4th Semiannual Runouw Votes (Winter 2011-12)

[*Emelia K. Fletcher]

Oh my god, so teeeeeeeense!

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

Ok it's tonight for me. I hope they're out soon!

[Nwolf]

Ok it's tonight for me. I hope they're out soon!

5 MORE POINTS FOR GRYFFINDOR!

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

Wow 10 points in one day ...

... like a boss!

[Nwolf]

Wow 15 points in one day ...

... like a boss!

FTFY

[ChaosYoshi]

Wow, almost missed the votes! I really get behind when it comes to site occurrences.

[MessengerOfDreams]

Polls are closed. Results are in progress. Will be up by the end of the night.

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

Ok so that'll be tomorrow after college for me. I'll look forward to it. If i win at least one category everyone (and i don't case who it is) is getting a hug from me.


Lol just kidding i'm not trying to scare you. of course anyone who wants a hug can. O.o

[MessengerOfDreams]

Welcome to Runouw Votes New Year 2012!

*crowd applauds and hoots and cheers*

Yes, you all voted- hopefully not just for yourselves- and they will determine what our best from the second half of 2011 at... well, everything! is. I'm your host, MessengerOfDreams. First things first, thanks to Chau for hosting the polls. You're badass, Chau!

*camera cuts to a grinning Chau in the first row of the banquet hall from Amp*

Here's how the results will work- I'll start with the smaller or more obvious ones and work up to the big ones, just like real awards shows do!

*crowd groans*

Whine all you want, people. I'm the one with the results. I'll announce the winner, second and third placers, if I can. Also, in some categories you'll see snippet examples of what the placers were known for, as well as the percentage of votes they got.

Anyway, let's start with one we all know the answer to.

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Nicest User!

*crowd of people immediately escort a bewildered yet grinning MP3 Amplifier up onto the stage*

Yeah, we all saw that one coming, didn't we!

Nicest User (Actress of Random Kindness)
MP3 Amplifier- 81%
Yoshi Boo 118-10%

*Amp grins, grabbing me in a gigantic hug*

Whoa, well thanks! Great job, Amp! Here, take this handful of roses- an act of random kindness from us to you! I hope you aren't allergic!

*Amp smiles, blushing, and takes the trophy and bounds off the stage*

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Alright, now to our next award, for the verbal meme or in-joke that came out of our mouths many times over the course of this last six months!

Best New Site Meme!
Misspelling Scardy Squiar... Scara... Scardey Squir- I am not kidding, I don't know how to spell it (MoD and other guy)- 32%
Avo the Virgin-(Avo, Chau, MoD)-29%
Venexis' Arrow Failure-19%

...if you insist! *puts trophy at my feet, takes Scardy's trophy and throws it into the furnace*

Also my sincere apologies for forgetting a spot for "Copying every single avatar that Suyo has", this was a very last minute fix-up.

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For our next award, we celebrate the person with the most respected artistic skills in our site! Fortunately for these guys, I wasn't nominated. This was an incredibly close vote, though, as you will see.

Best Artist (I Wanna Smock Right Now)
Star king (medals, sigbars, Bagz Comics)-30%
Lord Falcon (sigbar making for many forumers)-27%
Nin10mode (6th AC winner, sketch art, Fire Kirby)-23%

Congratulations, Star! I must admit that this is well deserved!

*hands trophy to Star, who grins slightly and accepts the trophy before bounding down to his seat*

Again, a very tight competition. All well deserved!

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For our next awards, we expose the secret talents of well known members for all to see. It's not as kinky or dirty as it sounds, I swear. This marks the first year that Ridder has not won, mostly because this is the first year where people know what this award means!

Most Secretly Talented Member (Mastery In The Dark Alley)
Star king (artistic skills (haven't we covered this?))-33%
Nan The Dark (artistic and musical skills and ability to lead a well known competition)-30%
DarkBlaze (levelmaking and avatar awesomeness)-15%

Wow, that's awesome, Star! Two awards for the same thing! I know you just sat down, but come up and-

*Star is already walking back to stage with his second trophy*

Okay! Well!

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Now, to address the site friendships and cliques that everyone knows and enjoys! This category... may need a bit of touching up. ^_^

Most Notable Site Bond/Friendship/Clique (Fist Pump)
Avo/SuperMIC/Venexis/Myst/Aro/Mr_SaxMan/Panik/MessengerOfDreams/RedLink-39%
MessengerOfDreams/Venexis
tie with MP3Amplifier/Nworlds/Karyete/SomeOne/Bogdan/SuYo1141-19%

Handing out medals for this one is going to be a very fun event. Come on up guys!

*All eight of them bound up onto the stage, gathering around me and joining up in some big friendly-like embrace/pose as the audience politely applauds*

Haha, love you guys. Now go get your own medals. I'm too lazy. :3

*everyone starts laughing and conversing among themselves as they grab trophies off a nearby shelf*

But yeah, I kind of need to do some tweaking to the model of this award. But let that not deter you all for this vote session! We're all awesome!

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Now for another landslide of a vote- the best level designer of the last six months! As a frequent levelplayer, designer and data-recorder of SM63 levelkind, I know how important to this community level designing is. Who is the guy who scored the most time, though? I think it's pretty obvious.

Best Level Designer (Creator of Worlds)
Volcove (15th LDC winner, two silver medals, 1st on the Tiers)-57%
Star King (Two bronze medals, continued engaging of fans)-29%
Venexis (a winning collab with MoD for acclaimed series Destinations)-11%

Congratulations, Volcove. I don't suppose you would like to gather your award?

*Volcove coolly walks up to the podium and accepts his medal with little fanfare other than a polite nod and a small smile*

See that? That's a badass right there. *crowd applauds and cheers*

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While we're on the subject of levels, what's the best Level Designer Contest entry between the 14th and 16th? Some other entrants that didn't win also were allowed a space on the polls since they had enough acclaim. Let's see who comes out victorious!

Best LDC Entry (Heavy Metal)
Destinations by MessengerOfDreams and Venexis (16th LDC winner)-31%
Realm of the Heavens/Parallel Spires by Volcove (14th and 16th LDC runners up) (lulz another Silver for Volcove)-19%
Secrets of Earth and Sky by Master1.0 (15th LDC 3rd placer) tie with Ghostly Cave by Nworlds (16th LDC 4th placer)-15% each

Wow, thanks guys! This is, like the fourth medal Venexis and I have won together. Ven, did you bring it?

Ven: Yep, sure did.

Well, bring it up!

*Ven walks up to the stage with a battery-powered chainsaw*

Alright, Ven. On three, two, one!

*audience gasps as Ven and I start up the chainsaw and work together to cut the medal in half*

Alright! That's two trophies total for each of us, eh, Ven?

*Ven grins, taking his half trophy and walking down to the audience, who starts to applaud and cheer*

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Now for another landslide, and another trophy for me.

Best Author (Pen and Pad)
MessengerOfDreams (What Once Was, various Smash Bros fanfics)-62%
TheZunar123 (Runouwlutionary War)-14%
NanTheDark (Raymond Wars)-10%

Thanks, guys! ^_^ I'm glad you appreciate my work, but most of all, I'm glad you guys actually, after all, read it! XD

*places trophy at my feet with the 1.5 others*

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We have a number of users that are highly, highly intelligent. Who knew? ^_^

Smartest User (E=mc2)
Doram-43%
Venexis-33%
Suyo-13%

*audience cheers as Doram grins, making his way up to the stage*

Great job again, Doram. Well deserved!

*exchanges a hearty handshake as I hand him the trophy, and he heads back to his seat*

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Now for an award that NO one wins!

Best External-To-Site Media (Outside Influences)
Minecraft-35%
Steam-23%
Newgrounds tie with Terraria-16%

So yeah, just to make this actually worthwhile, I'm gonna send Tsu and Suyo medals for hosting well known Minecraft servers, and therefore boosting the population. Suyo if there are other people who impact our Minecrafting ways, give them a medal too. Cause really I don't give a ♥♥♥♥.

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While we're on this subject, let's talk about our biggest fans. No, not fans of the site. Fans who are on the site. Confused? Allow me to help.

Biggest Fanboy (Dangerous Obsessions)
Aznchau4ever (a leader in our anime/otaku community)-33%
RedLink (a fan of My Little Pony and Legend of Zelda)-30%
Suyo (Indie gaming supporter and promoter, including Bit Trip and Meat Boy, has Minecraft server)-23%

*crowd applauds as Chau walks up to the stage*

Way to go, Chau. This award is well deserved, as a true fan is one who can initiate several others into their culture. I believe I shall myself catch up on Mirai Nikki. ^_^

*crowd gasps, Chau grins and raises an eyebrow*

I will never get how that is the biggest shocker of the night. Get out of here, Chau!

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Now the race for this category was intense this year. Nin10mode was routinely the winner with his Fire Kirby, but this year a new competitor gave him some close competition. Who came out victorious, the Home team or Away?

Best Avatar (Awesomeness at the side)
Nin10mode-30%
MessengerOfDreams-27%
and Star king-17%

Yep, in the end all the work in the world couldn't get Sheik the win against Kirby.

*Ninny chuckles, walking onto the stage*

Haha, here's your trophy, you son of a ♥♥♥♥♥. XD

*thrusts trophy into Nin's hands* Now get out of here! *pats on back, lightly shoves down a stair*

*audience laughs and applauds*

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And while we're on this subject, who here has the trademark mini-profile, usually decorated by an art piece that is unforgettable? Each placer will have their current signature image up near their names.

Best Signature (Every Post Contains Coolness)
MessengerOfDreams-29%
LordFalcon-26%
Star king (go here to see whole sig-23%

Yay, irony. ^_^ I work my ♥♥♥ off for best Avatar and get an award for my recently made signature. I'm very very happy though, I love my art pieces and I love that you love my art pieces.

*sets 3.5rd trophy down by my feet, crowd applauds*

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Who here loves a laugh?

*everyone, including me, raises their hands*

Good, then you're gonna really love these guys.

Funniest Site Member (All By Spontaneity)
KevinOC-29%
Fourinone-23%
Aznchau4ever tie with Linkdroid-16%

*Kevin grins and walks up to the stage*

Way to go, Kev. Something tells me that you're about to get a lot more acti-

Someone: I cannot BELIEVE this unfunny ♥♥♥♥ got all the votes!

Shut up, you! We don't need a Kanye moment! Haha, well... have fun, Kev.

*Kevin says "Oh, I will" as he walks back to his seat*

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So, the story section goes through, how to say, mountains and valleys of activity. And the last six months of our forums have been both at different times. Which makes for a very interesting nomination session for the best. But who was the one who gets the win?

Best Story (Pageturner)
Runouw- Danger and Deception by SuperMIC-38%
A Question of Answers by Blablob-31%
iMoD by Ridder

What a crowd- A forum fic that rejuvenated the section again, a well-appreciated essay on growth and decisions by a departing leader and a metafic satire! A diverse crowd. Unfortunately SuperMIC couldn't be here to collect his award as he's away at camp, but I'm sure he's very happy!

*places trophy at my left foot*

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We all love our grand five-fecta- Runouw, the two global mods and the two moderators. But how often do we appreciate the other staff, those with the purple and turquoise and pink names? Right now, that's what we're gonna do.

Best of the Other Staff (The Other Guys)
MP3 Amplifier-53%
Doram, Nin10mode and Venexis-12% each

Another clean sweep by Amp! I better brace myself for-

*is successfully glomped by Amp, who leapt onto the stage*

Whoa whoa whoa! I believe I have wooden panels patterned onto my skin. I admire your eagerness and appreciation but please kindly take your trophy and go, okay? o.O

*Amp dusts herself off, takes the trophy and sits back down*

Alrighty then... I swear this is like a cartoon.

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Every circulation, we get at least three or four new members that will never be forgotten by this site for its entire history. Who will cement him/herself in legend this time?

Best New Member (Upcoming Artist)
SuYo1141-50%
NanTheDark-25%
LordFalcon-19%

*audience applauds*

Now come on up here SuYo.

*SuYo shyly walks up the stairs to the podium*

*I pick up the medal* Now listen here, SuYo. We love you. Got that? We think you are awesome. The ♥♥♥♥. The bee's knees. Stop worrying that we think you're lame or that we don't like you because we think you are awesome.

*gives SuYo the trophy* Now carry this with pride, my son.

*SuYo smiles, walking downstairs into a cheering crowd*

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Now let's talk about romance. Yeah, like the one thing that this site is rarely ever about. But sometimes it is. Who here are the lovers that will stand the test of time (or if we're lucky another few weeks?)

Most Likely to be a Couple (Funny... no one's been teased. You guys are more mature than I thought. )
KevinOC and Brandobrawl-42%
MP3 Amplifier and Linkdroid-29%
Venexis and Myst-23%

Well how about that. Two actual couples were beat out by a couple of dudes who pretend to be female lovers. I guess we aren't as mature as I thought.

*KevinOC and Brandobrawl shove each other playfully as they walk onto the stage*

Good job guys. Now I'll give you the trophy but in order to get it, you two have to kiss. See how serious you are about this award. And wow, they sure ran fast back to their seats! XD On we go!

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Topics are everything in a forum. This is being posted in a topic. Every part of a forum is in a topic. Everything except the chat, really, and even some memorable chat remnants are in the chat. Now what are the topics lovingly maintained by the users that have had the biggest impact on the forums?

Best User Maintained Topic (Encyclopedia Runouw)
What Is The Best Level Of All Time, maintained by MessengerOfDreams and Volcove-44%
Demonik's Tavern, maintained by Alucardx60
ties with Level Designer Duels, maintained by NanTheDark-22% each

Yay, another trophy.

*Volcove walks onto stage*

I... don't suppose you want to carve this one in half?

*Volcove takes a trophy, nods politely, and sits down again*

Thought not. *takes trophy to add to my crowd of trophies by my feet, audience applauds*

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We're onto our last two trophies, and then we can all go party at the tavern. First, we celebrate our best in site leadership- who is our best moderator? We have almost an entirely new set of moderators- I was promoted to a glomo and Chau and Buff were promoted to moderators. Will we pass Suyo as the best moderator?

Best Moderator (Leaders of Today)
Suyo-47%
MessengerOfDreams-34%
Aznchau4ever-12%

No we will not!

*Our glorious Suyo walks onto the stage*

Suyo, it's an honor to serve with you. *shakes hand and gives trophy to him, audience cheers*

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Now, for our last medal of the night. This goes to the member that has been around for awhile but is not staff, but has made a huge impact on the forums in a way that people want to grant him a medal for best user on the site!

Best Normal Member (Citizen Soldier)
SuperMIC-44%
Star king-25%
Avo-12%

*largest round of applause yet as SuperMIC walks onstage*

SMIC, you, my friend, are the best user of the New Year 2012. Take a bow, will you? You deserve it.

*SuperMIC grins, bows while laughing, and accepts a trophy. Applause grows louder as he walks off stage with the last trophy of the night*

And that's the show. Thank you all for voting, for participating and for helping run this season's votes. And congratulations to all of the medalists, and to the gentleman with the most votes of them all- me!

*audience gives a last general round of applause*

Until next time, ladies and gentlemen!

*launches off stage in jetpack. Yep, still badass*

[SuYo1141]

Holy. F*cking. Sh*t.
Did I seriously get voted for something?
o.o