2014 Golden Key Awards Nomination Thread

[Ronin]

Since a lot of other people have been ignoring the "only post once" rule I figured that I would put my two cents into this. It doesn't really make much sense of the Most Active New User GKA to have its last 3 months limit, it makes it an extremely exclusive award. Many people have joined in between last year's GKAs and this years GKAs, and since the GKAs are a yearly thing wouldn't it make more sense for New Users to count as users who started within the last year? Because the people who joined within the last year, meaning after the last GKAs and before this GKAs and not literally a year, would be considered new when it came to the GKAs.

Yes. Yes, that would make sense. Like Mandems said, the Most Active New User (Most Productive Newbie at the time?) award went to Atticus a couple of years ago, but her nomination was not disqualified for that breach of terms. In cases like this, the award descriptions can be viewed as guidelines and can sometimes--naturally, within reason--be tweaked to fit a more deserving member.

But anyway, it's the beginning of a new page so let's get back to observing the regulations. If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to message me or another Event Staffer. :yes:

 

[Dan]

❧ Site Awards ☙
Best Advice Miss Kitten
Most Devoted Wiki Editor N/a
Most Helpful Miss Kitten (giving good advice is pretty helpful...)
Most Involved Pancake Samurai
Judge's Award This award contradicts itself so much I'm not even going to vote lol.

❧ Community Awards ☙
Best Blogger Chameleon MonsterMMORPG
Best General Gaming Debater N/A Don't really see many debates going on.
Best Mature Discussion Debater Batman
Best Poster Batman
Best Thread Starter LaZ Don't care what people say, I love his threads. ;p
Best Mafia Player Repentance
Best Role–Player Wolf Sage
Best Theorist N/a
Most Active PancakeSamurai
Most Active New User Josh Power Z
Most Knowledgeable in Zelda Google Search
Most Knowledgeable in Pokémon Sir Quaffler
Most Literate Évariste
Most Reputable yourasswillhurt

❧ Personality Awards ☙
Best Comic Relief Chameleon
Best Company Octorok74
Most Charismatic Avatarflygon
Most Cheerful Raindrop14
Most Laid Back Viral Maze
Most Mysterious Wolf sage
Most Random VikzeLink
Most Thoughtful Raindrop14

❧ Creativity Awards ☙
Best Artist Ludar
Best Graphic Artist Vanessa28
Best Writer Azure Sage
Best Profile Design N/a - Don't look at peoples profiles much...
Best Signature N/A - people have nice sigs but none that stand out at the top of my head
Best Username Yourasswillhurt
Most Improved Artist Violet
Most Improved Graphic Artist Vanessa28
Most Improved Writer Dragoncat
Most Tech Savvy Clank

 

[Jamie]

Yes. Yes, that would make sense. Like Mandems said, the Most Active New User (Most Productive Newbie at the time?) award went to Atticus a couple of years ago, but her nomination was not disqualified for that breach of terms. In cases like this, the award descriptions can be viewed as guidelines and can sometimes--naturally, within reason--be tweaked to fit a more deserving member.

But anyway, it's the beginning of a new page so let's get back to observing the regulations. If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to message me or another Event Staffer. :yes:

Perhaps you should edit the requirement to say within the last year, if we are going to tweak the guidelines anyway. Clearly, people think that the 3 months is a requirement, not a guideline.

 

[Krazy4Krash]

Site Awards

Best Advice - Raindrop14
Most Devoted Wiki Editor -
Most Helpful -
Most Involved - jimmy.f27
Judge's Award -

Community Awards

Best Blogger - jimmy.f27, TheBlueReptile
Best General Gaming Debater -
Best Mature Discussion Debater - N/A
Best Poster -
Best Thread Starter - justac00lguy
Best Mafia Player - N/A
Best Role–Player - N/A
Best Theorist - TheBlueReptile
Most Active - Fig
Most Active New User -
Most Knowledgeable in Zelda -
Most Knowledgeable in Pokémon -
Most Literate -
Most Reputable -

Personality Awards

-

Creativity Awards

Most Tech Savvy - Clank

Good lord, this is harder than I thought. Think I would have been better off just waiting for the next round...

 

[Wolf Sage]

Meh. Why not... It's not like I have anything better to do.

❧ Site Awards

Best Advice (Djinn) – misskitten; Shadsie
Most Devoted Wiki Editor (Locke) – There's a wiki?
Most Helpful (Vanessa28) – Clank
Most Involved (Djinn) – N/A
Judge's Award (New Category) – wut


❧ Community Awards

Best Blogger (Atticus) – VikzeLink
Best General Gaming Debater (New Category) – ...
Best Mature Discussion Debater (New Category) – Batman
Best Poster (misskitten) — ←
Best Thread Starter (Spirit of Rutela) – justac00lguy
Best Mafia Player (Viral Maze) – I know nothing of Mafia.
Best Role–Player (Hylian_Monolith) – I know nothing of Role-Playing.
Best Theorist (justac00lguy) – N/A
Most Active (Ventus) – PancakeSamurai?
Most Active New User (Sroa Link) – Repentance
Most Knowledgeable in Zelda (Locke) – No idea; Locke?
Most Knowledgeable in Pokémon (K4King) – ←
Most Literate (Thareous) – No one.
Most Reputable (Thareous) – No one.


❧ Personality Awards

Best Comic Relief (Big Octo) – ←
Best Company (LittleGumball) – ←
Most Charismatic (Azure Sage) – ←
Most Cheerful (LittleGumball) – Fig; Raindrop14
Most Laid Back (Big Octo) – M107.
Most Mysterious (Clank) – NOT ME. HOW ON EARTH AM I THE MOST MYSTERIOUS WHEN YOU COULD PRACTICALLY WRITE, FILM, AND SCRIPT AN ENTIRE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FILM BASED ON MY LIFE ON AND OFF THE FORUMS, SIMPLY BY READING AND COMBINING ALL OF MY POSTS?; M107.
Most Random (TheRizardon) – ←
Most Thoughtful (Azure Sage) – Raindrop14


❧ Creativity Awards

Best Artist (abichandesu) – ←
Best Graphic Artist (mandym287) – ←
Best Writer (Shadsie) – ←
Best Profile Design (New Category) – I'd honestly say me, but rules, in which case: N/A
Best Signature (Krazy4Krash) – N/A
Best Username (MadameMajora) – Yourasswillhurt.
Most Improved Artist (New Category) – Violet.
Most Improved Graphic Artist (New Category) – N/A
Most Improved Writer (New Category) – N/A
Most Tech Savvy (New Category) – Kitsu; Clank.

 

[Ronin]

Note: Wolf Sage has asked to be omitted from the "Most Mysterious" category in the past, so any nominations which keep him under that award will be overlooked now, as well. With six days before the deadline, that leaves plenty of time for another mysterious replacement.

Also, as Vanessa recently pointed out, the "Best Role-Player" category is not intended for someone with a "role-playing" attitude, but who actively participates in the RP section. There were three instances where nominees were blatantly misplaced as an RPer, Wolf Sage being the third one. Like above, those nominations will not be counted as proper votes, and if they wish to have their names removed from the "Best RPer" award, then it can be done, upon request.

Proceed...eth~

 

[Seth]

❧ Site Awards

Best Advice – Dan
Most Devoted Wiki Editor –
Most Helpful –
Most Involved – Mases
Judge's Award – Chameleon


❧ Community Awards

Best Blogger – ghirihamiscool
Best General Gaming Debater –
Best Mature Discussion Debater – lalacoyotegamer
Best Poster – Josh Power Z
Best Thread Starter – Josh Power Z
Best Mafia Player –
Best Role–Player – Lord Vain
Best Theorist –
Most Active – Chameleon
Most Active New User –
Most Knowledgeable in Zelda –
Most Knowledgeable in Pokémon – Terminus
Most Literate – MonsterMMORPG
Most Reputable – musicfan


❧ Personality Awards

Best Comic Relief –
Best Company –
Most Charismatic –
Most Cheerful –
Most Laid Back – lalacoyotegamer
Most Mysterious – Wolf Sage
Most Random –
Most Thoughtful –


❧ Creativity Awards

Best Artist – Dan
Best Graphic Artist –
Best Writer –
Best Profile Design –
Best Signature – Kitsu
Best Username –
Most Improved Artist –
Most Improved Graphic Artist –
Most Improved Writer –
Most Tech Savvy – TehLeetHaxor

 

[Raindrop14]

Best Blogger – The member that creates the blogs that you enjoy the most.
Best General Gaming Debater – Member who contributes appropriately to debates and demonstrates the best debating skills in gaming discussions.
Best Mature Discussion Debater – Thareous
Best Poster – Thareous
Best Thread Starter – Member that creates the best threads for discussion on DGN.
Best Mafia Player – The member that shows the most skill in Mafia games.
Best Role–Player - TatlTails
Best Theorist – Axle the Beast
Most Active – Forum user who most actively participates in forum discussions.
Most Active New User – The member that has joined within the last year of the posting of this thread with the highest activity.
Most Knowledgeable in Zelda – User who displays the most knowledge in Zelda lore and in the games themselves.
Most Knowledgeable in Pokémon – User who displays the most knowledge in Pokémon lore, in the Pokémon and the games themselves.
Most Literate – Vanessa28
Most Reputable – A user who has been acknowledged to have great integrity.

Best Comic Relief – Members who are funniest in most situations or conversations.
Best Company – Gobli
Most Charismatic – The most charming or likable member.
Most Cheerful - Fig
Most Laid Back – Gobli
Most Mysterious – A quiet member everyone sees, but knows nothing about.
Most Random – The most unpredictable user either in chat or in posts.
Most Thoughtful – Fig

Best Artist – Violet
Best Graphic Artist - PancakeSamurai
Best Writer – Forumer that writes the best stories and fan works.
Best Profile Design – Member who has the most inventive profile background.
Best Signature – Member who has the most creative or artistic signature.
Best Username – PancakeSamurai
Most Improved Artist – Violet
Most Improved Graphic Artist – Mellow Ezlo
Most Improved Writer – Dragoncat
Most Tech Savvy – Clank

That's it for now! =D

 

[A Link In Time]

I have edited the opening post to include users who have withdrawn from specific categories, namely Wolf Sage for Most Mysterious and PancakeSamurai for Most Cheerful.

 

[A Link In Time]

❧ Site Awards

Best Advice (Djinn) – Vanessa28; Seth
Most Devoted Wiki Editor (Locke) – Heroine of Time; fused_shadows; odd300
Most Helpful (Vanessa28) – Locke; Kitsu; Thareous
Most Involved (Djinn) – mandym287
Judge's Award (New Category) – M107


❧ Community Awards

Best Blogger (Atticus) – bushwacker87
Best General Gaming Debater (New Category) – justac00lguy; DuelMark; Krazy4Krash
Best Mature Discussion Debater (New Category) – Batman; Seth
Best Poster (misskitten) – Batman
Best Thread Starter (Spirit of Rutela) – justac00lguy
Best Mafia Player (Viral Maze) – Repentance; Dracomajora; Ver-go-a-go-go
Best Role–Player (Hylian_Monolith) – Violet; Raindrop14
Best Theorist (justac00lguy) – Locke; Ganonking
Most Active (Ventus) – Fig; JuicieJ; PancakeSamurai
Most Active New User (Sroa Link) – Repentance
Most Knowledgeable in Zelda (Locke) – DARK MASTER; Ganonking; DuelMark
Most Knowledgeable in Pokémon (K4King) – Fig; Sydney; odd300
Most Literate (Thareous) – Shadsie; GaroXicon
Most Reputable (Thareous) – Krazy4Krash; Stitch

❧ Personality Awards

Best Comic Relief (Big Octo) – LittleGumball; Mellow Ezlo; Zorth
Best Company (LittleGumball) – Big Octo; Night Owl; TheRizardon
Most Charismatic (Azure Sage) – Zorth; MadameMajora
Most Cheerful (LittleGumball) – Heroine of Winds; Azure Sage
Most Laid Back (Big Octo) – Stitch
Most Mysterious (Clank) – DARK MASTER; M107
Most Random (TheRizardon) – LittleGumball; Mellow Ezlo; Curmudgeon
Most Thoughtful (Azure Sage) – Night Owl


❧ Creativity Awards

Best Artist (abichandesu) – mandym287
Best Graphic Artist (mandym287) – FirIceDaVinci
Best Writer (Shadsie) – FirIceDaVinci; maomono101; GaroXicon
Best Profile Design (New Category) – Wolf Sage
Best Signature (Krazy4Krash) – Yourasswillhurt
Best Username (MadameMajora) – Yourasswillhurt; Violet
Most Improved Artist (New Category) – Linknerd09
Most Improved Graphic Artist (New Category) – Sydney; Terminus; Chimera
Most Improved Writer (New Category) – Keith
Most Tech Savvy (New Category) – Kitsu

 

[Clank]

❧ Site Awards

Best Advice (Djinn) – LittleGumball
Most Helpful (Vanessa28) – Fig
Judge's Award (New Category) – Lord Vain


❧ Community Awards

Best Theorist (justac00lguy) – Random Person
Most Literate (Thareous) – Sir Quaffler
Most Reputable (Thareous) – Lord Vain


❧ Personality Awards

Best Company (LittleGumball) – Krazy4Krash
Most Charismatic (Azure Sage) – Raindrop14
Most Cheerful (LittleGumball) – Fig
Most Mysterious (Clank) – Locke
Most Thoughtful (Azure Sage) – Raindrop14

Yeah, I've not been too involved in ZD stuff lately.

 

[Ronin]

Thank you, everyone, for taking the time to participate in the nomination process. The final voting thread will be posted in the upcoming days, so please keep an eye out for it! We're all looking forward to the end results.