Ciddies Speeches

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It's that time again! Time for us to pit our fellow forum members against each other in a battle to the death to see who will reign supreme!

What... no? Is that not what this is? Oh, my bad. Turns out this is actually the Ciddies Speeches thread! What that means is that we need YOU, fellow forum goer, to write speeches about the Ciddies and the people who are in it to win it.

You know what the Ciddies awards are, you know who our nominees are, now it's time to get writing! Or, for something new and special this Ciddies, time to get recording! Our very special Award Guy is opting for something new this time around, including a voice chat for the Ciddies, so we are encouraging all speech writers to record their speeches via vocaroo.

That's right, all you have to do is Click this vocaroo link and record your speeches!

But shion, I don't have a microphone/am mute/don't like recording myself/am being held hostage please save me, can I still write my speech instead? Absolutely! We look forward to your speeches, written or recorded, and will welcome them all! If you do choose not to record your speech, our very own Mr. Shauna has volunteered to read them off for the voice chat portion of the event and your written version will be posted up in the thread for all to read!

We recommend you avoid writing speeches for the awards you are nominated for, and instead encourage you to write them for the other great Ciddies awards. All you have to do is claim them and once they are complete, PM them to me, shion! If you recorded your speech, just send me the link!

Thanks everyone for your help in making this a great event! Now get your awards while they're hot and fresh! These are due by the end of the day on Thursday!

Green = Complete
Yellow = Claimed and in progress
Red = Available
(For a list of all the nominees, refer to http://home.eyesonff.com/showthread....vote-vote-vote)

1. Best Member -Psychotic
2. Best Male -LocoColt04
3. Best Female
4. Best Administrator/Developer/Tech Admin
5. Best Cid's Knight -Alive Man
6. Best Editor -shion
7. Best Recognized Member/Contributor
8. Best Veteran -Jinx
9. Best Regular -sharkythesharkdogg
10. Best Newbie -shion
11. Nicest Member-Alive Man
12. Evilest Member -Alive Man
13. Sexiest Male -foa
14. Sexiest Female
15. Cutest Male
16. Cutest Female
17. Best Custom Rank
18. Best Avatar-shion
19. Best Signature-Agent Proto
20. Best Artist -sharkythesharkdogg
21. Best Writer -ToriJ
22. Best Final Fantasy Forums Poster -Scottyff_gamer
23. Best #eoff Chatter -sharkythesharkdogg& shion
24. Best Thread-shion
25. Best Post
26. Best Let's Play -shion
27. Best Article / Article Series
28. Funniest Member-shion
29. Weirdest Member -Neocracker
30. Biggest Kid -Mr. Shauna
31. Most Confused Member -Jinx
32. Most Supportive Member -shion
33. Most Mysterious Member -Shaibana
34. Most Welcoming Member-Alive Man
35. Most Intimidating Member
36. Most Underrated Member-Shorty
37. Most Missed Member-Alive Man
38. Most Productive Member -Del Murder
39. Most Helpful Member
40. Cutest Couple -shion

MLT
41. Be the Next Staffer -sharkythesharkdogg
42. Get Banned
43. Win a Ciddie for the Very First Time -Bubba
44. Be Vladimir Putin -Jinx
45. Play at the FIFA World Cup -LocoColt04
46. Streak at the FIFA World Cup -LocoColt04
47. Be too busy playing FFXIV to post frequently at EoFF -Loony BoB and Bubba
48. Be Batman -Shiny
49. Be Superman -Shiny
50. Get Together -foa

I don't want to commit to too much yet, but I'll do best ff forum poster.

Well shion, I'll take best newb and best Editor please

shion, your choice of font color is too dark for skins like Old Skool. I request to have it changed or removed. Sorry! :)

Better?

I'll take Most Underrated Member! My initial want was FIFA, but I don't think I'm funny enough to pull that one off. :(

I don't understand, Shion, what am I recording a speech for!?

For the awards! BoB will also be presenting the awards via TeamSpeak, which will be played via voice recording

You can also write a speech for an award if you'd like!

The speeches are about the awards and the members nominated for the awards, which we present before revealing the winner!

So, it would be a speech talking about a specific award, and about all the members nominated for it?

Exactly :jess:

If you have any questions or need any help, just PM me and I'll do my best to help out!

48. and 49. please

Oh my goooood for the speeches. My mum has left port in the cupboard at mine. I'm gonna do some speeches tonight alright.

Best Writer beckons me. It whispers sweet nothings in my ear.

English translation: I'll take Best Writer.

Oh, I wanna help!

Can I have 2, 45, and 46? I'm sometimes witty.



Also I kinda wanna sing for 50. But I haven't decided yet.

I sent shion recordings of various awards, all so drunk, so I hope at least one actually gets through.

You guys deserve to hear it.

He did send me some very honest speeches

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Originally Posted by shion

He did send me some very honest speeches

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They were great beyond words and you know it. I covered all the bases.

I would like to toss in my hat for Sexiest Male. I may pick up one more later.

I'll do best artist, best regular, MLT be next staffer.

Need more volunteers :jess:

I'll also claim Best LP

I'll take a crack at most productive member.

A massive thankyou to everyone who has got involved with this, especially if you've already got speeches submitted!

If you're unsure which to pick, keep in mind that the first speeches we'll be using will be the ones for the MLT's, so do your best to grab those and get 'em knocked out first... it saves me getting into a bit of a panic in the last 24 hours before the Ciddies start!

Ohhhh noooo I should of done a MLT! And I'm not planning to be drunk again for days

I'll grab weirdest member. I'm not sure I'll have the chance to record it though. I will if I can! (Also, I don't know if anyone wants to listen to me for as long as my speeches tend to turn out. :p)

If you don't have the time to voice the speeches let me know. I am going to be working on recording them using my "Manly Voice" Parker/Kalevala 2014

Disclaimer: The quote "Manly voice" may have been preceded by "You do not have a"

I'll take Biggest Kid just now. Have a bash and being a bigger kid than anyone else on the list :P

I'll take 43 for now.

im willing to make one, but do you actually have to be nominated in that one?
or do i just have to make a speech about that 'subject' in general?

It's actually recommend you write a speech for something you are not nominated for. You can write about the members or just the subject in general :D

Also, claiming cutest couple. BEWARE THE SINGING COMING YOUR WAY

BAM GONNA ROCK THAT SPEECH

Ideally you would not be a nominee as it means you don't have to talk about yourself at any point. However, just talking about the topic at hand rather than the nominees is absolutely fine!

aah ok, then i will do that.
i wish to claim Most Mysterious Member ^^

I'll take MLT Get Together :radred:

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

Ideally you would not be a nominee as it means you don't have to talk about yourself at any point. However, just talking about the topic at hand rather than the nominees is absolutely fine!

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Yeah. In fact, in my speech I didn't mention a single nominee by name.

That's me finished the recordings for best Lets Play and Biggest Kid. That's actually more fun that I was expecting.

Look forward to them.

Just wanted you to know that I'll do these tomorrow! I was planning on doing them today but found it more prudent to nap in the middle of my 17 hour workday.

14/50 already done, nice work guys! That's like... 28%! Keep battering them out. In an ideal world, AG hopes to have them all by Friday evening as that's when he'll be typing up all his posts. :smash: If I can find time, I'll try to help out with some, but no promises at the moment!

pff this speech is going to suck :l

Its the thought that counts! My best kids speech is one liners for each of the entries and they are all god awful.

I'll take MLT to win a ciddie for the first time if no-one has taken it

I have an idea for the FFXIV-related MLT award that I need someone who doesn't play FFXIV to help me out with. :shobon:

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

I have an idea for the FFXIV-related MLT award that I need someone who doesn't play FFXIV to help me out with. :shobon:

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I don't play FFXIV. How may I assist you?

It is now around noon on Tuesday (my time) and I will be needing the speeches by Thursday night (my time) so I can sort them and send them off to Award Guy on Friday (his time).

If anyone is having trouble with the speeches they signed up for, let me know and I'll help anyway I can. If anyone else wants to volunteer, feel encouraged to do so :jess:

I still have to knock out two more. (Hopefully they'll be funnier than my first one.....ugh..I apologize in advance.)

I will give a special, unofficial, Ciddie - complete with signature graphic - to whomever manages to pronounce my username correctly in their speech.

(caveat: your speech must be for a Ciddie I've been nominated for)

What if it's said differently in different accents? I know AG is keen on getting a new sig...

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Originally Posted by Aulayna

I will give a special, unofficial, Ciddie - complete with signature graphic - to whomever manages to pronounce my username correctly in their speech.

(caveat: your speech must be for a Ciddie I've been nominated for)

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Vocaroo

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Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdogg

I still have to knock out two more. (Hopefully they'll be funnier than my first one.....ugh..I apologize in advance.)

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Poppycock! I liked the first one.

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Originally Posted by Aulayna

I will give a special, unofficial, Ciddie - complete with signature graphic - to whomever manages to pronounce my username correctly in their speech.

(caveat: your speech must be for a Ciddie I've been nominated for)

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I'm looking forward to the incorrect pronunciation of my username too.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THINGS GUYS

Just a reminder we have about 2 days left for these and we still have some unclaimed awards if anyone else wants to volunteer!

3. Best Female
4. Best Administrator/Developer/Tech Admin
7. Best Recognized Member/Contributor
14. Sexiest Female
15. Cutest Male
16. Cutest Female
17. Best Custom Rank
19. Best Signature
24. Best Thread
25. Best Post
27. Best Article / Article Series
28. Funniest Member
32. Most Supportive Member
35. Most Intimidating Member
39. Most Helpful Member
MLT
42. Get Banned

As far as those of you have have yet to submit your awards, I will be harassing you all in about 21 hours to see how your speeches are coming along!

If anyone needs any help or if something came up with your speech, just PM me and I'll be happy to help any way I can

I'll get mine in by tomorrow.

Alrighty, before I'm stuck harassing people in a few hours (because nobody wants that), I am still waiting on these speeches:

2. Best Male -LocoColt04
8. Best Veteran -Jinx
21. Best Writer -ToriJ
22. Best Final Fantasy Forums Poster -Scottyff_gamer
29. Weirdest Member -Neocracker
31. Most Confused Member -Jinx
32. Most Supportive Member
36. Most Underrated Member-Shorty

MLT
41. Be the Next Staffer -sharkythesharkdogg
44. Be Vladimir Putin -Jinx
45. Play at the FIFA World Cup -LocoColt04
46. Streak at the FIFA World Cup -LocoColt04
47. Be too busy playing FFXIV to post frequently at EoFF -Loony BoB and Bubba
48. Be Batman -Shiny
49. Be Superman -Shiny
50. Get Together -foa

The list of speeches for which we still need volunteers is posted 2 posts above this in red.

We have a bit over a day left for these and again, if you need any help or find yourself unable to write any of the speeches you signed up for, shoot me a message so we can get things taken care of!

I know Bubba is working on the XIV one as he's messaged me just today about it. :) Don't worry about that one too much either!

Lol deadlines

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Originally Posted by Mr. Shauna

Lol deadlines

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Amen, brother.

Mannnnnnnnn I got this. I ain't lettin' no bodies down, ya hear?!

I just haven't decided which terrible accents to record them in. I mean, obviously the FIFA ones need to be in awful British and awful Spanish accents. (Or terribly a convincing Spanish accent, I haven't really decided which. Or I could ACTUALLY do them in Spanish and you'd all have to translate them.)

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My speeches are crude, but I opted not to record in Spanish.

I mean, I make a joke about it at one point, but it's primarily in English.

About 11 hours left to submit these please and thank you!

Right, I will hammer some out tomorrow night if there's still some to be done. :3 I will be unable to do any this evening which is why I am not picking some up today.

Thank you Shauna, I appreciate that!

I liked it when I suggested doing more and shion said 'you have done more than enough' or something. I thought the right tactic was doing so many that at least one of them would get used :greenie:

In hindsight they were so weird

You did give me a good number of speeches. You're always welcome to do more if you can get them in on time, but you shouldn't feel like you have to as you've done quite a number of them

What I'm (subtly) implying is that I hope one of them gets used :)

But I understand if not. I will do better next time! I'll have intro music, elaborate metaphors, various different styles of wit/sarcasm, and anecdotes for everything

You were also apparently drunk during these recordings. That would be more than ample personality. I am recording things with bells and whistles like music and voices.

What?! Oh man, mine are going to sound so unimpressive by comparison.

I am excited to hear all of them, very excited. Giddy, you might say.

haha, oh my god, in stalking past ciddies in The Farplane, I've come to find that I've already done a Most Underrated speech in the past xD I had completely forgotten.

My speech has been recorded and sent in!

4 to 6 hours left to get your speeches in please!

Since the Ciddies aren't until Saturday that gives me more time to polish my speeches a bit. I'll be sending them out tomorrow instead of today. Depending on when that gets done, I may be able to take one more speech that hasn't yet been done.

I have backup speeches written for all of the unclaimed ones.

As a precaution, tonight I will be writing backups to all of the claimed ones that I haven't received, just in case something comes up we won't be stuck scrambling last minute. Obviously its preferable we get other peoples speeches but I realize things come up sometimes and some people might not be able to complete theirs as planned.

I will be marking my speeches with (backup) and as soon as I receive the speeches if its after the next 4-6 hours, I will send those off to Award Guy to replace my backup speeches.

I sincerely hope that no British nor Scottish members are offended by my horrendous fake accent for the FIFA Ciddies that falls somewhere between the two tongues. More honestly, I hope to offend all of you.

I am looking forward to you defacing my native accents.

I should apologize to Kalevala in advance. He volunteered to vocaroo my speeches, and probably deserves a medal.

It's almost as bad as the guy who was the voice artist for all the Koontz audio books.

I have heard so much of my own voice the past few days.

Uhhhh I guess I don't have to fill in any blanks? :3

And I don't need to voice any more speeches..?

I was having fun with them too.

If anyone wants to claim any of the green speeches on the first page that DO NOT have names next to them, those are speeches I wrote so that I could get the list done for when AG originally wanted them.

Feel free to claim them if you can get them sent in and completed in time!

My speeches have been sent.

Finally had some time to do some speeches and they are all done xD oops.