Art Forum Awards 2012 [Discussion]

[bigjonny13]

Alrighty folks, it's that time of year again. Time to discuss the 2012 Art Forum Awards!

Post your votes in the [Voting] thread, not here.
Post here everything you want to pertaining to the 2012 Art Forum Awards, off topic banter should go in the lounge.

Previous results: 2011, 2010, 2009.

These are the categories you will be voting for:
Favourite Artist
Favourite Artist's Style
Most Improved Artist
Most Underrated Artist
Best Newcomer
Most Helpful Poster
Best Critic
Best Art Regular
Most Missed Regular
Most Fun Thread
Most Helpful Thread
Favourite Showcase Thread

Have fun!

[bigjonny13]

[Voting] thread here.

[Kinsei]

Ah, that time of year again. I'm really going to have to start taking notes through out the year to keep track of all this stuff, well I should have some good ideas of who I want to vote for after I look back over some threads from the year.

[Daverom]

Who's this vero newfag posting joke posts in the wrong thread.

what a scrub

[Carrion]

At 11/29/12 12:40 AM, EJR wrote: Vote DragonPunch for everything!!

Lets just steer away from all of that mainly out of respect for Jonny's thread.

[DieterTheuns]

I am let down by the categories you didn't add we talked about in chat, jonny :(

[Lintire]

At 11/29/12 05:12 AM, test-object wrote: I am let down by the categories you didn't add we talked about in chat, jonny :(

He added quite a few, and scrapped quite a few too. Thought it was quite well-rounded out, overall. Sure he didn't add every single idea, but I don't think that "Sexiest User" would have gone done all that smoothly.

unlike a delicious instant vanilla protein shake.

At 11/28/12 10:47 PM, Kinsei01 wrote: Ah, that time of year again. I'm really going to have to start taking notes through out the year to keep track of all this stuff, well I should have some good ideas of who I want to vote for after I look back over some threads from the year.

I was meaning to do that, but that was a resolution that literally only lasted about thirty seconds. So if I vote for like, a dog for "Favourite Artist", I accept full responsibility but I also think it was funny and totally worth it.

[bigjonny13]

At 11/29/12 05:12 AM, test-object wrote: I am let down by the categories you didn't add we talked about in chat, jonny :(

Certain categories ended up getting removed because of certain issues......
But I completely forgot to add "Sexiest Art Reg", my bad :C

[Tomsan]

although I understand that you wanna keep this a positive list, it could've used something like

best in taking critique & worst in taking critique, although the outcome of the latter wont be much of a surprise.

[bigjonny13]

At 11/29/12 09:50 AM, Tomsan wrote: although I understand that you wanna keep this a positive list, it could've used something like
best in taking critique & worst in taking critique, although the outcome of the latter wont be much of a surprise.

I got rid of the negative and insulting categories specifically because I don't want more bullshit and drama happening in the forum. There's been too much of it as is, and I don't want to unnecessarily cause more.

[Template88]

I only wish to remind people to perhaps consider me for my modest improvement in the short time I've been here.
also
Anyone who doesn't vote johnny for most helpful user is not even human.

[Decky]

At 11/29/12 10:33 AM, Template88 wrote: I only wish to remind people to perhaps consider me for my modest improvement in the short time I've been here.

I have also improved ;).

[Lintire]

At 11/29/12 10:33 AM, Template88 wrote: Anyone who doesn't vote johnny for most helpful user is not even human.

No.

Nope, nuh, absolutely not.

Don't start this bullshit, Template. You have no idea how horribly, horribly well in can screw up the good-natured intent of these awards. Vote exactly how you want, from your own subjective standpoint. If a threads been helpful from your perspective even if it was utterly useless from everyone else's, vote for it anyway.

Do not any under circumstances try to coerce or guilt other people's votes. It never ends well.

there's enough of that awful, awful approach in the BBS awards

[BrainworkInProgress]

I do believe I'm going to win everything this year!

[BrainworkInProgress]

At 11/29/12 11:13 AM, Escalus wrote:

At 11/29/12 11:11 AM, BrainworkInProgress wrote: I do believe I'm going to win everything this year!

nuh uh, I am!

We shall see! >:((

[BrainworkInProgress]

At 11/29/12 11:29 AM, Escalus wrote:

At 11/29/12 11:21 AM, BrainworkInProgress wrote:

At 11/29/12 11:13 AM, Escalus wrote:

At 11/29/12 11:11 AM, BrainworkInProgress wrote: I do believe I'm going to win everything this year!

nuh uh, I am!

We shall see! >:((

Bring it on girlfriend! *hand on hip*

Guuuurrll... you talkin' to me?! *looks around*

You betta not be! cuz ima woop your ass!

You go guurrrlll!!!

[bigjonny13]

At 11/29/12 11:10 AM, Lintire wrote:

At 11/29/12 10:33 AM, Template88 wrote: Anyone who doesn't vote johnny for most helpful user is not even human.

Do not any under circumstances try to coerce or guilt other people's votes. It never ends well.

I'm going to have to agree with Lintire here.
While I do appreciate the sentiment behind it, in no way should anyone try to sway other's votes. The whole thing is subjective and I think everyone should have their own opinions regardless of what other's say.

[Lintire]

At 11/29/12 11:29 AM, Escalus wrote: Everyone should be voting for me

At 11/29/12 11:21 AM, BrainworkInProgress wrote: No, everyone should be voting for me!

God damn it, guys.

[Aigis]

At 11/29/12 11:38 AM, Lintire wrote:

At 11/29/12 11:29 AM, Escalus wrote: Everyone should be voting for me

At 11/29/12 11:21 AM, BrainworkInProgress wrote: No, everyone should be voting for me!

God damn it, guys.

Take a look at this nerd.

[Lintire]

At 11/29/12 11:59 AM, Escalus wrote: awww, I'm sorry Lintroller (all in harmless fun) no guilt tripping intended.

Well y'all are fucking well earning my Lintire.

At 11/29/12 11:58 AM, Aigis wrote: Take a look at this nerd.

How about you take a look at my sweaty dick, cause I have NO FUCKING REGRETS.

[bigjonny13]

Too much homestuck.
Either get back to talking about the AFAs or just don't post. Please don't clutter up this thread,

[bigjonny13]

At 11/29/12 02:15 PM, Escalus wrote: Sorry Johnny boy (I promise it won't happen again)
Did you have any other categories in mind? (Seems rather short)

Nope, just the 12 categories.
Up until this year, it has always been 10 categories, but I did some remodeling since I'm now the one who runs them. Sure it's not as many as the General forum BBS awards, but then again, we're not like them and nor do I want negative categories.

[Knocturne]

Best Forum Reg implies that forum regulars are in some way good

[bigjonny13]

At 11/29/12 04:04 PM, Knocturne wrote: Best Forum Reg implies that forum regulars are in some way good

Knoc, you're way too damn cynical about everything.
Maybe spend more than just a few days here and there (over the span of the year) in the forum and then you wont just leave most of the voting areas blank.

[Knocturne]

At 11/29/12 04:34 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote:

Knoc, you're way too damn cynical about everything.

It was a joke, it's probably hard to tell when I'm kidding, so you get the wrong impression of me, yup, and a small rebuttal in regards to whether or not I'm here for a few days out of the year... I just don't log in when I read. I've had a couple months when I haven't been able to check up, but I've been watching (ooooh creepy) but like always I usually just check threads I've always followed or things that seem interesting.

Kinda presumptuous of you but let's not argue. Point is, it was a joke. Maybe I need to be more of a regular to make jokes so I don't bruise egos.

[bigjonny13]

@Knocturne - I'm presuming because you did the same thing last year with the voting. You voted for 3 categories and left the rest blank, and once again you made a sour remark in the discussion thread. You may say it's a joke, but when you do the same thing twice, I don't take it as such.

@KaDoYuu - Put your votes in the thread

[Tomsan]

At 11/29/12 06:45 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: @Knocturne - I'm presuming because you did the same thing last year with the voting. ..sour remark in the discussion thread. You may say it's a joke, but when you do the same thing twice, I don't take it as such.

this turning in a flame thread already?

nonchalantly zipping my beer

[radiodark]

My preliminary choices here, but I'm waiting to post in the voting thread. I'd love some help with remembering options.

Favourite Artist's Style
I'm interpreting this as "most unique" since otherwise Favorite Artist, Favorite Artist's Style, and Favorite Showcase thread are all the same question.
Test, Tre, Lintire, & Jessepants all have fiercely unique styles I admire.

Most Improved Artist
Help. Who improved this year?

Most Underrated Artist
Oh gods i don't know. Lint undervalues himself, as we've recently established, but no one else does.

Best Newcomer
Moors? Who else is new?

Most Helpful Poster
Luwano. He's super nice and patient, even when the person he is talking to is as dumb as a bag of rocks.

Best Critic
Lintire. His crits always brighten my day.

Best Art Regular
Lintire, I guess. He's well rounded in terms of arting a lot, giving good crits, and being generally involved rather than just lurking in the background.

Most Missed Regular
Occluded. Miss him a lot, really.

Most Fun Thread
Uh. There was the copterphant thread, the hamface thread, the M&A Monday thread, the bob ross thread, a bunch of whore threads, a bunch of minimally successful choose your own adventure threads, and the pokemanz thread. Any others?
As much as I love dicks, I refuse to vote for Pokemon.

Most Helpful Thread
Hate to pimp my own thread, but I can't think of any alternatives. Anyone got any ideas?

Oh, maybe Artists! Tell me about Yourself.

Favourite Showcase Thread
Any of my top six, I don't know. Artwise, Ne7ers, Captain, Tre, Test, Jessepants, Lintire.

Favourite Artist
Uhhhh. I lovehate you all. Ne7ers only posted in his thread a few times this year, but I love his work so much I'm picking it anyway. I think. Maybe.
Lots of skill and he's not afraid to experiment.

[Havegum]

At 11/29/12 07:10 PM, Tomsan wrote: this turning in a flame thread already?

Just because something could be interpreted as a negative remark, doesn't necessarily make it flaming.

As for me, I think I'll refrain from voting this time around. Seeing as I haven't been paying attention to the forum I think my votes would be unfair and biased.

Well, the votes will probably be biased in some way regardless.

Maybe next year.

[Decky]

It amuses me that Fatbuttdos just copied my votes and mrurahara changed one category