BFG 2005: Awards

[Gadget]

What do you think about the Awards for this year?

This is last years titles:

• Most helpful poster
• Best first 10 posts - I think this should be changed to best newcomer
• Best mediator
• Biggest deviant
• Most humerous poster
• Forum Official Devils' Advocate
• Most use of Inuendo
• The forum Tart
• Biggest Cockup
• Best signature
• Best avatar
• Worst speller
• Forum King & Queen

And Add, best profile! I think most peoples Profiles are boring (mine included)


Ahhhhhhhh so sorry Gadget, I edited your post by mistake, instead of quoting! And I can't change it back now!

[Tessalicious]

Well I think we all know who'd win the 'Most contentious poll' award if there were one...

[Lory]

I think i'm straight in at number one for the biggest **** up so far!

[Gadget]

[David Bailey]

Originally Posted by Lory

I think i'm straight in at number one for the biggest **** up so far!

"Most blatant attempt to pre-empt an award" award?

[ducasi]

Some of these categories don't cry out for many nominations (IMNSHO). Has there been so many ****-ups? (Besides Lory's blatant pre-emption attempt. ) Do we have so much mediation? Do we need it? Aren't the most helpful posters also mediators? Don't the "tarts" and "deviants" use innuendo lots? Who actually remembers profiles to nominate any? Also, a prize for worst grammar would have a lot more competition than worst spelling.

How about some categories that match up to dancing? Things like style, technique, musical interpretation??

Style could simply be writing style, or more generally, just style... Not sure what technique would be, unless you count creative use of vB code tags.

For best musical interpretation, it could be for posts to the DJ booth, or for those long lists of themed song names in chit-chat.

Some more ideas – how about awards for best (external) linkage, most interesting poster, best use of smilies, best forum name?

Just my thoughts... Oops, time I was in bed though...

[Gadget]

Don't post who you would nominate. Just trying to think up some categories to get feedback on (that are not a carbon copy of last years)...
The titles of the cattegories and what they actually mean is up for debate as well: eg if you think there is a better way of saying "Biggest Deviant", say so

Biggest deviant - Who drags threads off on a tangent most often or/and to the greatest degree.

Most creative spelling - Especially when the word being attempted to spell is replaced with a new word that actually fits the sentence quite well. In the words of Indego: "I do not think that word means what you think it means."
{I'd rather there not be a "Worst Speller" - I've already won that one once }

Meteoric Forumite - Who has made the largest impact on entry into the Forum?

Forum Poll dancer - Which dancer (forumite) has created the best polls to participate in.

Most Informed - Who's knowledge and experience has transcended the pages of the Forum and into your own dancing?

Most elusive - Who have you seen pop in, say a few things that caught your eye, then vanish again?

Forum 'Phone a Friend' - Who's head is stuffed with useless trivia and knowledge that you would have on a "phone a friend" list?

Forum Ambassador/Missionary - Who's posts and attitude would you send into the wilderness to convert the uninitiated and bring them into the Forum? Who has done the most to promote and entice people onto the forum?

Forum Clown - the most humerous poster and/or the one who makes light of everything when things get too serious.

Biggest Gaffe - Not necessarily forum related, but must be dance related and involve a forumite. (With examples)

Forum Obmisman - Forumite that is best at keeping the peace, calming things down and cooling heated arguments.

Spurtle award - Forumite who sturs it up and causes friction/debate that livens up the forum.

Best Thread - Which thread made you laugh until tears rolled down your cheeks or illuminated you to hidden secrets or let you know that you were not alone in your private anxieties or provoked you to think about somthing that wouldn't have crossed you mind...

Best avatar - prettiest picture or most representative of that person, or one that makes you smile every time you see it.

Best tag line - the quote at the bottom of registered user's post: Who's do you like best?

Best Profile - the info written in everyone's "Member Profile"

Forum King & Forum Queen - Belles of the ball to be crowned and have the first dance together. I recon that they should be nominated as a couple: which forumites would you like to see dancing together?


{Just a reminder: don't post who you would nominate for any of these}

[Purple Sparkler]

Originally Posted by Gadget

In the words of Indego: "I do not think that word means what you think it means."

Because I'm a pedant at the best of times but ESPECIALLY about films, my apologies to Gadget for the following two Points of Princess Bride Accuracy

It's INIGO. Proper Spanish name, y'know, as in Inigo Jones (the theatre architect). Only it's Inigo Montoya.

XHello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Sorry, but it had to be done.

And the quote is: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

We now return you to your usual Forum Discussion Service...

[David Bailey]

Best quotes? Or, maybe, best 10 quotes?

Best single post?

Originally Posted by Gadget

Forum Obmisman

Err, "Ombudsman"? Or is this another pre-empt for the "Creative spelling" award?

Some people are just shameles...

[Clive Long]

Can't ESG write some bit of code to trawl through every post in the last year and calculate "most quoted / referenced poster" ? At least there will be one category that will be above suspicion of vote rigging / blatant favouritism

Maybe we can get the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to oversee the process of collecting votes in the other categories?

Clive (Vote for me for a better Forum and a better Britain !!) well I thought I would make a start on the hustings

[Purple Sparkler]

Originally Posted by Clive Long

Can't ESG write some bit of code to trawl through every post in the last year and calculate "most quoted / referenced poster" ? At least there will be one category that will be above suspicion of vote rigging / blatant favouritism

Maybe we can get the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to oversee the process of collecting votes in the other categories?

Clive (Vote for me for a better Forum and a better Britain !!) well I thought I would make a start on the hustings

Gosh, he can do computer code as well as the Cha Cha Cha? That's one talented ass!

[David Bailey]

Originally Posted by Clive Long

Can't ESG write some bit of code to trawl through every post in the last year and calculate "most quoted / referenced poster" ?

Possibly, but doing that whilst on hols may tax even his stupendous talents. (getting the political flattery in now...)

Originally Posted by Clive Long

Maybe we can get the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to oversee the process of collecting votes in the other categories?

"Will sell Rep for votes"? How's that for a slogan?

[Gadget]

Originally Posted by DavidJames

Best quotes? Or, maybe, best 10 quotes?

From a forumite, or that a forumite has posted from other sources?

Best single post?

too hard to pin down (well, for me anyway) - lots of single liners, some good provication posts from some folk, some excelent advice from others... I doubt I could single one out: perhaps if given a short-list?

Err, "Ombudsman"? Or is this another pre-empt for the "Creative spelling" award?

not intensionally {and I know that's spelt wrongly - but I can't be bothered looking it up}

[David Bailey]

Originally Posted by Gadget

From a forumite, or that a forumite has posted from other sources?

From a forumite, I'd suggest - anyone can find a decent quote online; should be something original.

[bigdjiver]

It might be possible to draw up a shortlist of best posts by discovering which posts attracted most positive rep.

[philsmove]

Best resurrection of an ancient thread

The Dr Who award for the most remote post

Nicest PM or rep

[LMC]

The Imelda Marcos award for the greatest shoe obsession