I'm going to do it if I win something too. hahahahaha.

Many thanks to Duga, Burning Down and Seltzer! Those nominations made me very happy :D
Don't know about the large amount of Most Impoved nominations. Apparently I was an annoying pratt when I joined, this I wasn't aware of.

Many thanks for the Best New Member nominations :cool:

Most Underrated Poster - nonsubmissivewife
Smartest poster - Bernard
Most Missed Poster - The CellarTapes
Best Journal - Aural Fixation - Gavin B
Biggest Drama Whore - boo boo
Sexiest Member (male) - VEGANGELICA
Sexiest Member (female) - Jibber. She's got balls (metaphorically speaking)
Best argumentalist - There are several, but when Bernard chooses his battles the body count rises instantly. If this guy disagrees with you...you know you're wrong.
Worst argumentalist - Zarquabull. Blah, blah, blah...link...blah, blah, blah...link etc.etc.
Best Writer - TheBig3 always has the ability to make me think. Cardboard a close second for making my head hurt.
Biggest music nerd - Urban...yet again! No surprises there. SATCHMO knows his stuff too.
Funniest member - Janzoon.
Angriest member - Probably VEGANGELICA. It's what makes her tick. Although she hasn't got a publicly angry bone in her body...deep down she's seething. Let it all out girl!!!
Nicest member - VEGANGELICA.
The girl with saccharine in her name isn't far behind.
Biggest Troll - bungalow R.I.P. ****head
Biggest contributor - Tore.
Most Improved Member - TCS.
Most virtuosic - No Idea.
Best avatar - sidewinder
Moderator of the Year - Each brings something of their own to the way the site is run. Whether organising the forums, adding new ideas, technical knowledge, intervening in the right way, or being downright brutal at a crucial time. Between them they seem to have everything covered.
If I had to go for one it would be SATCHMO. Since his return as mod his very presence on these boards speak volumes.
Best new 2010 member - Dankrsta
Member of the Year 2010 - mojo
Most Mainstream Music Taste - AwwSugar
Most Obscure Music Taste - After 5 years of banging my head against a brick wall...me.
Best Thread Starter - Out of the Lounge it's subjective. Therefore TCS.
Best Mediator - Urban. His word goes, or you do!

Since two people voted me for Most Mainstream, what do I like that makes my taste THE most mainstream?

And this is genuine curiosity. ;P I like to know what people consider when they vote.

Yay!! :D And lucky for me I don't ever have to look at it! :p:

Most Underrated Poster : I'd say James I've had some interesting discussions with him over the past year.

Smartest poster : I'm going to say Janszoon for this if only because I agree with him a lot of the time making me smart by default.

Most Missed Poster : Brad Stengel, He was a really good guy. I wish he'd come back. Molecules deserves a mention here too.

Best Journal : Flower Child's, I hope she comes back.

Biggest Drama Whore : Paloma. Only Pavement Saw comes anywhere near as close.

Sexiest Member (male) : Aww Sugar's balls are bigger than mine so i'm going to say her.
(I'm dead)

Sexiest Member (female) : Thirtiesgirl, All you skinny bitches can take a hike.

Best argumentalist : I like how Janszoon can gently get his point across with minimum of fuss and without the excessive histrionics of some people that have been here in the past *cough*BooBooEthan*cough*

Worst argumentalist : I would say OctaneHugo here but his attempts at trolling are so lame you actually start to feel sorry for the guy and just want to give him a hug. I'm actually going to say Vegangelica here. I love Erica to bits but the way she derails threads & goes on and on and on and on gets so tedious sometimes you'd rather watch paint dry than read her responses.

Best Writer : I have a lot of time for Bulldog's posts and journal so i'm going to say him.

Biggest music nerd : right-track. For 2 reasons:
1. He voted for me
2. He's a Northern Soul fan. it's a well known fact that Northern Soul fans are the most anal record collectors on the planet. And I KNOW he's no different ;)

Funniest member : OctaneHugo, for being the Liechtenstein of trolling. Just give it up mate.

Angriest member : Big3. I've actually seen him ranting at someone for paying him a compliment you know.

Nicest member : Vegangelica, She is lovely. At first I thought she was some kind of fact spewing raving mad activist android. I've since learned the error of my ways. She is in fact a nice polite & friendly fact spewing activist android.

Biggest Troll : Unchained Ballad. I don't actually think he's a troll. I just want to provoke him into getting out of that f*cking shoutbox for more than 5 minutes & actually post on the forum for a change.

Biggest contributor Both Tore & Freebase do a hell of a lot for this place that goes unseen. It's hard to seperate them but as Tore's been on a sabbatical lately I think it should go to Freebase.

Most Improved Member : I think I should give this to Terrible Lizard. A year ago I thought he was some annoying gimmick poster but the past few months he's really shown he knows his stuff.

Most virtuosic : Urban Hatemonger. You know I could kick Mr Dave & GuitarBizarre's asses on the bongos.

Best avatar : Zero1986, What can I say It's fun. I like fun avatars. And it reminds me of the Jelly Baby (Who really ought to win this you bastards)

Moderator of the Year: Mojopinuk's took to moderating like a duck to water. has just the right consistency of not over-moderating but not being a push over either. I think he should get it.

Best new 2010 member : There have been several that have caught my eye. Sljslj, Pedestrian, Dayvan Cowboy, TheFolkslave, Bob, ThePhanastasio and probably many more that I have missed ..
But I think I have to go with dankrsta

Member of the Year 2010 : Violent & Funky, For still showing his face here despite having THAT taste in music. :D

Most Mainstream Music Taste : Violent & Funky

Most Obscure Music Taste : Loathsome Pete, I swear one day he will post an album that is either...
1. A band I have heard of
2. A record cover that isn't black or brown.

I live in hope.

Best Thread Starter : Music Threads : jackhammer
Non Music Threads : Vanilla
As this is a music forum Jackhammer takes it.

Best Mediator : I like Big3's method of confusing the f*ck out of everybody so much they forget what they're arguing about in the first place.

And that concludes the voting from the Sarnian delegate.

Edit:
That's right my balls are bigger than yours.

i got nominated once for worst argumentalist (i can accept that, i don't have a way with words)
and i got nominated once as angriest member (i'm not really sure why)

i nominate paloma for most mainstream, biggest drama whore and angriest.
awwsugar for best avatar, i've always liked it.

and FaSho for most improved because he finally decided to come back

I don't think "worst instrumentalist" is a category. You mean argumentalist? (is that even a word? lol) ;)

EDIT: Also, thanks for the nominations guys! You're all awesome. :)

sorry i have this problem where i randomly mix up words, it's worse when i talk

You feel the unhealthy need for a funk rock fix from time to time, I know it. ;)

I'm surging, RVCA, I'm surging!

How is Paloma mainstream?

Most Underrated Poster - Engine. Great conversationalist, killer taste, deep thinker, all around good guy.
Smartest poster - Davyan Cowboy
Most Missed Poster - KHFreek. I will follow you to the ends of the earth. But not to Jussoli.
Biggest Drama Whore - OctaneHugo since I can't nominate myself and he seems to think he's smarter then everybody and just acts like a general cock.
Sexiest Member (male) - TerribleLizard
Sexiest Member (female) - AwwSugar. You hate me but you look so goddamn cute while you do it.
Best argumentalist - All of you. How 'bout that?
Worst argumentalist - VEGANGELLICA because meat is bad, mkay?
Best Writer -
Biggest music nerd - Loose_Lips_Sink_Ships
Funniest member - KHFreek because cheerleader vaginas
Angriest member - Big3
Nicest member - Jackhammer because you put absolutely everybody before yourself and even if the world has spent its whole day throwing shit at you, you still emphathize with others. Vegangellica is super duper nice too, she sent me some very sweet (long as hell....) PMs.
Biggest Troll - Stone Birds. Why do you keep coming to this website? You don't have a friend in the world here.
Biggest contributor - Bob for the quantity plus quality divided by time he's been here.
Most Improved Member -
Most virtuosic - Conan
Best avatar - Gunnels always has the best ones.
Moderator of the Year - Nonsubmissivewife
Best new 2010 member - Bob. Everything you send me is fantastic
Member of the Year 2010 - Conan because you dominated everyone at everything and they loved it
Most Mainstream Music Taste - Fasho. Do you listen to anything even remotely edgy?
Most Obscure Music Taste - Jackhammer. 3,549 artists on your last.FM.
Best Thread Starter - James because mini-reviewing the song above me accounts for 1/4 of my posts.
Best Mediator -Crash for trying. Dr.Seussicide also tried.

Prolly cause she likes Lady Gaga. That's the only thing I could possibly think of. Are the Smiths mainstream? Maybe that too.

I guess so, but lots of people at this site love both of those artists. but y'know, it's Stone Birds :crazy:.

Hahaha word.

Well aren't you just a darling!

Actually, I second that. :( Come back, wolvey!

Dude, I don't even get why. I'm clearly more mainstream. You don't even like 80's rock.

Maybe, but I've never heard of you.

Oh, well I invite you to peruse my Last FM account and let it convince you to change your nomination!

Most Underrated Poster - Vocal Bass
Smartest poster - Cardboard Adolescent
Most Missed Poster - Antonio
Best Journal - n/a
Biggest Drama Whore - Paloma
Sexiest Member (male) - Freebase
Sexiest Member (female) - Vegangelica
Best argumentalist - Mojopinuk
Worst argumentalist - Boo Boo
Best Writer - Tore
Biggest music nerd - Jackhammer
Funniest member - Conan
Angriest member - n/a because i can't vote for myself.
Nicest member - Right-Track
Biggest Troll - Boo Boo
Biggest contributor - Big3
Most Improved Member - Pavement Saw
Most virtuosic - Guitar Bizarre
Best avatar - did Lucifer Sam's classic slap make it across the line into 2010?
Moderator of the Year - Freebase
Best new 2010 member - James?
Member of the Year 2010 - Violent & Funky
Most Mainstream Music Taste - Vanilla
Most Obscure Music Taste - Satchmo
Best Thread Starter - Vanilla
Best Mediator - Janszoon


who the hell is this 'thirtiesgirl' that keeps getting mentioned? i know i'm not a daily poster anymore but still i don't ever recall crossing paths even once. did that member only last the better part of a week?

:D I mean it woman!


And thanks for all the votes guyses. I do appreciate them.

I have a feeling your "Most Underrated" and "Member of the Year" nominations are for comedic purposes... :laughing:

Ok first of all, thank you for my nominations everyone particularly for best thread starter! I definitely agree my music taste is mainstream, however amoungst a variety of genres. Urban - I do actually make music threads.

Most Underrated Poster: Paloma
Smartest poster: Tore
Most Missed Poster: Artist in the Ambulance
Best Journal: Bulldog
Biggest Drama Whore: Boobs.
Sexiest Member (male): Brennan (Big3)
Sexiest Member (female): Kate (lateralus)
Best argumentalist: Tore
Worst argumentalist: PAVEMENT SAW
Best Writer: Janszoon
Biggest music nerd: Jackhammer
Funniest member: The Cunning Stunt
Angriest member: Urban (haha I love it)
Nicest member: Kayleigh
Biggest Troll: Savannah
Biggest contributor: musically, I'd say Bulldog
Most Improved Member: James
Most virtuosic: erm...vege?
Best avatar: Kayleigh
Moderator of the Year: mojopinuk
Best new 2010 member: James
Member of the Year 2010: Freebase Dali
Most Mainstream Music Taste: AwwSuagr
Most Obscure Music Taste: Terrible Lizard
Best Thread Starter: TheCunningStunt
Best Mediator: Jackhammer

Didn't he join in 2009? I'm not totally sure but I feel like he's been here longer than that.

He joined in October of 2009.

lol, I know it too. The sad thing is, both my parents are lawyers.

Smartest poster - Tore
Most Missed Poster - Boo Boo (I know I'm a minority)
Biggest Drama Whore - Emostreetguitar
Biggest music nerd - Jackhammer
Funniest member - TheBig3
Angriest member - TheBig3.
Biggest Troll - Emostreetguitar
Most Improved Member - Dayvan Cowboy
Most virtuosic - Conan. ((Not the most technical musician by a LONG SHOT, but I think he makes better music than anyone here.))
Best new 2010 member - Dayvan Cowboy
Most Mainstream Music Taste - Emosteetguitar


Null vote on everything else.

Means a lot, man. Thanks!

Thanks to all of you who considered me in your noms! And thanks to those of you who didn't, as I now know who to ban!!! ;)

Most Underrated Poster - Gavin B. Great journal, and his posts are insightful and intelligent, and he contributes a great deal, yet I don't hear much buzz about him.
Smartest poster - Barnard17. Sharp as a blade. Wish he came around more often.
Most Missed Poster - Ethan. For the lols.
Best Journal - Big3's Screaming At The Moon. Part of the interest of his journal is trying to figure out what the hell he's talking about, due to his fragmented approach to language structure. But when you do, it's always rewarding.
Biggest Drama Whore - Boo Boo. No further comment needed.
Sexiest Member (male) - Jackhammer. Mostly his arms, apparently.
Sexiest Member (female) - Dreadnaught. Great looks, plus she listens to underground hiphop so that adds to the sex appeal.
Best argumentalist - Barnard17. Ties in with his smarts.
Worst argumentalist - Dirty. He's capable of making an argument, but he's not capable of seeing any faults in it... or not willing... which makes debate rather pointless.
Best Writer - Anteater. The guy's journal should probably be published.
Biggest music nerd - Jackhammer. I don't know anyone here with as diverse a music taste and collection as him.
Funniest member - Janszoon. Even his :laughing: smileys are funny.
Angriest member - Big3
Nicest member - Vegangelica. For as much opposition as she gets regarding her personal beliefs, she still plays it cool.
Biggest Troll - Octanehugo. Will not say the album name, ever.
Biggest contributor - Jackhammer.
Most Improved Member - The jury is still out on this one.
Most virtuosic - Lateralus
Best avatar - All of LoathsomePete's avatars
Moderator of the Year - Mojo. He's always eager to get things done, doesn't mind doing them himself, is active in all the goings-on behind the scenes, and the poor guy holds down the fort during the times most other mods are not online. Although there are other candidates for this nomination, Mojo stands out for me.
Best new 2010 member - Dayvan Cowboy. Started some great threads right when she joined and hit the ground running as part of the community, and hasn't slacked off since she's been here. I would also like to include s_k as an honorable mention. He's only just arrived, but he's thoughtful and is an audio and computer techie so I'm obliged to dig that.
Member of the Year 2010 - Duga. I could say a lot of good things about him, all of which apply to my nominating him for this category. But I would just like to say that those qualities were recognized by a lot of people and he was a thumbs up all around for mod, and since I couldn't pick two folks for best mod, he gets this category hands down.
Most Mainstream Music Taste - Too hard to say definitively.
Most Obscure Music Taste - Dankrsta
Best Thread Starter - Can't really answer this one.
Best Mediator - Duga. Newer mods seem to have more patience than older ones, so I'm going with him, although I think all of the mods are good at what they do regardless of their styles. I'd have gone with a regular member if one stood out beyond the mods.

Is the voting going to be anonymous again this year like last time so that the winners are a surprise?

What I don't understand is... pretty much everyone who nominates will vote, right? So why not just count noms as votes?

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Thanks, I don't mind sharing that with Dayvan Cowboy.
I just wonder how they are going to use this in the ratings.
0,5 points for each of us?

Honourable mention doesn't mean you get the vote, he's voting Dayvan but mentioning you to be nice.

Thats entirely up to you lot. I did suggest sending nominations via PM but everyone did it here, bar one person.

I felt it was fairer this way. Thats the way we did it last year too. Doing it this way means everyone gets ther opportunity to nominate any member they want, ideally not influenced by the nominations of others. If people agree with you then chances are the member you nominated will make the shortlist and if your nomination was ultimately in vain then you still get a chance to vote in the final round.

Its when people are too easily swayed by the nominations of others or change their vote in the final round that it becomes unfair but personally I dont see why anybody would do either of those things.

Thanks for the nominations, Satchmo and Violent & Funky!

Ah, I was distracted while reading it. I read 'honourable member'.
Already thought it was a pretty funny way of saying things :).
Well-deserved vote for Dayvan ;).
(It's not like I care to win, but I'm very flattered with some of the things people have to say about me).

Oh by the way, now that I have found out that you dont absolutely have to put a name behind every award, I figured I'll have a go at this too. Probably will only make 10 nominations, but that's fine, apparently.
I will do this on thursday when I get home.
I'm at my ex girlfriends house now with my Toshiba NB100 which has a tiny keyboard and low resolution. It's pretty annoying to look at lists and type a lot. So, yeah... Period. Till thursday ;)