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2011 Posty Awards - voting thread #1

Poll: 2011 Posty Awards - voting thread #1 (56 member(s) have cast votes)

Which of the following posters was Newcomer of the Year for 2011?

  1. Antrax (29 votes [51.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 51.79%

  2. VM1973 (1 votes [1.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.79%

  3. SimonFa (7 votes [12.50%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

  4. Statto (4 votes [7.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  5. no opinion (15 votes [26.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.79%

Which of the following posters is most deserving of the "Bridge in the Real World" Award?

  1. rogerclee (1 votes [1.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.79%

  2. fred (2 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

  3. FrancesHinden (7 votes [12.50%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

  4. JLOGIC (43 votes [76.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 76.79%

  5. MBodell (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. no opinion (3 votes [5.36%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.36%

Which of the following was the "Thread of the Year" for 2011?

  1. inquiry's "B/I Defensive Play" series (23 votes [41.07%])

    Percentage of vote: 41.07%

  2. flametree's "Most hopeless/clueless comment?" (10 votes [17.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.86%

  3. Cascade's "The five level belongs to..." (3 votes [5.36%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.36%

  4. Chris2794's "What's the funniest system you have played?" (2 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

  5. chudecek's "SLOW Play USA Trials" (1 votes [1.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.79%

  6. timve's "The new star policy" (4 votes [7.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  7. relknes's "Developing Bidding Judgment" (3 votes [5.36%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.36%

  8. no opinion (10 votes [17.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.86%

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#1 User is offline   daveharty 

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Posted 2012-January-24, 10:37

Due to limitations on the number of poll questions, I have split the categories into two threads. Don't forget to vote in part #2!

After considering cherdano's request to include a "none of the above" option in each category, I ultimately decided not to do so. It's important to me that this is a recognition of positive contributions to these forums; I am hopeful that everyone will find at least one worthy choice for each award. I hope this omission doesn't prevent anyone from participation, and as this is a work in progress, I will revisit this issue (along with other things such as the number of awards and specific categories) next year.

I have removed two categories from the poll: "Individual Post of the Year" and "Best Signature". Neither garnered sufficient nominations before the deadline. I don't really care about the latter, since it was a non-serious award anyway, but I really hope that there are lots of nominations for "Individual Post" next year. I realize that a lot of great posts from earlier in the year get lost/forgotten, and it's a lot of work to track them down later even if they are remembered; so, with that in mind, I will create a "2012 nomination thread" that can serve as a place to record nominations throughout the year while they are still fresh in the mind. When next December rolls around, I will start to sort the nominations so people can revisit outstanding posts/threads that they may have overlooked or forgotten.

EDIT: Links to the threads listed above are here.

FURTHER EDIT: Part 2 of the voting thread is here. Voting will remain open until FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, at 12:00 midnight EST.
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#2 User is offline   Antrax 

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Posted 2012-January-24, 12:06

I'd prefer if there was an option for "no vote". I don't want to vote for myself and I do want to vote on the other two questions :)
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Posted 2012-January-24, 12:41

Yeah, please give us a "none of the above" option.
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Posted 2012-January-24, 13:18

Can we pin / file posts nominated throughout the year?

I guess Dave can just use the search function and query 'nominate' too...
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Posted 2012-January-24, 14:30

View PostAntrax, on 2012-January-24, 12:06, said:

I don't want to vote for myself

Vote for somebody else then.
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Posted 2012-January-24, 15:01

View PostPhil, on 2012-January-24, 13:18, said:

Can we pin / file posts nominated throughout the year?

I guess Dave can just use the search function and query 'nominate' too...


Thanks for reminding me. Nominations for the 2012 awards can be posted here.
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Posted 2012-January-24, 15:04

View Postcherdano, on 2012-January-24, 12:41, said:

Yeah, please give us a "none of the above" option.

Okay, okay...several people have asked for this, so I have added a "no opinion" option (if you DO have an opinion about who should be winning an award, I'm hoping that you nominated accordingly). I hope it is used sparingly.
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Posted 2012-January-24, 15:58

Went with Antrax/none/inquiry. I kind of wanted to vote for the chudecek thread even though I'd be trolling but inquiry put a lot of work into his so in case it mattered I voted for his thread.

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Vote for somebody else then.


Meh, I understand his feeling, I didn't want to vote for myself since it'd feel weird but if I did vote I'd want to vote for myself. I voted for you in the best poster thread though since I thought you were more deserving than me. Maybe it's a cop out to not vote but whatever.
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Posted 2012-January-24, 18:50

I'm sure we can afford a separate thread for each vote. After all, we are printing the ballot papers using recycled electrons.
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Posted 2012-January-24, 18:56

I see nothing wrong with Antrax or Justin or anyone else voting for themselves. They are merely evaluating and choosing, just like everyone else.
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Posted 2012-January-25, 21:48

I'd like to vote for S2000Magic as best newcomer. Was something or somebody missed in the nomination phase?
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Posted 2012-January-26, 09:07

View PostStatto, on 2012-January-25, 21:48, said:

I'd like to vote for S2000Magic as best newcomer. Was something or somebody missed in the nomination phase?

I looked back over the nomination thread to make sure I didn't miss anything, and S2000magic was not in fact nominated; he only appeared in JLOGIC's list of members who joined after December 31 2010 and had at least 100 posts. I didn't consider that list a "blanket nomination", and therefore didn't include S2000magic in the poll. He would obviously have been a strong contender.
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Posted 2012-January-26, 12:08

I can't vote because I do have an opinion but it's not in the list. For example lurpoa deserves to be in the list of newcomers imo. He/she definitely became famous on the forums. :D
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Posted 2012-January-26, 14:20

View PostFree, on 2012-January-26, 12:08, said:

I can't vote because I do have an opinion but it's not in the list. For example lurpoa deserves to be in the list of newcomers imo. He/she definitely became famous on the forums. :D

I agree, I would have liked to see Lurpoa on the list, and s/he was nominated. Unfortunately s/he joined in November 2010. I suppose I could have grandfathered in some close cases like this, but rather than try and deal with my own potential biases I decided just to stick with the calendar year.
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Posted 2012-February-01, 07:25

Don't forget to vote if you haven't done so already. Voting ends Friday, February 3 at midnight.
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Posted 2012-February-06, 06:49

View PostPhil, on 2012-January-24, 13:18, said:

Can we pin / file posts nominated throughout the year? I guess Dave can just use the search function and query 'nominate' too...

View Postdaveharty, on 2012-January-24, 15:01, said:

Thanks for reminding me. Nominations for the 2012 awards can be posted here.
Alternatively: collect posts with the most upvotes :)
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