Well it nearly took until 2017 reached the United States, but we finally have our winners for the 2016 forum awards.
The winners are now authorized to pick the award banners from the
draft thread and add it to their signatures. Runner ups may take their pick after the winners (runners up will need to pick a different draft from the winner but they do not need to mark their award in any way as a runner up).
And here are our winners:
Fanart Award :
Winner: Darkwolf91
Runner Up: RockingScorpion
Feedback Award :
Winners (tied): Ducky123
Winners (tied): Rhombus
No Runner Up
Proactive Award :
Winner: Nick22
Runner Up: Rhombus
Friendly Member Award :
Winner: Ducky123
Runner Up: Kor
Role Play Award :
Winner: Nick22
Runner Up: The Lone Dragon
Appreciated Member :
Winner*: Darkwolf91
Winner*: LettuceBacon&Tomato
I would like to congratulate all of our winners and runner ups, and to thank everyone for making the Gang of Five a great and welcoming community
A note about the appreciated member award: Due to an oversight on our part, voting for the appreciated member award was held when it was not necessary. As Darkwolf had already won an award (the fanart award) she was not supposed to be qualified to compete in the appreciated member category, which would have left LettuceBacon&Tomato as the only qualified candidate and the winner by default. We strongly feel that a mistake on the part of us administrators should be resolved in a way that benefits the affected parties. Thus, as a vote has already been held on the matter, the results of the Appreciated Member vote will not be nullified - but rather both will have the right to select a banner. Nonetheless we apologize for our mistake and will take steps to make sure that similar errors do not happen in the future.
