The 2013 Forumshire Awards

Well I am going to put up the offical voting list tomorrow for the Forum Awards.

Eldo was supposed to be doing the CC categories for tomorrow, but he seems to be shirking! (Probably gone and got himself one of those real life things I keep hearing about or some other equally suspicious young person behaviour   )
So voting on that might be later.


For all those new to the Awards voting its very simple.

I will put up a list of the categories and nominees in each.

Along with a list of just each category. Copy that paste it into notepad or a prog of your choice and put beneath each one your chosen person.

When you have selected someone for each category copy that and paste into a pm to me.
When the 7 day voting period is over I will count all the votes and the winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony.

Eldo was supposed to be doing the CC categories for tomorrow, but he seems to be shirking!

If that's short for 'Shire King' then he has the right not to be doing something.

Along with a list of just each category. Copy that paste it into notepad or a prog of your choice and put beneath each one your chosen person.

I don't understand all your words. Notepad? Prog[ram?] of my choice? I'll be sending my votes by raven thank you, and if they never arrive don't be surprised.

For me a 'program' is a show on the Television. Or something. My notepad has paper in it, and can hardly be seen from Scotland, even on a clear day. Put me down for choice 'b' in all categories. That seems the right thing to do in this case.

Oh yes, almost forgot: just make sure choice 'b' is always someone [you think] I would vote for. That will save wear and tear on my ravens.

Oh wait. I didn't read all of it. LOL.

I thought there was some special way for you to read it in a 'program'... ahem, but we get to pm it to you.

Never mind. I must be close to a behorsing today. Or drunk. Sorry.

 Oh my  

Working on a draft of the CC Awards, but the problem is that while it has grown considerably over the past year, the section that has grown the most is the Unfinished Tales.  Due to length I've split that section from last year in two based on how recently they were updated.

Also, last year I proposed having more specific awards like Best Plot, Characterization, or Setting, but I didn't get the sense that people were very interested in that.  We can try to do that this year if people want though.

ONGOING SERIALS
The Needlehole Mysteries - Eldorion
TNM Fanfic - Amarie & Norc
Agent Nora tales - Mrs Figg
Wholesome Tales - Orwell

UNFINISHED TALES - STALLED
Isolation - Kafria
The Block (thread titled "A small offering") - Kafria
The Little People - Orwell
Percy and the Sword in the Stone - Mrs Figg
Halfy Doo Where Are You? - Petty
The Time Lord and me - Mrs Figg
The Magical Not That Far Away Tree - Orwell
The Brendon Chronicles - Tinuviel
Hannah and Ethel - Norc
My Horrible Adventure - Mrs Figg
The Thousand Isles - Orwell
Clarabell Cratchetty and the Faberge Egg of Doom - Mrs Figg

UNFINISHED TALES - IN PROGRESS
MacPetty: The Scottish Play - Petty
The Great Forumshire Story - Lancebloke
The Bandersnatchers - Live - Amarie
An Unexpected Journey as seen by Petty Tyrant
How The Peej Stole The Hobbit - Bungo
The Hobwit - Orwell
Movember - Norc
Amarie's Adventures in Forumland - Orwell
Peeder Jigson and the Arkenstone of Doom - Mrs Figg

COMPLETE STORIES
Circle of Stone - Petty
The Secretive Seven - Orwell
The Pilgrim Mothers - Orwell
A Midsummer Nights Dream (in Forumshire) - Petty
Thuglyffe - Orwell
The Firefox - Orwell
A Christmas Carol, starring Peter Jackson - Tinuviel

BEST AUTHOR
Amarie
Bungo
Eldorion
Kafria
Lance
Mrs Figg
Norc
Orwell
Petty
Tinuviel

BEST USE OF IMAGES/VIDEO
Amarie
Bluebottle
Bungo
Dave
Mrs Figg
Norc
Orwell
Petty

best plot twist perhaps


also.. can u perhaps link it <3 please

I'm not making two dozen links, sorry. You can find any one of those by using the forum search tool or a Google site search.

Thanks for putting the time in Eldo, its appreciated.

"best plot twist perhaps "- Norc

To specific I think- I mean who is going to go through every story looking for all the plot twists to nominate- it would take forever.

Nor do I think there is much point in Best Drama or Best Comedy as most stories would fit into the comedy category.

So I'm happy with how you've laid it out Eldo. But of course tweaks and further helpful suggestions from everyone else are welcome.

Percy and the Sword in the Stone, I had forgotten about that. I enjoyed writing that.   
I think I enjoyed writing that most after Haddon Hall with Turembar.  

Naah, it was just an idea  but i like the list and i appreciate the time u spent putting it together  i can put up the links

If you could put up the links Norc that would great. Thanks.

Hm, what happened to the music category?  

Great work though Eldo.  

Good point Blue. ELDO!!!   

I'm supposed to be on a leave of absence from the forum, remember?

And I don't follow the music threads closely enough so someone else will have to gather those nominees.

ONGOING SERIALS
The Needlehole Mysteries - Eldorion
TNM Fanfic - Amarië & Norc {{is this short for "the needlehole mysteries"?}}
 - Work a Hobbit
 - Fjordian Fest

Agent Nora tales - Mrs Figg {{which bloody one?!}}
Wholesome Tales - Orwell {{again, which one? all of them?}}


in all seriousness, this is A LOT of stories, how about we pick one? preferably from the year 2013?





UNFINISHED TALES - STALLED
Isolation - Kafria
The Block - Kafria
The Litte People - Orwell
Percy and the Sword in the Stone - Mrs Figg
Halfy Doo Where Are You? - Petty
The Time Lord and me - Mrs Figg
The Magical Not That Far Away Tree - Orwell
The Brendon Chronicles - Tinuviel
Hannah and Ethel - Norc
My Horrible Adventure - Mrs Figg
The Thousand Isles- Orwell
Clarabell Cratchety and the Faberge Egg of Doom - Mrs Figg

this is ALOT of stories, i suggest we pick a few.. {{{ we should have had a jury... well... it's too late now..}}}

UNFINISHED TALES - IN PROGRESS
MacPetty: The Scottish Play - Petty
The Great Forumshire Story- Lancebloke
The Bandersnatchers - Live- Amarië
An Unexpected Journey as seen by Petty Tyrant - Petty 
How The Peej Stole The Hobbit- Bungo
The Hobwit - Orwell
Movember - Norc
Amarië's Adventures in Forumland - Orwell
Peeder Jigson and the Arkenstone of Doom - Mrs Figg

COMPLETE STORIES
Circle of Stone - Petty
The Secretive Seven - Orwell {{what happened to the fantabolous five?}}
The Pilgrim Mothers - Orwell
A Midsummer Nights Dream (in Forumshire) - Petty
Thuglyffe - Orwell
The Firefox - Orwell
A Christmas Carol, starring Peter Jackson as Ebenezer Scrooge - Tinuviel

BEST AUTHOR
Amarië
Bungo
Eldorion
Kafria
Lance
Mrs Figg
Norc
Orwell
Petty
Tinuviel

BEST USE OF IMAGES/VIDEO {{what? define this category? is like the best use of gif? or illustrations/songs that accompany the stories?}}
Amarië
Bluebottle
Bungo
Dave
Mrs Figg
Norc
Orwell
Petty


btw. there are so many stories and nominees that i think we're gonna have lots of ties...or not

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Good point Blue. ELDO!!!   

jeesus, do u think he has nothing better to do? besides, he's not that much in the music category either, i suggest Blue. anyway, what would the category be there? best song that we wound on youtube?

This was what people suggested earlier.

Mrs Figg wrote:

2) peoples music

Orwells mobile songs - Orwell

Bungos music thread - Bungo

Lances music videos - Lance

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Good start Mrs Figg- I think Blue should be in the music category too and Norc has put up stuff of her playing too.

Though I don't relly know if I warrant an inclusion myself as I haven't shared anything.

Well, maybe tommorow.   

how can  u nominate a whole thread

Nice work on the links, Norc. :)The categories are mostly copied from last year so for discussion of them you'll have to peruse the 2012 awards discussion thread.

Norc wrote:{{is this short for "the needlehole mysteries"?}}

Yep, I've been using the TNM abbreviation for Needlehole.

{{which bloody one?!}}
{{again, which one? all of them?}}

in all seriousness, this is A LOT of stories, how about we pick one? preferably from the year 2013?

They're serials, so by their nature it is all of the stories as a collective whole (or at least, all those written in 2013) that are included in this category

this is ALOT of stories, i suggest we pick a few.. {{{ we should have had a jury... well... it's too late now..}}}

btw. there are so many stories and nominees that i think we're gonna have lots of ties...or not

I already excluded several stories that were abandoned very early on, several poetry threads, and the "Council of Odo" type threads to try to keep the list shorter than it could have been. :PI agree it's a bit much, but we've had some really lengthy lists of nominees in certain categories in previous years and it's worked out (more or less).

{{what? define this category? is like the best use of gif? or illustrations/songs that accompany the stories?}}

No idea.  The category last year was titled simply "Best graphic/illustration".  I tried to include everyone I could think of who posted images a bunch, but it could be subdivided into drawings, GIFs, memes, videos, etc. I don't think there would be enough nominees in each category if we did that, though.

Not sure. It's the people who have contributed something I guess.   

I see the illustrations category is missing as well.

Illustrations is lumped into the images/videos category. I just edited something about that into my previous post.

i still think that the wholesome tales are a waaaaaaay too big a series to just slump there.. and they're not a series in the same way that needlehole is.. i dunno, anyone els have any thoughts on this?

yeah, the problem for me isn't that there are many, it's just that there are few people voting.. which well... it'll be like one vote for each, and that ain't fair.. it'll be like the pirate-king election in POTC.

I don't think its been a rule before, but should we say no voting for yourself this year?

Oh, I see Eldo.   

I certainly wasn't postioning any blame. Just bringing up categories a few people have mentioned that I didn't see.

Norc wrote:yeah, the problem for me isn't that there are many, it's just that there are few people voting.. which well... it'll be like one vote for each, and that ain't fair.. it'll be like the pirate-king election in POTC.

As a general rule I don't vote for myself in the Awards and I would expect several others don't either.  Plus the number of people who post regularly in the Creative Corner is only a fraction of the active members we have in general.

I could see maybe limiting it to a maximum of two or three stories per author in each category though, just so the list isn't quite as dominated by Petty, Orwell, and Figgs.  Maybe ask the authors to pick their favorite stories that they want nominated?

NB Love the POTC reference.