<![CDATA[VGFacts - Archived Discussions]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:33:23 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Humanitarian and Personal Problem Solver are the same thing]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-4156.html Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:26:46 +0000 ZpaceJ0ck0]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-4156.html <![CDATA[VGFacts Awards 2018!]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-4119.html Sun, 18 Mar 2018 17:05:07 +0000 Kakariko Kid]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-4119.html VGFacts Awards 2018!

Have you ever dreamed of receiving an Oscar, Emmy, Heisman trophy, Stanley Cup, Pulitzer, or Nobel Prize? 
This is better! There's no monetary value and worldwide fame is not included! 

Have you seen a trivia that you find very interesting and it stands out among others? Has someone posted about a day that went so well that Ice Cube would be jealous? Here's your chance to nominate and vote.


Although we're 2 months behind last year's schedule, I don't want to rush it (plus we all have classes, work, adulting, etc):

March 18th to April 1st
Submit and debate ideas for awards categories
Submit your ideas publically on this thread

April 1st to April 15th
Submit your nominees for the selected categories
Submit your nominations, as well as your reasons why, to me via Private Message

April 15th to April 29th
Vote for your favourite choice
Voting is done by sending me your choices via Private Mesage


Like the previous 2 years, voting will follow the preferential ballot system, which I will explain below in the spoiler-tags.

[spoiler]
So how does preferential ballot work ?
Essentially, when you cast your vote, you put the candidates in your order of preference. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person with the least vote is eliminated, and their second choice gets their vote. If someone, with these new votes, now gets over 50% of votes, we have a winner. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person who now has the fewest votes gets eliminated and their vote is shares among the remaining candidates.

Quick example
Candidates A, B and C want to win.

Ballot 1 votes for B, then A, then C.
Ballot 2 votes for B, then C, then A.
Ballot 3 votes for A, then B, then C.
Ballot 4 votes for C, then B, then A.
Ballot 5 votes for A, then B, then C.

So that's two votes for B, two for A, one for C. No-one has over half of the votes.
As the candidate with the fewest votes, C is eliminated. The second choice therefore gets his vote. The second choice is B, so the vote goes to him/her/zir.
Now we have three votes for B, and two for A. B now has over 50% of the votes, and wins.

Here's a link to an Aussie way of explaining it - http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-...lained.gif
Or some help from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-ru...ng#Process
[/spoiler]

All votes received and any other related data will be shared with two other members of the forum for cross-examination.


Have fun!

Discaimer: I did not copy and paste Seriously Though's post from last year and change words. No shame in what I didn't do.


Here is the updated list of nominees! 

Best Trivia Submission [Pretty self explanatory] - 
CLXcool (posting animation related gaming trivia(e.g Cuphead, Disney licensed games etc))
Psychospacecow
Mass Distraction
ZpaceJ0ck0 (Street Fighter: The Movie), ([/url]https://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/11930/), (https://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/11884/), (https://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/11987/), (Art of Fighting 2)

Best original content maker [Anyone make some good music or photography, or some art you particularly enjoyed?] - 
Hexadecimal (Really enjoyed her art especially for someone who doesn't draw much and it's been improving)
Psychospacecow
CLXcool
tatochypz (for his dope doodles)
Arjahn (for that breathtaking short film about a UFO Taking a dump)
SERIOUSLY THOUGH (for more interactive adventure goodies) 

Newscaster [The person who keeps us abreast of world affairs, or gaming news] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0
Psychospacecow

Best Newcomer [Best person to have joined since VGFA 2017] - 
Antagonist (comebacks count in my miiiiind)

Showcaser [Who has the damn best collection !] -
Hexadecimal
Vipershark

Best picture [Who snapped a Pulitzer-worthy photograph this year ?] - 
Arjahn (cuz he took more photos this year than he has in the previous ~20)
SERIOUSLY THOUGH (for the rollercoaster of emotions)

Most Generous [For the person for whom thanking is an altruistic compulsion] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0
Psychospacecow

Gamemaster's Award Get Some Sleep, Man [For the longest time spent online] - 
Gamemaster1991 ! Even if he's hardly ever around.
ZpaceJ0ck0

King of the Forums [I can't remember if SERIOUSLY THOUGH or Petie wears the imaginary crown, and at this point I'm afraid to ask] -
Petie
SERIOUSLY THOUGH
Arjahn (for the dethrone points),
Psychospacecow (he holds this sh!+ together)
Kakariko Kid

Lord of the Forums [The never-ending battle between SERIOUSLY THOUGH and Petie. Who will be victorious?]
Petie
SERIOUSLY THOUGH
tatochypz (because Arjahn wants to see what this kind of immense power will do to him)

Best pet pic [For that really good shot of your moggie, doggo or guino...piggo ?] -
CLXcool
GameMaster1991's new puppy

Weirdest Avatar [Who has the most bizarre avatar ?] -
Furo (that's my spirit animal tbh)
Colossus (for the eternal Christmas Melons),
ZpaceJ0ck0
Arjahn (It's pretty freaky)

Most Majestic Avatar [uhhhh, this is how it was submitted so new category I guess?] - 
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - Obvious Reasons
Petie - Trigun is pretty great, and I love it
Hexadecimal - She changes it a lot of the time, but it's usually something great. I like her current one.
Mass Distraction - I don't even know what it is, but it's pretty rad.

Best day of 2017 [Who has had the best day since last year (probably in the anti-vent thread)] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0
Arjahn (because he was happy this year)
CLXCool (That guy seems to have a lot of trouble in his life, but whenever I see something good happen to him it brings a smile to my face)

Worst luck of 2017 
Colossus (That Gamestop rant angers me, and it's pretty bad luck)
CLXcool

Manliest Day - 
Kakariko Kid

Humanitarian Award [To someone who has been thoughtful to another who was having trouble] - 
The whole bloody forum
Kakariko Kid

Best Dream [Whose night-time wanderings made you think “somn-yum”] -
ZpaceJ0ck0 = Hong Kong shenanigans (hot sauce), Galactus the whale eater (yum!), "one of our menbers have passed away" (rip), sleep paralysis (NOPE!), 
Arjahn for his Sleep Paralysis adventures.

Blowing Some Steam OR A Series of Unfortunate Vents [Best vent !] -  
Colossus - [url=https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/post-75039.html#pid75039]https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/post-75039.html#pid75039

The Archaeologist (Monster Reborn Award) [For the user who delves into the past and revives long-forgotten threads] -  
Zpacej0ck0

Best Moderator Award: Hey, they need love too. [Who doesn’t want to get banned ?] - 
Kakariko Kid
SERIOUSLY THOUGH
BumblebeeCody

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 ?] - 
Kakariko Kid's younger daughter (for getting that Winner Winner Chicken Dinner before him)
Arjahn (for the spider lady Deus Ex glitch and that Pharah dunk)

Jokester Award [The person who makes us often laugh, with jokes or pictures or just through their posts :)] -ZpaceJ0ck0 
Arjahn
SERIOUSLY THOUGH
Psychospacecow
BumblebeeCody
Kakariko Kid

Kick Out The Jams [Best Additions to the Music Thread] - 
CLXcool

Best signature [Self-explanatory] - 
Arjahn
Psychospacecow
Furo - Love me some Metal Slug
Hexadecimal - She changes it a lot, but I really do enjoy the signatures

Biggest fanboy/fangirl/fanzir [Who loves a certain game or series more than Kel loves orange soda?] -ZpaceJ0ck0
CLXcool (over the reveal of Crash Bandicoot's comeback)
Hexadecimal (She's always going on about something, and I love it)

Best user title [You know, that thing below your username] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0 (Doesn't Eat Anything Composed Of Atoms)
Psychospacecow
Arjahn
MassDistraction

Best Dressed [Who is the snappiest, the dapper-chap or the elegant damsel of the forum] - 
CLXcool (funeral duds)
SERIOUSLY THOUGH

Best Guy Who Barely Posts Anything [Who is more quality than quantity] - 
Beware of Cuccos
Arjahn (I find his few posts to be of quality)
Bumblebeecody
A Zombie Riot (he's banned, so...)

Best Non-Gaming Trivia [Usually found in the General Did You Know thread] = 
ZpaceJ0ck0. Diesel: the JoJo ripoff by Antartic Press (https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-38...l#pid70007), The Kamehameha wasn't named after the Hawaiian king (https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-38...l#pid72617), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is named after a song from The Beatles... or is it? (https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-38...l#pid71420), Daryl Davis: the man who negotiated with the KKK (LINK), the richest man in history (https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-38...l#pid70140), the iconic Predator was going to look a lot different (LINK), Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power! (LINK), the shortest lived presidency (LINK) .

Best History Behind a Username [We all have a reason for having a name. Which one do you find most entertaining or interesting?] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0 (LINK)

Remember, we are again using the Preferential Ballot System, so you'll be voting on your preference of all nominees from favorite to least in each category . For example, if you voted for your favorite Presidents:
1. Barack Obama
2. Donald Trump
3. Richard Nixon
4. ClaudX
5. Hillary Clinton
6. Bernie Sanders]]> VGFacts Awards 2018!

Have you ever dreamed of receiving an Oscar, Emmy, Heisman trophy, Stanley Cup, Pulitzer, or Nobel Prize? 
This is better! There's no monetary value and worldwide fame is not included! 

Have you seen a trivia that you find very interesting and it stands out among others? Has someone posted about a day that went so well that Ice Cube would be jealous? Here's your chance to nominate and vote.


Although we're 2 months behind last year's schedule, I don't want to rush it (plus we all have classes, work, adulting, etc):

March 18th to April 1st
Submit and debate ideas for awards categories
Submit your ideas publically on this thread

April 1st to April 15th
Submit your nominees for the selected categories
Submit your nominations, as well as your reasons why, to me via Private Message

April 15th to April 29th
Vote for your favourite choice
Voting is done by sending me your choices via Private Mesage


Like the previous 2 years, voting will follow the preferential ballot system, which I will explain below in the spoiler-tags.

[spoiler]
So how does preferential ballot work ?
Essentially, when you cast your vote, you put the candidates in your order of preference. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person with the least vote is eliminated, and their second choice gets their vote. If someone, with these new votes, now gets over 50% of votes, we have a winner. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person who now has the fewest votes gets eliminated and their vote is shares among the remaining candidates.

Quick example
Candidates A, B and C want to win.

Ballot 1 votes for B, then A, then C.
Ballot 2 votes for B, then C, then A.
Ballot 3 votes for A, then B, then C.
Ballot 4 votes for C, then B, then A.
Ballot 5 votes for A, then B, then C.

So that's two votes for B, two for A, one for C. No-one has over half of the votes.
As the candidate with the fewest votes, C is eliminated. The second choice therefore gets his vote. The second choice is B, so the vote goes to him/her/zir.
Now we have three votes for B, and two for A. B now has over 50% of the votes, and wins.

Here's a link to an Aussie way of explaining it - http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-...lained.gif
Or some help from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-ru...ng#Process
[/spoiler]

All votes received and any other related data will be shared with two other members of the forum for cross-examination.


Have fun!

Discaimer: I did not copy and paste Seriously Though's post from last year and change words. No shame in what I didn't do.


Here is the updated list of nominees! 

Best Trivia Submission [Pretty self explanatory] - 
CLXcool (posting animation related gaming trivia(e.g Cuphead, Disney licensed games etc))
Psychospacecow
Mass Distraction
ZpaceJ0ck0 (Street Fighter: The Movie), ([/url]https://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/11930/), (https://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/11884/), (https://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/11987/), (Art of Fighting 2)

Best original content maker [Anyone make some good music or photography, or some art you particularly enjoyed?] - 
Hexadecimal (Really enjoyed her art especially for someone who doesn't draw much and it's been improving)
Psychospacecow
CLXcool
tatochypz (for his dope doodles)
Arjahn (for that breathtaking short film about a UFO Taking a dump)
SERIOUSLY THOUGH (for more interactive adventure goodies) 

Newscaster [The person who keeps us abreast of world affairs, or gaming news] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0
Psychospacecow

Best Newcomer [Best person to have joined since VGFA 2017] - 
Antagonist (comebacks count in my miiiiind)

Showcaser [Who has the damn best collection !] -
Hexadecimal
Vipershark

Best picture [Who snapped a Pulitzer-worthy photograph this year ?] - 
Arjahn (cuz he took more photos this year than he has in the previous ~20)
SERIOUSLY THOUGH (for the rollercoaster of emotions)

Most Generous [For the person for whom thanking is an altruistic compulsion] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0
Psychospacecow

Gamemaster's Award Get Some Sleep, Man [For the longest time spent online] - 
Gamemaster1991 ! Even if he's hardly ever around.
ZpaceJ0ck0

King of the Forums [I can't remember if SERIOUSLY THOUGH or Petie wears the imaginary crown, and at this point I'm afraid to ask] -
Petie
SERIOUSLY THOUGH
Arjahn (for the dethrone points),
Psychospacecow (he holds this sh!+ together)
Kakariko Kid

Lord of the Forums [The never-ending battle between SERIOUSLY THOUGH and Petie. Who will be victorious?]
Petie
SERIOUSLY THOUGH
tatochypz (because Arjahn wants to see what this kind of immense power will do to him)

Best pet pic [For that really good shot of your moggie, doggo or guino...piggo ?] -
CLXcool
GameMaster1991's new puppy

Weirdest Avatar [Who has the most bizarre avatar ?] -
Furo (that's my spirit animal tbh)
Colossus (for the eternal Christmas Melons),
ZpaceJ0ck0
Arjahn (It's pretty freaky)

Most Majestic Avatar [uhhhh, this is how it was submitted so new category I guess?] - 
SERIOUSLY THOUGH - Obvious Reasons
Petie - Trigun is pretty great, and I love it
Hexadecimal - She changes it a lot of the time, but it's usually something great. I like her current one.
Mass Distraction - I don't even know what it is, but it's pretty rad.

Best day of 2017 [Who has had the best day since last year (probably in the anti-vent thread)] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0
Arjahn (because he was happy this year)
CLXCool (That guy seems to have a lot of trouble in his life, but whenever I see something good happen to him it brings a smile to my face)

Worst luck of 2017 
Colossus (That Gamestop rant angers me, and it's pretty bad luck)
CLXcool

Manliest Day - 
Kakariko Kid

Humanitarian Award [To someone who has been thoughtful to another who was having trouble] - 
The whole bloody forum
Kakariko Kid

Best Dream [Whose night-time wanderings made you think “somn-yum”] -
ZpaceJ0ck0 = Hong Kong shenanigans (hot sauce), Galactus the whale eater (yum!), "one of our menbers have passed away" (rip), sleep paralysis (NOPE!), 
Arjahn for his Sleep Paralysis adventures.

Blowing Some Steam OR A Series of Unfortunate Vents [Best vent !] -  
Colossus - [url=https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/post-75039.html#pid75039]https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/post-75039.html#pid75039

The Archaeologist (Monster Reborn Award) [For the user who delves into the past and revives long-forgotten threads] -  
Zpacej0ck0

Best Moderator Award: Hey, they need love too. [Who doesn’t want to get banned ?] - 
Kakariko Kid
SERIOUSLY THOUGH
BumblebeeCody

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 ?] - 
Kakariko Kid's younger daughter (for getting that Winner Winner Chicken Dinner before him)
Arjahn (for the spider lady Deus Ex glitch and that Pharah dunk)

Jokester Award [The person who makes us often laugh, with jokes or pictures or just through their posts :)] -ZpaceJ0ck0 
Arjahn
SERIOUSLY THOUGH
Psychospacecow
BumblebeeCody
Kakariko Kid

Kick Out The Jams [Best Additions to the Music Thread] - 
CLXcool

Best signature [Self-explanatory] - 
Arjahn
Psychospacecow
Furo - Love me some Metal Slug
Hexadecimal - She changes it a lot, but I really do enjoy the signatures

Biggest fanboy/fangirl/fanzir [Who loves a certain game or series more than Kel loves orange soda?] -ZpaceJ0ck0
CLXcool (over the reveal of Crash Bandicoot's comeback)
Hexadecimal (She's always going on about something, and I love it)

Best user title [You know, that thing below your username] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0 (Doesn't Eat Anything Composed Of Atoms)
Psychospacecow
Arjahn
MassDistraction

Best Dressed [Who is the snappiest, the dapper-chap or the elegant damsel of the forum] - 
CLXcool (funeral duds)
SERIOUSLY THOUGH

Best Guy Who Barely Posts Anything [Who is more quality than quantity] - 
Beware of Cuccos
Arjahn (I find his few posts to be of quality)
Bumblebeecody
A Zombie Riot (he's banned, so...)

Best Non-Gaming Trivia [Usually found in the General Did You Know thread] = 
ZpaceJ0ck0. Diesel: the JoJo ripoff by Antartic Press (https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-38...l#pid70007), The Kamehameha wasn't named after the Hawaiian king (https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-38...l#pid72617), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is named after a song from The Beatles... or is it? (https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-38...l#pid71420), Daryl Davis: the man who negotiated with the KKK (LINK), the richest man in history (https://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-38...l#pid70140), the iconic Predator was going to look a lot different (LINK), Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power! (LINK), the shortest lived presidency (LINK) .

Best History Behind a Username [We all have a reason for having a name. Which one do you find most entertaining or interesting?] - 
ZpaceJ0ck0 (LINK)

Remember, we are again using the Preferential Ballot System, so you'll be voting on your preference of all nominees from favorite to least in each category . For example, if you voted for your favorite Presidents:
1. Barack Obama
2. Donald Trump
3. Richard Nixon
4. ClaudX
5. Hillary Clinton
6. Bernie Sanders]]> <![CDATA[[2017]Worst Luck and Blowing some steam are the same thing.]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3774.html Mon, 13 Feb 2017 04:57:51 +0000 Psychospacecow]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3774.html <![CDATA[[2017]Showcaser, Big Spender, Treasure Seeker have big overlap.]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3773.html Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:00:33 +0000 Psychospacecow]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3773.html <![CDATA[[2017]Do we really want to enourage thread derailment?]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3772.html Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:59:44 +0000 Psychospacecow]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3772.html <![CDATA[[2017] Never 5get and Best Guy Who Barely Posts Anything]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3771.html Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:31:10 +0000 Psychospacecow]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3771.html <![CDATA[[2017]Aren't Newscaster and Best Announcement redundant?]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3770.html Thu, 09 Feb 2017 08:15:56 +0000 Psychospacecow]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3770.html <![CDATA[[2017] Did You know Speculation]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3765.html Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:45:13 +0000 Berry]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3765.html
So is it

Most obscure reference of trivia on culture(for the Did You Know general thread) 

OR

The Trivial User Award: More specific to the General "Did You Know" thread, There is some good stuff in there.

 out with it, already.]]>
So is it

Most obscure reference of trivia on culture(for the Did You Know general thread) 

OR

The Trivial User Award: More specific to the General "Did You Know" thread, There is some good stuff in there.

 out with it, already.]]> <![CDATA[[2017] Did You know Trivia User; IGNORE.]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3764.html Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:44:39 +0000 Berry]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3764.html
So is it

Most obscure reference of trivia on culture(for the Did You Know general thread) 

OR

The Trivial User Award: More specific to the General "Did You Know" thread, There is some good stuff in there.

 out with it, already.


EDIT: I DUN F*** UP. Sorry for the double thread!!!]]>
So is it

Most obscure reference of trivia on culture(for the Did You Know general thread) 

OR

The Trivial User Award: More specific to the General "Did You Know" thread, There is some good stuff in there.

 out with it, already.


EDIT: I DUN F*** UP. Sorry for the double thread!!!]]> <![CDATA[VG Facts Awards 2017 !]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3750.html Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:11:27 +0000 SERIOUSLY THOUGH]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3750.html It's that time of year again !

Time to celebrate the various characters on this forum through the medium of a ceremony that makes the Oscars jealous !

Who was the most compulsive thanker ? Who really needs to get more sleep ? You decide (unless a majority of other people decide someone else, or maybe I meant the collective 'you' as in "you all decide", but then that would also be wrong unless everyone votes unanimously...) !

Here's how it's going to go :
January 21st to February 9th
Submit and debate ideas for awards categories
Submit your ideas publically on this thread

February 9th to February 19th
Submit your nominees for the selected categories
Submit your nominations, as well as your reasons why, to me via Private Message

February 25th to March 10th
Vote for your favourite choice
Voting is done by sending me your choices via Private Mesage


Like last year, voting will follow the preferential ballot system, which I will explain below in the spoiler-tags.

[spoiler]
So how does preferential ballot work ?
Essentially, when you cast your vote, you put the candidates in your order of preference. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person with the least vote is eliminated, and their second choice gets their vote. If someone, with these new votes, now gets over 50% of votes, we have a winner. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person who now has the fewest votes gets eliminated and their vote is shares among the remaining candidates.

Quick example
Candidates A, B and C want to win.

Ballot 1 votes for B, then A, then C.
Ballot 2 votes for B, then C, then A.
Ballot 3 votes for A, then B, then C.
Ballot 4 votes for C, then B, then A.
Ballot 5 votes for A, then B, then C.

So that's two votes for B, two for A, one for C. No-one has over half of the votes.
As the candidate with the fewest votes, C is eliminated. The second choice therefore gets his vote. The second choice is B, so the vote goes to him/her/zir.
Now we have three votes for B, and two for A. B now has over 50% of the votes, and wins.

Here's a link to an Aussie way of explaining it - http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-...lained.gif
Or some help from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-ru...ng#Process
[/spoiler]



All votes received and any other related data will be shared with two other members of the forum for cross-examination.


Happy category suggesting !!]]> It's that time of year again !

Time to celebrate the various characters on this forum through the medium of a ceremony that makes the Oscars jealous !

Who was the most compulsive thanker ? Who really needs to get more sleep ? You decide (unless a majority of other people decide someone else, or maybe I meant the collective 'you' as in "you all decide", but then that would also be wrong unless everyone votes unanimously...) !

Here's how it's going to go :
January 21st to February 9th
Submit and debate ideas for awards categories
Submit your ideas publically on this thread

February 9th to February 19th
Submit your nominees for the selected categories
Submit your nominations, as well as your reasons why, to me via Private Message

February 25th to March 10th
Vote for your favourite choice
Voting is done by sending me your choices via Private Mesage


Like last year, voting will follow the preferential ballot system, which I will explain below in the spoiler-tags.

[spoiler]
So how does preferential ballot work ?
Essentially, when you cast your vote, you put the candidates in your order of preference. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person with the least vote is eliminated, and their second choice gets their vote. If someone, with these new votes, now gets over 50% of votes, we have a winner. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person who now has the fewest votes gets eliminated and their vote is shares among the remaining candidates.

Quick example
Candidates A, B and C want to win.

Ballot 1 votes for B, then A, then C.
Ballot 2 votes for B, then C, then A.
Ballot 3 votes for A, then B, then C.
Ballot 4 votes for C, then B, then A.
Ballot 5 votes for A, then B, then C.

So that's two votes for B, two for A, one for C. No-one has over half of the votes.
As the candidate with the fewest votes, C is eliminated. The second choice therefore gets his vote. The second choice is B, so the vote goes to him/her/zir.
Now we have three votes for B, and two for A. B now has over 50% of the votes, and wins.

Here's a link to an Aussie way of explaining it - http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-...lained.gif
Or some help from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-ru...ng#Process
[/spoiler]



All votes received and any other related data will be shared with two other members of the forum for cross-examination.


Happy category suggesting !!]]> <![CDATA[VG Facts Awards 2016 !!]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3009.html Tue, 16 Feb 2016 02:09:52 +0000 SERIOUSLY THOUGH]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-3009.html
This will be a three-step process for now :

Step 1 - Suggest some award categories for the ceremony. Want to vote on the manliest man, or the best vent ? Put forwards your ideas and I'll make a list. Suggestions will be open until Tuesday 23rd of February after which...

Step 2 - Now that awards have been laid out, put forward your nominees by private message with a reason why (for example, I expect a waterfall of messages along the lines of "SERIOUSLY for Manliest man because have you seen those abs ? Like a 6-square slab of the finest chocolate, 5/7." I'll put forward all nominees on a list on Wednesday 2nd of March after which...

Step 3 - Voting ! Aye, then it's time to vote ! We'll do this by preferential ballot (unless there are objections and/or a preferred voting system). Votes will be open until 24 hours before the awards ceremony. We'll fix the date at a later time to try and accommodate the most people as possible.

So how does preferential ballot work ?
Essentially, when you cast your vote, you put the candidates in your order of preference. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person with the least vote is eliminated, and their second choice gets their vote. If someone, with these new votes, now gets over 50% of votes, we have a winner. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person who now has the fewest votes gets eliminated and their vote is shares among the remaining candidates.

Quick example
Candidates A, B and C want to win.

Ballot 1 votes for B, then A, then C.
Ballot 2 votes for B, then C, then A.
Ballot 3 votes for A, then B, then C.
Ballot 4 votes for C, then B, then A.
Ballot 5 votes for A, then B, then C.

So that's two votes for B, two for A, one for C. No-one has over half of the votes.
As the candidate with the fewest votes, C is eliminated. The second choice therefore gets his vote. The second choice is B, so the vote goes to him/her/zir.
Now we have three votes for B, and two for A. B now has over 50% of the votes, and wins.

Here's a link to an Aussie way of explaining it - http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-...lained.gif
Or some help from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-ru...ng#Process


To conclude, start suggesting awards !
Also I vote Cosmyk as presenter -- I'll help with the logistics and voting and whatnot.

Stay Sexy,
SERIOUSLY



SUGGESTED AWARD CATEGORIES (These are up for debate and not final)
  • Best Dream Award
  • Best Colorful Hair
  • Zombie Kill of the Week
  • Most Artsy
  • Most active
  • Showcaser - Person who brings up the coolest stuff
  • Best experience with a movie
  • Best dealer(on those who offered stuff for purchase on here)
  • Best Joker(person has to have the cleverest and funniest joke)
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This will be a three-step process for now :

Step 1 - Suggest some award categories for the ceremony. Want to vote on the manliest man, or the best vent ? Put forwards your ideas and I'll make a list. Suggestions will be open until Tuesday 23rd of February after which...

Step 2 - Now that awards have been laid out, put forward your nominees by private message with a reason why (for example, I expect a waterfall of messages along the lines of "SERIOUSLY for Manliest man because have you seen those abs ? Like a 6-square slab of the finest chocolate, 5/7." I'll put forward all nominees on a list on Wednesday 2nd of March after which...

Step 3 - Voting ! Aye, then it's time to vote ! We'll do this by preferential ballot (unless there are objections and/or a preferred voting system). Votes will be open until 24 hours before the awards ceremony. We'll fix the date at a later time to try and accommodate the most people as possible.

So how does preferential ballot work ?
Essentially, when you cast your vote, you put the candidates in your order of preference. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person with the least vote is eliminated, and their second choice gets their vote. If someone, with these new votes, now gets over 50% of votes, we have a winner. If no-one gets over half of the votes, the person who now has the fewest votes gets eliminated and their vote is shares among the remaining candidates.

Quick example
Candidates A, B and C want to win.

Ballot 1 votes for B, then A, then C.
Ballot 2 votes for B, then C, then A.
Ballot 3 votes for A, then B, then C.
Ballot 4 votes for C, then B, then A.
Ballot 5 votes for A, then B, then C.

So that's two votes for B, two for A, one for C. No-one has over half of the votes.
As the candidate with the fewest votes, C is eliminated. The second choice therefore gets his vote. The second choice is B, so the vote goes to him/her/zir.
Now we have three votes for B, and two for A. B now has over 50% of the votes, and wins.

Here's a link to an Aussie way of explaining it - http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-...lained.gif
Or some help from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-ru...ng#Process


To conclude, start suggesting awards !
Also I vote Cosmyk as presenter -- I'll help with the logistics and voting and whatnot.

Stay Sexy,
SERIOUSLY



SUGGESTED AWARD CATEGORIES (These are up for debate and not final)
  • Best Dream Award
  • Best Colorful Hair
  • Zombie Kill of the Week
  • Most Artsy
  • Most active
  • Showcaser - Person who brings up the coolest stuff
  • Best experience with a movie
  • Best dealer(on those who offered stuff for purchase on here)
  • Best Joker(person has to have the cleverest and funniest joke)
]]> <![CDATA[VGFacts Awards 2015 Nominees!]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-2434.html Fri, 20 Mar 2015 02:59:42 +0000 CosmykTheDolfyn]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-2434.html
Award dealing to specific posts will be updated soon to include that post/text.

Best GIFFer: retrolinkx, Psychospacecow, Arjahn

Most Compulsive Thanker: PsychospaceCow, gamemaster1991, Kakariko Kid

Most Delicious Person: PsychospaceCow, CosmykTheDolfyn, Beware of Cuccos

Most Quoted Person: SERIOUSLY THOUGH, gamemaster1991

Best what's that thing under our usernames: Mass Distraction, CosmykTheDolfyn, Psychospacecow, tigerlilly

Best Dream:
retrolinkx [spoiler]So, It started with me going to a Charity shop to find that there is a huge box of video games basically taking up the middle of the shop. So, I browse through them well suddenly I black out.

So I awake in my neighbourhood, I have a string of local shops, and I seem to be there in a weird resistance or something. It's full of my friends and vidya game characters.

Anyhow, I'm talking to one of my friends while walking up the street and he tells me that there is no one else we can recruit due to the fact they will always die. I call bullshit and try to recruit the person in front of us.

As this happens, a sniper from afar shoots my wrist (and it is still hurting while I type this. Pain man, how does it work?) and then we start to go into combat mode, I run back up the street, and you know what I fucking see. A huge gang of nudist bikers. No idea what was going on here, but I just remember telling them to "Watch out, sniper above on the house. You may want to watch out since you're not dressed for the occasion"

I return to my friends and one of them patches me up and we go to recruit someone else, we go into the same charity shop I went into and find myself there, browsing through these games. My friends then try to recruit that version of me as well.

Not sure what happened after that, but I do remember something along the lines of Phoenix Wright trying to start a heist on a Casino before I woke up. [/spoiler]
Beware Of Cuccos [spoiler]Last night, I had a dream that I worked for Normal Boots. It was AWESOME. [/spoiler]
CosmykTheDolfyn [spoiler] So, I had a dream that I got called into work and had to leave immediately.
So, I got up and started getting ready. Right before I left, I checked my phone. It was 2:00 AM. No one had called me. It was all a dream. I really got up, showered and everything because I dreamed I got called into work.

I might need help, please. [/spoiler]
Kakariko Kid [spoiler]So, I'm in a little store and a little old lady turns into a zombie. I find rolls of gift rap (of all things) and just let her have it...except the tubes break...I have no recollection of how I killed her, finally. I start finding food items.
Then, I flash forward to being in the house I lived in from 1992 to 1998 (in reality), except it was in the middle of the country instead of in the city. I saw some guys riding a 4-wheeler and thought for sure that things were going to get ugly, they must have wanted our supplies. The driver stops at the window (where my bedroom used to be, in reality) and waits for me to open it. By this point, I have a knife ready and am prepared to stab him in the throat. BUT, he hands me some type of toy track/play set for Hot Wheels cars and such (btw, my younger daughter has been using her chore earnings to by these cars. Once again, reality). So, I wake her up from her sleep to accept the present and to thank these guys. I still have no idea who they were or how they knew she is into toy cars.
Someone else shows up and recruits me for "a important job". I accept and prepare my family for my departure since, you know, there's a zombie apocalypse going on. But, I haven't seen a zombie since beating that old lady down with wrapping paper.
Fast forward and I'm in a factory (the building is where I work in reality...big surprise). There is ten of us "chosen people" and we are given information from a guy I don't recognize. We have to make a delivery.
So, there are two huge metal things in the floor. Rectangular shaped and there are three sections to each. We are to "ride" on these "blocks" and"deliver the package". So, 5 riders per "block". I jump on and straddle it as of I'm riding a motorcycle. THEN, I finally decide to look at the other guys. Two guys are spoeting mullet hair cuts and look like David Spade/Joe Dirt. The other 7 are cross-dressing rednecks (this is turning into The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Is it a nightmare now?) and they are guys I work with. I did a face palm.
Then, these metal blocks turn on and start flying like rockets. Slow rockets. So, with each rocket block metal thingy having the sections, it starst moving up and down. I feel like I'm riding that dog in The Never Ending Story.
Finally, we arrived at our destinations and the delivery is complete. I see a sports magazine and see a picture of a professional baseball player. The guy in the magazine is the guy in front of us. This is not a normal baseball player. In the magazine, he was wearing some sort of suit that has a carbon fiber look to it. This "package" we delivered would have one section that was dedicated to this baseball player. Each block would somehow be taken apart and remanufactured as his new "upgrade".
Good for him. He's worried about being a "better" ball player. Also, where are the zombies?
And, I woke up. [/spoiler]

Lord of the Forum: Petie, Rob, SERIOUSLY THOUGH

Most Amazing Pets: Beware Of Cuccos/Boomer, SERIOUSLY THOUGH, tigerlilly/Dazz

Most Majestic Selfies: tigerlilly, SERIOUSLY THOUGH, Beware Of Cuccos, Raiden Blackwood

Most Majestic Photos Period! tigerlilly, Beware Of Cuccos, Hexadecimal

Most Interesting Vent: Hexadecimal, CLXCool, gamemaster1991,

Best Avatar: PsychospaceCow, Hexadecimal, Beware Of Cuccos, SERIOUSLY THOUGH

Best Signature: Arjahn, SERIOUSLY THOUGH, GameWizzard101, Psychospacecow

Most Reputable: Petie, G-Haven (I'm only typing the nominees.  I didn't change anything)

The Topic Setter: Beware of Cuccos, CLXCool, RepentantSky

Best Addition to the Cuccos Lore: Arjahn

News Anchor: SERIOUSLY THOUGH, CLXCool, Psychospacecow

Get Some Sleep, Man!: gamemaster1991 (K, he's a shoe in again.  Stat based awards, baby).

Most Impressive Collection: Hexadecimal, Mass Distraction, Pewable

Best Tattoo: Boomer, Beware Of Cuccos, Hexadecimal,

Best Creative Work: SERIOUSLY THOUGH,  CLXcool, Boyobmas, Psychospacecow

Most Manly Day (I swear I'll get more original post in here than my own, but I'm running out of time and have to leave soon):
CosmykTheDolfyn [spoiler]So... my dad bought a bulldozer today and I helped unload it. Fortunately no one was crushed during the process.

But you're probably thinking "Cosmy, what on earth did you unload the bulldozer from?" This is where it gets interesting. He ordered it online disassembled and had it shipped to the factory where he works at and then put all the pieces in the back of his truck using a forklift. I know you can buy a lot of things online, but buying a full sized bulldozer in the same state as an Ikea table kind of took me by surprise. Hundreds of little screws, nuts and everything in bags and cardboard boxes. So anyways, we didn't have a forklift at home to unload, so we had to do it ourselves with boards out the back of his truck. While moving a 500+ pound box full of parts, the boards snapped and miraculously it didn't land on myself, my father or brother. Talk about a good scare though.

I'm really worried about this thing though. I know for a fact that my father is good enough of an engineer and mechanic to put this whole crazy thing back together, but I'm worried how much I'll get roped into the hair-brained scheme and whether he'll actually ever finish. Considering he has several motorcycles in the garage made entirely by himself... 75% complete.[/spoiler]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH (Shooting at Parliament!)[spoiler]Just some info on this shooting at parliament, as it doesn't have a blurb attached !

I was happily working away like I usually do up on Parliament Hill here in Ottawa when a gunman forces his way into the building and starts shooting. He's subdued by the excellent security forces we have whilst we're all being evacuated as best we can, not knowing if there are other terrorists ready to pop out right next to us.
Then I spend the next 12 hours in a saferoom as they secure every nook of the parliamentary buildings to make sure that no more shooters are hiding out.
So now I can add "survived terrorist attack" to my CV :)[/spoiler]
Beware Of Cuccos/Boomer [spoiler] We'll just add the entire wedding thread here: http://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-1274.html [/spoiler]

Craziest Day at Work(For the record, I didn't get enough nominations here, so I sifted through nine pages of the Weird Stories at Work thread and found some good ones):
SEROUSLY THOUGH [spoiler]Just some info on this shooting at parliament, as it doesn't have a blurb attached !

I was happily working away like I usually do up on Parliament Hill here in Ottawa when a gunman forces his way into the building and starts shooting. He's subdued by the excellent security forces we have whilst we're all being evacuated as best we can, not knowing if there are other terrorists ready to pop out right next to us.
Then I spend the next 12 hours in a saferoom as they secure every nook of the parliamentary buildings to make sure that no more shooters are hiding out.
So now I can add "survived terrorist attack" to my CV :)[/spoiler]
tigerlilly [spoiler]Ages ago, when I worked at a bookshop, we had a guy come in the shop and climb under the table, drop his trousers and start wanking. We kicked him out. [/spoiler]
CosmykTheDolfyn [spoiler]So, last week, I had a patient die on me.
She was very weak and in bed. Me, being in physical therapy, was doing some very simple exercise with her, trying to build up some endurance. All it was simply sliding her heels back and forth; me assisting her in such due to how weak she was.
Partway through, she grabs me hand, squeezes it tight, and starts to shed a few tears. She could no longer speak, but she'd still move her lips. I can't read lips very well, but I think she mouthed "I'm so weak, I can't carry on". So, I told it was all right, and I just held her hand for a few minutes. She went to sleep, but was still VERY MUCH ALIVE. After a bit of time with this, I went and told one of the nurses, and they came by and checked on her.

Not very long after I left and she was in other's care, she passed away. In fact, she never woke up. I comforted someone in their very last moments. Maybe it even made her passing easier; I'm not sure. At first I was afraid I killed her, but that wasn't the case. It's just a very weird feeling; it's still hard to think about. You just don't know how to describe it. I guess it happens with almost everyone at least once or twice that works in Nursing homes (you're just dealing with a population near death), but I'm glad I just sat there and held her hand instead of trying to get her to do more.
Oh, and that same day, I had an angry patient grab me by the balls. It was just an odd day. [/spoiler]
TheTrueBoss997 [spoiler] I used to work at this computer place. Repairing and taking apart and all that glorious stuff. On my first week we had a truck come by to recycle some of our stuff. We would take it upstairs then load it on the truck. In the process of this the boss runs out the door and yells at us that we damaged his car. His car was no where near us and no one was even around it. He then lectured us saying his car was more important than all of our lives. He made us stop our work to STARE at his car for ten minutes. His car was junk, it's the kind of car you see people selling at such low price. Then he got in and drove away. We had to leave early. I felt sorry for the truck driver, it started to rain and he had to wait for our boss. [/spoiler]
Hexadecimal [spoiler] So right when us three ladies who start the early shift walk into the kitchen at 5:30 AM we smell a very strong skunk smell. The back doors to the loading dock are open due to a vent malfunctioning, so we're freaking out that one found its way into that room.

The supervisor cautiously entered and I hear her scream. I think that there is indeed a skunk and it has either sprayed her, or is running into the kitchen, but instead this massive dragonfly comes in. Eventually the smell went away, and we never saw a skunk, but there was a dead mouse in a trap.

We eventually caught the dragonfly in a bag and set him free. [/spoiler]

Trivia Star: gamemaster1991

Game with most contribution: Grand Theft Auto IV

Best Day Ever!: CosmykTheDolfyn [spoiler]You know what colostomy bags contain? Just imagine how bad it smells if one breaks open. Then imagine how bad you'd smell if one broke open with you beside it and contents got on your shirt. Imagine how your shirt would smell for the rest of your work day...
That was my day today. Smelly. Very very very smelly.
(The person who nominated this either A) loves irony or B) hates me. I'm assuming choice A.) [/spoiler]
CLXcool [spoiler] I went to Pax today for the first time. I had a freaking blast.
The invite was on short notice(my sister was supposed to go with her boyfriend, but was busy on the friday, she managed to go to the other two days). I didn't have time to cosplay. Maybe next year I'll cosplay as a video game character. [/spoiler]
Beware Of Cuccos [spoiler] We'll just add the entire wedding thread here: http://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-1274.html [/spoiler]

Best User Title that Matches User: CosmykTheDolfyn, BumbleBeeCody, Psychospacecow

Biggest Goddam Tease: Beardy, Kat, Mass Distraction (he makes his own awesome signature and avatar then never post any more art.  WHY???)

The Streamer Award: Arjahn, BumblebeeCody, CosmykTheDolfyn

Coolest Consoles: Kakariko Kid, retrolinkx, Mass Distraction, BumbleBeeCody

The Librarian: tigerlilly, Dazz, DYKG

Well, compiling all of that only took an hour.

Best Trivia Finds!:
CosmykTheDolfyn F-Zero-Star Fox universe mingling http://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-1111.html
Mass Distraction: Triple Mobile Light Trivia
http://www.vgfacts.com/series/mobilelightforce/
http://www.vgfacts.com/game/mobilelightforce/
http://www.vgfacts.com/game/mobilelightforce2/
Psychospacecow Yu-Gi-Oh game showcases character well before cartoon appearance! http://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/3043/
Kakariko Kid Excitebike in LoZ:MMhttp://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-1336.html
gamemaster1991: Universal Monsters: The Gamehttp://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/4933/
CLXcool The Kingdom Hearts... Cartoon?http://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/7079/]]>
Award dealing to specific posts will be updated soon to include that post/text.

Best GIFFer: retrolinkx, Psychospacecow, Arjahn

Most Compulsive Thanker: PsychospaceCow, gamemaster1991, Kakariko Kid

Most Delicious Person: PsychospaceCow, CosmykTheDolfyn, Beware of Cuccos

Most Quoted Person: SERIOUSLY THOUGH, gamemaster1991

Best what's that thing under our usernames: Mass Distraction, CosmykTheDolfyn, Psychospacecow, tigerlilly

Best Dream:
retrolinkx [spoiler]So, It started with me going to a Charity shop to find that there is a huge box of video games basically taking up the middle of the shop. So, I browse through them well suddenly I black out.

So I awake in my neighbourhood, I have a string of local shops, and I seem to be there in a weird resistance or something. It's full of my friends and vidya game characters.

Anyhow, I'm talking to one of my friends while walking up the street and he tells me that there is no one else we can recruit due to the fact they will always die. I call bullshit and try to recruit the person in front of us.

As this happens, a sniper from afar shoots my wrist (and it is still hurting while I type this. Pain man, how does it work?) and then we start to go into combat mode, I run back up the street, and you know what I fucking see. A huge gang of nudist bikers. No idea what was going on here, but I just remember telling them to "Watch out, sniper above on the house. You may want to watch out since you're not dressed for the occasion"

I return to my friends and one of them patches me up and we go to recruit someone else, we go into the same charity shop I went into and find myself there, browsing through these games. My friends then try to recruit that version of me as well.

Not sure what happened after that, but I do remember something along the lines of Phoenix Wright trying to start a heist on a Casino before I woke up. [/spoiler]
Beware Of Cuccos [spoiler]Last night, I had a dream that I worked for Normal Boots. It was AWESOME. [/spoiler]
CosmykTheDolfyn [spoiler] So, I had a dream that I got called into work and had to leave immediately.
So, I got up and started getting ready. Right before I left, I checked my phone. It was 2:00 AM. No one had called me. It was all a dream. I really got up, showered and everything because I dreamed I got called into work.

I might need help, please. [/spoiler]
Kakariko Kid [spoiler]So, I'm in a little store and a little old lady turns into a zombie. I find rolls of gift rap (of all things) and just let her have it...except the tubes break...I have no recollection of how I killed her, finally. I start finding food items.
Then, I flash forward to being in the house I lived in from 1992 to 1998 (in reality), except it was in the middle of the country instead of in the city. I saw some guys riding a 4-wheeler and thought for sure that things were going to get ugly, they must have wanted our supplies. The driver stops at the window (where my bedroom used to be, in reality) and waits for me to open it. By this point, I have a knife ready and am prepared to stab him in the throat. BUT, he hands me some type of toy track/play set for Hot Wheels cars and such (btw, my younger daughter has been using her chore earnings to by these cars. Once again, reality). So, I wake her up from her sleep to accept the present and to thank these guys. I still have no idea who they were or how they knew she is into toy cars.
Someone else shows up and recruits me for "a important job". I accept and prepare my family for my departure since, you know, there's a zombie apocalypse going on. But, I haven't seen a zombie since beating that old lady down with wrapping paper.
Fast forward and I'm in a factory (the building is where I work in reality...big surprise). There is ten of us "chosen people" and we are given information from a guy I don't recognize. We have to make a delivery.
So, there are two huge metal things in the floor. Rectangular shaped and there are three sections to each. We are to "ride" on these "blocks" and"deliver the package". So, 5 riders per "block". I jump on and straddle it as of I'm riding a motorcycle. THEN, I finally decide to look at the other guys. Two guys are spoeting mullet hair cuts and look like David Spade/Joe Dirt. The other 7 are cross-dressing rednecks (this is turning into The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Is it a nightmare now?) and they are guys I work with. I did a face palm.
Then, these metal blocks turn on and start flying like rockets. Slow rockets. So, with each rocket block metal thingy having the sections, it starst moving up and down. I feel like I'm riding that dog in The Never Ending Story.
Finally, we arrived at our destinations and the delivery is complete. I see a sports magazine and see a picture of a professional baseball player. The guy in the magazine is the guy in front of us. This is not a normal baseball player. In the magazine, he was wearing some sort of suit that has a carbon fiber look to it. This "package" we delivered would have one section that was dedicated to this baseball player. Each block would somehow be taken apart and remanufactured as his new "upgrade".
Good for him. He's worried about being a "better" ball player. Also, where are the zombies?
And, I woke up. [/spoiler]

Lord of the Forum: Petie, Rob, SERIOUSLY THOUGH

Most Amazing Pets: Beware Of Cuccos/Boomer, SERIOUSLY THOUGH, tigerlilly/Dazz

Most Majestic Selfies: tigerlilly, SERIOUSLY THOUGH, Beware Of Cuccos, Raiden Blackwood

Most Majestic Photos Period! tigerlilly, Beware Of Cuccos, Hexadecimal

Most Interesting Vent: Hexadecimal, CLXCool, gamemaster1991,

Best Avatar: PsychospaceCow, Hexadecimal, Beware Of Cuccos, SERIOUSLY THOUGH

Best Signature: Arjahn, SERIOUSLY THOUGH, GameWizzard101, Psychospacecow

Most Reputable: Petie, G-Haven (I'm only typing the nominees.  I didn't change anything)

The Topic Setter: Beware of Cuccos, CLXCool, RepentantSky

Best Addition to the Cuccos Lore: Arjahn

News Anchor: SERIOUSLY THOUGH, CLXCool, Psychospacecow

Get Some Sleep, Man!: gamemaster1991 (K, he's a shoe in again.  Stat based awards, baby).

Most Impressive Collection: Hexadecimal, Mass Distraction, Pewable

Best Tattoo: Boomer, Beware Of Cuccos, Hexadecimal,

Best Creative Work: SERIOUSLY THOUGH,  CLXcool, Boyobmas, Psychospacecow

Most Manly Day (I swear I'll get more original post in here than my own, but I'm running out of time and have to leave soon):
CosmykTheDolfyn [spoiler]So... my dad bought a bulldozer today and I helped unload it. Fortunately no one was crushed during the process.

But you're probably thinking "Cosmy, what on earth did you unload the bulldozer from?" This is where it gets interesting. He ordered it online disassembled and had it shipped to the factory where he works at and then put all the pieces in the back of his truck using a forklift. I know you can buy a lot of things online, but buying a full sized bulldozer in the same state as an Ikea table kind of took me by surprise. Hundreds of little screws, nuts and everything in bags and cardboard boxes. So anyways, we didn't have a forklift at home to unload, so we had to do it ourselves with boards out the back of his truck. While moving a 500+ pound box full of parts, the boards snapped and miraculously it didn't land on myself, my father or brother. Talk about a good scare though.

I'm really worried about this thing though. I know for a fact that my father is good enough of an engineer and mechanic to put this whole crazy thing back together, but I'm worried how much I'll get roped into the hair-brained scheme and whether he'll actually ever finish. Considering he has several motorcycles in the garage made entirely by himself... 75% complete.[/spoiler]
SERIOUSLY THOUGH (Shooting at Parliament!)[spoiler]Just some info on this shooting at parliament, as it doesn't have a blurb attached !

I was happily working away like I usually do up on Parliament Hill here in Ottawa when a gunman forces his way into the building and starts shooting. He's subdued by the excellent security forces we have whilst we're all being evacuated as best we can, not knowing if there are other terrorists ready to pop out right next to us.
Then I spend the next 12 hours in a saferoom as they secure every nook of the parliamentary buildings to make sure that no more shooters are hiding out.
So now I can add "survived terrorist attack" to my CV :)[/spoiler]
Beware Of Cuccos/Boomer [spoiler] We'll just add the entire wedding thread here: http://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-1274.html [/spoiler]

Craziest Day at Work(For the record, I didn't get enough nominations here, so I sifted through nine pages of the Weird Stories at Work thread and found some good ones):
SEROUSLY THOUGH [spoiler]Just some info on this shooting at parliament, as it doesn't have a blurb attached !

I was happily working away like I usually do up on Parliament Hill here in Ottawa when a gunman forces his way into the building and starts shooting. He's subdued by the excellent security forces we have whilst we're all being evacuated as best we can, not knowing if there are other terrorists ready to pop out right next to us.
Then I spend the next 12 hours in a saferoom as they secure every nook of the parliamentary buildings to make sure that no more shooters are hiding out.
So now I can add "survived terrorist attack" to my CV :)[/spoiler]
tigerlilly [spoiler]Ages ago, when I worked at a bookshop, we had a guy come in the shop and climb under the table, drop his trousers and start wanking. We kicked him out. [/spoiler]
CosmykTheDolfyn [spoiler]So, last week, I had a patient die on me.
She was very weak and in bed. Me, being in physical therapy, was doing some very simple exercise with her, trying to build up some endurance. All it was simply sliding her heels back and forth; me assisting her in such due to how weak she was.
Partway through, she grabs me hand, squeezes it tight, and starts to shed a few tears. She could no longer speak, but she'd still move her lips. I can't read lips very well, but I think she mouthed "I'm so weak, I can't carry on". So, I told it was all right, and I just held her hand for a few minutes. She went to sleep, but was still VERY MUCH ALIVE. After a bit of time with this, I went and told one of the nurses, and they came by and checked on her.

Not very long after I left and she was in other's care, she passed away. In fact, she never woke up. I comforted someone in their very last moments. Maybe it even made her passing easier; I'm not sure. At first I was afraid I killed her, but that wasn't the case. It's just a very weird feeling; it's still hard to think about. You just don't know how to describe it. I guess it happens with almost everyone at least once or twice that works in Nursing homes (you're just dealing with a population near death), but I'm glad I just sat there and held her hand instead of trying to get her to do more.
Oh, and that same day, I had an angry patient grab me by the balls. It was just an odd day. [/spoiler]
TheTrueBoss997 [spoiler] I used to work at this computer place. Repairing and taking apart and all that glorious stuff. On my first week we had a truck come by to recycle some of our stuff. We would take it upstairs then load it on the truck. In the process of this the boss runs out the door and yells at us that we damaged his car. His car was no where near us and no one was even around it. He then lectured us saying his car was more important than all of our lives. He made us stop our work to STARE at his car for ten minutes. His car was junk, it's the kind of car you see people selling at such low price. Then he got in and drove away. We had to leave early. I felt sorry for the truck driver, it started to rain and he had to wait for our boss. [/spoiler]
Hexadecimal [spoiler] So right when us three ladies who start the early shift walk into the kitchen at 5:30 AM we smell a very strong skunk smell. The back doors to the loading dock are open due to a vent malfunctioning, so we're freaking out that one found its way into that room.

The supervisor cautiously entered and I hear her scream. I think that there is indeed a skunk and it has either sprayed her, or is running into the kitchen, but instead this massive dragonfly comes in. Eventually the smell went away, and we never saw a skunk, but there was a dead mouse in a trap.

We eventually caught the dragonfly in a bag and set him free. [/spoiler]

Trivia Star: gamemaster1991

Game with most contribution: Grand Theft Auto IV

Best Day Ever!: CosmykTheDolfyn [spoiler]You know what colostomy bags contain? Just imagine how bad it smells if one breaks open. Then imagine how bad you'd smell if one broke open with you beside it and contents got on your shirt. Imagine how your shirt would smell for the rest of your work day...
That was my day today. Smelly. Very very very smelly.
(The person who nominated this either A) loves irony or B) hates me. I'm assuming choice A.) [/spoiler]
CLXcool [spoiler] I went to Pax today for the first time. I had a freaking blast.
The invite was on short notice(my sister was supposed to go with her boyfriend, but was busy on the friday, she managed to go to the other two days). I didn't have time to cosplay. Maybe next year I'll cosplay as a video game character. [/spoiler]
Beware Of Cuccos [spoiler] We'll just add the entire wedding thread here: http://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-1274.html [/spoiler]

Best User Title that Matches User: CosmykTheDolfyn, BumbleBeeCody, Psychospacecow

Biggest Goddam Tease: Beardy, Kat, Mass Distraction (he makes his own awesome signature and avatar then never post any more art.  WHY???)

The Streamer Award: Arjahn, BumblebeeCody, CosmykTheDolfyn

Coolest Consoles: Kakariko Kid, retrolinkx, Mass Distraction, BumbleBeeCody

The Librarian: tigerlilly, Dazz, DYKG

Well, compiling all of that only took an hour.

Best Trivia Finds!:
CosmykTheDolfyn F-Zero-Star Fox universe mingling http://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-1111.html
Mass Distraction: Triple Mobile Light Trivia
http://www.vgfacts.com/series/mobilelightforce/
http://www.vgfacts.com/game/mobilelightforce/
http://www.vgfacts.com/game/mobilelightforce2/
Psychospacecow Yu-Gi-Oh game showcases character well before cartoon appearance! http://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/3043/
Kakariko Kid Excitebike in LoZ:MMhttp://www.vgfacts.com/forums/thread-1336.html
gamemaster1991: Universal Monsters: The Gamehttp://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/4933/
CLXcool The Kingdom Hearts... Cartoon?http://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/7079/]]> <![CDATA[Awards Thread 2015]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-2403.html Sun, 08 Mar 2015 22:58:15 +0000 CosmykTheDolfyn]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-2403.html
People We Miss in 2015 (Award that will have multiple winners.  We'll honor anyone that quit posting regularly in 2014.  Send in anybody you can think of).

Best GIFFer: (Award for posting Gifs, previous winner was retrolinkx)

Most Compulsive Thanker: (Person who thanks a lot, previous winner was PsychospaceCow)

Most Delicious Person: (This is a joke, but why not? Previous winner was PsychospaceCow)

Most Quoted Person: (Previous winner was SERIOUSLY THOUGH)

Best what's that thing under our usernames: (A best user title award, previous winner was Mass Distraction)

Best Dream: (An award for the Dream Thread, previous winner was retrolinkx)

Lord of the Forum: (Joke award... maybe? Previous winner was Petie)

Most Amazing Pets: (Previous winner was Beware of Cuccos/Boomer)

Most Majestic Selfies: (Best pictures of self. Previous winner was CosmykTheDolfyn)

Most Majestic Photos Period! (New award, great pictures not of self)

Most Interesting Vent: (Most interesting post in the Vent thread in either the Real Life OR General Gaming Sections of 2014/early2015, previous winner was Hexadecimal)

Best Video To Support VGFacts: (Best video made by a VGFacts member, previous winner was DidYouKnowGaming {as was expected})

Best Avatar: (Previous winner was PsychospaceCow)

Best Signature: (Previous winner was Arjahn)

Most Reputable: (Previous winner was Petie)

The Topic Setter: (Most interesting topics/new threads posted.  Previous winner was Beware of Cuccos)

Best Addition to the Cuccos Lore: CosmykTheDolfyn

News Anchor: (Best news stories posted.  Previous winner was SERIOUSLY THOUGH)

Get Some Sleep, Man!: (Whoever spends the most time on here.  Previous winner was gamemaster1991)

Most Impressive Collection: (Greatest collection of stuff in the Material Items thread, previous winner was Hexadecimal)

Best Tattoo: (Previous winner was Boomer)

Best Creative Work: (Greatest series of works in the Creative discussion.  Previous winner was SERIOUSLY THOUGH)

Most Manly Day (New award, given to people who had a crazy manly day. {Suggested in a post by SERIOUSLY THOUGH})

Craziest Day at Work (New Award - Craziest work stories, such as SERIOUSLY being in all the action of a shooting)

Trivia Star (New Award, for the person with the most accepted trivia.  This is a trivia site, after all)

 Game with most contributions (New award and goes to game with the most trivia.  Not an award for any forum member, suggested by PsychoSpaceCow.)

Best Day (The Greatest day in the "How Was Your Day" thread, new award)

So there you have it, start sending in nominations/ideas for other new awards ASAP!

New Awards:
Best User Title that Matches User
Biggest Goddam Tease (Beardy nominated for very good reason)
The Streamer Award (best streams/stream appearances)
Coolest Consoles (because of the latest Question and the new console collection thread)
The Librarian (for the hardworking people who go through all of the trivia)

Awards updated. Send me in nominations soon, I'll reveal nominations tommorow morning (3/19/2015) If a partciular award doesn't have enough nominations, I'll pencil in as many as I can myself.]]>
People We Miss in 2015 (Award that will have multiple winners.  We'll honor anyone that quit posting regularly in 2014.  Send in anybody you can think of).

Best GIFFer: (Award for posting Gifs, previous winner was retrolinkx)

Most Compulsive Thanker: (Person who thanks a lot, previous winner was PsychospaceCow)

Most Delicious Person: (This is a joke, but why not? Previous winner was PsychospaceCow)

Most Quoted Person: (Previous winner was SERIOUSLY THOUGH)

Best what's that thing under our usernames: (A best user title award, previous winner was Mass Distraction)

Best Dream: (An award for the Dream Thread, previous winner was retrolinkx)

Lord of the Forum: (Joke award... maybe? Previous winner was Petie)

Most Amazing Pets: (Previous winner was Beware of Cuccos/Boomer)

Most Majestic Selfies: (Best pictures of self. Previous winner was CosmykTheDolfyn)

Most Majestic Photos Period! (New award, great pictures not of self)

Most Interesting Vent: (Most interesting post in the Vent thread in either the Real Life OR General Gaming Sections of 2014/early2015, previous winner was Hexadecimal)

Best Video To Support VGFacts: (Best video made by a VGFacts member, previous winner was DidYouKnowGaming {as was expected})

Best Avatar: (Previous winner was PsychospaceCow)

Best Signature: (Previous winner was Arjahn)

Most Reputable: (Previous winner was Petie)

The Topic Setter: (Most interesting topics/new threads posted.  Previous winner was Beware of Cuccos)

Best Addition to the Cuccos Lore: CosmykTheDolfyn

News Anchor: (Best news stories posted.  Previous winner was SERIOUSLY THOUGH)

Get Some Sleep, Man!: (Whoever spends the most time on here.  Previous winner was gamemaster1991)

Most Impressive Collection: (Greatest collection of stuff in the Material Items thread, previous winner was Hexadecimal)

Best Tattoo: (Previous winner was Boomer)

Best Creative Work: (Greatest series of works in the Creative discussion.  Previous winner was SERIOUSLY THOUGH)

Most Manly Day (New award, given to people who had a crazy manly day. {Suggested in a post by SERIOUSLY THOUGH})

Craziest Day at Work (New Award - Craziest work stories, such as SERIOUSLY being in all the action of a shooting)

Trivia Star (New Award, for the person with the most accepted trivia.  This is a trivia site, after all)

 Game with most contributions (New award and goes to game with the most trivia.  Not an award for any forum member, suggested by PsychoSpaceCow.)

Best Day (The Greatest day in the "How Was Your Day" thread, new award)

So there you have it, start sending in nominations/ideas for other new awards ASAP!

New Awards:
Best User Title that Matches User
Biggest Goddam Tease (Beardy nominated for very good reason)
The Streamer Award (best streams/stream appearances)
Coolest Consoles (because of the latest Question and the new console collection thread)
The Librarian (for the hardworking people who go through all of the trivia)

Awards updated. Send me in nominations soon, I'll reveal nominations tommorow morning (3/19/2015) If a partciular award doesn't have enough nominations, I'll pencil in as many as I can myself.]]> <![CDATA[Award Thread 2014!!!]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-727.html Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:04:42 +0000 CosmykTheDolfyn]]> https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-727.html
The 2013 VGFacts forums awards, aka, The Facties.

Technical bits.
I see this as a three step process.

First, creating the awards. Way I see it is that we need to come up with several awards to begin. Discussion for which awards will be awarded should end by August 15, 2013, 9 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. After we have a list of possible awards, we need to vote WHAT should/shouldn't be an award. So, I'll tally a list of awards. Simply quote that list, and SEND ME A PM of your choices in a yes/no format.
Ex:
Beautiful Bastard Award - Yes
Wackiest Vent - No
Most Amazing Pets - YES YES YES YES

I will tally up all the results and publicly announce those on August 24, 2013. Then, after we know which awards are available, we will begin nomination process.

Nomination:
So, to start our nominations, you simply nominate people. That's it. How it will work. I will open a Nomination thread on August 24, 2013. Post simply who you nominate for each award in the thread as a reply. You can nominate two people per award. You can nominate yourself. You may NOT nominate a single person for the same award twice. Nominations end August 31, 2013.
Ex:
Right
Beautiful Bastard Award: CosmykTheDolfyn, PsychoSpaceCow
Wrong:
Most Amazing Pets: Hexadecimal, Hexadecimal

Once a person gets a nomination, they are in the running for the award. That plain and simple.

HOWEVER, you can only nominate people who STILL have a presence on the forums when you submit the nomination. The person you nominate must have 50 or more posts.

Awarding The Awards for the Awardees.
After nominations, voting process begins. A voting thread will be opened on September 2, 2013A public vote (where any user can vote) will open, along with a 5 member panel of judges. (Taking applications for those judges, btw). Here's the system: You don't just judge who wins, you rank everyone, 1-however many nominees. (Another thread with all nominees listed will be created). Ex:
Best GIFFer
1: Arjhan
2:CosmykTheDolfyn
3: Hexadecimal
4: SERIOUSLY THOUGH
You get whoever many points you get, based on rank. Lower=better. Average is taken of public, which counts for 50% of vote. Average is taken of judges, which is 50% of vote. Those two values combined, to create ultra mega super duper average. Lowest value wins award. Also, those judges are responsible for counting and tallying it all, btw.

Voting ends a Sep. 11. Sep 13, winners are announced. A mega epic Skype session may be used...

Discuss and create award ideas.]]>
The 2013 VGFacts forums awards, aka, The Facties.

Technical bits.
I see this as a three step process.

First, creating the awards. Way I see it is that we need to come up with several awards to begin. Discussion for which awards will be awarded should end by August 15, 2013, 9 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. After we have a list of possible awards, we need to vote WHAT should/shouldn't be an award. So, I'll tally a list of awards. Simply quote that list, and SEND ME A PM of your choices in a yes/no format.
Ex:
Beautiful Bastard Award - Yes
Wackiest Vent - No
Most Amazing Pets - YES YES YES YES

I will tally up all the results and publicly announce those on August 24, 2013. Then, after we know which awards are available, we will begin nomination process.

Nomination:
So, to start our nominations, you simply nominate people. That's it. How it will work. I will open a Nomination thread on August 24, 2013. Post simply who you nominate for each award in the thread as a reply. You can nominate two people per award. You can nominate yourself. You may NOT nominate a single person for the same award twice. Nominations end August 31, 2013.
Ex:
Right
Beautiful Bastard Award: CosmykTheDolfyn, PsychoSpaceCow
Wrong:
Most Amazing Pets: Hexadecimal, Hexadecimal

Once a person gets a nomination, they are in the running for the award. That plain and simple.

HOWEVER, you can only nominate people who STILL have a presence on the forums when you submit the nomination. The person you nominate must have 50 or more posts.

Awarding The Awards for the Awardees.
After nominations, voting process begins. A voting thread will be opened on September 2, 2013A public vote (where any user can vote) will open, along with a 5 member panel of judges. (Taking applications for those judges, btw). Here's the system: You don't just judge who wins, you rank everyone, 1-however many nominees. (Another thread with all nominees listed will be created). Ex:
Best GIFFer
1: Arjhan
2:CosmykTheDolfyn
3: Hexadecimal
4: SERIOUSLY THOUGH
You get whoever many points you get, based on rank. Lower=better. Average is taken of public, which counts for 50% of vote. Average is taken of judges, which is 50% of vote. Those two values combined, to create ultra mega super duper average. Lowest value wins award. Also, those judges are responsible for counting and tallying it all, btw.

Voting ends a Sep. 11. Sep 13, winners are announced. A mega epic Skype session may be used...

Discuss and create award ideas.]]>