function awards.tbv(tb,value,default)
	if not default then
		default = {}
	end
	if not tb or type(tb) ~= "table" then
		if not value then
			value = "[NULL]"
		end
		minetest.log("error", "awards.tbv - table "..dump(value).." is null, or not a table! Dump: "..dump(tb))
		return
	end
	if not value then
		error("[ERROR] awards.tbv was not used correctly!\n"..
			"Value: '"..dump(value).."'\n"..
			"Dump:"..dump(tb))
		return
	end
	if not tb[value] then
		tb[value] = default
	end
end

function awards.assertPlayer(playern)
	awards.tbv(awards.players, playern)
	awards.tbv(awards.players[playern], "name", playern)
	awards.tbv(awards.players[playern], "unlocked")
	awards.tbv(awards.players[playern], "place")
	awards.tbv(awards.players[playern], "count")
	awards.tbv(awards.players[playern], "deaths", 0)
	awards.tbv(awards.players[playern], "joins", 0)
	awards.tbv(awards.players[playern], "chats", 0)
end

function awards.player(name)
	return awards.players[name]
end

function awards._order_awards(name)
	local done = {}
	local retval = {}
	local player = awards.player(name)
	if player and player.unlocked then
		for _,got in pairs(player.unlocked) do
			if awards.def[got] then
				done[got] = true
				table.insert(retval,{name=got,got=true})
			end
		end
	end
	for _,def in pairs(awards.def) do
		if not done[def.name] then
			table.insert(retval,{name=def.name,got=false})
		end
	end
	return retval
end