2015 Awards - RESULTS

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This thread is for the results of the Awards, whilst another thread is open and available both during and after the Awards have been announced.

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International Crisis of the Year 2015

It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that events relating to the civil war in Syria make up most of the nominations for this award. I've added them together as they all relate to the same thing, and few people mentioned anything else.

Nominations -

Syria/ISIS/Daesh/Refugee crisis
Russian planes
Putin
Student debt
That great question of our time: does Katie Hopkins only own one blue dress? Seriously, it was in the news: http://metro.co.uk/2015/02/02/celebrity-big-brother-2015-scandal-does-katie-hopkins-only-own-one-blue-dress-5045328/

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Winner

Syria/ISIS/Daesh/Refugee crisis

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Revolutionary of the Year 2015

There was quite a diverse list of nominations for this award, with a few rather strange inclusions.

Nominations -

YPG/J
Hilary Clinton
Barack Obama
Feel the Bern
George Osborne
Yanis Varoufakis
#BLM/Black American anti-cop militant youth
The people
Jeremy Corbyn
None/Not Available
Bernie Sanders
Noam Chomsky

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Joint winners -

YPG/J
#BLM/Black American anti-cop militant youth
Jeremy Corbyn

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Reactionary of the Year 2015

There was a very US/UK-centric response to this award, and like the last one it goes to a joint winner.

Nominations

Donald Trump
Entire UK cabinet/UK Conservative Party/David Cameron
Hilary Clinton
The people
Carly Fiorina
Donald Trump/Putin
Jeremy Corbyn
Alexis Tsipras
Bixx
ISIS/al-Baghdadi/Daesh
Tony Abbott

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Joint winners -

Donald Trump
ISIS/al-Baghdadi/Daesh
Entire UK cabinet/UK Conservative Party/David Cameron

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Non-Political Organisation of the Year 2015

People will have chosen their nominations for various reasons that will remain unknown unless they happen to mention their reasons for nominating.

Nominations -

None/Pass
Doctors Without Borders
Zoo organization
Pandas
Red Cross
Everton FC
The Labour Party (UK)
Revleft
Isis

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Winner

Doctors Without Borders

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Political Organisation of the Year 2015


Two organisations dominated the nominations for this one, with the winner just beating out the runner up.

Nominations

YPGJ/Peoples Defense Units YPG/Womens Defense Units YPJ
Pass
#BLM/Black Lives Matter/Yale diversity student group
Syriza
The Republican Party
Revleft
IWW
ISIS

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Runner-up

YPGJ/Peoples Defense Units YPG/Womens Defense Units YPJ

Winner

#BLM/Black Lives Matter/Yale diversity student group

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Most amusing instance of the Year 2015

There were quite a few different nominations for this award, but the winner just edged out the rest.

Nominations

Bernie Sanders being interrupted by Black Lives Matter
Gamer gate
Anonymous pledging to never let ISIS down.
Rafiq impersonators
Trans-race
#Piggate
Jeremy Corbyn winning the Labour leadership contest
Dennis Rodman being BFFs with Kim Jong Un
Piggate/David Hameron
US presidential election

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Winner

Piggate/David Hameron

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Technological or scientific advancement of the Year 2015


There wasn't many nominations for this award, and the winner is actually neither a technological or scientific advancement.
Nominations -

Discovery that alzheimers is contagious
Pass/Not Available/Decline to Answer
Driverless cars
physics discovery
Brain Organoids
Exploration of Mars
Fallout 4
Salt water crocodiles to Mars
New sunscreen invention

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Winner

Pass/Not Available/Decline to Answer

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Person of the Year 2015

Nominations -

Anita Sarkeesian
Pass/Not Available
Yanis Varoufakis
Yannis Valinakis
Donald Trump
JLaw
Dilar Gencxemis (nom de guerre Arin Mirkan)
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Jeremy Corbyn
The Feral Underclass
Zizek

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Joint winners -

Donald Trump
Jeremy Corbyn

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Buzzword of the Year 2015

Nominations -

Identity politics/safe spaces
Sectarianism
Trans-race
Millennial
Trigger
Fascist
Isis.
Black lives matter
Hameron
" " "Socialism" " "
Philistine
Anti-civ

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Joint winners

Philistine, Anti-civ

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Shitstorm of the Year 2015


This one had a few "groups" of nominations, where all nominations for each group were added together. This meant that there were three joint winners.

Nominations -
I don't know, but PhoenixAsh was probably involved/Every PhoenixAsh drama
People with old accounts coming back just to antagonize Rafiq/People nagging Rafiq.
Trans-race
No proper shitstorm this year/Forum is too dead to have shitstorms nowadays.
Syria
Subversive
Rafiq impersonator clan
Piggate
Anita sarkeesian UN visit
Anti-civ

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Joint winners

I don't know, but PhoenixAsh was probably involved/Every PhoenixAsh drama
People with old accounts coming back just to antagonize Rafiq/People nagging Rafiq.
No proper shitstorm this year/Forum is too dead to have shitstorms nowadays.

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Troll of the Year 2015

Nominations -

PhoenixAsh
Pass
olahsenor
The Feral Underclass
Xhar-Xhar Binks
The guy who keeps making those Rafiq sockpuppets
Mushroompizza
BIXX
Condor
Rafiq

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Runner up

Mushroompizza

Winner

PhoenixAsh

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Rudest Member of the Year 2015

Nominations

PhoenixAsh
Sentinel
Sasha
Os Cangaceiros
Invader Zim
Anglo Saxon Philistine/Xhar Xhar Binks
The Feral Underclass
RedWorker
Decline to answer
Rafiq

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Runner-up

The Feral Underclass

Winner

PhoenixAsh

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Most Sectarian of the Year 2015

Nominations

Pass
Xhar Xhar Binks/Anglo Saxon Philistine
Everyone
PhoenixAsh
Comrade Jacob
QueerVanguard
Decline to answer
RedKobra
Vladimir Innit Lenin

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Joint winners

Xhar Xhar Binks/Anglo Saxon Philistine
PhoenixAsh

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Most Controversial of the Year 2015

Nominations

Xhar Xhar Binks
TFU trashes the positive experience described by a 14 (?) year old at a Marxism conference, only to discover it was written by a member of the board (preteen communist / emancipated spirit?)
Decline to answer
PhoenixAsh
The Feral Underclass
BIXX
Rafiq

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Runners up

Xhar Xhar Binks
Decline to answer

Winner

PhoenixAsh

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Favourite non-Mod/Admin of the Year 2015

Nominations

Ismail
Xhar Xhar Binks
Sewer Socialist
mari3l
Rafiq
Voxxy
#FF0000
Sinister Intents
Counterculturalist
BIXX
9mm
ComradeOm (much missed)
Landsharks Eat Metal
Danielle Ni Dighe
Invader Zim

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Runners up

Sewer Socialist
#FF0000
Invader Zim

Winner

Rafiq

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Favourite Moderator of the Year 2015

Nominations

The Feral Underclass
PhoenixAsh
Q
RedAnarchist
Palmares
None
Manoir de mes reves
Skinz Skinz.
They're all useless -- when was the last time a thread was moderated? That's right, you can't can you?!
Sperm Doll Setsuna
Tim Cornelis

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Runners-up

The Feral Underclass
PhoenixAsh
Skinz
None/They're all useless

Winner

Palmares

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Favourite Admin of the Year 2015

Nominations

See above (seems to be one of the people who voted for TFU, so this counts as such)
Quail
Sentinel
Crux
Sasha
RedAnarchist
None/NA

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Runners-up

Sasha
RedAnarchist
None/Not Available

Winner

Sentinel

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Golden Che Award


Nominations

David Hameron
Quail
Xhar-Xhar Binks
Trap Queen Voxxy
Sentinel
RedAnarchist
Rafiq, reading his posts made me learn more than asking questions.

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Joint winners

Quail
Sentinel

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That concludes this year's awards. If I've left off your nomination or accidentally counted someone under two different usernames, or if you have any comments/complaints about the awards, there is an open thread for discussion of these awards.