Paedantic Basterd

Iiiiiiiiiiiit's that time of year again, to hash out the categories for this year's user awards. It's going to be really simple.

• If you'd like to suggest a new category, or eliminate an old one, post your suggestion here.
• Your suggestion needs to be approved three times by other members to make it as a final category.
• This thread will close on December 9, and then we'll start nominating.

Here's the old list of categories, shamelessly pasted from last year's thread.



Most Underrated Poster - The site's biggest underdog - someone who's positive impact on the forums is generally underappreciated or often goes unnoticed.
Smartest poster - The forums smartest member.
Most Missed Poster - The member who's presence on the boards you missed the most in 2011 due to their long periods of absence or inactivity.
Best Journal - The best Members Journal.
Biggest Drama Whore - The member who most often surrounds him or herself with drama.
Sexiest Member (male) - The male member with the most sex appeal.
Sexiest Member (female) - The female member with the most sex appeal.
Best debater - The member who's best at discussing and communicating intelligently and effectively.
Worst debater - The complete opposite. The member who's presence in a discussion is usually the most disruptive
Best Writer - The best writer on the site, whether they are writing a review, a summary of their day, a rant and everything inbetween.
Biggest music nerd - The member who's most knowledgeable about music.
Funniest member - The member with the best sense of humour and who often makes you laugh.
Angriest member - The bitterest member, a cynic who often responds with hostility and bitterness towards new and old members
Nicest member - The kindest member, always makes an effort to treat people well, with respect, and to be nice.
Biggest Troll - The member who's presence anywhere in the forums is most disruptive
Biggest contributor - The member who's posts and threads have contributed the most to the overall quality of the site in 2011.
Most Improved Member - The member who's somehow improved the most in his or her behaviour on the site in the past 12 months.
Most virtuosic - The member with the highest level of skill with an instrumental ability.
Best avatar - The best member avatar of 2011.
Moderator of the Year - The member of the mod team who has helped to moderate the site the most in 2011 and who's work and efforts are the most appreciated.
Best new 2011 member - The best new addition to the site in 2011.
Member of the Year 2011 - The overall best member of 2011. The member who we love, appreciate and respect the most.
Most Mainstream Music Taste - The member with the most commercial, mainstream taste in music.
Most Obscure Music Taste - The member with the most varied or obscure taste in music.
Best Thread Starter - The member with a consistent habit of making throught provoking threads that manage to bring the community together in healthy, lengthy topic of debate or discussion.
Best Mediator -The member who is best at controlling arguments, limiting negative behaviour but keeping the discussion fair, on-topic and interesting.

CATEGORIES TO BE VOTED ON (Out of 3 Votes):

Most Enigmatic Member: The member you find most intriguing, and want to know more about. (3/3)
Thread of the Year: Self explanatory. (3/3)
Best Music Taste: The member whose taste you like the most. (3/3)
User You Wish Poster More Often: A member who is still here, but just doesn't post enough. (2/3)
Most Eclectic Music Taste: (1/3)
Most Swag: The coolest member. (1/3)
Journal Entry of the Year. (1/3)
The Shut The Fuck Up Award: For those members who spend thousands of posts insisting on telling us every single iota of their boring lives. (3/3)

RVCA

"Argumentalist" really bugs me. It isn't a word, it should be "arguer".

The years should be 2011, not 2010.

Anyway, cool, I was just thinking about this the other day!

Paedantic Basterd

I said I shamelessly pasted it, c'mon now.

I'd like to nominate Most Enigmatic Member. Someone we find very interesting, and want to know more about.

Thom Yorke

Interesting. I haven't seen a forum do this before. All I know is that The Virgin has the biggest troll locked up.

Paedantic Basterd

"Argumentalist" tentatively changed to "debater".

Also would like to nominate Thread of the Year.

RVCA

That's a good one, I support it.

TockTockTock

Pedestrian told me to support the "The Most Enigmatic Member" suggestion. So... I do.

Paedantic Basterd

Pfft, don't put responsibility on me. If I wanted to cheat, I'd just do it.

Also: Should booby-prizes be doled out to participants in the awards?

Stu's got his heart set on "Best Member With a Three Letter Username".

TockTockTock

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pedestrian Stu's got his heart set on "Best Member With a Three Letter Username".

Voting for bob if that actually becomes a category.

RVCA

I like bob and stu, but I think ___ would get my vote