End-Of-Financial-Year Awards '09 Results Thread!

Grape of Rat · #1 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 06:04 PM

It's time for ze results! Huzzah and all that!

Basically, Eric won all the awards. All of the people listed below are the second and third runners-up. Except the Zelda-related awards, nobody cares about those ones.

Personality Awards

Most Intelligent
John - 14
Cody - 5

Most Mature
Rew - 8
John - 5

Most Dedicated
Cody - 6
SacredSturgeon - 5
Jason - 5

Funniest Member
Raex - 5
Notsil - 5
Mr Spork - 4

Kindest Member
beejay - 8
Rew - 6

Coolest Member
Jodd - 4
Ringo Starr - 4
Red - 3
HellsAngel - 3

Biggest Ego
Cody - 7
Lady Ranny - 5

Best Debater
John - 14
LOZ Historian - 3

Coolest Newb
Cortana - 6
PocketCucco - 6
ValaVarda - 6
Calliope - 5

Most Original Screen Name
GK: 5895/9999 - 9
SacredSturgeon - 5

Most Improved
Lieutenant Lollipop - 7
Austin - 3
fratey - 3

Most Likely to Become a Mod
Rew - 16
Sabbo - 10

Master of the English Language
John - 11
Rew - 3

Best Quote/Individual Post
Crab Helmet - 10

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I'll do this two ways. The long way, and the short way. One will be eloquent and detailed, the other will be sharp and explicit.

THE LONG WAY

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Originally Posted by Vomitman
How many times have you been on the internet and saw someone ranting on and on about how the Xbox is superior to the Wii or the Playstation 3?

Many times. Great, isn't it?

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And how many times have you disagreed?

None.

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If you disagree, welcome to my world.

kthxbai

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If you agree, open your eyes for a second.

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Let’s think about this.

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This console is one of the most overrated INVENTIONS in existence.

Opinionated, requires source and or factual evidence.

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For one, every “good game” for it is either on other consoles too or is a shooter!

What if I happen to like shooters? Also, if we assume a good game to be anything scoring above 90% on Gamerankings, this applies to kost of the other consoles as well. The Wii has two exclusive 90%+ titles (Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros Brawl, as Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, Okami Wii, and Twilight Princess Wii are all ports), and the PlayStation also has two (LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid). Compared to both of the other consoles with two exclusives, the XBox 360 has four (Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Halo 3, and Mass Effect), double that of the other consoles, and equal to both of them put together. You cannot say the XBox360 is lacking in exclusives without bring hugely hypocritical.

And, although three of those four are shooters, Mass Effect is an action RPG, proving that not every game that is exclusive to the Xbox is a first-person shooter.

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“Bioshock!” On the PC and PS3.

Of course it is on the PC, after all, Microsoft makes both. The PC, however, isn't primarily a gaming console, and shouldn't really be compared to the consoles.

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"Okami"! On the PS2

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“GTA IV!” On the PS3 as well.

"Resident Evil 4"! On the PS2.

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“Fallout 3!” A revival of a franchise that should be past its prime and should’ve died 10 years ago, and it’s also on the PS3 and PC.
Stating that Fallout is a dead franchise is largely pointless, when it is obviously not dead. It is critically well reviewed (93.202% on GameRankings, making it objectively the 58th best game of all time), and still sells incredibly well. I find it difficult to imagine anything less dead.

"Twilight Princess"! A revival of a franchise that should be past its prime and should've died 10 years ago, and it's also on the Gamecube.

See how annoying it is? Very easy to make amazing games sound ****ty, isn't it?

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“Halo 3!” It’s an overrated shooter that’s incredibly repetitious, boring, and has too little maps on multiplayer.

Over-rated is opinionated. While I can't fault you for saying that, I can state that not everyone has to take it as fact. Has too little maps? Again, opinionated. In my opinion, there are a suitable number of maps for my needs. Find an objectively bad point about this game that over 50% of people will agree was bad, and you may have a point. Too few maps? Get off the stage.

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For whatever game you could bring up that’s supposedly “good” for the Xbox, there’s plenty of counterarguments.

For whatever game you could bring up that's supposedly "good" for the Wii, there's plenty of counterarguments.

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For example, Halo. It’s a sci-fi shooter that has this alien race taking over Earth and planning to unleash some kind of “flood” that will wipe out humanity. Boring.

For example, Super Mario Galaxy. It's a psychadelic platformer that has this plumber eating magic mushrooms before fighting a magic dragon turtle. Boring.

Don't you just love opinions?

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Everyone says the multiplayer is great, but I don’t know. There are too little maps, and they all aren’t expansive enough. The expansion maps don’t help at all.
This is opinion AGAIN, rather than fact. Please learn how to debate.

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Now, let’s talk about hardware problems, because I have a lot to say.

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One of the things that always makes me not want a console is when I have the fear of it crashing out on me every few minutes! I’m serious, my brother’s Xbox is always cooled down enough, and all I ever play is either Duke Nukem 3D or Contra, yet it still crashes on me. When the thing red ringed us maybe in August of last year, we had to wait about 2 months until we got it back. The first time, we sent in our hard drive because the tech representative said it was a problem with the hard drive. Then, we sent in the console, and when it came back, it didn’t red ring us, but I still get the crashes whenever I play a high tech game, so I usually stick to Xbox Live Arcade games, usually Duke Nukem 3D or Contra, as I stated. There are also a large number of problems with updates “bricking” consoles, the disc trays not functioning, overheating, and constant freeze ups. The Red Ring of Death also is reported to have happened on approximately 30-50% of all Xbox 360s purchased worldwide (that’s 8.3 million-11 million consoles, people.) But, hey, what do you expect from a console that was first produced about nearly 2 months before launch day?

Bull****. Only 3-5% of all XBox 360 consoles have been reported to have experienced these problems. Source: Microsoft responds to Watchdog // News

That's 660000 to 110000 consoles, which is hardly that much at all. You just got unlucky.

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Speaking of hardware problems, the Xbox 360 is also the least sturdy, in physical terms, compared to the Wii or the PlayStation 3. When G4TV’s X-Play ran a test on which console was the sturdiest, they kept one of each running for about 48 hours, and the Xbox 360 cut out about 2 hours into it, the Wii cut out about 24 hours into it, and the PS3 still worked after the 48 hours.

If you play for fourty-eight hours solid, you have problems. Also, I require a source. Please link to the article.

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Contrary to popular belief, the Wii and PS3 are underrated and undersold compared to the Xbox 360,

Because obviously, outselling something by 12.55 million units is considred underselling.

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Because obviously but the problem is so many fanboys keep labeling the thing as the “best console EVER!”

This is opinion. They are free to their preferences.

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whereas I find this is one of the worst INVENTIONS ever, only second to the Nintendo Virtual Boy.

Good for you.

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Combine a number of “good games” that are also on other consoles, a very unstable console, about 10 million fanboys, and what do you get?

The Wii.

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The over-dominance of the Xbox 360.

Over dominance? It sold 22 million units, compared to the Wii's 34.55 million.

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Please, support me and millions of others. Don’t be fooled into thinking the Xbox is good

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Please, support me and millions of other. Don't be fooled into thinking Barack Obama is good. Vote McCain.

Vote John McCain.

I'd just like to say, thank you, Vomitman, for once again decreasing my faith in the state of humanity, and for spouting more **** than bulls on laxatives.

THE SHORT WAY

WHAT A LOAD OF ****ING BULL****.

Have a nice day.

Wolf O'Donnell - 3

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Originally Posted by Wolf O'Donnell

ARGUING WITH ZELDA FANS ARE LIKE ARGUING WITH A BRICK WALL.

Lady Ranny - 3

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Originally Posted by Lady Ranny

Brawl was the best fighting game I ever played and I've played a good number of these.

Most Appreciated Mod (or Admin or Webbie)
Cody - 11
SacredSturgeon - 4

Best Custom Rank
Rew [

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SacredSturgeon [

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Poe Black [Everytime you cuss, you spread communism] - 5

Most Annoying Custom Rank
Lady Ranny [Doodle-dink!] - 8
Avalanchemike [

] - 5
Kitsuné [LOOK WHO'S TALKING, POOPER.] - 5

Scariest Member
The Cory - 4
Kitsuné - 3

Best Singer/Musician
nolan - 4
Tonchiki - 2
GK: 5895/9999 - 2

Best for Advice
Liah - 7
Pryde - 5

Most Humble
brokenjoker - 8
Pryde - 5

All-Round Member of the Year Award
Cody - 8
Liah - 4

Most Perverted
Viletta - 11
Teekay - 5

Bizarro Jason Award for Best Brawler
Kitsuné - 4
Teekay - 2
IGNIS - 2

Gemini/Dynamic Duo Award
Andy and Alex - 9
Ringo Starr and Forte - 3
Panique and Jodd - 3

Wackiest Member Award
Forte - 4
Cody - 4
Ringo Starr - 3
sugarpoultry - 3
Repo-Chan - 3

Best Social Group
The Grand Temple of Despair - 10
Image is Nothing - 6

Scrapbook Awards

Biggest Camwhore
RENEEgade - 16
Panique - 3

Best Dressed/Best Style
Lieutenant Lollipop - 12
Yami - 6

Most Fabulous Hair
Snapdragon - 11
Yami - 4

Most Attractive Male
Forte - 17
fratey - 6

Most Attractive Female
Felix the Cat - 7
RENEEgade - 7
Panique - 6
Snapdragon - 6

Zelda Awards

Best Theorist
Erimgard - 8
Triforce of the Gods - 4

Most Knowledge of Zelda
Triforce of the Gods - 5
Hylian Dan - 4

Best Zelda Sig
Red - 13
Koulatio - 5

Best Zelda Avvy
Red - 15
Hell Hawk - 3
ginger17 - 3

Most Devoted Theorist
Erimgard - 5
Artemicon - 4

Art & Writing

Best Individual Artywork
Torayuri - 1
(There doesn't seem to be any mention of any actual art piece anywhere o-o )

Best Writer/Poet
sugar - 5
Mr Spork - 3

Best Zelda Fan Fiction
River Zora [The Legend of Zelda: Loyalty and Betrayal] - 6
Gold [Wind Waker: Four Swords Editon!] - 4

Best Non-Zelda Fiction
No nominees for this one. :<
So I'll just give the Award to this here. Because I can. :3

Best Artist
Eternal Legend - 13
super-fergus - 11

Graphics Awards

Best Digital Artist/Sig Maker
Liah - 12
GK: 5895/9999 - 5

Best Sig
Blood Dragon - 6
Avalanchemike - 3
Liah - 3

Best Avvy
Sailboat - 5
Avalanchemike - 3
Red - 3

Best SotW Competitor
Liah - 7
Ja-kun - 4

Main Site Awards

Best Article
Hylian Dan - 15
jwalraven - 1
(I'd link to the actual articles for your viewing pleasure but it seems the main site isn't working properly ~~tonight~~ this month.)

Best Site Staff
Cody - 5
Jason - 3

Best Newsperson
Hombre de Mundo - 4
Hylian Dan - 2

Best of ZUBC
Margar - 6
Link - 1
Liah - 1

Favorite ZU Affiliate
ZeldaInformer - 11
VGRC - 8

Miscellaneous

Special Mention Award for Being Very Special
Grand Inquisitor Gohan-Uto Sensei

So yeah, that's it. Discuss. :3

Special thanks to my beloved Awards slaves Bad Horse, Xeno and Pinecodestuffs for working through the noms, to Sabbo for counting the votes completely out of the blue, and for the Nayrulian Empire, rum and my glorious ego for keeping my morale high enough to finish this gig. :3

And Farore. Because they're wonderful. Waiwha?

Veronica Dare · #2 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 06:49 PM

Who wins when it's a tie?

Tsurugi no Kami · #3 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Cortana

Who wins when it's a tie?

Both, I believe.

I Я · #4 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 07:08 PM

Atleast I was nominated for one thing. I will win an award one day, this I sware.

Ty · #5 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 07:09 PM

Took out that sensei-gohan guy? Lol.

Oh, and 5 votes!

Halcyon Hero · #6 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 07:11 PM

. . . The Awards are false! A very valuable member has been unfairly removed from the Awards!

Triforce of the Gods · #7 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 07:23 PM

Winner of one and runner up in the other **** YEAH!

Congrats to the other winners.

Apollo · #8 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 07:42 PM

Everyone who i voted for won **** ya

Sabbo · #9 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 07:52 PM

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What's your opinion of Grand Inquisitor Gohan-Uto Sensei winning many of the awards? I don't like what some of the other mods have been saying about him. :<

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Originally Posted by SacredSturgeon

Well personally I don't really like the idea of someone winning just about every award when he isn't even a real person.

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Originally Posted by Sabbo

Aww... Can he at least win the Most Original Username, or whatever that award is? It's not only us BAers who are voting for him there. :3

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Originally Posted by SacredSturgeon

I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do with him yet. I'm not planning on completely ignoring him, he will be given a special mention of sorts in the Awards, but I haven't really decided what kind of mention. :>

YOU LIED! D:

Raex · #10 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 08:11 PM

Funniest member indeed.

Namine` · #11 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 08:16 PM

Coolest member?
Highly doubt that. x3
But thanks anyways. :3

Puck · #12 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 08:37 PM

WHERE IS GOHAN-UTO SENSEI? WHERE IS HE! I REFUTE YOUR AWARDS! THEY ARE INVALID!

Sabbo · #13 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 08:40 PM

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Coolest member?
Highly doubt that. x3
But thanks anyways. :3

Well, you can either accept second place graciously, or blame Grand Inquisitor Gohan-Uto Sensei for taking away the votes of so many people. (which makes it that much more surprising how many votes some of the categories got otherwise, like Funniest & Kindest.)

:/

Sailboat · #14 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabbo

YOU LIED! D:

HEY

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU SQUANDER YOUR VOTES ON SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T EVEN EXIST

ALSO BEST AVATAR.

AND YOU ALL KNOW IT.

Thanks for voting :>

KelseyRain · #15 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 09:29 PM

Yay to Reneegade and Felix!!! (:

Pinecove · #16 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 09:31 PM

Wow, TotG really got the votes this year...

Grape of Rat · #17 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabbo

YOU LIED! D:

You didn't look hard enough. :3

Triforce of the Gods · #18 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinecove

Wow, TotG really got the votes this year...

Which is surprising because I was never even nominated before.

Sabbo · #19 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SacredSturgeon

You didn't look hard enough. :3

Ha. Nice edit.

(Put it at the top, fishy!

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Red · #20 (**permalink**) [ ] 08-01-2009, 09:45 PM

Cool, I actually won something.

And third in a couple more. yay

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