That's right, it's the First Annual Montgomery Burns Award For Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence!
By which I mean...
The 1st Annual GRcade Awards! Thank you to Cal for the awesome banner design!
Last week, I asked you to nominate those forumites, threads and events that you felt need recognition. Well, you responded in droves and I can now reveal the offical nominations for the awards! Some categories were closely fought, whereas others had obvious leaders from the start - no prizes for guessing which!
Strictly in alphabetical order, the nominations are...
Forumite of the Year
chalkitdown
Cuttooth
Drumstick
Mockmaster
Sarge
The Alchemist Penguin
Most Entertaining Forumite
chalkitdown
Herbi
HSH28
Nood
Rogueleader
Zenigame
Most Missed Forumite
Buffalo
Drunken_Master
Pell
rinks
Sarge
The Baron Of Rhymes
Most Underappreciated Forumite
Bud Clay
Dalax
jiggles
Parksey
Rogueleader
St. Nick
Best Newcomer
Bunni
BobbyD
G-Ratasaurus Rex
Irene Demova
Mafro
Pacman
Most Helpful Forumite
chalkitdown
Greengecko
Hexx
karlprof
Sarge
Winckle
Best Username
Charles Carmichael
Grumpy David
Jimmy Shedders
Memento Mori
more_heat_than_light
reactant mob driven
Oddest Forumite
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1cmanny1
Adam231
HSH28
reactant mob driven
Rogueleader
Biggest Spammer
Anung
Denster
Irene Demova
MCN
Memento Mori
OTN
Best Forum Game
AYAW?
FIFA: The Rivals
Forumite Forefeits
GRAPL
Sig Swap
The Eliminator
Most Memorable Event
BLH's Chernobyl thread
Day 1
Deletion of TCRT
DML's performance on Going For Gold
Grumpy David's performance on Total Wipeout
The infamous Mass Wank thread and subsequent fallout
Best GGC Thread
Bargain Alerts
Currently Playing
FIFA 09
FIFA: The Rivals
Motorstorm Mondays
The PSN thread
Best Non-GGC Thread
The Football thread
Last Film
Pics/Gifs
The Poker thread
USTV
The Wrestling thread
Best Long Running Thread
Last Film
The Poker thread
Pictures/Gifs
The Chat Room Thread
The Midnight Thread
USTV
Biggest Facepalm
Adam 231's soggy Pringle incident
DML's performance on Going For Gold
Eighthours in general
HSH28's post history
Igor's relationships
MCN's post history
Best Meme
Alvin would
Drive-thru
External hard drive recommendation
Portsmouth Pirates
Shock gif
Toast (what goes on it and the chances of it remaining there)
Worst Meme
Drive-thru
Mayne
Secret, secret
Tit shitting
Toast (what goes on it and the chances of it remaining there)
"That's the joke."
So, those are the main categories. There is also a Super Special Awesome Bonus Award for The Best Quotation, which has just three nominations. Each nomination is accompanied by a short comment from the forumite responsible, hopefully putting it into some kind of context.
QUOTATION 1 "Well done on removing the heart of the community." -MCN
MCN wrote:To put it in context, I was angry. Angry at the sudden removal of TCRT without prior warning, or a chance to adjust to the idea of having a major thread being removed. And I believe that TCRT and TMT are important threads for the community. After all, a community is not just built on the serious stuff. Every good community has somewhere to chill out and chew the fat. That's what TCRT did. To remove that, was to remove in important part of what made GRcade such a decent community, in my opinion.
QUOTATION 2 "This isn't up for debate guys. We're not having a mass wank thread, get over it." -Garth
Garth wrote:Mass wank threads are bad, mmkay.
QUOTATION 3 "I'm going to ban the living gooseberry fool out of you." -Eighthours
Eighthours wrote:Er... official comment? Hmmm. Let me get back to you on that one.
So, there we have it! All nominees should be incredibly proud that they have reached this point in the proceedings, but it doesn't end there! I'll be needing your votes for who wins the glittering prizes!
SAMPLE AWARD
Simply copy and paste the form below and put your votes in the correct boxes, then PM me. Names in the first box earn 3 points, names in the second earn 2 and names in the third box earn 1. So, for example, if you voted the following in the Most Entertaining award...
[1] Forumite A [2] Forumite X [3] Forumite 8hrs
...Forumite A would be awarded the most points (3), while Forumite X and Forumite 8hrs would earn 2 and 1 points respectively. The forumite with the most points when voting closes is the winner! For the Super Special Awesome Bonus Award for The Best Quotation, you can only vote for one quotation.
Voting will be open FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE - due to changing plans and whatnot I don't know when I'll have time to count the votes, but rest assured that I will and that I will give adequate notice before voting closes.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you support The First Annual GRcade Awards!
Best Forum Game (noms. AYAW?; FIFA: The Rivals; Forumite Forefeits; GRAPL; Sig Swap; The Eliminator) [1] [2] [3]
Most Memorable Event (noms. BLH's Chernobyl thread; Day 1; Deletion of TCRT; DML's performance on Going For Gold; Grumpy David's performance on Total Wipeout; The infamous Mass Wank thread and subsequent fallout) [1] [2] [3]
Best GGC Thread (noms. Bargain Alerts; Currently Playing; FIFA 09; FIFA: The Rivals; Motorstorm Mondays; The PSN thread) [1] [2] [3]
Best Non-GGC Thread (noms. The Football thread; Last Film; Pics/Gifs; The Poker thread; USTV; The Wrestling thread) [1] [2] [3]
Best Long Running Thread (noms. Last Film; The Poker thread; Pictures/Gifs; The Chat Room Thread; The Midnight Thread; USTV) [1] [2] [3]
Biggest Facepalm (noms. Adam 231's soggy Pringle incident; DML's performance on Going For Gold; Eighthours in general; HSH28's post history; Igor's relationships; MCN's post history) [1] [2] [3]
Best Meme (noms. Alvin would; Drive-thru; External hard drive recommendation; Portsmouth Pirates; Shock gif; Toast) [1] [2] [3]