As during the 2011 which Pedestrian so generously put together, I am using her scheme to run the awards with Burning Down. I felt that because I have so much on she will help me (and you) stick to the schedule. Apologies for my crappy photoshop skills!!! If you'd like to suggest a new category, or eliminate an old one, post your suggestion here. Your suggestion needs to be approved three times by other members to make it as a final category.
This thread will close on November 24th(with a week to suggest extra categories and vote on them), and then we'll start nominating.
Here's the old list of categories, shamelessly pasted from last year's thread:
Best avatar - The best member avatar of 2012.
Sexiest Member (male) - The male member with the most sex appeal.
Sexiest Member (female) - The female member with the most sex appeal.
Most Inane - The user who is most vocal about all the dull and irrelevant moments of their day.
Most Enigmatic - The user you find most intriguing and know very little about.
Angriest member - The bitterest member, a cynic who often responds with hostility and bitterness towards new and old members.
Biggest Drama Whore - The member who most often surrounds him or herself with drama.
Nicest member - The kindest member, always makes an effort to treat people well, with respect, and to be nice.
Best debater - The member who's best at discussing and communicating intelligently and effectively.
Worst debater - The complete opposite. The member who's presence in a discussion is usually the most disruptive
Best Writer - The best writer on the site, whether they are writing a review, a summary of their day, a rant and everything inbetween.
Biggest Virtuoso - The member with the highest level of skill with an instrumental ability.
Smartest poster - The forums smartest member.
Funniest member - The member with the best sense of humour and who often makes you laugh.
Best Mediator -The member who is best at controlling arguments, limiting negative behaviour but keeping the discussion fair, on-topic and interesting.
Biggest Troll - The member who's presence anywhere in the forums is most disruptive
Biggest contributor - The member who's posts and threads have contributed the most to the overall quality of the site in 2012.
Most Improved Member - The member who's somehow improved the most in his or her behaviour on the site in the past 12 months.
Most Underrated Poster - The site's biggest underdog - someone who's positive impact on the forums is generally underappreciated or often goes unnoticed.
Most Mainstream Music Taste - The member with the most commercial, mainstream taste in music.
Most Obscure Music Taste - The member with the most varied or obscure taste in music.
Best Music Taste - The user with your favourite music taste this year.
Biggest music nerd - The member who's most knowledgeable about music.
Best Thread Starter - The member with a consistent habit of making throught provoking threads that manage to bring the community together in healthy, lengthy topic of debate or discussion.
Most Missed Poster - The member who's presence on the boards you missed the most in 2011 due to their long periods of absence or inactivity.
Thread of the Year - Your favourite thread created or popularized in 2012.
Best Journal - The best Members Journal.
Moderator of the Year - The member of the mod team who has helped to moderate the site the most in 2012 and who's work and efforts are the most appreciated.
Best new 2012 member - The best new addition to the site in 2012.
Member of the Year 2012 - The overall best member of 2012. The member who we love, appreciate and respect the most.
Categories to be voted on:
My idea was to have a category for each main sub forum, what do you think? Too much to vote for or to hard to?
Biggest Lounge Lizard?
(3/3)
Biggest Film Buff
Lord of Mediocrity
Whiniest Member
Member you'd most like to meet in real life (3/3)
Member you'd most want to avoid meeting in real life (3/3)
Biggest try-hard (3/3)
Most honest member
Member most likely to get caught with child porn.
Most Obscure Grammar Tip
Biggest Wanna-Be Moderator(
3/3)
Most amusing Shoutboxer (3/3)