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Cont: Boards Awards + Board Request + First Steps
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16-07-2002 2:43pm#1Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,599 CMod ✭✭✭✭Join Date:Posts: 3896
Ok.
As the majority of you know, I mentioned something about running a "Boards.ie Award Ceremony" last week and it seems to be recieving a lot more interest than I anticipated, so from here I'd like to make a few announcements / requests (going on the assumption that you all still want this wonderful event to happen)
Firstly, seeing as I am but a mere peon as opposed to a godlike Admin I must ask the higher powers if they have any gripe about me running a Boards Award Ceremony, and if not, would it be at all possible to have an actual Board created solely for this award for the time being, seeing as quite a number of people pointed out that the After Hours and Admin Boards are really not the place to hold such a festivity - This board would also be able to contribute towards the selection of "Post Of The Month" and other little tiny featurettes you Boards.ie people have on this wonderful landscape, so maybe the board could outlive it's initial purpose and be a slightly valuable contribution to Boards.
Secondly, I'd like to point out that I, myself, am but a weak human being and to run such a thing on my own would be quite a hard task to endure (Taking into account the possibilites of rampant spam and trolling occuring during this event), and on that note I have gratefully accepted the aid of the sexy Humour Board monger, Davaroo, who I'd like to be the co-mod for the said board (And also one of the admins to keep the board under strict and tight check - If they have the time and energy to do so
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Thirdly, before the Board is created (If it is created, I should say) I would like to ask all of you happy people out there for some feedback.
There has been quite a big list of Nomination idea's which I would like to chop down to a less ridiculous level. Does the public want the nominations to be held in a fashion where everyone is on the same level, or do we want the event to hold seperate nomination categories for Admins, Mods and the public? I ask this because I dont want people going around complaining, thinking that the Award Ceremony regards Admins and Mods as deities in comparison to average members.
Another point that has been brought forward, by people such as mercury_tilt, is that of frail minded members who may take offense at being 'nominated' for specific awards.
Again I will stress the point that this event is simply for a laugh - It is not something that is intended to use permanant black markers to write words like "MUPPET OF THE YEAR" on members foreheads, and have them being pointed and laughed at for the rest of their Boards life (I mean, people say things like that about eachother all the time here, so we're basically channelling this muppetry into something more... fun!).
Lastly, I would like to politely ask that when nominations are made, they are well thought out ones, not a "Hey, I hate this person, so I'll nominate him/her for [Category]" which I know will happen anyway, and as for categories, there will be no all out pointless nomination categories being used, so try to use a little brain power when thinking some up
...and thats about it. Thanks to all for the general support / idea's, and keep them coming.
Seeing as Im taking this event a lot more seriously lately, don't forget that I am able to recieve PM's and emails, seeing as I find it a lot harder to read through the rake of posts being submitted in regards to the whole thing.
Once an obese list of nomination categories have been recieved, I'll chop them up and get something going (Hopefully by the weekend if things go smoothly)
Oh, and the awards themselves...
I was thinking maybe a custom title or something along those lines...
Once the Awards have ended I'll be compressing all the results etc into a little flash movie so that if the board gets deleted after it has served it's purpose, we can all still have a good gander - Or maybe, if the Admins have enough time on their hands and the event is an overall success, we could have a seperate page put up on boards listing the nominations / results etc?
The results will be quite amusing I wager, especially if they become a topic at the next Boards drinkies
If the first awards go well, then I plan to make it a regular thing - Maybe every six months - anything more regular than that would result in the whole shebang getting rather boring very bloody quick.
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What a great idea, absolutely great. I think that this will catch on very well if run well. It will deffo need at least two mods or overseers to combine all facets of poster's wishes and feelings. You have definately got my vote Rope. (oh yeah, Ropedrink - the guy that always always gurns about a new board being created)
One problem I see happening is the day to day of it. If you have a board wanting suggestions for titles i.e. funniest poster it shouldn't really have posters giving names for nominations I feel. The outcome is the most important so a run up to it with main contenders may spoil the surprise of it all. I suggest that any nominations of names should be sent as PM's (moderators of the board should be given a bigger PM cache too). And maybe a top ten of final nominations in a poll that is unviewable to us but possible to vote by any of us.
And if there is a moderator prize type thing - Admin should be included as there only are 5, but maybe a special admin prize might be fun too.
Great laugh, if you need a hand I'm up for it but I'd say you'd do a spanking job on your own.
Go girl etc etc!0 -
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Originally posted by nesf
Hmmm Occy, I think the Wargames board is the easiest mod position.
*cough* Gaeilge...
pfft
anyway... great idea...
I´ll help out if required. I do some audio visual big screen type stuff. Lemme know.0 -
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Haven't had a chance to read all of the above, but yes, I'm there to help j00 Ropeh!!!
So, in light of the fact that I haven't read everything, I apologise if these ideas are being repeated...
I'd ask that it be pre-modded so there's no spam
If we have polls on a pre-modded board, that should be ok - no one's actually posting a message to it, but the polls could be answered. Can we check this out (DeVore/Cloud)?
As for categories, Andy, I'll be knocking about at some stage maybe this weekend or early next week and I'll give you a shout and we can whip up a few ideas with ye olde pen and paper over a pint or *something*
After that, we'll post our categories to the board and disable the pre-modding on it and allow people to post their nominees (and a brief explaination why). This is when the board's gonna go mental, so we'll ask everyone to behave themselves! After a week (or less) we'll close nominations, tally up the numbers and make posts with polls to vote for teh winars! It'll be like ellection day fever all over again!
With that, we'll announce the people that have won and we'll all probably talk about it for the next month till something else happens
Sounds like a plan to me!0 -
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Lovely stuff Dav - tried texting you today, twice, but the damn things dont seem to be getting through...
Anyhow I spent a minute trying to lay out some boundries for the event, and I've come up with this (Just to show you Boardsters what to expect)...
Right:
The bare minimum this ceremony will be including is:
Members Awards - This'll be the bulk of the ceremony, and will include the most basic but essential awards such as Spammer / Muppet / Troller / Flamer / Ranter / and many many more...
Mod Awards - Great way to find out the true nature of our estranged moderators, and expose the ****ish bastards for who they really are
Admin Awards - After all, they deserve there own set of cuddly categories, and also a little bit of a slating in order to remind them of the fact that they are not perfect
Thread Awards - Funny threads, all out pointless and ridiculous threads etc will be highlighted here, and may help in the monthly selection of a "Thread Of The Month" that, these days, never get chosen until someone reminds an admin after about a year of neglect...
Sig Awards - Again, funny Signiatures, stupid signiature etc will get there own categories.
Board Awards - A chance to vote for / against certain Boards in certain categories - Might help in pointing out to the Admins what boards they created that are sheer genious, or complete rubbish.
This will rely on Board Statistics as well as people's vote.
And that is the bare minimum (Unless people disagree with the above idea's en mass...)
Myself and Davaroo shall soon be collecting all your idea's and smacking them around with large trouts on Sunday, so get your idea's in ASAP. No list of Nomination Categories has been decided on as of yet, so until one has been comprised, I suggest you prepare thine selves for much strangeness...
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Ok, get your lists together. I think some humour in them is a good idea as the publically generated ones seem to be shíte hahah.
Fewer and funnier is better then loads and boring
I'll create the board when you are ready to go...
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Why thank you my good man.
When the dastardly duo of myself and Dav get together this sunday we should have a list pretty much ready by the next day or two, so we'll get right back at you once we've got a concrete list of categories etc etc
(Remind me on the Boards drinkies to buy you a pint, by the way) 0 -
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Dav won't be doing much - He's just been hired to be my Bitch is all... The weight of the world will be resting on my shoulders alone, and while I have my arms up trying to hold it above my head, Dav'll be hovering around my groin region giving me some, erm, encouragement
(Sorry - Im trying to assure myself that once the thing starts, it'll all be un-spammy, layed back and easy to do...)0 -
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originally posted by minesajackdaniels
WhiteWashMan for the Ability to start a row in an empty room award
Amp for the "FOUR BOARDS!! FOUR BOARDS!!" Attempt to overthrow boards.ie by gaining control of all of the lesser forums award
Smiles for the '...You boys...' " Ability to keep her head when all around her are shouting 'you can't have a valid opinion! you have tits!' award
Mercury Tilt for the "I was dropped on my head as an adult" award
Kharn for the "How many references do I have to MAKE to a feather boa before someone will become sufficiently interested to ask me exactly what Fio does with it" award
Mills for the Boyflesh award
Azezil for the My nick sounds like the noise you make when you sneeze award
Dustaz for the "I'm not old, it's just this birth cert" award
DeVore for the Play nicely please children award
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HAAHAAHAA! Excellent Madge
(no I'm not telling what Fio did with the feather boa, but it was rather good)
Anyway, StringBeverage and I shall be making our selections this evening or tomorrow evening at a sekrit location known only to the Knights of Comeonbanus (and my land lord and anyone else who's ever visited me). Creative juices shall be plentiful (cause I'm going to the offy) and the results?
Unpredictible at best...
It's guaranteed to be a laugh folks - we won't take too long to get sorted. Watch this space!
Ok, watch a space further down the page, that'll make more sense as one of us will make a new post with details of our adventures in decision making!0 -
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