This is not the Discussion or Rules Thread. Nominations only!
There, unlike the previous years, it's written in large, bold letters this time around. Let's see if people notice it any better than usually. Have fun, everyone, and please go read the rules unless you already have. It will make things run smoothly and save a lot of our time and energy.
Nominations are only open for the bolded categories. The list of all categories is below. Only nominate candidates for categories that are currently open.
Once opened, each category will remain open until the necessary number of candidates (10) is reached or, in the event of a category not reaching that many nominations, whenever an Event Mod decides to close them and open the next ones. Several categories, including especially the paired ones, will be opened simultaneously to speed things up.
Eligible candidates for the Members of Threads/Post Awards are posts that were made on this board or members who were active within the previous year. When nominating a post or a thread, please provide a direct link if at all possible or as specific a description as you can manage if not. In the case of specific discussions that took place within a thread, link to the first pertinent page and tell which pages are in question. Nominees that take too long to find will be ignored and nominees that no longer exist are disqualified. Unless you can provide a screenshot.
We have also done a bit of a clean-up with the tournament staff and removed some of the old categories that didn't ultimately seem very necessary. Don't be alerted if a category you're looking for isn't on the list. It's not a mistake, the category just simply isn't there this year.
NOMINATIONS ARE OVER! THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO MADE A NOMINATION!
Closed Categories
! 01 Best Thread
02 Worst Thread
03 Best Debate
! 1. Captain Coby vs the Catholic Church
! 04 The Best Chew-out
! 2. Everyone vs. Davy Jones regarding religion and atheism.
- This kid just hauled in a marlin.
- Muscles are gross (on women)
- Congrats Optard, you've trolled yourself
! 05 Funniest Post
06 Best Moment on the Board
! 1. The members of the HunterXHunter community changing their avatar-status to "on hiatus"
! 3. AP reacts to XBone reveal
- Naruto: Sims 2 Style (and the following reactions)
- JJBA thread slamfest of hilarious alternate universe character name puns
- The creation of Frank in the tournament discussion thread
! 07 Best Tournament Match
08 Best Filler Match
09 Best Campaign
10 Best Tournament Moment
11 Most Memorable
! 1. TheCrystalShip
- Panda Bear
- Kitsune Inferno
- Aohige_AP
- Thousand Lion-chan
- Toraish
- No Maam
- Holy Hell
- BekaDidAct
- Jabra
- Wolfwood
! 12 Most Quotable
! 1. Valiantt
- Wolfwood
- Urouge
- Cyan D. Funk
- kouch_lee
- Wagomu
- CCC
- Monkey King
- Gliblord
- King Cannon
! 13 Most Articulate
! 1. Purple Hermit
- Dryish
- The Daz
- No Maam
- Panda Bear
- Wolfwoof
- Gizmo
- Print Error
- tatermoog
- CCC
! 14 Most Dedicated
! 1. Toraish
- Lef
- Jabra
- Nex
- CCC
- CaptainAppleJack
- Smiley
- Roboblue
- Redon
- Warp Predator
- BekaDidAct
! 15 Most Original
! 1. zachri
- noob
- Holy Hell
- demonicpoodle
- Panda Bear
- what does Kitsune say?
- Print Error
- Noqanky
- Wagomu
- wolfwood
! 16 Most One Piece Knowledgeable
! 1. King Cannon
- Urouge
- Aohige_AP
- The Daz
- CCC
- Monkey King
- Stephen
! 17 Most Profound
! 1. Toraish
- The Daz
- Arei
- Foolio
- Purple Hermit
- kouch_lee
- Silverblade
- Panda Bear
- Darth Asthma
- Wolfwood
! 18 Best New Member
! 1. noob
- Epoida
- Print Error
- square
- Purple Hermit
- Carmilla
- Robzilla
- Ordinary
- Spam286
- Getsuya
! 19 Favorite non-Robby Mod/Admin
Forum Site Leaders
! 20 Best Debater
! 1. DarkFalcon
- Aaronrules380
- CCC
- Shadowgreed
- Robzilla
- The Daz
- Kishido
- Urouge
- Thousand Lion Chan
- kouch_lee
! 21 Best Researcher
! 1. Redon
- Galaxy 9000
- Monkey King
- Jojolion
- Aohige_AP
- CCC
! 22 Funniest
! 1. noob
- Jabra
- valiantt
- Ubiq
- Wagomu
- wolfwood
- Print Error
- TheCrystalShip
- Gliblord
- Holy Hell
! 23 Friendliest
! 1. Epoida
- Dryish
- MetaMario
- Print Error
- trappedolphin
- Chrissie
- CCC
- Sorikai33
- Smiley
- Silverblade
- Arei
! 24 Smartest
! 1. Monkey King
- Toraish
- Panda Bear
- TheCrystalShip
- The Daz
- Foolio
- Ubiq
- Shipmate
- Silverblade
- Print Error
- Darkfalcon
! 25 Craziest
! 1. Kitsune Inferno
- Zachri
- noob
- TheCrystalShip
- Sai-chan
- Prismeru
- Holy Hell
- Print Error
- Jabra
- Wagomu
! 26 Best Artist
! 1. noob
- Sai-chan
- indigo~ink
- zxcv11791
- CCC
- taboo
- Al!na James
- Hiroy
- Killax
! 27 Best Writer
! 1. Gliblord
- Kitsune Inferno
- Chesca
- Print Error
! 28 Pirate King
! 1. Foolio
- CCC
- wolfwood
- Dryish/Toraish
- No Maam
- Jabra
- Panda Bear
- RobbyBevard
- Silverblade
- maxterdexter
! 29 Pirate Queen
! 1. Miss Saturday
- Print Error
- TheCrystalShip
- Tropped Dalphan
- Sai-chan
- maggie
- Holy Hell
- Zachri
- taboo
- Epoida
! 30 Best Fanart
! 1. Sai-chan's Dressrosa banner & Icons
- CCC's Ornstien(Dark Souls) sculpt
- taboo's Meet Me Halfway
- Animated Pirate Alliance by zxcv11791
- Book Shonen's Princess in a Hole
- Shuhan vs Metamario over Rainbow Dash by Hiroy
! 31 Best Avatar
! 1. noob
- Wagomu
- MetaMario
- biceps2point0
- Kisoto
- Smiley
- Sander (artist: Nobodyman)
- Tabasco Boshi
- kouch_lee
- Print Error (artist: The Navigator)
! 32 Best Signature
! 1. Light Bro
- Jabra
- Silverblade
- Devil G
- Kishido (artist: Marcelle)
- Tabasco Boshi
- Hiroy
- Smiley
- Enzeru
! 33 Best Chapter of One Piece
! 1. 699 "Morning Paper''
- 700 "At His Own Pace"
- 701 "Adventure in the Country of Love, Passion, and Toys"
- 707 "B-Block"
- 708 "Colosseum of Knaves"
- 713 "Usoland"
- 719 "Open, Chinjao!"
- 720 "Prisoner Gladiators"
- 721 "Rebecca and Soldier-san"
- 726 "The Riku Family"
- 728 "The Tragic Ranks"
- 729 "Shichibukai Doflamingo vs. Shichibukai Law"
- 730 "Three Cards"
- 731 "Dressrosa SOP Strategy"
! 34 Worst Chapter of One Piece
! 1. 695 "Leave It To Us"
- 705 "Maynard the Pursuer"
- 712 "Violet"
- 713 "Usoland"
- 724 "Law's Plan"
- 727 "Ambushing Heroes"
- 730 "Three Cards"
- 732 "The Underground World"
! 35 Best Episode of One Piece
! 1. Episode 594 - ''Unite! The Luffy-Law Pirate Alliance!''
- Episode 607 - "A White Hot Battle - Luffy vs. Caesar".
- Episode 616 - "The Shocking Conclusion! Smoker vs. Vergo"
! 36 Worst Episode of One Piece
! 1. Episode 614 - '''I'll Protect My Friends!' Mocha's Desperate Escape''
- Episode 580 - "A Scorching-Hot Battle! Luffy vs. the Giant Dragon!"
- Episode 617 - "Caesar Defeated! The Strongest Grizzly Magnum"
- Episode 625 - ''Tension! Aokiji vs. Doflamingo''
! 37 Naruto - Worst Moment
! 1. Sasuke wants to be Hokage(Chapter 631)
- Sakura says that she might even be able to take the Hokage title after getting her ass saved by Sasuke and Naruto (Chapter 632)
- Rock Lee using Ninjutsu.
- Chakra actually came from some Tree of Knowledge/Eve symbolism thing (Chapter 646)
- Uchiha Love Cancer (Ch. 619)
- Sasuke's oh so sincere apology to Karin (Chpater 627)
- Obito getting talk no jutsued. We knew it was going to happen eventually, but still so terrible. (ch.654)
- Every member of the supporting cast sans Zombie Kages are offscreen, inactive and useless
- Worst fight choreography ever with mindless Obito (that realy didn't go anywere).(Chapter 639)
- Super Ninja Bird powered by Neji's will.
! 38 Bleach - Worst Moment
! 1. Komamura sacrifices his heart because of some Werewolf release curse thing.(Chapter 557)
- "By the way, I knew that the Shinigami would get their Bankai back which is okay because those things just inhibited my guys anyway so there was no real reason to stealing them!" (Chapter 554)
- Hollow pills. The perfect cure for those Bankai-stealing Quincies with no "Hollow antibodies".
- Did you like Zangetsu? Joke's on you, idiot!!
- Ichigo's Mom is a Quincy. We all saw it coming, but that doesn't make it any less dumb (Chapter 528)
- Unohana reveals her incomprehensible bankai, which does nothing and then dies. (527)
- Kyoraku giving away 'soul tickets', and making the afterlife a moot point and a joke. (ch.546)
- Kenpachi was right all along, AKA "I see the truth now! Zampakutou individuality is a lie! You're supposed to use your sword, not fight with it as a team, or ask it for help! (chapter 542)
- Snunsui has Kenpachi kill Unohana, cause they've already suffered causalties, so why not kill off some more? (chapter 523)
- Legendary Kubo poem nr. 62 - "Slumber is like the moon. Close and far at the same time…."
! 39 Best Series
! 1. Billy Bat
- Tower of God
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- One-Punch Man
- Shokugeki no Soma
- Kingdom
- Magi
- Assassination Classroom
- Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji)
- Silver Spoon
- A Bride's Story (Otoyomegatari)
- The Shape of Voice (Koe no Katachi)
- Black Lagoon
- Mob Psycho 100
- Dorohedoro
- Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin)
- Animal Land (Doubutsu no Kuni)
- Jojolion
! 40 Worst Series
! 1. Beelzebub
- Fairy Tail
- Bleach
- Naruto
- A Town Where You Live (Kimi no Iru Machi)
- Gantz
- Claymore
- Nisekoi
- Koisuru Edison
! 41 Movie of the Year - Best
! 1. Pacific Rim
- Gravity
- Kick-Ass 2
- 12 Years a Slave
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Rush
- Nebraska
- Iron Man 3
- Wolf of Wall Street
- Star Trek - Into Darkness
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Lone Ranger
- American Hustle
- Machete Kills
! 42 Movie of the Year - Worst
! 1. After Earth
- Scary Movie 5
- Grown Ups 2
- Jack The Giant Slayer
- Man of Steel
- The Lone Ranger
- Hangover 3
- Only God Forgives
- Iron Man 3
- The Grandmaster
! 43 Animated Film of the Year
! 1. Wolf Children
- Monsters University
- Frozen
- The Croods
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
- Gintama: The Movie: Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
- Saint Young Men
! 44 Television Show of the Year - Best
! 1. Breaking Bad
- Game of Thrones
- Orange is the New Black
- Broadchurch
- Arrested Development
- The Blacklist
- Parks and Recreation
- Doctor Who
- House of Cards
- Psych
! 45 Television Show of the Year - Worst
! 1. Family Guy
- Big Bang Theory
- How I met your mother
- Dads
- Doctor Who
- Dexter
- 2 Broke Girls
- Community (Season 4)
- Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
- Annoying Orange
! 46 Animated Show of the Year
! 1. Archer
- Gravity Falls
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Venture Brothers
- INFERNO COP
- Legend of Korra Season 2
- Futurama
- Adventure Time
- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
- Bob's Burgers
- Phineas and Ferb
- Regular Show
- Rick and Morty
- Beware the Batman
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199
! 47 Biggest News Story of the Year
! 1. Edward Snowden exposes top secret NSA documents.
- United States Government shuts down
- Typhoon Haiyan hits the Philippines
- The new pope is awesome
- Chelsea Manning comes out as herself, after being sentenced to 35 years in a men's prison without access to hormone therapy
- Dzhokhar Tsarnayev is captured alive
! 48 Lamest News Story of the Year
! 1. Miley Cyrus does things, trained seals in media spaz out
- U.K.'s vestigial organ gets a new member: Prince George Alexander Louis
- Beyonce's Publicist thinks he can order the internet around
- Ozzy Osborne on drugs; Sun to rise tomorrow.
! 49 Console Game of the Year
! 1. Pikmin 3
- Tomb Raider
- Super Mario 3D World
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- The Last of Us
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- Wonderful 101
- Rayman Legends
! 50 Handheld Game of the Year
! 1. Pokémon X/Y
- Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
- Fire Emblem Awakening
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf
- Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies
- Muramasa: Rebirth
- Rune Factory 4
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
- Donkey Kong Country Returns
! 51 PC Game of the Year
! 1. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
- Civilization V: Brave New World
- Dota 2
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Papers, Please
- Surgeon Simulator 2013
- Europa Universalis IV
! 52 Best Video or Series of Videos
! 1.
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