Golden Apple Awards 2003
This was the very first Golden Apple Awards. It started off as an idea presented by Sprocket in a thread on Mopolauta, and it became clear that Moposite with Abula would organize it. In Sprocket's thread people in the scene had discussions on who should be in the jury and what should be the categories, etc. Eventually Abula assembled a team of jury members (who again were part of deciding further members). The jury, privately, decided on all aspects of the show when it comes to how it was to go through, what categories to have, the rules and the candidates.
There were some complaints from people in the scene during the preparations. People from certain nations, most notably Russia, complained that none of the jury members were from their country, when (in the case of Russia) they had the best current player, DarMoeD. A few others complained on the very prospect of having an awards show, feeling it was a bit over-the-top for Elma. To see these discussions visit Mopolauta.
The show was held on IRCnet #across in 1. March 2003 at 20:00 EET and the period of selecting candidates was from January 2002 to February 2003. The jury members would present two categories each, giving the names of the nominees. After one category was presented, the jury would vote, and the jury member presenting the category would name the winner. The votes were not public. The winner would get voiced, and make a speech if he wished.
The show ultimately became a success, and a big happening in the Elma scene. It has later become an annual event.
Winners
The following is a list of GAA winners for 2003.
| # | Category | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rookie | Juish |
| 2. | Comeback | kuiva |
| 3. | Level | Barbapappa: ADVENTURE LEVEL (MOPSI005) |
| 4. | Replay | Jalli: Impsybility Hard version (slesk059) |
| 5. | WR | IRK: Apple Harvest 1:42,64 #81 |
| 6. | Contest | px: World Cup 4 |
| 7. | Site | Abula: Moposite |
| 8. | Level designer | Barbapappa |
| 9. | Contribution | Abula |
| 10. | Kuski | DarMoeD |
Speeches
To be updated.
Jury
- Abula
- ciph
- GuyB
- Mick
- SveinR
Rules
- Categories decided by Abula, aided by suggestions of the scene and the jury
- The jury seeks 10 candidates to each category
- Community has 3 days to vote on candidates in the categories; votings take place on poll threads at Mopolauta
- The top5 of each category goes to the final show
- In the final show, each jury member voted for one of the five; if there was a draw, there would be a recount, and if there still was a draw, Abula would decide (with help of jury discussions); jury members could not vote for themselves