Didn't make it to the voting stage this time, but I'm fine with that - I've already done plenty this year.
Filling this out took me a while - I wanted to make sure my votes were well justified and, unlike last year, I actively pushed to vote for most of the categories.
User of the Year
Tango
Between Aalasteir's top-quality interviews, and Tango's tireless work finding gems both visible and hidden in the Art Portal, this one was a toss-up between those two. Ultimately, I decided to go with Tango.
Biggest Attention Whore
Anonymous-Frog
Man was Atastic's biggest hater this whole year, and he was not shy about it.
Giving a specific example, I publicly dared him to back his shittalk up by making an Atastic-style animation back in November - he would not only take up my offer, but end up getting a pretty damn good score. By his own words, he'd have earned a Daily Award if he didn't opt-out.
I Miss Yew
DoctorStrongbad
I didn't know he got a ten-year ban from the BBS until the voting stage came. Explains why it felt like he disappeared off the face of the fucking Earth.
I have no clue how he racked up that ban, but it must've been real bad shit.
The Newcomer Award
WheelieYellow
The other nominees may have their charm, but Wheelie blows all of them straight outta the water.
Never Logs Off
KittyhawkMontrose
Girl went above and beyond on the Dreamcast Collab, and puts out banger artwork on a regular basis. Feels like she's on here twenty-four-goddamn-seven.
Most Helpful
Tyhond
Man's a ray of sunshine, and generally pretty fun to be around.
(I originally planned to vote for Yatsufusa, but I went with Tyhond instead out of respect for her wishes.)
Best Collab
The sheer quality and quantity this collab brought already earned it my nomination, but the homebrew materials provided really elevated this to legendary status:
Turd of the Year
<SEIZURE WARNING>https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/926819
Jesus Christ, this burns my eyes. The Audio Guidelines explicitly ban shit that's painful to listen to, and seeing this shit makes me wish the Movie Guidelines should get a rule against eye-searing epileptic asshattery like that.
Worst Moderator
TomFulp
I don't have anything against Fulp, I just think it'd be really funny if he won this award.
Best Poster
Chdonga
Every interaction I've had with them has been articulate and intelligent. Certainly a lot more than I can say for some people on here. Speaking of which...
Worst Poster
AlexToolStudio.
Others may have generally seen him as an oddball, but I always found the guy to be a general nuisance. Sure, Wegra may be a post whore par excellence, but he's much more tolerable to be around IMO.
Greatest Event
TheShokBlok Game of the Munchies 2024.
To (somewhat) repeat myself, I had a blast-and-a-half throughout that entire event, especially throughout the final fight.
I also ended up getting to participate pretty directly, giving blow-by-blow narration for the finale.
Best Thread
BBS Award Nominations 2024 - the other three are Supporter exclusive, so I unfortunately can't look at them and make an informed decision. Either way, the nominations were pretty good this year.
Worst Thread of the Year
The Problem with restarting fresh.
This is just two straight pages of an unrepentant tracer digging themselves deeper and deeper. Part of me is kinda shocked OP didn't either get the banhammer or leave Newgrounds altogether.
Oddball
AlexToolStudio.
I may have found him a general nuisance, but even I can't help but admit he was a major oddball.
