2012 Chit Chat Awards - Nominations Now Open

[RedAnarchist]

So the following are the categories for this year's 2012 Chit Chat Awards. There's some new questions, and some old ones have been removed.

You can send in your nominations as of now, and nominations will close on November 30th. I'm aiming to hold the Awards on Friday, December 7th at 10pm UK time.

Survey

Age (20 or under, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 60+)
Biological Sex (Female, Male, Intersex)
Gender Identity (Member write-in)
Sexuality (Member write-in)
Country of Birth (Member write-in)
Country of Residence (Member write-in)
Mother Tongue (Member write-in)
Languages Spoken (Member write-in)
Ideology (Member write-in)
Religion or Lack Of (Member write-in)
Occupation (Member write-in)
Drinker (Yes, No)
Smoker (Yes, No)
Other Drug User (Yes, No)
Preferred Food Source (Vegetarian, Vegan, Omnivore, Carnivore, Other)
Year Joined RevLeft (Member write-in)

Awards

Favourite Food
Favourite Drink
Favourite Non-Political Author
Favourite Political Author
Favourite Music Genre
Favourite Music Band
Favourite Singer
Favourite Political Figure
Least Favourite Historical Political Figure
Least Favourite Modern Political Figure
Favourite Website That Isn’t RevLeft
Favourite RevLeft Subforum
Favourite Artist (non-musical)
Favourite Film Genre

Tea or Coffee
American Humor or British Humour

International Crisis of the Year
Political Organisation of the Year
Most Reactionary Political Organisation of the Year
Politician of the Year
Non-Politician of the Year
Reactionary 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
Song of the Year
Book of the Year
Technological Advancement of the Year
Scientific Advancement of the Year

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 Member of the Year
Most Annoying Member of the Year
Favourite Restricted Member of the Year
Most Amusing Member of the Year
Favourite Noob of the Year
Nicest Member of the Year
Most Helpful Member of the Year
User with the Highest Theoretical Level
Most Missed User from Years Gone By
Favourite Non-Mod/Admin of the Year
Moderator of the Year
Admin of the Year

Golden Che Award 2012

[Igor]

do i nominate by pm'ing you or what

[RedAnarchist]

Yeah, you PM me.

[RedAnarchist]

I'm going to sticky this so people know to send in nominations.

[PhoenixAsh]

Survey

Age (31-40)
Biological Sex (Male)
Gender Identity
Sexuality (Hetero)
Country of Birth
Country of Residence
Mother Tongue (Dutch)
Languages Spoken (English, German, Russian)
Ideology (Anarchist)
Religion or Lack Of ( )
Occupation ( )
Drinker (occasionally)
Smoker (Yes)
Other Drug User (not anymore)
Preferred Food Source (Omnivore)
Year Joined RevLeft (2011)

Awards

Favourite Food (cheese)
Favourite Drink (Mojito or Vodka)
Favourite Non-Political Author (Pratchett)
Favourite Political Author (none )
Favourite Music Genre (death metal or OI punk)
Favourite Music Band (Within Temptation)
Favourite Singer (Katy Perry)
Favourite Political Figure (Durutti)
Least Favourite Historical Political Figure (Nixon)
Least Favourite Modern Political Figure (Merkel)
Favourite Website That Isn’t RevLeft (Red Marx :P )
Favourite RevLeft Subforum (OI)
Favourite Artist (Dali)
Favourite Film Genre (historical drama or fantasy)

Tea or Coffee (coffee)
American Humor or British Humour (both)

International Crisis of the Year (Greece)
Political Organisation of the Year (KKE)
Most Reactionary Political Organisation of the Year (Golden Dawn)
Politician of the Year (Ghadaffi)
Non-Politician of the Year (Miley Cyrus)
Reactionary of the Year (Assange)
Most Amusing Instance of the Year (It hasn't been such an amusing year yet)
Favourite Internet Meme of the Year ( none)
Website of the Year ( cheeseburger.com )
Film of the Year (Underworld Awakening)
Album of the Year ( )
Song of the Year ( )
Book of the Year (I can wear midnight )
Technological Advancement of the Year
Scientific Advancement of the Year

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 (sam_B)
Most Controversial Member of the Year
Most Annoying Member of the Year (Mari3l)
Favourite Restricted Member of the Year (MGM)
Most Amusing Member of the Year
Favourite Noob of the Year
Nicest Member of the Year
Most Helpful Member of the Year
User with the Highest Theoretical Level
Most Missed User from Years Gone By (TC)
Favourite Non-Mod/Admin of the Year
Moderator of the Year (Godless Utopian)
Admin of the Year (RA)

Golden Che Award 2012

[Sam_b]

Yeah, you PM me

Seems like ex-Moderators are incapable of reading clear instructions.

[RedAnarchist]

Can people send in their nominations? You fuckers need to start sending in some nomiantions.

[Red Commissar]

Can people send in their nominations? You fuckers need to start sending in some nomiantions.

Start banning some people, that'll show them.

... sent mine in

[RedAnarchist]

I've got about five or six nominations sent in so far, so people need to start sending some nominations in. I would like to reach fifty by the time nominations close at the end of November.

[Sentinel]

Fuck I had written them down on my computer, there was just like a few questions missing i was pondering on. And now i cant find it! I´ll redo the whole thing tomorrow, I swear on my fathers grave. Too drunk right now, sorry. :blushing:

[Prometeo liberado]

Small issue here. I read at a 45 year old level but I'm not 45. So what do I put down for age?:confused:

[RedAnarchist]

Small issue here. I read at a 45 year old level but I'm not 45. So what do I put down for age?:confused:

Whatever you feel like putting.

[Prometeo liberado]

Can people send in their nominations? You fuckers need to start sending in some nomiantions.


Yeah, fuckers.

[Ostrinski]

Can we post them here or do we have to send them to you

[Sentinel]

Finally sent in mine, even though my old man hardly would have cared in his cheap as shit urn. But yeah send in your replies goddamnit, we need at least 50 replies for it to be worthwhile and there's a month left now..

[Ostrinski]

Working on mine now.

Question: Is it ok if you list one user for more than one question in the last section?

[Sentinel]

Working on mine now.

Question: Is it ok if you list one user for more than one question in the last section?

Yeah, always used to be. I did in mine, even though I tried to avoid it..

[Prometeo liberado]

Finally sent in mine, even though my old man hardly would have cared in his cheap as shit urn. But yeah send in your replies goddamnit, we need at least 50 replies for it to be worthwhile and there's a month left now..

Yeah, goddamnit. I'm on your side Sentinel. Fuckers.

[Ostrinski]

Same here.

Same goes for the third section with regard to the political questions.

[Sentinel]

To remind newer users, this is a tradition on Revleft that has been going on for a decade now. It can't just stop suddenly, or this site'll lose yet another of it's great features.

[Ostrinski]

One more question. Can't think of any new buzzwords, liberal, reactionary, et al have been around since forever.

[Sentinel]

Agreed. I used sectarian as always.. Also there are some good categories that have disappeared such as Rudest user.

[Ostrinski]

chose to go with left wing of capital

[Ostrinski]

Sent it to you RA via pm, but here it is
Survey

Age (20 or under, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 60+) 20 or under
Biological Sex (Female, Male, Intersex) male
Gender Identity (Member write-in) male
Sexuality (Member write-in) heterosexual
Country of Birth (Member write-in) United States of America
Country of Residence (Member write-in) United States of America
Mother Tongue (Member write-in) English
Languages Spoken (Member write-in) English
Ideology (Member write-in) Marxism
Religion or Lack Of (Member write-in) atheist
Occupation (Member write-in) student
Drinker (Yes, No) no
Smoker (Yes, No) no
Other Drug User (Yes, No) no
Preferred Food Source (Vegetarian, Vegan, Omnivore, Carnivore, Other) omnivore
Year Joined RevLeft (Member write-in) 2010

Awards

Favourite Food Catfish
Favourite Drink Coca-Cola
Favourite Non-Political Author Ernest Hemingway
Favourite Political Author David Harvey
Favourite Music Genre Alternative/Indie
Favourite Music Band Radiohead
Favourite Singer Elliott Smith
Favourite Political Figure Karl Kautsky
Least Favourite Historical Political Figure J. Edgar Hoover
Least Favourite Modern Political Figure Benjamin Netanyahu
Favourite Website That Isn’t RevLeft last.fm
Favourite RevLeft Subforum History
Favourite Artist (non-musical) Francisco Goya
Favourite Film Genre historical drama

Tea or Coffee coffee
American Humor or British Humour American, only because I'm not quite familiar with what constitutes the difference between them so I guess I'm not familiar with British humour

International Crisis of the Year European Union
Political Organisation of the Year SYRIZA
Most Reactionary Political Organisation of the Year Golden Dawn
Politician of the Year Mohamed Morsi
Non-Politician of the Year Julian Assange
Reactionary of the Year Rick Santorum
Most Amusing Instance of the Year Mitt Romney being boo'd by NAACP
Favourite Internet Meme of the Year Anything posted by Socialist Meme Caucus
Website of the Year thepiratebay
Film of the Year Red Tails
Album of the Year Kindred by Burial
Song of the Year Aimless Arrow by Converge
Book of the Year not out yet but announced, Rosa Luxemburg's Collected Works
Technological Advancement of the Year iphone 5
Scientific Advancement of the Year solanezumab

Most Interesting Thread of the Year Newswire from Greece II
Most Amusing Thread of the Year NAMBLA commune
Revleft Buzzword of the Year left wing of capital
Biggest Shitstorm of the Year ******* and **********
Biggest Troll of the Year black magik hustla
Most Controversial Member of the Year A Marxist Historian
Most Annoying Member of the Year Omsk
Favourite Restricted Member of the Year L'Enferme
Most Amusing Member of the Year Franz Fanonipants
Favourite Noob of the Year Bostana
Nicest Member of the Year Jimmie Higgins
Most Helpful Member of the Year Invader Zim
User with the Highest Theoretical Level Year Leo
Most Missed User from Years Gone By S.Artesin
Favourite Non-Mod/Admin of the Year Q
Moderator of the Year Yazman
Admin of the Year Miles

[Prometeo liberado]

Favourite Non-Mod/Admin of the Year Q
Moderator of the Year Yazman
Admin of the Year Miles


Favorite suck up[ of the Year Ostrinksy



Just sayin.;)

[Sentinel]

Yeah, the worst asskisser of the year -category must definitely be added next year.

[Ostrinski]

How am I an asskisser?

Miles is fucking gone, Yazman is a very active and efficient mod, and Q is one of the best users on revleft

[Sentinel]

I wasn't saying that you are, just that we need that category! Bit of misunderstanding I guess.

I didn't read your post correctly but thought you meant people that suck up to the BA (and mods that kiss admin ass) in everyday board happenings.

Sorry.

[Prometeo liberado]

How am I an asskisser?

Miles is fucking gone, Yazman is a very active and efficient mod, and Q is one of the best users on revleft

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It's OK. I made you a skateboard. See all better.

Edit: I don't know what happened but the wheel(kryptonics) got pushed back! All fixed!

[Ostrinski]

Haha, that wasn't directed at you but to jbeard. Sorry for the confusion.

[Ostrinski]

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It's OK. I made you a skateboard. See all better.For the record, I had you in the running for funniest user.

[ComradeOm]

To remind newer users, this is a tradition on Revleft that has been going on for a decade now. It can't just stop suddenly, or this site'll lose yet another of it's great features.This is funny on a number of levels

[Sentinel]

This is funny on a number of levels

Well yeah, what can you say. :( I'm not denying responsibility for my part, if that was part of your implication.

[Sentinel]

I added a poll so we have some kind of indicator of how many have sent them in. Vote if you have. And also people, if you think some category is too hard, skip that one! You won't be shot for doing it.

But at least fill in the revleft category, thats the best part..

[ComradeOm]

Well yeah, what can you say. :( I'm not denying responsibility for my part, if that was part of your implication.Nah, I was primarily referring to this board's tendency to regularly tear down its "great features". How many past winners are still active here?

[Ostrinski]

What decides who gets the Golden Che award?

[Omsk]

Ostrinski i thought we were cool. :(

[RedAnarchist]

What decides who gets the Golden Che award?

People send in nominations, although last year we gave it posthumously to Redstar as he had died about a month before the Awards.

[Sentinel]

How many past winners are still active here?

Not many indeed, even though some really good ones still hang around actually (such as yourself, even though I'm not sure you ever won anything? You should have in any case). Some of the lost ones bans I personally disagree with, and might also have been able to help to reverse (by convincing people) had they themselves not been so bitter and uncooperative. But in my defense it's not like I had the absolute and ultimate authority even when I was part of the admin team.

They still vote on stuff etc.. Democratically. It's quite a bit fewer people than before, and that isn't a good thing, but it's also the most committed members -- and I'm not just talking on the site here but in real life as well. Political people; not always perfect but trying their best on the time they can spare from the real life struggle, wage jobs etc.

I'm still convinced that at one point the CC went to shit and had to be abolished in the form it existed back then for a number of reasons -- some bigtime trolls we just could not find a way to deal with as well as otherwise good users who decided to troll it -- and thus the "politbyro" (admin team) took over the reigns. Unfortunately that just might have been necessity at that point.

Moreover, as far as I can remember you (unfortunately as you are a rather clever person with a good sense for justice) always consistently refused to take part in the administrative features of the board anyway. So kind of I don't understand why you'd complain really, even though input from you is and always was welcome.

And most of all, seriously, the argument that it's just a website and not our model society still has the same weight behind it as it used to. Yeah we try to be fair but running a website of this size simply isn't a dance on roses for us mods and the admins.

This all said, I'd personally be prepared to throw my support behind some kind of proposal for a return to more user participation, if it was a smart one. I'm just not sure how that could be arranged?

After all we tried with the CU forum members voting on rules, but there simply wasn't enough interest -- people didn't vote in the polls and administrative process was delayed, so it had to be abolished too. :(

[Sentinel]

But in any case Om, send in your replies! We need you too in this!

[Rugged Collectivist]

What is the golden Che for? On what grounds should I nominate someone for it?

[Sentinel]

What is the golden Che for? On what grounds should I nominate someone for it?

It's simply the most awesome user you think we have at the moment... The award name basically traces itself from the times the site was still called che-lives.com.

[Ostrinski]

I have a few in mind but they've all been around for a long time. Is that ok? Also, do we nominate after the awards?

[Sentinel]

The longer they've been around and been awesome, the better as I see it is. I'm not sure what you mean by your second question, that sounds like an issue for NEXT years awars, unless that sect that believes the world will end december this year is right obviously. ;)

[Ostrinski]

So you're saying we nominate now

[Yazman]

Can restricted users be nominated in any category?

[Le Libérer]

I'm going to send out a mass PM to all users to participate in the poll.

And I think it is very unrealistic to expect users to use this board consistently for 10 years. I valued and miss many people who outgrew this board and am still in contact with many of them. But yeah, we also have quality new people as well, and I welcome and value their participation as well.

[Sentinel]

So you're saying we nominate now

Yes.


Can restricted users be nominated in any category?

Yes. Once restricted member Bud Struggle even won the Main ward, Users user of the year or the Golden Che as we have come to call it now, by having a downright election campaign..

That kind of thing shouldn't be allowed again though if you ask me. If we see someone - restricted or not - with signs such as "vote for me" I think we should react. This is supposed to be reflecting spontaneus opinions of people imo.

[Ostrinski]

I nominate Jimmie Higgins.

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

What is gender identity? I wasn't sure how to answer that.

[Ostrinski]

The social gender you identify as.

[Landsharks eat metal]

What is gender identity? I wasn't sure how to answer that.

Your not knowing/understanding the term indicates to me that your gender identity likely matches your sex (unlike me, as my gender identity is male even though my sex is female.)

I didn't mean for this to sound judgmental or anything, so, sorry if it did...

[Ostrinski]

No one is permitted to post in the general board until they send in their votes.

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

Your not knowing/understanding the term indicates to me that your gender identity likely matches your sex (unlike me, as my gender identity is male even though my sex is female.)

I didn't mean for this to sound judgmental or anything, so, sorry if it did...

Don't worry, I didn't take it as judgmental at all. So I'm a male, and that would make my gender identity male? It changes if you're transgender or something along those lines?

[Ostrinski]

Your biological sex is relative to what you've got down there. Do you have a penis?
Your gender identity is the gender you identify as socially. Do you identify as a female socially? Do you identify as a male? The answer to this question will answer the question on the survey.

[Prometeo liberado]

miss many people who outgrew this :rolleyes:

I do hope that the rest of us children don't pose too much of a burden on y'all.:lol:

[Sentinel]

Many of us where rather young ourselves, it's just that we stuck around. Asssholes do, they say :)

[Ostrinski]

How many are we looking at so far.

[The Douche]

Sent mine in.

Please participate, guys, this is a long-standing tradition here on revleft, and if you don't have an answer for the question, just leave it blank, but at least participate to some degree!

[RedAnarchist]

We've got almost twenty so far.

[Sentinel]

Good boost. Seeing that its only the beginning of the month still, and over 10 000 poeple were pm'd, I'm rather optimistic we will reach the 50 minimum (which is just somethng I came up with rather than an official decision btw). I remember some awards when it was clear that only a few had sent in their answers and it kind of ruined it.

Although 100 or 200 would be even greater tahn 50.. I don't personally have the time, but if there really comes a reply influx you should ask someone to help with the compiling RA.

Keep asking your pals to send them in everyone!

[Sentinel]

Maybe the poll was a stupid idea, it should be removed, but only admins can do that. Could someone?

It makes it look like there are less replies than we've gotten.

[Landsharks eat metal]

Don't worry, I didn't take it as judgmental at all. So I'm a male, and that would make my gender identity male? It changes if you're transgender or something along those lines?

Exactly :)
(And people whose sex and gender identity match are called cisgender.)

Sorry for getting a little off-topic, everyone.

[RedAnarchist]

Bumping the thread.

[RedAnarchist]

I would like to get to at least forty or fifty people sending in nominations, but the time to do so is running out.

[Ele'ill]

I refuse

[Igor]

how many have sent so far?

[RedAnarchist]

I currently have twenty people who have sent in nominations, and the nomination period ends in two days.

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

Must we PM the answers to the questions to you or just post them here?

[RedAnarchist]

PM'ing them is the better option.

[Art Vandelay]

I'll start work on mine now, always wondered what this was all about.

[RedAnarchist]

The Awards are being held on Friday at 10pm UK time. I still only have around twenty nominations, but I hope to get some more in, and for plenty of people to come into Live Chat for the awards ceremony. As usual, I will be posting the results in Chit Chat as I announce them.

The deadline for nominations is 8pm UK time on Thursday.

[Igor]

it's very revlefty indeed to have an internet award ceremony on a friday night, 10pm

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

I better be winning everything (that includes the coffee or tea question)

[Igor]

I better be winning everything (that includes the coffee or tea question)

not just including, but especially

if coffee doesn't reign supreme all my hopes re:revleft are lost