The Dronies

The Dronies is a prestigious annual awards show for the Metanet community which was created by sweep and has been running since 2005. Since then various members of the community have helped to continue the tradition, among them Kablizzy, LittleViking, Lord day, Rocket thumped, Sidke and others.

2005

• Overall Map of the Year: Mother Thwumping Impossible by blue_tetris
• N Art of the Year: Rose by Maxtreme
• N Player of the Year: trib4lmaniac
• DDA of the Year: The Improbability Drive by Formica
• Puzzle Map of the Year: What Now?!?! (an N riddle) by Sendy
• Most Innovative Use of Objects or Tiles (of the Year): Compartment by Lucidium
• Highscore Run of the Year: 11-4 by spect
• Race Map of the Year: The Crazy Miner by Formica
• Tileset of the Year: Fossil by Zorn
• Survival Map of the Year: Laserific by Toshosoft
• Fan Programme of the Year: N Poser by Lucidium
• Map Series of the Year: The Epic 1&2 by Formica
• Map Maker of the Year: stepself

2006

Action Map of the Year

• Sandstone (Hopewell) by stepself 31%
• Edgeplay by Sendy 24%
• cafe bright (whorish) by Barabajagal 17%
• The Dangermouse by krusch 15%
• Fire Exit by Slepnev 13%

DDA of the Year

• Doors V by Clifty 39%
• My Slow Descent Into Hell by formica 24%
• Firecracker by Clifty 22%
• driven by insanity by killerman 9%
• Rocket Rage by killerman 5%

Fan Programme of the Year

• NHigh by jg9000 35%
• N Poser by Lucidium 30%
• Map Generator by iangb 18%
• N Tile Art Maker by LOD 10%
• N Art Maker by LOD 7%

Map Maker of the Year

• Barabajagal 10%
• lord_day 9%
• Clifty 8%
• AMomentLikeThis 7%
• blue_tetris 5%
• dejablue4 5%
• stepself 4%
• Yahoozy_Guacamole 4%
• rocket_thumped 4%
• astheoceansblue 4%
• formica 3%
• krusch 3%
• People trying to vote for themselves 3%
• Evil_Bob 2%
• xdude 2%
• Aju 2%
• Sweep 2%
• MARIJNENANDRIES 2%
• Sendy 2%
• Brttrx 2%
• maximo 2%
• Other 11%

Map Series of the Year

• The Legacy Project by the Legacy Team 46%
• Vehemence by various 23%
• The Completed Column by lord_day 14%
• The Camisade Collection by the Camisade Collective 10%
• Super Hard Columns by blue_tetris 7%

Mare & Raigan Award for Contribution to the Community

• Winner: Sweep

Most Innovative Use of Objects or Tiles

• Rocket Rocket Revolution by Sweep 48%
• Which N Villian are you? by blue_tetris 24%
• Finding Your Blindspot by ConfusedCartman 11%
• Torrential by Lucidium 11%
• My First Robot by blue_tetris 7%

N Art of the Year

• Afternoondragon Step04 by Dragon Moon 57%
• My Little Pony by wedgie123 16%
• My Hero by wedgie123 14%
• Mountains by capt_weasle 7%
• City Skyline ( Mk. III ) by AMomentLikeThis 5%

N Player of the Year

• johnny_faneca 22%
• L3X 22% *
• George 10%
• cyberjuda 4%
• spect 4%
• Hendor 4%
• Angerfist 3% *
• Brttrx 3%
• naem 3% *
• Other 18%

(* Player later revealed to be a cheater.)

Puzzle Map of the Year

• Time Is On My Side by blue_tetris 26%
• Amorphous by great_sea 25%
• No two ways about it by formica 19%
• Halftone by Lucidium 17%
• Retro by nevermore 13%

Race Map of the Year

• Anyway, the N-way by MARIJNENANDRIES 30%
• Rocket Rocket Revolution by Sweep 26%
• Industrial Dark and Sourcery by formica 20%
• Heartbeats by Sweep 18%
• Chaotic by Psycho_CO 5%

Run of the Year

• Echarin's Black Snow all-gold demo 37%
• clux's 70-0 23%
• blobglob's 88-4 19%
• The community's various 80-3 innovatory runs 13%
• cyberjuda's 98-3 9%

Survival Map of the Year

• Bandit by krusch 30%
• Fire Sky 3 by Atramentis 23%
• Society by lord_day 20%
• Courage and Stupidity by formica 18%
• Art of A-void by nemetacyst 9%

Tileset of the Year

• Rue the Whirl by stepself 29%
• speak by topolord 25%
• Herror by krusch 19%
• Relentless Cartographer. by astheoceansblue 18%
• another type of matirix by VV33 10%

Special Thanks:

• The Legacy Team
• Mare & Raigan
• Jiggerjaw
• spect
• Everyone who voted

2007

After tallying the 60 votes we received, they have all been counted and re-counted, and we have our winners!

Special thanks go to Ultima for Tallying all of the votes, Mare and Raigan for recording the M&R Award, Arachnid for giving us this fantastic resource in NUMA,Sweep for starting this magnificent tradition, all of the voters for putting in the time to vote, the nominators for nominating, The Legacy Team for allowing me to head this up, and The Community for being the coolest community around! Thanks again!

Action Map of the Year

• Interlude 9 - 999 Damage (The Final Interlude) by AMomentLikeThis - 28% (14 votes)
• Skip a Beat by MidnightGetaway - 26% (13 Votes)
• The Punch by Sweep - 14% (7 Votes)
• Loco Bilo, Texcoco, and the Robo Named Armadillo by LittleViking001 and rocket_thumped - 12% (6 Votes)
• Bin Full Of Tissues by remote - 10% (5 Votes)
• Painting the Roses Red by krusch and rocket_thumped - 10% (5 Votes)
• Beaten and Broken by Templex - 0% (0 Votes)

Total: 50 votes

DDA of the Year

• On Route 666 by Clifty - 34% (17 votes)
• The Chasers War III : Identity Crisis by romaniac - 20% (10 Votes)
• The Right Angle by Clifty - 14% (7 Votes)
• Supremacy Wizard2 - 14% (7 Votes)
• Look into my Eye by usaswim - 10% (5 Votes)
• Acid Storm by usaswim - 8% (4 Votes)
• Acid Rain by Clifty - 0% (0 Votes)

Total: 50 votes

Map Maker of the Year

• Yahoozy - 48% (24 votes)
• AMomentLikeThis - 18% (9 Votes)
• lord_day - 10% (5 Votes)
• Sendy - 8% (4 Votes)
• astheoceansblue - 8% (4 Votes)
• mrgy05 - 4% (2 Votes)
• Evil_Bob - 4% (2 Vote)

Total: 50 votes

Map Series of the Year

• Legacy: Expanse by The Legacy Team - 34% (17 votes)
• The Mirage Explosion by Team Mirage - 28% (14 Votes)
• Monday Night Numa Maps by Kablizzy and George - 12% (6 Votes)
• Bonus by Barabajagal - 10% (5 Votes)
• Inside Minaret by seven_two - 10% (5 Votes)
• Coup de grâce by martyr, seven_two, fingersonthefrets, epigone, and 10tacle - 6% (3 Votes)

Total: 50 votes

Comic of the Year

• Sex on the Xerox by blue_tetris - 28% (14 votes)
• Another Day by LittleViking001 - 28% (14 votes)
• Sidestreet 210 by Mosh - 24% (12 Votes)
• Adventures of the Exuberant by Exüberance - 12% (6 Votes)
• Shapes by Fimision - 8% (4 Votes)

Total: 50 votes

Fan Program of the Year

• N: 200 episodes v4b (NReality), by Unreality - 60% (31 votes)
• LV Level Generator by LittleViking001 - 31% (16 Votes)
• NumAdd by coolguy5678 - 9% (4 Votes)

Total: 51 votes

N Highscorer of the Year

• Mr_Lim - 52% (27 votes)
• George - 17% (9 Votes)
• Hendor - 13% (7 Votes)
• xaelar - 10% (5 Votes)
• kkstrong0 - 8% (4 Votes)
• crappitrash 0% (0 Votes)

Total: 52 votes

Run of the Year

• clux's 70-0 - 31% (13 Votes)
• Mr_Lim's 59-4 - 26% (11 votes)
• Mr_Lim's 00-3 - 17% (7 Votes)
• Mr_Lim's 96-1 - 14% (6 Votes)
• xaelar's 163-1 10% (4 Votes)
• Analu's 181-4 2% (1 Votes)

Total: 42 votes

Most Innovative Use of Objects or Tiles

• Bellmer Akuma-Head Doll-Face yahoozy_Guacamole - 26% (13 Votes)
• The Rather Quite Difficult Evil Machine by lord_day - 24% (12 Votes)
• Drone Xray by DW40 - 22% (11 Votes)
• New Propulsion? by Jakel - 18% (9 Votes)
• SimoN Says by Gforce20 - 10% (5 Votes)

Total: 50 votes

N Art of the Year

• Skull 2 by Eeyore - 32% (17 Votes) [Map since deleted, thumbnail or map data would be appreciated]
• A Dark Secret by mrgy05 - 28% (15 votes)
• Super Mario 3 by mrgy05 - 15% (8 Votes)
• Through my heart, through my soul by Dragon_Moon - 15% (8 Votes)
• Altair Silhouette by ]{NO3 - 8% (4 Votes)
• Blood Skull by mrgy05 - 2% (1 Vote)

Total: 53 votes

Puzzle Map of the Year

• Psychotic Mined Games II - Slope Psychosis by Sendy - 38% (18 votes)
• Ascending by kendogg102 - 21% (10 Votes)
• Prod by Evil_Bob and max_ride - 15% (7 Votes)
• The Blue Danube by rocket_thumped - 13% (6 Votes)
• The Most Impossible by maximo - 13% (6 Votes)

Total: 47 votes

Race Map of the Year

• A Rush of Blood to the Head by rocket_thumped - 34% (15 votes)
• The Tax Man... Naked by rocket_thumped - 25% (11 Votes)
• glass rose by duben - 18% (8 Votes)
• Good Night And Good Luck by usaswim - 18% (8 Votes)
• Edge of the knife by Ryzor - 5% (2 Votes)

Total: 44 votes

Survival Map of the Year

• X Kavate by blue_tetris - 34% (15 votes)
• Everchanging Cell by amconline - 23% (10 Votes)
• The Walrus and the Carpenters by rocket_thumped - 18% (8 Votes)
• The Haymaker by martyr - 14% (6 Votes)
• Triskaidekaphobia by seven_two - 11% (5 Votes)

Total: 44 votes

Tileset of the Year

• Alien by traction - 38% (19 votes)
• Fishbone by apg - 18% (9 Votes)
• Ssaauuughghgh? by Gothic_hippy - 18% (9 Votes)
• What's Left, Pussycat? by Atilla - 16% (8 Votes)
• The 5th by Losttortuga - 10% (5 Votes)

Total: 50 votes

N Community Recognition Award

• Kablizzy - 44% (22 votes)
• George - 18% (9 Votes)
• maestro - 14% (7 Votes)
• KinGAleX - 12% (6 Votes)
• LittleViking - 12% (6 Votes)

Total: 50 votes

2008

• Action Map of the Year: Tell-Tale Heart by Pheidippides
• DDA of the Year: Chase. by Incluye
• Map Maker of the Year: Lord_day
• Level Pack of the Year: laser light love, lll by PALEMOON
• Comic of the Year: Trob, AKA tea At Pam's, but only in Lithuania. by Spawn of Yanni
• Fan Program of the Year: teleditor, automatic teleporter creator by mattk210
• N Player of the Year: xaelar
• Run of the Year: lookatthis's 88-4 highscore
• Most Innovative Use of Objects or Tiles: Hidden Time by seven_two
• N Art of the Year: Jaguar by RavenMac
• Puzzle Map of the Year: Stability by romaniac
• Race Map of the Year: Enter Tanned-Man by wulfgang
• Survival Map of the Year: WARNING forever by astheoceansblue
• Tileset of the Year: Unleash....... the Kraken! by condog_111
• NReality Map of the Year: Bellow High Tide by Evil_Bob
• N Community Recognition Award: astheoceansblue
• Mare and Raigan Award for Contribution to the Community: blue_tetris and astheoceansblue

2009

Mapmaker of the Year

• Riobe - 27 votes [28%]
• PALEMOON - 26 votes [27%]
• Yahoozy - 17 votes [17%]
• Pheidippides - 17 votes [17%]
• astheoceansblue- 11 votes [11%]

total votes - 98

Review of the Year

• PALEMOON's review of POWER DRILL - 37 votes [38%]
• omfg a fruit cake reviewed by spudzalot - 25 votes [26%]
• corporation reviewed by spudzalot - 15 votes [15%]
• An Octopus Laying and Fertilizing Its Eggs Simultaneously reviewed by southpaw - 14 votes [14%]
• Jefferson Airplane reviewed by rocket_thumped - 7 votes [7%]

total votes - 98

Action Map of the Year

• Recoverable Labyrinth by tktktk - 23 votes [24%]
• urbantangle by PALEMOON- 22 votes [23%]
• Stifle Halls by Pheidippides- 18 votes [19%]
• Roseberry Mush by gloomp- 17 votes [18%]
• Territory by lord_day- 16 votes [17%]

total votes - 96

N-Art of the Year

• The Glasses Are Off by espada777777 - 25 votes [25%]
• Farewell by ]{NO3 - 24 votes [24%]
• Thunder King by im_bad_at_N - 22 votes [22%]
• Jimi Hendrix by im_bad_at_N - 22 votes [22%]
• Rose by espada777777 - 8 votes [8%]

total votes - 101

Puzzle Map of the Year

• Cat's Cradle by Nexx - 29 votes [33%]
• Knittwear by chume14 - 19 votes [21%]
• Adhesive by Riobe - 18 votes [20%]
• Victory Pot by Yahoozy - 15 votes [17%]
• Bureaucratic Simplicity: An Oxymoron by BuddyLee - 8 votes [9%]

total votes - 89

Race Map of the Year

• Relentless by _destiny^ - 25 votes [32%]
• Mutual Agreement by Riobe - 23 votes [26%]
• Pain Coaster by wulfgang - 14 votes [16%]
• Final: Kickin It Oldschool by Riobe - 13 votes [15%]
• Củ Chi Tunnel Rat by epigone - 13 votes [15%]

total votes - 88

Survival Map of the Year

• Our Ancestors Lie Deep In These Hills by Guitar_Hero_Matt - 20 votes [27%]
• Helen by spudzalot - 16 votes [21%]
• Midship Lollipop by Guitar_Hero_Matt - 15 votes [20%]
• 01-04 she danced all my life by nevershine - 12 votes [16%]
• heysatan by rocket_thumped - 12 votes [16%]

total votes - 75

DDA of the Year

• Face Off II: Grudge Match by bluenin - 26 votes [30%]
• D: The Way of the Drones by -LordOfPeanuts- - 18 votes [21%]
• iKara by ska - 15 votes [17%]
• Gobsmacked by romaniac - 14 votes [16%]
• did you ever want to know me? by scythe33 - 13 votes [15%]

total votes - 86

Tileset of the Year

• Building Below by Losttortuga - 30 votes [31%]
• Scream, at the top of your lungs! by nDEAVOUR - 22 votes [23%]
• Millia Rage by sidke - 19 votes [20%]
• We Don't Care About You Anymore by Yahoozy - 16 votes [17%]
• 025 by ZivilynBane - 9 votes [9%]

total votes - 96

NReality Map of the Year

• Plastiko by Yahoozy - 20 votes [24%]
• Lets Play Doctor by SkyRay - 19 votes [22%]
• Supersonic by player_03 - 19 votes [22%]
• Operation glidethrough by brainstone - 15 votes [18%]
• Red Snow Falling Down II by nnds - 12 votes [14%]

total votes - 85

Most Innovative Use of Objects or Tiles

• Eco-Kill by -LordOfPeanuts- - 25 votes [28%]
• Experimental Map by gloomp - 20 votes [22%]
• Blocky Curve 2 - Spiral by chume14 - 19 votes [21%]
• Zero Phjase Rail (Constructors Inc.) by lord_day - 16 votes [18%]
• "Shit, I forgot my key. Be right back." by Yahoozy - 9 votes [10%]

total votes - 89

Map Pack of the Year

• Pheidippisodium by Pheidippides - 29 votes [40%]
• MRDR by PALEMOON - 15 votes [21%]
• OUTER DX by DW40 - 14 votes [19%]
• Construct by Riobe - 9 votes [13%]
• Vestiges by Riobe - 5 votes [7%]

total votes - 72

N Player of the Year

• Meta_Ing - 31 votes [35%]
• Kool-Aid - 24 votes [27%]
• xaelar - 15 votes [17%]
• Izzy - 12 votes [13%]
• vankusss - 7 votes [8%]

total votes - 89

Run of the Year

• Highscore on 02-3 by xaelar - 23 votes [35%]
• Speedrun on 89-2 by Meta_Ing - 20 votes [27%]
• Speedrun on 88-4 by golfkid - 14 votes [17%]
• Speedrun on 00-0 by Kool-Aid - 14 votes [13%]
• Speedrun on 121027 by Kool-Aid - 9 votes [8%]

total votes - 89

Comic of the Year

• The Great Nation of Hispanyanlandia by OneSevenNine - 20 votes [29%]
• Fire Danger by maestro - 20 votes [29%]
• The Land of Rape and Honey by Vyacheslav - 13 votes [19%]
• U by Drathmoore - 11 votes [16%]
• COMMET by Ignate - 4 votes [6%]

total votes - 68

Fan Program of the Year

• ModMaster by kkstrong - 44 votes [52%]
• Favorite Authors Plugin for Nmaps.net by sidke - 22 votes [26%]
• Tiny N level generator by LittleViking - 14 votes [17%]
• Demo Splice Program by LittleViking - 4 votes [5%]

total votes - 84

N Community Recognition Award

• southpaw - 25 votes [27%]
• sidke - 22 votes [24%]
• astheoceansblue - 17 votes [18%]
• SlappyMcGee - 14 votes [15%]
• LittleViking - 14 votes [15%]

total votes - 92

2010

Author of the Year

• PALEMOON - 33%
• shortshift - 20%
• krusch - 18%
• Yahoozy - 18%
• Barabajagal - 11%

Action Map of the Year

• Cottage In The Clouds by Riobe - 32%
• The Hot Gates by astheoceansblue - 22%
• Cobwebs by rocket_thumped - 17%
• Anger by Yahoozy - 15%
• point blank by Barabajagal - 14%

Puzzle Map of the Year

• VINYL SPRITZER - ska - 36%
• 1 2 3 BLAST TUBE - YAHOOZY - 25%
• PEACHES NO LOGIC - Crescor - 18%
• THRESHOLD GUARDIAN - ROCKET_THUMPED - 16%
• OGAMI'S WAY - krusch - 5%

Race Map of the Year

• DAY 10 - UNBOUND (THE WILD RIDE) - _DESTINY^- - 30%
• EAT A PEACH - ROCKET_THUMPED - 23%
• I SEE SQUARISH CLOUDS IN THE SKY - THEBLACKLION - 17%
• FUCHSIA STREAMS - DA_MAN894 - 15%
• TONIGHT THE WORLD DIES - _DESTINY^- - 15%

Survival Map of the Year

• BURIED ALIVE - _Destiny^- - 30%
• CASTLE DEFENSE - BRAINSTONE - 22%
• YEAK! - blackson - 22%
• BALLISTIC PICNIC - FURRY_ANT - 13%
• READING UNDER THE INFLUENCE - ska - 13%

DDA of the Year

• SHARP EDGES - clifty - 51%
• LABYRINTH - life247 - 17%
• I SPY - NDEAVOUR - 17%
• DEBRIS KRA - -JOL- - 15%
• WHAT YOU'VE ALL SEEN BEFORE - TOMTHEBOMB - 0%

N-Art of the Year

• DRAGON - RAVENMAC - 45%
• HOBBES - IM_BAD_AT_N - 29%
• YEAH! PICK THAT NOSE! - ESPADA777777 - 20%
• WHY CAN'T I MELT - IM_BAD_AT_N - 4%
• IT'S A TRAP! - LIFE247 & INSPIRED - 2%

Tileset of the Year

• LESBIANS! - ZIVILYNBANE - 36%
• I AM THE NIGHT SKY - losttortuga - 33%
• POISON TREE - LOSTTORTUGA - 20%
• DRAGON TALE - NDEAVOUR - 11%
• I'M ANTONI GAUDI, I'M DEAD - YAHOOZY - 0%

Most Innovative Use of Objects

• JOHN, HENRY, AND THE ENGINES - arctic_pony - 32%
• END OF ALL - romaniac - 20%
• BLACK HOLE: REVISIT II - ROCKET_THUMPED & lord_day - 19%
• COBWEBS - ROCKET_THUMPED - 19%
• BLOOD VINES - Nexx - 10%

NReality Map of the Year

• 115-1: AND HE CLAPPED THE LIGHTS ON - CUCUMBER_BOY - 35%
• ♫♪♫ THIS BLUES AINT GONNA LAST (MAP 500) - Evil_Bob - 23%
• LIGHTNINGS - JSLIMB - 23%
• SUPERCONTINUUM - NEVERSHINE - 16%
• ARE YOU ALSO FRIGHTENED? - ROCKET_THUMPED - 3%

Map Pack of the Year

• SOLAR BEATS - ROCKET_THUMPED & TOASTERS - 28%
• NOXSAM - RIOBE - 28%
• MEDIEVAL MYRIADS - ska - 25%
• EXIT WOUND - BARABAJAGAL - 19%
• THANK GOD SOMETIMES YOU'RE NAKED - fingersonthefrets - 0%

N Player of the Year

• romaniac - 30%
• vankusss - 30%
• xaelar - 19%
• Izzy - 11%
• Kool-Aid - 10%

Run of the Year

• meta_ing - 51-0 - 32%
• xaelar - 88-4 - 26%
• golfkid - 95-2 - 20%
• golfkid - 89-4 - 12%
• vankusss - 84-0 - 10%

Review of the Year

• CHRISE REVIEWING MELTED ICE - 32%
• WILLING_REVIEWER REVIEWING PLEASING_MAP - 27%
• SOUTHPAW REVIEWING ALL THE RAIN PROMISES AND BUDDING TREE MOUNTAIN - 23%
• AL__CAIR__RAHEAKALLAN REVIEWING 114-3: TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR - 18%
• SPUDZALOT REVIEWING THE SELF-AWARE PLANT - 0%

N Community Comic of the Year

• 30 MINUTE COMICS - YANNI & THE COMMUNITY - 30%
• CAPTCHA COMICS - YANNI & THE COMMUNITY - 25%
• THE .SOL OF N - TURISKI - 17%
• FIRE DANGER - MAESTRO - 15%
• LAND OF RAPE AND HONEY - 987654321 - 13%

The Community Appreciation Award

• rocket_thumped - 36%
• sidke - 18%
• Yanni - 17%
• Gloomp - 16%
• SLAPPYMCGEE - 13%