This round of voting took place from October 1-20 in the year 2001. The envelope please....

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Best Overall Roleplayer: <no clear winner>
Runners-Up: HeartsEase, Livia, Soft-Feather (2 votes each)
Nominees: Aevarus, Amipal, Ardus, Atalanta, Calliope, Gabriel, Jana, Jasmine, Nikolos, Rhys, Sarojin, Wolfsong

Quintessential Atlantean: Okalani (5 votes)
Runner-Up: Shinjukou (3 votes)
Nominees: Iolani, Jasmine, Meslana, Pandora

Quintessential Empyrean: Selene (7 votes)
Nominees: Agrippina, Corael, Gabriel, Leonidas, Magnus, Olivia, Sariel, Versus

Quintessential Sylvan: HeartsEase (4 votes)
Runner-Up: Skyfire (2 votes)
Nominees: DancingFingers, FireHeart, Fox, Kiera, Soft-Feather, Wanderer

Quintessential Varati: Amipal (2 votes)
Nominees: Faanshi, Geridan, Kajari, Kasia, Kedar, Nurihm, Seiraj, Thalia, Vayu, Zahrah

Quintessential Mongrel: <no clear winner>
Nominees: Evania, Fenimos, Kasia, Piers, Saiah, Ysabel

Quintessential Graisha: Sharpclaw (3 votes)
Nominees: Calliope, RagingSpirit

Best Hero/Heroine: Aevarus (5 votes)
Runners-Up: Altair, Olivia (2 votes each)
Nominees: Adonis, Corael, Gabriel, Nikolos

Best Villain/Villainess: Arius (11 votes)
Runner-Up: Blackhands (4 votes)
Nominees: Pasithea, Selene, "The Unknown Villain"

Best at Being the Victim: Aulii (3 votes)
Runner-Up: Corael (2 votes)
Nominees: Arius, Aurelius, Fox, HeartsEase, Iolani, Iris, Selene, Soft-Feather

Best Liar: <no clear winner>
Nominees: Livia, SilentDawn

Best Death(s): Arius and Magnus (5 votes each)
Runner-Up: Andrews

Best Tearjerker: Corael (3 votes)
Runner-Up: Olivia (2 votes)
Nominees: Magnus, Naiadre, Selene, Wolfsong

Sexiest Male: Aevarus (3 votes)
Runner-Up: Gabriel (2 votes)
Nominees: Adimus, Alim, Amipal, Demetrius, Kael, Magnus, Marsyas

Sexiest Female: Livia (4 votes)
Runner-Up: Amitrea (2 votes)
Nominees: Amarista, Cressida, Neola, Okalani, Shinjukou, Wolfsong, Xerise

Best Dressed/Desced: Eris (2 votes)
Nominees: Cazzima, Cynara, Gabriel, Livia, Selene, Wretch

Most Romantic Couple: Magnus & Olivia (2 votes)
Nominees: Aevarus & Cressida, Altair & Neola, Arius & Company, Aurelius & Ysabel, Marsyas & Xerise, Shalestra & Zehran

Best Flirt: Octavian (3 votes)
Runner-Up: Amitrea (2 votes)
Nominees: Sebastienne, Xyandros

Character Who'll Get You Arrested: <no clear winner>
Nominees: Arius, Blackfur, Blackhands, Gabriel, Julia, Piers, Wolfsong

Most Dangerous: Arius & Khalid (2 votes each)
Nominees: Cepheus, Livia, Nikolos, Olivia, Skyfire, Tiber, Vayu

Most Likely to Get Killed: Altair (5 votes)
Nominees: Blackhands, Gabriel, Julia, Kasia, Marsyas, Zel

Funniest Character: Nikolos (4 votes)
Nominees: Agrippina, Atalanta, Blackhands, Illyria, Soft-Feather

Most Annoying Character(s): Altair & Nikolos (2 votes each)
Nominees: Adonis, Blackfur, Julia, Nightmare, Zel

Best Use(s) of Magic: Cepheus & Jana (4 votes each)
Runner-Up: Arius (2 votes)
Nominees: Faanshi, Grace, ShadowWatcher, Turning-Leaf

Best Teacher: Jana (4 votes)
Nominees: Altair, Fireheart, Grace, Rhys, ShadowWatcher, Soft-Feather, Theron

Most Involved Faction Leader: Raijin (5 votes)
Runner-Up: Livia (3 votes)
Nominees: Arius, Fenimos

Most Intriguing Faction: House of Flowers (4 votes)
Nominees: Aegis, Buccaneers, Delphi, Merchant's Guild

Nicest Player OOC: Iolani (2 votes)
Nominees: Aevarus, Alexandrus, Gabriel, Iris, Jana, Marsyas, Meslana, Nerissa, Olivia, Sebastienne, Selma, Shalestra, Shimone, Soft-Feather, Zehran

Funniest Player OOC: Jana (2 votes)
Nominees: Atalanta, Cleon, Lailah, Nerissa, Nikolos, Sachiel, Sharpclaw, Venus

Most Involving Player: Nikolos (3 votes)
Nominees: Arius, Calliope, Gabriel, Jana, Julian, Sebastienne, Selene, Selma, Thalia

Most Creative Writer: Apollonius (2 votes)
Nominees: Adimus, Alexandrus, Gabriel, Illyria, Livia, Marsyas, Olivia, Soft-Feather, Wolfsong

Best TP/Scene Organizer: <no clear winner>
Nominee: Amaryllis, Asherah, Livia, Soft-Feather

Hardest Working Staffer(s): Astraea & Eos (4 votes each)
Nominees: "All of them," Asherah, "Everyone," Hecate, Puck

Most Helpful Aide: Kasia (2 votes)
Nominees: "All of them," Jana, "Not Sure"

Best Webpage: Livia (3 votes)
Nominees: Asherah, Astraea, Many Shadows, Selene

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The following table shows the winners from previous rounds of the Oscars, which we run about every six to seven months. They are listed from left to right in order of oldest to most recent. A ? in the Feb. '99 category means that we can't recall the winner, while an x means that that category wasn't included in that round. A <no clear winner> is used to denote when we had a tie of three or more, or no obvious winner in a particular category.

Category:	Feb. '99:	Jul/Aug. '99:	Feb. '00:	Sep/Oct. '00:	Mar/Apr. '01:
Best Overall Roleplayer	Khalid I/III	Tiberius	Cassandra	Cassandra	Lailah & Evania
Quintessential Atlantean	Riva	Shinjukou	Okalani	Okalani	Okalani
Quintessential Empyrean	Megeara	Selene	Selene	Selene	Selene
Quintessential Sylvan	Many Shadows	Many Shadows	Many Shadows	Many Shadows	WolfEyes
Quintessential Varati	Faisal	Rabi	Faisal	Amipal	Amipal
Quintessential Mongrel	Jenean	Jenean	Jenean	Jenean	Tyler
Quintessential Graisha	x	x	Kiera	Morning-Mist	RagingSpirit
Best Hero/Heroine	Dante	Altair	Theron	Caius	Demetrius & Severus
Best Villain/Villainess	Cassius & Lysander	Kuronbo	Faisal & Cynara	Mehtar	Cynara
Best Victim	Eranthe	Helena	Helena	Faanshi	Octavian
Best Liar	Helena	Timin	Timin	Cassius	<no clear winner>
Best Death	Lysander	Orman Kai II	Maya	Tiberius	Cassius & Shahar
Best Tearjerker	Oriane	Oriane & Shahar	Cassius	Julius	<no clear winner>
Sexiest Male	Dante	Ranjeet	<no clear winner>	<no clear winner>	<no clear winner>
Sexiest Female	Elidi	Elidi	<no clear winner>	Jenean	<no clear winner>
Best Dressed/Desced	?	Shinjukou	Cassandra & Shahar	Grace	<no clear winner>
Most Romantic Couple	Oriane & Drusus	Elidi & Cassius	Oriane & Drusus	Arianna & Martinian	<no clear winner>
Best Flirt	?	Elidi	Octavian	Octavian	Octavian
Char Who'll Get You Arrested	?	Helena	Jasira	Sebastienne	Arius
Most Dangerous	Cynara	Cynara & Faisal	Faisal	Khalid V	Alexander & Arius
Most Likely to Get Killed	Altair	Altair	Altair	Altair	Altair
Funniest IC	Kiera	Timin	Westly	Axel	Piers
Most Annoying IC	?	<no clear winner>	Nightmare	Nightmare	Altair
Best Use of Magic	x	x	x	Drusus & Cynara	<no clear winner>
Best Teacher	?	<no clear winner>	Jana	Soft-Feather & Starsong	Jana
Most Involved Faction Leader	Khalid I/III	Many Shadows	Thalia II	Cynara	Niherlas & Okalani
Most Intriguing Faction	x	x	x	Fimbulwinter	Empyreans & Varati
Nicest Player OOC	Oriane	Oriane	Kalypso & Oriane	Selene	Aker & Bat Kol
Funniest OOC	Tun	Kuronbo	Jana & Karrie	Jana	Cleon
Most Involving Player	?	Many Shadows	Thalia II	Thalia II	<no clear winner>
Most Creative Writer	Cassandra	Faisal	Cassandra	Cassandra	Wanderer
Best TP/Scene Organizer	Astraea	Kuronbo	Luna	Grace	Thalia II
Hardest Working Staffer	Astraea	Astraea	Luna	Astraea	"All of them"
Most Helpful Aide	Bobbel	Astraea & Spirit-Whisperer	Starsong	<no clear winner>	<no clear winner>
Best Webpage	Astraea	Selene	Selene	Selene	Selene