Post by Gamla Anka on May 16, 2015 3:13:29 GMT -5
Welcome to the 2015 Darkies award show 
We will have a lot of interesting award presentations.
(A list of links to the presentation posts will be added here later)
- The special award Most 13 Year old is at the end of this post.
Best Organiser
Most Compassionate
Best Artist
Best Profile Decoration
Most Notorious
Best Volunteer
Best Thread
Best Pairing
Best Writing
For Funniest Member, see Pandora's Power Rankings in this post
Most Valued Poster
Best New Member
But first, look what the 667er team has done here:
Hello! Well, this is... different.
Welcome to the start of the 2015 Darkies award show! Or nearly. The show hasn't actually started yet. Consider this to be the pre-darkies celebrations. The red carpet event. The boring bit you have to sit through at the start whilst you impatiently tap your toes waiting for the main event.
So I hope that it's at least mildly entertaining.
Contained below is the special Darkies edition of the 667er, featuring things likes Darkie poems, Darkie k-pop, and the history of the Darkies. Basically everything you would get in a normal issue of the 667er, except a bit darker. Although there are some special things too. There is a small feature about 667's upcoming anniversary, and a desperate plea for help, and anka has also written something about being the Darkies' organiser. And there may also be an award somewhere along the way.
So I hope you enjoy it, and I hope it's not to boring. But its better than nothing. And hey, technically it can count as a speech? So do I win that award? No?
- Mister M
Original idea by Akbar Le Grey
Editor – Mister M
Co-Editor – Anka Anwhistle M
Designer – Lemona Snicket
Art Editor – Terry Craig
Gawky Editor – Charlie Snicket
Thanks This Issue to : Anka Anwhistle M, Bee, Terry Craig, Akbar Le Grey, Pandora, Pen, Linda Rhaldeen, Charlie Snicket, Lemona Snicket, Sophie, Hermedy, Willis
So this month I interviewed 5 people who were especially involved in the Darkies and not-darkies, and then they responded (except for Pandora, except maybe she messaged me her answers one time and I forgot, so anyway, I'm just gonna leave these spaces blank for now, bc I legit cannot remember at all) and it was great! Yay!
1. Firstly, are you a fan of the Darkies? Why or why not?
M- I am, just because i like to know what people like
Anka- If I wasn't a fan of the Darkies, I wouldn't be organising them. But also if I wasn't organising them I would probably be less of a fan. I just like doing that
Pen- You could say so, in the sense that I appreciate the burst of energy they bring to 667- especially now when we need it so much.
Sophie- They're aight. Y'know. I have conflicting feelings about them sometimes. It's a rocky relationship.
Pandora-
2. Have you/ would you ever vote for yourself to win a Darkie. Why or why not? How do you feel about this?
M- I wouldn't vote for myself, mostly because in msot categories i think there are more deserving people to win. Plus, if I wanted to win I would just not vote in that category. #tactics
Anka- I don't think I would do that. It's kind of selfish. Also doesn't it make people feel bad if they win something just because of their own vote?
Pen- Yes I have and yes I do and yes I did. Not on all categories, but you know. Gotta give yourself some love.
Sophie- I didn't until this year because I wanted it to be fair and true or whatever. Then I realized that was boring so I think I voted for myself on one of them this year.
Pandora-
3. The importance of the Darkies has been questioned by some 667ers this year. What is it that makes the Darkies important to you?
M- Becuase it's tradition. And especially as since 2015 begun there has been a slight upsurge in posting, it only helps to keep people's attention on the forum
Anka- They are not important and that's not a bad thing. They are useless but fun.
Pen- They're... not really important. They're fun. And I do enjoy competitions and awards of all sorts. But they're ultimately irrelevant.
Sophie- The awards ceremony is classy as ickle.
Pandora-
4. Both Sophie's "Most Desperate for A Darkie" not-a-darkie and Pandora's "Best Group" not-a-darkie have sprung up this year. How does this make you feel?
M- I feel a bit sad because it may make them unsuitable to be used as future special awards, but other than that I think that's fun. Like the bandies but good.
Anka- I think it's cool, I like that people get creative themselves instead of just complaining that whatever category they want isn't in the official Darkies. As long as it doesn't stop anyone from participating in the Darkies, they can make as many additional awards as they want.
Pen- Given that I decided to organize one of those not-a-darkies, I'd say pretty well. At the end of the day, the Darkies are just meant to be good, meaningless fun and celebration. I don't see how an extra award or two could disrupt that, only enhance it.
Sophie- It feels great to see beautiful new ideas flourishing. Go team!!! Stick it to the man!
Pandora-
5. Speaking of "Most Desperate for a Darkie", I am exceedingly desperate this year, so here is a statement to remind you how pathetically keen I am. Unrelatedly, what ice-cream flavour(s) do you like?
M- Mint Chocolate Chip. Fun Fact : I had that on the day that the picture use in my best pairing banner was taken. #keepingitdarkie
Anka- ICE CREEEEEAAAMMM My favourite ice cream flavours are mint chocolate chip and cinnamon, but not the two of those together, that would be weird. Lemon ice cream is also very nice.
Pen- Recently I went to the best ice cream place. I had coffee ice cream and this other peanut-candy-thing flavor and they were both delicious.
Sophie- I love you. Also peppermint stick is prime. Rocky road, cookie dough and Ben & Jerry's turtle soup was the best.
Pandora-
6. If you could decide the special Darkie category for next year, what would you choose?
M- Most Boring
Anka- I don't know. I can't really think of anything connected to 2016 (hmmmm... 16... Best sheep?), so it would have to be something connected to what will happen in the next 12 months, which we don't know yet.
Pen- Most Random
Sophie- Most likely to overthrow Hermedy.
Pandora-
7. Do you have any Darkie related anecdotes to share? If no, please tell us a exciting supermarket anecdote instead.
M- There are a lot of ties this year.
Anka- I don't have a Darkies anecdote I think, so here is a supermarket one. I don't know if it's exciting though. One time I was in the supermarket and there was a woman in front of me buying a flower in a flowerpot. She didn't know that the price was reduced until she looked at the thing that people get where it says what they bought and stuff. So she said to the person who works there "I bought this flower, and it says it costs only 4€, but it actually costs 5€." The supermarket person told her that the price was reduced and the flower costs only 4€ now, but the woman kept wanting to pay 5. This went on for about 5 minutes, and in the end the supermarket person said "The price is reduced, the flower is cheaper now. You have to be happy now".
Pen- On my first year on 667, I was definitely worthy of Sophie's award. I nominated myself for a few of the categories and when I didn't win anything, I was pretty bummed out about that. Soon after, I was chosen as Member of the Month. At the time, that was the highest of honors to me. And whenever the topic of the Darkies came up, I was sure to point out I'd won MotM, obviously a way more prestigious award than any Darkie.
Sophie- One time my friends and I took a nap in the paper products aisle. There were giant pumpkin pillows for Halloween and it was great. My friends also stole some candy, and that's the extent of my criminal activity.
Pandora-
8. Anka and M have said they don't wanna be nominated for "Best Pairing" so as not to sweep the floor with everyone else (bc omg so cute). Do you think other shoe-ins should be excluded (eg. BSam for funniest member, Dante for Best Volunteer), or are you more inclined to agree with Sophie's "Darkies 2K15" movement?
M- I don't think things like that should be excluded (espeiclaly as hermes won best volunteer last), But also becuase the main reason me and anka decided to not be nominated again was becuase the category is more fun when pairings that arent actual parings win.
Anka- I think it's kind of a different thing, because in Best Pairing the problem is that the pairings can be any type of pairing. I find it interesting if there are pairings nominated which are not connected in any romantic or shipping or e-marriage way, and I would like to see other kinds of pairings getting more votes. I don't know if there is any other category where someone could step away for people nominated for different reasons.
Pen- No one should be excluded. If people decide to take Sophie's suggestion and vote for someone more unusual, I think that's fine. I just hope it doesn't mean people will just vote on random members. Not that it matters, but as with any other competition, I would hope for there to be some sort of criteria involved in the selection of the winners.
Sophie- I def support my own grassroots movement. I'm not saying they should be excluded from nominations, but it's on us voters to spark change.
Pandora-
9. Which Darkie category sings most to your heart?
M- I wasn't aware Darkies could sing. Do they look like Grammys?
Anka- Best New Member. I like that everyone has only one chance to get it. I'm a bit sad that we keep getting less new members who actually stay here and can be nominated there.
Pen- Most Compassionate
Sophie- Most Notorious.
Pandora-
10. Lastly, which Darkie would you be most pleased to win this year?
M- I would love the 667er to win Best Wiriting, because then it's an award for everyone. But seriously, i want to win Most Valued Poster. You all know I am.
Anka- I don't know. I don't really think I deserve any this year. In every category there are so many awesome people who deserve it more.
Pen- Best Profile Decoration, I guess. Come on guys, I've been nominated like 10 times.
Sophie- Best Pairing. With myself. Oh wait I'm not nominated. Then I think funniest, because I'm hilarious.
Pandora-
The Darkies – Random stuff from behind the scenes
Maybe some of you sometimes wonder what it's like to organise the Darkies. Well, most people probably don't, but I need some sentence to start this article Anyway, I sometimes wonder what it is like to not organise the Darkies, because I have started organising them in the first year I was here. So I can't really tell you how it is different, but maybe I will try a bit.
Most of the time it is fun to organise the Darkies. I love making the nomination threads and all the polls. The nominations and votings are kind of the “real” Darkies time for me. The part before that is the annoying work that needs to be done before we can really start. The discussion about the categories can be quite stressful. I thought it would be a bit different this year, because we decided last year that we will have the 12 fixed categories, so the only thing left to decide would be the special award, but then of course there were still some things to discuss, and I already know about some things that some people want to talk about next year. It's always a bit difficult to listen to everyone's suggestions without having endless discussions or making polls about every detail. Also I'm really bad at telling if a suggestion is serious or a joke, and then I get really embarrassed.
One of the biggest differences between organising and not organising the Darkies is probably that I can see the results of the voting all the time. It takes away all the surprise, so it's maybe a bit boring, but it's also fun to see how the voting goes. Some interesting things happened there this year. For Most Valued Poster for example, there were 9 votes on the first day, and they were all for different people. I was a bit upset when I woke up on the next day and two people had a second vote. There were actually quite many categories this year where there were big ties for a long time until someone broke them.
I think my favourite part of the Darkies is sending the results of the categories to the people who present the awards and make the banners. It's just that feeling when you have kept something secret for ages, and then you can finally tell someone.
In the end the results are quite mixed this year. There are some surprising results, some less surprising ones, some that are not surprising at all, and lots of ties. The award show will definitely be interesting.
I also love that the Darkies are a thing for everyone. No matter how much you are still interested in the books or how interested you are in all the other stuff happening in this forum, the Darkies are one of the thing that brings the whole forum together every year. Thanks everyone for participating and making that possible.
Also thank you to all the awesome people who make banners and present awards. Without you, there couldn't be any Darkies!
Rant: Which Here Means
OK, so the Darkies are coming up. The Darkie Awards, right? So by this information I could gather that some arbitrator is going to come to a final decision regarding something to do with... what, no? OK, something concerning employees... no, I guess not. potato, then I could gather that it's a prize of some kind.... yes. See the problem? It bugs me that so many words mean multiple things, and MisterM says my rant should have some connection to the Darkies, so it now has one. Don’t complain.
It does make things frustrating to have many meanings for the same words. Our Mr Snicket comments on this in TE (my favourite example of his being "the bear moved quietly toward the camp counsellor, who was too busy putting on lipstick to notice" vs " the loss of my camp counsellor is more than I can bear"). Of course, any language that has evolved and developed over years and years (rather than being created all at once, like a code) has to have eccentricities, and it keeps things interesting, I guess. However, humanity as a whole can’t help finding this kind of thing annoying, and hey – what about when words mean the same thing but are spelled differently in different places!? That can be majorly confusing, and oh man – what about words that have two spelling options from different places, but neither is technically incorrect in Australia, but you might potentially get corrected for using either… arrgh. Yeah, I’m going to go calm down.
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And now for something very exciting
A column by Linda Rhaldeen
Welcome back to History of 667. Today's topic of interest: the Darkies.
The Darkies are 667's longest-running awards show. They have been held annually since 2008, traditionally in the spring months (or fall for southern hemisphere). These upcoming awards will be the 8th ones. @moon hosted the Darkies in 2008 and in 2009. In 2010 he stepped down and Emma “Emmz” Squalor took over, also hosting in 2011 and 2012. Gamla Anka has been our organizer and host since 2013.
The first ever Darkies were held on April 13th, 2008. They were announced on March 27th, 2008; Willis tells us then that Hermedy had come up with the name. It was an exciting time at 667; the 667,000th post had just been made the previous day, and 667 had been upgraded to version 4.5 in the past few days as well.
At the time, The 667er was on its last leg (the final editon would be posted just 7 days after the award show), but it appears this first Darkies was well advertised by the paper, from a call for nominations to a vintage ad that was run in the April 6th and April 13th editions. Apparently I even wrote a news bulletin liveblogging the Darkies. This would be the last time a Darkies would be talked about in The 667er until today (I checked the issues during Charlie's run and found no mention of Darkies).
Let's look at some of the ways the Darkies have changed over the years:
-Looking at the original 2008 awards, you will see several that sound unfamiliar today, among them Best Moderator, Best Moment, and Best Gag Account.
-In 2009 those 3 were retired and replaced with Most Notorious, Most Improved, and Most Consistent.
-In 2012, Most Improved and Most Consistent were replaced with Best Profile Decoration and Most Active.
-In 2013, Most Active was changed to Best Organizer. Most Unfortunate also changed named to Most Lemony.
-In 2014, Best Story and Best Writer were merged into one award called Best Storytelling, and a special award that changes each year was created. This year's award was Most Missing.
-This year our special award is Most 13-Year-Old. A couple of the awards have undergone name changes, Best Storytelling changing to Best Writing and Most Lemony to Best Volunteer.
Bonus content:
Interested in seeing a specific topic covered? Send me a PM and I will do my best to cover it in a future issue.
MISTER M PRESENTS A RANDOM THING
Terry Craig sent me a random song even though I;m not doing that this time, so here it is. RANDOMLY
Thee Oh Sees: Mutilator Defeated At Last
The prolific garage champs return with a new LP! As new as in: you can still stream it for free on Soundcloud anticipating its release on Monday. Do it before it's too late, because OH BOY is this thing going to melt yo' face. The whole thing holds a steady breakneck pace with one killer groove followed by the next - like pretty much all of their stuff, I guess, but they do it much more expertly here with the songs actually being in enough contrast to one another as to make it all even more exciting. Listen to it, it's better than cocaine (I'm sure).
And now for something a little different...
This month's What's Kpoppin' is a special super Dark edition of What's Kpoppin' (already home to some of the darkest writing on the web). I'm focusing on BTS, or Bangtan Boys, who are already pretty Dark as it is.
#dark
BTS is like my fave boy group and, omg they're coming to Australia (aaaaaaaahhhhh)!!!!! But anyway, I love them and they are amaaaazing, and just the best thing since sliced bread. BTS is noted for having super strong powerful dances, and like they so do. BTS is also known for being super adorable mega cuties, and omg I love them.
The Members-
Rap Monster- OK so his name is Rap Monster, that is hilarious enough, but Rapmon is like a great leader to BTS, and (unsurprisingly), an actual rapper, hand-picked for his rapping skills, not for his face (whoa). He pretty much taught himself pretty great English, always has the worst hair, did a few solo Editor's Note : this song has swearing in it. I don't know if anyone cares though) thingies, and is pretty much an all round great person.
Jin- Jin is the prettiest person alive, in these and all other pictures. He is the oldest member of BTS and their visual, which is like a weird rare combination. He is also a fairly kickarse singer, a subpar dancer (just slightly more subpar than Rapmon), and my BTS soulmate according to this quiz (for fun, comment below who your BTS soulmate is). Editor : I got j-hope I think the test is fairly accurate. Fun fact: one time, he released this video of him cooking something (bc he is also like group mum, because cute), and fans noticed that he had a packet of XL condoms sitting like next to his bed lol. The company promptly responded saying that creepy fans are constantly sending them condoms, and please could they stop
J-Hope- Literally made of smiles, J-Hope is a super cute cutie, who dances and raps. He is like an ok rapper, but man when he dances, whew. He specialises in more hip-hoppy dancing tho. There was some petition or something to kick him out last year, which was dumb and the worst, but like pretty much every girl group ever, he ignored the haters, and was like, nah.
Suga- I'm not saying Suga is my least fave, but I just don't love him with all my heart y'know. He's a pretty sweet rapper, and he dances well, and his fave activity is sleeping, which is cool, but I'm just not his No. 1 fan y'know? BTS has a teddy bear they use to replace Suga in press conferences he can't attend sometimes (for whatever reason). I'm not saying I like the bear better. I'm just saying, it is very cute, and maybe cuter than him maybe.
Jimin- So, I think I love Shin Jimin (hey) of AOA so much that some of this Jimin directed love has found its way to Park Jimin of BTS, because normally I would dislike him, but hey he's alright. Jimin doesn't believe in sleeves, is a main vocalist, and dances like an absolute winner (many fans believe him to be trained in ballet).
V- AHHHHH! V! MY FAVOURITE EVER HUMAN! V IS THE BEST MEMBER OF ANY BOY GROUP HANDS DOWN NO ARGUMENTS. V IS THE MOST ADORABLE HUMAN BEING. V IS A SINGER KNOWN FOR HIS GRAVELLY CUTE VOICE, AND HE DANCES PRETTY WELL TOO. HE IS ALSO A TOTAL CUTIE AND HAS THE BEST PERSONALITY OMG. HIS STAGE NAME "V" COMES FROM THIS CUTE THING WHICH HE DOES IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY PHOTO (AWWWW). V LOVES ONE PIECE, AND LEARNED JAPANESE BC OF IT. HE IS ALSO EVERYONE'S FAVE MEMBER BC OF COURSE HE IS OMG. V INTERACTED WITH ORANGE CARAMEL ONE TIME. I DIED. HIS REAL NAME IS KIM TAEHYUNG, BUT PEOPLE CALL HIM TAETAE WHICH IS SUPER CUTE (LIKE HIM). V WILL CAPTURE YOUR HEART AND NEVER LET GO. PLUS EVERYONE SHIPS HIM WITH EVERYONE BECAUSE HE IS SUPER CUTE AND HUGS EVERYONE ALL OF THE TIME. ALSO HE SHARES LINES WITH JIN MY OTHER FAVE WHICH IS SO PERFECT YAY!
Jungkook- Known as the Golden Maknae, Jungkook is good at pretty much every single thing and he's like 18 which isn't even fair. He is the lead vocalist of the group, as well as being in the dance line. Jungkook is cute and adorable, and has like ratty teeth, and makes fangirls swoon (to a lesser extent than V does). His voice is actually really pretty.
The Song-
Just a warning this is the 19+ edition, for extra darkness and whatnot. If you are a resident of Korea who is younger than 19, please feel free not to watch this video, and instead watch the less fun video. Hilariously, Jungkook, being 18, will not be allowed to watch this video until January. The song is sweet. I wasn't a fan of it at first. V could do with some more lines (lol), and some of the rap seemed jarring. But hey I love the chorusy high notes (omg so amazing). Like especially since they are about five octaves higher than I could ever sing, so whenever I try it's like a squeaky mess. I also really enjoy that Jin has a couple of big parts, and has a good stylist finally. I also didn't like the quiety bit near the end (bridge?), but I barely ever do in BTS songs, so no surprises there. I really did love the chorusy high notes however, and the song in general wasn't as terrible as most of the hyped trash released lately (I'm looking at you Big Bang). BTS also won their first three music shows with this song, which was like a big deal, but then dumb people were all like "OMG V IS MOCKING THE LOSERS BY SINGING THIS SONG 'LOSER' ", which lol he may have been. But if he was that is hilarious, nothing to be outraged over. His official twitter was like "nah, I just really like that song, and was super excited". 8/10
The Video-
So this, being the 19+ super Dark, very restricted video was actually pretty good! In it, lots of 19+ things happen, which are like I guess meant to be what they'd do if they weren't with "the girl" bc I guess they are very in love or whatever. So okay Jungkook gets the salsa beaten out of him; Rapmon quits smoking (lol?); J-Hope has an Overdose (someone call the doctor); Suga burns to death (not that I think he should or anything); Jin has like a flower in his heart?; Jimin drowns himself; and V, precious V, stabs a wife-basher to death. HE JUST STABS HIM TO DEATH. BEST BIT OF THE VIDEO FOR SURE. LIKE HE'S JUST THERE STABBING HIM TO DEATH. LOL. The rest of the MV was ok, and the tame kiddie version was un-noteworthy.
Kpop News-
- Bestie have comeback with Excuse Me, a song that is both musically entertaining, and tackles real issues! A+ to Bestie
- Big Bang (who are awful and suck) have also comeback with two videos that are boring and worthless.
- Girls Day have released an ad for some hair company which is ok, but pales in comparison to Orange Caramel's ad for Baskin Robins.
- Queen BoA has returned with this MV featuring Sehun of the slowly dissolving EXO. BoA is notable for being an executive of her own company (the biggest kpop company in korea), and probably drinking the blood of the younger idols, bc she is so damn youthful.
- Lizzy from Orange Caramel was literally in Australia, and maybe still is, she isn't saying prolly bc of stalkers lol. BUT OMFG SHE WAS ON SOIL THAT I MAYBE HAVE STOOD ON.
Bye for another however long it's been and will be. Enjoy the Darkies ♥
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reminder that I have exams
umm anyway
Oh, look, here's another thing I don't have. let's hope i actually have the next article
Some of the Darkies have already been presented, so I already know that most of the things picked are wrong. It's a good thing I planned on doing this to name the correct winners.
13. Best Organizer, why the ickle is this even a thing, I will give it to Linda Rhaldeen because she did two things. Anka did three but thats overachieving and she actually won so she doesn't get the real prize of my approval, which is much more rare and valuable.
12. Since this award is supposed to be bad or whatever, I'll say LSWannaBe bc she's the only one that might have done something I'd find objectionable in the past year. I would say Mulan but I don't want to give him credit for anything whether its good or bad credit.
11. Best New Member- horse. No idea who this is, but it's cute to think a horse would win a darkie.
10. 13- I still have no potatoing clue what most 13 year old is really about, so I award this to bandit for being fairly close to 13 and for being most desperate for a darkie.
9. Best Volunteer, I know I wasn't nominated but I'm gonna have to give this to myself since I spent today and yesterday outside with dogs helping them get adopted which is actual volunteer work and more important than knowing a bunch about some made up orphans.
8. Best Thread- Zoo animals. Obviously.
7. Best Profile Decoration- Bee
6. Best Artist- Tryina Denouement, I have no idea what art you make, but you're like seven and you make art so you go girl.
5. Best Writer- Charlie! for working hard on his K-pop articles and writing a lot even though no one knows what he's talking about. follow your dreams boo.
4. MVP, Since Harry Styles wasn't nominated I'd have to say myself with runner up BSam.
3. Funniest- Either Sophie, me, Linda or Bee bc we were nominated and funny ladies are the best. We are much better than the real winner, Dante. Have fun being mentioned in the power rankings bc it will probably never happen again you punk ass book jockey!
2. Most Compassionate- Charlie, with special out to friend and beautiful nurse Rellim
1. LINDORA RULES, EVERYONE ELSE DROOLS.
So, I guess that that's nearly it for this issue of the 667er, the Darkie special.
Unlike what I origionally said, there won't be an issue next weekend, and thats because of two reasons
1) A week is not nearly enough time to get everything together for the issue.
2) In aroudn 5 weeks time, there will be a very speical edition of the 667er. Why is it special, I hear you ask? Becuase of this
Yes, its a very special birthday for 667. And there will be a very special edition of the 667er to go along with it.
At the moment, a lot of the details and ideas are still undecided, and I will probably make several posts about that over the coming weeks. If you have any ideas for anythign you think would be cool, then pm them to me and i'll try and make it happen. Even if it's only something small, if it's anniversary related, it will be fun.
However there are some ideas that have already been decided
-A series of 13 ~essays~ by 13 different people, one for each of the 13 years since 667 began.
The ~essays~ can be long or short or inbetween or whatever. They can beb 3 paragraphs or 30 pages, whatever you want. The topic isn't to specific – it just has to be about 667 Dark Avenue. I will also give the person two or three basic questions to answer.
I need 13 volunteers for this. In a perfect world, I'd be able to have one person for each year of 667, and in an even more perfect one that year could be the year that they joined. But I won't be to picky with that.
It would also be nice if we cold get someone from 667's past involved (Hermedy?
). but I don't know how to go about doing that.
If you are interested, then PM me.
667 Dark Avenue is actually about LEMONY SNICKET BOOKS! Some of you may have forgotten this, but I want to see how much you can remember about a series of unfortunate events, and what people thought of each book. I'm looking for 2-5 volunteers for this.
Charlie will be doing anniversary interviews! More volunteers needed.
Send Anka some advice question! Advice to anka the soul
If there's a particular thread or post or member or moment from 667's past that you fondly remember, PM me about it, and i'll include it in the issue.
There is also going to be lots of other stuff (not just the 667er), and there is a thread discussing that here.
So this is a clever link.
Now it's time to present.... THE FIRST DARKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
And (here is the really clever part) The first award is this year's special (anniversary themed) award - Most 13 Year Old. Here is anka to tell you a little bit about all of the nominees
Hermedy: He is definitely the member who has been here the longest, so it is closest to 13 years. Sometimes people maybe wonder if he (still) exists, but it seems like he definitely does.
BSam: He's also one of the oldest 667ers (membership-wise, not age-wise), and also still one of the most active ones. He's famous for having won the Funniest Member award many times, and also for having a beard, even though I don't know if he even has that at the moment.
Bandit: He hasn't been here for that long, but still one of the most memorable members in 667's 13 years. He is a poet and he seems to be a pole dancing teacher for cartoon animals.
Lucas: He just was, and always will be, 13 years old.
Teleram: He seems to have lost a g, and Mister M's old laptop found that cool and did that too.
Tryina: She was actually quite a bit younger than 13 when she joined 667.
Bee: Um, bee's only live for 13 years? No? Okay, well bee is not 13, but she is a bee. And she is an integral cog of the 667 wheel.
Pandora: She probably posted 13 times in a row one time.
So I can now reveal that the winner is......................
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BSAM AND Hermedy!!!!!
WOOO!!! CHEERING AND WHOOPING!!!! YAY!!!!
Conga rats guys! And well done on being 13 year old's. You two truely are childish.
So, What award is next?
We will have a lot of interesting award presentations.(A list of links to the presentation posts will be added here later)
- The special award Most 13 Year old is at the end of this post.
Best Organiser
Most Compassionate
Best Artist
Best Profile Decoration
Most Notorious
Best Volunteer
Best Thread
Best Pairing
Best Writing
For Funniest Member, see Pandora's Power Rankings in this post
Most Valued Poster
Best New Member
But first, look what the 667er team has done here:
Hello! Well, this is... different.
Welcome to the start of the 2015 Darkies award show! Or nearly. The show hasn't actually started yet. Consider this to be the pre-darkies celebrations. The red carpet event. The boring bit you have to sit through at the start whilst you impatiently tap your toes waiting for the main event.
So I hope that it's at least mildly entertaining.
Contained below is the special Darkies edition of the 667er, featuring things likes Darkie poems, Darkie k-pop, and the history of the Darkies. Basically everything you would get in a normal issue of the 667er, except a bit darker. Although there are some special things too. There is a small feature about 667's upcoming anniversary, and a desperate plea for help, and anka has also written something about being the Darkies' organiser. And there may also be an award somewhere along the way.
So I hope you enjoy it, and I hope it's not to boring. But its better than nothing. And hey, technically it can count as a speech? So do I win that award? No?
- Mister M
Original idea by Akbar Le Grey
Editor – Mister M
Co-Editor – Anka Anwhistle M
Designer – Lemona Snicket
Art Editor – Terry Craig
Gawky Editor – Charlie Snicket
Thanks This Issue to : Anka Anwhistle M, Bee, Terry Craig, Akbar Le Grey, Pandora, Pen, Linda Rhaldeen, Charlie Snicket, Lemona Snicket, Sophie, Hermedy, Willis
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So this month I interviewed 5 people who were especially involved in the Darkies and not-darkies, and then they responded (except for Pandora, except maybe she messaged me her answers one time and I forgot, so anyway, I'm just gonna leave these spaces blank for now, bc I legit cannot remember at all) and it was great! Yay!
1. Firstly, are you a fan of the Darkies? Why or why not?
M- I am, just because i like to know what people like
Anka- If I wasn't a fan of the Darkies, I wouldn't be organising them. But also if I wasn't organising them I would probably be less of a fan. I just like doing that
Pen- You could say so, in the sense that I appreciate the burst of energy they bring to 667- especially now when we need it so much.
Sophie- They're aight. Y'know. I have conflicting feelings about them sometimes. It's a rocky relationship.
Pandora-
2. Have you/ would you ever vote for yourself to win a Darkie. Why or why not? How do you feel about this?
M- I wouldn't vote for myself, mostly because in msot categories i think there are more deserving people to win. Plus, if I wanted to win I would just not vote in that category. #tactics
Anka- I don't think I would do that. It's kind of selfish. Also doesn't it make people feel bad if they win something just because of their own vote?
Pen- Yes I have and yes I do and yes I did. Not on all categories, but you know. Gotta give yourself some love.
Sophie- I didn't until this year because I wanted it to be fair and true or whatever. Then I realized that was boring so I think I voted for myself on one of them this year.
Pandora-
3. The importance of the Darkies has been questioned by some 667ers this year. What is it that makes the Darkies important to you?
M- Becuase it's tradition. And especially as since 2015 begun there has been a slight upsurge in posting, it only helps to keep people's attention on the forum
Anka- They are not important and that's not a bad thing. They are useless but fun.
Pen- They're... not really important. They're fun. And I do enjoy competitions and awards of all sorts. But they're ultimately irrelevant.
Sophie- The awards ceremony is classy as ickle.
Pandora-
4. Both Sophie's "Most Desperate for A Darkie" not-a-darkie and Pandora's "Best Group" not-a-darkie have sprung up this year. How does this make you feel?
M- I feel a bit sad because it may make them unsuitable to be used as future special awards, but other than that I think that's fun. Like the bandies but good.
Anka- I think it's cool, I like that people get creative themselves instead of just complaining that whatever category they want isn't in the official Darkies. As long as it doesn't stop anyone from participating in the Darkies, they can make as many additional awards as they want.
Pen- Given that I decided to organize one of those not-a-darkies, I'd say pretty well. At the end of the day, the Darkies are just meant to be good, meaningless fun and celebration. I don't see how an extra award or two could disrupt that, only enhance it.
Sophie- It feels great to see beautiful new ideas flourishing. Go team!!! Stick it to the man!
Pandora-
5. Speaking of "Most Desperate for a Darkie", I am exceedingly desperate this year, so here is a statement to remind you how pathetically keen I am. Unrelatedly, what ice-cream flavour(s) do you like?
M- Mint Chocolate Chip. Fun Fact : I had that on the day that the picture use in my best pairing banner was taken. #keepingitdarkie
Anka- ICE CREEEEEAAAMMM My favourite ice cream flavours are mint chocolate chip and cinnamon, but not the two of those together, that would be weird. Lemon ice cream is also very nice.
Pen- Recently I went to the best ice cream place. I had coffee ice cream and this other peanut-candy-thing flavor and they were both delicious.
Sophie- I love you. Also peppermint stick is prime. Rocky road, cookie dough and Ben & Jerry's turtle soup was the best.
Pandora-
6. If you could decide the special Darkie category for next year, what would you choose?
M- Most Boring
Anka- I don't know. I can't really think of anything connected to 2016 (hmmmm... 16... Best sheep?), so it would have to be something connected to what will happen in the next 12 months, which we don't know yet.
Pen- Most Random
Sophie- Most likely to overthrow Hermedy.
Pandora-
7. Do you have any Darkie related anecdotes to share? If no, please tell us a exciting supermarket anecdote instead.
M- There are a lot of ties this year.
Anka- I don't have a Darkies anecdote I think, so here is a supermarket one. I don't know if it's exciting though. One time I was in the supermarket and there was a woman in front of me buying a flower in a flowerpot. She didn't know that the price was reduced until she looked at the thing that people get where it says what they bought and stuff. So she said to the person who works there "I bought this flower, and it says it costs only 4€, but it actually costs 5€." The supermarket person told her that the price was reduced and the flower costs only 4€ now, but the woman kept wanting to pay 5. This went on for about 5 minutes, and in the end the supermarket person said "The price is reduced, the flower is cheaper now. You have to be happy now".
Pen- On my first year on 667, I was definitely worthy of Sophie's award. I nominated myself for a few of the categories and when I didn't win anything, I was pretty bummed out about that. Soon after, I was chosen as Member of the Month. At the time, that was the highest of honors to me. And whenever the topic of the Darkies came up, I was sure to point out I'd won MotM, obviously a way more prestigious award than any Darkie.
Sophie- One time my friends and I took a nap in the paper products aisle. There were giant pumpkin pillows for Halloween and it was great. My friends also stole some candy, and that's the extent of my criminal activity.
Pandora-
8. Anka and M have said they don't wanna be nominated for "Best Pairing" so as not to sweep the floor with everyone else (bc omg so cute). Do you think other shoe-ins should be excluded (eg. BSam for funniest member, Dante for Best Volunteer), or are you more inclined to agree with Sophie's "Darkies 2K15" movement?
M- I don't think things like that should be excluded (espeiclaly as hermes won best volunteer last), But also becuase the main reason me and anka decided to not be nominated again was becuase the category is more fun when pairings that arent actual parings win.
Anka- I think it's kind of a different thing, because in Best Pairing the problem is that the pairings can be any type of pairing. I find it interesting if there are pairings nominated which are not connected in any romantic or shipping or e-marriage way, and I would like to see other kinds of pairings getting more votes. I don't know if there is any other category where someone could step away for people nominated for different reasons.
Pen- No one should be excluded. If people decide to take Sophie's suggestion and vote for someone more unusual, I think that's fine. I just hope it doesn't mean people will just vote on random members. Not that it matters, but as with any other competition, I would hope for there to be some sort of criteria involved in the selection of the winners.
Sophie- I def support my own grassroots movement. I'm not saying they should be excluded from nominations, but it's on us voters to spark change.
Pandora-
9. Which Darkie category sings most to your heart?
M- I wasn't aware Darkies could sing. Do they look like Grammys?
Anka- Best New Member. I like that everyone has only one chance to get it. I'm a bit sad that we keep getting less new members who actually stay here and can be nominated there.
Pen- Most Compassionate
Sophie- Most Notorious.
Pandora-
10. Lastly, which Darkie would you be most pleased to win this year?
M- I would love the 667er to win Best Wiriting, because then it's an award for everyone. But seriously, i want to win Most Valued Poster. You all know I am.
Anka- I don't know. I don't really think I deserve any this year. In every category there are so many awesome people who deserve it more.
Pen- Best Profile Decoration, I guess. Come on guys, I've been nominated like 10 times.
Sophie- Best Pairing. With myself. Oh wait I'm not nominated. Then I think funniest, because I'm hilarious.
Pandora-
The Darkies – Random stuff from behind the scenes
Maybe some of you sometimes wonder what it's like to organise the Darkies. Well, most people probably don't, but I need some sentence to start this article Anyway, I sometimes wonder what it is like to not organise the Darkies, because I have started organising them in the first year I was here. So I can't really tell you how it is different, but maybe I will try a bit.
Most of the time it is fun to organise the Darkies. I love making the nomination threads and all the polls. The nominations and votings are kind of the “real” Darkies time for me. The part before that is the annoying work that needs to be done before we can really start. The discussion about the categories can be quite stressful. I thought it would be a bit different this year, because we decided last year that we will have the 12 fixed categories, so the only thing left to decide would be the special award, but then of course there were still some things to discuss, and I already know about some things that some people want to talk about next year. It's always a bit difficult to listen to everyone's suggestions without having endless discussions or making polls about every detail. Also I'm really bad at telling if a suggestion is serious or a joke, and then I get really embarrassed.
One of the biggest differences between organising and not organising the Darkies is probably that I can see the results of the voting all the time. It takes away all the surprise, so it's maybe a bit boring, but it's also fun to see how the voting goes. Some interesting things happened there this year. For Most Valued Poster for example, there were 9 votes on the first day, and they were all for different people. I was a bit upset when I woke up on the next day and two people had a second vote. There were actually quite many categories this year where there were big ties for a long time until someone broke them.
I think my favourite part of the Darkies is sending the results of the categories to the people who present the awards and make the banners. It's just that feeling when you have kept something secret for ages, and then you can finally tell someone.
In the end the results are quite mixed this year. There are some surprising results, some less surprising ones, some that are not surprising at all, and lots of ties. The award show will definitely be interesting.
I also love that the Darkies are a thing for everyone. No matter how much you are still interested in the books or how interested you are in all the other stuff happening in this forum, the Darkies are one of the thing that brings the whole forum together every year. Thanks everyone for participating and making that possible.
Also thank you to all the awesome people who make banners and present awards. Without you, there couldn't be any Darkies!
Rant: Which Here Means
OK, so the Darkies are coming up. The Darkie Awards, right? So by this information I could gather that some arbitrator is going to come to a final decision regarding something to do with... what, no? OK, something concerning employees... no, I guess not. potato, then I could gather that it's a prize of some kind.... yes. See the problem? It bugs me that so many words mean multiple things, and MisterM says my rant should have some connection to the Darkies, so it now has one. Don’t complain.
It does make things frustrating to have many meanings for the same words. Our Mr Snicket comments on this in TE (my favourite example of his being "the bear moved quietly toward the camp counsellor, who was too busy putting on lipstick to notice" vs " the loss of my camp counsellor is more than I can bear"). Of course, any language that has evolved and developed over years and years (rather than being created all at once, like a code) has to have eccentricities, and it keeps things interesting, I guess. However, humanity as a whole can’t help finding this kind of thing annoying, and hey – what about when words mean the same thing but are spelled differently in different places!? That can be majorly confusing, and oh man – what about words that have two spelling options from different places, but neither is technically incorrect in Australia, but you might potentially get corrected for using either… arrgh. Yeah, I’m going to go calm down.
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And now for something very exciting
A column by Linda Rhaldeen
Welcome back to History of 667. Today's topic of interest: the Darkies.
The Darkies are 667's longest-running awards show. They have been held annually since 2008, traditionally in the spring months (or fall for southern hemisphere). These upcoming awards will be the 8th ones. @moon hosted the Darkies in 2008 and in 2009. In 2010 he stepped down and Emma “Emmz” Squalor took over, also hosting in 2011 and 2012. Gamla Anka has been our organizer and host since 2013.
The first ever Darkies were held on April 13th, 2008. They were announced on March 27th, 2008; Willis tells us then that Hermedy had come up with the name. It was an exciting time at 667; the 667,000th post had just been made the previous day, and 667 had been upgraded to version 4.5 in the past few days as well.
At the time, The 667er was on its last leg (the final editon would be posted just 7 days after the award show), but it appears this first Darkies was well advertised by the paper, from a call for nominations to a vintage ad that was run in the April 6th and April 13th editions. Apparently I even wrote a news bulletin liveblogging the Darkies. This would be the last time a Darkies would be talked about in The 667er until today (I checked the issues during Charlie's run and found no mention of Darkies).
Let's look at some of the ways the Darkies have changed over the years:
-Looking at the original 2008 awards, you will see several that sound unfamiliar today, among them Best Moderator, Best Moment, and Best Gag Account.
-In 2009 those 3 were retired and replaced with Most Notorious, Most Improved, and Most Consistent.
-In 2012, Most Improved and Most Consistent were replaced with Best Profile Decoration and Most Active.
-In 2013, Most Active was changed to Best Organizer. Most Unfortunate also changed named to Most Lemony.
-In 2014, Best Story and Best Writer were merged into one award called Best Storytelling, and a special award that changes each year was created. This year's award was Most Missing.
-This year our special award is Most 13-Year-Old. A couple of the awards have undergone name changes, Best Storytelling changing to Best Writing and Most Lemony to Best Volunteer.
Bonus content:
- Darkies Winners and Categories: My love of charts and lists and statistics led me to make this page.
- Trivia
Interested in seeing a specific topic covered? Send me a PM and I will do my best to cover it in a future issue.
MISTER M PRESENTS A RANDOM THING
Terry Craig sent me a random song even though I;m not doing that this time, so here it is. RANDOMLY
Thee Oh Sees: Mutilator Defeated At Last
The prolific garage champs return with a new LP! As new as in: you can still stream it for free on Soundcloud anticipating its release on Monday. Do it before it's too late, because OH BOY is this thing going to melt yo' face. The whole thing holds a steady breakneck pace with one killer groove followed by the next - like pretty much all of their stuff, I guess, but they do it much more expertly here with the songs actually being in enough contrast to one another as to make it all even more exciting. Listen to it, it's better than cocaine (I'm sure).
And now for something a little different...
This month's What's Kpoppin' is a special super Dark edition of What's Kpoppin' (already home to some of the darkest writing on the web). I'm focusing on BTS, or Bangtan Boys, who are already pretty Dark as it is.
#dark
BTS is like my fave boy group and, omg they're coming to Australia (aaaaaaaahhhhh)!!!!! But anyway, I love them and they are amaaaazing, and just the best thing since sliced bread. BTS is noted for having super strong powerful dances, and like they so do. BTS is also known for being super adorable mega cuties, and omg I love them.
The Members-
Rap Monster- OK so his name is Rap Monster, that is hilarious enough, but Rapmon is like a great leader to BTS, and (unsurprisingly), an actual rapper, hand-picked for his rapping skills, not for his face (whoa). He pretty much taught himself pretty great English, always has the worst hair, did a few solo Editor's Note : this song has swearing in it. I don't know if anyone cares though) thingies, and is pretty much an all round great person.
Jin- Jin is the prettiest person alive, in these and all other pictures. He is the oldest member of BTS and their visual, which is like a weird rare combination. He is also a fairly kickarse singer, a subpar dancer (just slightly more subpar than Rapmon), and my BTS soulmate according to this quiz (for fun, comment below who your BTS soulmate is). Editor : I got j-hope I think the test is fairly accurate. Fun fact: one time, he released this video of him cooking something (bc he is also like group mum, because cute), and fans noticed that he had a packet of XL condoms sitting like next to his bed lol. The company promptly responded saying that creepy fans are constantly sending them condoms, and please could they stop
J-Hope- Literally made of smiles, J-Hope is a super cute cutie, who dances and raps. He is like an ok rapper, but man when he dances, whew. He specialises in more hip-hoppy dancing tho. There was some petition or something to kick him out last year, which was dumb and the worst, but like pretty much every girl group ever, he ignored the haters, and was like, nah.
Suga- I'm not saying Suga is my least fave, but I just don't love him with all my heart y'know. He's a pretty sweet rapper, and he dances well, and his fave activity is sleeping, which is cool, but I'm just not his No. 1 fan y'know? BTS has a teddy bear they use to replace Suga in press conferences he can't attend sometimes (for whatever reason). I'm not saying I like the bear better. I'm just saying, it is very cute, and maybe cuter than him maybe.
Jimin- So, I think I love Shin Jimin (hey) of AOA so much that some of this Jimin directed love has found its way to Park Jimin of BTS, because normally I would dislike him, but hey he's alright. Jimin doesn't believe in sleeves, is a main vocalist, and dances like an absolute winner (many fans believe him to be trained in ballet).
V- AHHHHH! V! MY FAVOURITE EVER HUMAN! V IS THE BEST MEMBER OF ANY BOY GROUP HANDS DOWN NO ARGUMENTS. V IS THE MOST ADORABLE HUMAN BEING. V IS A SINGER KNOWN FOR HIS GRAVELLY CUTE VOICE, AND HE DANCES PRETTY WELL TOO. HE IS ALSO A TOTAL CUTIE AND HAS THE BEST PERSONALITY OMG. HIS STAGE NAME "V" COMES FROM THIS CUTE THING WHICH HE DOES IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY PHOTO (AWWWW). V LOVES ONE PIECE, AND LEARNED JAPANESE BC OF IT. HE IS ALSO EVERYONE'S FAVE MEMBER BC OF COURSE HE IS OMG. V INTERACTED WITH ORANGE CARAMEL ONE TIME. I DIED. HIS REAL NAME IS KIM TAEHYUNG, BUT PEOPLE CALL HIM TAETAE WHICH IS SUPER CUTE (LIKE HIM). V WILL CAPTURE YOUR HEART AND NEVER LET GO. PLUS EVERYONE SHIPS HIM WITH EVERYONE BECAUSE HE IS SUPER CUTE AND HUGS EVERYONE ALL OF THE TIME. ALSO HE SHARES LINES WITH JIN MY OTHER FAVE WHICH IS SO PERFECT YAY!
Jungkook- Known as the Golden Maknae, Jungkook is good at pretty much every single thing and he's like 18 which isn't even fair. He is the lead vocalist of the group, as well as being in the dance line. Jungkook is cute and adorable, and has like ratty teeth, and makes fangirls swoon (to a lesser extent than V does). His voice is actually really pretty.
The Song-
Just a warning this is the 19+ edition, for extra darkness and whatnot. If you are a resident of Korea who is younger than 19, please feel free not to watch this video, and instead watch the less fun video. Hilariously, Jungkook, being 18, will not be allowed to watch this video until January. The song is sweet. I wasn't a fan of it at first. V could do with some more lines (lol), and some of the rap seemed jarring. But hey I love the chorusy high notes (omg so amazing). Like especially since they are about five octaves higher than I could ever sing, so whenever I try it's like a squeaky mess. I also really enjoy that Jin has a couple of big parts, and has a good stylist finally. I also didn't like the quiety bit near the end (bridge?), but I barely ever do in BTS songs, so no surprises there. I really did love the chorusy high notes however, and the song in general wasn't as terrible as most of the hyped trash released lately (I'm looking at you Big Bang). BTS also won their first three music shows with this song, which was like a big deal, but then dumb people were all like "OMG V IS MOCKING THE LOSERS BY SINGING THIS SONG 'LOSER' ", which lol he may have been. But if he was that is hilarious, nothing to be outraged over. His official twitter was like "nah, I just really like that song, and was super excited". 8/10
The Video-
So this, being the 19+ super Dark, very restricted video was actually pretty good! In it, lots of 19+ things happen, which are like I guess meant to be what they'd do if they weren't with "the girl" bc I guess they are very in love or whatever. So okay Jungkook gets the salsa beaten out of him; Rapmon quits smoking (lol?); J-Hope has an Overdose (someone call the doctor); Suga burns to death (not that I think he should or anything); Jin has like a flower in his heart?; Jimin drowns himself; and V, precious V, stabs a wife-basher to death. HE JUST STABS HIM TO DEATH. BEST BIT OF THE VIDEO FOR SURE. LIKE HE'S JUST THERE STABBING HIM TO DEATH. LOL. The rest of the MV was ok, and the tame kiddie version was un-noteworthy.
Kpop News-
- Bestie have comeback with Excuse Me, a song that is both musically entertaining, and tackles real issues! A+ to Bestie
- Big Bang (who are awful and suck) have also comeback with two videos that are boring and worthless.
- Girls Day have released an ad for some hair company which is ok, but pales in comparison to Orange Caramel's ad for Baskin Robins.
- Queen BoA has returned with this MV featuring Sehun of the slowly dissolving EXO. BoA is notable for being an executive of her own company (the biggest kpop company in korea), and probably drinking the blood of the younger idols, bc she is so damn youthful.
- Lizzy from Orange Caramel was literally in Australia, and maybe still is, she isn't saying prolly bc of stalkers lol. BUT OMFG SHE WAS ON SOIL THAT I MAYBE HAVE STOOD ON.
Bye for another however long it's been and will be. Enjoy the Darkies ♥
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reminder that I have exams
umm anyway
Oh, look, here's another thing I don't have. let's hope i actually have the next article
Some of the Darkies have already been presented, so I already know that most of the things picked are wrong. It's a good thing I planned on doing this to name the correct winners.
13. Best Organizer, why the ickle is this even a thing, I will give it to Linda Rhaldeen because she did two things. Anka did three but thats overachieving and she actually won so she doesn't get the real prize of my approval, which is much more rare and valuable.
12. Since this award is supposed to be bad or whatever, I'll say LSWannaBe bc she's the only one that might have done something I'd find objectionable in the past year. I would say Mulan but I don't want to give him credit for anything whether its good or bad credit.
11. Best New Member- horse. No idea who this is, but it's cute to think a horse would win a darkie.
10. 13- I still have no potatoing clue what most 13 year old is really about, so I award this to bandit for being fairly close to 13 and for being most desperate for a darkie.
9. Best Volunteer, I know I wasn't nominated but I'm gonna have to give this to myself since I spent today and yesterday outside with dogs helping them get adopted which is actual volunteer work and more important than knowing a bunch about some made up orphans.
8. Best Thread- Zoo animals. Obviously.
7. Best Profile Decoration- Bee
6. Best Artist- Tryina Denouement, I have no idea what art you make, but you're like seven and you make art so you go girl.
5. Best Writer- Charlie! for working hard on his K-pop articles and writing a lot even though no one knows what he's talking about. follow your dreams boo.
4. MVP, Since Harry Styles wasn't nominated I'd have to say myself with runner up BSam.
3. Funniest- Either Sophie, me, Linda or Bee bc we were nominated and funny ladies are the best. We are much better than the real winner, Dante. Have fun being mentioned in the power rankings bc it will probably never happen again you punk ass book jockey!
2. Most Compassionate- Charlie, with special out to friend and beautiful nurse Rellim
1. LINDORA RULES, EVERYONE ELSE DROOLS.
So, I guess that that's nearly it for this issue of the 667er, the Darkie special.
Unlike what I origionally said, there won't be an issue next weekend, and thats because of two reasons
1) A week is not nearly enough time to get everything together for the issue.
2) In aroudn 5 weeks time, there will be a very speical edition of the 667er. Why is it special, I hear you ask? Becuase of this
Yes, its a very special birthday for 667. And there will be a very special edition of the 667er to go along with it.
At the moment, a lot of the details and ideas are still undecided, and I will probably make several posts about that over the coming weeks. If you have any ideas for anythign you think would be cool, then pm them to me and i'll try and make it happen. Even if it's only something small, if it's anniversary related, it will be fun.
However there are some ideas that have already been decided
-A series of 13 ~essays~ by 13 different people, one for each of the 13 years since 667 began.
The ~essays~ can be long or short or inbetween or whatever. They can beb 3 paragraphs or 30 pages, whatever you want. The topic isn't to specific – it just has to be about 667 Dark Avenue. I will also give the person two or three basic questions to answer.
I need 13 volunteers for this. In a perfect world, I'd be able to have one person for each year of 667, and in an even more perfect one that year could be the year that they joined. But I won't be to picky with that.
It would also be nice if we cold get someone from 667's past involved (Hermedy?
). but I don't know how to go about doing that.If you are interested, then PM me.
667 Dark Avenue is actually about LEMONY SNICKET BOOKS! Some of you may have forgotten this, but I want to see how much you can remember about a series of unfortunate events, and what people thought of each book. I'm looking for 2-5 volunteers for this.
Charlie will be doing anniversary interviews! More volunteers needed.
Send Anka some advice question! Advice to anka the soul
If there's a particular thread or post or member or moment from 667's past that you fondly remember, PM me about it, and i'll include it in the issue.
There is also going to be lots of other stuff (not just the 667er
), and there is a thread discussing that here.So this is a clever link.
Now it's time to present.... THE FIRST DARKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
And (here is the really clever part) The first award is this year's special (anniversary themed) award - Most 13 Year Old. Here is anka to tell you a little bit about all of the nominees
Hermedy: He is definitely the member who has been here the longest, so it is closest to 13 years. Sometimes people maybe wonder if he (still) exists, but it seems like he definitely does.
BSam: He's also one of the oldest 667ers (membership-wise, not age-wise), and also still one of the most active ones. He's famous for having won the Funniest Member award many times, and also for having a beard, even though I don't know if he even has that at the moment.
Bandit: He hasn't been here for that long, but still one of the most memorable members in 667's 13 years. He is a poet and he seems to be a pole dancing teacher for cartoon animals.
Lucas: He just was, and always will be, 13 years old.
Teleram: He seems to have lost a g, and Mister M's old laptop found that cool and did that too.
Tryina: She was actually quite a bit younger than 13 when she joined 667.
Bee: Um, bee's only live for 13 years? No? Okay, well bee is not 13, but she is a bee. And she is an integral cog of the 667 wheel.
Pandora: She probably posted 13 times in a row one time.
So I can now reveal that the winner is......................
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BSAM AND Hermedy!!!!!
WOOO!!! CHEERING AND WHOOPING!!!! YAY!!!!
Conga rats guys! And well done on being 13 year old's. You two truely are childish.
So, What award is next?
