WSO Annual Posters Awards

Would it be possible for WSO to implement an annual awards event recognizing outstanding/terrible posters? Just start threads every year for users to nominate other users for certain categories, and set up a poll with the top nominees to decide winners. This has been very successful in other forums, and I think would be interesting here.

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I think you had it right after the first sentence - a WSO awards banquet sounds hilarious.

- Capt K - "Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, bait the hook with prestige." - Paul Graham
 

Been thinking of doing the same thing, any ideas for the awards? Heh.

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people Jeremy
 

Most informative and most helpful should have subcategories - for IB, trading, MSF (no clue who would win that one...), etc. There should also be many best thread categories: most thought provoking, most controversial, funniest, best political thread. The more categories the better.

Let's do this for 2010…it could be fun.

 

I think we should add Gold and Platinum nanners into the site somehow. No clue how that would work though...

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

most likely never to break in to finance, most likely to become a BSD, most SBs received, most SBs received on a single thread, funniest troll, most politically incorrect, worst thread, best thread, etc.... yeah.... this is a good idea for sure

 

This sounds like an interesting idea, I'd support it! Need to find a way to embed the awards in a user's profile for extra prestige!

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Possible awards.

Most Thought Provoking Post King of the Monkey Trainers (most helpful to new monkeys) Best Rant of the Year Troll of the Year Top post about the Culture of Wall Street (kind of like a Monkey Business type thing--what working on WS is really like) Most Bananas in a year Most Silver Bananas in a Year Most Monkey Shits of the year WSO poster of the year (like Best Actor) Best WSO Thread of the year Best Trading Thread of the year Best Banking Thread of the year Craziest true story---not really about posters, but it would be nice to honor the Jeffrrey Chiang or KPMG moments that happen every year.

I figure 5 nominations for each category. Users send all their votes in at once using PM.

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 
Gekko21Most Bananas in a year Most Silver Bananas in a Year

Where do I pick my golden bananas?

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

For trophies, we can get actual silver bananas. Shouldn't be too expensive to make silver banana trophies

looking for that pick-me-up to power through an all-nighter?
 
LIBORFor trophies, we can get actual silver bananas. Shouldn't be too expensive to make silver banana trophies

Yeah, we only need to make two stops: The Porn shop and Home Depot to get paint

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 

Gekko,

2 Questions - Is there a nominating committee for the more opinionated awards catagories and what voting system are we using? Are we taking a SAG/Oscars approach? Are we doing Every User has 1 vote? Need more details as I'm interested in this.

Happy,

Most Bananas and Most SBs in a year are like the "Technical" awards at the Oscars. They don't count when it really matters.

J/K... we all know you are gonna take those two with ease!

 
FriedsGekko,

2 Questions - Is there a nominating committee for the more opinionated awards catagories and what voting system are we using? Are we taking a SAG/Oscars approach? Are we doing Every User has 1 vote? Need more details as I'm interested in this.

I think people making suggestions and a nominating committee selecting the five choices is important (would probably be comprised of 10-20 people) after that, any registered user can vote. Happy,

Most Bananas and Most SBs in a year are like the "Technical" awards at the Oscars. They don't count when it really matters.

J/K... we all know you are gonna take those two with ease!

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 
FriedsGekko,

2 Questions - Is there a nominating committee for the more opinionated awards catagories and what voting system are we using? Are we taking a SAG/Oscars approach? Are we doing Every User has 1 vote? Need more details as I'm interested in this.

I think people making suggestions and a nominating committee selecting the five choices is important (would probably be comprised of 10-20 people) after that, any registered user can vote. Happy,

Most Bananas and Most SBs in a year are like the "Technical" awards at the Oscars. They don't count when it really matters.

J/K... we all know you are gonna take those two with ease!

People make nominations to a nominating committee (comprised of 10-20 top posters). After that anyone can cast a vote.

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 
HFFBALLfan123Also, cleverist one liners?

Add that to the 2 listed above....that's 3 golden nanners for me.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

Best Catch Phrase - Pics or you don't exist

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Gekko, how are you selecting the "top posters"? Bananas? SBs? Bribes made to Patrick? And are you doing a exclusion cause if a panel member is nominated to an award?

 

SBs, Bananas, quality of posts,whatever.....I think everyone knows who should be on the committee, but leave it up to Patrick and ANT to make the final decision.

In addition to the panel discussing amongst themselves, ordinary users may post suggestions to the panel. Once the panel decides on the top5 for each category, everyone gets 1 vote regardless of if you are on the panel. Lets face it, being on the panel basically means you are nominated for at least 1 or 2 awards.

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 
Gekko21SBs, Bananas, quality of posts,whatever.....I think everyone knows who should be on the committee, but leave it up to Patrick and ANT to make the final decision.

In addition to the panel discussing amongst themselves, ordinary users may post suggestions to the panel. Once the panel decides on the top5 for each category, everyone gets 1 vote regardless of if you are on the panel. Lets face it, being on the panel basically means you are nominated for at least 1 or 2 awards.

I suggest the SB leaders, not overall nanner leaders. Quality, not quantity :)
- Capt K - "Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, bait the hook with prestige." - Paul Graham
 

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