Voting has ended. Thanks to everyone who voted. Keep an eye out for the thread for voting for the winners.
DO NOT VOTE FOR BANNED USERS FOR ANY CATEGORY OTHER THAN "BEST BANNED USER" PLEASE!
This thread is the official thread for nominating users for OTcars. It is for that purpose only. All OTcar related discussion should go in the official OTcar discussion thread.
Voting ends Monday, January 25 at 12:00a.m. U.S. Central Time
Before voting, please take a minute to read the rules, in order to ensure your votes are properly counted. Please put the nominee's names in bold so that it's easier to count them.Though this is not required, it will help tallyers a lot.
1. Only users who are either level 10 or above or have more than 500 posts may nominate users. Please do not post nominations if you do not meet one of these requirements. GabuEx (or another moderator) will delete your post if you do. The purpose of this rule is both to prevent voter fraud (i.e. people creating accounts to nominate themselves) and to ensure that only users at least somewhat familiar with OT can vote.
2. Please do not nominate yourself for any category. We do not want a situation where every user simply nominates themselves. Any self-nominations will not be counted.
3. Each user gets one nomination per category. If you nominate more than one user in a given category, the first username listed will be the one we count.
4. Banned users CANNOT be nominated for any category except for "Best Banned User."
5. You must submit your nominations in this thread. I know that in past years PMs were allowed, but this will make vote counting easier. If for some reason you are not comfortable posting your nominations in this thread, please PM me and the tallyers explaining why, and we will consider it.
6. You can vote in whichever categories you want, and are not obligated to vote in every category. We encourage you to vote in as many categories as you want, but please do not vote in a category just because you feel it is expected of you. Whether you vote in one category or every one, your vote will be counted.
7. Do not nominate pianist for "The Pianist Award For Most Intelligent User." After winning the "Most Intelligent User" award for four consecutive years, the award has been re-named after him and he is no longer eligible to win it. The purpose is to give other users a chance to win it.
8. Please submit all nominations within a single post. You may go back and edit your post as often as you wish until the deadline. Multiple posts only makes it harder for the vote tallyers.
9. Do not do anything other than nominate users in this thread. All OTcars related discussion belongs either in the official OTcars discussion thread or in your blog.
10. Please specify for each award what user you are nominating, and do not use abbreviated usernames. For example, if you wish to nominate UserXYZ for "Best Debater," don't simply write "User for Best Debater." Also, don't write something along the lines of "I nominate UserXYZ for every category."
11. Have fun. I cannot stress enough that the OTcars are simply meant as a fun award ceremony. Don't get mad if you/your favorite user doesn't win a certain award that you think you/they deserved.
12. The following users are new moderators and so are eligible for the "Best "Noob Mod"" award.btaylor2404, dab198, GAMECAMILLER, gmax, Hallenbeck77, HarlockJC, rragnaar, Sandpiper121PP, -Sun_Tzu-, Wasdie
13. The "Best Newcomer" awards are not necessarily confined to users who joined in 2009 (or started posting actively in OT in 2009). If a user joined late last year but became important this year, please feel free to nominate them. However, unless there is a compelling reason, try to nominate users who joined/started posting actively in 2009.
14. As a general rule, a user needs three different users to nominate him for a category to be eligible for a spot as a nominee, and there will be about 5 nominees per category. This rule may change depending upon what the final vote tally looks like. There may be more or less than 5 nominees per category as needed, and the number of nominations needed to be a nominee may be adjusted for certain categories as necessary. However, we will try to stick to the "3 nominations = nominee" rule.
*whew* with that out of the way, now comes the fun part: the nominations!
Here are the categories, have fun!
Personality
Nicest User
Funniest User
The Pianist Award For Most Intelligent User
Horniest User
Most Outgoing/Crazy User
Account/Posting
User Who Should Post More
User Who Should Post At OT More
Most Active OT Poster
Best Debater
Best Username
Best Avatar
Best Sig
Best Journal
Best Photographer
Best Artist
Most Unique Topic Creator
Social Postition
Best User Ever
Best Mod
Best 'Noob Mod'
User Who Should Be A Mod
Most Underappreciated User
Best Banned User
Best Manlover
Best American User
Best Canadian User
Best Australian User
Best Asian User
Best International User
Best European User
Best GS Newcomer
Best OT Newcomer
The OT Awards
The True OT King
The True OT Queen
The OT Hero Award
The OT Vet Award
The following awards must be provided with links if possible:
One-liner of the year
Thread of the year
Best debate
Overused phrase of the year
Subject that is discussed far too much
Event that caused the most hoopla in OT
Best original OT meme
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