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Originally posted by raistlin:
Wow. I used to come here every few months or so just to check in. I havent been back in quite some time and I see I was nominated! Now who in world would remember me and back far enough to vote for me? Looking at that list of names brings back so many memories of my time on these boards. My favorite had to be helping those that had gotten ripped off by bad traders. It was a nice feeling to get someone their cards back or some other type of satisfaction. I also remember all the conversations we had in the gen forums (I am thinking about you Squirrel, Iakae, Serra, and a few others!).

I went to the Bad Trader forum after Shadowizar. He did handle them himself for awhile as did I. I also remember the move to the new site. I used to have the old bookmarked, but it has since been lost.

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I'd vote for you you old geezer =P

awards post in the gd this time almost every yr.. it brings out all the old ppl.. the list of former mods who've posted these last 2 pages is absolutely astounding >.<

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Originally posted by raistlin:
Wow. I used to come here every few months or so just to check in. I havent been back in quite some time and I see I was nominated! Now who in world would remember me and back far enough to vote for me? Looking at that list of names brings back so many memories of my time on these boards. My favorite had to be helping those that had gotten ripped off by bad traders. It was a nice feeling to get someone their cards back or some other type of satisfaction. I also remember all the conversations we had in the gen forums (I am thinking about you Squirrel, Iakae, Serra, and a few others!).

I went to the Bad Trader forum after Shadowizar. He did handle them himself for awhile as did I. I also remember the move to the new site. I used to have the old bookmarked, but it has since been lost.

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I remember you, although, not as a mod.

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Note 2: For anyone who's more clever than I or might have kept this on file (for some reason):

Here's the scoop. Each year, I list previous winners of the awards. To do this (my memory's not that good), I dig up the old posts and make a list. The awards, 2003-2008, are archived. Those winners can easily be found. The 2010 Awards haven't fallen into the void yet, so I've got those.
However, the 2009 Awards have fallen into the void, and aren't archived. What's more, 2002's awards vanished long ago... my strategy for keeping these (& others) was to use each years' previous balloting post to copy the previous years' list, and 'til 2008 this worked great. Not so lucky anymore, seeing as though none of the posts with previous winners are anywhere to be found on the forums, they've long since been deleted too.
I've tried Wayback Machine, and haven't had any luck finding any of those old threads.

...Is there any way in hell I'm getting either of these lists of winners?

EDIT: Upon reading 2003's post in the archive, I said all of 2002's winners in there. Just need '09 & we'll be set.

EDIT 2: Even funnier is Google's cache which has Page 2 Saved, but nothing else.

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Originally posted by ryan2754:
****...didnt get a chance to help. My apologies. Stupid hotel bar.

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Originally posted by flam flawless:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by coolio:
I'd vote for you you old geezer =P

awards post in the gd this time almost every yr.. it brings out all the old ppl.. the list of former mods who've posted these last 2 pages is absolutely astounding >.<

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This made me smile Good to see all the old mods ironically show up out of the blue like this. Guess old habits ARE hard to break eh?

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Originally posted by MAB_Rapper:
Ugh, I feel old now that I realize I would qualify for that.

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1) Nominee selection was successful in every category except rookie of the year. Gonna open it up to the general populace, if you know a new member in 2012 who has had some significant contribution to discussion on the forums, pipe up. We aren't nameless in this category, but accepting suggestions.
2) I was unable to secure a copy of the '09 award winners. Through some sigs and that second page I linked above, I was able to discern a few, but many categories are unrepresented for that year. For that reason (and for simplicity reasons), when I list past champions in the vote post, it won't be chronologically; I'll just name who's won, how many times, and who's defending. I do have specific years as info if you want it, but you can also go look it up.
3) It got late by the end of things (I logged at about 2:30 AM my time, 1 AM ET), so we cut a little short. I suggested (and a couple agreed) that these awards are, and always have been, General Discussion heavy. We incorporate Magic Discussion a little bit, but if anyone wants to go through the rigors of suggesting a non GD award (ideas I bounced: most aesthetic H/W or sale list, best Deckbuilding advice, etc.) with three nominees and links to examples of their posting, I will certainly consider adding it. It'd be nice to be a little more all-encompassing. It's going to be a couple days bare minimum before I type a post and open voting, so you've got that much time forsure.

If none of the above apply to you, hold tight and voting will open in the near future.

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Originally posted by Kyosukee:
what would constitute a rookie?

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It will be explained in the nomination page. It was a new award 3/4 years ago and there have been only 2 winners so far (ryan and me). TBH, I think it goes to a recognizable new member, and somehow I won.

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Originally posted by MAB_Rapper:
GLE, I can confirm that I was most likely to be on the pro tour in 2009.

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Originally posted by WCFmo:
only 2 winners so far (ryan and me). TBH, I think it goes to a recognizable new member, and somehow I won.

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News to me. I thought I was just the one that kind of spearheaded the idea...

I know my date registered says 2005, but my first post and trade was from November, I made an account long ago and didn't do anything, then when I went to make an account last month said I had an account already...

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Originally posted by drex3739:
I will be at about 30 refs in less then 2 months (29 as of right now once trades are received and sent) of trading here that worth anything for a rookie?

I know my date registered says 2005, but my first post and trade was from November, I made an account long ago and didn't do anything, then when I went to make an account last month said I had an account already...

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The rookie award has a lot more to do with general contribution than just trading and references.

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Originally posted by GottaLoveElves:
EDIT 2: Even funnier is Google's cache which has Page 2 Saved, but nothing else.

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Originally posted by ronandaggy:
wow, homersimpson again.
from the 10 posts i made last year this tells me that either:
-don had a very depressing year
-there are 46598 really boring people on motl.

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Actually my presence here is pretty sporadic so I don't expect nominations for anything. Its fun to see other people win though.

Btw GLE you'll be happy to know that I know the 2009 results....I won everything....except for Homer Simpson - ron won that one. You may now proceed with tallying the results.