I'm back, baby!


Hey yo. What, you thought I forgot? Well, BoB almost did, but I didn't. I nagged him into finally allowing me use of his PC. Okay. So. How have you been? While I was away for the past year helping your sisters overcome any issues they might have with overcoming their hesitation towards sexual experiences, I imagine a fair few changes may have gone on around here. I understand there are no Site Staff, but screw that, I'm listing the guys who were last on Site Staff as Site Staff for these Ciddies. And what's this about blogs? Oh man, I might just get in on some of that action. Okay, either way, I hope you had a good time during the last Ciddies. Award Girl and I thought it would be neat to have our three headed talking pet have a go at this whole thing and it seemed to work out pretty well. I'm not sure if I can top their revelations, but hey, I'll give it a shot.

What else... how's the weather? Good? Bad? Oh, who cares, I know what you're all interested in. You probably don't even read this. Actually, well, I know the ladies do. Hey, ladies. How you doin'? Okay, okay, onto the goodies. These are the 20th Ciddies, and you better damn well get involved. Nomination time, bitches!

And the Ciddies are...
1. Best Member
2. Best Male
3. Best Female
4. Best Admin [automated, don't bother nominating]
5. Best Cid's Knight [automated, don't bother nominating]
6. Best Site Staff [automated, don't bother nominating]
7. Best Recognized Member/Former Staff
8. Best Veteran [person who registered between 1999 and 2007 and isn't on staff or a Former Staff / Recognized Member]
9. Best Regular [person who registered between 2008 and 2009 and isn't on staff or a Former Staff / Recognized Member]
10. Best Newbie [person who registered between 2010 and 2011 and isn't on staff or a Former Staff / Recognized Member]
11. Nicest Member
12. Evilest Member
13. Sexiest Male [must actually be male]
14. Sexiest Female [must actually be female]
15. Cutest Male [must actually be male]
16. Cutest Female [must actually be female]
17. Best Custom Rank
18. Best Avatar
19. Best Signature
20. Best Artist
21. Best Writer
22. Best Poster
23. Best Spammer
24. Best Chatter
25. Best Visitor Messager
26. Best Blogger
27. Best Thread
28. Best Post
29. Funniest Member
30. Weirdest Member
31. Most Informative Member
32. Most Productive Member
33. Most Underrated Member
34. Most Improved Member
35. Most Missed Member
36. Most Hardcore Gamer
37. Most Helpful Gamer
38. Most Helpful Techy
39. Most Helpful Member
40. Cutest Couple [this is for legitimate couples, please go to award 50 for joke nominations]

Most Likely To…
41. Become a Cid's Knight
42. Get Banned
43. Win a Ciddie for the very first time [past winners]
44. LIMIT BREAK a post
45. Try to rep themselves
46. Unwittingly build up a friendship with a spambot
47. Be the Square-Enix Hacker
48. Be Papa Smurf
49. Be Gargamel
50. Get Together

The Rules:
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 anyone else!
Rule #5 - PM your nominations by the closing date.
Rule #6 - Do not spam up the Ciddies Thread with self-advertising.
Rule #7 - You cannot nominate more than one person per award (aside from #40 & #50, obviously). 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/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.
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 - People who are NOT currently couples shouldn't be voted as Cutest Couple - this is for people who ARE already couples.
Rule #14 Nominations for Ciddie #43 must NOT be past Ciddies winners.
Rule #15 - 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'.

*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 occurrences 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 people with access to the Award Guy account is Loony BoB.
In addition to that - You cannot publically 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 receive three nominations, then the cut-off will be raised to three nominations, and the same for eight members receiving four nominations each, and so on. The only exception to this rule will be if only 1-3 members will be cut, meaning it's not worth the change.
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 - For a list of past Ciddies winners, THE LIST
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 - Banned members are only allowed to be voted for the Best Chatter and Most Missed Member Ciddies.
Also - If a member belongs to more than one group (e.g. 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 fun. GO! Nominate!

Nominations will close sometime this weekend. We'll say Saturday night (GMT) for now, and see how it all goes.