a brief explanation of why you made your choices. DO NOT forget to log out and post under a guest name. You may not vote for yourself as we will be watching the IP's to ensure a fair vote for everyone.

You have until March 4th to vote, though this may be changed by Crash at his preference.

BEST KILL AWARD

Jordan Redfield for killing Renee Valenti: Journey Through Pressure

John Rizzolo for killing Emma Babineaux, or for killing Laeil Burbank, both found in:
The Answer

Edward Sullivan for killing Wade Wilson: Cause and Effect

Lenny Priestly for killing Shameeca Mitchell: All Down Hill From Here

Alexis Machina for killing Noah Jacobs: Demon Days

Eris Marquis for killing Dacey Ashcroft: Wild International

BEST DEATH AWARD

Scipher for Gabe McCallum: Here

Lazardo for Renee Valenti: Here

Theseus for Rick Holeman: Here

Landlocked for Emma Babineaux: Here

Doddioslave for Wade Wilson: Here

Solitair for Quincy Archer: Here

Lexi for Shameeca Mitchell: Here

Super Llama for Noah Jacobs: Here

Super Llama for Laeil Burbank: Here

DetectiveArcher for Morgan Green: Here

Clueless for Dacey Ashcroft: Here

Choic for Danielle Champney: Here


HAPPY VOTING
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Guesty Westy
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Hmm...lots of good kills, but I'm going to vote for Ed Sullivan for the death of Wade Wilson. Definitely unexpected, but written well, and I liked how the death was, really, just an accident.

BDA without a doubt goes to Llama for the death of Laeil Burbank. Ouch, Llama, that one hurt, especially because it seemed like she was going to be okay. Incredibly well written. I cried.
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BKA: I'm voting for Eris Marquis because after reading Wild International and seeing the tensions rising, the end result of this faux pas should be pretty damn entertaining.

BDA: This was a tough choice for me. James/Choic did an amazing job in my opinion, however I'm going to give my vote to Super Llama for Laeil Burbank. I personally used to despise Laeil and hated reading her, but after the halfway point of the game Llama turned his game up a few notches and turned Laeil into a character that I enjoyed reading right through to her bitter end. Well done good sir.
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Because that entire thread had me tearing up, choking back bile and begging for more. John Riz for best Kill on Laeil and Laeil for best death.
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BKA: Gonna have to give Riz another one. The whole thread with Emma and Laeil was amazing and all of the handlers involved did a great job with the scene.

BDA: James totally deserves this BDA. All of his deaths thus far have been amazing, but he keeps getting the shaft. Danni's in particular was heart wrenching and melted my heart and honestly made me cry. So here's hoping he doesn't get shafted again.
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BKA: Jordan Redfield.
Reason: Part of the reason is because it's the only kill on the list I liked that isn't one I was more or less involved in, heh. But also I just liked how the scene was written and handled on Yossarian's part. For such a relative newbie, he's got promise.

BDA: Llama.
Reason: The only death I really got emotionally invested in, and I'm not saying that just because I was involved and spent almost the entirety of two days researching and writing the post I did to try to save Laeil. The only character I can actively say this time I felt for when they died, and sort of dreaded the fact that they had to. Surprisingly well done, considering that when she was alive I didn't like Laeil one bit, and not just because she seemed to be Damien from v2, but an actual female. Interesting how a well written death can turn things around for that.
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Best Kill

Definitely have to go with The Riz on this one for Emma and Laeil. That whole thread was super-epic and fun to read, and Riz's kills were creative enough to be interesting without being too over-the-top so as to be unbelievable.

Best Death

Honestly, I don't think there's any way I could possibly choose between Laeil and Danni's deaths. They were both well written and heart wrenching and I know both handlers put a lot of work into them. So instead, I'm going to give my vote to Scipher for the death of Gabe McCallum for giving a character I admit to not liking very much in comparison to Scipher's others a death that made him very sympathetic and for the way it's affected Steve since then.
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BKA:
The Riz. Hands down. Both for his cunning betrayal and comeback against Emma and the sheer viciousness of his attack on Laeil mark him as the best killer of the month.


BDA:
This was a hard choice. A very hard choice. This month had about as many good deaths as last month, but this month brought out 3 well-written and touching scenes. Llama wins my vote for the death of Laeil Burbank. Laeil's death brought a finish to the journey of Laeil's character through the whole of the game. She started by killing her cousin, then swearing a vendetta on Melina, to breaking down in the Storehouse, to her camaraderie of Jimmy and Eddie, and finally ending with her death and acceptance of her actions. Llama managed to bring Laeil to close the circle, finishing her off as a sympathetic character. Not only that, but the whole scene was suspenseful, with her brutal loss against the Riz and Nicole's greatest efforts at saving her life. Just when it looked like everything was fine and Laeil was saved, it all went south as she died from the extent of her injuries.
Notable mention goes to choic, who managed to write a beautiful reflective piece for Danni. Although Danni had never been a major character through the story, the death really shows that every character has a story to tell. The post was a little bit long, but it did not drag or feel forced. Every part of the death post was important (and as I hear, some parts were cut out as well). There were times to laugh and times to cry when reading that post, and it gives a good example of a scene intended to evoke emotions.
Another notable mention goes to Landlocked, who told an ending to a long-standing story between Riz and Emma. Notable as well is that Landlocked had adopted Emma, and managed to flow the character from her previous handler and the story that was already being told. The scene was especially touching because for a while, the feelings the two shared looked hopeful.
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BEST KILL AWARD

WINNER: John Rizzolo for killing Emma Babineaux, or for killing Laeil Burbank, both found in The Answer.
Runner-Up: Jordan Redfield for killing Renee Valenti, found in Journey Through Pressure.

I'm giving my vote to the Riz. The day will come where he will be killed and there will be much rejoicing.
Good twist backstab, although slightly "goddamn it, he's not going to change". And Lyn... over the top, eh?
Cutting out someones EYE? And SQUISHING IT like a GRAPE!?
'nuff said.

BEST DEATH AWARD

WINNER: Super Llama for Laeil Burbank, found in The Answer
Runner-Up: Choic for Danielle Champney, found in Birds Of A Feather Burn Together & Scipher for Gabe McCallum, found in The One Where Gabe Dies

Wow, this was hard. And the short list contained almost all the deaths in The Answer. Chose Lyn AGAIN due to the tearjearker ending,
plus any character that takes that much damage physically and mentally has to get some kind of mention.
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BKA: Riz, hands down. John Rizzolo... You. Are. A Bastard. And that's why we like you :P Anyway, great work with both of his kills


BDA: I'll go with Landlocked, for the death of Emma Babineaux. Tough decision between lots of great death, but I have a feeling, that Land has far too less votes, for the job he did with Emma's death. So I'm fixing it :P
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BKA: The Riz.

BDA: I'm gonna have to go with Scipher for Gabe McCallum


Votes disqualified because reasons weren't provided.
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BKA: Ed Sullivan

This was a long-awaited one in my opinion, and not only was it well written, it did Ed perfect justification in my humble opinion.

BDA: choic for Danni Champney

This was the easiest decision I've ever had to make. Danni's death was so well-rounded, appropriate, and emotionally well delivered (not to mention thorough, wow) that it hit every button in the right order for me. Choic should finally get the BDA he most deserves, in my opinion. It kept her in character (which I didn't think a lot of the other deaths did for people) and added a superb amount of poetic symbolism and poignancy, and overall it was phenomenal. One of the best deaths I've read in v3, if not the best, for sure.
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BKA: Rizzo

Fuck, man. Way to be a bastard and betray Emma like that.

BDA: James

He really is the best roleplayer on the board, hands down. Every death he's had to do has been well-done, and Danielle's was probably his best.
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BKA: John Rizzolo

His kills this month were amazing. Whatever one looks for when voting in these contests was probably in there somewhere.

BDA: choic for the death of Danni Champney


I think this may have been a difficult decision for many people. Several of the deaths were amazing. I agree with most of the votes here, but Danni's death... I don't know, I guess it just affected me more than the other deaths did.
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BKA: THE RIZ!

I had to nominate him for his Emma kill. Dangerous and cunning... it was great. Riz proved that he could be a smart bastard as well as a dangerous bastard. Couldn't really support the kill on Laeil, though- I thought that was pretty over the top.

BDA: Choic/James for Danni Champney

What can I say? Very, very well written death, just like Morgan's from last month. Again he proves that he might just be the best death writer on the whole board, in a post that runs the whole gamut from sad to funny, and truly makes us feel with Danni.
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