5th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards: Voting Information & Discussion

[+Al_Nafuur]

7 minutes ago, -^CrossBow^- said:

I played most of these in emulation when making my voting decisions, but have just now found out that quite a few of these no longer load up on m Pluscart and just give me a black screen when loading? I did notice a firmware update on my pluscart last night that I went ahead and did so I'm wondering if something got messed up in the lastest FW releases?

 

Other games are working fine including the ACE demnos still so definitely seems to be the games. Specifically Load Runner's demo doesn't load as an example.

AFAIK Load Runner is CDFJ, so it will not run on the PlusCart without being recompiled and without a CDFJ driver for the PlusCart.

 

7 minutes ago, -^CrossBow^- said:

If this was already known about then I apologize, but the fact that they can be found in the plustcart online section seems odd if they didn't work? This was tested on a jr with both UNI RIOT and TIA chips in it.

When I uploaded the files, I didn't remove the ones that don't run on the PlusCart, since PlusStore users can also run the ROMs through their shared folder on a PC with an emulator.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

15 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said:

...since PlusStore users can also run the ROMs through their shared folder on a PC with an emulator.

 Sharing is done via WebDAV.

Edited February 18, 2023 by Thomas Jentzsch

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

The 5th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards are streaming LIVE this Saturday!

 

Twenty-two categories featuring all the best new games from the past year for your favourite classic consoles such as the Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, 8-Bit, Lynx and Jaguar plus LIVE acceptance speeches from the winners!

 

Sat Feb 25, 2023 | LIVE @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT

WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/

 

[+sramirez2008]

 

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

I'll try! It's more like this right now getting 1000 things done before Saturday!

 

- James

 

[+Muddyfunster]

[+littaum]

[+Pac-Lander]

Had to step away from the Twitch stream for a moment - can anyone recap the winners so far? (12:54 PST)

 

Thanks in advance! 🙌

[+Nathan Strum]

On 2/23/2023 at 8:36 PM, ZeroPage Homebrew said:

 

He was told to eject.

 

He ignored it.

 

Of course, then he would've probably been stuck on the surface of the Death Star when it exploded anyway.

[+sramirez2008]

@ZeroPage Homebrew Thank you for hosting another excellent AA HB Awards show. @Albert thank you for not only maintaining this site, but making/selling the physical games. I still don't know how you find the time/energy to do all of this and put on one of the most amazing exhibits at PRGE.

 

My congratulations to all of the winners as well as, all of the nominees. This community wouldn't exist without the efforts of each and every one of you. These days all I buy are homebrews, so I'm thankful for all of you.

[+Andrew Davie]

Has anyone else noticed the extremely high proportion of bearded award winners?  I propose a new category for next year's awards.... "Best Beard".

[m.o.terra kaesi]

Talking fun facts:

At times the second highest viewer group after US was polish viewers. How comes?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

48 minutes ago, m.o.terra kaesi said:

Talking fun facts:

At times the second highest viewer group after US was polish viewers. How comes?

8-Bit games are huge in Poland.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

8 hours ago, Andrew Davie said:

Has anyone else noticed the extremely high proportion of bearded award winners?  I propose a new category for next year's awards.... "Best Beard".

Or maybe I should grow a beard...

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

5th ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARD RESULTS:

 

 

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Original)

• WINNER: Oozy The Goo Slime Quest (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Port)

• WINNER: Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Original)

• WINNER: RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Port)

• WINNER: Invaders from Andromeda (4K Port) by Carmelo Cisano @Cisano

Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Original)

• WINNER: Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Port)

• WINNER: Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Original)

• WINNER: Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Port)

• WINNER: Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

Atari 2600 Best WIP (Original)

• WINNER: Game of the Bear 2 Much To Bear (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

Atari 2600 Best WIP (Port)

• WINNER: Elevator Agent (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Art & Graphics), Pat Brady @Pat Brady (Music & Sounds)

Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Original)

• WINNER: Dragon's Havoc by Todd Furmanski @Revontuli

Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Port)

• WINNER: 1942 (Port) by Paul Lay @playsoft (Code), Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Graphics)

Atari 7800 Best WIP (Original)

• WINNER: Bernie & The Tower of Doom by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster

Atari 7800 Best WIP (Port)

• WINNER: A.R.T.I. (Port) by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster (Coding, GFX) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza / Mike Saarna @RevEng (Code Guru) / Matt Smith @mksmith (Music Help)

Atari 8-Bit/5200 Best Homebrew

• WINNER: Bubble Shooter (Port | A8) by Paweł Nowak @pajero_pn (Code) / Maciej 'Rocky' Hauke (Gfx), Michał Szpilowski @miker(Sfx)

Atari 8-Bit/5200 Best WIP

• WINNER: L'Abbeye des Morts (Port | A8) by Fantômas @fantômas (Programming) / Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Graphics) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Music)

Atari Jaguar Best Homebrew

• WINNER: Gravitic Mines by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ / Ander Lex @agradeneu / Roald Strauss (Music) / William Thorup (Packaging Artwork)

Atari Jaguar Best WIP

• WINNER: Jumping At Shadows by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ (Code) / Ander Lex @agradeneu (Level Design, Art & Art Direction) / Ericde45 @Ericde45 (Sound Engine) / Ander Lex & Szadi Art (Artwork) / Roald Strauss (Music)

Atari Lynx Best Homebrew

• WINNER: 8bit-Slicks by Anthony Beaucamp @8bit-Dude / Carl Forhan @Songbird (Music) / Andrew Fisher 'Merman' (Music: Title Track)

Atari Lynx Best WIP

• WINNER: Odynexus by Alex Hiza @LordKraken & Alexander Grade @Anderlex (Created By) / Drozerix (Music) / Michal Szpilowski @miker (Music Adaption)

Atari Best Packaging

• WINNER: Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• WINNER: Robert DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus

 

FULL RESULTS (with 2nd and 3rd Place)

Spoiler

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Original)

 

• WINNER: Oozy The Goo Slime Quest (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• 2^nd: Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

• 3^rd: Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

 

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Port)

 

• WINNER: Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• 2^nd: Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

• 3^rd: rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc (Packaging Artwork)

 

 

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Original)

 

• WINNER: RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

• 2^nd Spiders and Flies (4K) by Game Select / Ricardo Pim @Ricardo Pim (Design, Development, Game Play, Instruction Manual and Texts), Everaldo Bonifácio (Game Play), Saulo Santiago (Illustrations and Art) / Wilson Gutierrez (Production)

• 3^rd VROOM! (4K) by Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch / Corey Kramer (Packaging Artwork)

 

 

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Port) (NOTE: ONLY FOUR ELIGIBLE ENTRIES)

 

• WINNER: Invaders from Andromeda (4K Port) by Carmelo Cisano @Cisano

• 2^nd Einväder (4K Port) by Owen Cooper @Coopdevil

• 3^rd Apple Slayer (4K Port) by July 2022 Atariando Class

 

Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Original)

 

• WINNER: Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

• 2^nd: ZΔRKSTΔRS II: Ground Force (16K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack), Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting), Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting), Kenny Schmitt (Cover Illustration), Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Hardware)

• 3^rd: RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

 

Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Port)

 

• WINNER: Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• 2^nd: Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

• 3^rd: rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc (Packaging Artwork)

 

 

Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Original)

 

• WINNER: Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

• 2^nd TIE Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

• 2^nd TIE Space Pac-Man (32K) by Game Select / Ricardo Pim @Ricardo Pim (Concept and Programming), Wilson Gutierrez (Assembly Code and Production)

• 3^rd RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

 

Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Port)

 

• WINNER: Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

• 2^nd rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc (Packaging Artwork)

• 3^rd Qyx (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics), Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (Sound), David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

   

Atari 2600 Best WIP (Original)

 

• WINNER: Game of the Bear 2 Much To Bear (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• 2^nd: Dark Keep (32K) by Edward Smith @easmith, Kevin Mosley @KevinMos3 (Graphics)

• 3^rd Lord of Biscay (241K) by Marco Johannes @MarcoJ / Dyfed Hitchings @Jamtex (Manual)

   

Atari 2600 Best WIP (Port)

 

• WINNER: Elevator Agent (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Art & Graphics), Pat Brady @Pat Brady (Music & Sounds)

• 2^nd Boom! (32K Port) by Chris Walton @cd-w (Programming) / Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics)

• 3^rd TIE Space Taxi (64K Port) by Jeff Haber @Just Jeff

• 3^rd TIE Top & Tom 2 (4K Port) by Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch

 

Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Original)

 

• WINNER: Dragon's Havoc by Todd Furmanski @Revontuli

• 2^nd Cartesian Chaos by Karl Garrison @Karl G

• 3^rd Death Merchant by Steve Engelhardt @Atarius Maximus / David Exton @liveinabin (Additional Graphics)

 

Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Port)

 

• WINNER: 1942 (Port) by Paul Lay @playsoft (Code), Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Graphics)

• 2^nd TIE Attack of the PETSCII Robots (Port) by ChunkyPixel Games / Matt Smith @mksmith and Mike Saarna @RevEng / Noelle Aman (Music) / David Murray (Originally Coded By) / Grazi Mello (Box and Manual Design) / Brendan Carmody (Box and Manual Art)

• 2^nd TIE Keystone Koppers (Port) by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster (Code, GFX, SFX) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Pokey Ragtime Specials) / Matt Smith @mksmith (Music Support) / Bethany Hill (Additional Artwork)

• 3^rd Robots Rumble (Port) by ChunkyPixel Games / Matt Smith @mksmith, Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Sound), Mike Saarna @RevEng (Graphics & Sound)

 

Atari 7800 Best WIP (Original)

 

• WINNER: Bernie & The Tower of Doom by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster

• 2^nd Game of the Bear: Polar Opposites by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• 3^rd Harpy's Curse by Todd Furmanski @Revontuli

 

Atari 7800 Best WIP (Port)

 

• WINNER: A.R.T.I. (Port) by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster (Coding, GFX) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza / Mike Saarna @RevEng (Code Guru) / Matt Smith @mksmith (Music Help)

• 2^nd Lunar Patrol (Port) by OldStyle @OldStyle

• 3^rd Pac-Man Energy Drink Edition (Port) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus

 

Atari 8-Bit/5200 Best Homebrew

 

• WINNER: Bubble Shooter (Port | A8) by Paweł Nowak @pajero_pn (Code) / Maciej 'Rocky' Hauke (Gfx), Michał Szpilowski @miker(Sfx)

• 2^nd OnEscape (A8) by Vortador Games / František Houra @Fandal (Code) / Zdeněk Eisenhammer @pseudografx (Graphics) / Marek Pešout @Poison (Soundtrack & Story)

• 3^rd Rob 'n' Banks (Port | 5200) by Phaser Cat Games / Ryan Witmer @Ryan Witmer (Design and Programming) / Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Character and Object Graphics) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Sound Effects and Music) / Hrair Abdalian @Henry Lee (Cover Art) / Tony Morse (Manual Layout)

 

Atari 8-Bit/5200 Best WIP

 

• WINNER: L'Abbeye des Morts (Port | A8) by Fantômas @fantômas (Programming) / Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Graphics) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Music)

• 2^nd TIE Trax (Port | A8) by Janusz Chabowski @shanti77 / Jarek "Odyn1ec" Wyszyński (Character Artwork)

• 2^nd TIE Dark Keep (A8) by Vladimir Janković @popmilo

• 3^rd Last Ninja 2 (A8 | Port) by Jakub Husak @jhusak (Code) / Michał Szpilowski @miker (Music) / Adam Wachowski @+Adam+ (Fonts, Graphic Advice)

 

Atari Jaguar Best Homebrew

 

• WINNER: Gravitic Mines by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ / Ander Lex @agradeneu / Roald Strauss (Music) / William Thorup (Packaging Artwork)

• 2^nd Asteroite by Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming, Game Design, Engine Design) / Eternal-Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (CGI, Animation, Character Design, Manual & Packaging Design, Music & SFX)

• 3^rd Kings of Edom by Songbird / Alexander von Knorring @phoboz

   

Atari Jaguar Best WIP

 

• WINNER: Jumping At Shadows by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ (Code) / Ander Lex @agradeneu (Level Design, Art & Art Direction) / Ericde45 @Ericde45 (Sound Engine) / Ander Lex & Szadi Art (Artwork) / Roald Strauss (Music)

• 2^nd TIE Wyvern Tales 2 by Jasper van Turnhout @Ninjabba (Lead, Story and Art), Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming), Eternal-Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (Music and Art)

• 2^nd TIE Jalaga (Port) by Eric Dezert @Ericde45 / Mic/Dune (Design & Graphics)

• 3^rd Hammer of the Gods by Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming) / Eternal Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (CGI, Animation, Gaphic Design, Music & SFX)

 

Atari Lynx Best Homebrew

 

• WINNER: 8bit-Slicks by Anthony Beaucamp @8bit-Dude / Carl Forhan @Songbird (Music) / Andrew Fisher 'Merman' (Music: Title Track)

• 2^nd CSS Traffic Regulation by Frédéric Descharmes @Fadest (Code & Graphics), Zerosquare @Zerosquare (Code), Templeton (Graphics), VectorPocket from freepik.com (Graphics), Michal Szpilowski @miker (Music & SFX)

• 3^rd The Viking Trilogy Vol II - Protect the Love by rygar @rygar

 

Atari Lynx Best WIP

 

• WINNER: Odynexus by Alex Hiza @LordKraken & Alexander Grade @Anderlex (Created By) / Drozerix (Music) / Michal Szpilowski @miker (Music Adaption)

• 2^nd Captain Harlynx by Fabien Marlier @Bob_63

• 3^rd Microvaders by Carl Forhan @Songbird

   

 

Atari Best Packaging

 

• WINNER: Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

• 2^nd Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• 3^rd Gravitic Mines by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ / Ander Lex @agradeneu / Roald Strauss (Music) / William Thorup (Packaging Artwork)

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

 

• WINNER: Robert DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus

 

 

[+johnnywc]

@ZeroPage Homebrew Thanks James to you, Tanya, Darcy and the rest of the ZPH crew for a great show!  

 

EDIT: Will the poll results (vote counts) be revealed like previous years?

[Albert]

2 minutes ago, johnnywc said:

@ZeroPage Homebrew Thanks James to you, Tanya, Darcy and the rest of the ZPH crew for a great show!  

Seconded!

 

 ..Al

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

55 minutes ago, johnnywc said:

@ZeroPage Homebrew Thanks James to you, Tanya, Darcy and the rest of the ZPH crew for a great show!  

 

EDIT: Will the poll results (vote counts) be revealed like previous years?

 

Thank you so much John, the event went really well!! The poll results will be revealed within the hour!

 

- James

 

UPDATE: All the poll results have now been unhidden!

[+Muddyfunster]

On 2/26/2023 at 11:09 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Or maybe I should grow a beard...

We may need a "Beard WIP" category then...  

[LANC3L0T]

Many thanks to the ZeroPage Homebrew team for all their efforts in pulling off a splendid awards ceremony.  There were so many amazing games!!!  I enjoyed watching and hearing from many of the winning developers.  Looking forward to voting on my favorite games next year (I don't think my account was mature enough to be eligible for voting).

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

Phew, I think I'm now fully recovered from the 5th Annual Atari Awards! What a great event celebrating all the amazing games from the past year and it was a blast talking to all the talented developers on the event stream. 🙂I'm surprised at how smoothly it all went considering how much I was running around just before we went live.

 

Congratulations to all the winners, nominees, everyone who worked on a game in the past year and a big shout out the thousands of members of the Atari homebrew community! I'm already looking forward to seeing what is in store for this upcoming year!

 

See you on the ZPH stream soon!

 

- James

[8bitwidgets.com]

Is there any kind of awards for accessories for the Atari?   Hardware =D   Never has Robotron 2084 or other dual joysticks games been more accessible now that these are available..  plus now devs could make new dual joystick games knowing there's a solid solution for it.  I partnered with the publisher for "Robot Ron" for the Odyssey 2 is being made with one of the O2 couplers included with it later this month.  Future homebrews for these systems could do the same here.  

 

Robotron Configuration (and a number of other games)

 

 

Spy hunter Variation

 

5200 

 

 

7800

 

 

 

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

On 5/3/2023 at 2:10 PM, Caleb Garner said:

Is there any kind of awards for accessories for the Atari?   Hardware =D

 

It's a great idea and something we can look at in the future! There's definitely some amazing hardware being made out there for Atari systems. Unfortunately there's only handful put out a year and we generally like to have at least six minimum entries to fill out a category for voting. We'll keep an eye on it though, just in case this changes!

 

- James

[8bitwidgets.com]

On 5/12/2023 at 5:56 PM, ZeroPage Homebrew said:

we generally like to have at least six minimum entries to fill out a category for voting

Yea that makes it tough.  New hardware is certainly not as plentiful as software each year.  Maybe there could be an honorable mentions of new hardware that comes out each year.. not so much a contest as much a chronicle of each years new hardware options that come and go over the years.  I intend to produce these for the foreseeable future, but i know some things pop up in limited supply and vanish, but they still made a mark on the community that year like any other game that gets recognized at the time.  

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Or we wait, until there a at least 6 candidates (since the last awards given).