Speedsolving forums awards 2023, vote your nominees here!

[Davian]

So as were at the end of the year, I decided to host the Forum Awards 2023. I think that @Running for cube has already hosted it past year, so i can cancel this if he wants.

Were going trough 2 stages: Voting for nominees and voting for the winners

Here are the sections:

Best Post:
Best Thread:
Best New Member:
Best Profile Picture:
Best Signature:
Best Debater:
Most Helpful Member:
Most Deserving of a Hug:
Funniest Member:
Funniest Thread:
Funniest Post:
Greatest Return From a Hiatus:
Most Improved Noob:
Most Ambiguous Member:
Biggest Fanboy:

And the best user on the forums


Vote your nominees here: https://forms.gle/Lc4WXtk9r5j2Pqoq9

You can skip an question if you dont know who you should nominate, also nominate 1

If you win an award, you can paste it on your signature, for example

Most Improved member of 2023

 

[espeed]

I nominate the 5 style guy whose username I can't remember for being active and helpful

 

[JDAW6]

I nominate the 5 style guy whose username I can't remember for being active and helpful

There is a form lol

 

[Davian]

I nominate the 5 style guy whose username I can't remember for being active and helpful

I think you meant @abunickabhi

 

[TheSpeedSkewber]

Filled out. Wide variety in my answers, lol. i wonder who most active is.....

 

[JDAW6]

Filled out. Wide variety in my answers, lol. i wonder who most active is.....

Yeah, me too

 

[ProStar]

I’ve always preferred an open nomination process; I’ll often be at a loss for who to nominate for a category, but then see someone else’s nomination and think “of course!”

 

[VincentCuber]

Can I just point out that this is a small number of categories? 2021 had a ton.

 

[VincentCuber]

My idea is use the categories from past years, and have a spot in the form to vote for a new category. If a lot of people like it, it could become one.

I couldn't find a copy/paste for last year, and I'm too lazy to type all that stuff, so here was 2020's:
SpeedSolving.com
Best Post:
Best Thread:
Best New Member:
Best Profile Picture:
Best Signature:
Best Debater:
Most Helpful Member:
Most Deserving of a Hug:
Funniest Member:
Funniest Thread:
Funniest Post:
Greatest Return From a Hiatus:
Most Improved Noob:
Most Ambiguous Member:
Most Under-Appreciated Member:
Biggest Fanboy:
Best Series on YouTube (Cubing):
Best New Method Proposal:
The Best and Worst of Everything:

In honor of:
Mike Hughey Award for Nicest Member:
Bruce Norskog Award for Smartest Member:
Rob "Brest" Stuart Award for Best Member:
Kirjava Award for Wackiest Member:

Cubing
Best Reaction to a World Record:
Biggest Cubing Rivalry:
Biggest Controversy:
Best Cubing Parent:
Best Cubing Couple:

If this seems like too much, I could also help with this. I could see why not though, after the horror that was the canceled mid year awards.

 

[Davian]

Can I just point out that this is a small number of categories? 2021 had a ton.

I dont want to copy and paste all of this because otherwise i might be copying the caterogies, and i think it would not be fun if the 7 people who filled out the form could answer again

 

[VincentCuber]

I dont want to copy and paste all of this because otherwise i might be copying the caterogies, and i think it would not be fun if the 7 people who filled out the form could answer again

I remember reading somewhere in some rules that that was what you were supposed to do, unless a bunch of people vote to remove/add one. I'll try and find the rules in 1 sec.

EDIT: I can't find it, I may be wrong.

 

[ProStar]

Mike Hughey Award for Nicest Member:
Bruce Norskog Award for Smartest Member:
Rob "Brest" Stuart Award for Best Member:
Kirjava Award for Wackiest Member:

Just an idea; should we rename some of these to make them for current members (Kir hasn’t been active in ages), or should we keep the names for posterity?

(for example, Xyzzy Award for Smartest Member)

 

[VincentCuber]

Just an idea; should we rename some of these to make them for current members (Kir hasn’t been active in ages), or should we keep the names for posterity?

(for example, Xyzzy Award for Smartest Member)

Yeah, I say that would be cool. Just keep some of them that are still active, such as the Mike Hughey Award for Nicest Member:

 

[Davian]

But cant we do awards for all of this what happened in 2023?

 

[Davian]

I will do these:
Best Post:
Best Thread:
Best New Member:
Best Profile Picture:
Best Signature:
Best Debater:
Most Helpful Member:
Most Deserving of a Hug:
Funniest Member:
Funniest Thread:
Funniest Post:
Greatest Return From a Hiatus:
Most Improved Noob:
Most Ambiguous Member:
Most Under-Appreciated Member:
Biggest Fanboy:
The Best and Worst of Everything:

 

[ProStar]

But cant we do awards for all of this what happened in 2023?

I’m trying very hard to understand this sentence but I’m gonna have to ask you to try again

 

[VincentCuber]

Just an idea; should we rename some of these to make them for current members (Kir hasn’t been active in ages), or should we keep the names for posterity?

(for example, Xyzzy Award for Smartest Member)

Also, just wondering, do you remember ever seeing something that said that all the categories would be used unless a large amount of people vote to remove/add one? I might be losing my mind

 

[Davian]

I’m trying very hard to understand this sentence but I’m gonna have to ask you to try again

Im sorry, english isnt my first language

I think it would be better to only give awards to things what happened in 2023

 

[ProStar]

Also, just wondering, do you remember ever seeing something that said that all the categories would be used unless a large amount of people vote to remove/add one? I might be losing my mind

I don’t recall there ever being a rule set for forum awards, but there’s years of precedent. When Ben and I did it in 2020 (I think?), we tried to hold true to the common traditions, although iirc we removed a couple for being too controversial, and the community voted on adding some as well.

Im sorry, english isnt my first language

I think it would be better to only give awards to things what happened in 2023

No worries. Yeah, generally it’s only for things from that year. (Which is also why nominations don’t usually start until late November or potentially even January 2024)

 

[Davian]

Question: how should we answer the question: funniest/best post?