End of Year Ciddies 2005 - Nomination period has closed. :)
The Ciddies Begin!
Hi everybody! As always, it's great to be back at EoFF - love this place. Great forums, great atmosphere, great members, great sisters. But yes, I'm back from yet another lengthy holiday around the globe checking out your wonderful female siblings and generally enjoying myself with them. Life is good. Anyway, BoB's once again invited me into his flat and given me a list of Ciddies to pick from, and as always, you'll see some all-new Ciddies along with the traditional battles, carefully selected to ensure that every Ciddie is open for competition. I see Mr. Burns & Smithers won the duos competition, so they've slotted nicely into #48 & #49 positions. Other new Ciddies are dotted around the MLT area. A big thanks to everyone who offered ideas for the new Ciddies - while some haven't made the cut, they've often inspired the ones that have been used. But enough with that! You want the list! Here it is! Read the rules, and get your votes in now!
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) (list)
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 Graphic Designer
22) Best Writer
23) Best Poet
24) Best Poster
25) Best Spammer
26) Best Chatter
27) Funniest Member
28) Weirdest Member
29) Horniest Member
30) Most Underrated Member
31) Most Missed Member
32) Most Helpful Gamer
33) Most Helpful Techy
34) Most Helpful Member
35) Cutest Couple
Most Likely To...
36) Become a Cid's Knight
37) Get Banned
38) Be Santa
39) Be Santa's Little Helper
40) Cry Like A Baby When They Win This Award
41) Win a Ciddie for the very first time (see rule #13) (past Ciddies winners)
42) Drive half of the EoFF staff into quitting
43) Freak out and kill somebody
44) Not even realise they won a Ciddie because they only post in the gaming forums
45) Get Hit By A Bus
46) Be Driving The Bus
47) Be a Test Subject for Foolproofing
48) Be Mr. Burns
49) Be Smithers
50) Get Together
And now for the fine print.
Rule #1 - You can nominate yourself for no more than two awards, excluding Cutest Couple.
Rule #2 - You can nominate any one member for no more than five awards, excluding Cutest Couple.
Rule #3 - Do not post your nominations - PM them.
Rule #4 - PM nominations to Award Guy, not Loony BoB.
Rule #5 - PM your nominations by the closing date.
Rule #6 - Do not spam up the Ciddies Thread with self-advertising.
Rule #7 - You can not nominate more than one person per award. If you do, I'll take the first one you've nominated.
Rule #8 - You can't be nominated for avatar, custom rank and/or sig if you do not have an avatar, custom rank and/or sig - unless you remove them at some time during the Ciddies.
Rule #9 - You can change your avatar, custom rank and/or sig during nominations and finals. This shouldn't cause any major issues, as you can only earn what awards you recieve, be the votes late or early, that's your problem.
Rule #10 - Changes can be made once, and additions can be made however often you like. Please title any PM's with Changes as 'Nomination Changes' or 'Vote Changes', and the same for additions (only 'Additions' should replace 'Changes' in the title. Duh).
Rule #11 - You can only be nominated/voted for one of the 'rank-categorized-awards'. Best Admin, Cid's Knight and Site Staff have automatic entry for all of the obvious included members. Recognized Members AND Former Staff will require nominations - these will be in the same group. All other people with custom ranks (ie registered before 18th March 2005) are considered veterans, and all other members are either regulars or newbies. Regular Members are those who have joined EoFF (for the first time) after the date of 17th March 2005 and before the date of 18th August 2005. Newbies are those who have joined (for the first time) from 18th August 2005 onwards.
Rule #12 You can't nominate a male for any Ciddie with the word "female" in it, and you can't nominate a female for any Ciddie with the word 'male' in it. If it doesn't have 'male' or 'female' in it, you can nominate a member of either gender.
Rule #13 Nominations for Ciddie #41 must NOT be past Ciddies winners.
*deep breath*
Also - You don't have to make nominations for every award.
Also - When nominating, please think not of overall, but purely of the last six months. In other words, if someone was really helpful one year ago, and they don't help much now, they shouldn't get that award. This is purely for the occurances of the last six months!
Also - The Cutest Couple award does not count into the five nominations for another member of your choice, or your self-nominations.
Also - All nominations are strictly confidential - the only other person with access to the Award Guy account is Loony BoB.
In addition to that - You can not post your nominations or votes until after the final voting has occurred - a thread can be made for them a bit after the results are shown.
Also - To be nominated into the second round for an award, a member must obtain two nominations in that award. However, should eight members all recieve three nominations, then the cut-off will be raised to three nominations, and the same for eight members recieving four nominations each, and so on.
Also - People who are currently couples shouldn't be voted as Most Likely To Get Together - this is for people who are NOT already couples. By 'Get Together', I mean 'Become A Couple'.
Also - People who are NOT currently couples shouldn't be voted as Cutest Couple - this is for people who ARE already couples.
Also - I hold the right to reject any nominations/votes for any reason, most often this is that the member hasn't been active in the forums or chatroom in the past six months.
Also - The only Ciddies a banned member can be nominated for are Most Missed and Best Chatter.
Also - For a list of Recognized Members and Former Staff, click here.
Also - For a list of past Ciddies winners, click here.
Also - Award Guy, Election Booth and second accounts are only allowed to be voted for the MLT (Most Likely To...) and Profile (Custom Title, Avatar, Signature) Ciddies.
Also - If a member belongs to more than one group (eg. Former Staff AND Site Staff) then they are eligible ONLY for the first of those groups to appear in the list. This covers Ciddies for Best Admin, Cid's Knight, Site Staff, Recognized Member/Former Staff, Veteran, Regular and Newbie.
Also - Let's keep it funGO! Nominate!
Nominations will close 12pm next Friday (25th November 2005) GMT, or sometime after then when I feel like it (I like to keep it open if I know I can break a records - see below for those). Or if I'm not there then, it'll be when I next arrive.
Remember, I am 100% responsible for your satisfaction as a bootcamp participant.
Past Total Nominations
November 2001: 1632 nominations
June 2002: 1591 nominations from 61 members
November 2002: 1635 nominations from 59 members
June 2003: 1651 nominations from 55 members
November 2003: 1837 nominations from 66 members
June 2004: 1693 nominations from 60 members
December 2004: 1973 nominations from 71 members
June 2005: 2277 nominations from 76 members - a record amount of nominations from a record amount of nominators!
Past Total Votes
November 2001: 2817 votes
June 2002: 2753 votes from 64 members
November 2002: 2163 votes from 49 members
June 2003: 3453 votes from 77 members
November 2003: 3466 votes from 87 members
June 2004: 3267 votes from 75 members
December 2004: 3666 votes from 93 members
June 2005: 4678 votes from 107 members - a record amount of votes from a record amount of voters!
The Ciddies are sponsored by Eyes on Final Fantasy, The Ciddies Committee, the Cookie Monster smiley and A Picture Of A Turkey Hitting A Dog.
Originally Posted by Agent Proto
