The Ciddies were in June and it seems no official awards were going on in May. However, I did find this: http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=33422

And I'm pretty sure there were a few more threads made by Bleys and Unne aimed at each other in some kind of way, all made on that day. If anything, I imagine that would have bumped activity. Good times.
OMG where the hell was I when that was going on?!?!?

I just almost died of laughter and I'm STILL laughing at that thread. By FAR one of the best ever.

Yeah, I think that had something to do with it.