A Side Dish of Ciddies Speeches

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

This is the thread for Ciddies speeches. If you want to do a speech for an award, sign up in this thread or pm me. When you are finished with the speech, please pm it to me so that I have it on record for the revelation of the award. The speeches are typically pretty fun and make up some of the highlights of this event, so I hope we at least get a few people to do them. If an award doesn't have a speech I may just make up something lame, or not post one at all, and that's no fun! See some of the past revelation threads in the Archived Awards for examples of good speeches. Or even link to some of your favorites in this thread for inspiration.

The Awards
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1. Best Member - Laddy
2. Best Male - fire_of_avalon
3. Best Female - Jiro
4. Best Administrator - fire_of_avalon
5. Best Cid's Knight - foa
6. Best Developer/Editor/Tech Admin - foa
7. Best Recognized Member/Former Staff - Jiro
8. Best Oldbie - Raistlin
9. Best Veteran - Jiro
10. Best Newbie - foa
11. Sexiest Male - Laddy
12. Sexiest Female - Shiny
13. Best Custom Rank - foa
14. Best Avatar - Jiro
15. Best Signature - Genius Lynx
16. Best Artist - Pike
17. Best Writer - chionos
18. Best General Forums Poster - Jiro
19. Best Final Fantasy Forums Poster - foa
20. Best Chatter - Genius Lynx
21. Best Blogger - Jiro
22. Best Thread - foa
23. Best Post - Genius Lynx
24. Nicest Member - Jiro
25. Snarkiest Member - fire_of_avalon
26. Funniest Member - foa
27. Craziest Member - fire_of_avalon
28. Most Intimidating Member - Bubbaforever
29. Most Delicious Member - Shiny
30. Most Overrated Member - foa
31. Most Missed Member - Jiro
32. Most Hardcore Gamer - Jiro
33. Biggest Final Fantasy Fangirl - Jiro
34. Most Helpful Member - Jiro
35. Cutest Couple - foa

Most Likely to...
36. Become a Cid's Knight - G13
37. Get Drunk Tanked - Jiro
38. Win a Ciddie for the Very First Time - Jiro
39. Camp Out for the Midnight Release of FFXIII-2 - Jiro
40. Camp Out for the Midnight Release of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 - Jiro
41. Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight - Shiny
42. Get Hit by an Airship - Jiro
43. Be Driving the Airship - Jiro
44. Make a Second Account that Gets Figured Out in Five Minutes - Psychotic
45. Have Sex on the Moon - Genius Lynx
46. Be The Most Interesting Man in the World - G13
47. Be a Square-Enix Employee - Jiro
48. Be Jon Stewart - Jiro
49. Be Stephen Colbert - Psychotic
50. Get Together - foa

[Hollycat]

I'll do any award that no one else calls and that I am not nominated for.

[fire_of_avalon]

When's the deadline?

[Laddy]

I'll take Sexiest Male for now.

[chionos]

I've got one written for best writer, but I'm having trouble performing it so far. It is a rather...ambitious undertaking.

[Shiny]

#41 and #29 purty please

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

When's the deadline?
Next Wednesday.

[Hollycat]

I'll take 14 and 15 plz. also, send me a pm so I will remember to give it to you.

[fire_of_avalon]

I'll do best male, best admin and snarkiest.

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

That's it for speeches? :(

[chionos]

cowards

also, lazies

It's probably b/c DM is in like 50% of the categories which means there's not really any reason for anyone to do a speech for those.

[fire_of_avalon]

Some people will probably pick up at the beginning of the week when they're bored at work. I'm going to write my three tomorrow night. Or tonight. I'm either wrapping presents or writing speeches.

[Hollycat]

I can no longer do the speeches due to getting a job

[Laddy]

I'll take Best Member, too. ;D

[G13]

Oh my, there are quite a few left than I thought there would be.

I'll take Best Oldbie, MLT Be a CK, and MLT Be The Most Interesting Man in the World.

[Laddy]

Sent in Sexiest Male. Just got Best Member.

[Bubba]

I'll take most intimidating member (number 28)

I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing but I'll give it a go!

[chionos]

Bubba, you do a speech for a category in which you're nominated. You're not intimidating at all bro.

[Bubba]

Bubba, you do a speech for a category in which you're nominated. You're not intimidating at all bro.

Ahh... I didn't think it mattered whether you'd been nominated in it or not. I've just bashed out a huge one whilst I've been at work (that sounded wrong). I'll send it over to Award Qu anyway just in case no-one does a speech for it.

Are you trying to say that tonberries aren't intimidating? True, I may look like Yoda's deformed, homosexual cousin but my chef's knife can still do some damage... and you'd probably get a nasty burn from my lantern as well...

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Work has been keeping me quite busy, and other excuses you don't want to hear.

The point is I'll try to make "best blogger" happen, but I'm pretty lame. I've never written one of these so if someone wants to participate and help write it, just lemme know.

[chionos]

Cute? Fluffy? Squeezable? Lovable? Yes yes yes yes

Intimidating? Never.

[fire_of_avalon]

Bubba, you do a speech for a category in which you're nominated. You're not intimidating at all bro.
No you don't. You can write a speech for any category you like as long as it isn't taken. Stop spreading lies, chi.


Work has been keeping me quite busy, and other excuses you don't want to hear.

The point is I'll try to make "best blogger" happen, but I'm pretty lame. I've never written one of these so if someone wants to participate and help write it, just lemme know.
Just go with it!

[The Man]

I would volunteer for one of these, but I pretty much have no idea who half of you are anymore (which is why I haven't voted yet either). It might make things more interesting for me to do them, but I'm pretty sure I have no interesting ideas right now to compensate for my lack of familiarity with the subjects either.

[chionos]

Bubba, you do a speech for a category in which you're nominated. You're not intimidating at all bro.
No you don't. You can write a speech for any category you like as long as it isn't taken. Stop spreading lies, chi.


Work has been keeping me quite busy, and other excuses you don't want to hear.

The point is I'll try to make "best blogger" happen, but I'm pretty lame. I've never written one of these so if someone wants to participate and help write it, just lemme know.
Just go with it!

d'oh! Common sense got the better of me. In all actuality I had no idea one way or the other, I just wanted to set up the joke about bubba being squishy and lovable and not at all scary.

[Jiro]

You used to have to write speeches for ones you weren't nominated for. Back when about 20 unique speech writers were around. Get the speeches done is the most important thing now.

[chionos]

If I had known all this I would have written 50 speeches.

Edit: Also, am I the only schmuck who actually recorded a speech? I looked through the archives and couldn't find very many of the speeches, and none of them were actually recorded. They're supposed to be speeches, not essays! I feel I've made a terrible fool of myself.

[fire_of_avalon]

chi, you are amazing. I love it.

I wrote thirteen of these bitches.

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Due to lack of participation, I have decided to cancel the speech portion of the awards.

j/k REALLY big thanks to Jiro and foa for their last-minute speech round-up. :D

[fire_of_avalon]

I was gonna cryyyyyyyy

[chionos]

And I was gonna kiiiiilllllllll

[Hollycat]

I was gonna enjooooooooooooooooooooooooooy the refreshing taste of Dr.Pepper!
https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1lqcfoU350sZfKt9lrGwluz10xWRoDs0Oj0qC17BXFk7GSdK4
Dr Pepper, the best drink around since 1885!

[Shiny]

Most Delicious and MLT Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight are done. I'll take Sexiest Female.

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Only three speeches left to do! Best Oldbie, Best RM/FS, and Best Artist. If it's at all possible for someone to do this it would be greatly appreciated.

[Raistlin]

I'll do Best Oldbie.

[Pike]

Oh sure, why not. I'll do Best Artist.

EDIT: Done and submitted!

[Jiro]

I'll take the last one.

EDIT: And done.

[Bubba]

... and there isn't a finer member equipped to submit the final speech. I pledge to commit more speeches next time round!

[Jiro]

Especially because you're good at it man!

[Raistlin]

Sent in my educational speech.

[Jiro]

Operation: Ciddies Speeches is a success. Good work team. Take 5 months off.

[Madonna]

I have a good seven half-written speeches. It is like I almost did work, but then brownies came and did all of it. Thank you, daoine sídhe.

[Del Murder]

One of Lynx's speeches is pretty slick. I can't wait until you guys see it.

[Jiro]

My best speech has already come and gone. How disappointing :(