The votes have been counted, and we move onto the Nomination Stage! It's pretty simple - I won't explain how I adjudicated each award, as the votes for each one made it difficult to keep a constant system - but it generally involved the top three voted, but including those who had the same votes. For example, if Person A, B, C and D all got 2 votes for a particular category, and 2 was the highest number of votes for any person in that category, all four were nominated. It's a little more complex than that, but that's the gist of it. Just explaining why there are variable amounts of nominees for each category.
Remember, these are NOT the winners. Just the nominees, who after further deliberation from me and others who will need to assist me (for example, some involve me and I need an impartial judge for them) one person will be given the award.
Without further ado, the nominations are...
Best Overall Member - Areida07, Crysi, Firestarter
Funniest Member - Aniar, Hunter, Muse, Sureal
Most Helpful Member/Friendliest Member - Areida07, Crysi, Niteowl
Best Reviewer of Prose - Brad, Meshugenah, Ohhewwo, Reichieru, Sam, Snoink (This category was most complicated. None of you seemed to agree on the best few, so there's a lot of nominations. Makes it all more tense, eh?)
Best Reviewer of Poetry - Brad, bubblewrapped, Reichieru
Best Poet - Brad, Caligula's Launderette, Firestarter, Liz
Best Writer - Areida07, Brad, Duskglimmer
Member You’d Most Like to Shoot - BlueStone, Brad, Fontroy
Best Moderator - Crysi, ElectricBlueMonkey, Firestarter, Hunter, Nate
Best Story - “The Girl and Her Wolf/Amongst the Tombstones” by tortured_artboy, “Voices” by Duskglimmer, “Cold” by Duskglimmer, “Hourglass” by Sam, “I Can Hear Voices” by Areida07, “She Hung Up On Me Again” by Areida07, “Juliet Playing with Knives” by Liz, “One Single Hate” by Darkmoon158
(Again, complicated. Not so much nominees as those actually voted for. There was a lacklustre response (you're all lazy) for both this and best poem category, and so it was basically any that were chosen)
Best Poem - “Untitled” by Faith (May 23rd), “you know I’d sing for you” by Firestarter, “division” by Firestarter, “egotistic satchelbags and heels” by Liz, “The ripples in the water are not gentle anymore” by writersdomain, “Poem for Chevy” by Brad, “l'orangina rouge” by Liz
(same as above)
Best Off-Topic Topic - Flirt Much?, Person Above You, Post-Your-Own-Pic
Spam Master (a.k.a. Most Overly Active Member) - Aniar, Fontroy, YoshiArmada
Best Debater - Bobo, Galatea, QiGuaiGongFu, Reichieru
Best Lyricist - Chevy, Harley, Sgt.Pepper
Best Artist - lollipop, Bobo, Muse
Best Usergroup - Big Brother, The Kingdom of Evandor, VIP
Best Blog - Dragon’s Keep (Crysi), Fear (Hunter), Something Is Rotten In The State Of Denmark (Sam),
Best Avatar - Bobo, Caligula's Launderette, Crysi, Firestarter
The Winners will be posted in the next few days after the nominees have been carefully examined and analysed. You'll just have to wait till then!
So who's going to take home all the awards? Debate and discuss here!
Congrats to all winners of all types! People like you should be more popular. But I daresay, I should have recieved honorable mention for the debator catagory. I've argued with all those people who were mentioned as debators. Maybe I didn't win, but a fight is worth playing at. Anyways! Happy boarding!
My BLOGGO, too? AHHH!
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