Given that the entire idea is for the person to be surprised when they get the award, having the recipient be chosen by the public would make the surprise impossible. Having it chosen by a select group such as staff would likely still leave many candidates out. I'm incredibly thankful that I had no freaking clue that I had been selected for such an award when I won it... I think there was a thread in the events committee forum or something, but I'd not seen it until after the 'congrats' thread was made.Originally Posted by Jiro
On this occasion I consulted with Murd and we agreed on the two winners. Next time? We'll have to wait and see! Now that Psy is on the list, I can probably consult with him, Shlup (also on list) and whoever is running the next Ciddies. I'm hoping that will end up being me, anyway, as I like to run the mid-year Ciddies and have someone else run the end of year ones.Of course, that's not to say that there will definitely be another Lifetimer award next time, so we'll see what happens at the appropriate time.
