The 3rd Annual Smarks Choice Awards Nomination Thread

[Bobby Barrows]

The 3rd Annual Smarks Choice Awards
Nomination Thread

Welcome everybody to the 3rd Annual Smarks Choice Awards! It's a special time for Wrestling Smarks as we celebrate many years of activity by announcing the return of a once-in-a-year event applauding those who are truly deserving. Today, we have several categories for members of WS to nominate other users for. Nominations are made by PMing @Grim Cornette with at most three names for each category. Once the nomination period is over (December 25th, 2021), the 3 most nominated folks will be placed in a poll for the public to vote on. That's right, you, the people, get to decide the winners! Do not be afraid to name your nominations publicly as well!

And now on to your categories!​

Best WWE Poster - The WWE is perhaps one of the most active sections in all of Wrestling Smarks, and we see many many names appear to make their voices heard in the section. Who do you believe to be the best posters in the WWE section?

Best AEW Poster - One of the more popular sections on Wrestling Smarks, it has become a home to a great many posters here on WS. Who loves the AE-Dub more?

Best Indy Wrestling Poster (NWA, ROH, etc.) - There are those who love the independent wrestling scene and can't get enough of it. Who in your mind best exemplifies discussion regarding the Independent wrestling section?

Best Impact! Poster *NEW* - With the renewed interest in Impact (despite all attempts to die), we want to find out who loves this blasted company the most.

Best NJPW/International Poster *NEW* - Who's the biggest fan of New Japan Pro Wrestling and other international companies?

Best General Wrestling Poster - Of course, there are also those who prefer talking about older wrestling or other wrestling discussions. A select few will be chosen for this category, so name your picks!

Best Non-Wrestling Poster - There's much more than just wrestling here on Wrestling Smarks, and some folks make their homes in the outer reaches of the wrestling sphere, such as General talk and others. Nominate the folks you feel best exemplify quality posting outside of wrestling.

Best Sports Poster - With the increase in activity regarding sports, WS has seen fit to bring forth a new prestigious award for Best Sports Poster. Who has continually shown to be the best poster in the sports section? Who loves their teams more than anyone else?

Best Entertainment Poster *NEW* - This award goes out to those who make the Entertainment section of the forum one of the most enjoyable places to discuss things. This includes music, television, movies, and of course video games.

Best Interactive User - Thanks to the burgeoning userbase bringing up the revival of the Interactive Section, we as Wrestling Smarks saw fit to create a new award just for those users. This award combines the Review, Tournament, and Prediction sections and is awarded to the consensus best user.

Best Retro-Watcher - With the rise of the site's live-watching sessions this past year, we've decided to create an award for those that are considered the aces of these sessions. This goes to whom everyone considers the most productive poster during a live watch.

Best Booker - With Be The Booker section seeing another strong year, Wrestling Smarks has dedicated an award for those with active fantasy booking stories. Nominate your favorite user who has run a BTB this year.

The Jimmy King Award for Nicest Poster - Being good is great, and WS recognizes that the person who causes little problems and makes everyone feel great about themselves deserves an award. Nominate the people who you feel are the nicest people on WS! Named after Jimmy King, a 2x winner of the award, and overall a nice guy.

Funniest Poster *NEW* - Who's got the quirkiest jokes, brings the biggest laughs, and all around makes the most humorous of anecdotes to entertain the userbase?

Best Newcomer - Who joined in the last year that got hot and became the talk of the town? For the Best Newcomer award, we are precluding users who joined post-September 2021 from being available on this list. However, those who have indeed joined WS after September will be eligible to win this prestigious award next year. Users who have joined Between October 2020 and September 2021 are eligible for this award.

Member of the Year - Who do you feel is the single best member of the year, who stands head and shoulders above everybody?

Staff Member of the Year - Who is a member of the upper management who continually made life better or showed exemplary leadership to the other members of WS?

Best Thread Starter - Who makes the best threads and discussions?

Best Shouter - Who makes great use of their time inside the Smarkbox, Wrestling Smark's very own chatbox available to anyone?

Coolest Signatures - Signatures are a part of a member's personality. Who's got the best one?

Coolest Avatars - Who's got the best picture for their profile?'

Coolest User Profile *NEW* - We've decided to create an addition to the "Cool" section by including the Coolest User Profile. Who has the best profile posts, biography, and wallpaper for their personal page?

Best Username - Who has the coolest name?

Comeback Kid - A special award for those who went on hiatus for a while but have returned to become a big deal once again! Who's got the best comeback?

Begin your Nominations now! The Nomination Period ends on December 25th, 2021.​

 

[Marty McFourth]

So I see we can discuss nominations publically, I'd like guidance on a few:

Best Sports Poster:

I don't venture in here too often aside from lurking NASCAR threads and talking Boxing on occasion. I'd like to hear who does good work in there.

Best Indy Wrestling Poster (NWA, ROH, etc.):

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I've only ever talked about ROH. I know that Deth is a big indy person as she talks about them a bunch and isn't in to any of the major promotions. Juice has tried to get me in to indy promotions a lot. Chris I see in there a lot too talking about Game Changer wrestling and other promotions.

Best Booker:

Barry and Gambit do good work and seem to have popular BTB threads. Unsure on who to vote for the third choice.

Thanks for the help

 

[Alexa]

Best AEW Poster - Jeff...because AEW is all that man breathes

Best Indy Wrestling Poster (NWA, ROH, etc.) - Necro, since he always be posting results and all.

Best Shouter - Lucha Bear/Yer Best Pal

Coolest Avatars - Me

Best Username - Me

 

[Canadian Dragon]

i didnt do any self votes in this case lel

 

[Marty McFourth]

Alright, so I don't know if these are any good but I had a stab at making some things people could put in their signatures come December.

I'd basically just add the name of whoever won and you'd be able to use one of these little images in your signatures. I don't really know if they are any good or something that interests anybody. Just rough drafts of random categories.

 

[Doom]

Alright, so I don't know if these are any good but I had a stab at making some things people could put in their signatures come December.

I'd basically just add the name of whoever won and you'd be able to use one of these little images in your signatures. I don't really know if they are any good or something that interests anybody. Just rough drafts of random categories.

Those are fantastic banners 4th Wall!

I'd keep messing around with different images and stuff, mostly the ones that fits the theme. As for the font choices, I would keep messing around with it too. That's if you want to or not.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Those are fantastic banners 4th Wall!

I'd keep messing around with different images and stuff, mostly the ones that fits the theme. As for the font choices, I would keep messing around with it too. That's if you want to or not.

Thanks buddy!

Yea, I'm undecided on the text but it's rough drafts. I'd definitely play around with them some more. I think I like Newcomer/Nicest/Funniest poster ones the best.

I tried to do fireworks like New Years for the newcomer one. Thought that seemed apropos

The awards are hosted by Barry so ultimately comes down to if it's something he's interested in having to go along with the winner announcements. I'm just laying it out there for feedback. I just notice a lot of people put the text of what they won in their signatures. It'd be cool if they have a little image.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

They look very good, will definitely invite folks to add them to their signatures if they win.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Just shoot me a PM when you're finished with them.

 

[Rosie]

I really need to think of names for each since I am still new-ish here. Also I assume no-self nominating is a given.

 

[Butters]

I will suck dick for votes.

I will also put that in my sig for best sig.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

I will suck dick for votes.

I will also put that in my sig for best sig.

Do you got a gag reflex?

 

[Jobber Doink]

I will suck dick for votes.

I will also put that in my sig for best sig.

What about butt stuff?

 

[Butters]

yes and yes

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Well if you got a gag reflex, not sure you wanna do that, I’ll have you choking like you’re the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl.