02-20-2017, 07:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-05-2017, 03:09 PM by SERIOUSLY THOUGH.)
And here we have it ! The list of illustrious nominees for the VG Facts Awards 2017 !
Something new for this year. Each nominee can give a wee statement about why you should vote for them. Nominees, please send them to me via PM so I can add them, and keep them short and sweet !
Voting will open on the 25th of February to give nominees a chance to make their statements.
In brackets, some of the comments made by nominators.
If you feel that you would be better represented by another link or picture or whatnot, don't hesitate to send me your preferred link so I can add it !
All nominees in alphabetical order.
Nominees with statements in the post at the bottom of page six !
Furo - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Kakariko Kid - LINK (I’d give it to Mr. Though, but it’s February) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retrolinkx - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Zpace Jockey - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Mass Distraction - LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Zpace Jockey - (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - (Warcraft) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Colossus - LINK (BarrelCat Gaming Podcast) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - LINK (Drawings) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hajime - LINK (Metal Logos) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Melcadrien - LINK (Pixel Art) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - LINK (Art) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retr0pia75 - LINK (Drawings) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BumbleBeeCody - (Fighting Games) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Mass Distraction - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - (For the many Barbie games and charity livestreams)[Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
AngelPixelNinja - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retr0pia75 - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Colossus - LINK (Huge gaming collection, multimedia setup and Megaman Helmet) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexdecimal - LINK LINK (Dem figures, doe) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - (As always) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - (For going back to dead threads and thanking damn near every post before reviving many of those threads) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
GameMaster1991 - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Dazz - (The Dazzler, the Razzler, the Jazz Crown Contender) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Petie - (He who holds the crown, master of all and servant of none) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
RetroLinkx - (Just generally a good member across the board) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - (Aww man keep that title!) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BarrelCat/Colossus - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool Puppers - LINK LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Dahlia/Hexadecimal - LINK LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Mara/SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Nola/BewareOfCuccos - LINK LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Berry - LINK (What is that ?) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Colossus - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Arjahn - LINK LINK (From nought to tasty in just one year ! Bossman.) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Colossus - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - LINK (For decasting) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
America - (Someone nominate the USA as a whole, I’ll accept it) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Arjahn - (For Skippy, the best boy) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - (Very much still) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - (Contracting the often deadly dengue fever, getting locked out on the top of his roof and having to climb down and breaking his arm in multiple places, knocking his elbow out of its socket, never meeting Raphael Correa) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - LINK (For whatever led up to that bathtub picture) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - LINK (The dude cut his own cast off with a hand saw and all has his fingers) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK (For fixing a cuckoo clock using a wrench, hammer, two paperclips and some tooth-floss) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - (Towards Hex) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Everyone - (Proving to Hex that she’s an amazing person) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - (With all the stuff going on with his niece, and for being all round the best father figure to his family and us all) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - LINK (Crank Dat Blueberry High) LINK (Crystal Ball) LINK (Dude on some Wonka-level trip) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - LINK (PuyoPuyo combo-dem) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - LINK (Assassinative escapades!) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - LINK LINK (This guy’s dream-memory game heavy) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Mass Distraction - LINK (Weird Dreams) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retrolinkx - LINK (Trump Headteacher) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Zpace Jockey - LINK (Y’all need Jesus) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - (More vents than an AC factory, also ulcertive colitis) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - (Vs colleagues, clients & family members) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retrolinkx - (For being angry that a new Vent Thread was created) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - (Who is forced to look at cleavage to find out a waiter’s name) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BumblebeeCody - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retrolinkx - The link I was given is incomplete, if anyone can find this ! (for that Garden Market kill AND quad posting) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - Venezuela Jones and the Raider of the Lost Threads [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Arjahn - (Joke-man) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - (Keeps pulling the disappearing prank on us!) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - LINK (For his attempt at making a GIF) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
GameMaster1991 - (AKA Bantersaurus Rex) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexdecimal - LINK (for posting so many funny animal gifs) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - (For being a great all-round jokester) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK (Because you can’t rule America from the Shadow Realm) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - (For sharing music no-one had ever heard of) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - (Going for quality over quantity) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
GameMaster1991 - (Gaming IRL music) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - (The best DJ of the forum) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - (Japanese Music Connoisseur) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Cosmyk - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Furo - LINK (Gets me everytime) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Kakariko Kid - LINK (I’m not biased) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK (I’m also not biased) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Mass Distraction - (Resident Evil) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - (Fighting Games, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - “DYKG Forum's Original Grandma” (It just works) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Boyobmas - “Just sort of here...” [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - “Butterfly Whisperer” (It’s true, this guy is IRL Gandalf) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - “Atomic Bovine Covenant. It’s easy as 123!” (I don't know what an Atomic Bovine Covenant is, but everyone loves little Michael Jackson) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - “Play to win... and for fun, too!” [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - LINK LINK (You arrrr best dressed) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK LINK LINK (Every day) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
A Zombie Riot - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Beardy - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Boyobmas - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Cuccos - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Nuudoru - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Petie - (Where you at bro?) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Arjahn - LINK (Dat ID Picture) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - LINK LINK (YARRRR) LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - LINK (Turns out he also works for the Canadian Parliament) LINK (Ghostbusters !) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - LINK (The man nothing can kill) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - LINK Disney Princess Status : Confirmed. [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - LINK LINK LINK (SERIOUSLY, this guy knows how to live his life) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK (Went into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex) LINK (Mountain Scenery) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
TigerLily - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retrolinkx - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Arjahn - “Best at non-consecutive kidnappings” [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BumbleBeeCody - (Best submission idea for VGFacts submit your category for the awards-award) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Something new for this year. Each nominee can give a wee statement about why you should vote for them. Nominees, please send them to me via PM so I can add them, and keep them short and sweet !
Voting will open on the 25th of February to give nominees a chance to make their statements.
In brackets, some of the comments made by nominators.
If you feel that you would be better represented by another link or picture or whatnot, don't hesitate to send me your preferred link so I can add it !
All nominees in alphabetical order.
Nominees with statements in the post at the bottom of page six !
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SpoilerMost Majestic Avatar
Who will be crowned “Yo majesty” of the Avatar world ?
Furo - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Kakariko Kid - LINK (I’d give it to Mr. Though, but it’s February) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retrolinkx - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Zpace Jockey - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Trivia Submission
Pretty Self Explanatory
Mass Distraction - LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Zpace Jockey - (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - (Warcraft) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Original Content Maker
Who has the most OG OC ?
Colossus - LINK (BarrelCat Gaming Podcast) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - LINK (Drawings) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hajime - LINK (Metal Logos) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Melcadrien - LINK (Pixel Art) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - LINK (Art) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retr0pia75 - LINK (Drawings) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Gamecaster
Who has brought the finest in gaming multimedia straight to your screen?
BumbleBeeCody - (Fighting Games) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Mass Distraction - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - (For the many Barbie games and charity livestreams)[Nominee’s Statement : ]
Newscaster
Which user made you learn about what’s been going on in the world ?
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Newcomer
Who has made the biggest entrée into our fold since the last VGFA ?
AngelPixelNinja - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retr0pia75 - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Showcaser
Which person has shown us the best collection ?
Colossus - LINK (Huge gaming collection, multimedia setup and Megaman Helmet) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexdecimal - LINK LINK (Dem figures, doe) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Most Generous
To the person for whom thanking is an altruistic compulsion.
PsychoSpaceCow - (As always) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - (For going back to dead threads and thanking damn near every post before reviving many of those threads) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Gamemaster's Award Get Some Sleep, Man
The Man, The Legend, The Insomnia
GameMaster1991 - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
King of the Forums
Will someone dethrone Petie ? (They better not... -Petie)
Dazz - (The Dazzler, the Razzler, the Jazz Crown Contender) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Petie - (He who holds the crown, master of all and servant of none) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
RetroLinkx - (Just generally a good member across the board) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Lord of the Forums
Will someone overthrow SERIOUSLY ? (I should reclaim my original title. I could totally be both. -Petie)
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - (Aww man keep that title!) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Pet Pic
In Memory of Skippy, the Goodest Boy, never forgotten.
BarrelCat/Colossus - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool Puppers - LINK LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Dahlia/Hexadecimal - LINK LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Mara/SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Nola/BewareOfCuccos - LINK LINK LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Weirdest Avatar
Who has the most bizarre avatarre ?
Berry - LINK (What is that ?) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Colossus - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Day of 2016
Who beat 2016 at its own game and actually had a good day?
Arjahn - LINK LINK (From nought to tasty in just one year ! Bossman.) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Colossus - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - LINK (For decasting) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Worst luck of 2016
Will CLX be lucky enough to make it two for two ?
America - (Someone nominate the USA as a whole, I’ll accept it) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Arjahn - (For Skippy, the best boy) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - (Very much still) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - (Contracting the often deadly dengue fever, getting locked out on the top of his roof and having to climb down and breaking his arm in multiple places, knocking his elbow out of its socket, never meeting Raphael Correa) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Manliest Day
Which guy or gal has out-testosteroned us with their sheer display of unbridled virility ?
BewareOfCuccos - LINK (For whatever led up to that bathtub picture) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - LINK (The dude cut his own cast off with a hand saw and all has his fingers) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK (For fixing a cuckoo clock using a wrench, hammer, two paperclips and some tooth-floss) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Humanitarian Award
To someone who has been thoughtful to another who was having trouble
BewareOfCuccos - (Towards Hex) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Everyone - (Proving to Hex that she’s an amazing person) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - (With all the stuff going on with his niece, and for being all round the best father figure to his family and us all) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Dream
Whose night-time wanderings made you think “somn-yum”
CLXCool - LINK (Crank Dat Blueberry High) LINK (Crystal Ball) LINK (Dude on some Wonka-level trip) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - LINK (PuyoPuyo combo-dem) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - LINK (Assassinative escapades!) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - LINK LINK (This guy’s dream-memory game heavy) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Mass Distraction - LINK (Weird Dreams) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retrolinkx - LINK (Trump Headteacher) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Zpace Jockey - LINK (Y’all need Jesus) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Blowing Some Steam OR A Series of Unfortunate Vents
Best vent !
CLXCool - (More vents than an AC factory, also ulcertive colitis) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - (Vs colleagues, clients & family members) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Retrolinkx - (For being angry that a new Vent Thread was created) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - (Who is forced to look at cleavage to find out a waiter’s name) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Moderator Award
Hey, they need love too
BumblebeeCody - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
The "Get Wrecked" Award: If you ever had a bad-ass moment in gaming
Who scored a triple, or screamed the loudest for their mom to get the camera ?
Retrolinkx - The link I was given is incomplete, if anyone can find this ! (for that Garden Market kill AND quad posting) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
The Archaeologist
For the user who delves into the past and revives long-forgotten threads
ZpaceJockey - Venezuela Jones and the Raider of the Lost Threads [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Jokester Award
The person who makes us often laugh, with jokes or pictures or just through their posts :)
Arjahn - (Joke-man) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - (Keeps pulling the disappearing prank on us!) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - LINK (For his attempt at making a GIF) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
GameMaster1991 - (AKA Bantersaurus Rex) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexdecimal - LINK (for posting so many funny animal gifs) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - (For being a great all-round jokester) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK (Because you can’t rule America from the Shadow Realm) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Kick Out The Jams
Best Additions to the Music Thread
CLXCool - (For sharing music no-one had ever heard of) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - (Going for quality over quantity) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
GameMaster1991 - (Gaming IRL music) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - (The best DJ of the forum) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - (Japanese Music Connoisseur) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Mustache
I just had mine professionally trimmed. Is it wrong to be this vain and try to get an award for it? Of course it's wrong, but we're all imperfect so just try and stop me
CLXCool - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Cosmyk - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best signature
Who will be our very own Sig-mund Freud ?
Furo - LINK (Gets me everytime) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Kakariko Kid - LINK (I’m not biased) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK (I’m also not biased) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Biggest fanboy/fangirl/fanzir
Who loves a certain game or series more than Kel loves orange soda ?
Mass Distraction - (Resident Evil) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - (Fighting Games, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best User Title
You know, that thing below your username
BewareOfCuccos - “DYKG Forum's Original Grandma” (It just works) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Boyobmas - “Just sort of here...” [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - “Butterfly Whisperer” (It’s true, this guy is IRL Gandalf) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
PsychoSpaceCow - “Atomic Bovine Covenant. It’s easy as 123!” (I don't know what an Atomic Bovine Covenant is, but everyone loves little Michael Jackson) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - “Play to win... and for fun, too!” [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Dressed
Who is the snappiest, the dapper-chap or the elegant damsel of the forum ?
BewareOfCuccos - LINK LINK (You arrrr best dressed) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK LINK LINK (Every day) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Guy Who Barely Posts Anything
Who is more quality than quantity
A Zombie Riot - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Beardy - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Boyobmas - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Cuccos - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Nuudoru - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Petie - (Where you at bro?) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best Picture
Who snapped a Pulitzer-worthy photograph this year ?
Arjahn - LINK (Dat ID Picture) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BewareOfCuccos - LINK LINK (YARRRR) LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CLXCool - LINK (Turns out he also works for the Canadian Parliament) LINK (Ghostbusters !) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
CosmykTheDolphyn - LINK (The man nothing can kill) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Hexadecimal - LINK Disney Princess Status : Confirmed. [Nominee’s Statement : ]
KakarikoKid - LINK LINK LINK (SERIOUSLY, this guy knows how to live his life) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - LINK (Went into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex) LINK (Mountain Scenery) [Nominee’s Statement : ]
TigerLily - LINK [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best name under Retrolinkx
I have no bloody clue what this even means
Retrolinkx - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
ZpaceJockey - [Nominee’s Statement : ]
Best submission idea for VGFacts submit your category for the awards-award
This is so dumb, but I’m keeping it. Who submitted the best category ?
Arjahn - “Best at non-consecutive kidnappings” [Nominee’s Statement : ]
BumbleBeeCody - (Best submission idea for VGFacts submit your category for the awards-award) [Nominee’s Statement : ]