Couldn't we try to avoid those negatively charged "awards"?
I mean, sure it might not be a serious vote from the voter, but does the winner know? Like "Most Annoying Member". Just being nominated for that category can tick the wrong person of - and the result might end up as "The Feud of 2007". Especially as each voter is mentioned by name, and someone who is honestly hurt by such a nomination would be quick to start to defend him/herself by various means.
Nominating someone for "Best member of the Year" is good and will only have positive outcomes. Nominating someone for "Most annoying member of the Year".... not so much.
My nominations:
- User of the Year: The Fifth Horseman
For helping out everyone that needs help - no matter the forum, or the size of the task of helping. He is not just a User, he is also a Giver. Exactly the kind of members we need.
- Admin of the Year: Reup
For doing his very best, and for taking an honest interest in the forum and the people on it. He has adapted quickly and nicely to his role as an Admin, even though he has only been one for a very short time compared to other Admins.
- Mod of the Year: The Fifth Horseman
For cleaning out hundreds of pages of nonsense from the Game Discussion forum, doing an excellent job dealing with trouble-makers, and helping out the rest of the Mods as best as he can. Also for his assistance with the AW List.
- Helper of the Year: The Fifth Horseman
For the exact same reasons as above.
- Newcomer of the Year: Mighty Midget
For being an active all-round member, and for trying to help us out in any way that he can. And with his current list of games he would like to supply to the site, his future on this site looks very bright - and very busy.
- Review of the Year: Return of the Phantom - Frodo
A review is much more than just writing down a few lines of text and taking 5 screenshots from the first 10 minutes of gameplay. With the review of Return of the Phanton, which in itself is magnificently written, Frodo has supplied 10 great screenshots that stretches the entire lenght of the game and shows different aspects of gameplay. And, on top of that, she has crowned this jewel by personally writing one thorough walkthrough for each of the two difficulty levels, added a manual and a set of solutions for the Maze Challenges, and after all that was done and in the box, she then started to scan 13 pages of Copy Protections - and finished the whole thing of by supplying 2 great box-scans, and 1 floppy-scan.
This is, to me, a review worth remembering for a long time.