User Awards 2009 - Nominations and Info

[Klaynos]

It's that time of the year again! Well it's about 3 months late than the 3 months late it was last year, but you get the idea.

 

They're the same basic format as the last three years (just a little later again!), with nominations (this thread) for all the awards and then threads for the final votes.

 

Please read the below carefully, and re-read your post before posting it.

 

In this thread, you are allowed to nominate one member for each of the following six categories:

 

1. Most Helpful Member: who gives the best answers in the nicest way?
   
2. Most Knowledgeable Member: who displays the most consistent knowledge in any (or many) fields?
   
3. Most Interesting Member: who's posts are a must read for their diverse content?
   
4. Best Debater: the member who you think uses the best debating techniques on the forums.
   
5. Most Enjoyable Member: this is a fun category; who makes you laugh the most?
   
6. Most Improved Member: who has improved their quality of posts the most in the past twelve months?
   

 

The Rules

 

• You are allowed to nominate one, and only one person for each category. Your last post on this thread will be counted as your nominations; any previous posts will be deleted. Even so, please try and get it right the first time.
  
• Please do not nominate any members of staff or resident experts. If you do so, then these will be deleted. This is all about you guys in the community. Here is the Staff List - To clarify, this is Administrators, Super Moderators, and Resident Experts.
  
• Please, reply to this post with the following format:

  
  1. Member name
  2. Member name
  3. Member name
  4. Member name
  5. Member name
  6. Member name
  

  Each member name corresponds to the appropriate category. Be careful not to mix them up, because we won't know and don't have the time to check! If you don't know how to format your post like this, then look at the BBCode Guide before you post.
   
  
• Any posts not of this form will be deleted. The mods will hopefully show no mercy on this point, since I have to go through all of these posts at the end of the day.
  
• You are allowed to nominate one person for up to two different categories.
  
• You are not allowed to nominate yourself.
  
• If, for whatever reason, you do not wish to nominate somebody for a particular category, then please leave that name blank. However, you must submit a nomination for at least one category.
  
• This thread will remain open until the 8th August 2009. After that, no more nominations will be accepted.
  
• Nominations must have made at least 5 posts in the time since the last nominations closed.
  

 

And this year something that was new last year!

 

If you're an IRC user, you can also nominate someone to be your Favourite IRC Chatter, this can be anyone including staff... You need to have a registered IRC nickname to nominate and vote. Nominate by sending a memo to "UserAward"

 

/msg memoserv SEND UserAward YOUR NOMINATION GOES HERE

 

This is all in good fun, so good luck everyone

 

And and in case you're wondering, last years winners.

[GutZ]

1. Most Helpful Member: Severian

2. Most Knowledgeable Member:Severian

3. Most Interesting Member: Severian

4. Best Debater: Severian

5. Most Enjoyable Member: Severian

6. Most Improved Member: proton

 

what can I say, Severian is the man.

Edited July 23, 2009 by Klaynos
Replaced staff member

[ydoaPs]

1. Most Helpful Member: Jesus

2. Most Knowledgeable Member: ydoaPs

3. Most Interesting Member: ydoaPs

4. Best Debater: George W Bush

5. Most Enjoyable Member: ydoaPs

6. Most Improved Member: ydoaPs

 

What can I say, ydoaPs is the man.

[Xittenn]

1. Most Helpful Member: AJB

2. Most Knowledgeable Member: GDG

3. Most Interesting Member: UnintentionalChaos

4. Best Debater: Bascule

5. Most Enjoyable Member: Externet

6. Most Improved Member: Insane-Alien (I got to know him)

 

Atheist rocks too!

[GutZ]

bumpy*

 

Klaynos puts a lot of effort in this! This isn't politics your vote actually counts for something.

 

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Edited July 24, 2009 by GutZ

[iNow]

1. Most Helpful Member: UC
   
2. Most Knowledgeable Member: Atheist
   
3. Most Interesting Member: Janus
   
4. Best Debater: JohnB
   
5. Most Enjoyable Member: john5746
   
6. Most Improved Member: jimmydasaint
   

 

Honorable mention to ajb, john5746, snail, and padren who fit many of these.

[Royston]

Annoyingly, life has been getting in the way, and I haven't been posting much recently, that aside...

 

1. Most Helpful Member: iNow
   
2. Most Knowledgeable Member: GDG
   
3. Most Interesting Member: Kleinwolf (I'm utterly fascinated by his posts)
   
4. Best Debater: JohnB
   
5. Most Enjoyable Member: CaptainPanic
   
6. Most Improved Member: GutZ
   

Edited July 28, 2009 by Snail

[Theophrastus]

Well, here goes...

 

1. Most Helpful Member: UC

2. Most Knowledgable Member: GDG

3. Most Interesting Member: Bascule

4. Best Debater: iNow

5. Most Enjoyable Member: iNow

6. Most Improved Member: jimmydasaint

 

As well, an honourable mention to Insane Alien, Skeptic, Kaeroll and Kleinwolf (As Snail phrased it, I'm utterly fascinated by his posts), to name off the top of my head. On a similar basis, I'll note that many of my picks also deserve honourable mention, for a variety of other categories.

 

Vote and participate in the democratic process! (But what's wrong with communism, daddy? )

 

Cheers to all forum"ers!"

Edited August 7, 2009 by Theophrastus

[Theophrastus]

Alas, it's the last day, and only six nominations? What's with the lack of participation?

[iNow]

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that a great number of the most solid posters to this site are already recognized as staff or experts, and hence cannot be voted for? I know I struggled making my choices. There are a lot of really bright members, but a lot of the names which came to my mind first in response to the 6 categories were restricted from selection.

[Theophrastus]

Yeah, I suppose. I can admit that a similar thing occured in the thought process regarding my own selection. Shame...

Edited August 9, 2009 by Theophrastus

[ydoaPs]

Voting?

[CaptainPanic]

Hmpf.

I could have voted... but I missed it.

Probably because I was on holiday when this thing opened and closed again.

 

Anyway, I prefer polls where I can simply click on the bottom option (which by default should always be: "I don't know what this poll is about, but I just felt like clicking").

[Klaynos]

Sorry everyone, been really quite busy for the last couple of months, I'll endeavour to do the polls this weekend.