3rd "Annual" TMD Awards

[Demonic Attorney]

The last ones were in 2005, and before those, I think it was 2003.  So they actually deserve the title of "annual" less and less each time.  Still, in keeping with tradition, let's keep the description.

It's all pretty self-explanatory.  Pick your favorites for each category and explain why.  

1) Best Poster
2) Funniest Poster
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster
4) Best Trashtalker
5) Best Deck Innovation
6) Most Influential Figure
7) Biggest Forum Whore
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest)
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious)
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award
12) Best Tournament
13) Funniest Single Post
14) Best Article
15) Best Tournament Report
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles)
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles)
18) Greatest Asset to the Community

[honestabe]

1 T00l
2 T00l
2 T00l
4 T00l
5 Terrastodon Oath- Rich Shay
6 smmenen
7 Evenpence
8 Chris's full art night-time ancestral
9 Ambivalent duck, gobbos
10 Jacob
11 Marc "The Future" Tuttle
12 Dave Feinstein - $10 Mox Sapphire Tournament
13 DA, with his preemptive tournament report from the Foil welder tournament in Hadley
14 Brian Demars- Masters of the Vintageverse
15 DA, with his preemptive tournament report from the Foil welder tournament in Hadley
16 Me =D
17 Matt elias
18 smmenen

[M.Solymossy]

1) Best Poster - Dan Carp (Hey, he's banned... those are the best posts)
2) Funniest Poster - Dan Carp
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster - Dan Carp
4) Best Trashtalker - Dan Carp
5) Best Deck Innovation - Me!  Bob Tendrils
6) Most Influential Figure - Rich Shay
7) Biggest Forum Whore -  Marske
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection-  Gunslinga
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest)- ME:  Bob Tendrils
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious) - Rich Shay
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award - Zherbus!
12) Best Tournament - ICBM Double Power 9
13) Funniest Single Post - Dan Carp Gencon '09 thread
14) Best Article-  Brian Demars: Master of the Vintageverse
15) Best Tournament Report  - XXX
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Matt Sperling (Havent agreed with him, but he definately deserves this one)
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) -  Rich Shay
18) Greatest Asset to the Community - Smemmen

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[God_Campbell]

1) Best Poster- Gunslinga
2) Funniest Poster- Dan Carp
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster- Dan Carp
4) Best Trashtalker Gunslinga
5) Best Deck Innovation Rich shay with Oath of Giant Elephants
6) Most Influential Figure Smemmen
7) Biggest Forum Whore M Soly
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection PiZZero
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest) Smemmen with TPS
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious) DA
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award Zherbus
12) Best Tournament Gen Con 09
13) Funniest Single Post Dan Carps Gen con 2009 picturepalooza
14) Best Article: Brian Demars: Master of the Vintageverse
15) Best Tournament Report Rich Shay's Who let in all these elephants
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles)  Matt Sperling
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) Rich Shay
18) Greatest Asset to the Community Smennen

[FlyFlySideOfFry]

1) Best Poster - meadbert
2) Funniest Poster - Soly talking about Selkie Strike
4) Best Trashtalker - Yo momma/Soly talking about Selkie Strike
5) Best Deck Innovation - Bringing back "The Deck", seriously who saw it coming?
6) Most Influential Figure - Smemmen
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection - Gunslinga
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest) - Ambivalent duck and gobbos of course
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious) - DA
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award - whats his name, that guy who I don't remember
12) Best Tournament - BoM (I wasn't there but seriously who can argue that BoM isn't the best Eternal tournament ever?)
13) Funniest Single Post - Soly raging at Selkie Strike
14) Best Article - [Free Article]SCG: Masters of the Vintageverse
15) Best Tournament Report - most of them are great I'd feel like an ass picking one
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Matt Sperling
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Rich Shay (I thought Terastadon would be shit in Oath by a long shot, brb biting my tongue)
18) Greatest Asset to the Community - Smemmen

[Prospero]

1) Best Poster - There are at least a half dozen guys who deserve this - Rich, Marius, Elias, Steve, DA, and others, all for various reasons.
2) Funniest Poster - ForcetheWilll
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster - The tool from Europe who said that the housing bubble was the reason why we no longer had power.  
4) Best Trashtalker - DA, the Hadley Welder thread was epic.
5) Best Deck Innovation - Rich, Elephant Oath
6) Most Influential Figure - LSV/Rich/Steve
7) Biggest Forum Whore - Evenpence (sorry Colby, but you know it's true...)
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection - Jeff Anand
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest) - Marius
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious) - I take the 5th  
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award - Gronald?  No, I don't want to know...
12) Best Tournament - Philly Open IV
13) Funniest Single Post - Max Brown, NYSE IV tournament announcement - "The Wolf Shirt Comment".  It involved a link to Amazon.com's review of the 3 Wolf Moon t-shirt, which can be found here:  http://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Three-Short-Sleeve-Black/dp/B000NZW3KC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1274937005&sr=8-1
14) Best Article - Elias, either one of his articles on Oath or Dredge. 
15) Best Tournament Report - DA, the pre-emptive report.
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Jake Gans!  The, now, 14 year old who took down a Lotus, Ruby, Twister and more.  
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Paul
18) Greatest Asset to the Community - Steve

[Marske]

1) Best Poster - There are at least a half dozen guys who deserve this - Rich, Elias, Steve, DA, and others, all for various reasons.
2) Funniest Poster - ForcetheWilll
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster - The tool from Europe who said that the housing bubble was the reason why we no longer had power.  
4) Best Trashtalker - DA, the Hadley Welder thread was epic.
5) Best Deck Innovation - Rich, Elephant Oath
6) Most Influential Figure - LSV/Rich/Steve

7) Biggest Forum Whore - Webster who's been online on TMD for:  105d 4h 19m
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection - All the Italians
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest) - Smmenen and probably myself (TPS)
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious) - DA
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award - Bram and team ISP
12) Best Tournament - Bazaar of Moxen
13) Funniest Single Post - "I Don't get Drunk I get Awesome" - James P Hangley III
14) Best Article - Elias, either one of his articles on Oath or Dredge.  
15) Best Tournament Report - DA, the pre-emptive report.
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - ...
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Rich Shay, Brad Granberry
18) Greatest Asset to the Community - TMD

[Troy_Costisick]

1) Best Poster- meadbert (constantly innovating and looking for new synergies)
2) Funniest Poster- M. Solly (good for a laugh, no inhibitions)
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster- Nimblegoose from http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=40152.150
4) Best Trashtalker- DA, the Hadley Welder thread was epic.
5) Best Deck Innovation- The return of "The Deck"
6) Most Influential Figure- Rich Shay- Shaymora/Elephant Oath
7) Biggest Forum Whore- M. Solly
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection- Gunslinga
9) "I own this freaking deck" award- meadbert (ichorid)
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart- DA as moderator, humorist, and all around nice guy
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" Wiley, did a ton of work for the Vintage Encyclopedia then vanished
12) Best Tournament- BOM 4
13) Funniest Single Post- Dan Carp Gencon '09 thread
14) Best Article- Brian Demars: Master of the Vintageverse
15) Best Tournament Report- Who Let all these Elephants in Here? http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=39852.0
16) Newcomer of the Year- Matt Sperling
17) Player of the Year- Rich Shay (again, Shaymora and Elephant Oath)
18) Greatest Asset to the Community- Stephen Menendian (although he's defected to the darkside -Legacy- until GP Columbus is over)

[Yare]

1) Best Poster - Rich Shay
2) Funniest Poster - Nick Coss
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster - ________
4) Best Trashtalker - DA
5) Best Deck Innovation - Matt Elias for Two Card Monte
6) Most Influential Figure - Steve Menendian
7) Biggest Forum Whore - Mike Solymossy
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection - Tha Gunslinga
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest) - meadbert with Dredge (honorable mention for Matt Elias with Oath)
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious) - DA
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award - Zherbus
12) Best Tournament - Most recent Bazaar of Moxen
13) Funniest Single Post - not sure
14) Best Article - Some Elias article, I'm sure
15) Best Tournament Report - Who Let in All These Elephants? by Rich Shay
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Jake Gans for best new player I know of. In terms of posting on TMD, not sure.
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Rich Shay
18) Greatest Asset to the Community - Rich Shay (others, please don't take this as a slight; there are a number of you that contribute in great ways, I just picked one).

[M.Solymossy]

I am no forum whore.  I average less than 1 a day!

[Razvan]

1) Hard to say. It's easy to pick Rich Shay, but I shall pick another Rich, Rich Mattiuzzo, because he puts a lot of thought into it, and fast.
2) Dan Carp, if only for that thread
3) No one hated, I love you all.
4) Lam Phan. If you guys don't know him, you are wrong about your choice. He might not post here, but he is by far the best at trash-talking. In the world. At any sport, game, or whatever.
5) Shaarum Dredge!
6) Rich Shay and Smennen, tied.
7) Soly
8) Ben Carp, from what I can see
9) Landstill, Rich Mattiuzzo...
10) Too many people to count, to be honest.
11) Zherbus... even though he's *kinda* around
12) Bazaar of Moxen 4
13) Dan Carp Gencon '09 thread
14) Matt Elias has the most fun articles around, so probably his stuff on Ichorid.
15) Who Let in All These Elephants? by Rich Shay... it's a bit of a cheating choice, because I cannot remember, but a lot of dicussion... and come on, it's T.A.L.!
16) Smennen. Glad to see he learned how to play Vintage.
17) Fabian Moyschewitz. Honestly, doing as well as he did in both BoM events is quite an achievement.
18) Ray Robillard, Dan Yarrington... and really, all the TO's that run tournaments all over the world.

[Mantis]

1) Best Poster GI
2) Funniest Poster Travis LaPlante
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster - Overall quality here is too high
4) Best Trashtalker - T00L
5) Best Deck Innovation - Elephant Oath
6) Most Influential Figure - Marske (in Holland at least I really dont know about US)
7) Biggest Forum Whore - Marske
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection - ThaGunslinga, that Brainstorm is epic
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest) - AmbivalentDuck with RB Goblin
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious) - DA
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award - BR4M/Dr Sylvan
12) Best Tournament - the only T1 tournaments I ever attens are hosted in Breda by Zieby/Marske/Ancestral_recall but they are great!
13) Funniest Single Post nothing really stands out
14) Best Article - no idea
15) Best Tournament Report Who let all the elephants in by TheAtogLord
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) Matt Sperling
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Voltron00x
18) Greatest Asset to the Community - Marske in Holland and DA for TMD

[forests failed you]

1) Best Poster - Meadbert, lots of outside the box thinking and lots of information per post.
2) Funniest Poster - Lordhomercat - photoshopped pictures of cats > actual wit.
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster - Idiots
4) Best Trashtalker - Carp Brothers?
5) Best Deck Innovation - Helm-line out of sideboard
6) Most Influential Figure - Jacob
7) Biggest Forum Whore - Soly
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection - Jeff Anand (not close)
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest) Smennen (TPS)
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious) Rich Shay
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award-- Mark Biller, Josh Franklin, Ben Perry, & Justin Droba (basically Michigan Vintage players...)
12) Best Tournament - Vintage Champs, not close
13) Funniest Single Post - orly
14) Best Article - Brian DeMars -  Masters of the Vintageverse
15) Best Tournament Report
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles)
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Paul Mastriano
18) Greatest Asset to the Community - Mark Trogdon

[LordHomerCat]

Sadly, Twaun posts all the cat pictures.  I just provide a convenient punching bag for him.

[hitman]

1) Best Poster - Rico Suave
2) Funniest Poster - Twaun007
3) Worst/Most Hated Poster
4) Best Trashtalker - Ben Carp
5) Best Deck Innovation - since these awards aren't actually annual, I'll pick a deck from another year (Shaymora)
6) Most Influential Figure - Stephen Menendian
7) Biggest Forum Whore - Mike Solymossy
8) Pimpest Deck/Collection - Gunslinga's collection
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest) - Meadbert/Dredge
10) Person who, without, TMD would fall apart (other than Jacob, because that's obvious)
11) "What the deuce happened to ~" award - Michigan Vintage players
12) Best Tournament - probably BOM
13) Funniest Single Post
14) Best Article - several of Matt Elias' articles
15) Best Tournament Report
16) Newcomer of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles)
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Matt Elias
18) Greatest Asset to the Community - the Cleveland, Ohio weekly Vintage players (not even close)

[AmbivalentDuck]

1) Best Poster - Rich Shay
2) Funniest Poster - Soly failing to convince us he's not Sephiroth
5) Best Deck Innovation - Vroman's Iona Oath
6) Most Influential Figure - Matt Elias
9) "I own this freaking deck" award (The person who has played and talked about the same deck on TMD the longest) - Probably Meadbert with Ichorid.
17) Player of the Year (based on influence, posting, and articles) - Matt Elias
18) Greatest Asset to the Community - Steve Menendian: Wizards brought him in for super secret discussions...out-sized influence -> asset.

[Demonic Attorney]

As said in the MWS thread, knock it off with the accusations over who uses what MWS handle.