2012 Star Army Awards (Results posted)

It's the opinion of a few people that the way the 2012 nominations and voting have been handled are subpar to the way it was done in 2011. So, to see if we can get something good going, I'm starting this thread.

The way this works:
You have a numbered list below (taken from the 2011 list) which cover characters (PCs and NPCs each have thier own categories), wiki entries and past events.

Go through the list, and fill in the entries with whatever you feel matches it the most. This is meant to cover 2012, but you don't have to try too hard to keep in mind 2012-specific events. Just try to fill as many as you can, but it's no biggie if you leave some entries empty.

An easy way of doing to so just to clickdrag everything from "Character Awards" and downward, paste it into a new post (or a PM to me, if you're more reserved), and just fill in the lines.

I'm leaving you guys until January 31st to reply to this thread (I'll be sending out reminder PMs to keep awareness high). After that, entries in the list will be consolidated, and we'll get to voting.

Have at it!

CHARACTER AWARDS

• 1. Best Player Character, Male
  2. Best Player Character, Female
  3. Best PC Portrayal of Their Race
  4. Best Display of Occupational Skill
  5. Most Charismatic PC
  6. Most Interesting PC
  7. Most Misunderstood PC
  8. Most Quirky PC
  9. Most Original PC
  10. Most Deviant PC
  11. Most Badass PC
  12. Most Influential PC
  13. Most Underestimated PC
  14. Best Politician
  15. Best Strategist
  16. Best Seductress
  17. Best Combatant
  18. Best Good PC
  19. Best Evil PC
  20. Best Couple PC
  21. Most Unlikely Couple

NON-PLAYER CHARACTER AWARDS

• 22. Best Non-Player Character, Male
  23. Best Non-Player Character, Female
  24. Best NPC Portrayal of Their Race
  25. Best Display of Occupational Skill By An NPC
  26. Most Charismatic NPC
  27. Most Interesting NPC
  28. Most Misunderstood NPC
  29. Most Quirky NPC
  30. Most Original NPC
  31. Most Deviant NPC
  32. Most Badass NPC
  33. Most Influencial NPC
  34. Most Underestimated NPC
  35. Best Politician NPC
  36. Best Strategist NPC
  37. Best Seductress NPC
  38. Best Combatant NPC
  39. Best Good NPC
  40. Best Evil NPC
  41. Best NPC Couple

STAFF, GM, and MOD TEAM

• 42. Friendliest Staff Member
  43. Most Helpful Staff Member
  44. Most Knowledgable Staff Member
  45. Most Patient Staff Member
  46. Most Active Staff Member
  47. Best Editor
  48. Most Involving Game Master
  49. Most Inspiring Game Master
  50. Most Descriptive Game Master
  51. Most Active Game Master
  52. Deadliest Game Master
  53. Most Vigilant IRC Moderator
  54. Most Helpful Regular Member
  55. Most Supportive Faction Manager

SETTING

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• 56. Best Location
  57. Best Starship
  58. Best Planet
  59. Most Useful Item
  60. Best Uniform

PLAYERS

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• 61. Best Character Biography
  62. Best Use of Wiki Formatting
  63. Best User Page on the Wiki
  64. Best News Post
  65. Most Addicted to Star Army
  66. Most Addicted to #StarArmy IRC

ROLEPLAY THREADS

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• 67. Best One-Liner Post
  68. Best Death Scene
  69. Best Combat Scene
  70. Best Love Scene
  71. Most Humorous Scene
  72. Most Disturbing Scene
  73. Best "Uh Oh" Moment
  74. Best Dramatic Scene
  75. Most Realistic Military Scene
  76. Best Thread Title
  77. Best Overall RP Thread - SP
  78. Best Overall RP Thread - JP
  79. Most Epic JP
  80. Most Historic RP Thread

MISC

• 81. Best Quarantined Quote (SFW)

Re: Vote on the 2012 Star Army Awards!

Similarily, people will generally only have access to the things they actually know to present and vote for. This heavily biases the nomination and voting process.

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This is true no matter what. I don't read anything outside of the plots I'm involved with. I daresay a lot of players are like that as well.

Even the old 2011 was susceptible to this. I don't particularly care to spend hours hunting down, reading and then analyzing threads. If its not Nepleslia or the couple of Yamatai plots I'm in, it means very little to me.

Re: Vote on the 2012 Star Army Awards!

Personally, I see no problems with Wes wanting to try something new. If it doesn't work out, then we can revert to the old method, give it TIME and don't just say that it 'won't work' when we haven't even seen the results.

Now, my only problem with voting is that when I see myself I'm too tempted to vote for myself XD

Even the old 2011 was susceptible to this. I don't particularly care to spend hours hunting down, reading and then analyzing threads. If its not Nepleslia or the couple of Yamatai plots I'm in, it means very little to me.

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Yep, this is why I fail to see the problem. Both methods have their issues. Although, to be honest, while I never voted (due to conflicts of interest on my part) I often times did read the threads nominated to see why they appeared.

CHARACTER AWARDS

1. Henry Morris
2. Phaedra Volkov
3. Talbain (ID-SOL)
4. Henry Morris
5. Ran Rui
6. Anju
7. Ice Plainsview
8. Siv
11. Saveli
12. Anju
13. Anju
14. Anju
15. Talbain (ID-SOL)
16. Lisa
17. Talbain
18. Saveli
19. Suku

NON-PLAYER CHARACTER AWARDS

22. Grand Admiral Dominic Valken
23. Laura Romero
24. Grand Admiral Dominic Valken & Flint Vanderhuge
25. Grand Admiral Dominic Valken & Flint Vanderhuge
26. Admiral Violetta De Luca
27. Fujiwara
28. Laura Romero
29. Laura Romero
30. Valencia Ironside
31. Laura Romero
32. Leon Santiago
33. Grand Admiral Dominic Valken (Head of 4th Fleet, Head of IPG)
34. Fujiwara
35. Eddie Mac
36. Grand Admiral Dominic Valken
37. Laura Romero
38. Leon Santiago
39. Leon Santiago
40. Laura Romero
41. Bernhard Greer and Laura Romero


STAFF, GM, and MOD TEAM

42. Doshii
43. Doshii
44. Doshii
45. Doshii
46. Doshii
47. Sigma
48. Kokuten
49. MoonMan
50. MoonMan
51. Sigma
51a. Sigma (GM who deals with the largest plot)
52. Sigma/Fred
53. Kyle
54. ShotJon
55. MoonMan


SETTING

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56. Nepleslia Prime - Postmen carry guns.
57. Blackjack Cruiser
58. Nepleslia Prime - Postmen carry guns. Again.
59. Push/Pull Guard
60. Golem Armor



PLAYERS

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61. Phaedra
62. Phaedra
63. MoonMan
64. Best News Post
65. Most Addicted to Star Army
66. Most Addicted to #StarArmy IRC


ROLEPLAY THREADS

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67. Best One-Liner Post - None. One liners are only done by lazy writers and I do not tolerate one liners in 4th Fleet.
68. Death of Chief Ran Rui
70. Best Love Scene - WARNING 18+
78. Best Overall RP Thread - JP
80. The Liberation of Rok'Veru

I am not doing this, as it is a virtual form of kicking chair from under Wes. Sorry Fred, but this seems like big dick-move to me. This year awards might not be super-awesome, but we are to blame, not Wes. We could have added all these awards, but did not.

I disagree with this as well.

Wes is holding them, and I was going with his method. The hard linking is also a pain in the ass. Also, #67, that kind of condescending talk needs to be shelved.

But more importantly, what list are we using?

If you do not wish to lend your voices to this on imprecations that I'm somehow butting Wes aside, feel free to. However, to me, this is fabricating drama where none need exist.

The 2012 attempt Wes tried is indeed not looking out like much. As Shotjon said, it's mostly our fault. We can either do something about it, or not. Ironically, I'm seeing my show of initiative as a very blatant show of support. I could've decided not to care about this. I don't exactly gain a whole lot by being the one stuck with doing the reminders, compiling the results and creating the pool. But I did anyhow.

I figured that if I tried to care about this, others might try too, rather than entirely doom the venture as it was being slated to be. It's definitely better than indifferently sitting on my hands. Rather than sit on our hands, how about we try to save it by ourselves rather than leaving all the work to Wes?

Regardless, this is not a discussion thread - it's a nomination one. Be respectful and don't detract from it. If you don't want to show support for this, don't post at all. If you do, feel free to.

Fred "It's the opinion of a few people" then you and those few people should have spoken up when Wes first proposed the new format. Not wait until the Award Nomination process was completed. By saying nothing you gave tacit approval.

Fred was working his way back into the site when the first round of awards came up. He was focusing on his plot — as every GM should.

I'll place my vote soon.

Is there no way to integrate them? Clearly the 2012 awards as they're presently, officially being done are not sufficient. The nominations - I looked through them - are not representative of the entire site. Nobody could be arsed to come up with their own nominations.

The nomination style Fred recalls from 2011 got a lot more support, for whatever reason, from a broader range of players. Frankly, I didn't even bother to submit nominations myself, because the first few nomination posts looked goofy.

So perhaps we could find some sort of compromise, or simply accept that the nominations are no longer going to be a huge part of the yearly routine.

Re: Vote on the 2012 Star Army Awards!

And the winners are...

2012's Most Helpful Player: Shotjon

2012's Best FM: Wes

2012 Spit The Dummy: High Priest Velor Tomoe's rage over Hanako

2012 Too Awesome to Use: The SiZi Model 30 Plasma Revolver

Most Humorous Scene of 2012: Akiko and Konoka in the kitchen - viewtopic.php?f=161&t=8633&start=160

Best Character Wiki Page of 2012: Jalen Sune - https://wiki.stararmy.com/doku.php?id=ch ... jalen_sune

2012: Most Brilliant Medic in the Universe: Anne

2012's Greatest Mission Failure: YSS Eucharis' Exploring The Dark Labyrinth - viewtopic.php?f=63&t=8614

Most Improved Plot of 2012: NSV Gam'Trosha

Most Improved Newbie of 2012: Reynolds

Best Roleplayer of 2012: Kokuten

Best Cannon Fodder of 2012: Silic Vas

Most Lucky Character of 2012: Silic Vas

Most Improved Squad Leader of 2012: Munkata Yaeko

Congratulations to all the winners!

Re: Vote on the 2012 Star Army Awards!

Can we see how the votes were dispersed? Also thanks everyone!

Viewing the recent ... awards, I find much to be lacking in both of these threads. They both assume a general awareness of EVERYTHING going on in the site. Few of us can claim such honors. 9/14 of the awards went to Yamataian threads, characters, plots, players. 1 to Lorath (which involved Yamatai)

I would propose that the next survey be divided and less site-wide. A list, similar to above, specifically for Yamatai. Another for Nepleslia, another for X, Y, Z factions. That would allow for greater acknowledgment than making characters from entirely different factions, who might be unknown to half the site, get more attention.

I would rather have a separate awards thing for Nepleslia where people who would actually know the character would vote for him/her. Hell, I'd like to make one right now but it's 2013 and then there's this and all the grief people give to Fred for taking some initiative. You don't like it, don't post here. Send Fred a civil PM with your views but taking the mickey out of him for providing an alternative is just plain wrong.

Re: Vote on the 2012 Star Army Awards!

I don't really have time to make it pretty, but here's the raw data of the summary:

Re: Vote on the 2012 Star Army Awards!

Wes, it has been brought to my attention that not enough people were even aware of the voting this year.

I suggest we re-open the polls with a bit more PR in the IRC. That away if some people were un-able to vote there is no reason to grip or complain.

Re: Vote on the 2012 Star Army Awards!

I'm not re-doing them. Nominations were open for months and I can't make people read the forums. Also there's way more to this site than the IRC channel.

Topic locked.

Well clearly there is some streamlining to be done in terms of how the voting process for the SARP awards should be handled. a lot of people have different ideas and are dissatisfied with the way it was done this year.

As far as "not liking it" and sending a civil PM. I get that discussions done in private should stay private. But If you post something publicly...say on these forums then we the members of this site can (and will) like wise react to it publicly. If that can not be handled then do not post your thoughts, ideas and views publicly.

There are too many awards. That is why no one nominates or votes.

Just right off the bat, a note. If they're too long, or you don't know of anything that fits the category, then don't vote. Nobody has said you're required to fill out every category. No, it isn't perfect, but it can be worked on and made MUCH better if we actually try.

CHARACTER AWARDS

1. Best Player Character, Male Rolf Eastwood
2. Best Player Character, Female Sakamoto Hina
3. Best PC Portrayal of Their Race Morioka Naoko
4. Best Display of Occupational Skill Anju Razavi
5. Most Charismatic PC Hetzer Thalberg
6. Most Interesting PC Luca Pavone
7. Most Misunderstood PC Hetzer Thalberg
8. Most Quirky PC Akemi Koga
9. Most Original PC Luca Pavone
10. Most Deviant PC Rolf Eastwood
11. Most Badass PC Luca Pavone
12. Most Influential PC Morioka Naoko
13. Most Underestimated PC Hetzer Thalberg
14. Best Politician
15. Best Strategist
16. Best Seductress Aikawa Kiyoshi
17. Best Combatant Anju Razavi
18. Best Good PC
19. Best Evil PC Melisson (Also still)
20. Best Couple PC Rolf and Yuzuki or Tom and Yukari. Kinda a tossup for me.
21. Most Unlikely Couple


NON-PLAYER CHARACTER AWARDS

22. Best Non-Player Character, Male
23. Best Non-Player Character, Female Yuumi
24. Best NPC Portrayal of Their Race Caecilia Oberstein
25. Best Display of Occupational Skill By An NPC Nimura (Still)
26. Most Charismatic NPC Yuumi
27. Most Interesting NPC
28. Most Misunderstood NPC
29. Most Quirky NPC
30. Most Original NPC
31. Most Deviant NPC
32. Most Badass NPC
33. Most Influencial NPC
34. Most Underestimated NPC
35. Best Politician NPC
36. Best Strategist NPC
37. Best Seductress NPC
38. Best Combatant NPC
39. Best Good NPC
40. Best Evil NPC
41. Best NPC Couple


STAFF, GM, and MOD TEAM

42. Friendliest Staff Member Kyle
43. Most Helpful Staff Member Kyle
44. Most Knowledgable Staff Member Doshington
45. Most Patient Staff Member Doshington
46. Most Active Staff Member Kyle
47. Best Editor Nashoba
48. Most Involving Game Master Fred
49. Most Inspiring Game Master Fred
50. Most Descriptive Game Master Luca
51. Most Active Game Master Wes
52. Deadliest Game Master Fred
53. Most Vigilant IRC Moderator Kyle
54. Most Helpful Regular Member Kokubro
55. Most Supportive Faction Manager Matt


SETTING

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56. Best Location Francia City
57. Best Starship
58. Best Planet Yamatai
59. Most Useful Item
60. Best Uniform Foreign Service



PLAYERS

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61. Best Character Biography Rolf
62. Best Use of Wiki Formatting
63. Best User Page on the Wiki
64. Best News Post Exhack, for the hilarity that is NNN.
65. Most Addicted to Star Army
66. Most Addicted to #StarArmy IRC


ROLEPLAY THREADS

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67. Best One-Liner Post
68. Best Death Scene
69. Best Combat Scene
70. Best Love Scene
71. Most Humorous Scene
72. Most Disturbing Scene
73. Best "Uh Oh" Moment
74. Best Dramatic Scene
75. Most Realistic Military Scene
76. Best Thread Title
77. Best Overall RP Thread - SP
78. Best Overall RP Thread - JP
79. Most Epic JP
80. Most Historic RP Thread


MISC

81. Best Quarantined Quote (SFW)

Dunno why there's opposition to this. Fred's taking the time so someone else doesn't have to. It's not hurting anything. Anyway.

CHARACTER AWARDS

1. Best Player Character, Male
2. Best Player Character, Female
3. Best PC Portrayal of Their Race Ran “Red” Rui
4. Best Display of Occupational Skill
5. Most Charismatic PC
6. Most Interesting PC
7. Most Misunderstood PC
8. Most Quirky PC Mori Saku
9. Most Original PC
10. Most Deviant PC
11. Most Badass PC
12. Most Influential PC Jalen Sune
13. Most Underestimated PC Miyazawa Konoka
14. Best Politician
15. Best Strategist
16. Best Seductress
17. Best Combatant Baek Seonji for killing a mech
18. Best Good PC
19. Best Evil PC
20. Best Couple PC
21. Most Unlikely Couple

NON-PLAYER CHARACTER AWARDS

22. Best Non-Player Character, Male
23. Best Non-Player Character, Female
24. Best NPC Portrayal of Their Race Suzuka Yukari
25. Best Display of Occupational Skill By An NPC
26. Most Charismatic NPC Luca Pavone
27. Most Interesting NPC
28. Most Misunderstood NPC Takagi Miyuki
29. Most Quirky NPC
30. Most Original NPC
31. Most Deviant NPC
32. Most Badass NPC
33. Most Influential NPC Ketsurui Yui
34. Most Underestimated NPC
35. Best Politician NPC
36. Best Strategist NPC Morioka Naoko
37. Best Seductress NPC
38. Best Combatant NPC Ketsurui Kotori
39. Best Good NPC
40. Best Evil NPC Nagase Nagako
41. Best NPC Couple

STAFF, GM, and MOD TEAM

42. Friendliest Staff Member
43. Most Helpful Staff Member Doshii
44. Most Knowledgable Staff Member
45. Most Patient Staff Member Doshii
46. Most Active Staff Member Nashoba
47. Best Editor raz
48. Most Involving Game Master Fred
49. Most Inspiring Game Master
50. Most Descriptive Game Master Doshii
51. Most Active Game Master Wes
52. Deadliest Game Master Gallant (pop pop pop watchin’ players drop)
53. Most Vigilant IRC Moderator Kyle
54. Most Helpful Regular Member ShotJon
55. Most Supportive Faction Manager blind_gardener (Gart co-FM)

SETTING

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56. Best Location Kyoto
57. Best Starship Izanagi
58. Best Planet HX-13
59. Most Useful Item Type 29 communicator
60. Best Uniform NMX Type 33 Navy Jumpsuit

PLAYERS

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61. Best Character Biography
62. Best Use of Wiki Formatting
63. Best User Page on the Wiki
64. Best News Post [NPN] Whales in Fact 'Delicious', Dolphin 'an Aphrodisiac'
65. Most Addicted to Star Army
66. Most Addicted to #StarArmy IRC

ROLEPLAY THREADS

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67. Best One-Liner Post
68. Best Death Scene
69. Best Combat Scene Tamahagane Kaede lays waste to some NMX
70. Best Love Scene
71. Most Humorous Scene
72. Most Disturbing Scene Vordachibeans
73. Best "Uh Oh" Moment Zombies attack Yamashiro Sakura
74. Best Dramatic Scene
75. Most Realistic Military Scene
76. Best Thread Title Revolver’s tag only thread title
77. Best Overall RP Thread - SP Byakuren 0.6
78. Best Overall RP Thread - JP
79. Most Epic JP
80. Most Historic RP Thread

MISC

81. Best Quarantined Quote (SFW)