Third annual BB awards - nominations open

[Mr. Pointy]

The original of this thread got accidentally deleted so I've tried to reconstruct it from memory as I didn't make a copy. Apologies if I missed anything. If you notice that I omitted something vital please let me know...my memory isn't what it used to be :)

I am now inviting nominations for the third annual BB awards. Things will be slightly different this year as there will be no public vote after nominations close. Winners will be decided by a judging panel composed of mods and invited "senior" BB members. The main reason for this is that we would like to hold the award ceremony on Feb. 2nd, as this is the BB's anniversary, so we need to arrive at the winners more quickly than a public vote would allow.

The categories are -

Storyteller - best fanfic posted (or completed)in 2007
Sunnydale Art Gallery - best piece of artwork posted in 2007
L'il Pumpkin Belly - cutest member or post (mods are excluded from this category)
Xander/Anya - funniest LOL BB moment - thread or post (mods are excluded from this category)
Doyle - most missed member (banned members are excluded from this category)
Class Protector - most helpful/supportive member (mods are excluded from this category)
Faith - coolest member (mods are excluded from this category)
Giles - biggest Buffy/Angel expert,clever-clogs, know-it-all (mods are excluded from this category)
Andrew - best RPG "actor" or "actress"

Please PM your nominations to me before midnight (GMT) on Monday 14th Jan. I will not accept any received after then.

Please nominate just one member per category and please don't nominate yourself (that's just sad and a little embarassing ;))

Please include a link to the post/thread which is appropriate to your nomination for fanfic, artwork and funniest post/thread - this will be helpful to the judging panel.

If any of the non-mod judges are nominated for any of the awards I will give them the choice to either decline the nomination or to refrain from judging in that category, so things stay fair and above board.

If you have any questions please post them in this thread, which I will monitor - rather than tie up valuable nominating space in my PM inbox.

[Mr. Pointy]

BTW - Please don't feel that you have to nominate someone in every category, there may be some that don't interest you at all...some people aren't bothered about fanfics, some people don't like fan art and some have no sense of humour ;)...or you may not have been around long enough to have experienced everything the BB offers yet. I will happily accept any nomination that gets into my inbox, provided it's a valid one of course.

[Edmund Blackadder]

oh my, i've been here for three of these now!!!

Edit:

L'il Pumpkin Belly - cutest member or post (mods are excluded from this category)

also - i think mods should be allowed in this one becuase I want to vote Visionguy.

I'm starting a petition to get VisionGuy on this list. Join me in this fight:)

[Mr. Pointy]

L'il Pumpkin Belly - cutest member or post (mods are excluded from this category)

also - i think mods should be allowed in this one becuase I want to vote Visionguy.

I'm starting a petition to get VisionGuy on this list. Join me in this fight:)

It is enshrined in EU law that BB mods have to be either cooler than The Fonz or cuter than a basketload of labrador puppies before they get offered the job. Therefore it would be grossly unfair to pit members (mere mortals that they be) against such paragons of virtue :)

I'd love to be able to help you BotD but my hands are tied (actually that's another story ;)) - it would be against The Law :D

[Edmund Blackadder]

I live in a Country where laws are passed without our input, where decisions are made without so much as a public debate (yes i'm talking about Brown/Europe/Referendum - so what, you wanna fight about it?) and the powers that be oft take liberty with us mere mortals and I sit idly by but this is it - the line must be drawn here.

The fight to get VG as Pumpkin Belly has begun - vive la resistance!!!!

note - points go to whoever guesses the three shows/movies that I used a line from in that, lets be honest, pointless rant:)

[Mr. Pointy]

Please don't be offended if I don't reply to all your nomination PMs btw...please accept this post as thanks to all who take the time to nominate.

Bored of the Dead agrees: Did you just copy and paste this from a previous thread
Yes, I did...and I'd have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling kids :) Seriously though - have you spotted a mistake or something I missed?

[Spirit_Of_Fred]

ok, question. if we make nominations for some of the categories, can we then go back and nominate for the rest later, or does it have to be all at once?

[Mr. Pointy]

ok, question. if we make nominations for some of the categories, can we then go back and nominate for the rest later, or does it have to be all at once?

For my sake, I'd prefer all at once but if you really can't decide them all at the same time I will accept additional nominations separately (providing each member only nominates one person per category).

Also - the only changes to noms I will consider will be where I advise you that one or more of your noms is not valid (for example, you accidentally nominate a banned member for the Doyle award or the fanfic you have chosen was completed in 2006)

[Spirit_Of_Fred]

ok, thanks.

and sorry for all the questions, but i get that the awards are working differently this year, yet im a little confused. are the nominations for the xander/anya award supposed to be for specific posts and threads, or people? it says posts and threads, but people is what had been done in the past. is this a change?

[Mr. Pointy]

ok, thanks.

and sorry for all the questions, but i get that the awards are working differently this year, yet im a little confused. are the nominations for the xander/anya award supposed to be for specific posts and threads, or people? it says posts and threads, but people is what had been done in the past. is this a change?

Question away...it's part of my job to answer them :)

The Xander/Anya thing is a little vague, isn't it? It's not really a change, as much as that previous years' votes have favoured individuals. I think that the humour thing is sometimes of the moment rather than of the person necessarily. Can I illustrate what I'm getting at with a few fictional examples?

1)Vision Guy makes a brilliant pun, which I think is the gag of the century. I vote for VG.

2)n4h and Old Master engage in some hilarious banter in last year's awards thread. I vote for their double act.

3)BEG starts a thread in which every other post just creases me up. I vote for the thread.

4)Buffy Summers consistently makes posts which always make me smile and brighten my dull old days. I vote for the Buffster.

In my experience most people's nominations will be for situations like 1 & 4, so, no problem, the award goes to the individual member concerned. However, I'm always prepared to recognise good teamwork (one management course too many, I'm afraid :)) so I won't discount nominations like situations 2 & 3. Admittedly, it does make things easier for me if all the votes are for individuals but I reckon I can deal with most things you guys can nominate (btw - BotD please don't take that as a challenge ;))

Does that help answer your question?

[GATEGOD]

Next year any chance there will be an Anya award for the most annoying member :lmao: ? ;)

[The Chosen]

Next year any chance there will be an Anya award for the most annoying member :lmao: ? ;)

I'm sorry for being spammy but these comments are getting very...well, annoying. You get offended when people call you annoying and then you turn around and annoyingly say you're annoying. It's almost like malice. Like you're TRYING to be annoying...which is sad.

EDIT
I'm sorry, let me rephrase that last part. It's not sad as in pathetic. I meant it makes me a little sad to have to see other members degrading themselves like that.

[GATEGOD]

I'm sorry for being spammy but these comments are getting very...well, annoying. You get offended when people call you annoying and then you turn around and annoyingly say you're annoying. It's almost like malice. Like you're TRYING to be annoying...which is sad.

Nah it's just that everyone always takes everything the wrong way.

There's no hahaha or lol

There's "omg shut up"

:lmao: It's funny that you dislike me this much. I'm still not sure what I'm doing but I am sorry you feel this way.

[The Chosen]

:lmao: It's funny that you dislike me this much. I'm still not sure what I'm doing but I am sorry you feel this way.

I never said I didn't like you. Ever. I haven't ever said that. I edited my above post so please take the time to read what I meant.

Thank you.

[Buffy Summers]

Can we please get back to the Awards?

[Mr. Pointy]

Can we please get back to the Awards?
In that vein, I'd like to remind you all that there is only just over a day in which to PM me your noms, if you haven't already.

[Edmund Blackadder]

I want the 'Anya Annoying' award too.
Taken in the vein of Anya, someone who is liked by most but can say something occasionally that can be irksome, if not obvious/honest.
You could call it the Stupid Blunt award!!!

Go Gategod, what a great Idea.

Also there should be a Dawn Award. I knwo we have new member of the month and what not but couldn't we have(by next year) a best of the best sort of thing?
The Newcomer with the biggest impact on the board?

[GATEGOD]

I want the 'Anya Annoying' award too.
Taken in the vein of Anya, someone who is liked by most but can say something occasionally that can be irksome, if not obvious/honest.
You could call it the Stupid Blunt award!!!

Go Gategod, what a great Idea.

Also there should be a Dawn Award. I knwo we have new member of the month and what not but couldn't we have(by next year) a best of the best sort of thing?
The Newcomer with the biggest impact on the board?

*hugs* Thankyou!!

See it wasn't such a horrible idea for an award! : king :

[Mr. Pointy]

Nominations are now closed...thanks to everyone who took the time to PM me.

[Mr. Pointy]

Here are the nominations for individual members received for each award. If any of the nominees do not want to be considered please can you tell me asap please via PM.

Storyteller - best fanfic posted (or completed)in 2007
Wanabee-slayer
Lyri
ILLYRIAN
Slayer Comma The
(I did receive a couple of noms for Bored of the Dead but I couldn't find any thing he posted in 2007, so unless someone can point me at a fic from 2007, he's ineligible I'm afraid)

Sunnydale Art Gallery - best piece of artwork posted in 2007
Lyri
Kaylee Frye
edb - edb has declined as she has won for the last two years and would like to help with judging
evo
Angel's vision
goldenboy
Nuriko

L'il Pumpkin Belly - cutest member or post
Cordelia Chase*
Lyri
Angels baby101
Wanabee-slayer
Keanoite
The Chosen
Spirit_Of_Fred
Angel's vision
Buffy obsessed fan
palabravampiress


Xander/Anya - funniest LOL BB moment - thread or post
Spirit_Of_Fred
The Chosen
GATEGOD
Colin Xavier

There were also a few threads nominated but as they can't say one way or the other, there is no point in listing them :)

Doyle - most missed member
Not much point in listing these really. If they're MIA they won't see this, will they?

Class Protector - most helpful/supportive member
Keanoite
Lyri
Angels baby101
Wanabee-slayer
StuckinTraffic
Slayergal

Faith - coolest member
Lyri
Keanoite
Kaylee Frye
Mesektet Ra
GATEGOD
DarklyDreamingDrusilla
Allycat
Bored of the Dead
Kryptonite
edb - edb has declined this nomination, so she can take part in judging
TabulaRasa
white avenger

Giles - biggest Buffy/Angel expert
GATEGOD
white avenger
Bored of the Dead
goldenboy - GB has declined the nomination so he can take part in judging
buffetofsporks
Senior Watcher
Blondie Bear

Andrew - best RPG "actor" or "actress"
palabravampiress
Mesektet Ra
Lyri

Edit:

Bored of the Dead agrees: I didn't post ANY in 2007 that were completed but thanks all
Thanks for confirming that Al.

[GATEGOD]

Forgot to congrat everyone else, when I repped you Mr. Pointy :happy30:

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated! You deserved it!

[Keanoite]

Can we have a big round of appluase for Mr.Pointy everyone! :happy30: He has been slaving over this forever!! We'd be lost without him!!!!

[GATEGOD]

Can we have a big round of appluase for Mr.Pointy everyone! He has been slaving over this forever!! We'd be lost without him!!!!

:happy30::happy30::happy30::happy30::You_Rock_

Smiley power! Good Job Mr. P!

[The Chosen]

Yay Mr. Pointy! :D :D :D

Well I'm off for cheese. I'm ridiculously hungry!

[Angels baby101]

CONGRATS TO ALL THE NOMINEE'S lol Goodluck to all and thanks to whomever nominated me its an honnor as always :)

I definatly have the start of a pumpkin belly going on :P hehehe

[Lyri]

ok, who nominated me for L'il Pumpkin Belly? i'm not cute!!

lol, seriously, thank you all so much for the nominations! they all really mean a lot!!

[palabravampiress]

Three cheers for Mr. Pointy! Thanks for organizing the nominations, Mr. Pointy.

Congrats to all the nominees and thanks again to whomever nominated me. The Buffies are gonna be fun!

[Slayergal]

Congratulations to all the nominees!!!! I would also like to say thanks to who ever nominated me.

[Wanabee-slayer]

LOL! YAY!! I love being nominated!!! I've never actually won anything but it's still really cool!!! Everyone else who got noms! You totally deserve it and big sis you are definitely cute! :P

[definition of insane]

Hey! Congrats guys! All very deserving noms!

[Senior Watcher]

now i know what all the actors and directors are talking about when they say, "its just an honor to be nominated!" i am truly honored be nominated for the giles award! i appreciate people actually thinking that i know stuff :)

congrats to everyone! all well deserved.

and a special thanks to mr. pointy. it takes alot of work to put something like this together.

[Spirit_Of_Fred]

huge cheers for Mr. P for all his work :woot:! and additionally, congrats to all who were nominated! finally, while im on a roll, yay for all the nominaters! though you're slightly less credited, without all of you, there would be no one to vote on, and thus the awards would collapse. plus, whoever nominated people i forgot/couldn't nominate since i can only nominate one person when they really deserved it, im cheering you now :). you guys (Mr. P, nominees, and nominaters) all rock collectively!

and seriously, who thinks im funny? i thought i was just weird. now im gonna have to go look into what the frilly heck funny stuff i said that got me nominated, cause im in denial here! :D whatever the reason, thanks for the noms. as many have said before me, im truly honored.

[Cordelia Chase*]

Thanks for the nomination! I feel....honored!!!!!! : king :


Congrats to everyone that was nominated as well! You deserve it!

Hey anyone notice most of Merrick is nominated for Lil Pumpkin Belly??? LOL

[ILLYRIAN]

My thanks for the nomination for the storyteller catagory.......now if I can get the same distinction for the national lottery !?

[VisionGuy]

Congratulations to the nominees. Best of luck to all of you.

[StuckinTraffic]

Ooo, I just noticed the awards ceremony is on my birthday! And coincidentally, also Allycat's birthday. Yay!

Darn, I wanted to nominate some people, but I missed the cutoff. Sorry, people, I'll get ya next year! CONGRATS to all the nominees, each of you is special and very deserving!

[Bangelxx]

yay!!!good job to all the nominees! you all are VERY well deserving!:D and a big round of applause goes out to mr pointy too!!!!:)

[Wicked]

Haha, look what happens, I disappear for a couple months and you all forget me :p

Congrats to all the nominees :)

Edit:

VisionGuy agrees: Where the hell have you been??!!!! :)

Working my ass off sadly. Thats done now though. I shall fight the urge to rant. On this thread at least :)

[~angelic slayer~]

A huge congrats to all the nominees! Can't wait for the ceremony, you all deserve it! :D

[Vicariously]

congratulations to all the nominees! :)

[Edmund Blackadder]

I live in a Country where laws are passed without our input, where decisions are made without so much as a public debate (yes i'm talking about Brown/Europe/Referendum - so what, you wanna fight about it?) and the powers that be oft take liberty with us mere mortals and I sit idly by but this is it - the line must be drawn here.

The fight to get VG as Pumpkin Belly has begun - vive la resistance!!!!

note - points go to whoever guesses the three shows/movies that I used a line from in that, lets be honest, pointless rant:)

Well Mr P it was 2 films and a TV show.

Very obscure comments, i'm sorry.

so what, you wanna fight about it? - is from Family Guy - the funny little man that owns the golf range where Chris gets a PT job.

vive la resistance - From many films but in the spirit of this pointless rant it was based on South Parks version Bigger Longer and uncut.

the line must be drawn here - From the greatest Captain of the Enterprise in one of the greatest Star Trek movies fighting arguably the greatest enemy of the Federation - Picard in First Contact talking about The Borg.

[Kryptonite]

Giles - biggest Buffy/Angel expert...


:( this was always Arcane's category. *sigh*

[Spirit_Of_Fred]

so what time are the awards going to be? and how do i know what time that is in my time zone? ive missed them the only two years ive been here for them :(.

[Mesektet Ra]

Holy crap! Coolest Member! Dude. That rocks socks in a box with rocks.

And the Andrew Award! YAY! Wow. Thanks, you guys.

Best of luck to everyone. You all deserved this noms, cross my heart.

[Mr. Pointy]

so what time are the awards going to be? and how do i know what time that is in my time zone? ive missed them the only two years ive been here for them :(.

All being well, I will kick off proceedings on Saturday Feb. 2nd at about 7pm GMT -

What is GMT? (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.co.uk/what-is-gmt.htm)

If you click around on the page below from the above site you can check what time it is where you are in relation to GMT. In general, countries to the west of the UK (US, Canada, Central and South America) are behind GMT and countries to the east (Europe, Asia and Australia) are ahead of GMT.

Time Zones - Current Time in every Time Zone of the World (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.co.uk/time-zone/)

[Wanabee-slayer]

Any Australian's wondering what time it is on over here! It converts to 5am on Sunday the 3rd of Feb! I'm happy to say I will be here!

[Lyri]

aw, i won't be here!! :( this is the first time i've missed the ceremony!! *is very sad*

[Mesektet Ra]

Okay. So. I'll be here. At one. On Saturday, because I did the whole thing with the time and the subtraction...

Sorry. I'm just proud of myself. I KNOW WHEN I HAVE TO SHOW UP FINALLY!

[GATEGOD]

I just hope I wake up in time :p

I'll have to set out to make it here.

Bringing Emma as my date of course :p

[Edmund Blackadder]

Bringing Emma as my date of course :p

I doubt there is enough money, alcohol, drugs, rohypnol in the world my friend

[GATEGOD]

I doubt there is enough money, alcohol, drugs, rohypnol in the world my friend

Actually she is going out to buy herself a dress for the event tomorrow. She can't wait to go with me. :p

Who are you taking? Yourself ;) :lmao:

[palabravampiress]

You and BoTD can fight over Emma all you want. I'm taking Giles! Just don't tell the hubby that I'm speaking off to an awards show with another man. lol.

[Edmund Blackadder]

Actually she is going out to buy herself a dress for the event tomorrow. She can't wait to go with me. :p

Who are you taking? Yourself ;) :lmao:

Yeah, and she's using your AMEX Black Card.

You do realise this is a fictional ceremony on a website.

You and BoTD can fight over Emma all you want. I'm taking Giles! Just don't tell the hubby that I'm speaking off to an awards show with another man. lol.

Good for you.

If this was genuine, I'd rather take ASH anyway, i'm sure he'd be rivetting company.

[GATEGOD]

Yeah, and she's using your AMEX Black Card.

You do realise this is a fictional ceremony on a website.




lol

Oh my god!!! Really :buble_eye I had no idea.

:evillol::cyclop: Still taking Emma. :rolleyes:

[Wanabee-slayer]

You guys can keep your dates I called dibs on David Tennant weeks ago in the shoutbox!!!!! He's going to be wearing his Doctor Who suit!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!

[The Chosen]

I call Season Seven Eliza! So, she's off dibs.

TC HAS CALLED DIBS ON SEASON SEVEN DUSHKU.

So back of ILED! Back off! :ewhip:

(You can have season three Eliza.)

[Mr. Pointy]

I'm going to close this thread now as nominations have been closed a while now.

You may wish to speculate on who is bringing which celebrity on the night in this thread - Awards Night - Guest List - Buffy-Boards (http://www.buffy-boards.com/showthread.php?t=36321).

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