Post by Sora on Jun 30, 2011 20:01:02 GMT -5
Remind me of those? Were they the awards we had to coincide with the 5th Anniversary celebrations (where we gave out "gifts" to the winners)?
Given that it's CWM bringing it up, I'm guessing that the awards that are being referred to are the awards I created in 2005 or so...maybe earlier than that.
If I remember correctly, awards had been done on the boards before, but to far less pomp and circumstance than they are done now.
I don't remember what I called the awards - but I probably referred to them as The 667 Awards. The awards are probably synonymous with "Snicket Awards", though, because of my involvement.
The awards were a group effort. I wasn't the only person working on them. I delegated tasks to various other members that volunteered. Because everybody has their own individual priorities and lives outside of this board, everything was slowly coming together. People became restless and wanted to know when the show would go on, and the day before or the day of (I can't remember) that I got the go-ahead to make an announcement from the rest of the group about the date of the event, one of the three in the team leaked the results (I'm 90% certain I remember which member it was, but in the event that I'm incorrect, I'm going to refrain naming the member).
Not only was I heavily upset about the leak, but so was another person in the group (that I again, won't name) that ended up doing a whole lot of work for nothing.
I learned from the mistakes of the award show, though. The 667 Apprentice was in development for quite a while between Sora, Tragedy, and myself before it was ever announced. Had I done the same with The 667 Awards, nobody would have grown restless over the whole thing.
Working with Sora on The 667 Apprentice and the auctions a few years back worked out very well. Because of our time zone differences, whenever I was busy or sleeping, he was always awake and working - and vice versa.
The wiki posted above - while not containing accurate information - reminded me of a lot of things I'd forgotten about. Several of my gag accounts are mentioned in the gag account section, and the article about myself is a good chronicle of the "character" that I was playing on this board back then.
The wiki also reminded me of The 667er, and consequently, how much I miss it.
The wiki, however, is lacking of a few things I remember like the new years pranks, the threats of hacks, The 667 Inquirer (I think that was the tabloid style publication Kobolos published), Random Sig Guy, the auctions, and 667 Big Brother.
I absolutely miss the old days.
Oh my, The 667 Apprentice. What was the prize of that competition, my memories of that are super fuzzy.
Akbar's The 667er every week was a fantastic example of what we could do at the height of our site's popularity.
I also remember the Plastics scandal which "rocked" the forum for all of three weeks. I think that was what actually lead to Dupin's departure among others. It was rather ridiculous, but I think that was the event that prompted me to start the Feel Free to Post Whatever You Want thread, which still (miraculously) exists today.