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TheRyoku

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Posted at: 12/7/08 10:53 AM

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Well, Jon-86 was asking around in the programming regular lounge about awards this year. I figured, since I don't contribute a whole lot, and I think this would be at least mildly interesting, I'll see it through this year.

I believe I will stick to the categories from last year, and I'll even add a few.

Categories:

Best Overall

Most Well-rounded [This is NOT the same as best overall.]

Most Helpful

Friendliest

Most Improved

Rookie of the Year

Best All Around

Best Tutorials

PHP King

C++ King

Javascript King

HTML/CSS King

Most Missed [Regular from the past]

I believe that should cover about everything. I please ask that you try to keep your votes somewhat neat, and if you don't, I'm likely to disregard them, so keep them readable, at the least.

Rules:

1.) You may only vote ONE TIME.

2.) You may NOT change your votes, therefore, your first vote is your last vote.

3.) You may only nominate people from this year.

4.) If you cannot think of anyone for a specific category, or you wish not to vote in said category, please put a [-NONE-] in the space.

5.) You may come back to your vote, meaning, if you put [-NONE-] somewhere, you can replace that later, but only the ones with [-NONE-].

6.) Have fun, and please, for the sake of "Sportsmanship," please keep the match clean.

7.) [MUST READ] I think I'll set the deadline to December 30. I will announce winners on December 31.

I hope that covers everything, and I wish everyone the best of luck! I will cast my votes later, because I still don't know who to vote for.

(If you have comments on the categories, or anything else, please let me know. I want this to be at least a little fun.)


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Jon-86

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Posted at: 12/7/08 03:17 PM

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To get the ball rollin, also some awards I dont know who to vote for so will leave blank!

Best Overall - dELtalucia
Most Well-rounded - Afro-Ninja (He keeps a cool head, always)
Most Helpful - thoughtpolice
Friendliest - DannyIsOnFire
Most Improved - DanielZ
Rookie of the Year - polym
Best All Around - DougyTheFreshmaker
Best Tutorials - N/A
PHP King -VigilanteNighthawk
C++ King - dELtalucia
Javascript King - N/A
HTML/CSS King - Smules still
Most Missed [Regular from the past] - DFox ( because he made the PHP competition I won :-] )

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Posted at: 12/7/08 04:26 PM

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Go on then, I'll try and add my two cents.

Best Overall:
Jon-86 - Always seems to be kicking around and always has something to say. You've kept the reg lounge moving at times and made many worth contributions to topics. You deserve the title of Best Overall member of the programming forum.

Most Well-Rounded:
CitricSquid - Seems to have a little bit of everything going for him. Helps when he can, keeps us informed about his oh-so interesting life, bounces back from ban after ban. We love you Sam :)

Most Helpful:
Jessi - Always seems willing to help the people most of us would usually just sigh at. Explains things thoroughly and clearly and has been doing so for as long as I can remember.

Friendliest:
wreckages - Caught my eye the other day when he asked how everyone was. Gosh ain't that just the sweetest. But seriously, you seem like one peace loving, friendly dude my good man. I raise my glass to you for it.

Most Improved:
DanielZ - Not so long ago did a post not come by from Daniel that I didn't E-shake my head at. These days however, he's not just turned a corner, he's switched several streets and turned five or so corners. Fine, fine poster.

Rookie of the Year:
Relish - Only signed up this year (I think) but he's made a good impression on me so far and added to a number of conversations and questions in both the reg lounge and individual topics.

Best All Around:
dELtaluca - Dosen't show his head round these parts that much, but when he does you can tell he's a guy who's going far in life. Hugely talented, still pretty young and overall just... Well, the best all around.

Best Tutorials:
SpamBurger - Another one who dosen't come to this neck of the woods anymore. However, back in the day he made some great contributions to each of the main topics, as well as contributing heavily to CodeDatabase. Cheers Spammy.

PHP King:
DearonElensar - Just about everyone on this forum used to dabble in PHP, proven by the amount of tutorials found in PHP: Main. Lately however it's this chap that seems to be answering the questions raised by people. And answering them fucking well I might add.

C++ King:
Cinjection - I tend to stay away from C++ topics, not knowing much about it at all myself. I do happen to know though that our very own Cinjection is one hell of a C++ programmer.

Javascript King:
elbekko - I was pretty unsure about this one. Thinking back though, I remember 'bekko helping me with a fair few JS problems over the last year or so. With very few other contenders, he gets my vote.

HTML/CSS King:
smulse - No one else comes close to Sam's excellent design skills, and ability to put them together using ye' old HTML and CSS. You've created some truly brilliant site's Sam, and for that I applaud you.

Most Missed:
DFox - He's showed brief signs of a return, but it just isn't the same as when he used to be a fully fledged reg. We miss you David, come back for good :)


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TheRyoku

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Posted at: 12/7/08 04:30 PM

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Here's mine:

Best Overall

dELtaluca

Most Well-rounded [This is NOT the same as best overall.]\

Afro-Ninja

Most Helpful

thoughtpolice

Friendliest

[-NONE-]

Most Improved

[-NONE-]

Rookie of the Year

[-NONE-]

Best All Around

thoughtpolice

Best Tutorials

[-NONE-]

PHP King
C++ King

dELtaluca

Javascript King

[-NONE-]

HTML/CSS King

Jessii

Most Missed [Regular from the past]

DFox

I do sincerely apologize if I spell your name wrong. I'm trying to get them all correct, and I might've missed something.


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DearonElensar

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Posted at: 12/7/08 05:35 PM

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Best Overall
Pff hard one, i do think Jon-86, he is always around and keeping the lounge alive and stuff <3

Most Well-rounded
thoughtpolice, he doesn't post much but he is brilliant so i had to put him in somewhere.

Most Helpful
Jessii, always seems to help people out if she checks a thread.

Friendliest
DannyIsOnFire, nice guy.

Most Improved
DanielZ, as others said he has come a looong way, he can still be annoying with his determination that he channels in the wrong way (which translates into things such as criticizing table based layouts on IRC for the 1500th time) but if he keeps going like this we can be proud of him :D (if i can nominate a second person i would say PHP4Relish)

Rookie of the Year
Kingdarkeyes, doesn't post much but a really cool guy that's slowly getting to grasps with C++ and is willing to listen to the stuff we say instead of just pretending he does <3

Best All Around
-

Best Tutorials
-

PHP King
Elbekko, doesn't post much but he knows a lot more about PHP (and SQL) then he shows.

C++ King
Cinjection, seems to be the first one to come to my mind

Javascript King
-

HTML/CSS King
-

Most Missed
Dfox, last time i remember we had a big argument on Linux in the lounge, just for starting that he is cool <3

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Sorry for anyone that i missed (and sorry to people like Catch22 who came quite close to the C++ title :p)

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Jon-86

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Posted at: 12/7/08 05:52 PM

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haha I feel e-loved <3

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Jessii

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Posted at: 12/7/08 08:33 PM

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I feel the <3 not sure I should be included in the regulars stuff anymore since I'm not really around as much. Thanks though.

Again, I probably won't vote again this year because I don't really read many threads so I couldn't tell who's good with what.


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DanielZ

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Posted at: 12/7/08 08:48 PM

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Yay I feel e-loved! Although I still have a long long way to go before I reach Jessii's quality of posting. Maybe I'll even stop being an asshole in IRC for my New Year's resolution...

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RageOfOrder

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Posted at: 12/7/08 11:26 PM

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Every year this comes up.

And every year I wish I had done more for the programming forum ><

You guys just spend too much time on web languages for me, and not enough time on C/++ :(

At 9/28/09 06:57 PM, citricsquid wrote:
linux isn't for those who want windows. use windows if you want windows.

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liaaaam

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Posted at: 12/8/08 06:55 AM

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At 12/7/08 11:26 PM, RageOfOrder wrote: You guys just spend too much time on web languages for me, and not enough time on C/++ :(

I notice that too.. at least it keeps active topics, this forum is dead enough as it is.. and web programming is still programming. It'd be stupid to ask everyone to stick to C/++ or any other specific topic.

I won't vote because I only know about 3 peoples names that frequent this forum :X


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25272D

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Posted at: 12/10/08 05:49 AM

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Best Overall
Jon-86 (so he wins :D)

Most Well-rounded
Dunno, everyone seems to have their "specific areas" here, however there are a couple of people with a vast array of skills, but none that I can remember the names of.

Most Helpful
It's a toss up, there are some people that make extremely detailed posts, but they're few and far between and don't frwquent enough to be regulars, but stuff like this makes me think Jon-86 :D

Friendliest
Danny(onfiree), no question about it :D

Most Improved
DanielZZZZZZ, obviously.

Rookie of the Year
Fuck knows

Best All Around
Isn't this the same as "Best overall" or "Most well rounded"? I don't have a clue, nobody is "best" at everything.

Best Tutorials
I don't think I've seen a tutorial all year :D

PHP King
Not sure :(

C++ King
Not sure :(

Javascript King
There's been, what, 5 Javascript threads this year? ^__^ None.

HTML/CSS King
Even though he's off masquerading as a "Lighting Designer" it's quite clearly smulse :D He knows his shit niggur.

Most Missed [Regular from the past]
Dfox?


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smulse

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Posted at: 12/12/08 08:04 PM

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Mah votes are as follows:

Best Overall
I think a lot of these are too similar (ie Best Overall/All Round) and I can't think of enough names to fill them anyway so I'm going to only vote on one.

Jon-86 - I don't think I've spoken to him directly much, but I've seen him give some good programming advice and he seems happy to share his knowledge where he can. He's also a regular party in the Regs Lounge and for that I think he's been the best overall.

Most Well-rounded
CitricSquid [or alternative alt] - when you're actually around, and not b&, you're kewl. Plus you've always got your hand in a something and there's always a drama.

Most Helpful
-None-

Friendliest
DannyIsOnFire - We don't talk as much as we used to on MSN or the like but I still have to give kudos to our beer loving, warm and cuddly social party animal.

Most Improved
DanielZ - I didn't like you at first; Then I did; And now I don't like you again for a few reasons and the fact you jumped on the bandwagon in a thread which lost you my respect, but considering you managed to change my opinion of you, you get a +1 from me.

Rookie of the Year
-None-

Best All Around
-None-

Best Tutorials
SpamBurger - for epic PHP tutorials in PHP:Main. If there's a name that comes to mind when tutorials are mentioned it's him.

PHP King
-None-

C++ King
-None-

Javascript King
-None-

HTML/CSS King
-None-

Most Missed
Different - while I still talk to him on MSN from time to time it was good to have him in the forums too, and I haven't seen a post from him in a long time. Times change and people leave but while he was here his contributions were always valid. +1 for his HTML and CSS knowledge also, I've learnt a fair amount form him.

I'd also like to mention AfroNinja. Although I wouldn't say you were a regular as such, you're probably the most regular mod. We don't get many mods in this neck of the woods, so it's nice when you pop by.

It would have been nice for me to be able to vote on more, but no more names come to mind and I don't tend to read topics which I don't know at least the basics of so I can't judge for a lot of things - and unfortunately I don't have the time to go through and pick someone out but I'm sure someone else'll have the base covered.

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DannyIsOnFire

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Posted at: 12/17/08 03:46 PM

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Bumped for the good of mankind! Tis a shame we don't have a few more regulars. Other forums have so many in comparison to us, and it shows in the award threads :(


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At 12/17/08 03:46 PM, DannyIsOnFire wrote: Bumped for the good of mankind! Tis a shame we don't have a few more regulars. Other forums have so many in comparison to us, and it shows in the award threads :(

What we lack in numbers, we gain in penis size.


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DanielZ

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Posted at: 12/17/08 05:19 PM

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Lol maybe it's because we brutally rape noobs instead of carefully raising them?

More cake for us then.

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Jon-86

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At 12/17/08 05:19 PM, DanielZ wrote: More cake for us then.

Tearse are for the weak anyway. But I would say were fair, people get chances, then they start to moan when they dont get copy&paste answer or moan they have to actually find answers theirself. Or act like they know everything, or just come out with stupid shit and defend it like its proven fact (that also comes to the stubborn and wont listen kind) but granted their have been quite a few threads where someone has came here (even without reading the rules) and gotten help without being an ass about it and they got decent help for that.

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At 12/7/08 10:53 AM, TheRyoku wrote: Best Overall

Jon-86

Most Helpful

DearonElesner

Friendliest

Jon-86

Most Improved

[-NONE-]

Rookie of the Year

[-NONE-]

Best All Around

Jon-86

Best Tutorials

[-NONE-]

PHP King

[-NONE-]

C++ King

[-NONE-]

Javascript King

[-NONE-]

HTML/CSS King

[-NONE-]

Most Missed [Regular from the past]

[-NONE-]

NO


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Jessii

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Posted at: 12/17/08 09:31 PM

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At 12/17/08 06:53 PM, ZiggyZack99 wrote:
At 12/7/08 10:53 AM, TheRyoku wrote: Best Overall
Jon-86
Most Helpful
DearonElesner
Friendliest
Jon-86
Most Improved
[-NONE-]
Rookie of the Year
[-NONE-]
Best All Around
Jon-86
Best Tutorials
[-NONE-]
PHP King
[-NONE-]
C++ King
[-NONE-]
Javascript King
[-NONE-]
HTML/CSS King
[-NONE-]
Most Missed [Regular from the past]
[-NONE-]

What was the point of you voting since you left most of those blank and you're not a regular?


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Posted at: 12/17/08 09:35 PM

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Thanks DannyIsOnFire :)


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Jessii

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Posted at: 12/17/08 09:36 PM

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I actually finally decided to vote :D

Best Overall
Jon

Most Well-rounded [This is NOT the same as best overall.]
Dearon

Most Helpful
Jon

Friendliest
Ryuko

Most Improved
[NONE]

Rookie of the Year
[NONE]

Best All Around
Relish

Best Tutorials
[NONE]

PHP King
Elbekko

C++ King
[NONE]

Javascript King
Elbekko

HTML/CSS King
smulse

Most Missed [Regular from the past]
JesusCyborg


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Relish

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Posted at: 12/17/08 09:43 PM

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Best Overall: Dearon
Most Well-rounded: DannyIsOnFire
Most Helpful: Jessii
Friendliest: wreckages
Most Improved: None
Rookie of the Year: None
Best All Around: Jessii (always friendly) :D
Best Tutorials: DFox
PHP King: Dearon
C++ King: None
Javascript King: None
HTML/CSS King: smulse
Most Missed: DFox


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TheRyoku

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Posted at: 12/18/08 07:37 AM

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Thanks for keeping it alive guys. I'm working on tallying some of these votes sometime later today. I wont release results until I'm done though, at the end of December. :D


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Posted at: 12/18/08 09:30 AM

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Yeah i want to change my "Rookie of the Year" to PHP4Relish, really nice guy with a lot of potential :)
And Dan... we'll he decided to be a major asshole on IRC so he pretty much destroyed the chance on that title for me.

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At 12/18/08 09:30 AM, DearonElensar wrote: Yeah i want to change my "Rookie of the Year" to PHP4Relish, really nice guy with a lot of potential :)
And Dan... we'll he decided to be a major asshole on IRC so he pretty much destroyed the chance on that title for me.

Thanks :D

I'd like for my best overall to remain DearonElensar :)


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TheRyoku

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Posted at: 12/28/08 01:28 AM

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Okay, I have the results ready, if everyone agrees that the voting is complete. I would, however, like to add some of my own votes as well, because I am afraid I had to break a few ties, and some, however, I left intact.

Anyway, my new votes are:
Rookie of the Year:

Relish

Best Tutorials:

Spamburger

PHP King:

DearonElensar

If everyone pretty much agrees that voting is done, then I will make the announcements for winners. I have everything tallied, and ready to go, I just need the permission from everyone!


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Jessii

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Posted at: 12/28/08 07:39 AM

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Go for it.


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DearonElensar

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I'm happy with my votes too :) (with the last small change of course :P)

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go4it

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Posted at: 12/28/08 01:55 PM

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Shit, I've got awards to send out :O


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Jessii

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Posted at: 12/28/08 02:08 PM

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At 12/28/08 01:55 PM, WoogieNoogie wrote: Shit, I've got awards to send out :O

From last year? :O


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