The 2014 Rubys! (2014 Forum Awards)

[Ranzha]

Oh BTW when will the results be posted?

Like the Regulations--when they're ready.

 

[Michael Womack]

Like the Regulations--when they're ready.

Ok, thanks.

 

[Sa967St]

I think we need more nominations for more traditional awards.

Most helpful member - DeeDub for his Roux contributions.
Best new moderators- Ranzha and Robert-Y.
Best signature - uyneb2000.
Best thread title - A Wild AwesomeCubing Appeared!
Best avatar - Robert-Y.
Most insane member - Maskow for all of his insane multi-BLD attempts.

 

[DeeDubb]

Most helpful member - DeeDub for his Roux contributions.
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Thank you Sarah I can think of several more qualified members, but this recognition does mean a lot to me!

 

[IRNjuggle28]

Agreed, DeeDubb is very helpful.

For best signature, I nominate SirWaffle. She changed it, but it used to be "my period is a lot like my BLD solves--I break into new cycles way too often."

 

[Tim Major]

Best new moderators- Ranzha and Robert-Y.
Best signature - uyneb2000.
Most insane member - Maskow for all of his insane multi-BLD attempts.

I agree with above and new (?) category
Best New Member: DeeDubb.

We have most worsened, least improved and most improved noob, what about those who never seemed "noobs"

 

[Ranzha]

I think some of the biggest cubing developments this year have sprouted from Roux users--there are now fantastic resources for solvers at any experience level, the likes of which had never been seen before.

Another amazing development has been the QTM Cube Explorer and ultimately finding God's Number in QTM.

Of the most improved cubers of the year, I have to include Kennan LeJeune. Like dang.

 

[DeeDubb]

I think some of the biggest cubing developments this year have sprouted from Roux users--there are now fantastic resources for solvers at any experience level, the likes of which had never been seen before.

I think an interesting category would be:

Best SubCommunity. This would include the Roux community, the BLD Community, Big Cube Community, umm... those are the only ones I really see posting frequently.

As for my nominations:

Most helpful: TDM - I made some content, but that should be a different category IMO. TDM answers so many questions and welcomes so many new people.
Best current/former WR Holder that actually posts here often: (most of them are quite infrequent here) I would nominate guys like Ollie Frost, Brandon Harnish, Antoine Cantin, Rami... I'm sure I'm missing a lot

 

[penguinz7]

MBLD community for Best Subcommunity. (I'm not sure if that counts but whatever.) From what I've seen, they tend to be very nice, constantly congratulating and helping each other.

 

[JasonDL13]

MBLD community for Best Subcommunity.

What he said

 

[Dene]

Best SubCommunity: spammers and postwhores.

Unite!

 

[Deleted member 19792]

Fun ones:

Worst decision made by the WCA:
Best decision made by the WCA: Reinstating Akash Rupela's NR solve
Worst decision made by the SpeedSolving mods:
Best decision made by the SpeedSolving mods: There is no best decision
Most unreasonably "Banned" words: Matyas Kuti

 

[Ranzha]

This is the last day to submit nominations!
Gogogo!

 

[Berd]

Also, I nominate TDM for amazing advice in all areas of cubing. Ly babe [emoji8]

 

[supercavitation]

Also, I nominate TDM for amazing advice in all areas of cubing. Ly babe [emoji8]

Seconded.

 

[newtonbase]

Best new poster: DeeDub

 

[JasonDL13]

Most Insane Member: Marcin "Maskow" Kowalczyk

 

[TDM]

Ly babe [emoji8]

i'm scared
also

Also, I nominate TDM for amazing advice in all areas of cubing.

I can't hardware
also

Best new poster: DeeDubb

This.

 

[Ranzha]

Results posted! Congrats to all the winners!

 

[DeeDubb]

Most Helpful Member: Louis de Mendonça (TDM)
Honorable mention: Dan White, Rob Stuart, James Molloy, Rob Yau
This was one of the most difficult categories to judge because of the amount of helpfulness each of these cubers displayed in the past year.
This year, TDM showed the Speedsolving community what it really means to be a Speedsolving member—frequenting member intro threads to welcome members (I can’t remember the last time I did that…), always willing to give tips without displaying annoyance at nooby questions, always leaving detailed explanations, but at the same time doesn’t put up with people being awful people. He helps foster the community, spreading what knowledge he has wherever he goes. Thanks, TDM.

As far as forum awards goes, this is the big one. Congrats TDM. You definitely deserve this one.

Best New Member: Dan White (DeeDubb)
At the front of the Roux surge is DeeDubb, whose tutorials, helpfulness, and community service have shown us how great of an asset he is to the speedsolving community as a whole. Props to you, and hope to have you here for a long time!

Thanks Brandon

I didn't really realize I was having much of an impact, but then I went to Japan, and met some cubers and one went, "oh... are you DeeDubb?" There's a lot of people who lurk on these forums from other countries, so that showed me we have a big responsibility here, not just to the people who post, but also to people who may be reading our posts without us even realizing.