Who: Jezabel

What: Glitter

Why: There's glitter everywhere, all the time. Last week I woke up with glitter in my mouth. There's glitter in my pocket lint. I still have glitter embedded in my fingerprints from when I wiped it off of my laptop. I can't escape, you can't escape. The glitter must be accepted, celebrated. Long live the Glitter. Sneezes violently

Who: TonyTheTailor

What: MVP

Why: It feels like recently game mechanics have been dominating the outside conversation space. I believe that regardless of any coding changes(cool or uncool) it would still be the Streets that make this game unique and special. I think there are a lot of different tastes and flavours when it comes to the Streets. Some like their deeply immersive Mafia RP, some like their Si’s and Georges. I think regardless of flavour(I quite like Tony’s), consistency and activity are their own paramount. With this in mind, I would like to nominate TonyTheTailor for the MVP award. Check him out. Threads / Posts: 26 / 148 . Out there day 3, still out there day 174. He probably does it because he enjoys it, but I think someone being out there consistently is very valuable to our way of life. He’s also done a decent a job at managing his districts job sponsorship coverage and I’m fairly certain I’ve seen him yapping in Lounge everyday that I’ve been alive. So much engagement. It it is for these reasons I am nominating TonyTheTailor for the MVP award.

 I agree and Matt as well. 

I would like to add Beluga to be an MVP. Definitely the voice of reason around here. 

Who: Rico_Lansky

What: Best Admin Jail Ratter

Why: This guy clicked the RAT drug button so damn much that he got 420mins of admin jail time during Madoka's event. Nobody clicks a button faster than him and just the pure skill and determination it takes to land on exactly 420mins of jail time? Come on this guy needs a medal, or maybe he needs a chest to pin it on…I don’t know I'm not the judge here.

Best Metaphor

Who: UglyInbredGeorge
What: Best Metaphor
Why: "Consider this metaphor, Simon: You are a little German boy. Your belly is full of chocolate. You pat your belly and sing little German boy songs as you waddle up and down the street in your knee high socks. What's that noise? Who's that around the corner? It's an American soldier. He is liberating your town. Good luck, Simon. No more chocolate for you." source

Who: TonyTheTailor

What: MVP

Why: It feels like recently game mechanics have been dominating the outside conversation space. I believe that regardless of any coding changes(cool or uncool) it would still be the Streets that make this game unique and special. I think there are a lot of different tastes and flavours when it comes to the Streets. Some like their deeply immersive Mafia RP, some like their Si’s and Georges. I think regardless of flavour(I quite like Tony’s), consistency and activity are their own paramount. With this in mind, I would like to nominate TonyTheTailor for the MVP award. Check him out. Threads / Posts: 26 / 148 . Out there day 3, still out there day 174. He probably does it because he enjoys it, but I think someone being out there consistently is very valuable to our way of life. He’s also done a decent a job at managing his districts job sponsorship coverage and I’m fairly certain I’ve seen him yapping in Lounge everyday that I’ve been alive. So much engagement. It it is for these reasons I am nominating TonyTheTailor for the MVP award.

Objectively there have been relatively few 'standout' characters and truly memorable moments during 2025. My personal preference is towards those people who bring something to the game as a whole by being more than just a name. This can be through an action or a thread, which generally involves doing something, which then grows exponentially from there as these are the most memorable and tend to make the greatest impact upon the experience as a whole. For me there have been a few worthy of acknowledgement, two of which I have quoted previously but will elaborate on further below:

TonyTheTailor has been brought to the fore the Russian gimmick and specifically the Gulag aspect of it. Not something I've seen done before and the widespread adoption of it and desire for others to join in and become part of the lore is something we always need. 

UglyInbredGeorge championed the BG and HQ auditing business. It caused great amusement and very little harm. Nearly everyone enjoyed it until it was brought to an abrupt halt by killjoy Shane. Similarly to the Gulag, for a time, this was big news on the Streets and created something which multiple crews were involved in.

I feel that Tony is a solid shout for MVP as he has contributed regularly whilst running a crew, which is not an easy feat. I do feel however that the Best Street Posts of 2025 goes to someone else:

Who: QuackersFeatherbeak

What: Best Street Posts

Why: A tremendous Street presence, creating the best newspaper/radio show/ban list across nearly 100 issues. Each one gaining hundreds of views and multiple replies in a time where the game was being steered headfirst off a cliff in terms of engagement from the top. Recency bias can play a part in these things, but we should not forget that this man pretty much held the Streets aloft when whole cities couldn't muster up a single VIP poster.

The most memorable moment of 2025 is reserved for "Burgerhousing". This term was coined due to the unintentionally hilarious brent and his calamitous tenure as Godfather of Chicago. BuckBurgerhouse was his LHM who was then shot at by his leader, missed, demoted repeatedly and cast out in shame. This was recorded here: https://mafiareturns.com/comm/thread/2282035#343572712. But Burgerhousing became a phenomenon of its own with notable victims such as Otis and Ranger falling prey to the tactic, with often hilarious consequences. Can we recognise the best bad decision? I dunno but I want to and it is certainly not something I will forget. 

Who: QuackersFeatherbeak

What: Best Street Posts

Why: A tremendous Street presence, creating the best newspaper/radio show/ban list across nearly 100 issues. Each one gaining hundreds of views and multiple replies in a time where the game was being steered headfirst off a cliff in terms of engagement from the top. Recency bias can play a part in these things, but we should not forget that this man pretty much held the Streets aloft when whole cities couldn't muster up a single VIP poster.

Who: Kuku

What: Most unmotivated troll

Why: The guy has just lost his mojo.  The Streets are safe from his Eagle eye and razor sharp wit.  He's suffered ego death.  Does anyone care?

Triple T / TonytheTailor gets my vote for MVP, and is a player (I personally feel) has won 2025 on MR. Honourable mentions for many, many people I’ve carefully considered, including my own CL who (for similar reasons) is one of several worthy runners-up.

I came back to MR in summer 2024 after a 10 year hiatus. I didn’t know the lays of the land, but from then right up until as I’m typing this, I only ever wanted a bit of engagement with the community, to build a character and have fun clicky-clicking along the way. I believe last summer was a fairly similar time in which Tony parked his stolen Fiesta ST at these shores, so in my eyes, our experiences over the last 18 months have been somewhat parallel. Following the collapse of the former ‘regime’ and the shift to power that resides with the current user base of uppers, Tony has been a constant. He’s took the reigns himself as a CL, made the streets much more of an enjoyable place to read, inspiring others, managing the job board in his corner of the game with expertise and spearheading the whole comrade / CA concept. In the coffee shops he is omnipresent, appears to engage with, well, everybody, and seems like a generally all-round good guy. MR is a better place because of him, and he seems to me to have a stake in a lot of the wholly-positive direction the game is taking. I won’t kiss his arse too much - and again there are notable mentions for many, many others, Si and The Dude for starters, but for me he’s doing everything for the good of the community and not letting anything internal or external really sway him at all. This isn’t some fellow logistics experts underground clique either.

To counter-balance this, he has a shit accent and wears them daft hats, but we can’t all be perfect.

Triple T for MVP.

Who:Ms Rain
why: MR Poker

This lady deserves recognition for hosting fun and the Most Rewarding poker tournaments . not just an excellent hostess but a hell of a player. we've had long enduring battles in finals to which she plays the right hand at the right time to take home first prize. She has,made this a continuous way of bringing players together

Who: TonyTheTailor

What: MVP

Why: It feels like recently game mechanics have been dominating the outside conversation space. I believe that regardless of any coding changes(cool or uncool) it would still be the Streets that make this game unique and special. I think there are a lot of different tastes and flavours when it comes to the Streets. Some like their deeply immersive Mafia RP, some like their Si’s and Georges. I think regardless of flavour(I quite like Tony’s), consistency and activity are their own paramount. With this in mind, I would like to nominate TonyTheTailor for the MVP award. Check him out. Threads / Posts: 26 / 148 . Out there day 3, still out there day 174. He probably does it because he enjoys it, but I think someone being out there consistently is very valuable to our way of life. He’s also done a decent a job at managing his districts job sponsorship coverage and I’m fairly certain I’ve seen him yapping in Lounge everyday that I’ve been alive. So much engagement. It it is for these reasons I am nominating TonyTheTailor for the MVP award.

 

Who:Ms Rain
why: MR Poker

This lady deserves recognition for hosting fun and the Most Rewarding poker tournaments . not just an excellent hostess but a hell of a player. we've had long enduring battles in finals to which she plays the right hand at the right time to take home first prize. She has,made this a continuous way of bringing players together

Are there results?

I would like to clear this up though. The idea for the current gulag was actually by accident and it was introduced by our comrade leader, TonyTheTailor. It has been a wonderful time involving many people across various cities. 

Congratulations to the winners. Sound choices.