This is the list of awards officially recognized in the Empire Hall of Fame. They have been optimized for entertainment purposes only. If you have an entertaining award that can be applied from game to game, feel free to make your suggestion to The Saint.
If you've stumbled onto these pages by accident, you're probably wondering little things like, "Why am I here?" "What is the meaning of life?" and "Why the hell do these documents end in 1992. Did someone die or something?"
The answer to these questions are quite simple. You are here because your boss isn't looking and you wanted to read something interesting on the web (for a change). Life is a game, play hard.
These documents end in 1992 because that is when Guy Smiley and the SAWA went to play netrek instead. Yes, we suffer from multiple personalities here in the Empire Hall of Fame.
Still see something wrong with that. Sure you do. But don't complain. Don't whine to papa and mamma. Don't take out your frustrations on rec.games.empire.
Get up and Do something!
Give away an award in your next game. Or get a friend, or a deity to do it. Want to know which awards to give away? Well heck, that's what this web page is for, isn't it?
The awards come in three general categories:
Oh, before I forget, these pages are black because black is cool.
Oh, before I really forget, these pages are profanity-free because you don't always need to curse to get a laugh.
Oh, before I really really forget, I forgot to mention that free speech is a cool idea anyway, and if you can't put a Subby on your page, you might want to put a blue ribbon there instead, particularly if it's as ugly as this one.
Oh all right.....
The Rudedog is awarded to countries that make the most impressive move on the power chart, by overcoming great odds, and to the bane of surrouding enemies. Historically, this award was not given out every game, and was considered the hardest to get, since the circumstances warranting getting it are often not available.
These circumstances usually surround breaking sanctuary late, on maps that are not start islands, resulting in being completely surrounded by one or more countries. The later you break, the harder it is (obviously) and the more deserving of a Rudedog.
As a general rule, you can hand this award out to someone who was at a clearly documented disadvantage, and fought through that disadvantage to win the game, or rise high enough on the power chart.
This Subby can be awarded to the country in his second or greater consecutive win. The definition for "consecutive" is games which either ran at the same time, or with a maximum of one month interval.
This almost needs no explanation. Award this to the most annoying, earliest dying, most pathetic country you can think of. Be careful to avoid U.S. Madison look-a-likes.
Give this to the country that knows how to talk the talk, but somehow forgot about walking the walk.
This is the opposite of the Muscle, but there is no time limit on intervals. If you've killed this guy before, and know people that have as well, then he deserves it. One per game, though, please.
These may not make it into the Empire Hall of Fame, but they're fun to give away in games anyway.
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