Tuesday featured the first annual end of year Houndy Awards! HoC put on their best suits and dresses and various other stuff and walked the red carpet. The categories, their nominees, and the winner bolded,

MAJOR AWARDS
Member of the Year: Corrahn, Klypsafya, Dalindor, Edgekrusher(tie)
Rookie of the Year: Vienka, Animism, Lolskate, Kroxigar, Nicodarues
Crafter of the Year: Locaste Charisma Hearber Harleequin
Most Versatile of the Year: Dalindor Dremos Kowalas Hearber Harleequin(tie)
Online and On Time Award: Lorrenn Corrahn Polyethelene Doublehawk
The Un-song Hero Award: Gerica Polyethylene Klypsafya Lorrenn

MINOR AWARDS
Admiral of the Fail Fleet Award- Dalindor Edgekrusher Arriezz Corrahn
Thuglife Gangsta of the Year: Gerica Kowalas Hearber Lolskate
Raid Leader of the Year: Dalindor Edgekrusher Skink
...has gone offline: Edgekrusher Skink Doublehawk Polyethelene
Elder Stonedraider Award: Arriez Kowalas Lopes sockpuppets
Captain Coward: Corrahn Locaste sockpuppets Lolskate

The glamorous evening started with the entire guilds acknowledgment that Corrahn is a massive coward. In another non-surprise, Lopes took home the stoned-raider award in another blowout vote. Continuing with the domination, skink won raid leader of the year, and Edgkrusher won the worst connection award.

From that point on the remaining awards were all very close votes. It started with HoC narrowly honoring "Smiling-Maddog Lisa Sharkhands The Icequeen" Gerica as the Thuglife gangsta of the year. Truly she is born of the streets. Later, in the first tie of the evening, Dalindor and Arriezz tied as the Admirals of the Failfleet. The tie was broken when it was revealed that Dalindor had voted for himself in that category, which automatically brought his level of failure to a level too high to not recognize.

Moving onto the major awards, in an extremely close vote, Polyethelene edged out two of her fellow nominees by a single vote in the unsong hero award. The other nominees will continue to be ignored despite their constant contributions. The on line and on time award went to corrahn, despite many people feeling klypsafya had been snubbed after not even being nominated in the first drama/controversy of the night. Kanye had something to say about it. Later Dalindor and Kowalas tied for most versatile player of the year, which caused more uproar that Harleequin and Hearber had potentially been robbed. As the crowd got tense, Harleequin took home Crafter of the Year, and that helped to ease the tensions on the night. In another close vote, Vienka won rookie of the year, to raucous applause and general jubilation of the onlookers.

But the first ever Houndy awards had one trick yet up their sleeves. In a vote of 10-10-9-8 the 2009 Member of the Year was a tie between Klypsafya and Corrahn! Dalindor could have tied to had he bothered his own father enough to vote! It was a shocking finish to a wonderful evening. Congratulations to all winners and the race is on for next years awards!