Oh I like the guy and have a lot of respect for him, but the chances of him winning the LAW are about as likely as me becoming a devotee of free jazz! And Mindfulness as best new member? Is he on something or what?

You’re a lot closer than you think.

I appreciate this a lot. 100% Serious. The underlined is so true.

I'm really not, unless hating it with a passion is close to being a devotee?
Quite honestly, if there was a category for Unluckiest Member you'd win it hands down. Well, you might have to share it with Steph.

Many thanks to all the people who've been kind enough to nominate me. Sorry that in return I am imposing on you such a wall of text:-

Sexiest Member (female): a narrowly-fought contest between the only two active female members (afaik). The win goes to WWWP, because I can’t remember ever having seen a photo of Paedantic B :(

Biggest Fanboy / Fangirl of the Year: Chula, who waves the Led Zep flag with commendable loyalty
Nicest member: MicShazam is very friendly and keen to discuss music, also ManLikeMonkey who is always happy to contribute to a chat. They both regularly respond to my posts, and you can't get nicer than that.

Smartest poster: sometimes you read a post and think, “Wow, there’s an intelligence at work here which is out of my league!” When that happens, I usually find I’m reading a post by rostasi, innerspaceboy or Frownland

Funniest member: Batlord
Angriest Member: OccultHawk who hasn’t let old age blunt the edge of his distrust of almost everything. When Dylan Thomas wrote “Rage, rage, against the dying light”, I bet he had OH in mind. And elphenor is frequently to be found in battle, defending his ideas against allcomers.

Best Mediator: Trollheart often helps to keep tempers under control. He is very fair and is often prepared to take the time to soothe ruffled egos - except of course, as sometimes happens, he's ranting in his own right. ;)

Best Site Contributor: Trollheart who keeps so many sections alive here.
Biggest Music Contributor: Trollheart again, for the sheer volume of his journals and reviews.
Best Taste in Music: Difficult to choose someone until this question is answered: http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ood-bad-7.html
In the meantime, I pay special attention to anything recommended by grindy or neapolitan

Most Improved Member: I feel that oriphiel has long been a bit of a mystery, but this year I have at least worked out that he is a nice guy.
Most Underrated Poster: Pet_Sounds has kept a low profile this year, but then he steps up to volunteer for something like the MB Album Exchange – just as he has done in years past for this nominations thread. Also, by me at any rate, qwertyy. We have had some friendly exchanges recently and I feel I should know more about his likes, etc. Perhaps that’ll happen in the new year….

Best Thread Starter: another win for Trollheart
Most Missed Poster: the longer you’re an active member, the longer this list gets: Kiiii, tore, vanilla and sk all come to mind – and ribbons and misspoptart
Most Diverse Music Taste: Not only have Janszoon and rostasi heard of every musician you care to mention, they know the entire discographies track by track.
Thread of the Year: ManLikeMonkey’s Architecture is my favourite new thread, and as it’s not topical, it’ll keep running for years, I hope.
Moderator of the Year: Janszoon who, behind his humorous posts, holds in reserve the kind of gravitas that only one of our longest-serving mods can muster. Also Frownland who isn’t always the most impartial of mods, but is one of our most consistently active members, across a whole range of threads.

New Journal of the Year: MicShazam´s album and song picks is one of the few that I’ve explored, tbh.
Best New Member 2017: rubber soul is an unobtrusive, interesting, and sensible guy. He has fitted in so easily that it feels like he’s been here for years already. Unless she has left us already, GunmouthGrace shows a lot of promise; nice username and nice attitude.

Best Rivalry: Has to be Chula vs. Frownland or Chula vs. Anteater. Between them they brought at least one thread to a permanent stop, which must deserve some kind of extra accolade.
Biggest Lounge Lizard: Batlord posts so often, I sometimes wonder if he has a job at all, or is it just a convenient cover story…..
Virtuoso of the Year: I really should check out more of MB members’ own music, but until I do, I’m voting, like last year, for Plankton and Xurtio
Lifetime Achievement Award: Hoping that Lucem Ferre doesn’t mind, I’m just going to x2 what he wrote because I completely agree. Well said, Lucem:

< Continues to go zero for MB

best member to not get any nominations: Paul

Most overlooked member. Even nearly dying couldn't buy him a sympathy vote. I think we should have a special Smeenus category!

I didn't pick a "Most Underrated" when I first did mine, so I am going to formally pick Paul Smeenus.

most inane ?https://i.imgur.com/ZGJRY95.png


I like how you folks think im the most main stream too :yeah:

Pleased with nicest member (:eek:) but more pleased with this one. Glad some people liked the thread, wasn't even sure whether to post it l0l

Cheers mate.

Me too.

Best Smeenus 2017: Paul

Thanks everybody

Most Thankful Member: Paul Smeenus

Smallest Penis: Kiii

Smeenus just can't win for losing.

Paulest Smeen: Smeenus. He wins.

Someone should make sister thread to this one, where people nominate one-off superlatives [most likely to kill you in your sleep, owns the biggest ball of yarn, etc.] Just for fun!

Angriest Member: Chula Vista

Just saying.....

friday deadline work for everybody?

How about a December 31st deadline you impatient sack of rocks.

ideally we would post the results on January 1st you ****in’ nimrod.

not like it takes a full month to decide on your nominations

I think we should let the year end before we decide what we like about that year.

guess you shoulda made the thread then pussy

Do you choose your favourite episode of a show before the first season ends?

do you have any more stupid analogies? i’d like to get them all out of the way at once please.

:laughing:

Do you harvest your crop before the season ends?

Well, yeah. The one with the Bruce Campbell cameo. Always.

Best Avatar: Frownland's are always solid.
Best Signature: Lisna's changes periodically, but the quotes are always worth reading.
Sexiest Member (female): wwwp is as cute as a button.
Sexiest Member (male): Isbjørn. Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?
Howard The Duck Memorial Award for Most Inane Member: Mindfulness has this one locked up.
Biggest Fanboy / Fangirl of the Year: Haven't really been paying much attention to the music forums, but Chula does plenty in the Lounge.
Best Writer: riseagainstrocks always writes eloquent and organized posts, and on the rare occasion Janszoon posts a journal entry, it always reads beautifully.
Nicest member: Man Like Monkey and DwnWthVwls have been good to me.
Smartest poster: Paedantic Basterd is insightful.
Funniest member: The Batlord overwhelms everyone else by sheer volume.
Angriest Member: elphenor's William Carlos Williams-esque typing gives his posts an irate air.
Best Mediator: Trollheart is good at smoothing ruffled feathers.
Best Taste in Music: Although the tastes of Neapolitan, Lisnaholic, and Psy-Fi are more diverse than mine, we like a great deal of the same music.
Most Underrated Poster: grindy and Psy-Fi fly under the radar.
Best Thread Starter: Trollheart has both quality and quantity.
Most Missed Poster: I'm going to go back a couple of years and say ladyislingering.
Most Diverse Music Taste: rostasi and innerspaceboy always seem to know more music than anyone else.
Most Mainstream Music Taste: Are self-nominations allowed? If not, Chula.
Thread of the Year: I've enjoyed "Paedantic Basterd Listens to the Past."
Moderator of the Year: Exo and Plankton are the most obvious choices.
Best New Member 2017: rubber soul seems cool.
Member of the Year 2017: I think Lisnaholic deserves recognition for his respectful, focused contributions.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Has Jansz won this already? If not, he deserves it.

Total ****

Holy crap, you got on that fast.

Any nominations not for the Hawk make you his instant and eternal enemy.

Best Avatar: Paul Smeenus
Best Signature: Paul Smeenus
Sexiest Member (female): Paul Smeenus
Sexiest Member (male): Paul Smeenus
Howard The Duck Memorial Award for Most Inane Member: Paul Smeenus
Biggest Fanboy / Fangirl of the Year: Paul Smeenus
Best Writer: Paul Smeenus
Nicest member: Paul Smeenus
Smartest poster: Paul Smeenus
Funniest member: Paul Smeenus
Angriest Member: Paul Smeenus
Best Mediator: Paul Smeenus
Best Site Contributor: Paul Smeenus
Biggest Music Contributor: Paul Smeenus
Best Media Forum Contributor: Paul Smeenus
Best Plugger (plug.dj): Paul Smeenus
Best Taste in Music: Paul Smeenus
Most Improved Member: Paul Smeenus
Most Underrated Poster: Paul Smeenus
Best Thread Starter: Paul Smeenus
Most Missed Poster: Paul Smeenus
Most Diverse Music Taste: Paul Smeenus
Most Mainstream Music Taste: Paul Smeenus
Thread of the Year: Paul Smeenus
Moderator of the Year: Paul Smeenus
Journal of the Year: Paul Smeenus
New Journal of the Year: Paul Smeenus
Best New Member 2017: Paul Smeenus
Member of the Year 2017: Paul Smeenus
Best Rivalry: Paul Smeenus
Biggest Lounge Lizard: Paul Smeenus
Virtuoso of the Year: Paul Smeenus
Best Member Music Album (Released in 2017): Paul Smeenus
Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Smeenus

Paul's greatest enemy is himself.

Crap

I think I'm proudest of Thread of the Year tbh.

You deserve it. Those are also my official nominations this year.

Needs more Smeenus.