I've been staying away from the voting process until the end this year and I didn't follow the votes casted until now because I feel like I always kind of get dragged into voting for people who have already been voted for a lot simply because voting for an outsider wouldn't really make much of a difference. Hence, I'll now cast my votes (pre-typing this in Word) without any knowledge about the current Voting Tally
Fanart Award: I wish this was one of the categories where I really have to consider hard who to vote for but sadly there aren't many people on here doing fanart regularly (though I must admit that I haven't exactly contributed to that area of the GoF in recent months either...).
Anyhow, like I said my decision isn't a hard one here. My vote goes to
RockingScorpion like last year and I don't really think I have to explain this decision in detail. Look at his art and make sure your eyes don't fall out, haha
Now seriously, his artworks are always drawn with a lot of effort, skill, patience and love for detail. Also a lot of his drawings are original ideas of his which are often funny, creative or just epic!
Furthermore, I also want to give a shoutout to dalekdino for his frequent submitting of his drawing series. I like the ideas he has and particularly the cute and funny scenes from his series
StrutEggStealer also deserves a mention here I think. She hasn't submitted much but the little humanised project she did a while ago was quite cool!
Feedback Award: I can't really narrow it down to one choice so I'll
SKIP this category despite being one of the few categories where I'm really active (well, I used to...). I can't really see anybody on this forum giving feedback not just in one or two fanfictions / fanart threads but more generally so voting for somebody would only be justified for certain fanfictions /art threads but not overally!
I'm also not going to vote for myself! I was following most fanfictions and art threads until my life got too busy to stay caught up and now I can't pick up where I left off for whatever reason. It just doesn't feel right to do so
So yeah, skipped vote.
Friendly Member Award:There are more than enough suitable candidates for this category like every year but I've managed to make a choice here. My vote goes to
Midnight. I think he has always brought a happy and warm atmosphere into the discussions and the easy-going threads likewise and he's been very welcoming and friendly and easy to get along with. This of course applies to many members but I found Midnight to be most friendly. Well, it's a choice I just made here on the spot. We're a (if not THE) most friendly community on the web as it is so every member contributes to that
Helpful Member Award: This category is difficult to vote for. I think it's not so much the general helpfulness displayed by some of us in case somebody asks for help but much rather personal experiences outside the forum what most votes will be based on. So will mine anyway. There are too few occasions on the forum, where people ask for/offer help (asked for or not) to really determine a clear winner. But even, judging personal experiences with other members on Skype and elsewhere on the internet, this is a hard choice. I've eventually narrowed it down to
Malte279. Not only does he always have advice for me if I ask for some help but also he's always been ready to help me out with things (like sending me music sheets or other useful things).
But I also have to mention Rhombus here alone for the fact that he's always very generous in our Civilisation games
Nah joking
Really, most of what I said about Malte also applies to him. It was a very very close decision between these two. And to everyone else who has helped me recently: This is your shoutout, even if I don't shout you out by name technically...
Philosopher Award:For this award, I nominate
Rhombus. I've already done so last year and I believe he's still one of the best philosophers on the GoF. Especially in the After Midnight area, his detailed posts are always a pleasure to read, learn from and reply to and/or start a discussion.
In terms of LBT-related discussions, particularly AllegroGiocoso and chomperrules come to my mind because they've been the main two keeping the discussion and the input of new information about LBT 14 steady ^^
Proactive Award:Another tricky category... By the definition of this award, I don't think anybody has done much that would count for this award but I presonally rather see it as an award for those who keep the forum going through their regular contributions.
Again this will be a decision I'm making at the spot. There are a few members that come to my mind instantly. I've decided to vote for
The Anonymous Person. His activity specially in the Caption This and Party Room sub-forums has really helped to keep these places alive. A very close-second would be dalekdino for the same reason.
Projects Award: Uhm, that one was already given to
Ludichris right? Or did I get that wrong in the introductionary post? His music project is one of the best in the GoF history so he shall be awarded for that
Role Play Gamer Award:My vote for this category will be purely based on the only RP I'm actively playing and leading. All participants always have good ideas and write good posts but I think
bushwacked has done a very good job with many long and well thought-out posts and his great ideas for the plot
Uhh yeah, now I'll see who the others have nominated
