Post by Gamla Anka on Apr 9, 2017 8:29:28 GMT -5
This thread is just for reading, so new members know what the categories are and everyone else can remember. If you want to discuss any of the categories and its rules, please make a thread for it.
These are the Darkies categories:
Best Artist: an award for a member who has shown great art skills in the past year
Most Compassionate: an award for a member who has shown kindness and compassion in the past year
Funniest Member: an award for a member who has shown great sense of humour in the past year
Best New Member: an award for a member who has joined or first become active since the start of the past calendar year (so in this year's case since January 2016) and has contributed a lot to the forum in quality and quantity. All members who have not been nominated for any Darkie in any year before can be nominated.
Most Notorious: an award for a member who is well-known for some kind of negative quality
Best Organiser: an award for a member who has shown great organisation skills for one or more projects. Organising should include more work than just making a single thread, such as making a plan for something, creating polls, asking other people for contributions,...
Best Pairing: an award for two members who have some kind of special connection to each other. They can be friends, rivals, two people who organised something together or anything else. Nominating a pairing has nothing to do with shipping! It is quite common that pairings of rivals are nominated. However, if someone feels really uncomfortable being nominated with a rival or a person they have nothing to do with, they can say that and the nomination will be taken away.
Best Profile Decoration: an award for a member who has shown good taste and creativity in their signature, avatar and status in the past year.
Best Thread: an award for a member who has started a thread which people think is great and which has been actively posted in in the past year. It doesn't have to be started in the past year.
Most Valued Poster: an award for a member who has contributed a lot to the forum in the past year in quality and quantity
Best Volunteer: an award for a member who has shown great devotion for Lemony Snicket's work in the past year. The award has been called "Most Unfortunate" and "Most Lemony" before
Best (Creative) Writing: an award for a member who has shown great creative writing skills in the past year. Any story, poem or other form of creative writing which was completely or partly written in the past year (so in this year's case since April 2016) can be nominated. Single chapters can be nominated too, but everything can only be nominated once, so if a whole story is already nominated, single chapters of that story can't be nominated additionally.
Special Category: Every year, an additional special category is chosen by the forum. You can make suggestions for this year's category here.
These are the Darkies categories:
Best Artist: an award for a member who has shown great art skills in the past year
Most Compassionate: an award for a member who has shown kindness and compassion in the past year
Funniest Member: an award for a member who has shown great sense of humour in the past year
Best New Member: an award for a member who has joined or first become active since the start of the past calendar year (so in this year's case since January 2016) and has contributed a lot to the forum in quality and quantity. All members who have not been nominated for any Darkie in any year before can be nominated.
Most Notorious: an award for a member who is well-known for some kind of negative quality
Best Organiser: an award for a member who has shown great organisation skills for one or more projects. Organising should include more work than just making a single thread, such as making a plan for something, creating polls, asking other people for contributions,...
Best Pairing: an award for two members who have some kind of special connection to each other. They can be friends, rivals, two people who organised something together or anything else. Nominating a pairing has nothing to do with shipping! It is quite common that pairings of rivals are nominated. However, if someone feels really uncomfortable being nominated with a rival or a person they have nothing to do with, they can say that and the nomination will be taken away.
Best Profile Decoration: an award for a member who has shown good taste and creativity in their signature, avatar and status in the past year.
Best Thread: an award for a member who has started a thread which people think is great and which has been actively posted in in the past year. It doesn't have to be started in the past year.
Most Valued Poster: an award for a member who has contributed a lot to the forum in the past year in quality and quantity
Best Volunteer: an award for a member who has shown great devotion for Lemony Snicket's work in the past year. The award has been called "Most Unfortunate" and "Most Lemony" before
Best (Creative) Writing: an award for a member who has shown great creative writing skills in the past year. Any story, poem or other form of creative writing which was completely or partly written in the past year (so in this year's case since April 2016) can be nominated. Single chapters can be nominated too, but everything can only be nominated once, so if a whole story is already nominated, single chapters of that story can't be nominated additionally.
Special Category: Every year, an additional special category is chosen by the forum. You can make suggestions for this year's category here.