Good morning, Gentlemen. Welcome to another SJ.com Awards vote.

[Rachel Phelps]

I'm not sure what happened with the awards this year, but I never heard a word about them. I apologize if I’m stepping on other toes, but if we’re going to do this, why wait any longer? Listed below are the categories along with a couple guidelines. Please send all votes via PMs, so we don’t sway the outcomes. The top vote-getters from the All-SportsJournalists.com, All-Rookie and All-Canada teams will be crowned champion of his or her respective divisions. The Troll of the Year was a questionable award last year, so I’m leaving it up to majority rule. If more votes than abstentions are cast, I’ll name the "winner." There will be three All-SportsJournalists.com teams, but please vote for only five members. The top 15, according to vote totals, will make the cut. Only members who signed up on or after Dec. 1, 2007 are eligible for the All-Rookie Team. Here is a starting point: http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/members/ Open discussions on posts, threads, feuds and members are encouraged. The voting deadline is 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12. I’ll do my best to get the ballots counted and released by midnight. All-SportsJournalists.com teams: Vote for five members; three teams will be distributed. All-Rookie Team (members who signed up after on or after Dec. 1, 2007): All-Canada Team: Thread of the Year: Post of the Year: Troll of the Year (optional): Feud of the Year:

 

[dooley_womack1]

Sock puppet, boooo!


Better late than never, I'd say.

 

[Dickens Cider]

Troll of the Year has never been allowed. Ever.

Also, don't vote for me. I'm not a newbie, even though my profile says I am.

Thank you.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Thread of the year still has to be three bags full doing a running account of his wife giving birth. If that doesn't say dedication to sj, I don't know what does.

 

[DanOregon]

No Avatar of the year? Will there be finalists that everyone can vote on? And how about "thread subject line of the year."

 

[dooley_womack1]

Post of the year? So many good ones, but I draw a blank. Here's where suggestions will be most helpful.

 

[Dickens Cider]

It's a sham if this doesn't win best post:

The devil went down to Murrca for a collective soul to steal.
He was in a bind, polling just behind; he was willin' to make a deal.
So he came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot.
Ol' Natas jumped up on a hickory stump and said: "***** let me tell you what!

"I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a Real Murrcin too.
"And Satan's Grand Old Party sure could use some help from you.
"Now you don't like politicians, boy, but give the devil his due:
"Them East Coast elites and show biz effetes all think they're better than you."
The boy said: "My name's Johnny and it might be a sin,
"But I'll take your bet, your gonna regret, 'cos I'm the best that's ever been."

Johnny you rosin up your bow and play your fiddle good.
'Cos bull****'s loose in Murrca and the devil's sportin' wood.
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold.
But if you lose, the devil gets your soul.

The devil opened up his case and he said: "I'll start this show."
Distortions flew from his fingertips as he sound-bit up his bow.
And he pulled the bow across his strings and it made an evil hiss.
The "librul" media all joined in and it sounded something like this.

(apocalyptic hillbilly funk interlude)

When the devil finished, Johnny said: "Well you plutocratic clown!
"Set your crimson ass on that hickory stump while I shut your bull**** down."

Pimps of the system, pimps and whores!
People ain't buyin' your **** no more!
Emperor's nekkid- got no clothes.
"Granny, does the truth lie?"
"No, child, no."

The devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat.
He laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said: "Devil just come on back when you wanna get punk'd again.
"You got by for a while, but you're out of style- you're the worst that's ever been."

 

[dooley_womack1]

There's some Asian guy who should be a shoo-in for member of the year

 

[mike311gd]

Post of the year? So many good ones, but I draw a blank. Here's where suggestions will be most helpful.

I'm just going to track your posts over the past year. "Headdress" was one of my favorites.

 

[buckweaver]

I think we should have Subscriber of the Year.

Or how about Least Convincing Sock Puppet? I vote for Willie Mays Hayes or Lou Brown.

 

[Dickens Cider]

My favorite dooley post was the time he took someone's post and altered it into something embarrassing to the poster. That was awesome.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Yeah, Word Association is a treasure trove of candidates, mikey.

And buckdub, you read my mind.

 

[Dickens Cider]

Some good candidates for top newb: JakeandElwood, Grimace, waterytart, I Digress, Wenders and Magic In The Night.

 

[Dickens Cider]

Also, I don't think Top Feud will go over too well with the mods. They don't seem to be into rewarding negativity.

But the correct answer is always BYH and Take A Wild Guess (not Mikey or spnited). Although, Mizzou vs. everyone (during the election) was up there.

 

[DanOregon]

For subject line of the year, for your consideration Chef's often parodied, but never surpassed "Me, a 12-pack of Coors, a razor, and a bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide." A stunning 32-page magnum opus based on impaired judgment, poor foot hygiene and an appalling lack of empathy.


The critics said of the post:
"Wow, that doesn't sound like a a good idea at all." - Angola

"Um, this will not end well?" - IJAG

 

[dooley_womack1]

Another note: campaign for something or someone, not against something or someone.

 

[outofplace]

Also, I don't think Top Feud will go over too well with the mods. They don't seem to be into rewarding negativity.

But the correct answer is always BYH and Take A Wild Guess (not Mikey or spnited). Although, Mizzou vs. everyone (during the election) was up there.

So glad we have the awards police here to guide us.

 

[Dickens Cider]

Another note: campaign for something or someone, not against something or someone.

Wasn't campaigning against an individual. However, for the last three years (including the same person doing it the last two), there's been a Best (Worst?) Troll award in the initial post, and the mods have balked.

Just saving everyone the trouble is all.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Wasnt talking about anything you did, just stating in general. For example, say why Bubbler should be on the first team, not why he shouldn't

 

[Dickens Cider]

Ah. Gotcha. Well, Bubbler sucks.