Welcome, everyone, to the fifth edition of the Annual Forums Awards!
We have shared here our love for the app and the stories it gives us access to; we have read and written stories that will leave a mark in our lives and in others’; we have helped each other out in many different situations, be it a coding or directing problem, or a real life problem for which we needed a shoulder to cry on; we have spoken up about the things that matter to us; we have laughed and cried together; and overall we have built this community to be what it is today: an amazingly fun and diverse community, where people come, not only to solve their problems, or work on a story, but to be with friends, or even a newfound family. This community is what we are celebrating today, and what we will be celebrating through these awards.
These awards, as it is the tradition, are meant to celebrate all of us, who have found in these forums a community in which we can share our interests and our lives, who have felt like the forums are a place to come to when real life gets overwhelming.
So, without much further ado, here are the categories we will be celebrating.
Member Categories:
- Most Active Member
- Most Welcoming Member
- Best Advice Giver
- Wisest Member
- Best Friend
- Best Ship
- Craziest Member
- Funniest Member
- Most Changed Member
- Most Helpful Member
- Most Innovative Member
- Best Character Editor
- Best Background Artist
- Best Cover Artist
- Most Extra Member
- Best Story Reviewer
- Most Developed Writing
- Best Role Player
- Best Story Game Writer
- Best Gif User
- Best Profile Picture
- Best Username
- Best Staff Member
- Most Endearing Member
- Member you want to get to know better
- Favourite New Member
- Favourite Old Member
- Forums Legend
- Honorary Member
Content Categories:
Thread Categories:
- Best Announcement Thread
- Best Feature Request
- Best Forums Game
- Best Role Play
- Best Story Game
- Craziest Thread
- Most Comedic Thread
- Most Emotional or Inspiring Thread
- Most Enjoyable Thread
- Most Helpful Thread
- Most Interesting Discussion Thread
- Honorary Thread
Reply categories:
- Best Lighthearted Reply
- Best Serious Reply
- Honorary Reply
This year I want to introduce something new within the replies category. And while it not an award itself, I believe that it will be meaningful for the community: your favourite posts that made it into good memories for you on the forums, so you can share your appreciation of your friends, and remember those moments you hold dear together.
If you do not understand a category, ask here, some people may be wondering about the same, and I’ll do my best to explain each one of them.
You will have until the seventeenth of December at midnight GMT-5 to nominate.
You can nominate as many people, threads and posts as you want.
You can nominate people for new, made up categories, if you believe they should be recognised as such. These new categories can be serious, or a joke category.
A few things to take into account
- Keep your reasons for nominations PG (and remember that while giving your reasons isn’t obligatory, it’s still highly encouraged).
- Do not make nominations that could be seen as offensive by the nominee.
- Do not ask people to nominate you. Don’t tell others how they should think.
**If I find out you asked people to nominate you, your nomination will be taken out from the category.
There is one last thing I want to share with you, before the nominations:
In honour of the things we lost during the move, I want to give you guys a reminder of what has always made our community so wonderful.
So here is a doc with the winners of last year’s awards, as well as a few words from me and from other members to all those who won. I will be opening the permission to edit, and leaving it like that during all of December, which is the length of the Awards, so anyone can write anything they want to these winners.
Now, finally, I present to you:
Click here to get to the member nomination form.
Click here to get to the content nomination form.
I hope you enjoy these awards the best you can.
Happy nominating, everyone!
Love,
Cam Boulder