2008 End of the Season Awards

by justin007000 on Oct 20, 2008 8:19 PM EDT Comment 36 comments

Okay guys we endured another awful season of reds baseball, which is still better than a great off season, but I think we deserve some awards.

Just some ideas:

This thread is not for voting, just for deciding on what we will vote on, kinda like the first day of Congress.

Most Valuable Poster

Funniest Poster

Most adorably inept poster

Least favorite poster (Only one choice, and that is Slyde)

Most likely to post drunk

Poster you want to have cyber sex with in a game thread

Worst Speller (you better fucking watch out for me Short stop)

Favorite Poster who has been to Cuba

Adorable Old Guy Award

Adorable Young Guy Award

Angriest Poster

Anyother ideas?

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i nominate

Brendan’s mom for #6

"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"Most adorably inept poster"

There you go again, fishing for compliments.

Vote Pops in '08. I promise nothing and I'll do it!

by Pops Daniels on Oct 21, 2008 9:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Has Brent Beck been to Cuba?

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 21, 2008 11:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What about drunkest poster ?

Sgt. McCAin and Sarah The Impaler don't scare me none.

by Madville on Oct 21, 2008 11:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Can we get the one game career of Bobby the Butcher immortalized in these awards somehow?

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Oct 21, 2008 11:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd suggest that we make the awards all positively minded.

That doesn’t mean that strange occurrences shouldn’t be noted, but things like Least Favorite Poster are probably unnecessary. Keep ’em friendly.

Some additions:
Best RR meme
Best Thread
Best trade proposer/analyst
Best minor league analyst
Best use of stats
Most off-topic poster
Most respectful poster
Best devil’s advocate

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2008 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We're forgetting the normal awards

Most improved poster
Rookie poster of the year
JD Arney Memorial RR Lifetime Achievement Award

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 21, 2008 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds good

Let’s fire up the voting thread!

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Oct 21, 2008 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let me play devil's advocate here....

Least Favorite Poster may be a way of letting someone know they need to shape up or ship out. It would be a motivational tool. And, let’s face it…. some of us are so pathetic, that we’ll be happy to win anything.

(Not that I’m bucking for the Least Favorite Poster award…… or the Best Devil’s Advocate award or anything.)

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Oct 21, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think there is only one answer to that award and it is slyde and his utility belt.

really who likes slyde?

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 21, 2008 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Making a late run for the devil's avocate award, eh?

What about some statistical based awards in honor of… statistics and stuff.

Most posts. Most recs. Most recs per post. Most flags. Most jpegs. Most flag’d jpegs. Most posts after 2 am. Most flag’d jpegs after 2 am. Posts plus slugging, you know PPS.

Postermetrics is where it’s at. I mean, it is one thing if somebody “sounds” like a good poster, but do they have the numbers to back it up?

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Oct 21, 2008 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and I definitely avocate myself for the consideration of best speller

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Oct 21, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i like these too

stats are a big thing ’round here, so we should have some awards that are given from the head instead of the heart. MVPs and funniest posters are great, but we have to recognize the folks that quantitatively make a difference here.

"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 21, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you people and your stats

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 21, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You guys are leaving out some salient areas of posting:

Best Megan Fox pictures
Funniest poster
Worst Speller – already suggested
Best dressed poster
The 1st Annual Pops Daniel’s creepiest Downloaded picture post
MVP (Most Valuable Poster) – already suggested
Most Incoherent Poster

Sgt. McCAin and Sarah The Impaler don't scare me none.

by Madville on Oct 21, 2008 2:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Vote Pops in '08. I promise nothing and I'll do it!

by Pops Daniels on Oct 21, 2008 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about the award for nicest smile

Vote Pops in '08. I promise nothing and I'll do it!

by Pops Daniels on Oct 21, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or the Poster Most Likely To Do Math In A Bikini

Vote Pops in '08. I promise nothing and I'll do it!

by Pops Daniels on Oct 21, 2008 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

flag'd

i see nipple!

What's the ratio of Stanley Nickels to Schrute Bucks?

by chandrathan on Oct 21, 2008 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd love to see your cache

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you almost can in that picture

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I'm pretty confident I've posted that picture before

by Brendanukkah on Oct 21, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

there should be an award for interloper/outsider

that I can win and not battlekow

by ol Pete on Oct 21, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

you are surging in the polls

but he had a big advantage of being here first. I think it will be close.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh

and he posts naughty pictures. He knows how to address his base.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

undress his base?

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Oct 21, 2008 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think RJVasilak is the darkhorse contender here

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 21, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Flag'd

He’s only eligible for 2007.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 21, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can't flag through the HEAT!!!!!

What's the ratio of Stanley Nickels to Schrute Bucks?

by chandrathan on Oct 22, 2008 7:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heat often induces flagging

Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I.

by Man Mountain on Oct 22, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I had almost forgot about the HEAT Index. And the Purpleprose somethingorother index, which was usually even better.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 22, 2008 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK then we're allin agreement about:

The 1st Annual Pops Daniel’s creepiest Downloaded picture post

Sgt. McCAin and Sarah The Impaler don't scare me none.

by Madville on Oct 22, 2008 2:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My Ballot

Best RR meme-Slyde
Best Thread-Big Deal “Griffey”
Best trade proposer/analyst-Ken
Best minor league analyst-Thundering Turtle
Best use of stats-Slyde
Most off-topic poster-Madville
Most respectful poster-Shortstop
Best devil’s advocate-Shortstop
Most Improved Poster-Justin
Rookie Poster-Verka
MVP-Slyde

Norris Hopper's #1 fan!!!

by Zach K on Oct 22, 2008 6:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

zach and slyde sittin in a tree

k-i-s-s-i-n-g

What's the ratio of Stanley Nickels to Schrute Bucks?

by chandrathan on Oct 22, 2008 7:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You spelled that wrong.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 22, 2008 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think I'm confused on a couple of these...

for “RR meme”, would we say the person who started the meme, or just the meme itself. Lets say I’m a huge lolcats fan. Do I credit the cats or Shortstop?

And for best thread…is this like an MVP award where I can choose if I want to give it to “funniest thread” or “most intellectual” thread? Or do we want to make those 2 different categories?

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Oct 22, 2008 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs