Sunday, January 18, 2015

View from Valehaven Awards 2015

Best View Article:
1st - "You're a Crappy Newbie", Mike "Panther" Palumbo
2nd -  "Jonas Cook: The Greatest Character Villian in the Realms", Michel "Jace" Venne
3rd - "Dave, not Callin, Dave", Alex "Lucas" Newbold

Best View Series:
1st - "10 Questions", Multiple Authors
2nd - "Ask Syruss", Cal "Syruss" Marsden
3rd - "Why I'm A...", Becky Baron, Rori Boyce, Rhiannon Chiacchiaro, Leanne Hoffman, Alysha Metcalf

Best View Poem/Fiction:
1st - "Kiira's Bardic from QoH 21", Diana LaPierre
2nd - "Elgy for the Shadowking", Robyn Nielsen
3rd - "Shadow for a King", Casey "Karma" Lemay, "Slaying Tom", Rhiannon "Tria" Chiacchiaro

Best View Photo
1st- Diana's Knightly Blow by Robyn Nielsen
2nd- Battle by David Harvill
3rd- The Shadow King's Death by Dustin Mack




TOC 21- Photo by Dustin Mack
Best Special Effects:
1st - Tournaments of Creathorne 21
2nd - The Event Which Must Not Be Named III
3rd - The Most Gruesome Donnybrook of Havoc and Mayhem (TM), Grimloch Questing 2014

Best Props/Costumes:
1st - Folkestone Questing 2014
2nd - The Event Which Must Not Be Named III
3rd - Tournaments of Creathorne 21

Folkestone Questing- Photo by Robyn Nielsen
(and no this isn't close to the best picture of the props or costumes but it is the one that amused me most~ Angie)
Best Night Quest:
Folkestone Questing- Photo by Jesse Gifford
1st - Folkestone Questing 2014
2nd - Grimloch Questing 2014
3rd - Tournaments of Creathorne 21

Best Plot:
1st - Jonas Cook/Shadow King/Shades/Folkestone
2nd - Grimloch/Akakios

Non-feast Event for Great Food:
1st - A Very Merry Yule at Cecil's Uncle's Crazy Tavern 2 Again
2nd - Black & White 2014
3rd - Ashen Bounty III


UCCT- Photo by Jesse Gifford





Best Feast:
1st - Feast of Leviathan XVI
2nd - Feast of Highbridge II
3rd - Feast of Blackwood V

Leviathan- Photo by Jesse Gifford








Best Dish (very close voting):
1st - Hungarian Mushroom Soup from Feast of Blackwood, Wonton Deep Fried Cookie Dough from Ashen Bounty III
2nd - Cherpumple from Feast of Highbridge II
3rd - Chicken Pot Pie from Feast of Leviathan XIV

Best Tournament Event:
1st - Order of the List Invitational 4
2nd - Rhiassa Presents Queen of Hearts XXI
3rd - North South War 2014

Best Quest:
OotL- Photo by Jesse Gifford
1st - Folkestone Questing 2014
2nd - In the Shadow of the King
3rd - Grimloch questing 2014

Best One Day Event:
1st - Black & White 2014
2nd - In the Shadow of the King
3rd - Order of the List Invitational 4, The Most Gruesome Donnybrook of Havoc and Mayhem (TM)

B&W Photo by David Harvill
Best Weekend Event:
1st - Folkestone Questing 2014
2nd - A Very Merry Yule at Cecil's Uncle's Crazy Tavern 2 Again
3rd - Rhiassa Presents Queen of Hearts XXII

Best Group to NPC:
1st - Ashenmark
2nd - Rhiassa
3rd - Grimloch


Photo by Jesse Gifford





Up and Coming Group:
1st - Clan Riverhawk
Photo by Jesse Gifford
2nd - Mayerling
3rd - Saurabia

Best Newbie:
1st - Brendan Lam/Hayden
2nd - Michael Zajac/Swoop
3rd - Doug Gibbs/Zacamas




Best Bard:
1st - Katie Giasson/Effa
2nd - Rhiannon Chiacchiaro/Starmaw
3rd - Diana LaPeirre/Kiira
Photo by Jesse Gifford

Best Craftsperson:
1st - Casey Lemay/Karmha
2nd - Jana Greene/Jinx, Henry Giasson/Gulliam
3rd - Carol Eddy/Charwindle




Best Photographer:
1st - Jesse Gifford/Mestoph
2nd - Matt Norris/Thon
3rd - Dustin Mack/Toah

Best Artist:
1st - Carol Eddy/Charwindle, Casey Lemay/Karmha, Mitty Magoo/Sibhan
2nd - Doug Fisher/Metron
3rd - Maryanne Betie/Shalindra



Photo by Matt Norris
Best Dressed:
1st - Jason Rosa/Aeston
2nd - James Murphy/Tao
3rd - Lani Grayson/Gwen

Best Feastocrat:
1st - Lani Grayson/Gwen
2nd - Ben Greene/Sir K
3rd - Jason Gray/Malaki

Best Servant/Kitchen Staff:
1st - Jeremy Grayson/Nighthawk
2nd - Jason Gray/Malaki, Lani Grayson/Gwen, Rich Pavis/Quinn
3rd - Becky Baron/Kovaks, Neil Tozier/Neil Cook

Best Combat Marshal:
1st - Josh Learned/Shandar
2nd - Christopher Marques/Jaha
3rd - Jarrod Marshall/Jarrod

Photo by Jesse Gifford

Best Magic Marshal:
1st - Jason Gray/Malaki
2nd - Janna Oakfellow-Pushee/Iawen
3rd - Eric Willisson/Rosetta

Best Trainer:
1st - Cal Marsden/Syruss
2nd - Josh Learned/Shandar
3rd - Chris Marques/Jaha






Best Mentor:
1st - Angela Gray/Phoenix
2nd - Janna Oakfellow-Pushee/Iawen, Jason Rosa/Aeston
3rd - Ben Greene/K

Best Roleplaying of Magic by a Spellcaster:
1st - Conrad Barnes/Garharz
2nd - Josh Fitzgerald/Lako
3rd - Rich Pavis/Quinn

Photo by David Harvill

Best Roleplaying by a Player Character:
1st - Tom Gallagher/Spider
2nd - Conrad Barnes/Garharz
3rd - Cal Marsden/Tommy Two-Dice, Janna Oakfellow-Pushee/Iawen

Photo by Jesse Gifford

Best Roleplaying of a Single NPC Role:
1st - David Dolph/Jonas Cook
2nd - Jason Gray/Tenebrous
3rd - Abe Passardi/ Zombie who was Imperious'd and Leviosa'd into a dancing floating zombie



Photo by Dustin Mack




Best Grunt NPC:
1st - Sean Veale/will
2nd - Josh Learned/Shandar
3rd - Abe Passardi/Ranger, Jacob Ruggiero/Grebinar

Most Dependable Person to Help Eventholders:
1st - Jeremy Grayson/nighthawk
2nd - Sean Veale/Wil
3rd - Pat Bobell/Saka

Best Role Model:
1st - Angela Gray/Phoenix
2nd - Dave Hayden/Vawn
3rd - Jason Rosa/Aeston

Greatest Contributer to the Realms:
1st - Angela Gray/Phoenix
2nd - Jason Rosa/Aeston
3rd - Dave Dolph/Callin