Originally Posted by
Captain Maxx Power
And so we come to the end of the Ciddies. A long and tense time for many of our members. People have won, lost, laughed, cried, done little dances, overused the bigsmile smiley and someone's probably unconscious by now I would imagine. Still, at the end of it all is it worth it? Of course it is you dufus, this is the Ciddies for smurfs sake! A bi-annual exercise in making everyone feeling a little bit better about themselves through the distribution of metaphorical prizes.
So what exactly makes a good member? It could be any number of criteria; if they're friendly, how much they help others, if they make us laugh, whether or not they post hot pictures of themselves in General Chat, or how much money they're prepared to pay the establishment to skew the votes in their favour. Whatever the reasons, this award celebrates the one individual who stands out amongst all others as the very cream of the crop within our community.
First up is Del Murder, a guy who's been around here longer than the dinosaurs have been making those bottled water adverts. He's an Admin so you know he's already gained the trust and respect of the staff here, as well as many other members. A very amicable sort of a chap, he's ever present in whatever discussions we make around here. Does this Mafioso have the meatballs needed to win this award?
Swooping in through the window is Flying Mullet, yet another old timer who's managed to gain almost every single custom title aside from banned. Suspiciously similar-looking to Hollywood B-Movie sensation Matthew Lillard, he's been through all kinds of marathons, triathlons and probably a few polygons as well. Rumours of him celebrating winning this reward by jumping all the way to the moon are completely unfounded and made up by me just now. Yet maybe he'll be jumping for joy at winning this award.
But wait, what's this? Why it's only the almighty creator of the Universe, God himself! Surely an omnipotent being with unlimited powers could win this award with a snap of his colossal fingers? Well obviously not, because we all know behind that blasphemous façade it's none other that one Dr Unne, keeper of Lufein translation text and incredulous statements about his unknown status. He may have changed his name to try and invoke fear in the rest of us, but is that enough of a command of respect for him to gain Best Member?
Heath is next on our list. I believe a heath is a small hill of some kind, not big enough to be a hill but close enough. This t'up north type recently gained strawberry power through a process not unlike the one that transforms Prince Adam into He-Man. A site staffer, he's probably got the votes of some of the higher ups, but what do the regular members make of the leader of Aero-Dalton?
Onto a person who has won more awards than any other member, and most of them awards he technically shouldn't be awarded. Psychotic may have been less active than in previous years, but he's still short-listed for this award. He has popularity, more user notes than is technically feasible, long flowing blonde locks and a gurn that could curdle milk. But are these many talents the sorts of qualities that you want to see in your Best Member?
In this world of ours, there are two types of people; those who are AZN, and those who are not. Pureghetto is in one of these groups. With a fruity kind of style yet with the intellectual capacity to box it out with the cultural elite, PG is many things to many men. And women, probably. Ask him what his favourite colour is and he'll probably respond with "lol, a/s/l". Such is the might we are dealing with here. Does he have what it takes to win Best AZN...sorry Best Member.
Now we come to a young man who has made a big impact in a short time; Rantzien. With his unusual facial expressions, delightful animated gifs and other such jollities, he's obviously captured the hearts, minds and possibly shoes of the community. Just don't ask what the chicken thing in his signature is all about, it's probably best not to bring it up. Is he the likely candidate for this award?
Drop and give me fifty, maggot! That's what Sergeant Hartman shouted when he heard he was up for this award. He then got everyone around him to do a hundred laps, an obstacle course three times and then finished off by getting them to rebuild their beds from scratch. Should he win chances are he will probably work all the members of his boot-camp to death to celebrate. Perhaps military experience is the sort of property that will see him to win this award.
Finally we have on this list the most hip-hop of the hip-hopests of the hippity-hoppity appreciation society, TyphoonThaReapa. Phat beats and dope rhymes are his forte, most likely spending his weekends busting caps into asses to pass the time. He's a keen and active member, known and loved by many. Can this guy pull through and claim the trophy in the name of Notorious CID?
And those are your nominees ladies and gentlemen. A group of well-known, well-respected individuals you have selected as possible candidates for the part of Best Member. The votes have been tallied in, the messenger pigeons checked (and subsequently eaten), the telegraph's morse-codes de-coded and the smoke signals largely ignored since no one can understand them. Now all that remains is for the winners to be announced...
...right now!
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