Post by Striker on Feb 25, 2014 1:37:15 GMT
Welcome to the Posts of Awesomeness List for 2014, where the most amusing and inspiring posters on the forum are recognized, then pointed and laughed at! For those of you who don't know how this works, here's the rundown. If you see a post anywhere on the forum which you find absolutely hilarious or awe-inspiring, and wish to nominate the poster for a Posts of Awesomeness award, quote it in the Nominations(here) thread (preferably with a link attached so I can easily find it) and I’ll add it to the list next time I update, to be forever immortalized among the other greats.
There are some restrictions to what you are and are not allowed to nominate though. Here are the original rules of the Posts of Awesomeness, as spoken by its original creators, Speedy and Scruffy(via the Bumbleking forums):
The first 6 were Speedy's rules...
The next 3 are the ones Scruffy implemented...
With that out of the way, on with the awesome!
There are some restrictions to what you are and are not allowed to nominate though. Here are the original rules of the Posts of Awesomeness, as spoken by its original creators, Speedy and Scruffy(via the Bumbleking forums):
The first 6 were Speedy's rules...
1. Do not post in this thread... at all... ... it will only interrupt the list...
2. Do NOT nominate yourself... unless someone else has nominated your post...
3. Do NOT say "POA" or "nominated" in other threads... it will only annoy other people and will mess up the current conversation...
4. You can anti-nominate nominations, however, there needs to be a grounded reason for an anti-nomination... anti-nominating a POA simply because you don't like the joke is not allowed... if, however, the joke goes to far in your opinion, or if you think it insults you or others, you can anti-nominate it... Even if there are 10 people who nominate a joke, if there's one anti-nomination, the POA does not count... However, an anti-nomination is only an anti-nomination if it has a grounded reason... I will decide if an anti-nomination counts or not... things like this will be discussed in the nomination thread... in the end, I decide if the anti-nomination counts after discussing things over with both sides... and I will make the decision in all honesty...
5. Please, do not try to be extra funny to get a POA... when you're forcing yourself to be funny for something, it mostly isn't funny... of course, when you think of something funny, post it, but reconsider a few times if it's the other way around: if you're trying to come up with a good joke on a certain comment, it may be forced... However, don't let this rule get in the way of your posting habits...
6. Do not make a competition out of this please... you're as funny as you are... having more POA's than someone else does not mean a thing...
2. Do NOT nominate yourself... unless someone else has nominated your post...
3. Do NOT say "POA" or "nominated" in other threads... it will only annoy other people and will mess up the current conversation...
4. You can anti-nominate nominations, however, there needs to be a grounded reason for an anti-nomination... anti-nominating a POA simply because you don't like the joke is not allowed... if, however, the joke goes to far in your opinion, or if you think it insults you or others, you can anti-nominate it... Even if there are 10 people who nominate a joke, if there's one anti-nomination, the POA does not count... However, an anti-nomination is only an anti-nomination if it has a grounded reason... I will decide if an anti-nomination counts or not... things like this will be discussed in the nomination thread... in the end, I decide if the anti-nomination counts after discussing things over with both sides... and I will make the decision in all honesty...
5. Please, do not try to be extra funny to get a POA... when you're forcing yourself to be funny for something, it mostly isn't funny... of course, when you think of something funny, post it, but reconsider a few times if it's the other way around: if you're trying to come up with a good joke on a certain comment, it may be forced... However, don't let this rule get in the way of your posting habits...
6. Do not make a competition out of this please... you're as funny as you are... having more POA's than someone else does not mean a thing...
7. If what you are nominating contains spoilers for the latest comic issue/game/movie/episode/whatever, make sure to state that CLEARLY in your nomination and put the post in a spoiler field.
8. Regarding images, only original content may be nominated for a POA. Something the nominee has created themselves is fine, but something they've just copied and pasted from the internet is not. Alternatively, if a post contains a copied image but original text from the user, then you would be nominating that post based on what the text says, not the image.
9. All nominations must have a working link to the original post that you wish to nominate, or at the VERY LEAST, a link to the same page that post is on. Any nomination made without a working link will not be added to the List until this has been rectified. If the nomination doesn't have a working link when I update the List, then the nomination will have to be made again.
8. Regarding images, only original content may be nominated for a POA. Something the nominee has created themselves is fine, but something they've just copied and pasted from the internet is not. Alternatively, if a post contains a copied image but original text from the user, then you would be nominating that post based on what the text says, not the image.
9. All nominations must have a working link to the original post that you wish to nominate, or at the VERY LEAST, a link to the same page that post is on. Any nomination made without a working link will not be added to the List until this has been rectified. If the nomination doesn't have a working link when I update the List, then the nomination will have to be made again.
With that out of the way, on with the awesome!