The nominations for the 2015 KH-Vids User Awards are now open! Hey guys! For those who have never participated in the User Awards, or need a bit of a reminder, there are two phases: nominations and polls. A user will not appear in the final polls without first being nominated by their peers, so if you want to see someone in the poll, make sure you nominate them! Another important thing to note this year is that we had a poll to decide whether the 'worst' nominations would be self-nominations or open nominations and open nominations won. If you feel you would rather not be put on the poll and don't want to know if you've been nominated, please approach a staff member and request it. Before we begin, make sure you’ve read the general info on the User Awards. If it has left your questions answered, shoot me a message or post in this thread before nominating! 2015 User Awards Categories Spoiler * New categories indicated by this pink color! Revised categories are indicated by this purple color! General Nominations (21+1+1) Best Bromance Best Profile Best Section Best Username Biggest Fan Biggest Flirt Biggest Kingdom Hearts Fan Biggest Otaku Biggest Post Whore Cutest (Fake) Couple Cutest (Real) Couple Favorite Banned Member Favorite Event Friendliest Member Funniest Member Hammiest Member Hottest Members Manliest Man Master Debater Member You’d Like to Know More Nicest Member Snarkiest Member Strangest Member Whimsical Woman Writing, Video Editing, and Art Nominations (14) Best AMV Best Fanfiction Best Graphic Artist Best Musician Best Original Story Best Overall Writer Best Photographer Best Poem Best Poet Best Singer Best Traditional Artist Best Video Editor Most Improved Artist Most Improved Video Editor Most Improved Writer Thread/Group Nominations (4) Best Thread Weirdest Thread Worst Thread Best Social Group Best/Worst Member Nominations (15+1) Best Administrator Best Female Member Best Male Member Best Newbie Best Non-Staff Contributor Best Normal Member Best Overall Member (any usergroup--Normies, Prems, Staff!) Best Overall Staff Member Best Premium Member Best Reporter Best Retired Staff Member Best Returning Member Best Sectional Moderator Best Super Moderator Worst Members Worst Staff Member “Most” Nominations (30+2) Most Adorable Most Ambitious Most Changed Most Committed Most Creative Most Down to Earth Most Egotistical Most Helpful Most Insane Most Intelligent Most Interesting Most Intimidating Most Inspiring Member Most Knowledgeable about Kingdom Hearts Most Knowledgeable about Video Games Most likely to be Banned Most likely to be a Hero Most likely to be a Villain Most likely to be Famous Most likely to be on KH-Vids Forever Most likely to be on Staff Most likely to be President Most likely to End up in Prison Most likely to Never Hit Premium Most Missed Most Nostalgic Most Obscure Tastes Most Overrated Most Serious Most Shocking Moment Most Underrated Most Verbose Roleplaying Nominations (8+3) Best Roleplay Antagonist Best Roleplay Best Roleplay Concept/Story Best Roleplay Graphics Best Roleplayer Biggest Godmodder Most Dramatic Roleplay Most Improved Roleplayer Most Missed Roleplayer Most Likely to Join Every Roleplay Most Memorable Roleplay Moment Podcast Nominations (new!) (4) Best Podcast Guest Most Wanted Podcast Guest Best Podcast Episode Most Memorable Podcast Moment How do I nominate users? Nominations will be sent to a number of different staff members, who will then tally the results and deliver them to the admins. Categories, as you can see above, are organized into major groups; each staff member is given a group to handle. You will start a personal conversation with the applicable staff member, listing your nominations. Please take time in considering your nominations, because once they’re in, there’s no going back! Please try to utilize only the user’s current username. We will not hunt someone down if you put their past username or a nickname, and we reserve the right to ignore the nomination all together if you neglect to follow this rule. You are allowed to nominate two users per category. For group categories, such as Cutest Couple, you can nominate up to two couples. The same goes for threads. You may not nominate yourself for anything but the two specially marked categories (see above). However, you may nominate a couple you are in for Cutest Couple (or any similar category). You will include the entire category list in your message, even the categories you are not nominating for. Please do not nominate members who do not belong in the category; I realize it’s hilarious to vote William, a Premium member, for Best Overall Staff Member, but it spoils the awards for those who do deserve them. There may be exceptions. These nominations cover the time period from the previous User Awards (summer of 2014) to this year’s (summer of 2015). If a member held a position during that time period, they are allowed to be nominated for it. For example, if William was a Sectional Moderator until February of 2014 but is now a Super Moderator, he is allowed to be nominated for both Best Sectional Moderator and Best Super Moderator. Who do I send my nominations to? General Nominations: @Cat~ Writing, Video Editing & Art Nominations: @Ienzo Best/Worst Member Nominations: @Ienzo Thread/Group Nominations: @Kairi ♥ “Most” Nominations: @Misty Roleplaying Nominations: @Calxiyn Podcast Nominations: @Misty Formatted Lists General Nominations being sent to Cat~. Code: [b][size=5]General Nominations[/size] Best Bromance: Best Profile: Best Section: Best Username: Biggest Fan: Biggest Flirt: Biggest Kingdom Hearts Fan: Biggest Otaku: Biggest Post Whore: Cutest (Fake) Couple: Cutest (Real) Couple: Favorite Banned Member: Favorite Event: Friendliest Member: Funniest Member: Hammiest Member: Hottest Members: Manliest Man: Master Debater: Member You’d Like to Know More: Nicest Member: Snarkiest Member: Strangest Member: Whimsical Woman:[/b] Writing, Video Editing, & Art Nominations being sent to Ienzo. Code: [b][size=5]Writing, Video Editing, & Art Nominations[/size] Best AMV: Best Fanfiction: Best Graphic Artist: Best Musician: Best Original Story: Best Overall Writer: Best Photographer: Best Poem: Best Poet: Best Singer: Best Traditional Artist: Best Video Editor: Most Improved Artist: Most Improved Video Editor: Most Improved Writer:[/b] Thread/Group Nominations being sent to Kairi ♥. Code: [b][size=5]Thread/Group Nominations[/size] Best Social Group: Best Thread: Weirdest Thread: Worst Thread:[/b] Best/Worst Member Nominations being sent to Ienzo. Code: [b][size=5]Best/Worst Member Nominations[/size] Best Administrator: Best Female Member: Best Male Member: Best Newbie: Best Non-Staff Contributor: Best Normal Member: Best Overall Member:[/b] (any usergroup--Normies, Prems, Staff!) Best Overall Staff Member: Best Premium Member: Best Reporter: Best Retired Staff Member: Best Returning Member: Best Sectional Moderator: Best Super Moderator: Worst Members: Worst Staff Member:[/b] "Most" Nominations being sent to Misty. Code: [b][size=5]"Most" Nominations[/size] Most Adorable: Most Ambitious: Most Changed: Most Committed: Most Creative: Most Down to Earth: Most Egotistical: Most Helpful: Most Insane: Most Intelligent: Most Interesting: Most Intimidating: Most Inspiring Member: Most Nostalgic: Most Obscure Tastes: Most Knowledgeable about Kingdom Hearts: Most Knowledgeable about Video Games: Most likely to be Banned: Most likely to be a Hero: Most likely to be a Villain: Most likely to be Famous: Most likely to be on KH-Vids Forever: Most likely to be on Staff: Most likely to be President: Most likely to End up in Prison: Most likely to Never Hit Premium: Most Missed: Most Overrated: Most Serious: Most Shocking Moment: Most Underrated: Most Verbose:[/b] Roleplaying Nominations being sent to Calxiyn. Code: [b][size=5]Roleplaying Nominations[/size] Best Roleplay Antagonist: Best Roleplay: Best Roleplay Concept/Story: Best Roleplay Graphics: Best Roleplayer: Biggest Godmodder: Most Dramatic Roleplay: Most Improved Roleplayer: Most Missed Roleplayer : Most Likely to Join Every Roleplay: Most Memorable Roleplay Moment:[/b] Podcast Nominations being sent to Misty~. Code: [b][size=5]Podcast Nominations[/size] Best Podcast Guest: Most Wanted Podcast Guest: Best Podcast Episode: Most Memorable Podcast Moment:[/b] I still have questions! Feel free to contact me or post in this thread. Nominations will close Wednesday, July 8th. No nominations will be accepted after that date!
Additional Information for the User Awards 2015 Hottest Male and Hottest Female have been combined into Hottest Members to be more inclusive for the memberbase. As per usual, you may nominate up to two people for this category. There will be two winners and two runner-ups in this poll. "Worst" categories are open nomination. If you are uncomfortable with possibly being nominated and want to be preemptively removed from the final poll, please PM me and I will note it down. When nominating threads and material for the Artistic Awards, please include a link if they are contained in a thread posted on the site! This makes it much easier for preparing the poll.
Approached about this earlier! Since Hottest Male and Female Members were merged together, Worst Male and Worst Female have as well into Worst Members. If you've already submitted nominations for both, that's fine! For everyone else who has yet to/is working through sending in their nominations, the formatted list to send them off has been updated with this change! Like for Hottest Members, you get two nominations for Worst Members. Two winners, two runner-ups. And again, if you don't feel comfortable with the possibility of ending up on the poll, please PM me and I can remove you from the ballot.
Today is the last day we're accepting nominations! If you haven't sent them in, get to it! If you're wondering what all the hubub is, read about it!! If you've already sent them in and wondering why I'm even addressing you in this post since it's no longer relevant to you, because I can and I will!!!!
