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.
I nominate Lady Gaga for best dressed.
Been thinking of doing the same thing, any ideas for the awards? Heh.
Funniest, most informative, most helpful, biggest troll, best thread, etc.
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.
Agreed. Then we could sticky winning threads or put them in a subforum, and for user winners, maybe have a small avatar next to the name like different colored bananas. User recognition goes a long way in websites.
I think we should add Gold and Platinum nanners into the site somehow. No clue how that would work though...
Blastois for roastmaster/ host
He's got my vote lol
Fuck yes! This needs to happen.
I nominate Blumie for biggest/funniest troll.
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!
I think this would be awesome...I'd nominate happypants as host/rost master since his posts tend to actually have relevancy and not just random pokemon comments... Most helpful in each category, breaking into PE has to be compbanker. Biggest troll is that guy from a month or so ago who got kicked off for bein a clown.
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.
Where do I pick my golden bananas?
For 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
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!
People make nominations to a nominating committee (comprised of 10-20 top posters). After that anyone can cast a vote.
what about most/best racist posts?
Also, cleverist one liners?
Add that to the 2 listed above....that's 3 golden nanners for me.
Best Catch Phrase - Pics or you don't exist
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?
I will conceide this year to you happy, but pound for pound i take the racist comments award and will challenge your one liner crown next year.
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.
Can we campaign??? I want to replace Rahm's bullshit ad on the sidebar with a picture of myself.
HFF, no For Your Consideration Ads. Those cheapen the awards process...
I'd like to nominate myself for above and beyond contributions to the animal kingdom.
Frieds, anything to get Rahm off of this website....
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