End of Year Ciddies 2005 - Winner Revelations Thread

[Mo-Nercy]

Congrats again Samuraid!

[Primus Inter Pares]

Congratulations Samuraid, and Spatvark rocks as always.

[eestlinc]

very big congrats to the samur(kool)aid(man)

[DK]

Pete is a legend. <3

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Everybody get ready for the post-Ciddies party!

[Primus Inter Pares]

*screams* :( You baffle me, you handsome old coot of a PiP. :(
I love you too Resha :D

[Leeza]

Congratulations, Samuraid. You deserve it. :)

AG, there's also the Album that Samuraid takes care of all by himself. :)

[Raven Nox]

Congrats yet again Samuraid! Two Site Staff awards is awesome.

[-N-]

It was a pleasure to work with you Samuraid, and I am pleased to see you being recognized for the work you do. Plus, you said my code looked nice, and that made me :love:

[Resha]

Congrats Samuraid. You've rocked the night. :D

[Tasura]

Congrats again Samuraid. *drinks more coke*

[Rye]

Congrats! :)

[themagicroundabout]

congratulations! :D :love:

[Jess]

CONGRATULATIONS!

[Shauna]

Congrats!

*explodes* I thought there was only 3 left! I hoped I'd be in bed by 1am! ;_;

[black orb]

>>> Congratulations for that new award Samuraid..

[Samuraid]

Wow! Thanks everyone. And special thanks to everyone on staff! (This means a lot. :) )

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Over the years, I've seen a lot of Cid's Knights and Administrators come and go. Every one of them has gone through a time where their activity was highest, and sometimes they go through stages where they seemingly take on every bit of work that EoFF has to offer them, no matter how hard it is on them. Although it can seem simple, it's not. In fact, at times, it can be extremely stressful - I can think of many more than one staffer who has left out of frustration, stress, heated exchanges and even disgust at what's going on.

It's been a long time since I can remember there being a struggle within the staff, which is great. More than ever before, I feel that the staff is all getting along together and dealing to things without getting up in arms about whatever. Everyone is doing their job. And most of the time you can see that work being done, but not always. Not every mod will leave their name when they make an edit, not every bit of admin work is visible to a regular member, and more than anything, the discussions on policy and procedure can drag on forever with comments coming in from all angles - something you will never see unless you someday are given access to the Staff Forum.

So to say that a regular member can give an accurate opinion on which Staffer has been doing their work most efficiently in the past six months is foolish. While we still might get the same result on occasion, the Highwind Award has been brought in to acknowledge the work that goes on behind the scenes, to make sure that we all recognise the immense efforts that a member puts into the place.

I would like to congratulate Leeza on becoming the first ever winner of the Forums Staff Highwind Award. Looks like you've scored highly with both your public and private work as a Knight! Be it the amount of sigs you pick up on, the estimated hundreds of Reported Posts you've checked into or the insights you offer us in the Staff Forum, you will never be taken for granted. We love you, Leeza, possibly as much as you love cats. It's been a real pleasure to work alongside you in the recent times, and I can also personally say that you have been a positive influence on my life, in some ways that you probably know about and in some ways you probably don't have a clue about. Either way, I expect that I'm not the only one. You deserve this more than anybody else, and I hope you will have the opportunity to pick up many more over the years.

On behalf of the Administrators and Cid's Knights: Thankyou, Leeza.

[Psychotic]

And Leeza cleans up the CK awards! (well this is a CK and admin award but ssh)

[Mo-Nercy]

Yay Leeza! *fanfare*

Congrats on yet another award. xD

[Resha]

Congrats to you too, Leeza. You deserve it completely. *huggles* :) <3

[SummonerYuna]

L.O.L Congratz Samuraid & Leeza!!:D

[Rye]

Congrats Leeza, you deserve it! :)

[Primus Inter Pares]

Congratulations Leeza! :cat:

[Tasura]

*applauds* yay Leeza, congratualations.

[Raven Nox]

Wow, another double win, congrats.*can barely type due to her cat hanging on for dear life to her arm* x.x

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Congrats Leeza!

[Samuraid]

Much congratulations to you Leeza. :cat:

[Shauna]

Congrats Leeza!

[Elite Lord Sigma]

To those who lost, there's always next time.

[Shoden]

get on with it already I'm growing grey hair here!

[Aphelion]

Finally caught up...Congratulations to all the winners so far.

[black orb]

>>> Congratulations for that new award Leeza.

[Leeza]

Wow! I'm kind of speechless here on this one. You guys are all wonderful and I love you all and you're all great to work with. Thank you. :)

[DK]

Yay for Leeza. <3

[-N-]

LEEZA FOR ADMINISTRATOR

[Sepho]

Congrats, Sammo. I would have slaughtered triplets if the voting went otherwise.

[Yamaneko]

Congrats to Samuraid and Leeza. Each of you do tons of work in your respective fields. You really deserve all the credit you can get. :up:

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Should we head over to the post-Ciddies thread?

[Tasura]

The Cidies arent over yet.

[Elite Lord Sigma]

How many are left then? By the way, who won Best Author?

[Raven Nox]

LEEZA FOR ADMINISTRATOR

agreed

[Mo-Nercy]

The Cidies arent over yet.
Unfortunately for you. xD

[Primus Inter Pares]

Still have the three most important.

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Best Female

Last Time's Winner: fire_of_avalon
Nominations Leader: kikimm

The Nominees
boris no no
fire_of_avalon
kikimm
Leeza
Resha
rubah
Rye
ShlupQuack
Zeldy

Who they predicted to win...
theundeadhero: rubah
Psychotic: fire_of_avalon
Dignified Pauper: ShlupQuack
Neel With A Hat: ShlupQuack
RSL: Rye
Levian: fire_of_avalon
Primus Inter Pares: ShlupQuack
eestlinc: ShlupQuack
Yamaneko: fire_of_avalon
Mitch: ShlupQuack
Chris: ShlupQuack
Old Manus: Zeldy
Zeldy: boris no no
Raistlin: fire_of_avalon
Leeza: fire_of_avalon
Rusty: fire_of_avalon

And now, please give a warm welcome to the presenter of this Ciddie, Mo-Nercy.

[raskerino]

How many are left then? By the way, who won Best Author?

If I get to this first BtV did, I think.

[DK]

KIKIMM FOR THE WIN

IF KIKIMM DOESN'T WIN THIS WILL BE A TRAGEDY

[Mo-Nercy]

I know Psy's NOT going to win.
Hah!
The Macquarie Dictionary defines 'best' as something "of the highest quality, excellence or standing" and I can assure you all these nominees for EoFFs "Best Female" Ciddie are females of highest quality. Although they wouldn't whip up a cake, clean your house, iron your clothes, or make sweet love to you, no matter how nicely you ask (well, foa...), you'll just have to believe me when I say that these special ladies have countless other redeeming qualities that have made them worthy of our attention. I know they've had mine for AYYYYYYYYYY-GES *wink*. Here's a run down of EoFFs favourite ladies (in reverse alphabetical order for some perverse reason):

Zeldy :: At the ripe, young age of thirteen, it should come as no surprise that Amy is also nominated for Cutest Female and Horniest Member. I remember that one time she ran as fast as her little legs could carry her...then she fell over. Kawaii!~ Since that moment, she's never been the same, always typing in a different font to everyone else and inventing words like "pretty'ly". Should Zeldy win this Ciddie, I will be right there with her, giving her a much needed boost, as she throws cute little Clefairy dolls upon those that she prevailed over.

ShlupQuack :: Who the hell doesn't know Shlup? Every now and then I will stop myself and ask, "What would Shlup do?" Quite often, the immediate answer is "BJ" which really isn't any help to anyone. Her Dancing Dino may be EoFF's unofficial mascot but the woman behind the zilla is just as groovy and sexy. The prediction squad put Shlup forth as the one most likely to de-crown foa. Should Amanda Panda win this Ciddie, I will finally be convinced that Fluffy Puff is THE style to use and leave it that way for all eternity.

Rye :: Although she joined EoFF a little later than I did, it was pretty obvious to me and probably everyone else that she was the more loved one. Maybe it's because she's so much more artistic and musically talented than I am or maybe it's because she forces you to squint in order to read whatever she has written. Should Jess win this Ciddie, I will read every last Harry Potter book, cover to cover, just to show the world that if it's good enough for the "Best Female" it's good enough for everyone else.

rubah :: A day spent without Allie , EoFF's sexy gal from Outer Space, is a day wasted. She not's just another muso and artist, she's a busy girl who juggles her moderator duties with her amazing ability to live in #eoff. But it's all good because it actually is really hard to imagine a day without her. Whether she's mod whoring or braving the insults we they throw at her on irc, her constant presence is one that creates a motherly aura. Should Allie win this Ciddie, I will hug her as if she was my kiddy. (Hey, that rhymes)

Resha :: EoFF's answer to those girls with "normal" names. Pooja is a well travelled girl that now lives in Malaysia. Although I'm still a little peeved at the fact that she made a birthday thread for Facey but not me (we share the same birthday), I know this EoFFChatter has plenty of love to go around. Should Resha win this Ciddie, I will finally get the chance to throw that huge Ciddie/Birthday party I've been meaning to have for her.

Leeza :: EoFF's resident cat lover takes the form of a caring, wise and compassionate young woman. I doubt that I'm the only one that's noticed this but unless Leeza's doing something undeniably moderator-ish, she will :cat: or :) the end of her post. Could it be these little things that all add up to make what is EoFF's best female? Should Leeza win this Ciddie, I will spare her the story of how my neighbours first cat died. *thinks about it* *faints*

kikimm :: Mmmm...Kiki. Last time I checked Kristina was deathly afraid of irc, because she's afraid of "all the 50 year old men out there ready and waiting" for her, which is too bad because it's not like we devote ourselves to the violation of other people's dignity on #eoff. Maybe it's this blissful ignorance that gives her the right to be crowned EoFF's Best Female. Should Kiki win this Ciddie, then the girl that didn't get ant predictions would have come through as a "dark horse" thus proving Psy right. :O

fire_of_avalon :: Yay. The winner of the Mid Year Ciddies is another favourite to win. Megan's always been among the leading lady's on EoFF and this time around, predictions seem to be leaning toward foa's defense of her title. We all know why. Because she's just that awesome of a lady. We all appreciate her intellect and cheery disposition. Should foa win this Ciddie, I wouldn't be surprised since I woke up about three days ago thinking it was June anyway. :S

boris no no :: I admit that I once thought Ruthie was a guy (it was actually like a week ago :S). It's the 'Boris' that throws you off. But I dare you all to take another look! Ruthie not only has a manly name, but also leaves her computer on for extended periods of time and has a habit of not doing any work at all. Could it be that she IS a man after all? Could it be that EoFF's idea of the 'best female' is in fact, a man?! Should Ruthie win this Ciddie, I will take back all those insults. :P

Here I've tried to create a compilation of everything the prediction party has said about this award. It's all very interesting stuff. I've included some other information about some previous winners and whether that may have an affect on this year's outcome...

Leading the chip count is the winner of the Mid Year Ciddie for Best Female, fire_of_avalon (teh foa). The six predictors that give foa the thumbs up are Psy, Levian, Yams, Raistlin, Leeza and Rusty. Following close behind is ShlupQuack with a total of five predictors on her side (Dignified Pauper, PiP, eest, Mitch and Chris). We also have Zeldy putting her money on boris no no, theundeadhero predicting Rubah and RSL on Rye. Those not predicted to win are therefore Leeza, kikimm (though Psy claims kikimm is very much a dark horse) and Resha. Foa's June victory was a solid one where she prevailed over the second to fourth place finishers, Xander, Monkey and Iri Valentine by 7-10 votes and none of these three return this time round. The nominee with the second highest nomination count from last time's Ciddies that remains nominated this time around is Resha who lost to Foa by 15 votes. Using this logic, foa should easily take the Ciddie. But times change and the prediction party rates Shlup highly as well. Eest's incredibly well thought out reasons for Shlup winning the Ciddie are as follows: "She's popular and is apparently a woman, and used to be an admin but seems much more relaxed now." Other members of the prediction party speak of the resurgance of Shlup and the probability that rubah's presence on the scene will draw votes away from foa because they draw votes from "the same type of people" (Psy). Other things to consider are that Shlup was the 2004 End of Year winner of this Ciddie and that Leeza only lost to her by one vote that time and that Rye was the winner of the Ciddie the time before that. I'm not prepared to go any further back in the archives than that so I'm going to conclude at this point that the Ciddie will probably go to either fire_of_avalon or ShlupQuack. But there's nothing to stop Zeldy, Resha, rubah, boris no no, Leeza, kikimm or Rye from winning either. I would see nothing wrong with anyone else walking away with the Ciddie and in a perfect world, the result would be a tie between all those nominated.

Well, you know what they say. You can't make an omelette without...presenting an award....or something. *smiles*. And so the winner of the Ciddie for "Best Female at EoFF (and therefore the universe)" is...

[Tasura]

Unfortunately for you. xD

Nah, Im good, its only been 37 hurs, ive still got doughnuts and coke.

If my eyes could focus Id read that. And goodluck to everyone, and more luck to whoever it was I voted for.

[Primus Inter Pares]

omg Mo I love you.

[themagicroundabout]

yay for leeza! *late?*

[Rye]

omg Mo I love you.

[Jess]

I'm nearly asleep. :(

[Elite Lord Sigma]

*snores*
*shuffles*
*wakes up*
"Huh, what!"

My god that was a long speech. By the way, I have this gut feeling Leeza will win.

[Mo-Nercy]

So many good nominees...

But I'm cheering for Resha. *yay*

EDIT: Yes. I like my speech too. Jackasses.

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Those who didn't make it...
Leeza.....................12
Rye.......................12
ShlupQuack................12
boris no no...............11
kikimm.....................9
Resha......................7
Zeldy......................5
RSL........................1

<i>Two CK's, foa and rubah, make up the top two...</i>

[Raven Nox]

Good luck all of you! I can't choose! xD Nor do I rememeber who I voted for.

EDIT: late. XD

[Mo-Nercy]

Whoa! May the best female win. xD

[Psychotic]

foabi-wan (I hope I got that right) v alliekin.

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

[Resha]

Yay! Go foa and wubah! :D May the best woman win! ^_^

[Rye]

foabi-wan (I hope I got that right) v alliekin.

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

xDDD

[Elite Lord Sigma]

If RSL got votes for both Best Male and Best Female...that must mean...s/he's an hermaphrodite!
*runs out of room*

Anyway, it looks like it's between rubah and fire_of_avalon for Best Female.

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

And the Ciddie goes to...

rubah


rubah.....................16
fire_of_avalon............13

[Raven Nox]

foabi-wan (I hope I got that right) v alliekin.

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

That's wonderful. xD

EDIT: CONGRATS RUBAH!

[Psychotic]

Alliekin wins her fourth! And now foa is the one to lose her limbs in a volcano!

And don't praise me for the alliekin/foabi-wan thing, it's their own in-joke. Although rubah made me Emperor Paulpatine, which still makes me proud!

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Congrats rubah! :ciddie:

[Rye]

Congrats rubah~ :D

[Resha]

Congrats, Wubah! :love: We have made we so proud and happy tonight! :love:

[Primus Inter Pares]

Congrats rubah :D :love:

[Mo-Nercy]

Congrats Allie! You totally pwned that foa.

xD. Seriously, either of you could have won. Both of you rock.

foabi-wan (I hope I got that right) v alliekin.

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!
Post of the day.

[Shauna]

Congrats rubah! :D

[Resha]

Actually, it's Foabi_Wan_Kenobi :D (maybe hyphen not underscore but the principle applies)

[Leeza]

Congratulations, rubah. Good win. :)

[Raven Nox]

And don't praise me for the alliekin/foabi-wan thing, it's their own in-joke. Although rubah made me Emperor Paulpatine, which still makes me proud!

I see, well, It's hilarious. xD

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Best Male

Last Time's Winner: Psychotic
Nominations Leader: Psychotic

The Nominees
Del Murder
DMKA
eestlinc
Jebus
Kirobaito
Loony BoB
Primus Inter Pares
Psychotic
Roogle
RSL
theundeadhero
Yamaneko

Who they predicted to win...
theundeadhero: Primus Inter Pares
Psychotic: RSL
Dignified Pauper: Kirobaito
Neel With A Hat: Psychotic
RSL: Psychotic
Levian: Psychotic
Primus Inter Pares: Loony BoB
eestlinc: eestlinc
Yamaneko: Psychotic
Mitch: Loony BoB
Chris: Kirobaito
Old Manus: Roogle
Zeldy: Loony BoB
Raistlin: Loony BoB
Leeza: Psychotic
Rusty: Psychotic

And now, please give a warm welcome to the presenter of this Ciddie, Giga Guess.

[SummonerYuna]

Congratz Rubah!! Try to keep it up! l.o.l!:D

[themagicroundabout]

go! go! gadget arms!

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Best Male.... a big Ciddie, one many members strive for. This award has been won by the likes of Mikztsu, Scottie, Dr Unne, Loony BoB (Three times, by the way), Del Murder and of course, Psychotic (twice). Needless to say, the winner has had some stiff competition, but without any more ado, the winner of the Ciddie for Cutest Male goes to...

[Mo-Nercy]

I know Psy's NOT going to win.
Hah!

[Tasura]

congrats rubah! (late, now you see waht happenes when i neglect my coke)

Edit~ shouldnt that say Best Male, not Cutest Male?

[Shauna]

Good Luck nominees! :D

[Resha]

Okay er come on Psy

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Those who didn't make it...
Primus Inter Pares........15
RSL.......................11
eestlinc..................10
Del Murder.................9
theundeadhero..............8
Jebus......................4
Roogle.....................4
DMKA.......................3
Kirobaito..................3
Yamaneko...................3

[themagicroundabout]

go psy! YAY! :kaocheer:

[Mo-Nercy]

Okay er come on Psy
:O

Traitor.

[Psychotic]

Mr. EoFF 2003 wants to kick some soc butt. But CAN he? :eek: (he doubts it)

[Resha]

:O

Traitor.
No way, I have a reason! xD

[Shauna]

Loony BoB! Loony BoB! ...Or do I root for Psy!? *explodes*

[Raven Nox]

GO- anyone, or the person I voted for, or Psy, or something.

[Rye]

Goooo Paul! :D

[Primus Inter Pares]

omg actually 15 votes for that xD

Go BoB, make my prediction right.

[Shauna]

I think I have seen that same post about 5 times Rye. xP

[Epiphany]

Awe, PiP didn't win. I must go and write craikus.

[Resha]

Goooo Pawl~

[Primus Inter Pares]

FANGIRL.

EDIT: MORGY THE POE-TRY WILL SAVE ME.

[Rye]

Awe, PiP didn't win. I must go and write craikus.

Poe-try and craikus? Made sure you mention how darkness clogs your black heart's arteries!

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

And the Ciddie goes to...

Loony BoB


Loony BoB.................17
Psychotic.................16

[Psychotic]

I'm bored of waiting for the winner. AG always posts whenever I am writing a post and so my post is made instantly redundant by whatever he says. So if I post, we can find out the result. of course, he might not post this time just to spite me, which I wouldn't put past him.

EDIT: I was right!

[Shauna]

Yay BoB! :D:D

[Raven Nox]

xDD!

Congrats BoB!! It was really close!

[Elite Lord Sigma]

If I'm right, there is only one Ciddie left...the most coveted of all *drum rolls*...the Ciddie for...*drum rolls intensify*...Best Member!

[Epiphany]

Poe-try and craikus? Made sure you mention how darkness clogs your black heart's arteries!

Pip has lost the best male Ciddy.
My black, cold heart with arteries clogged with darkness weeps.
WHY DO YOU NOT NOTICE ME?

Edit: Yaay for Towns.

[Rye]

Pip has lost the best male Ciddy.
My black, cold heart with arteries clogged with darkness weeps.
WHY DO YOU NOT NOTICE ME?

WHY DIDN'T TYOU LET "ME" SIT WITH YOU ON THE BUS TODAY?

Congrats BoB. :D

[Mo-Nercy]

Hah! Congrats BoB but I guess Psy never really had a chance to begin with.

[Shauna]

Yay! Best Member. :excited:

[Primus Inter Pares]

I love you Morgy :love:

GO BoB! I wonder how my predictions have gone now :eek:

[Resha]

I hate everybody.

[Leeza]

Congratulations again, BoB. :)

[Mo-Nercy]

I hate everybody.
That's what you get for siding with the devil!

[Tasura]

online some more stuff beofre I can continue to not sleep,woot. And congrats to all the winners i havent congratsded yet.

[themagicroundabout]

congratulations Mr. BoB :D

[Primus Inter Pares]

I hate everybody.
I love you too Resha :love::love::love::love::heart:

[Resha]

That's what you get for siding with the devil!
I wasn't siding with him, it was really against him if you look at the principles of it it. :mad2:

Edit: I hate you too PiP :D :love:

[Epiphany]

:love: PiP.

I think with my votes it was always either PiP, Rye, Kyono, BoB or Psy. I was lazy and didn't actually want to think so I just put down the people that are "Yay".

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Best Member

Last Time's Winner: Loony BoB
Nominations Leader: Loony BoB

The Nominees
Del Murder
eestlinc
kikimm
Kyono
Loony BoB
Neel With A Hat
Primus Inter Pares
Psychotic
Roogle
RSL
theundeadhero
yuna_elena

Who they predicted to win...
theundeadhero: Loony BoB
Psychotic: Loony BoB
Dignified Pauper: RSL
Neel With A Hat: Loony BoB
RSL: eestlinc
Levian: Loony BoB
Primus Inter Pares: Loony BoB
eestlinc: Loony BoB
Yamaneko: eestlinc
Mitch: Psychotic
Chris: kikimm
Old Manus: yuna_elena
Zeldy: Psychotic
Raistlin: Loony BoB
Leeza: Psychotic
Rusty: Del Murder

[Shauna]

:excited:

[raskerino]

Rubah wins best female and isn't even up for best member... wow.

Anyways cause I haven't said it congrats everyone!

[Resha]

Yay. Now to see.

[nik0tine]

Is it just me, or does Neel deserve this award?

[Primus Inter Pares]

:hyper: it's nearing the end :D

[Mo-Nercy]

I know Psy's NOT going to win.
Hah!

[Resha]

It'd be fantastic if Neel won :o

[Raven Nox]

Go Neel or Bob or someone! xD *lazy*

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

What does it take, exactly, to be the Best Member of Eyes on Final Fantasy? There are a lot of things, I suppose, that you could point to. Kindness. Contributions. Quality of posts, possibly spelling and grammar. Humour and wit - nobody likes to be bored endlessly. The ability to interest and intrigue the rest of the community. Charisma. Maybe even the odd dosage of idiocy and foolishness. Good looks? Maybe. Mystery? Could be. Intelligence? Well, that's always a beneficial point. Friendship. The beauty of this community and the people inside it. Drama! The ability to draw you in with controversy or tension. So many things.

The qualities of the below members and the qualities they bring to Eyes on Final Fantasy include all of the above, and more. Some of them are stronger in different areas, some of them are all rounders, some of them you may not even immediately notice until they're suddenly your best friend. Whatever they've done, they've clearly done something right. These are the people that you, as their friends, their online family - or hey, maybe just some guy who posted below them at some point - have nominated to be in the final for the Best Member Ciddie. And without further ado, the nominees are...

Roughly a year and a half ago, Del Murder the 5th member to be voted as the outright winner of the Best Member award. A year before that, he won Best Male. Inbetween those, he won Best Recognized Member. Twice he's won Best Veteran. Tony by no means is a stranger to the big time - but in the past year, despite winning a couple of Best Avatar Ciddies and a MLT Get Together (with, one might say, himself), he's not been able to be top of the top. That's not to say he's not been in the running, mind you - he's always been on that list of big names pushing for victory, and doing it even once is something that only five members have managed to do in eight Ciddies events and four EoFF Awards events. To discount Del Murder would be a foolish thing to do. Does EoFF's Unofficial Secret Illegal Enforcer have what it takes to reclaim the title of EoFF's Best Member, as voted by the people? Well, we'll soon find out. In the meantime, here's a bit of food for thought: Last Ciddies, Loony BoB won Best Member. But BoB consistently votes for Del Murder.

But who does Del Murder vote for? Well, earlier these Ciddies, he was fast to state that he firmly believes eestlinc should be the sixth to take the big Ciddie. Having settled unsurprisingly fast into the role as Cid's Knight, eestlinc has taken his opportunity to show EoFF just what he's made of and he's done it with with, charm, grace and of course the style of a classic EoFF lower case username beginning with 'e', which can never really put you wrong. Earlier this year, eestlinc wasn't in the Best Member category, nor the Best Male, but his rise in fame combined with his charismatic posts have allowed him to boost himself right up there. But how far can one go, how fast? eestlinc has been around for a long time - long enough to win every one of the four Ciddies for Best Poet - but he's new to this area. Will eest have the backing of more than just Del Murder? Wait and see...

From one lower case username to another - this time not beginning with 'e' but we'll let her get away with it - we now come to kikimm. The newest Cid's Knight to reach the Best Member stage, she's going for the big one having missed out on Best Female to another of the latest and greatest Knights, rubah. But rubah didn't make it this far, and kikimm did. Chris has belief that she'll pull it off, while most people say she's an outside chance, some even saying she has no chance at all - but it wouldn't be the first time she's raised a few eyebrows. Not many people expected her to become a Cid's Knight, certainly not so early, but she's managed it and she's done the staff proud in every way. You guys have no idea just how much I'm struggling not to use the already well known pun when it comes to how she would beat her opponents - but she's made it this far, I certainly would not discount her from making it a bit further. She's a Knight, she's one of the 'big five' usernote posters and I'm sure she'd be more than happy to become the first female Best Member of EoFF.

But then, some people just seem a bit too new for such a thing. Alright - rewind. It's nearing the end of the year 2000, I believe, when a guy called Majin-Squall enters the fray at EoFF. Or was it Majin_Squall? Actually, I think he just made two accounts. You know, he may just have done that. I mean, how can someone be so awesome with both oldbies and newbies, in both serious and, er, not-so-serious situations? Both tough and cuddly, always ready for a laugh and more than happy to lend a shoulder for his mates, Kyono is twice as marvellous as most people that I've been able to get to know. If you don't recognise him immediately, Kyono has gone by a few other names, including Majin-Squall, Majin, Loki, something like Random Hero and, uh, Buzzcracker. Dan's probably been on his best form at EoFF and the nominations he got for Best Member were well deserved. Still, after such an on-and-off life at EoFF, not to mention all those name changes, has he really been able to establish himself enough to get the number one spot? Hey - he came second in Best Veteran, not a simple task for a Ciddie covering such a large group of established members. Time shall tell! No matter if he wins or not, he'll always be 'mink'. Inhabit, yo.

Three times he's won it, but not consecutively - one time inbetween he didn't even manage to make the cut for the final! Loony BoB has certainly 'been there, done that' at EoFF, but having said that, he never really does quite seem like he really is done. He's certainly not dusted, although people have in recent times mentioned that you could say he's rusted. Is time getting on for the eternal newbie? Well, he's already shown that he's still got fuel for the fire, with four Ciddies in the bag tonight, including Best Male. Or is that going to be more of a problem than a benefit? Look at the history of Best Member, and you'll find that on seven out of the nine occasions these awards have been up for grabs and you'll find Best Member and Best Male have only been clinched by the same person on two occasions (Unne and BoB, in the years of 2002/2003). Del Murder stated that BoB's time is over, and eest's time has now come. With so much competition from such a variety of members, that fuel on the fire may be nothing in comparison to the heat he's feeling from the fires around him. Online and offline life have taken their toll, with BoB even de-ranking himself for a week recently just so he could get his head back on solid ground. Has BoB lost it? Er, the Ciddie, not his mind. ...well, maybe his mind, too...

The member formerly known as princeofdarknez seemingly has no interest in finding it, that's for sure. Neel With A Hat was instead gunning on establishing himself as the oldest regular poster at EoFF to never receive a Ciddie. Well, he certainly won't be managing that this time, pushing aside members who have been around even longer than he has to reluctantly pick up the Ciddie for Best RM/FS. Now that his plans have shattered, will he pick up on goldlust, hungering for more? Could he be the first Best Member With A Hat? So far he's the only one of the four to have picked up a Ciddie, so why not a second? He's got the controversy, he's got the style, he's got the looks, he's earned his RM title, he's earned your nominations. It could soon be revealed that he's earned your votes, too. It's kind of like this whole thing is just the Best Member Ciddie having a go at Neel's creation, the second Which EoFFer Are You? online quiz that got him his little gold title and, because of that, his Best RM/FS Ciddie. Maybe more.

"18 nominations!" they all cried. "18!" Some members, such as Neel, take so long before they pick up a Ciddie that they start thinking about never getting one - even planning on it. Primus Inter Pares is not one of these members. PiP is an impact member, much like Kishi and Linus were back earlier years. Kishi would become Admin. Linus would become a regular appearance on the Most Missed Member finalists list. PiP certainly isn't going to be an Admin anytime soon. The winner of the Most Likely To Get Banned Ciddie is not just controversy, though, and he's earned the love of a large portion of EoFF, enough to pull off one of the biggest wins these Ciddies with the Best Regular award, almost tripling the votes of the next member down. In the past six months, PiP has become one of the most well known members in the EoFF community - both in the chatroom and forums. Never far from some kind of drama (and I wasn't even at the wedding), our Norwegian friend has had his breakfast, lunch and dinner with the Ciddies and is undoubtedly looking towards dessert, having come third in Best Male, just two votes shy of the winner. "18 nominations!" they all cried. One might just wonder on whether or not this PiPSqueak thinks that 18 is really enough... he's won the Ciddies he was most likely to win. Is this just another for such a relatively new member?

Best Poster. Best Spammer. Funniest Member. Best Veteran. Boy, Psychotic is on a strong run tonight. The tie-breakers not voting in his favour meant he narrowly missed out on picking up the Best Male Ciddie he's had his name engraved into on for the past year, but when you're dealing with forums, being able to win those other four awards says big things about your chances up top - and hey, when Psy wins Best Male, BoB seems to win Best Member. So when BoB wins Best Male... oh, wait, he did that before and Murder won Best Member. Never mind. The point is, we all know that Psy is no stranger to winning. He's beaten BoB back before, and I'm quite sure he'd be more than happy to do it again - in fact, I'd go as far as to say it's just a matter of time. Is that time ending now? The leader of the W-Boats who never calls himself a leader, he can be at times surprisingly modest and humble. He did, after all, put that whole "18 nominations!" thing to shame, but never made a huge deal at all about it. Psychotic is a member that I personally would say has gone a long way in recent months. In a good way. He may still be Best Spammer, but that's more of an extension on his Funniest Member Ciddie than a bunch of useless posts full of crap. It's the maturity that has shined through recently, though to earn enough of my respect to say he's gone a long way... and enough of EoFF's respect to earn the Ciddie for Best Poster, a Ciddie previously held by The Captain. It's already established that Psy is one of the most well known members at EoFF, being noted by eestlinc as "Absolutely the most famous non-titled member of the boards." He could be EoFF's biggest "people's person" at EoFF. Why, he could even be EoFF's Best Member. With so many people saying that his name on this Ciddie is inevitable...

Administrator, IRCop, Senior Site Staff and even webmaster at one point, Roogle is no stranger to representing Eyes on Final Fantasy. Still, he's always managed to keep himself out of the spotlight, and never really shows much intention to bring himself into it, which means something he is a stranger to is a Ciddie. Our foreign-language-singing, ScreenName Competition contending admin who sounds like moogle once jokes about being the "Worst Admin", but the jokes are over now and he's pushing for a strong showing in order to get to his first Ciddie (and boy, he's going for the big one!). He's got the following of the chatroom and the FFXI players behind him, not to mention Site Staff... this is a guy who's got a name for himself in areas of EoFF, and if he's playing his cards right, he just might be singing a Japanese song at his own victory party.

There is only one staff member who has been on staff just a day or two (maybe even just hours) less than Cid, and that's RSL. In two days from now, it'll be exactly one year since the glorious RSL Day, when we basked in fun. I think it must have been one of the most happy days of EoFF history. Why? Because, quite simply, everyone loves RSL. How can you NOT love RSL!? He's so cuddly. And don't even start me on the beard... or that pic with him with Eeyore on his head... I mean, geez, can a guy be any more loveable? I don't think so. Not at EoFF, that's for sure. I want to hug him now. As in, NOW. He's just great. I could go on forever about how cuddly and great he is but I think I'd just be repeating myself eventually... it's just what he is. If there was a teddy bear sold at an EoFF store, it would be called RSL. He reminds me of Pookie from the Garfield comic strips. And he must be one of the kindest people I've ever known. I don't think I can remember a time when he was angry or abusive or anything of the sort, at least not when I've been around. I'm sure he's been angry, obviously. I bet he's cute when he's angry. Okay, I've been distracted by how nice and cute and everything RSL is and I've completely forgotten about the Best Member Ciddie. See, that's what RSL can do - he can make everything in the world just float away! What a guy. All these reasons and more are undoubtedly included in Marick's reasoning for predicting him to win Best Member. But predictions are just that - predictions. Can RSL's cuddliness defeat all else and overcome to bring EoFF into one big bucket of joy, just in time for the 6th EoFF Anniversary? Find out soon!

You don't really realise just how much theundeadhero contributes to EoFF until you take a step back and make an effort to look into it. The amount of work he does for Site Staff, the amount of posts he makes throughout the forums and lately there's also the murder mysteries he's brought in. Not only is he taking part in voluntary groups such as SS, he's creating his own groups by getting people involved in the community and giving us interactive storylines to investigate, roles to play and more. He's also in chat a lot, too. All this between his activity in Iraq or wherever the US army decides to send him. He really puts a lot of effot into EoFF and the result is beneficial to all - he helps the frontsite generate traffic for the forums and he gets the people in the forums talking with each other, making something out of nothing. And you don't even realise it until you take the step back and make an effort to look into it, like I have in the past two weeks. I have to say, I've been impressed. However, this isn't the Ciddie for "Best Murder Mystery" thread nor "Best Bringer-Togetherer". This is Best Member, and it's no easy task to come out on top. If theundeadhero has made the silent impact on enough members, he may well just pull this one off and if he does, it will be much deserved.

June, 2005. SNOOZER has topped the nominations and he, along with Lenna, Caspian and faster skating penguin, make up the predicted winner of the Best Newbie award for the mid-year Ciddies. yuna_elena is predicted by not a single member of the 13-member Prediction Party. Undeterred, she goes on to win with a four vote lead and over quarter of the votes. She was in the lead the entire way through. Nobody saw it coming, but pretty much everyone was happy with the result. Oh, how far you've come now, Shauna. Best Member! It's pretty late and I don't think I have time to check, but I don't ever recall a Best Newbie winner being a finalist for Best Member in the following Ciddies. Incredible, but at the same time, well deserved. The real question is, can she win? I mean, look at the odds stacked against her... BoB, Murd, eest and Psy are widely regarded as the front-runners for the Best Member award for the end-of-year Ciddies. yuna_elena is only predicted by Old Manus, who seems to have gone for members he sees as least likely to win rather than most likely. Undeterred, all she needs is the backing of those people who saw what a great person she was just six months ago, and then, just mabye... well, we'll never know until we find out.

Altogether, we have here the winners of Best Male, Best Admin, Best RM/FS, Best Veteran, Best Regular, Sexiest Male, Best Poet, Best Poster, Best Spammer, Funniest Member, Most Helpful Member, MLT Get Banned, MLT Be Santa, MLT Win a Ciddie for the First Time, MLT Be Mr. Burns and one half of MLT Get Together. We have members old and new. We have members with more Ciddies than they can count on their fingers, members who have won their first Ciddie tonight and members who have never won a Ciddie at all. Winners of positive and negative Ciddies. They're all in there. They're all here. At Eyes on Final Fantasy, taking part in this community, and these are the members that you as a community have nominated for an opportunity to be classed the Best Member.

And there will only be one winner.

[Elite Lord Sigma]

I have a strong feeling either Loony BoB, RSL, or Primus Inter Pares will win, in that order.

[Shauna]

Argh! The suspence! :excited:

[nik0tine]

I don't think he is going to, but he certainly should win. I'd have voted for him myself, but I forgot to vote this time. :(

[Yamaneko]

Is AG going to do the member by member thing with Best Member that takes like two hours to do and then everyone's like "wtf"?

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Is AG going to do the member by member thing with Best Member that takes like two hours to do and then everyone's like "wtf"?
Damned straight I am!

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Yams probably isn't too happy about the fact that in everything he got nominated for he came in at dead last.

[Yamaneko]

I'm not happy with past precedent?

[SummonerYuna]

The suspense is killing me again!!!! AAAAAAAAA

[Raven Nox]

That... is one long speech. xD Well, good luck everyone!

[Resha]

Holy smurf. That was gorgeous, BoB. :)

[-N-]

And don't praise me for the alliekin/foabi-wan thing, it's their own in-joke. Although rubah made me Emperor Paulpatine, which still makes me proud!Lando Neelrissian extends his congratulations.

And by the way, while I appreciate the nominations for Best Member, and Award Guy's commentary, there really is no reason I should be the Best Member here. There are so many other people on that list who are so much more deserving than I am. And although we've all been around to know that who deserves what hardly dictates what actually happens in this world, I think we've also all been around to know I'm not winning it.

Consolations to Psychotic on not winning Best Male. I always thought that award was his because he'd always lose to BoB for Best Member. Maybe Psy will win Best Member this time?

[Shauna]

Really? A best Newbie has never went on to be Nominated for Best Member? Whoever that mystery person was that nominated me other than Zeldy... xD

[Primus Inter Pares]

That was brilliant AG, read every word :D

[Jess]

THE END IS NIGH

[Tasura]

you know what this means! TEA TIME! and goodluck to you all and such.

[Yamaneko]

I think I'll get some tea too.

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

kikimm
4 votes

[Epiphany]

Tch. We now know why there's not a "best presenting speech" Ciddy.

[Primus Inter Pares]

:hyper: *waits being next*

Bad luck kikimm :love:

[Psychotic]

Sneena! (she LOVES being called that :))

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Roogle
5 votes

[Shauna]

Not last. Better than I had expected really. :p

[Psychotic]

Award Roo is my friend. :)

[Resha]

It's a great thing to just have gotten this far :) Congrats you two.

[Primus Inter Pares]

Bad luck Roogle.

Go Shauna :D

[Rye]

It's a great thing to just have gotten this far :) Congrats you two.

[Elite Lord Sigma]

How do you do that thing where you cross out a word?

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Primus Inter Pares
5 votes

[Psychotic]

PiPsqueak!

(is that a brand new name or have you been called it a bajillion times already?)

[Resha]

Well done PiP. I really do love you! :love:

And Psy, I call him PiPSqueak on a regular basis. :p

[Rye]

Am I the first to say PiPpy Longstockings? :D

[Raven Nox]

Better luck next time you three. You guys did well though.

[Primus Inter Pares]

It aint new, a big thanks to those who voted for me :love:

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Neel With A Hat
5 votes

[Psychotic]

I think he's satisfied with his Best RM/FS win.

[Tasura]

Go Shauna!

[Raven Nox]

Neel lost. Oh well, at least you got this far!

[Resha]

Good stuff Neel :) Best RM! :D

[Primus Inter Pares]

3 with 5 votes so far it seems :eek:

[DK]

equal rights for indians :(

[Elite Lord Sigma]

It's getting intense. :hyper:

Also, not to be rude, but could somebody please answer my question right at the top of this page?

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

yuna_elena
6 votes

[Resha]

equal rights for indians :(
dude, yeah :(

[themagicroundabout]

oh noes! im gonna miss the winner ;____; tis time for my beddy byes :(
but i'll pre-congratulate the winner :choc2:
i got it all covered :cool:

[Primus Inter Pares]

Well done Shauna :love:

[Psychotic]

Well done Shauna! :roll:

[Resha]

WHOA Shauna! That's fantastic! I'm so glad and happy you got this far, and *hugggles* You've really rocked the vote this time, wild card. :love:

[Tasura]

Well done Shauna.

[Rye]

Well done!

[Shauna]

Yay! I did so much better than expected! :D :heart: Thank you oh gracious voters of me!

[Raven Nox]

Yay Yuna_Elena! You did very well!

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Kyono
6 votes

[Primus Inter Pares]

Am I the first to say PiPpy Longstockings? :D
I believe so.

Well done Dan with 6, :love:

[DK]

I am not a better member than Neel. xD

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Six nominees left...

[Epiphany]

..Maybe not but you have many people spamming you. ;D

[Rye]

I believe so.

Well done Dan with 6, :love:

:D!

[Resha]

'Grats Dan. :D <3

[Psychotic]

Dan drives a VAN. :cool:

[Raven Nox]

Congrats on 6 votes!

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

theundeadhero
8 votes

[Shauna]

Looks like we're equal Dan. I didn't get more votes than you after all. :p

[Resha]

Oh, well done TUH! :D :love: We love you.

[DK]

I AM BETTER THAN YOU BECAUSE YOU EAT SHEEP BLADDER AND I DON'T

lol jk jk shauna rulz <3

[Resha]

Ew Dan you sick maniac xD

[Primus Inter Pares]

Well done tuh indeed. :love:

[Psychotic]

He is MY hero!

[DK]

I can not control what the Scots consume. Don't blame me.

[Shauna]

SHEEP GUTZ R GD! LOL

Dan rulz :heart:

Congrats UDH!

[-N-]

I am not a better member than Neel. xDNo, but take it anyways. My previous post says it all, I think. :D

[Raven Nox]

Good job TUH!

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Del Murder
8 votes

[Elite Lord Sigma]

4...

[Psychotic]

Santino!

[Primus Inter Pares]

8 for the elitist! Well done Del.

[Resha]

'Grats Del! :o lol

[Raven Nox]

Congrats Del!

[Primus Inter Pares]

'Grats Del! :o I cried aloud with mirth and merriment
Resha fails, lol

[DK]

l<i></i>ol

[Resha]

Resha fails, I cried aloud with mirth and merriment
What why I hate PiP :love: lol

Oh yeah, I CAN SAY L</>OL TOO, DAN. :p

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

RSL
10 votes

[Jess]

congrats to all. jess goes to bed now. :<3:

[Rye]

Rye-Jess goes to bed soon too. xD

[Primus Inter Pares]

What why I hate PiP :love: I cried aloud with mirth and merriment
I hate you too :love: :heart: lol

Well done RSL with 10 :D

[Psychotic]

RSL has a good beard. I know it's a cliche but I'm a cliched kind of guy!

[Rye]

Good jorb RSL.

[Shoeberto]

[21:29] Award_Guy: I wonder how many people realise that I don't drag this out by time, but by posts.

[Resha]

Great jorb Ersel! :D

[Rye]

[21:29] Award_Guy: I wonder how many people realise that I don't drag this out by time, but by posts.

What else can I say but... o rly?

[Shauna]

After the WINNER is announced who's going to bed? Me. :D
I'll leave finding out who nominated me for BEst Member til tomorrow. :D

[raskerino]

In that case...

[-N-]

It's kind of like this whole thing is just the Best Member Ciddie having a go at Neel's creation, the second Which EoFFer Are You? online quiz that got him his little gold title and, because of that, his Best RM/FS Ciddie. Maybe more.I was rereading AG's post, and uh, this sentence is kinda tripping me out. :confused:

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

Psychotic
10 votes

[Shoeberto]

What else can I say but... o rly?
Yes, verily!

This post is quite productive. I'm productive!

[Psychotic]

Woo! joint third!

Two top-three finishes in the last two Ciddies is good. :roll:

[Resha]

RYE xDDD Did we just say the exact same thing? And I didn't even see your post.

[Primus Inter Pares]

Ooooooh, Promotion or banning :D

For Neel that is, my computer died in the middle of posting :D

Bad luck Psy.

[Resha]

Nooooo Psy WHY?

[Shauna]

Yay Psy! :D

[-N-]

I skipped dinner with some very important people to see the end of this.

[Rye]

Awesome job, Paul. :D

[Mo-Nercy]

Psychotic
10 votes
*thumbs up*

Congrats/Good luck to all.

[Shoeberto]

Things sure are heating up! Right, Psy?

[21:33] Psychotic: I need to take off my shirt!

[Raven Nox]

Congrats RSL and Psy!

[Psychotic]

Things sure are heating up! Right, Psy?

[21:33] Psychotic: I need to take off my shirt!The :joey: smiley is so over-used but it really fits this moment. :joey:

[Resha]

I hate :joey: xD Congrats Psy.

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

eestlinc
11 votes

Loony BoB
23 votes

Best Member
Loony BoB.................23
eestlinc..................11
Psychotic.................10
RSL.......................10
Del Murder.................8
theundeadhero..............8
Kyono......................6
yuna_elena.................6
Neel With A Hat............5
Primus Inter Pares.........5
Roogle.....................5
kikimm.....................4

[raskerino]

Wow, congrats BoB.

[-N-]

Sweep!

[Resha]

Congratulations BoB. Really. After all of this you are just the most awesome, splendid person in the whole wide world. :) *huggles*

[Rye]

WELL BoB!! XD

Congrats to you BoB and to everyone!

[Psychotic]

'grats BooB. you smell, but you also deserve it.

[Primus Inter Pares]

BoB I love you :D:D:D:D

:love: well done :D

[Levian]

congarfunkelations :D damn, after all these hours, I'd say it's well deserved.

[Shauna]

Well, I expected a whole lot worse, to be honest. But... 6th Best Member! To share with Dan! It's an honour! :heart:

[Raven Nox]

Congrats BoB!! And congrats to eestlinc also!

[Shoeberto]

The :joey: smiley is so over-used but it really fits this moment. :joey:
[21:38] *** Psychotic has been kicked from #eoff by Lunatic: Watch your language!

[nik0tine]

Congratulations to everybody! Now I can go off and play that new DoD Source map without worrying about missing a thing.

[Tasura]

Congrats to everyone who managed to win an award to night, and congrats to everyone who manged to get nominated. Also congrats to BoB for being the Besy Member, and congrats to the Highwin receivers. *drinks coke* Almost 39 hours of no sleep ^^

[Yamaneko]

Congrats to all the winners.

*obligatory Dr Unne reply*

[DK]

Stuff, Towns.

[black orb]

>>> Congratulations Loony BoB..

[Rye]

Now I can go to bed! These were the best Ciddies yet, in my opinion! Good night and thank you those who voted me for Best Graphic Designer and Nicest Member. :heart:

[Resha]

Thanks BoB. :) It was GREAT! :D

[Leeza]

Congratulations to all the winners! :)

AG, you have done another extraordinary job with the Ciddies, as usual. How you manage to pull it off is beyond me. :)

Congratualtions to BoB for being EoFF's Best Member. :)

[Mo-Nercy]

I'd like to extend my congratulations to all the winners.

I'd also like to apologise to Psy. I've been very mean to you over the last 14 hours and 43 mins (well, as mean as I can possibly be).

I hate you AG, your speech was longer than mine.