MORE Ciddies?

No, this isn't a question regarding how often we should have the Ciddies, you oldbies who can't handle the twice-a-year deal. This is a question regarding how many awards are up for grabs... over the past three years I have hosted 5 Ciddies, each time with 50 awards available. Each time there has been 30 somewhat serious and generally regular awards and then 20 more ...er, odd "Most Likely" awards. What I want to know is do you think there should be more? I have a "strict 30" that I used last time and want to use again for the regular awards because they offered so much variety and so much competition. The 20 Most Likely ones are a bit tougher - there are 7 that never really change and that leaves only 13 awards that I can make different from last time. Do you want more? With more members, I don't see the harm in it, but it's really up to you guys. I'm completely fine with not having any more or having 10-20 more. I don't think it would be that great to go beyond 70 total, though. Here are the keepers, btw. I'll be working with my top team to fill in the gaps - please don't suggest any ideas for the new awards in this thread, I like to make them at least a little bit of a surprise when I release them - however PM them to me and I'll love ya. ;D


And the Ciddies are...

1) Best Member
2) Best Male
3) Best Female
4) Best Admin (no nominations)
5) Best Cid's Knight (no nominations)
6) Best Site Staff (no nominations)
7) Best Recognized Member/Former Staff (see rules)
8) Best Veteran (see rules)
9) Best Regular (see rules)
10) Best Newbie (see rules)
11) Nicest Member
12) Evilest Member
13) Sexiest Male
14) Sexiest Female
15) Cutest Male
16) Cutest Female
17) Best Custom Rank
18) Best Avatar
19) Best Signature
20) Best Artist
21) Best Writer
22) Best Spammer
23) Best Chatter
24) Funniest Member
25) Weirdest Member
26) Horniest Member
27) Most Missed Member
28) Most Helpful Member
29) Most Productive Member
30) Cutest Couple

Most Likely To...
31) Become a Cid's Knight
32) Become a Recognized Member
33) Get Banned
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45) Get hit by a bus
46) Be driving the bus
47) Laugh at the member getting hit by the bus
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50) Get Together

And if anyone posts off topic and says "OH VOTE ME FOR THIS!!!1" or something, can a mod or admin delete their post 'cause that's off topic >=O

I've always liked just keeping the awards at 50, and nothing more than that. If anything I would say that the awards been slimmed down a bit to maybe 45 or 40, but 50 seems to be the best number, imho.

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Originally Posted by CloudDragon

I've always liked just keeping the awards at 50, and nothing more than that. If anything I would say that the awards been slimmed down a bit to maybe 45 or 40, but 50 seems to be the best number, imho.

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*nods* I agree.

Some of those "Most likely to..." ones are really lame. But whateva. :p

*nods*

Its ok as it is.

MORE CIDDDEHS RAWR

Though I have no immediate ideas as to exactly *what* could be a ciddeh.

i think we should have a few more, but yea i dunno what exactly else there could be :confused:

I'm not a big fan of those "Most Likely To..." Ciddies. They be lame-o! :p

I think the

45) Get hit by a bus
46) Be driving the bus
47) Laugh at the member getting hit by the bus

"Most likely to..." Ciddies are alright, but the

31) Become a Cid's Knight
32) Become a Recognized Member

"Most likely to..." Ciddies are pretty lame.

Well, it's been running strong for a few years now, so I'd say leave it as it is. What we NEED is a host or MC.

Take care all.

Less is better. Adding more Ciddies dilutes the value and thrill of winning one.

40 is plenty.

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Originally Posted by The Captain

Well, it's been running strong for a few years now, so I'd say leave it as it is. What we NEED is a host or MC.

Take care all.

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Hey, you got a problem with Award Guy? >=O He's a hard worker, he is!

And I generally agree with how most of the Most Likely ones can get old, but I get the feeling it's just older people who think that. But if I'm wrong, by all means, send suggestions to me via PM as to how I can make 'em better. We need to have some weird ones. Having every single one of them being serious would suck like hell. ...I think?

OMG VOTE FOR ME!!!!1111one

Seriously, now. The 50 we have I think is more than plenty. I don't think we should cut back, but we probably would never need more than that.

"Hey, you got a problem with Award Guy? >=O He's a hard worker, he is!"

To me, Award Guy is like the Oscar Voting Panel, tallying up the totals. I meant, someone, like you, who can give a live commentary as the winners are announced! Just a thought.

Take care all.

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

Hey, you got a problem with Award Guy? >=O He's a hard worker, he is!

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Remember what happened last time on IRC? He was replaced with Award Girl, Award Mik (who was drunk), probably some other Award person, and the one, the only.... AWAAAAARD ROOOOOOOOOO! (I still love Award Roo :love: )

Anyway, I don't think there's anything wrong with the most likely to ones. As long as they aren't lame ones. As for 10-20 more, that would be a good idea maybe, as it would mean more people would be nominated due to that old "Only nominate someone for 5 awards" but in practice I think it would just lead to the same people winning more. So yeah, boo hiss.

Ooooh. Well, anyone should be able to do that, I'd love it. I enjoy people who offer lots of commentary. I just don't do it because I don't want to add any sort of bias. I'm pretty sure someone like pr00t can do it, he's pretty good at that. Baloki does it in TGSITU, so maybe he'll do the same. But yes, good idea. :)!

I like the Ciddies as they are. If I absolutely had to say something constructive, I think those hit by a bus; driving the bus, and EVERYTHING that has something to do with BUS are lame. :)

Bias, smias! You probably know more people here than anyone else, so you'd be able to give the most insightful commentary. Still, it would be a lot of work. Perhaps, we should have a vote to see who should do it?

Take care all.

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Originally Posted by Mikztsu

I like the Ciddies as they are. If I absolutely had to say something constructive, I think those hit by a bus; driving the bus, and EVERYTHING that has something to do with BUS are lame. :)

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Actually ... Yeah! It should be something like ... a wheelchair, or something. >D

We don't need commentary. You guys just set the channel to +m mode anyway so it's not as if we do anything except ctrl-tab after you list the winners just to say 'OMFG NO I DIDN'T WIN' or 'OMFG NO I DIDN'T LOSE'

xD

I'd love to hear what Dr. Unne would have to say between each award. I think he'd be a marvelous host/MC.

Take care all.

The only Dr Unne in chat is me :D

Commentary? Nait's the one you want to do the job. :)

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Originally Posted by The Captain

I'd love to hear what Dr. Unne would have to say between each award. I think he'd be a marvelous host/MC.

Take care all.

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I think Psychotic would make a good host/MC. x]

Peeg, I think they're talking about in-thread commentary, not in-chat commentary.

I don't see why you ALL can't provide commentary. There's nothing stopping you, just like there was nothing stopping me in pr00t's SN competitions and there's nothing stopping Baloki in TGSITU.

True, but then it could lead to chaos. Organization is usually a good thing.

Take care all.

Misfit is crazy. I'd make an AWESOME host/MC. I'll just have to make sure all ciddies related channel names are belong to me :D

I'm honestly thoroughly confused. Election booth does commentary, if it's in-thread. If it's anybody else, it's just "omg dis is wut I finkin!" replies, no?

Commentary = in-chat. You (election booth/roo/whoever) often do it.

<br /> <electiontoes> And the winner for hottest female is...<br /> <electiontoes> I can't believe this. Every time. Every single time!!<br /> <electiontoes> ...*sigh* Kishi<br />

and so forth.

Commentary would probably be:

"And the winner is... Kishi"

"Wow, ladies and gentlemen, another rigged election!" Or something to that degree.

Take care all.

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Originally Posted by Psychotic

Misfit is crazy. I'd make an AWESOME host/MC. I'll just have to make sure all ciddies related channel names are belong to me :D

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What do you mean I'm crazy?!

I was serious. >D!

Or even, dare I say it.... have someone impersonating Joan Rivers.

"Oh, oh, wow, PG, you look fabulous, what ARE you wearing? Overalls and a sailing hat made by the Red Cross? Oh, wonderful, amazing."

Take care all.

I think the ciddies should be as is. It is generally, awards....and as such should not just be handed out like popsicles.... They should stay at 50 in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by The Captain

Or even, dare I say it.... have someone impersonating Joan Rivers.

"Oh, oh, wow, PG, you look fabulous, what ARE you wearing? Overalls and a sailing hat made by the Red Cross? Oh, wonderful, amazing."

Take care all.

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Sounds like you're on a roll. If you have an idea of what the commentary could be why not do it?

OMFG AWARD ROO FOR COMMENTARY <3

Well I'd love to do some kind of commentry with Dr. Unne, that would be so cool, with his like awesomeness we'd all be like yeah. Problem is you'd have to make it so we can't vote if we were doing 'official' commentry, but I wouldn't mind that if thats what you choose.

[edited out! ;)]

:D:D

Anyone who screams "GEESEBRUSH! TATER TOTS LOLZ!" at people obviously has a sanity deprivation.

YES! AWARD ROO IS LOVE! :love:

Thanks for offering, but I'd do a terrible job considering I know about 5% if that of the people here, and wouldn't know whether or not I'm insulting them. I can be like that Bruce Valance (Don't know the proper spelling) fellow, who writes jokes, perhaps...

Take care all.

We should ask "One Question Woman" and "Handshake Guy" from Banzai to attend the Ciddie Awards.

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Originally Posted by Psychotic

Anyone who screams "GEESEBRUSH! TATER TOTS LOLZ!" at people obviously has a sanity deprivation.

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I have no idea what you are talking about.

ANYWAYS ... I now choose Baloki, since he said he would do it anyways. xD

Oh! I think Flying Mullet would make a good commentary thing, too! You go flying hairs, you go!

The Unne Baloki for you ;)

Why mess with anything that's working totally fine? :cool: I say keep it as it is. And by that I mean number of questions, a few new categories would be nice for the variation and I'm sure we won't cry if we get rid of some of the old ones.

I suck at coming up with categories :p Sorry.

*pokes head in*

the 50 ciddies that have been here have been fine with me, even if I haven't won any :tongue: . Having Baloki doing commentary would be sweet XD.

Best gamer?

There's about as many awards here as in the Oscars, and they're presented in about a third of the time! Not only that, but it's more exciting than the Oscars.

I say stick with what we've got. Just come up with some better "Most Likely To" awards, like others have suggested.

EDIT: I WANNA BE AWARD STRI AND BUG PEOPLE TO VOTE! I DO A REALLY GOOD JOB PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!

Didn't we just have the Ciddie last month or something?

Sorry, you know someone had to say it.

I don't like the stupid ones at all.

In my opinion, the first 30 Ciddies are all we need.

Most likely to be hit by a bus is a tradition. If someone leaves it out of the awards again, I'm going to go on a rampage.

Tempting, Unne. Tempting.

EDIT: And yes, Strider, Award Guy, Award Stri and Award Roo must reign on.

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Originally Posted by Dr Unne

Most likely to be hit by a bus is a tradition. If someone leaves it out of the awards again, I'm going to go on a rampage.

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Being killed by Unne, my god we could only be so lucky :D

I like the current 50.

50 is enough, but we need to shorten the amount of Most Likely to... Ciddies to at 10-15 overall.

As for added commentary, they're best when announcing winners, but if you want to add some when announcing the nominees, make sure you don't add any biasm, like "Oh, Kishi's for sure to win this." But you could also add something like the odds of that person winning, like "The odds of Kishi winning this is 5-3" Like they do for the oscar's. :p

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Originally Posted by Protozoa

50 is enough, but we need to shorten the amount of Most Likely to... Ciddies to at 10-15 overall.

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Probably the best idea.

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Originally Posted by Protozoa

50 is enough, but we need to shorten the amount of Most Likely to... Ciddies to at 10-15 overall.

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I'll second/third that, Captain.

50 seems like a good, strong number. I like it there.

I think we should have 47 ciddies.

And best beard should be one of them.

ciddies is teh sexxors as is, raise the rizzle for shizzle!

But seriously, I was a member a few years ago for a month if that, and just came back.......dont know much about the ciddies...

I'd say, keep a few of the traditional, but cut some of the other ones. Perhaps, whichever Ciddies get brought up the most as being lame should be cut?

Are we definite for the commentary idea if someone is willing to do it?

Take care all.

I'll be willing to add some commentary if needed. :)

I'd be a color commentator.

EDIT: I once met Pat Sumerall. I wonder what he'll be doing next month.

50 Ciddies is fine.

And I wanna present something this year. Although I won't be QUITE as good as Award Roo. :D <3 But Award Den, I like it, don't you? :P

Most references to female body parts in username ciddie plz :smash:

Oh and somebody else get hit by the bus this time, I'm sick of laughing at Joel. :rolleyes2

edit: wait...no Im not :trout:

Whatever Award Guy decides to do is fine by me. I trust his judgement. :)

I'd prefer fewer, maybe 35-40? Too many awards aren't as good. I think Fool's Gold has about 75 awards, and I generally give up by the time I've reached the 5th one. :)

[QQ=RSL]

And best beard should be one of them.[/QQ]

That would be GREAT! I mean, it could inspire some of us to grow weird beards just for this and that'd be a lot of fun. :)

Do not increase the number of awards.

Nothing wrong with making more as long as you knock out a few.

Take out hottest male and female and replace it some pie

Hotest desert maybe? eh? eh? :D

We should find osme more to add

[QQ=Del Murder]Do not increase the number of awards.[/QQ]

Short and to the point, if changing the awards at all and they really don't need to be changed, decrease.

Say, when do nominations get announced again?

Take care all.

Make it so that you can only vote in chat. :sweatdrop

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Originally Posted by The Captain

Say, when do nominations get announced again?

Take care all.

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Soon after TGSITU ends.

I think people who win ciddies should have them placed above their avatars with their custom titles until the next contest.

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Originally Posted by Dragonflame

I think people who win ciddies should have them placed above their avatars with their custom titles until the next contest.

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Not that its an entirely horrible suggestion, but I think its going to say where the winners have the choice to place the ciddie picture(s) in their own signature. Also, I think Daniel did say this in the first post of this thread:

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

- please don't suggest any ideas for the new awards in this thread

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Thanks.

Oh, I meant ideas for what awards are to be given out. :) No fuss on that bit.