V O T E for B.F.G.

**Dreadful Scathe** · 7th-October-2005, 07:01 PM

OOOPS!

My web hosting company has just salvaged some files on their server (after a failure) and overwritten the forum voting page. They did this sometime yesterday. Which means anyone who has filled in the forum voting form on Thursday the 6th (yesterday) or Friday the 7th (today) has had their votes sent to the wrong place

sob

The last one I got was from Tiggerbabe at 12.30am on the 6th (earlier riser, clearly).

So if you did vote, can you please do so again on the fixed form. Ever so sorry about this

I shall provide free chocolates at the B.F.G to make it up to you all!

A reminder then....

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Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe

The B.F.G. is now only a few weeks away....and only a few people bothered to vote and we had even fewer nominations. I expected this though - too complicated for the lot of you (except for a select few - you know who you are). But now we need votes.......and for as many catagories as you can possibly manage too....

VOTING IS ONE CLICK AWAY

go HERE and vote

If you have sent me a PM with a vote it WILL be counted but you can vote again if you like if you feel you were not specific enough.

**Tiggerbabe** · 7th-October-2005, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe

OOOPS!
The last one I got was from Tiggerbabe at 12.30am on the 6th

Phew! Thank goodness I stayed up past my bedtime

LMC · 8th-October-2005, 11:28 AM

AAAGH! - I did mine yesterday lunchtime

- just hope I can remember who I voted for (they must have been good if I can't...

)

I'll have Bendicks Bittermints please DS

EDIT:

- The categories have changed since I voted yesterday?

- the ones I'm seeing are the same as on the categories thread - but the one I filled in yesterday included "Best Mediator", "Biggest ****-up" and others that I can't now remember - which means that if anyone voted before your service provider 'failed', the results could be interesting

**Northants Girly** · 8th-October-2005, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by LMC

AAAGH! - I did mine yesterday lunchtime

Yeah me too

Cadbury's Giant Chocolate Buttons Giant for me please

**Dreadful Scathe** · 8th-October-2005, 12:17 PM

sorry - typical , of all the times they could have done that...and yes the catagories were different last year.

Sweetie orders duly noted

**Dreadful Scathe** · 8th-October-2005, 12:18 PM

...of course i dont know if ill find bendicks bittermints - whatever they are ?

LMC · 8th-October-2005, 12:26 PM

Aw, I hate to see a man all

- DS, we just messin wiv ya - s*** happens

Guess the category change thing means everyone will have to vote again anyway, so NG and I aren't special

Most big Tesco stores have the Bendicks bittermints (they are

)

**Northants Girly** · 8th-October-2005, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LMC

Aw, I hate to see a man all

- DS, we just messin wiv ya - s*** happens

Oh duh!

What are yer like woman? You just waved goodbye to free chocolate!!

**Piglet** · 8th-October-2005, 10:26 PM

A Little Quezzy:

Have the votes made got to be made in relation to things written on the forum in threads?

Or.... can you vote because of a helpful PM or rep comment?

Or.... can you vote for someone that is a forumite, but who has "helped" you out during a class...

Sorry for being dense. This is quite hard work you know!

**ducasi** · 8th-October-2005, 10:43 PM

I've tried to keep my voting based on public forum posts, but obviously PMs, reps, and real-life knowledge of people are going to be an influence...

I'd say though that the decision on how you decide to vote is entirely up to you.

Definitely was a lot harder than I thought it would be, and I knew it was going to be difficult.

**Piglet** · 8th-October-2005, 11:02 PM

Cheers for that Ducasi!

Another quezzy (that I meant to ask last time too!)

When is the deadline for getting votes in??

(I have a feeling my 2 week holiday is going to be immersed in reading old threads trying to find the bits that I really like - btw, so far I'm having a ball of a time - just read the Valentine's thread located in the Beginner's section - what a laugh!! How did I miss this before?)

Which leads to another quezzy:

Can you only vote for posts/threads made in the last year??????
(It would be a shame if that were the case, but on the other hand - my reading could be done in less time

)

**ducasi** · 8th-October-2005, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Piglet

Cheers for that Ducasi!

No problem, just so long as you don't take what I say as having any intrinsic value.

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Originally Posted by Piglet

When is the deadline for getting votes in??

That's definitely one for DS or Franck to answer, but my guess might be early in the week of the BFG... :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Piglet

Can you only vote for posts/threads made in the last year??????

Again, my value-less opinion would be.. Yes, you should probably only base your votes on what has happened during the last year – as if you're voting for threads or people who aren't around much now, your favourites are much less likely to be voted for by Jonny-come-latelys like myself.

Hope that helps...

Have a good holiday!

**Dreadful Scathe** · 9th-October-2005, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Piglet

Have the votes made got to be made in relation to things written on the forum in threads?

I think I said in another thread that people would interpret things differently, so its really up to you. If the "most helpful" person was only helpful to you through PM its still valid to vote for them,i would say - but I'm not going to specify silly rules, vote for who you think fits the catagory best.

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Or.... can you vote for someone that is a forumite, but who has "helped" you out during a class...

This for me, i think, is maybe too far - BUT if you feel you only know them because of the forum and they have helped you then by all means vote for them. Just remember it IS the "forum" awards.

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Originally Posted by piglet

When is the deadline for getting votes in??

I will collate all the results as I get them so no deadline is really needed. I will even check on the Saturday morning of the BFG to see if there are any extra votes coming in....i cant imagine there would be many that do this (thats not a reason to go do it

)

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Originally Posted by piglet

(I have a feeling my 2 week holiday is going to be immersed in reading old threads trying to find the bits that I really like - btw, so far I'm having a ball of a time - just read the Valentine's thread located in the Beginner's section - what a laugh!! How did I miss this before?)

Bear in mind we dont expect anyone to have read ALL of the forum - if no names spring to mind for a catagory don't get stressed about HAVING to put a vote in

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Can you only vote for posts/threads made in the last year??????

I dont know what Francks feeling is on this but I would have thought for the majority of voters this is not an issue - votes will tend to come in (and have) based on fairly recent posts so, not unlike the Oscars, posts in the last few months are bound to get more votes.

Also - this really ISN'T the Oscars , its a fun addition to the B.F.G, yu don't need to ask anyone for permisson to vote for what you want to vote for

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LMC · 9th-October-2005, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Northants Girly

Oh duh!

What are yer like woman? You just waved goodbye to free chocolate!!

Whoa, hold on a second

- we don't mind *that* much about having to re-do our voting - but we still want free chocolate

should we have a chocolate tart award in next year's BFG?

**Piglet** · 9th-October-2005, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe

I will collate all the results as I get them so no deadline is really needed. I will even check on the Saturday morning of the BFG to see if there are any extra votes coming in....i cant imagine there would be many that do this (thats not a reason to go do it

)

Wow! That's dedication! And thanks for your replies to my queries

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Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe

Bear in mind we dont expect anyone to have read ALL of the forum - if no names spring to mind for a catagory don't get stressed about HAVING to put a vote in

.

Glad I don't have to have a name for every category - some don't lend themselves to my memory cells at all.
Cheers again

killingtime · 10th-October-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe

So if you did vote, can you please do so again on the fixed form. Ever so sorry about this

I shall provide free chocolates at the B.F.G to make it up to you all!

You say you lost the votes and have no record of them at all? Why; yes I totally posted on Friday and now I'm going to have to think of them all again. It's not like I was having difficulty choosing or anything that is delaying my post because I definitely posted on Friday

.

I sure hope I get some chocolate...

**Dreadful Scathe** · 10th-October-2005, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by killingtime

You say you lost the votes and have no record of them at all? Why; yes I totally posted on Friday and now I'm going to have to think of them all again. It's not like I was having difficulty choosing or anything that is delaying my post because I definitely posted on Friday

.

I sure hope I get some chocolate...

Yes I lost them - they got sent to another email address. My mistake. You will get some chocolates - I'll bring a fancy selection

Any preference ?

8th-October-2005, 11:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
LMC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In the corner Posts: 4,508 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 2319	Re: V O T E for B.F.G. AAAGH! - I did mine yesterday lunchtime - just hope I can remember who I voted for (they must have been good if I can't... ) I'll have Bendicks Bittermints please DS EDIT: - The categories have changed since I voted yesterday? - the ones I'm seeing are the same as on the categories thread - but the one I filled in yesterday included "Best Mediator", "Biggest ***-up" and others that I can't now remember - which means that if anyone voted before your service provider 'failed', the results could be interesting Last edited by LMC : 8th-October-2005 at 11:33 AM.*

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Dreadful Scathe Papa Smurf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Scathe Posts: 9,813 Rep Power: 7 Reputation Total: 2274	Re: V O T E for B.F.G. sorry - typical , of all the times they could have done that...and yes the catagories were different last year. Sweetie orders duly noted __________________ "defiantly a pork soared" -fletch "This is a discussion forum, not some sort of hippy poetry-reading commune" - TAFKADJ

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Dreadful Scathe Papa Smurf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Scathe Posts: 9,813 Rep Power: 7 Reputation Total: 2274	Re: V O T E for B.F.G. ...of course i dont know if ill find bendicks bittermints - whatever they are ? __________________ "defiantly a pork soared" -fletch "This is a discussion forum, not some sort of hippy poetry-reading commune" - TAFKADJ

8th-October-2005, 12:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
LMC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In the corner Posts: 4,508 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 2319	Re: V O T E for B.F.G. Aw, I hate to see a man all - DS, we just messin wiv ya - s*** happens Guess the category change thing means everyone will have to vote again anyway, so NG and I aren't special Most big Tesco stores have the Bendicks bittermints (they are )

8th-October-2005, 10:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
Piglet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Puppy Heaven Posts: 5,218 Rep Power: 3 Reputation Total: 857	Re: V O T E for B.F.G. A Little Quezzy: Have the votes made got to be made in relation to things written on the forum in threads? Or.... can you vote because of a helpful PM or rep comment? Or.... can you vote for someone that is a forumite, but who has "helped" you out during a class... Sorry for being dense. This is quite hard work you know!

8th-October-2005, 10:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
ducasi Lovely Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 9,508 Rep Power: 6 Reputation Total: 3224	Re: V O T E for B.F.G. I've tried to keep my voting based on public forum posts, but obviously PMs, reps, and real-life knowledge of people are going to be an influence... I'd say though that the decision on how you decide to vote is entirely up to you. Definitely was a lot harder than I thought it would be, and I knew it was going to be difficult. __________________ Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

8th-October-2005, 11:02 PM	#11 (permalink)
Piglet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Puppy Heaven Posts: 5,218 Rep Power: 3 Reputation Total: 857	Re: V O T E for B.F.G. Cheers for that Ducasi! Another quezzy (that I meant to ask last time too!) When is the deadline for getting votes in?? (I have a feeling my 2 week holiday is going to be immersed in reading old threads trying to find the bits that I really like - btw, so far I'm having a ball of a time - just read the Valentine's thread located in the Beginner's section - what a laugh!! How did I miss this before?) Which leads to another quezzy: Can you only vote for posts/threads made in the last year?????? (It would be a shame if that were the case, but on the other hand - my reading could be done in less time )

10th-October-2005, 01:22 PM	#18 (permalink)
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