Once again, the Favorite Member Contest comes to DiabloFans to let each and every member have input on the favorite member across the entire community! The final poll winner will receive a custom award. First place and two runner-ups will receive*:
Receive a custom title (unless the winner already has one, in which case he/she will be allowed to change it).
Receive sixty positive reputation points.
*The two runner-ups will not receive custom awards, only the stuff listed in the bulleted list above. I'm having a hard enough time as is trying to create one icon.
The festivities started with the nomination thread, where members nominate other members to be chosen as the contestants for the final poll (this thread). There are some minor and not-so-minor changes from the proceedings of late, and there are a few new or altered rules from last time around. Hopefully every stipulation in place will act as a refiner for maximum competition and fair play.
Please be sure to read the rules in their entirety. I will not be re-explaining them every single page- I will simply delete posts. If you know your post has been deleted, read over the rules again here, as you probably broke one.
You may not nominate yourself (to encourage consideration of other users). [Nominations Only]
You may not nominate Managers (Daemaro, Seth, Phrozendragon), Perma-Banned members, or Administrators. [Nominations Only]
You have two nominations to hand out. You may give them all to one person or spread them out however you choose. [Nominations Only]
Please do not comment on others' nominations in this thread (to simplify it for me when I'm checking these posts to update this post with the latest nominations and to avoid possible trolling/flaming). [Nominations Only]
You must include a somewhat well thought out reason why you nominated your individual- we don't want nominations simply because someone "iz teh L0lz". [Nominations Only]
Only the top ten nominees will be chosen (see [thread link="COS"]here[/thread link] for more on the Cut-Off System). [Nominations Only]
You may "campaign" about the forums, but do so in appropriate places- your signature, avatar, blog, or the Ultimate Random Thread.
Nominations will end at 11:59 PM EST December 31, 2009. [Nominations Only]
You may not change any of your nominations unless a/the member(s) you nominated was/were disqualified for any reason. [Nominations Only]
The final poll will close on January 31. [Final Poll Only]
You are not allowed to vote with more than one account or impersonate a different account and thus alter the total nominations or votes unfairly. This will fall under the duplicate account clause in the forum rules and result in infractions or a ban and be enforced in the strictest sense. [New: January 1, 2009]
Green: Member had sufficient nominations (requirement is at least 2) and/ or recieved them chronologically before the member under them. Listed from highest to lowest.
Blue: Member had sufficient nominations (requirement is at least 2), but did not make the cut off, since they received their nominations chronologically after the last person on the cut off list.
Red: Member did not meet the nomination requirement.
The final top ten nominated members will be posted in a poll, and that will be what's voted on. Giving certain members already nominated more nominations could 1) boost the member in to qualifying nomination territory, 2) push the member above another and reduce the chance of the member being cut off, and 3) give the member a higher spot visually on the final poll, which could affect if they're voted for or not.
In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken by first checking who had the most amount of nominations in the nomination round, and then will be broken by determining who had their last nomination added first.
For instance, if Joe and Bob both tie for first place with 10 points each, consider the following*:
Joe: 5 nominations
Bob: 3 nominations
Joe would win the tie because he had two more nominations in the nomination round.
In the following situation:
Joe: 5 nominations
Bob: 5 nominations
Joe would still win because he received his last (fifth) nomination before Bob received his last (fifth) nomination.
*This is an example only. The same basic principle for tie-breaking applies to all members in the final voting list.
Congratulations to all of our 2009 nominees and thank you to everyone that participated. The above members in green are the final crop for the poll, which will run until the end of this month. Let's tip our hats to the New Year and get these votes going!
I'm gonna be honest here. Although he has a good lead so far, and is kicking my ass, I really have to give my vote to Zhar. Most of his posts are either just that good, or hilarious. He's a great poster, and has a solid attitude. I like other posters as well, trust me, but he's getting my vote on this one.
How was it decided for the nomination position if two people had the same amount of nominations? Example is Mephisto and Turmobil, both with 12 nominations.
Ah, that makes sense. I was thinking it was having a higher number of different people. Like having one from person A and person B would be better than having two from person C, but even still, they both had 10 different people.
This poll is ordered by their placement in the nomination portion of the contest. Basically, if Mephy and Turmobil were tied, Mephy would win, because he's placed above Turmobil, which is because of his nominations in the nomination portion.
"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
My vote goes to Umpa. The man's got balls, and I respect that. He's not afraid to speak his mind, stand up against shit he thinks is wrong, handles himself well, and is overall a damn good poster, and funny as well.
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My vote goes to Umpa. The man's got balls, and I respect that. He's not afraid to speak his mind, stand up against shit he thinks is wrong, handles himself well, and is overall a damn good poster, and funny as well.
Aww shucks! I <3 you too Zhar. I hope you win honestly. You and Equinox are pretty close.
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"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
www.myspace.com/mpotatoes for all your Trans Siberian Orchestra listening pleasure
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
Woot! I'm feelin' the love now. But seriously people, more need to vote, we had a way better turnout last time if I'm not correct.
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"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
Equinox and Zhar were sleepers! They came out of nowhere in this contest!
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"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
Once again, the Favorite Member Contest comes to DiabloFans to let each and every member have input on the favorite member across the entire community! The final poll winner will receive a custom award. First place and two runner-ups will receive*:
*The two runner-ups will not receive custom awards, only the stuff listed in the bulleted list above. I'm having a hard enough time as is trying to create one icon.
The festivities started with the nomination thread, where members nominate other members to be chosen as the contestants for the final poll (this thread). There are some minor and not-so-minor changes from the proceedings of late, and there are a few new or altered rules from last time around. Hopefully every stipulation in place will act as a refiner for maximum competition and fair play.
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A critical note on the event of a tie:
In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken by first checking who had the most amount of nominations in the nomination round, and then will be broken by determining who had their last nomination added first.
For instance, if Joe and Bob both tie for first place with 10 points each, consider the following*:
Joe would win the tie because he had two more nominations in the nomination round.
In the following situation:
Joe would still win because he received his last (fifth) nomination before Bob received his last (fifth) nomination.
*This is an example only. The same basic principle for tie-breaking applies to all members in the final voting list.
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Congratulations to all of our 2009 nominees and thank you to everyone that participated. The above members in green are the final crop for the poll, which will run until the end of this month. Let's tip our hats to the New Year and get these votes going!
Says it for the nominations only, but not for the voting.
But, I'm not gonna vote for myself, that would be a dick move.
I'm actually not even sure who I'm going to vote for, to be honest ..
Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions
Simplest way I can think of. o.O
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
Aww shucks! I <3 you too Zhar. I hope you win honestly. You and Equinox are pretty close.
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
Woot! I'm feelin' the love now. But seriously people, more need to vote, we had a way better turnout last time if I'm not correct.
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged