Live from the Mudos Theatre in Oddywood! It's the 7th Annual Oddworld Forums Poster Awards! Please welcome your host for this evening, legitimate multi and abstract representation of the moderating staff, Wired!
Hi folks! It's really great to have you here tonite for this very special ceramony. Until now, the awards have been excellently produced by our own Wolfpac, whose sense of community and humor made the event's becoming an annual institution a happy inevitability. Now that he's moved on from the role the awards have been "nationalized", their responsibility subsumed by the forum staff. We also invited suggestions from the posters themselves for the first time in a while, which has resulted in the first change to the line up of categories since 2004. And it's with great pride I use this moment to introduce that line up:
The Categories
Best Thread Creator
Best Blogger
Greatest Debator
Funniest Poster
Most Unintentionally Funny Poster
Most Meaningful Poster
Most Underated Poster
Best Advice Giver
Member with the Greatest Oddworld Knowledge
Best New Comer
Best Old Dude
Dearly Missed Member
Most Liked
Most Eccentric
Most Annoying
Best Couple
Best Photo
Best Avatar
Most Dedicated Member
Best Staff Member
Member Who’d Make a Good Moderator
Most Likely to Still Be Here in 20 Years
The Oddworld Forums Unofficial Mascot
Most Valuable Poster (MVP)
Procedure and Rules
So whadaya do now? You need to vote for which member (or members) you feel is most deserving of each award, either posting them here or sending them privately to me by email or PM. Don't vote for yourself, don't submit more than one set of votes, and don't tell other people to vote for you if you don't want me to remove your elagibility to win anything!
To some this may seem like a popularity contest but it's all done in the name of good honest fun. Don't feel bad if you don't get voted for something or anything: the awards bestow no tangeable benefit on the winners. Except for awesomeness.
Voting starts right away and will continue for 3 weeks so the results will be posted on 14 March. Don't post updates of who's winning what and how many votes such-and-such person has. There's nothing to stop you ruining the suspense for yourself by counting public votes but don't be a party pooper and spoil it for others, y'jerk.
“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,†Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
Last edited by Wings of Fire; 02-23-2009 at 04:30 PM..
Best Thread Creator: Havoc
Best Blogger: Kastere
Greatest Debator: Bullet Magnet
Best Non-Oddworld Writer: Kastere
Funniest Poster: Kastere
Most Unintentionally Funny Poster: Abe Is Now
Most Meaningful Poster: Nate
Most Underated Poster: Shaman
Best Advice Giver: Pilot
Member with the Greatest Oddworld Knowledge: Max
Best New Comer: Anonyman
Best Old Dude: Pilot
Dearly Missed Member: Leto
Most Liked: Bullet Magnet
Most Eccentric: Pilot
Most Annoying: AlienMagi
Best Couple: Max and AlienMagi
Best Photo: Pilot
Best Avatar: Anonyman
Most Dedicated Member: Xavier
Best Staff Member: Nate
Member Who’d Make a Good Moderator: Pilot
Most Likely to Still Be Here in 20 Years: Max
The Oddworld Forums Unofficial Mascot: Ghost
Most Valuable Poster (MVP) Nate
Edit: I changed my vote for Mascot to Ghost. When I realized that I had jilted her of any nominations I became enraged. I enjoy reading her posts too much for that.
But I still refuse to call you Stranger's Wrath or whatever the fuck you renamed yourself.
Fan Corner Suite
Best Oddworld Writer
Carnix
Best Oddworld Artist
GlacierDragon
Best Non-Oddworld Artist
Strangers Maid (or wateva her new name is)
Funniest Poster
Kaster
Most Unintentionally Funny Poster
AlienMagi (In a laugh at (not with) way)
Most Meaningful Poster
Bullet magnet
Best Advice Giver
Bullet Magnet
Member with the Greatest Oddworld Knowledge
Max the mug
Best New Comer
errr.
Best Old Dude
OANST
Dearly Missed Member
Odddjobabe
Most Liked
Nate (In a freindly way)
Most Annoying
Crashpunk
Best Couple
Crashpunk & Hobo
Best Avatar
Hobo
Most Dedicated Member
Nate
Best Staff Member
OANST
Member Who’d Make a Good Moderator
Pilot
Most Likely to Still Be Here in 20 Years
Max the mug
The Oddworld Forums Unofficial Mascot
AlieanMagi
Most Valuable Poster (MVP) Nate
Best Thread Creator
Strike Witch Best Blogger
Nate Greatest Debator
Bullet Magnet
Fan Corner Suite
Best Oddworld Writer
Splat Best Oddworld Artist
Strangers Maid Best Role-Player
Dripik Best Non-Oddworld Writer
- (We hardly have any) Best Non-Oddworld Artist
Matrair
Funniest Poster
OANST Most Unintentionally Funny Poster
Alienmagi Most Meaningful Poster
Bullet Magnet Most Underated Poster
MoxCo. Executive Best Advice Giver
Bullet Magnet Member with the Greatest Oddworld Knowledge
Xavier Best New Comer
Fil the Slig Best Old Dude
Hobo Dearly Missed Member
- Most Liked
Rex Tirano Most Eccentric
Strike Witch Most Annoying
Alien Magi Best Couple
Hobo & Alien Magi Best Photo
Rex Tirano Best Avatar
Bullet Magnet Most Dedicated Member
Nate Best Staff Member
Alcar Member Who’d Make a Good Moderator
Carnix Most Likely to Still Be Here in 20 Years
Alcar The Oddworld Forums Unofficial Mascot
Max the Mug Most Valuable Poster (MVP)
Bullet Magnet
Greatest Debator
Peter *and I mean master debator by this*
Funniest Poster
OANST
Most Unintentionally Funny Poster
Abe is Now
Most Meaningful Poster
Havoc
Most Underated Poster
Wings of fire
Best Advice Giver
OANST
Member with the Greatest Oddworld Knowledge
Max
Best Old Dude
Pilot
Dearly Missed Member
Alcar
Most Liked
OANST
Most Eccentric
Peter
Most Annoying
AlienMagi
Best Avatar
Bullet Magnet.
Most Dedicated Member
Max
Best Staff Member
Alcar.
Member Who’d Make a Good Moderator
Wings of Fire.
Most Likely to Still Be Here in 20 Years
Max
The Oddworld Forums Unofficial Mascot
Rick Astley
Most Valuable Poster (MVP)
Xav
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..I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace; but the shop owner and his son, that's a different story all together...I had to beat them to death with their own shoes...
I usually just hang around fan corner, so I guess those are the only awards I'll vote for.
Best Oddworld Writer: Munch's Master
Best Oddworld Artist: Scipionyx
Best Role-Player: Uh...
Best Non-Oddworld Writer: I didn't know there were any
Best Non-Oddworld Artist: skillyaslig
Oddey (he means every word he says, if not what he types)
Most Underated Poster
Chronicler
Best Advice Giver
Bullet Magnet
Member with the Greatest Oddworld Knowledge
Someone who rhymes with Tracks the Bug
Best New Comer
Most of the newbies I interact with are in RPG, and that is a very bad place to meet newcomers.
Best Old Dude
StrikeWitch
Dearly Missed Member
T-nex (I know she's on the forum, but she's not in my corner of it:cry:
Most Liked
Ajiellyn
Most Eccentric
Havoc
Most Annoying
Good grief, so many to choose... All those mods to pick from... (man, I'm too cynical today. I knew I should have done this before checking RPG. Might edit in a day or two)
Best Couple
...
Best Photo
...
Best Avatar
Carnix (well I had to say him for something)
Most Dedicated Member
Pilot
Best Staff Member
Max
Member Who’d Make a Good Moderator
Munch's Master (if he stopped vanishing every few months)
Most Likely to Still Be Here in 20 Years
Oddey
The Oddworld Forums Unofficial Mascot
OANST
Most Valuable Poster (MVP)
OANST
Somewhere along the way he went from my Most Annoying to my MVP. It might have been when he pointed out what a goit I am to the newbies.
As I said, might edit sometime soon when I'm not feeling so bitter.
Question: What are the paramaters for newbie set at? Anonyman and Glaciedragon both joined before the last forum awards and if they qualify I shall be changing my votes.
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“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,†Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
Clarification for all: 'Best Newcomer', just like all the other awards, refers to the year 2008. Thus, anyone who joined last year is eligible for the award.
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Spending as long as I do here, it's easy to forget that Oddworld has actual fans.
Ah, we are high school boys,
the miserable high school boys.
If we were girls, we could get popular by doing anything:
rock band, jazz band,
karate, kendo, mahjong, cyborg, synchronized swimming...
On the other hand, high school boys are
useless outside battle and sports anime.
But they're recklessly trying to make a slice-of-life anime about us.
Ah, we are high school boys,
the miserable high school boys.