Given my recent return to this forum as an almost daily visitor as opposed to a lurker who would occasionally post his fanfictions but hardly do anything else, I have decided to vote in this year's awards after all after careful consideration. Having seen some of the recent activity now, I think I can make a decision on a few categories after all.
Fanart:
In terms of the fanart sub-forum, there has been little change in comparison to last year. Well, of course I have stopped doing art for the most part and we've got a few new artists but, relevant for the voting, there are only two people who I can consider voting for seriously and those are Flathead770 and Darkwolf91. Darkwolf never fails to stun us with her skills in the field of digital art and Flathead has done a few really amazing pieces for the fanart prompt challenge in traditional pencils and contributed a few really amazing emotes which have made it into my arsenal quite easily
I'm going to vote for
Flathead770 due to the fact that he has been more consistent with his activity and submissions.
Feedback:
Arguably the hardest choice for me this year. We have so many writers lately that it's impossible for me to read everything that's uploaded but even more so we have quite a handful of amazing people who share their opinion (be it positive or not, praise or constructive feedback) on almost every piece of literature submitted to the forum with utmost dedication. Most arguably, rhombus and Sovereign have been very reliable reviewers for a very long time now (which goes not only for the many fanfics but for the fanart submitted as well!) and with Anagnos we have another very frequent and helpful reviewer join their ranks. It is for this reason and the fact that Anagnos' reviews are not only frequent but high in quality and very helpful, that I will give him my vote this year. Way to go
Anagnos!
Friendly Member:
The questionable joy of voting close to the deadline (something that has arguably become a habit of mine over the years
) is that one's vote can have the power of breaking ties. Both rhombus, Stardust and Mumbling deserve the vote bt for the latter two there's a tie for the runner-up and I don't want to be the one who ruins their chance so I will not vote for either of them and postpone that decision to the tiebreakers for now.
I would like to award someone else though who has also shown that he is very well worthy of the title. Actually, make that two people but I can only award one of them of course. My vote will go to
Anagnos here as well for his welcoming and friendly behavior not only here on the forum but on the discord chat as well. Additionally, I would like to mention ImpracticalDino here whose activity on the forum has been quite scary to say the least.
I haven't seen a lot of the earlier activity of his but from what I've seen he has shown some impressive friendly and welcoming behavior on the forum
Proactive:
While I agree that
Mumbling has had a huge part in many recent projects (most of which I haven't really been involved with due to my inactivity) I would like to give a shout out to two other members whose inspiration I have perceived as quite proactive and, arguably, have helped me find back to this place. StardustSoldier has helped bringing two dead roleplay ideas back to life and UnionRags has been the one to initiate them (as well as a few fun party games) which have both helped me personally to get back into becoming a regular visitor here. I'd just like to thank the two of you for that with this shoutout here
My vote still goes to Mumbling though, because there is no real alternative in my opinion, she just deserves it!
Roleplay:
I will
SKIP due to my inactivity in the roleplay area for much of the previous year. The recent events aren't enough to justify a vote and I'd rather like to see how some of the recent developments are going to unfold which means I will hopefully be able to vote in this category in 2020
