2011 Chit Chat Awards and Survey

[RedAnarchist]

The list below shows the questions in this years Awards and Survey. Please PM me your answers, and try to get others to take part as well.


Survey

Personal details
Age:
Sex (biological):
Gender identity (optional question):
Country you currently live in:
Country you were born in:
Mother tongue:
How many languages do you speak:
Ideology:
Sexuality:
Occupation:
Religion (or lack of):
Year you joined RevLeft:

Awards

Personal favourites
Favourite food:
Favourite drink:
Favourite author:
Favourite genre of music:
Favourite political figure:
Least favourite political figure:
Favourite website:
Favourite artist:
Favourite genre of film:
Tea or coffee:
British or American humour:

2011
International crisis of the year:
Political organisation of the year:
Most reactionary political organisation of the year:
Politician of the year:
Reactionary politician of the year:
Non-politician person of the year:
Most amusing instance of the year:
Favourite internet meme of the year:
Website of the year:
Film of the year:
Album of the year:
Technological advancement of the year:
Scientific advancement of the year:

RevLeft
Most interesting thread of the year:
Most amusing thread of the year:
Revleft buzzword of the year:
Biggest shitstorm of the year:
Biggest troll of the year:
Most controversial user of the year:
Most annoying user of the year:
Favorite restricted member of the year:
Most amusing user of the year:
Favorite noob of the year:
Nicest user of the year:
Most helpful user of the year:
User with the highest theoretical level:
Most missed user from years gone by:
Favorite non-mod/admin of the year:
Mod of the year:
Admin of the year:
User of the year (to be awarded ‘the golden che’):

[HEAD ICE]

Survey

Awards

2011
International crisis of the year: Banning of bailey_187
Most reactionary political organisation of the year: RevLeft BA
Reactionary politician of the year: RevLeft BA
Most amusing instance of the year: Banning of bailey_187

RevLeft
Most interesting thread of the year: thread about bailey's ban
Most amusing thread of the year: thread about bailey's ban
Revleft buzzword of the year: fred
Biggest shitstorm of the year: Banning of bailey_187
Biggest troll of the year: CoTR
Most controversial user of the year: bailey_187
Most annoying user of the year: khad
Most amusing user of the year: twenty percent tip
Favorite noob of the year: khad
Nicest user of the year: bailey_187
Most helpful user of the year: bailey_187
User with the highest theoretical level: Zanthorus
Most missed user from years gone by: bailey_187
Favorite non-mod/admin of the year: The Anarchist Tension
Mod of the year: maldoror
Admin of the year: The Anarchist Tension
User of the year (to be awarded ‘the golden che’): bailey_187

[RedAnarchist]

You don't need to post your nominations/answers in this thread, just PM them.

[Mythbuster]

Personal details
Age: 16
Sex (biological): Male
Gender identity (optional question): Male
Country you currently live in: United States
Country you were born in: United States
Mother tongue: English
How many languages do you speak: 2
Ideology: Socialist
Sexuality: Gay
Occupation: Student
Religion (or lack of): Unsure
Year you joined RevLeft: 2011


Favourite food: Spaghetti/Pasta
Favourite drink: Dr. Pepper
Favourite author: Bart D. Ehrman
Favourite genre of music: Classical
Favourite political figure: Lenin
Least favourite political figure: Too long to list--Palin, Ron Paul, John McCain
Favourite website: debate.org, aish.com, chabad.org, counterapologetics.blogspot.com
Favourite artist: Celtic Woman
Favourite genre of film: N/A
Tea or coffee: Tea
British or American humour: N/A

2011
International crisis of the year: huh?
Political organisation of the year: Socialist Action
Most reactionary political organisation of the year: American Nazi Party/Christian Fascism
Politician of the year: Nader/Lenin
Reactionary politician of the year: Palin/Pat Robertson
Non-politician person of the year: [removed] - sorry, but we don't allow the publication of personal information of members on the forum - RedAnarchist (TheGodlessUtopian)
Most amusing instance of the year: Unsure
Favourite internet meme of the year: TheGodlessUtopian
Website of the year: rejectionofpascalswager.net
Film of the year: Soul Surfer
Album of the year: Songs from the Heart
Technological advancement of the year: N/A
Scientific advancement of the year: Breaking the speed of light

RevLeft
Most interesting thread of the year: Haven't been here long enough to answer
Most amusing thread of the year: Same as above
Revleft buzzword of the year: See above
Biggest shitstorm of the year: Above
Biggest troll of the year: Colorbline/Rev Left By Birth
Most controversial user of the year: N/A
Most annoying user of the year: N/A
Favorite restricted member of the year: N/A
Most amusing user of the year:N/A
Favorite noob of the year: mythbuster (can i nominate myself?)
Nicest user of the year: TheGodlessUtopian
Most helpful user of the year: TheGodlessUtopian
User with the highest theoretical level: N/A
Most missed user from years gone by: N/A
Favorite non-mod/admin of the year: N/A
Mod of the year: ÑóẊîöʼn
Admin of the year: Jazzratt (Jazzratt deals with the annoying reactionaries from OI!)
User of the year (to be awarded ‘the golden che’): TheGodlessUtopian

[Dzerzhinsky's Ghost]

Survey

Personal details
Age: 24.
Sex (biological): Male.
Gender identity (optional question): Male.
Country you currently live in: United States.
Country you were born in: Iraq.
Mother tongue: Arabic.
How many languages do you speak: 3.
Ideology: Marxist-Leninism.
Sexuality: Heterosexual.
Occupation: Cabbie.
Religion (or lack of): Islam.
Year you joined RevLeft: 2011.

Awards

Personal favourites
Favourite food: Kebab.
Favourite drink: Vodka, Nikolai or Popov.
Favourite author: Jules Verne or Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Favourite genre of music: Hip-Hop or Classical.
Favourite political figure: Staliiiiiiiiiiiiiiin.
Least favourite political figure: Ronald Reagan.
Favourite website: Youtube.com, Savetherhino.org or Rotten.com
Favourite artist: Dali.
Favourite genre of film: Scifi or Action-Adventure.
Tea or coffee: Both.
British or American humour: German.

2011
International crisis of the year: Libya.
Political organisation of the year: APL.
Most reactionary political organisation of the year: Tea Party.
Politician of the year: Gaddafi.
Reactionary politician of the year: Palin/Bachmann/Perry/Paul.
Non-politician person of the year: Kayne West.
Most amusing instance of the year: Zenga Zenga.
Favourite internet meme of the year: Dzerzhinsky come into my office.
Website of the year: Revleft.
Film of the year: Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Album of the year: Goblin by Tyler the Creator.
Technological advancement of the year: Dyson circle fans.
Scientific advancement of the year: Discovery of Tattoine or Shit Meat.

RevLeft
Most interesting thread of the year: To many to name specfically.
Most amusing thread of the year: 9/11 memorial.
Revleft buzzword of the year: Forkliftism.
Biggest shitstorm of the year: Probably a banning thread.
Biggest troll of the year: Tradeunionsupporter.
Most controversial user of the year: Azula.
Most annoying user of the year: Dzerzhinsky's Ghost.
Favorite restricted member of the year: Islamosocialist.
Most amusing user of the year: Surrus.
Favorite noob of the year: Dzerzhinsky's Ghost
Nicest user of the year: Islamosocialist.
Most helpful user of the year: Ismail.
User with the highest theoretical level: Ismail.
Most missed user from years gone by: N/A.
Favorite non-mod/admin of the year: Ismail.
Mod of the year: Ismail.
Admin of the year: Children of the Revolution.
User of the year (to be awarded ‘the golden che’): Dzerzhinsky's Ghost.

[Sentinel]

You are meant to send your answers to RA by PM, as he states in the OP. Not to post them here.

See the threads compiled into the Historical Chit Chat Awards -sticky to understand how this works.

[Sasha]

my reply so far, as soon as i finished it i wil PM it to RA



Survey

Personal details
Age: 29
Sex (biological): male
Gender identity (optional question): male
Country you currently live in: netherlands
Country you were born in: netherlands
Mother tongue: dutch
How many languages do you speak: 2 fluently
Ideology: autonomist, post-marxist/anarchist, some insurrectionary and situationist influence
Sexuality: bent/queer
Occupation: bouncer/theaterset design and builder
Religion (or lack of): atheist
Year you joined RevLeft: 2007

Awards

Personal favourites
Favourite food: kibbeling (fried cod chunks)
Favourite drink: jack d./sprite
Favourite author: neil gaiman
Favourite genre of music: art-punk
Favourite political figure:
Least favourite political figure: geert wilders
Favourite website: revleft, dailywhat/dailygeek
Favourite artist:
Favourite genre of film: fantasy
Tea or coffee: tea
British or American humour: british

2011
International crisis of the year: arab spring
Political organisation of the year: the people
Most reactionary political organisation of the year: PVV
Politician of the year: Senator Roy McDonald of Saratoga (the NY republican who said on the gay marriage vote "Well, fuck it, I don't care what you think. I'm trying to do the right thing," if only all politicians did so all the time)
Reactionary politician of the year: gadaffi
Non-politician person of the year:
Most amusing instance of the year:
Favourite internet meme of the year:
Website of the year:
Film of the year:
Album of the year:
Technological advancement of the year: CERN lightspeed break (if confirmed)
Scientific advancement of the year: CERN lightspeed break

RevLeft
Most interesting thread of the year:
Most amusing thread of the year:
Revleft buzzword of the year:
Biggest shitstorm of the year:
Biggest troll of the year:
Most controversial user of the year:
Most annoying user of the year:
Favorite restricted member of the year:
Most amusing user of the year:
Favorite noob of the year:
Nicest user of the year:
Most helpful user of the year:
User with the highest theoretical level:
Most missed user from years gone by:
Favorite non-mod/admin of the year:
Mod of the year:
Admin of the year:
User of the year (to be awarded ‘the golden che’):

[Sasha]

You are meant to send your answers to RA by PM, as he states in the OP. Not to post them here.

See the threads compiled into the Historical Chit Chat Awards -sticky to understand how this works.

but its fun if people post their already if they want too, it gives inspiration and motivates people to fill in their own.

[Sentinel]

I guess, but seeing the two others are new members I reckoned there is a fair enough chance they didn't get how it works.

I also think it's more exciting if we don't know who said what..

[Red Future]

Personal details
Age:18
Sex (biological):Male
Gender identity (optional question):
Country you currently live in:UK
Country you were born in:UK
Mother tongue:English
How many languages do you speak:3
Ideology:Moderate Marxism-Leninism
Sexuality:Heterosexual
Occupation:Soon to be University Student
Religion (or lack of): none
Year you joined RevLeft:2010

Awards

Personal favourites
Favourite food:Noodles
Favourite drink:Water
Favourite author:John Grisham
Favourite genre of music:Viking Metal
Favourite political figure:Lenin
Least favourite political figure:Hitler
Favourite website:Revleft.com :lol:
Favourite artist:Akira Kurosawa-(Film)
Favourite genre of film:Thriller
Tea or coffee:Tea.... I'm British
British or American humour: Obvious

2011
International crisis of the year:Lybia
Political organisation of the year: PSL ...it is growing
Most reactionary political organisation of the year: KPRF
Politician of the year:Camilia Vallejo Dowling
Reactionary politician of the year:Christine O'Donnel
Non-politician person of the year:MaoistRebelnews...
Most amusing instance of the year:Brazilian Boy who killed himself overcopulating
Favourite internet meme of the year:many many here
Website of the year: Pirate Bay
Film of the year: all rubbish
Album of the year: -
Technological advancement of the year:not sure
Scientific advancement of the year:CERN

RevLeft
Most interesting thread of the year:many many ..the Roman stuff was good
Most amusing thread of the year:"Is Chess racist?"
Revleft buzzword of the year:Porn...how many threads exactly?
Biggest shitstorm of the year:"Red Army Rape ...and etc"
Biggest troll of the year:ComradeWolfie
Most controversial user of the year:Born in the USSR
Most annoying user of the year:Caramelpence.."no tolerance for other interpretations"
Favorite restricted member of the year:Vietminh
Most amusing user of the year:Nolan
Favorite noob of the year:AFRICA 99 ..lol
Nicest user of the year:Queercommie girl
Most helpful user of the year:Ismail
User with the highest theoretical level:Noxion
Most missed user from years gone by:Nolan
Favorite non-mod/admin of the year:not sure
Mod of the year:RedAnarchist
Admin of the year:Khad
User of the year (to be awarded ‘the golden che’):Bud Struggle (he has been wanting it for years)

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

I put everything good for CotR <3

Everything bad for DNZ (because i'm childish) and threetune.

Gave Tim Finnegan the golden che. Best poster on the board by a mile.

Gave Zanthorus 'best theory' award thingy.

[Sentinel]

Am I the only one who thinks it actually ruins the awards if people say who they nominated, especially in advance? That it affects voting the nomination process more in a negative than a positive fashion (creates bandwagon effects etc) and takes away the excitement.

I don't think people are supposed to be inspired to nominate certain people etc, they should come up with their own answers. :(

[Lobotomy]

I agree with Sentinel

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Don't think it makes a difference really, there's no thread if peopl can't discuss their choices. It's not like it's all that serious, anyway.

[Sentinel]

They've usually always been discussed afterwards, in the post-ceremony threads. That makes sense to me, not discussing them beforehand and thus affecting the outcome.

Yeah I know that it's not 'serious business' but why not strive to keep it at least half-serious, for the sake of fun and tradition?

[RedAnarchist]

So far there's about 15 participants whose answers have been recorded in the spreadsheets I've created in Google Documents. Some of the questions have a lot of answers being given, whilst some are quite unanimous.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

They've usually always been discussed afterwards, in the post-ceremony threads. That makes sense to me, not discussing them beforehand and thus affecting the outcome.

Yeah I know that it's not 'serious business' but why not strive to keep it at least half-serious, for the sake of fun and tradition?

Well I want my little coterie of choices to win so i'm going to keep plugging CotR, Tim Finnegan, Zanthorus et al.:laugh:

And myself!

[Sentinel]

So far there's about 15 participants whose answers have been recorded in the spreadsheets I've created in Google Documents. Some of the questions have a lot of answers being given, whilst some are quite unanimous.

Not bad! Let's hope for a good turnout this year. :)

I remember that most of the replies came in the beginning when I did this, after which it slowed down. But I don't think 50 replies in total is an unrealistic goal.


Well I want my little coterie of choices to win so i'm going to keep plugging CotR, Tim Finnegan, Zanthorus et al.http://www.revleft.com/vb/../revleft/smilies2/lol.gif

And myself! Ah, well. As long as people don't start with downright election campaigns like Bud Struggle last year, when he won the Golden Che..

Which brings to mind, should we allow that highest prize going to restricted members or should they be excluded from it? :glare:

[RedAnarchist]

What time of day would be best to hold the ceremony in December? I was thinking of perhaps 10pm UK time, which is 11pm on most of the European continent, 5pm on the East coast of the US, 2pm on the West coast of the US, 7am in Sydney, Australia and 10am in New Zealand.

[RedAnarchist]

Not bad! Let's hope for a good turnout this year. :)

I remember that most of the replies came in the beginning when I did this, after which it slowed down. But I don't think 50 replies in total is an unrealistic goal.

I've sent PMs to about 400 members giving a link to this thread, so hopefully we'll reach fifty or so. It would be great to get into the hundreds and get a bigger picture of RevLeft's demographics and how the forum answers the Award questions.

[Sentinel]

It's good that you have access to that mass PM function, I had forgotten about that. That just might make this the most successful awards so far.

As for the time, I think that's pretty optimal.

[Lobotomy]

I've spent far too much time and energy on this :blink:

[Sentinel]

Btw RA, can you make cool image graphs for the survey, like the ones Fuserg made in 2009?

http://i50.tinypic.com/2itn9rt.jpg

(As for this particular one, I'm pretty sure Trotskyism would have scored higher if Fuser had included Trots that listed Revolutionary/Orthodox Marxist as their tendency in it)

http://www.revleft.com/vb/../revleft/smilies2/BlackA.gif

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

That graph is cool. If I were stoned, I would stare at that so long and wonder if there was a subtle implication of Anarchism being in red and M-L being in blue.;)

[RedAnarchist]

Btw RA, can you make cool image graphs for the survey, like the ones Fuserg made in 2009?

http://i50.tinypic.com/2itn9rt.jpg

(As for this particular one, I'm pretty sure Trotskyism would have scored higher if Fuser had included Trots that listed Revolutionary/Orthodox Marxist as their tendency in it)

http://www.revleft.com/vb/../revleft/smilies2/BlackA.gif

Yeah, I'll be making graphs for the survey.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

You can put me under left-com then, if lib-socialist is just gonna be under 'other ideologies', since it isn't.

[RedAnarchist]

You can put me under left-com then, if lib-socialist is just gonna be under 'other ideologies', since it isn't.

I'm not using the same categories as seen in the graph, although if you want I can record you as Left Com instead.

[pastradamus]

Good stuff...here we go;


Survey

Personal details
Age: 25
Sex (biological): Male
Gender identity (optional question): Male
Country you currently live in: Ireland
Country you were born in: Ireland
Mother tongue: Gaeilge / English
How many languages do you speak: 3
Ideology: Marxist
Sexuality: Hetro
Occupation: Engineer
Religion (or lack of): Agnostic
Year you joined RevLeft: 2002

Awards

Personal favourites
Favourite food: Fillet Steak, Meatballs, Curry, Fish, Noodles, Cajun Chicken ..etc..
Favourite drink: Beamish
Favourite author: John Pilger and George Orwell.
Favourite genre of music: Reggae & Rock
Favourite political figure: Che Guevara
Least favourite political figure: Maggie Thatcher & Adolf Hitler (cant decide)
Favourite website: REVLEFT!
Favourite artist: Graham Knuttle
Favourite genre of film: Documentary & Realism
Tea or coffee: BOTH!
British or American humour: American

2011
International crisis of the year: Irish Financial Crisis
Political organisation of the year: United Left Alliance
Most reactionary political organisation of the year: Where do I start?
Politician of the year: Hugo Chavez
Reactionary politician of the year: Enda Kenny (Irish PM - Excellent Bullshit Artist)
Non-politician person of the year: Charlie Sheen
Most amusing instance of the year: hmmm.....
Favourite internet meme of the year: Evolutionary Athiesm
Website of the year: Grooveshark.com (excellent music site!)
Film of the year: (well Documentary) This was Sri Lanka's Killing Fields.
Album of the year: Dont do albums sir!
Technological advancement of the year: BMW's new car body concept.
Scientific advancement of the year: Potential Debunking of the speed of light theory.

RevLeft
Most interesting thread of the year: Noxion - nice fella and an excellent and realistic scientific knowledge into the bargain.
Most amusing thread of the year: BAILEY_187
Favorite restricted member of the year: Rightwinger
Nicest user of the year: Rusty shackelford
Most helpful user of the year: cotr
User with the highest theoretical level: Die Neue Zeit - Excellent articles that got me thinking.
Most missed user from years gone by: Dhul Fiqar
Mod of the year: Yazman, a good sensible user & also Khad - a hard worker.
Admin of the year: A tie between RedAnarchist & Cotr - Real Work-horses.
User of the year (to be awarded ‘the golden che’): I realy cant say for the time being!

I shall update when I think a bit more about it.

[Sentinel]

Or just send it in..

Oh well, I'll just not read the thread from now on.

[pastradamus]

I'm not using the same categories as seen in the graph, although if you want I can record you as Left Com instead.

You should only record exactly as stated in the criteria, that would be most interesting, as opposed to the usual groups. I would like to see how many bleeding-heart marxists like myself we have here! :)

[Misanthrope]

Personal details
Age: 16
Sex (biological): I have a penis
Gender identity (optional question): pizza
Country you currently live in: 'Merica
Country you were born in: 'Merica
Mother tongue: Ingles
How many languages do you speak: Fluently, one. Rudimentary knowledge of Spanish
Ideology: I don't know
Sexuality: I don't know either, I guess bisexual.
Occupation: Nope
Religion (or lack of): Officially a member of the Roman Catholic church but atheist
Year you joined RevLeft: 2008

Awards

Personal favourites
Favourite food: pizza
Favourite drink: rum
Favourite author: Fiction - Shakespare Nonfiction- Dawkins, Chomsky, Zinn, of course Marx and love reading anything of marxists.org
Favourite genre of music: 90s emo revival
Favourite political figure: I'm not into idolizing
Least favourite political figure: Hitler
Favourite website: revleft.com
Favourite artist: Alex Grey and Leonora Carrington are pretty neat
Favourite genre of film: any documentary I guess
Tea or coffee: tea
British or American humour: American because I watch the like of South Park and King of the Hill


RevLeft
Most interesting thread of the year: Wolves of Paris
Most amusing thread of the year: Wolves of Paris
Revleft buzzword of the year: Wolves of Paris
Biggest shitstorm of the year: Wolves of Paris
Biggest troll of the year: Wolves of Paris
Most controversial user of the year: Wolves of Paris
Most annoying user of the year: Wolves of Paris
Favorite restricted member of the year:
Most amusing user of the year: Wolves of Paris
Favorite noob of the year: Wolves of Paris
Nicest user of the year: Wolves of Paris
Most helpful user of the year: Wolves of Paris
User with the highest theoretical level: Wolves of Paris
Most missed user from years gone by: Wolves of Paris
Favorite non-mod/admin of the year:Wolves of Paris
Mod of the year: Wolves of Paris
Admin of the year: Wolves of Paris
User of the year (to be awarded ‘the golden che’):Wolves of Paris

[RedAnarchist]

This thread is now closed, as it doesn't really need to be open. If you haven't already done so, PM me your nominations.

[Honggweilo]

Btw RA, can you make cool image graphs for the survey, like the ones Fuserg made in 2009?

http://i50.tinypic.com/2itn9rt.jpg

(As for this particular one, I'm pretty sure Trotskyism would have scored higher if Fuser had included Trots that listed Revolutionary/Orthodox Marxist as their tendency in it)

http://www.revleft.com/vb/../revleft/smilies2/BlackA.gif

11% of revleft users are pretentious hipsters who are too good to fit in a conventional catergory

oh shit, this thing was closed, sorry

[RedAnarchist]

Update

So far I've got nominations from around sixty members, and I would like to see that total go past one hundred by the end of November, which is when I'll be collating the results.

[RedAnarchist]

The Awards spreadsheets have been filled in with the nominations from 65 members, and I'll be sorting them out for Friday night over the next couple of days.